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The Biden administration on Monday, July 19, 2021, blamed China for a hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software that compromised tens of thousands of computers around the world.

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  • National Security

The White House Blamed China For Hacking Microsoft. China Is Pointing Fingers Back

One day after the Biden administration accused China of a massive hack of Microsoft's email server software, Beijing said the U.S. has been mounting cyberattacks for the past 11 years.

July 20, 2021
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  • Emily Feng
American commentator Ben Shapiro is seen on set during a taping of the <em>Candace</em> podcast in March in Nashville, Tenn.

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  • Media

Outrage As A Business Model: How Ben Shapiro Is Using Facebook To Build An Empire

In May, Ben Shapiro's website The Daily Wire had more Facebook engagement on its articles than The New York Times, CNN, The Washington Post and NBC News combined.

July 19, 2021
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  • Miles Parks
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, here at a March event, has outlined a $700 million investment to boost broadband access and help close the digital divide for some of the state's poorest regions.

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  • Politics

Virginia Shifts $700 Million In Relief Funds To Boost Rural Broadband Access

Virginia will direct $700 million drawn from pandemic relief funds to boost broadband access and help close the digital divide for some of the poorest regions of the state.

July 16, 2021
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  • Claudia Grisales
Images of the Eagle Nebula show the Hubble Space Telescope's ability to capture pictures in both visible (left) and infrared (right) light. NASA is celebrating the successful restart of the telescope's payload computer, opening the door to more observations.

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  • Space

Hobbled Hubble Telescope Springs Back To Life On Its Backup System

"There was cheering in the control center" when word came that NASA had brought a key computer back, says James Jeletic, the Hubble project's deputy project manager.

July 16, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
Dictionary.com has added over 300 new words and definitions, including "yeet" and "oof," which reflect the changing world.

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  • Pop Culture

Oof, Y'all, Dictionary.com Just Added Over 300 New Words And Definitions

Terms related to pop culture, technology and the pandemic — like "zaddy," "5G" and "asynchronous" — are also among the latest additions to the online dictionary.

July 16, 2021
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  • Josie Fischels
An Amazon delivery driver bravely conquers a persistent arachnid that had tormented a self-described spider-hating customer.

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  • Technology

An Amazon Delivery Driver Killed A Spider For A Grateful Customer. There's A Video

Terrified of the "huge" spider on her porch, a woman used Amazon's special instructions section to ask her delivery driver to kill it. He did, and now she's trying to find him to say, "Thank you."

July 16, 2021
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  • Josie Fischels
The big meatpacker JBS faced a ransomware attack in early June. JBS paid a ransom of $11 million to cyberattackers.

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  • National Security

The White House Announces Additional Steps To Combat Ransomware

The Biden administration has launched a new ransomware task force and stopransomware.gov, a website of preventive resources.

July 15, 2021
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  • Elena Moore
A vast majority of emoji users say the whimsical icons help them express their emotions.

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  • Business

Emoji Use At Work? Survey Says — Thumbs Up!

A survey of 7,000 emoji users in the U.S., Europe and Asia found that emoji are not only useful on the job — they can make people feel more connected and receptive to new tasks.

July 15, 2021
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  • Andrea Hsu

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  • Technology

Reporters Reveal 'Ugly Truth' Of How Facebook Enables Hate Groups And Disinformation

In a new book, Cecilia Kang and Sheera Frenkel say Facebook failed in its effort to combat disinformation. "Facebook knew the potential for explosive violence was very real [on Jan 6]," Kang says.

July 13, 2021
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  • Terry Gross
Apple's massive" spaceship" campus designed to centralize work and foster collaboration in 2017 may have to make way for satellite offices and other remote work.

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  • Economy

Why Remote Work Might Not Revolutionize Where We Work

Apple joins the ranks of tech firms freeing many employees from Silicon Valley offices. What this might mean for the geography of the American economy.

July 13, 2021
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  • Greg Rosalsky
The Startup Wife, by Tahmima Anam

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  • Author Interviews

'Startup Wife' Satirizes Tech Culture And Boardroom Sexism — From Experience

Tahmima Anam's new novel is about a married couple who found a tech startup. The platform's success turns the husband into a messiah figure — even though it was his wife who designed it.

July 12, 2021
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  • Terry Gross
Richard Branson, seen here in 2019, will head to space on his company Virgin Galactic's Unity 22 mission.

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  • Space

Bezos Vs. Branson: The Billionaire Space Race Lifts Off

Richard Branson started Virgin Galactic 17 years ago to make space travel possible for his generation. This weekend he'll be on its first fully crewed test flight to space, beating Jeff Bezos by days.

July 11, 2021
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Marcellus Cadd signing his name in Round Rock, Texas, after finding a cache in all 254 counties in the state.

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  • National

Geocaching While Black: Outdoor Pastime Reveals Racism And Bias

One Black geocacher writes about harrowing encounters, such as being called "boy" and finding a cache hidden inside a flagpole flying the Confederate flag.

July 11, 2021
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  • Sarah Kate Kramer
Sierra Leone's minister of education and chief innovation officer David Moinina Sengeh is a man of many talents. He's using mobile phone technology to improve daily life, he invented a way to make a prosthetic limb with a computer-assisted technique and he's a singer and rapper and a clothing designer, too.

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  • Global Health

This Education Minister Is A Renaissance Man (And He's Got A Music Video To Prove It)

Sierra Leone's education minister and MIT graduate David Moinina Sengeh is shooting for the moon when it comes to his country's future, from schools to health-care to ... space travel.

July 10, 2021
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  • Jason Beaubien
The executive order unveiled Friday includes plans to make it easier for people to fix their phones or other equipment themselves.

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  • Politics

How New Biden Rules Could Make It Easier To Buy Hearing Aids Or Fix Your Phone

In a new executive order, President Biden aims to kickstart competition for consumers, workers and farmers in ways both big and small, starting with a list of 72 initiatives.

July 09, 2021
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