Senate passes ‘rip and replace’ bill to remove old Huawei and ZTE equipment from networks

The U.S. Senate today voted unanimously to pass the Secure and Trusted Telecommunications Networks Act. Written as a response to recent concerns around Chinese hardware manufacturers, the bill would ban purchase of telecom equipment from embattled Chinese manufactures like Huawei and ZTE. H.R.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/27/senate-passes-rip-and-replace-bill-to-remove-old-huawei-and-zte-equipment-from-networks/
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Piled Bodies, Overflowing Morgues: Inside America’s Autopsy Crisis

Say you are found on your bathroom floor, on the grassy knoll of someone else’s front yard, in the berth of your tractor-trailer, in your own bed, at the foot of a bridge, under a car wheel, in the car, caught in the bend of a river, collapsed in the bar, alone in the remains of a scorched kitchen

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/magazine/piled-bodies-overflowing-morgues-inside-americas-autopsy-crisis.html
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Coronavirus, Bernie Sanders, Mets: Your Thursday Evening Briefing

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Good evening. Here’s the latest.

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The Leopard Cub With the Lioness Mom

Scientists documented a rare and very cute interspecies adoption in a national park in India. The lions and leopards of Gir National Park, in Gujarat, India, normally do not get along.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/science/leopard-lion-adoption.html
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What’s a Quibi? A Way to Amuse Yourself Until You’re Dead

Lately the same ad has been following me across the internet: It starts with an Indiana Jones type who’s stuck in quicksand. “How long do I have?” he asks his companion, who tells him he’s got “about a Quibi,” or 10 minutes, max.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/magazine/quibi-ad.html
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Trump Has a Problem as the Coronavirus Threatens the U.S.: His Credibility

Even his allies worry that Mr. Trump has undermined his ability to appear presidential in a moment of national emergency, WASHINGTON — When Hurricane Dorian crashed into the Atlantic Coast in September, President Trump assumed a take-charge role in response.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-credibility.html
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Killing of Transgender Homeless Woman Sparks Outrage in Puerto Rico

Alexa Negrón Luciano was shot to death hours after a McDonald’s customer complained that Ms. Negrón had spied on her in the women’s room.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/us/puerto-rico-alexa-transgender-killing.html
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