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AI lab DeepMind cracked the protein folding problem, changing biology with AlphaFold - Vox

AI lab DeepMind cracked the protein folding problem, changing biology with AlphaFold - Vox : Now%2C%20DeepMind%20is%20proving%20that%20it%20has%20grown%20up.%20It%20has%20graduated%20from%20playing%20video%20games%20to%20addressing%20scientific%20problems%20with%20real-world%20significance%20%u2014%20problems%20that%20can%20be%20life-or-death.
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Gavin Williamson: UK is 'a much better country than every single one of them' | Society | The Guardian

Gavin Williamson: UK is 'a much better country than every single one of them' | Society | The Guardian : %u201CMuch%20better%20than%20the%20French%20have%2C%20much%20better%20than%20the%20Belgians%20have%2C%20much%20better%20than%20the%20Americans%20have.%20That%20doesn%u2019t%20surprise%20me%20at%20all%20because%20we%u2019re%20a%20much%20better%20country%20than%20every%20single%20one%20of%20them%2C%20aren%u2019t%20we.%u201D
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Neftlix to declare more than $1.3 billion in UK revenue, says report - Business Insider

Neftlix to declare more than $1.3 billion in UK revenue, says report - Business Insider : Netflix's European headquarters are in Amsterdam and, like other tech giants such as Google and Amazon, the company has used its more favorable tax jurisdiction to its advantage. The company has about 13 million UK subscribers, but has "funnelled" the revenue they bring in through its Amsterdam headquarters, according to the Guardian article.�
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Tulsi%20Gabbard%20urges%20Trump%20to%20%u2018please%20consider%u2019%20pardons%20for%20Julian%20Assange%20and%20Edward%20Snowden

Tulsi%20Gabbard%20urges%20Trump%20to%20%u2018please%20consider%u2019%20pardons%20for%20Julian%20Assange%20and%20Edward%20Snowden : "Since you're giving pardons to people," she tweeted on Thursday, "Please consider pardoning those who, at great personal sacrifice, exposed the deception and criminality of those in the deep state".
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China%u2019s%202060%20Climate%20Pledge%3A%20Inside%20Xi%20Jinping%u2019s%20Secret%20Plan%20to%20End%20Emissions%20-%20Bloomberg

China%u2019s%202060%20Climate%20Pledge%3A%20Inside%20Xi%20Jinping%u2019s%20Secret%20Plan%20to%20End%20Emissions%20-%20Bloomberg : The%20secret%20drive%20for%20China%u2019s%202060%20target%20took%20shape%20inside%20Tsinghua%20University%2C%20where%20climate%20scientists%20had%20quietly%20spent%20more%20than%20a%20year%20modeling%20different%20pathways%20to%20reach%20net%20zero.%20Xie%20Zhenhua%2C%20a%20former%20environmental%20bureaucrat%20and%20veteran%20diplomat%2C%20oversaw%20the%20work%20from%20his%20threadbare%20office%20as%20head%20of%20the%20college%u2019s%20Institute%20of%20Climate%20Change%20and%20Sustainable%20Development.%20Few%20within%20China%u2019s%20strict%20hierarchy%20can%20match%20Xie%u2019s%20mastery%20of%20government%20bureaucracy%20and%20climate%20science%2C%20making%20him%20an%20influential%20voice%20on%20the%20issue%20among%20the%20ruling%20elite.%0A%0AXie%20is%20modest%20about%20his%20role.%20%u201CWe%20made%20policy%20proposals%20to%20relevant%20leaders%20and%20...
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%u2018Piles%20of%20cash%20at%20home%u2019%3A%20Hong%20Kong%20leader%20says%20US%20sanctions%20mean%20she%20has%20no%20bank%20account%20%7C%20World%20news%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : Hong%20Kong%20leader%20Carrie%20Lam%20has%20said%20she%20keeps%20%u201Cpiles%20of%20cash%u201D%20at%20home%20because%20she%20has%20no%20bank%20account%20after%20the%20United%20States%20imposed%20sanctions%20on%20her%20in%20response%20to%20the%20crackdown%20on%20free%20speech%20and%20political%20freedoms%20in%20the%20city.%0A%0A
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%u2018Their%20Goal%20Is%20to%20Make%20You%20Feel%20Helpless%u2019%3A%20In%20Xi%u2019s%20China%2C%20Little%20Room%20for%20Dissent%20-%20WSJ

