Month: May 2020

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 05/08

Historic unemployment as the government reveals April jobless numbers. Coronavirus at the White House. Arrests in a jogger's killing in GA. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.


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The Intelligence from The Economist - Rises and false: markets v the economy

How can stockmarkets be so healthy when many businesses are so unwell? We look at the many risks that are clearly not priced in. China’s documentary-makers are having to find clever ways to get past censors—which is why one famed filmmaker is just giving his work away online. And remembering a legendary rock-climber who always wanted to find a new way up.

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The Best One Yet - “Peloton, you’re probably too late” — Costco’s worst-in-a-decade. Nintendo’s game drought. Peloton pops another 16%.

Peloton is now worth twice as much as Planet Fitness, so we’re looking at the leading indicators that revealed how that could happen. Costco suffered its first sales drop in 11 years and it’s about to face the family budget gauntlet. And Nintendo profits surged 41% last year, but it’s struggling to develop more games while working from home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | Should You Get an Antibody Test?

Yesterday, New York City announced that it would provide 140,000 free antibody tests to residents who want to know if they have been exposed to the coronavirus. And New York isn’t alone: large-scale antibody testing is ramping up around the country.


But with faulty tests flooding the market and questions about whether a positive test really confers immunity are antibody tests really worth the bother?


Guests: Shannon Palus, staff writer for Slate, and Dr. Natalie E. Dean, assistant professor of biostatistics at the University of Florida.

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The NewsWorthy - States Ignore Benchmarks, “Smart City” Scrapped & New Banksy Surprise- Friday, May 8th, 2020

The news to know for Friday, May 8th, 2020! 

What to know today about the latest states working to reopen and what the White House is saying about the original benchmarks being ignored.

And two very different, controversial legal cases are causing an uproar around the country.

Plus, new ridesharing rules, a reality show on Twitch, and a Banksy painting with a purpose.

Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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Sources:

More States Reopening: AP, LA Times, CNN, CNN, Business Insider

Record Job Losses: USA Today, WSJ

Trump Personal Valet Tests Positive: Reuters, Politico

DOJ Dropping Flynn Case: WaPo, WSJ, Axios, CBS News

Murder Charges in Ahmaud Arbery Shooting: NBC News, ABC News

Run in Honor of Arbery: People, CNN

Potentially Historic May Weather NY Times, FOX News, WaPo

Airlines See Some Improvement: USA Today, CNBC

‘Smart City’ Project Abandoned: BBC, VentureBeat

Lyft’s New Rules: TechCrunch, Mashable, Lyft

Twitch Reality Shows: Bloomberg

Banksy Honors Healthcare Workers: CNN,  BBC

Mother’s Day Sunday: Restaurant Deals, Flower Deals, Last-Minute Gifts

Feel Good Friday - Wedding Turned Food Drive: Newsday, WNBC

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Short Wave - Here’s The Deal With ‘Murder Hornets’

Reports of so-called 'murder hornets' have been all over the news this week. (Even though they were first spotted in the United States late last year.) We talk with entomologist Samuel Ramsey who explains how much of a threat the Asian giant hornet could be to honeybees throughout the country. And, he shares his own encounter fighting these insects while researching bees in Thailand.

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The Daily Signal - Rep. Trey Hollingsworth on Getting America Back to Work

American workers are more than ready to get back to work, according to Rep. Trey Hollingsworth.

The Indiana Republican joins The Daily Signal Podcast to talk about how his state is handling the impact of the coronavirus, state bailouts, sheltering in place, what the economic effects of the coronavirus shutdown will be, and much more.


We also cover these stories:

  • The Texas Supreme Court ordered the release of a Dallas hair salon owner who was put in jail for contempt of court after refusing to keep her business closed due to the coronavirus. 
  • Over the past seven weeks, 33.5 million Americans have filed for unemployment. That is roughly 10% of our nation's population. 
  • New video footage has emerged of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, an African American who was shot twice by Travis McMichael. 

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The Stack Overflow Podcast - Contact Tracing and Civil Liberties: Part 2

Sham Kakade is a professor of computer science, statistics, and data science at the University of Washington. A group from his university, along with volunteers from Microsoft, is creating a contact tracing app called Covid Safe. Sham explains how technology could make it possible for democratic nations to fight the pandemic while preserving civil liberties.

You can read more about Sham’s app, Covid Safe, here.

The app isn’t live in the iOS or Android app store yet, but you can download an Android demo here and help the team work out the bugs. You can also use that link to find their GitHub community.

You can read Paul’s take on the contact tracing spec released by Apple and Google here.