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mercredi 26 août 2020

TikTok Chief Executive Kevin Mayer Resigns


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Operation PBFortune

Operation PBFortune.
Operation PBFortune was a covert United States operation to overthrow the democratically elected Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz (pictured) in 1952. The operation was planned by the Central Intelligence Agency and authorized by President Harry Truman. It was motivated by US fears that Árbenz was being influenced by communists, and lobbied for by the United Fruit Company. The operation was planned with the support of Anastasio Somoza García, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo and Marcos Pérez Jiménez, the dictators of Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, respectively. The plan involved providing weapons to the exiled Guatemalan military officer Carlos Castillo Armas, who was to lead an invasion from Nicaragua. US secretary of state Dean Acheson became concerned that the coup attempt would damage the image of the US and terminated the operation. Two years later, another covert CIA action, Operation PBSuccess, toppled the Árbenz government and ended the Guatemalan Revolution.

The Lesson We’re Learning From TikTok? It’s All About Our Data


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What’s a Palantir? The Tech Industry’s Next Big I.P.O.


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What’s a Palantir? The Tech Industry’s Next Big I.P.O.


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How TikTok’s Talks With Microsoft Turned Into a Soap Opera


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How TikTok’s Talks With Microsoft Turned Into a Soap Opera


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How TikTok’s Talks With Microsoft Turned Into a Soap Opera


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mardi 25 août 2020

Battle of Crécy

Battle of Crécy.
The Battle of Crécy was fought on 26 August 1346 in north-east France during the Hundred Years' War. It resulted in a victory for a greatly outnumbered English army led by King Edward III over the French led by King Philip VI and heavy loss of life among the French. The English prepared a defensive position on a hillside near Crécy-en-Ponthieu. After the French mercenary crossbowmen were routed by English longbowmen, French cavalry made repeated charges. They had to force their way uphill over muddy ground across pits dug by the English, while taking heavy casualties from the longbowmen. The ensuing hand-to-hand combat against the English men-at-arms was described as "murderous, without pity, cruel, and very horrible". The French charges continued late into the night, all with the same fierce fighting, until the French were repulsed. The battle established the effectiveness of the longbow as a dominant weapon on the Western European battlefield.

Ant Group, the Alibaba Payment Affiliate, Files to Go Public


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Ant Group, the Alibaba Payment Affiliate, Files to Go Public


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Ant Group, the Alibaba Payment Affiliate, Files to Go Public


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With Hacks and Cameras, Beijing’s Electronic Dragnet Closes on Hong Kong


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With Hacks and Cameras, Beijing’s Electronic Dragnet Closes on Hong Kong


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With Hacks and Cameras, Beijing’s Electronic Dragnet Closes on Hong Kong


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To Fight Apple and Google’s Grip, Fortnite Creator Mounts a Crusade


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To Fight Apple and Google’s Grip, Fortnite Creator Mounts a Crusade


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To Fight Apple and Google’s Grip, Fortnite Creator Mounts a Crusade


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lundi 24 août 2020

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is a 2005 action-adventure video game, the first in the Castlevania series by Konami to be released on the Nintendo DS. It was written and produced by Koji Igarashi (pictured) and directed by Satoshi Kushibuchi. Incorporating many elements from its predecessor, Aria of Sorrow, it was commercially successful, selling more than 15,000 units in its first week in Japan and 164,000 in the United States within three months. The protagonist, Soma Cruz, manages to escape the fate of becoming the new Dracula with the help of allies. The game has platform and role-playing elements, with a dark, gothic atmosphere. It introduces a multiplayer mode and a "Magic Seal" system that requires the use of the DS stylus to draw a pattern to defeat enemies. The game received high scores from many video game publications and was considered one of the best games on the Nintendo DS for 2005. (This article is part of a featured topic: Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow.)

TikTok Sues U.S. Government Over Trump Ban


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TikTok Sues U.S. Government Over Trump Ban


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TikTok Sues U.S. Government Over Trump Ban


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TikTok Sues Trump Administration


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TikTok Sues Trump Administration


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TikTok Sues Trump Administration


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dimanche 23 août 2020

California Pacific International Exposition half dollar

California Pacific International Exposition half dollar.
The California Pacific International Exposition half dollar is a fifty-cent piece that was struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1935 and 1936 as a commemorative coin. Its obverse depicts Minerva and other elements of the Seal of California; the reverse shows buildings from the California Pacific International Exposition (held 1935–1936), which the coin was issued to honor. Legislation for the half dollar moved through Congress without opposition in early 1935, and Robert I. Aitken was hired to design it. The San Francisco Mint produced 250,000 coins, but expected sales did not materialize. The Exposition Commission, left with over 180,000 pieces they could not sell, sought and obtained legislation authorizing new coins. Although there was a spike in prices for many commemorative coins in 1936, the Exposition Commission's new coins also sold poorly, and 150,000 pieces were returned to the Mint.

