All Stories from May 2, 2020 (Change date)
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Mask stolen from lion statue outside Chicago's Art InstituteMay 02, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Somebody apparently needed a really big protective mask. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a mask adorning one of the iconic lion statues near the Michi...
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Reade: 'I didn't use sexual harassment' in Biden complaintMay 02, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Tara Reade, the former Senate staffer who alleges Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, says she filed a limited report with a congressional p...
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Bad WiFi is slowing you down. Fix yours without spending a dime.May 02, 2020 6:25 am - Can everybody hear me? Your Zoom is hiccuping. The WiFi is being weird. You're breaking up, America. Bad Internet connections are our No. 1 tech problem - as frustrating...
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Managers turn to surveillance software, always-on webcams to ensure employees are (really) working from homeMay 02, 2020 6:21 am - When the coronavirus shuttered the Kansas headquarters of the High Plains Journal, an agricultural trade paper for farmers and ranchers across the Midwest, digital marke...
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Watch my kids, please: Parents hire Zoom babysitters so they can shelter in peaceMay 02, 2020 6:19 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Babysitting used to go something like this: A local teenager comes over to the house after school to play with the kids, then tucks them into bed and spe...
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Should you let your kid get that app? Here's how to set boundaries during social distancing.May 02, 2020 6:19 am - When our kids are cooped up at home, they're going to turn to tech. For many households, this is where the battle lines are drawn. New tech is tempting, and our kids wil...
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America's garage hobbyists fight the pandemic with 3D printersMay 02, 2020 6:16 am - Before covid-19, most Americans likely hadn't heard of 3D printing. If they had, it probably conjured visions of tinkerers and techies in their garages obsessing over Du...
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Tech giants are profiting - and getting more powerful - even as the global economy tanksMay 02, 2020 6:12 am - SAN FRANCISCO -Tech titans spent much of the last year playing defense, fending off dozens of federal and state antitrust investigations and a public wary of their power...
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Nintendo Switch is in high demand, and there aren't enough of themMay 02, 2020 6:10 am - I was late to the whole Animal Crossing thing, but a few days ago I, too, decamped for a virtual island utopia, where I can breathe fresh digital air, chase butterflies,...
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Help kids cope with changes brought on by pandemicMay 02, 2020 6:00 am - No school. No day care. No playdates with friends. The COVID-19 crisis has turned our children's lives upside down, while stoking fear and sparking a range of reactions....