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[unable to retrieve full-text content]NBA playoffs: Pacers outlast Knicks, 111–106, for crucial Game 3 win  Yahoo Sports Source link

Illustration: Quartz Anti-government protests flared in several Chinese cities and on college campuses over the weekend. But the country’s most widespread show of public dissent in decades will have to manage without a crucial communication tool, because Apple restricted its use in China earlier this month. AirDrop, the file-sharing feature on iPhones and other Apple devices, has helped protestors in many authoritarian countries evade censorship. That’s because AirDrop relies on direct… Source link

It wasn’t the shellacking many forecasters expected. Republicans seem likely to take control of the House of Representative from Democrats, once outstanding votes are counted. But the red wave Republicans hoped for didn’t materialize. If they do take control, Republicans’ majority may only amount to a few votes. Control of the Senate remains undetermined and could come down to a Dec. 5 runoff election between the two Senate candidates in Georgia. Democrats may feel vindicated. In midterm… Source link

After over a year of negotiations, Congress is finally advancing a bill to provide $52 billion to the semiconductor industry amid a chip shortage threatening U.S. competitiveness and national security. The Senate is eyeing a crucial cloture vote as early as Thursday which, if it gains the required 60 votes, could put the bill on the path to become a law within the coming weeks. “This has been bipartisan work in the Senate at its best,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said… Source link

Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor says Meta should have stayed around longer in the crypto space. “The mistake [they made] was not getting into the crypto space. They wasted many, many years of their time with the project they invested in,” the MicroStrategy CEO and founder said on Yahoo Finance Live. This week, Diem — Facebook’s one-time crypto venture — said it sold its assets and intellectual property to crypto bank Silvergate Capital. Sale price: $182 million. The sale effectively ends… Source link

The Biden administration is keen on rebuilding America’s infrastructure, including a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure project that the Trump administration blocked. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg recently told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that the administration would be prioritizing the Gateway Program, a project to upgrade the Northeast Corridor rail lines between New York and New Jersey. “This is a regional issue, but one of national significance… Source link

SHENYANG, CHINA – FEBRUARY 06: Customers try out smartphones at a Huawei Store on February 6, 2021 … [+] in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China. (Photo by Yan Bo/VCG via Getty Images) VCG via Getty Images You might have thought, that Huawei would have given up the ghost by now, given the absence of full Google Mobile Services and limitations on its hardware because of the U.S. Government’s Entity List. Far from it. This week, it has filed a… Source link

ATLANTA — Just two days before the Georgia runoffs that will determine the leadership of the Senate and one day before a rally on behalf of the Republican candidates, President Trump has continued to unload on the GOP officials leading the state. In an extraordinary development, Trump attempted to cajole Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, according to the Washington Post, which published audio of their call on Sunday. “So look. All I want to do is this. I just want… Source link

President-elect Joe Biden has chosen former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to be Treasury Secretary, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, after Biden previously said his nominee would “be accepted by all elements of the Democratic Party.” If confirmed, Yellen — the first woman to chair the Fed — will smash another glass ceiling by becoming the first woman to lead the Treasury Department. In making such a choice, President-elect Biden is distinguishing himself from former… Source link

Bloomberg The Second Breakup of AT&T (Bloomberg) — AT&T Inc. has been called many things over its 135-year history: Ma Bell, monopoly, media conglomerate. The company, which traces its roots to the patent rights of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell, was the dominant phone company for much of the 20th century. So dominant, in fact, that it was broken up in 1982 as part of an agreement with antitrust authorities. But those businesses eventually began to merge, culminating with SBC… Source link