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What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Abby’s’ and ‘Broad City’

By GABE COHN from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2U1l5iC

Las principales noticias del jueves

By Por ALBINSON LINARES from NYT Universal https://ift.tt/2Ow9odF

Italy’s Right Links Low Birthrate to Fight Against Abortion and Migration

By JASON HOROWITZ from NYT World https://ift.tt/2FADBUI

Trump’s Fed Pick Owes $75,000 in Unpaid Federal Taxes

By JIM TANKERSLEY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2OvVRCT

Monsanto Ordered to Pay $80 Million in Roundup Cancer Case

By JULIA JACOBS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2YvsPb5

Review: African-American Flight 1619 Now Boarding in ‘Ain’t No Mo’

By JESSE GREEN from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/2uBzD9b

How to Protect Your Smart Home from Hackers

By RACHEL CERICOLA from NYT Smarter Living https://ift.tt/2uyH40W

Overlooked No More: Bessie Blount, Nurse, Wartime Inventor and Handwriting Expert

By Unknown Author from NYT Obituaries https://ift.tt/2JMF8N1

Frost Relative

By DEB AMLEN from NYT Crosswords & Games https://ift.tt/2U78qL6

Brexit, Boeing, China: Your Thursday Briefing

By MELINA DELKIC from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2UjMT0E

Weather Channel sued for $125M over death of Texas man killed in 'horrific' crash with storm chasers

Weather Channel sued for $125M over death of Texas man killed in 'horrific' crash with storm chasers Texas man's family files a $125 million lawsuit against the Weather Channel, claiming the network ignored its storm chasers’ history of reckless driving that led to the deadly 'horrific' car crash in 2017.

Pacific storm moves over Northern California mountains; Midwest flood zones to remain rain-free

Pacific storm moves over Northern California mountains; Midwest flood zones to remain rain-free

National forecast for Wednesday, March 27

National forecast for Wednesday, March 27 Janice Dean has your FoxCast.

National forecast for Tuesday, March 26

National forecast for Tuesday, March 26 Janice Dean has your FoxCast.

West Coast remains active with rain, snow for parts of California

West Coast remains active with rain, snow for parts of California

National forecast for Sunday, March 24

National forecast for Sunday, March 24 Rick Reichmuth has your FoxCast.

15th-century warlord's sword digitized more than 500 years after his death in battle

15th-century warlord's sword digitized more than 500 years after his death in battle An ornate sword once used by 15-century warlord Ali Atar has been brought into the digital age by being digitized into a 3-D animated model. Ali Atar was a military commander in the service of King Boabdil, the last sultan of Granada. Created by Spain’s Universitat Politècnica de València and 3-D specialist Ingheritag3D, the interactive animation lets viewers rotate a digital version of the sword's hilt and take a closer look at the elaborate artifact.

Facebook bans white nationalism and white separatism

Facebook bans white nationalism and white separatism Facebook announced Wednesday that it will be banning and removing white nationalism and white separatism from its platforms, including Instagram.

Should certain technologies be mandated for aircrafts?

Should certain technologies be mandated for aircrafts? Former FAA senior official Scott Brenner says that mandating certain safety systems could raise prices on aircrafts causing companies to stick with older out of date models.

15th-century warlord's sword digitized more than 500 years after his death in battle

15th-century warlord's sword digitized more than 500 years after his death in battle An ornate sword that belonged to a 15th-century warlord in Muslim Spain has been digitized in stunning 3-D.

Facebook bans white nationalism and white separatism

Facebook bans white nationalism and white separatism Facebook is banning white nationalism and white separatism from its platform, the Mark Zuckerberg-led company announced on Wednesday.

Newspapers largely shun Apple's news subscription service

Newspapers largely shun Apple's news subscription service NEW YORK (AP) — Many newspaper publishers — after suffering for a decade from job losses, shrinking ad dollars and circulation declines — are so far shunning Apple's new "Netflix for news" subscription.

Palantir wins $800 million Army contract for battlefield intelligence system

Palantir wins $800 million Army contract for battlefield intelligence system The U.S. Army has chosen Palantir Technologies to deploy a complex, new battlefield intelligence system for soldiers.

Someone alive today will live to be 1,000 years old, ‘incendiary’ tech honcho claims

Someone alive today will live to be 1,000 years old, ‘incendiary’ tech honcho claims Someone alive on Earth today will reach the ripe old age of 1,000.

New Army tank round destroys bunkers, 8-inch concrete walls and more

New Army tank round destroys bunkers, 8-inch concrete walls and more A single emerging US Army Abrams tank round is engineered to attack and destroy enemy tanks, bunkers, concrete walls, light armored vehicles and even small groups of enemy fighters - by enabling crews to instantly adjust its explosive effect within seconds.

Apple ‘playing the long game’ with digital credit card and services push

Apple ‘playing the long game’ with digital credit card and services push Apple announced a new digital credit card service for iPhone users this week in what CEO Tim Cook described as “the most significant change to the credit card in 50 years.”

Censorship pays: China's state newspaper expands lucrative online scrubbing business

People.cn, the online unit of China's influential People's Daily, is boosting its numbers of human internet censors backed by artificial intelligence to help firms vet content on apps and adverts, capitalizing on its unmatched Communist Party lineage. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2CESwfY

Modi hails India as military space power after anti-satellite missile test

India shot down one of its own satellites in low-Earth orbit with a ground-to-space missile on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, hailing his country's first test of such weaponry as a breakthrough establishing it as a military space power. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OtsD7y

U.S. studying India anti-satellite weapons test, warns of space debris

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan warned any nations contemplating anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons tests like the one India carried out on Wednesday that they risk making a "mess" in space because of debris fields they can leave behind. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2HXFaz8

Amid Russia tensions, producing F-35 fighter jets without Turkey possible: U.S. sources

Excluding NATO-member Turkey from the trillion-dollar F-35 fighter jet program would be challenging due to Ankara's integral role in the stealthy jet's production process, but not impossible, U.S. sources familiar with the situation said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2CJq4K6

After drought and floods, Afghanistan confronts critical harvest

Afghanistan's summer harvest will be one of the most critical in years, especially of wheat, its biggest cereal crop, as the country recovers from floods and the worst drought in decades, government and aid organization officials say. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2U2hKzP

Emissaries from round world gathering in Christchurch for remembrance

Representatives of governments from around the world are expected to attend a national remembrance service in New Zealand on Friday for the 50 victims of a mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2FChgGv