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Sean Parker OK’d to buy stake in Peter Jackson’s VFX studio

New Zealand authorities have approved tech billionaire Sean Parker’s purchase of a one-third stake in film director Peter Jackson’s visual effects studio.

December 3, 2020, 12:38 AM

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Asian shares advance on optimism over vaccines, stimulus

Shares are mostly higher in Asia, helped by progress toward rolling out coronavirus vaccines and talk of reaching a compromise on new help for the U.S. economy.

December 3, 2020, 12:38 AM

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China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms

Secrecy and cronyism crippled China’s testing capacity in the early days of the outbreak, an Associated Press investigation has found.

December 3, 2020, 12:00 AM

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California boy, 11, fatally shoots self during online class

An 11-year-old California boy has died after shooting himself during a Zoom distance-learning class while his microphone and camera were off.

December 2, 2020, 10:43 PM

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Asian shares inch higher on optimism over vaccines, stimulus

Shares are mostly higher in Asia, helped by progress toward rolling out coronavirus vaccines and talk of reaching a compromise on new help for the U.S. economy.

December 2, 2020, 9:34 PM

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise to move headquarters to Texas

Tech giant Hewlett Packard Enterprise said it is moving its global headquarters to the Houston area from California.

December 2, 2020, 7:57 PM

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AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s claims of vote rigging are all wrong

President Donald Trump is repeating false claims of widespread vote rigging that even his own attorney general has disputed.

December 2, 2020, 6:55 PM

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Waiting for passengers, American puts Boeing Max in the air

American Airlines is taking members of the media on a Boeing 737 Max as it tries to convince travelers that the plane is safe.

December 2, 2020, 6:04 PM

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Who did it? TV viewers intrigued by HBO’s ‘The Undoing’

HBO’s ‘The Undoing’ proved that it’s still possible for a word-of-mouth hit to emerge in today’s fragmented world of television and streaming.

December 2, 2020, 4:59 PM

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Idaho broadband access expanded using federal pandemic funds

Idaho residents will have increased access to broadband service following a state investment of nearly $50 million in federal coronavirus recovery funds.

December 2, 2020, 4:57 PM

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Cyberattack forces large Alabama school system to close

One of Alabama’s largest public school systems is closed because of what officials are calling a computer cyberattack.

December 2, 2020, 2:46 PM

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Hacker who stole information from Nintendo sentenced

A computer hacker who stole information from Nintendo and was also caught with child pornography on his computer was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison.

December 2, 2020, 1:07 PM

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Virgin Galactic gets NASA contract, prepares for test flight

Virgin Galactic has been selected to provide regular access to flights for NASA payloads as the space agency conducts more research and development and plans for exploratory missions.

December 2, 2020, 12:26 PM

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Discovery’s reality-heavy streaming service launches in Jan.

Discovery is joining the increasingly crowded streaming fray with its own reality-focused service Discovery Plus that will include shows from the Food Network, HGTV, TLC.

December 2, 2020, 12:24 PM

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California county pays $10M after shooting paralyzed man

A Northern California county has paid nearly $10 million to settle a lawsuit by a Silicon Valley software engineer who was going through a mental health crisis when a sheriff’s deputy shot him.

December 2, 2020, 11:46 AM

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A year in 60 secs: TikTok lists top videos, creators of 2020

Whether its skateboarding to Fleetwood Mac and dancing to Cardi B, TikTok users got creative in 60 seconds or less.

December 2, 2020, 10:27 AM

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Students sue Georgia’s university system over tuition, fees

Students who took online classes at the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology due to the pandemic are now seeking a return of some tuition and fees.

December 2, 2020, 9:10 AM

China’s space ambitions: Robot on Mars, a human on the moon

China’s landing of its third probe on the moon is part of an increasingly ambitious space program that has a robot rover en route to Mars, is developing a reusable space plane and is planning to put humans back on the lunar surface.

December 2, 2020, 7:28 AM

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School district spammed as students receive racist emails

Officials say public high school students in one Florida county received more than eight million racist emails with “disgusting” messages.

December 2, 2020, 6:22 AM

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China spacecraft collects moon samples to take back to Earth

China says its spacecraft sent to bring lunar rocks back to Earth has collected its first samples, adding to a string of successes for Beijing’s increasingly ambitious space program.

December 2, 2020, 3:30 AM

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