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President Trump said Saturday the presidential election “is far from over” after Democrat Joseph R. Biden was projected as the winner.

08/11/2020

President Trump said Saturday the presidential election “is far from over” after Democrat Joseph R. Biden was projected as the winner. “We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner, and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him: they don’t want the truth to be exposed,” Mr. Trump said in a statement released by his campaign. “The simple fact is this election is far from over.” His statement came after major news organizations called Pennsylvania for Mr. Biden, giving the Democrat more than the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. He said Mr. Biden “has not been certified as the winner of any states, let alone any of the highly contested states headed for mandatory recounts, or states where our campaign has valid and legitimate legal challenge...

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On Tuesday, several states passed ballot measures to relax drug laws.

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Enlarge/ On Tuesday, Washington, DC, voted to decriminalize psilocybin, and Oregons voters approved two landmark reform measuresMeasure 109, which legalizes psilocybin therapies, and Measure 110, which decriminalizes personal possession of drugs, including cocaine, methamphetamine, and opioids. 187 with 88 posters participating As election night ended in the United States, people went to bed still wondering who had won the presidential race, which party would control Congress, and what the future held. But one subject unified the electorate with unexpectedly decisive consistency: drugs. When asked to relax laws around the use of psychoactive substances, voters said yes, whether they were in the reddest red states or the bluest blue. New Jersey, Arizona, and Montana all voted to legalize...

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The PS5 is a worthy 4K gaming machine with some next-gen titles you’ll actually want to play. You’ll just have to get used to its unique design.

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Before you can even plug in the PS5, you'll have to learn how to install its plastic stand. While the console can stand vertically on its own, Sony recommends using it for both orientations. And once you handle the console, it's easy to see why. The PS5 is just too precarious when it's standing up without a stand; all it takes is a light brush from a child or pet to send your $500 console crashing to the floor. And if it's sitting horizontally, the system wobbles like an enormous egg, which also makes me worried it'll eventually roll off my table. So the stand makes sense -- but I don't have to like it. It screws onto the bottom of the console if you're standing it up, or slides into the back if it's going horizontal. Sony includes an instruction sheet that's relatively clear, but I'll be...

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Spider-Man: Miles Morales is a spinoff of the original Marvel’s Spider-Man, coming to both the PS4 and PlayStation 5, while introducing a new character to the superhero action game.

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07/11/2020

In a lot of ways, the latest Spider-Man game is similar to the PS4 hit from 2018. That game managed to capture the joy of being a webslinger just about perfectly: swinging through the streets of New York, using webs to dispatch criminals, and clinging to a ceiling as you sneak through a villains base. Few games captured the sense of being a specific superhero the way Spider-Man did. The new spin-off, which launches alongside the PS5 next week, offers all of those same elements, but in a refreshed way and its all thanks to a new lead. There are key differences between Peter Parker and Miles Morales as characters, and this is a game that really understands that. Yes, its a spinoff thats slightly smaller in scale. But it also presents an interesting twist on an already great game. Its not ju...

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As ballot boxes across the US were opened, some media speculated as to whether a tie or dead heat scenario in the US election was possible.

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07/11/2020

As ballot boxes across the US were opened, some media speculated as to whether a tie or dead heat scenario in the US election was possible. This scenario hasn't happened before in modern times, but on day three it looks like this situation of a 269-269 tie could still in theory play out. The mathematical possibility of this even split first opened up on Wednesday morning when Joe Biden won one of Nebraska's five electoral votes, with Donald Trump taking the other four. Now all eyes are on Georgia and its 16 electoral college votes. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden took a narrow lead over President Donald Trump in this battleground state early today, putting the White House within his reach. But with 99% of the votes tallied, Edison research still puts both candidates on 49....

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President Donald Trump’s campaign was hobbled by his response to the coronavirus pandemic, giving Joe Biden a long-held, if overstated, lead in polls.

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The Democratic nominee Joe Biden was projected to win the 2020 presidential election as of early Friday, after voters rejected President Donald Trump's chaotic and deeply polarizing first term. Biden's running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, made history by becoming the nation's first female, Black, and Indian American vice president. Biden surpassed the 270 electoral votes required to win the White House by flipping the battleground states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, according to projections by Decision Desk HQ. Two other states, Georgia and Nevada, were continuing to count ballots in their tight races. Biden won over 3 million more votes than Trump as of Friday, a lead that's likely to grow as states finalize their results in the coming days and weeks. Biden had...

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TLDR: The training in The 2021 Android Development eBook and Video Course Super Bundle can get you actually building all your Android app ideas right now. Apple makes headlines every …

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TLDR: The training in The 2021 Android Development eBook and Video Course Super Bundle can get you actually building all your Android app ideas right now. Apple makes headlines every year with their big splashy new iPhone rollout events, but it doesnt change the fact that three quarters of you still own an Android phone instead. And apps for Android just keep exploding. By 2022, mobile app downloads are projected to reach 258 billion, a surge of almost 50 percent from 2017. That represents $157 billion spent on apps worldwide every year. If that has you thinking about how to make your cool idea into an Android appwell, it should. Right now, the training in The 2021 Android Development eBook and Video Course Super Bundle ($29.99, over 90 percent off, from TNW Deals) can help you understan...

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Apple has officially released iOS 14.2, which adds over 100 new emoji, wallpapers, a redesigned AirPlay interface, and several HomePod features. The update is available to download now.

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06/11/2020

Image: Emojipedia Apple officially released iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2 today, bringing a variety of new features but the most important might be the dozens of new emoji that are now available to use. They include a ninja, a transgender pride flag, a coin, bubble tea, a dodo, a piñata, a tamale, and more. It also brings the new pinched finger emoji (pictured below), which has already been memed to death as the frustrated Italian hand gesture emoji. See the list at Emojipedia for the full catalog of new emoji added in the update. Image: Emojipedia The new update also brings other improvements to iOS 14, including eight new wallpapers, a refreshed AirPlay menu, a new Shazam toggle for Control Center, and the usual array of bug fixes. The update also adds several big features to Apples Ho...

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Olivia Wilde’s new film, starring Florence Pugh and Harry Styles, had just begun filming

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06/11/2020

Back in September, Harry Styles fans who have waited since 2017's Dunkirk to see him back up on the big screen got some news to rejoice about when he joined Olivia Wilde's latest directorial effort, a period piece called Don't Worry Darling. Brought in to replace Shia LaBeouf, Styles will star alongside Florence Pugh and Chris Pine in the 1950s-set film, which reportedly takes place in a California desert utopian community. Sounds great! Production on the film had begun recently, but Deadlinereported on November 4 that everything had to be shut down while filming in Los Angeles after a crew member tested positive for COVID-19 during routine testing. As a result, per protocol, the film will stop production for 14 days while the folks involved can isolate. The situation with Don't Worry Da...

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Complete vote counts aren’t expected until Friday, and Trump campaign officials said they think president will win the state

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06/11/2020

Joe Biden leads President Trump by a narrow margin in Arizona as vote-counting continues in a state that the Associated Press and Fox News have already put in the former vice presidents column but that Republicans and some election experts say remains too close to call. As of Thursday morning, Mr. Biden was ahead of Mr. Trump by more than 68,000 votes with about 88% of the states expected total vote counted, according to the AP. Katie...