Biden to bar Americans from business with Ukraine rebels after Putin backing

The White House announced Monday that Americans will soon be barred from doing business in two separatist regions of eastern Ukraine recognized as independent by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin bemoaned the collapse of the Soviet Union as he recognized

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Meta sent a new draft decision on its EU-US data transfers

Facebook has received a “revised” preliminary decision from its lead EU privacy regulator with implications for its ability to continue to export user data to the US, TechCrunch has learned. “Meta has 28 days to make submissions on this preliminary

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Britney Spears Will Reportedly Receive $15 Million For Tell-All Book

Britney Spears is gearing up to tell all. The pop superstar has reportedly landed a multimillion-dollar book deal with Simon & Schuster for a memoir. According to Variety, the book will feature Spears’ accounts of her record-smashing music career, her

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DC transit authority social media accounts hacked with obscene Twitter posts

In the early morning, a series of lewd tweets and photos were posted on the Twitter accounts for the metro rail service and WMATA, which posts information about the capital area’s metro system. The WMATA Twitter page name was also

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Survival Sim ‘Green Hell VR’ Demo Releases on Steam Today, Gameplay Trailer Here

As a part of Steam Next Fest, Incuvo Games is today releasing a free demo of its upcoming VR adaptation of Green Hell (2019), the popular open-world survival game. The studio says Green Hell VR is officially launching on

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Apple’s standoff with Dutch antitrust authority over dating apps’ payments continues

The Netherlands’ competition authority has once again increased a fine levied against Apple for failing to comply with an antitrust order related to payment tech and dating apps. The fifth penalty payment of €5 million issued today means the tech

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Extreme storm, high winds topple 98-foot crane, crushing two workers to death

This is the terrifying moment a 98-foot crane is blown over by strong winds crushing two workers to death. It comes as a series of storms has battered Europe in the past days, with the UK recording gales of 122

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Arctic cold front to bring winter storm, heavy snow to parts of US

Over the next few days, temperatures will be 20 to 30 degrees below average across the nation’s northern tier. More than 70% of Americans in the Lower 48 will experience temperatures below the freezing mark. Along with the cold, heavy

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Instagram quietly limits ‘daily time limit’ option

RIP Mark Zuckerberg’s “time well spent“? In a move that appears to coincide with Facebook/Meta reporting slowing growth, photo-sharing app Instagram appears to have quietly removed the ability for mobile users to set a lower daily time limit reminder than

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U.S. Troops in Poland Brace for Possible Ukrainian Evacuees

In addition, some 300 members of the 18th Airborne Corps headquarters, also from Fort Bragg, have arrived in Germany to oversee the reinforcements flowing into Eastern Europe. The 18th Airborne Corps and this headquarters unit are led by Lt. Gen.

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Here’s What ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Looks Like in VR, SteamVR Mod Coming Soon

Cyberpunk 2077 doesn’t officially support VR headsets, but leave it to prolific VR modder Luke Ross to get under the hood and beat CD Projekt Red to the punch—one they haven’t exactly prioritized given the litany of bugs the studio

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Virginia school board member storms out of meeting over maskless saga

A Virginia school board chairwoman was filmed storming out of a meeting last week after a parent confronted her with photos showing her posing maskless in a “crowd of people” — after she berated parents for protesting local mask mandates.

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The Station: DeLorean teases an EV, VW and Huawei are ‘talking’ and feds investigate Tesla

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hello readers: Welcome to The Station, your central hub for all past, present

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Dog reunited with owner in California after missing for 12 years

A California dog missing for more than a decade has been reunited with her owner after being found at a rural property. The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office received a call on Feb. 10 about a stray dog that appeared

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