%u2018Their%20Goal%20Is%20to%20Make%20You%20Feel%20Helpless%u2019%3A%20In%20Xi%u2019s%20China%2C%20Little%20Room%20for%20Dissent%20-%20WSJ “Their goal is to make you feel helpless, hopeless, devoid of any support, and break you down so you begin to see activism as something foolish that doesn’t benefit anyone, and gives pain to everyone around you,” said Yaxue Cao, a Washington-based activist who runs China Change, a news and commentary website advocating for human rights. “In so many cases, they are successful.”
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AFC agrees landmark China Mobile Migu rights deal with 5G focus | SportBusiness

AFC agrees landmark China Mobile Migu rights deal with 5G focus | SportBusiness : 2.4bn%20%28%u20AC2bn%29%20minimum%20guarantee%2C%20an%20eight-fold%20increase%20on%20that%20pledged%20for%20the%20equivalent%20rights%20in%20the%20previous%20cycle%2C%202017-20%2C%20by%20the%20Lagard%E8re%20Sports%20agency.%20This%2C%20and%20the%20fact%20it%20outbid%20a%20host%20of%20the%20world%u2019s%20biggest%20sports%20marketing%20agencies%20to%20secure%20the%20rights%2C%20has%20made%20its%20sales%20process%20the%20subject%20of%20great%20scrutiny%20and%20speculation%20within%20the%20Asia-Pacific%20sports%20industry.%0A%0AAdding%20to%20the%20scrutiny%2C%20the%20pace%20of%20dealmaking%20and%20deal%20announcements%20by%20FMA%20has%20been%20slower%20than%20many%20expected.%20The%20high%20revenue%20targets%2C%20a%20revamp%20of%20the%20rights%20packages%20being%20offered%20to%20the%20market%2C%20challenging%20media-rights%20market%20conditions%20across%20Asia-Pacific%2C%20and%20the%20Covid-19%20pandemic%20h...
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'People in their 40s were crying': the sad final days of New York's coolest record store | Indie | The Guardian

'People in their 40s were crying': the sad final days of New York's coolest record store | Indie | The Guardian : Other%20Music%20fuelled%20New%20York%u2019s%2000s%20indie%20boom%2C%20boasting%20Vampire%20Weekend%20and%20Animal%20Collective%20among%20its%20fans.%20Then%20it%20closed.%20A%20new%20documentary%20tells%20the%20story%20of%20the%20store%u2019s%20tragic%20demise%20%u2013%20and%20its%20%u2018terrifying%u2019%20staff
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Facebook%u2019s%20latest%20ad%20tool%20fail%20puts%20another%20dent%20in%20its%20reputation%20%7C%20TechCrunch

Facebook%u2019s%20latest%20ad%20tool%20fail%20puts%20another%20dent%20in%20its%20reputation%20%7C%20TechCrunch : AdExchanger%20reported%20on%20the%20code%20error%20last%20week%20with%20Facebook%u2019s%20free%20%u2018conversion%20lift%u2019%20tool%20which%20it%20said%20affected%20several%20thousand%20advertisers.%0A%0A
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A Day in the Life of an Amazon Warehouse Worker - WSJ

A Day in the Life of an Amazon Warehouse Worker - WSJ : 5:45 a.m: Ms. Liljegren checks in at her work station, which has a screen that shows information about the items she is stowing. At the outset of the shift, the screen displays Covid-19 safety reminders and updates on company policies. Ms. Liljegren is mostly by herself all day in a roughly 10-foot-long area where she takes hundreds of items an hour from containers and stows them inside tall shelves. The shelves move around using robotic devices, stopping in front of Ms. Liljegren when she needs to stow items. Her job is essential in making sure products are correctly organized so that they can quickly be placed into packages.
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A Day in the Life of an Amazon Warehouse Worker - WSJ

