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When it comes to municipal broadband, this Washington state utility was way ahead of the game

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When it comes to municipal broadband, this Washington state utility was way ahead of the game

(GeekWIre Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Bob Hunter didn’t need a pandemic, work-from-home mandates, or distance learning initiatives to understand the potential popularity of community broadband. He heard it from Kitsap County government officials every day. Hunter, the general manager of the Kitsap Public Utility District west of Seattle, sparked a wave of infrastructure improvements years … Read more

Best cold brew coffee makers 2021

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Best cold brew coffee makers 2021

(CNN) —   There’s something revitalizing about an icy glass of caffeinated brew. For many, iced coffee is the coffee of choice, regardless of season or weather. There are several ways to make a delicious iced coffee, from simply chilling leftover hot coffee or making double-strength hot and pouring it over ice, to adding freshly … Read more

Styra, the startup behind Open Policy Agent, nabs $40M to expand its cloud-native authorization tools – TechCrunch

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Styra, the startup behind Open Policy Agent, nabs $40M to expand its cloud-native authorization tools – TechCrunch

As cloud-native apps become more and more central to how businesses function, a startup founded by the developers of a popular open-source authorization management tool for cloud-native application environments is announcing some means to expand its commercialization efforts to expand the opportunity. Styra, the startup behind Open Policy Agent, has raised $ 40 million in … Read more

Video shows boy taken from bed

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Dallas police and members of the FBI are investigating the scene near the location where a toddler was found dead with multiple wounds in the Mountain Creek area of ​​Dallas on Saturday, May 15, 2021. (Juan Figueroa / The Dallas Morning News via AP)

About two hours before a 4-year-old was found on a neighborhood street in Dallas, a man lifted the sleeping boy out of his bed and carried him away. The boy, whom the authorities identified as Cash Gernon on Monday, was cared for by Cash’s father’s girlfriend, according to the authorities. The friend, who said Cash’s … Read more

Logitech’s $1,200 Scribe whiteboard camera can hide presenters

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As companies like Google prepare to welcome at least some of their workforce back to the office, Logitech is releasing a whiteboard camera that employees can use to collaborate with their external colleagues. The company’s new gadget, named Scribe, uses AI-enhanced software to make presenters transparent so that the presentation viewer can more easily see … Read more

One of America’s largest hospital chains, Community Health Systems, has been suing patients during the pandemic

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But even as Bull was helping send patients to Moberly Regional, the hospital was in the process of suing her and at least one other former employee at the nursing home. They were two of more than 600 former patients that the hospital has sued over medical bills during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a … Read more

Amazon rebrands Amazon Go Grocery to Amazon Fresh, closes Seattle-area store near Microsoft HQ

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Amazon rebrands Amazon Go Grocery to Amazon Fresh, closes Seattle-area store near Microsoft HQ

The Amazon Go grocery store in Redmond, Washington is closing. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) The news: According to GeekWire, Amazon is renaming its Amazon Go Grocery brand to “Amazon Fresh” and is closing its Amazon Go Grocery store in Redmond, Washington, near Microsoft headquarters. The other Amazon Go grocery store in Seattle’s Capitol Hill … Read more

SpaceX launched 52 more Starlink satellites to orbit on Saturday – TechCrunch

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SpaceX launched 52 more Starlink satellites to orbit on Saturday – TechCrunch

SpaceX successfully launched an additional 52 Starlink Internet broadband satellites into orbit on Saturday, less than a week after the last batch was shipped. A small satellite from the startup Capella Space and a Tyvak observation satellite also made a trip to the launch, which took off on Saturday evening from the Kennedy Space Center … Read more

Israel-Palestinian Conflict: Live Updates – The New York Times

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Israel-Palestinian Conflict: Live Updates - The New York Times

Here’s what you need to know: Israeli warplanes targeted Gaza City on Monday morning.Credit…Mahmud Hams/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Israeli warplanes unleashed a fierce air bombardment on Gaza City before dawn on Monday as Hamas militants in the coastal enclave continued to target towns in southern Israel with barrages of rockets, bringing the conflict into … Read more