Twitter Flags Trump Tweet for Dissuading Voting


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Twitter Flags Trump Tweet for Dissuading Voting


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samedi 22 août 2020

Parachute Jump

Parachute Jump.
The Parachute Jump is a defunct amusement ride on the Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. Listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places and protected as a New York City designated landmark, it consists of a 250-foot-tall (76-meter), 170-short-ton (150-metric-ton) open-frame, steel parachute tower. The ride has twelve cantilever steel arms radiating from the top of the tower. When it was in operation, riders were belted into a suspended two-person canvas seat, lifted to the top, and dropped; a parachute and shock absorbers slowed their descent. The jump was the tallest structure built for the 1939 New York World's Fair at Flushing Meadows. The ride was moved to its current location in 1941, where it operated until the 1960s, when the Steeplechase amusement park shut down. After a period of neglect, the frame was restored and fitted with a light-show system in 2006.

vendredi 21 août 2020

John W. Beschter

John W. Beschter.
John W. Beschter (1763–1842) was a Catholic priest from the Duchy of Luxembourg who emigrated to the United States in 1807 to become a missionary of the Society of Jesus. He took up ministry in rural Pennsylvania, and was soon made the pastor of St. Mary's Church in Lancaster. As pastor, Beschter was praised by Archbishop John Carroll for ministering to Catholic congregations of three distinct ethnic and linguistic groups, and quieting a parochial dispute over the nationality and language of their pastor. In 1812, Beschter went to Maryland to become the master of novices at the new Jesuit novitiate in White Marsh. After two years, he returned to ministering in rural Pennsylvania and Maryland. He became the pastor of the German congregation of St. John the Evangelist in Baltimore, a position he held until 1828. The following year, he became the president of Georgetown College. After several months, he left the office, and returned to ministering in Paradise, Pennsylvania, where he lived out his final years.

Palantir, Tech’s Next Big I.P.O., Lost $580 Million in 2019


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Palantir, Tech’s Next Big I.P.O., Lost $580 Million in 2019


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Jeff Wilke, Amazon’s Chief of Consumer, to Retire Next Year


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Jeff Wilke, Amazon’s Chief of Consumer, to Retire Next Year


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Jeff Wilke, Amazon’s Chief of Consumer, to Retire Next Year


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Facebook Braces Itself for Trump to Cast Doubt on Election Results


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Facebook Braces Itself for Trump to Cast Doubt on Election Results


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Facebook Braces Itself for Trump to Cast Doubt on Election Results


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jeudi 20 août 2020

Tropical Storm Ileana (2018)

Tropical Storm Ileana (2018).
Tropical Storm Ileana was a small tropical cyclone that affected western Mexico in early August 2018. The eleventh tropical cyclone and ninth named storm of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season, Ileana originated from a tropical wave that left the west coast of Africa and traveled across the Atlantic Ocean before crossing into the eastern Pacific Ocean early on August 4. The system began to strengthen on August 5, becoming Tropical Storm Ileana. On August 6, it began to develop an eyewall structure as it reached its peak intensity with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a pressure of 998 mbar (29.47 inHg). The storm became intertwined with Hurricane John; the circulation of John disrupted Ileana before absorbing it on August 7. Paralleling the coast of Mexico for much of its existence, Ileana killed four people in Guerrero and four others in Chiapas. There was flooding in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Estado de México.

Mark Zuckerberg Questioned Under Oath in F.T.C. Antitrust Inquiry


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Mark Zuckerberg Questioned Under Oath in F.T.C. Antitrust Inquiry


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Ann Syrdal, Who Helped Give Computers a Female Voice, Dies at 74


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Ann Syrdal, Who Helped Give Computers a Female Voice, Dies at 74


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Ann Syrdal, Who Helped Give Computers a Female Voice, Dies at 74


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Former Uber Security Chief Charged With Concealing Hack


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Former Uber Security Chief Charged With Concealing Hack


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Former Uber Security Chief Charged With Concealing Hack


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Uber and Lyft Threaten to Shut Down in California


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