A Day in the Life of an Amazon Warehouse Worker - WSJ : 5:45 a.m: Ms. Liljegren checks in at her work station, which has a screen that shows information about the items she is stowing. At the outset of the shift, the screen displays Covid-19 safety reminders and updates on company policies. Ms. Liljegren is mostly by herself all day in a roughly 10-foot-long area where she takes hundreds of items an hour from containers and stows them inside tall shelves. The shelves move around using robotic devices, stopping in front of Ms. Liljegren when she needs to stow items. Her job is essential in making sure products are correctly organized so that they can quickly be placed into packages.
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It%20was%20hard%20not%20to%20laugh%20at%20Rudy%20Giuliani%27s%20hair%20malfunction%20%u2013%20but%20it%27s%20time%20to%20stop%20equating%20looks%20with%20character%20%7C%20Rudy%20Giuliani%20%7C%20The%20Guardian

It%20was%20hard%20not%20to%20laugh%20at%20Rudy%20Giuliani%27s%20hair%20malfunction%20%u2013%20but%20it%27s%20time%20to%20stop%20equating%20looks%20with%20character%20%7C%20Rudy%20Giuliani%20%7C%20The%20Guardian
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Stock market crash: Expert warns of 66% plunge, negative returns - Business Insider

Stock market crash: Expert warns of 66% plunge, negative returns - Business Insider : %22Oh%2C%20man.%20The%20unwinding%20of%20this%20bubble%20is%20going%20to%20be%20painful.%22%0A%0AThat%27s%20what%20John%20Hussman%20%u2014%20the%20former%20economics%20professor%20turned%20president%20of%20the%A0Hussman%20Investment%20Trust%20who%27s%20known%20for%20his%20persistently%20bearish%20views%20%u2014%20said%20in%20a%20recent%20client%20note%20in%20reference%20to%20today%27s%20stock%20market.%0A%0A%22I%20continue%20to%20expect%20the%20S%26P%20500%20Index%20to%20lose%20two-thirds%20of%20its%20value%20over%20the%20completion%20of%20the%20current%20market%20cycle%2C%22%20he%20said.%20%22That%20loss%20would%20not%20even%20breach%20historical%20valuation%20norms%2C%20but%20it%20would%20at%20least%20bring%20our%20estimates%20of%20long-term%20expected%20S%26P%20500%20returns%20closer%20to%20their%20historical%20average%2C%20in%20contrast%20to%20the%20negative%2010-12%20year%20prospects%20we%20obser...
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Sweat, rain and 'lovely' women: Uefa chief's recipe to boost game | The Independent

Sweat, rain and 'lovely' women: Uefa chief's recipe to boost game | The Independent : "I think they should turn to the sponsors. There are so many companies who could make use of the fact that if you see a girl playing on the ground, sweaty, with the rainy weather and coming out the dressing room, lovely looking, that would sell." After coming perilously close to advocating what sounded like a footballing wet T-shirt contest, the Uefa chief compounded his problems by appearing to suggest that a focus on the physical attributes of women might be the only way forward."Otherwise, they have to accept that the money they ask for comes when the spectators are coming and when sponsors are interested." The comments did little to endear Mr Johansson, 75, with the players he was trying to praise. His compatriots in particular were less than impressed. The Swedish international Frida Ostberg, whose side lost 3-2 in extra time to Norway in a match watched by the U...
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Sweaty Rudy Giuliani suffers hair malfunction in latest bizarre press conference | US news | The Guardian

Sweaty Rudy Giuliani suffers hair malfunction in latest bizarre press conference | US news | The Guardian : She%20claimed%20to%20have%20identified%20%u201Cmassive%20influence%20of%20communist%20money%20through%20Venezuela%2C%20Cuba%20and%20likely%20China%20in%20the%20interference%20with%20our%20elections%20here%20in%20the%20United%20States%u201D.%0A%0A
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The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done | The New Yorker

The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done | The New Yorker : The%20knowledge%20sector%u2019s%20insistence%20that%20productivity%20is%20a%20personal%20issue%20seems%20to%20have%20created%20a%20so-called%20%u201Ctragedy%20of%20the%20commons%u201D%20scenario%2C%20in%20which%20individuals%20making%20reasonable%20decisions%20for%20themselves%20insure%20a%20negative%20group%20outcome
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Transfer window - Wikipedia

Transfer window - Wikipedia : Steve Coppell, former manager of Reading in England's Premier League, and others have called for the transfer window to be scrapped in favour of the previous system, where deals could be struck throughout the season until the closing weeks.[37] Coppell said that the transfer window breeds panic and encourages "scurrilous" transfer activity adding that "I cannot see the logic in a transfer window. It brings on a fire-sale mentality, causes unrest via the media and means clubs buy too many players" adding that "The old system, where if you had a problem you could look at loans or make a short-term purchase, was far better than this system we have at the moment".[38] Former England Manager Sven-G�ran Eriksson has also questioned the value of the transfer window, commenting: "You do wonder at times if it is right to have a window, it was easier when it was open all the time and perhaps fairer for the players. I am sure mu...
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Lionel Messi 'tired' of being blamed for Barcelona's problems - Insider

Lionel Messi 'tired' of being blamed for Barcelona's problems - Insider : "Antoine arrived at a club where Messi has the final word on everything," said Olhats,�according to AS.�"He is as much an emperor as a monarch and he didn't take kindly to the signing of Antoine.� "His attitude has been deplorable and he made him feel unwelcome. I've always disliked hearing Griezmann say that there are no issues with Messi but�never the other way around. It's a reign of terror. You're either with him or against him.
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Inside%20Jennifer%20Lopez%u2019s%20Pop%20Culture%20Empire%20-%20WSJ

Inside%20Jennifer%20Lopez%u2019s%20Pop%20Culture%20Empire%20-%20WSJ Inside Jennifer Lopez’s Pop Culture Empire After an acclaimed role in Hustlers and a showstopping performance at this year’s Super Bowl, the star is back with new music and a new movie, Marry Me. Next up, a beauty line and a plan to build her brand into a global business. By  Jonathan Van Meter Nov. 18, 2020 9:00 am ET Jennifer Lopez: 2020 Pop Culture Innovator  After an acclaimed role in 'Hustlers' and a showstopping performance at this year's Super Bowl, the star is back with new music and a new movie-and a plan to build her brand into an empire.  Jennifer Lopez is sitting at the table in her kitchen in Los Angeles, palm trees soaring outside the picture window behind her, and I’m in my kitchen in New York, and it only takes a second of getting the angles just so before it feels like we’re both sitting in the same kitchen, across from each other, having a normal conversation. Once we’re settled, I notic...
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Chinese Artist Xu-Bing Writes Like An Egyptian - WSJ

Chinese Artist Xu-Bing Writes Like An Egyptian - WSJ Chinese Artist Writes Like An Egyptian April 24, 2012 7:24 pm ET "Chinese artist Xu Bing has ideas about how people communicate. Different people in different countries should speak one language. Xu Bing wrote a new language. It uses pictures not words. It looks like Egyptian script meets Madison Avenue." The software was developed by Mr. Xu, a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" and an icon in his own right. An exhibit of Mr. Xu's work now on in Shanghai draws mostly from a humorous 112-page day-in-the-life type storybook he has written entirely in icons. "Regardless of cultural background, one should be able understand the text as long as one is thoroughly entangled in modern life," the Chongqing-born artist says in notes for the show, now at the  Shanghai Gallery of Art  through the end of May. The book, "Point to Point," is a clever illustrated tale of eating, travel, r...
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