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These climate tech companies just got $60 million

This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Some people track sports scores or their favorite artists’ tour set lists. Meanwhile, I’m just waiting to hear which climate tech startups are getting big funding awards from government agencies. It’s basically…

Variety 

Isabelle Huppert to Receive Lumière Award at Thierry Fremaux’s Festival

Beloved French actor Isabelle Huppert will receive the Lumière Award in the city of Lyon in October.  Created by Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux, the Lumière Film Festival celebrates classic and contemporary cinema each fall. The Lumière Award honors a leading figure in the world of cinema and their entire body of work.  Huppert succeeds German […]

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Debate could put Trump's abortion posture to the test

Former President Trump’s attempt to walk a political tightrope on abortion could be tested by Thursday’s debate, which offers an opportunity for moderators — and President Biden — to try to pin him down on specifics of his policy.  Trump has tread carefully on the explosive issue, as he and other Republicans try to placate...

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McConnell breaks with Trump on vilification of Biden

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) says Joe Biden is a “good guy,” breaking with former President Trump’s repeated efforts to villainize the president as the corrupt mastermind behind schemes to steal elections and persecute political opponents. But McConnell, who has endorsed Trump, says there are plenty of compelling policy reasons to oust Biden from...

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Biden leans on Republican backers to beat Trump

Geoff Duncan, the former lieutenant governor of Georgia, was sitting in his car last month when he received a call from President Biden. Duncan — a lifelong Republican who has never voted for a Democrat— had just formally endorsed Biden. And the president was calling to thank him. Surefire GOP endorsements are important for Biden...

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Cannon comes under scrutiny for plodding pace of Trump documents case

Judge Aileen Cannon’s plodding supervision of the Mar-a-Lago documents case is coming under building scrutiny after she dedicated three days this week to exploring long-shot motions from former President Trump. Cannon weighed arguments from Trump’s team that question the legitimacy of special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment and his office’s funding, while taking the highly unusual...

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The Memo: Trump, Biden brace for debate that could reshape White House race

ATLANTA — The stage is set, literally, for the biggest moment in the presidential campaign to date. President Biden and former President Trump will meet here Thursday evening for a debate that could reshape a race in which the former president holds a small lead over the incumbent. Biden and Trump, standing at lecterns just...

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Democrats want Biden to be aggressive in debate against Trump

House Democrats want President Biden to take no prisoners in Thursday's debate, saying only an assertive approach can effectively sell his policy message, repel the GOP attacks on his competence — and counter the bellicose style of former President Trump. The Democrats maintain Biden has the clear upper hand heading into the high-stakes event, as...

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Tech privacy bill pits GOP chair against House leaders

A bipartisan data privacy bill is splitting House Republicans and pitting the chair of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee against House GOP leadership. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) are spearheading the American Privacy Rights Act, a long-awaited bill that would...

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Bogus employee retention claims are mucking up IRS operations

Both the IRS and its internal watchdog agency, the National Taxpayer Advocate, are sounding an alarm about bogus employee retention credit (ERC) claims that are interfering with tax-collection operations. The ERC was one of many tax credits boosted by the IRS to help businesses and the economy stay afloat during the pandemic. But despite a...

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5 things to watch in the Trump-Biden debate

President Biden and former President Trump will face off in Atlanta on Thursday in the first of two planned debates as both men battle for the edge in a tight and contentious race. The history-making showdown will mark the first debate for each of the White House hopefuls since 2020, as well the first...

PC World 

Score Microsoft Office for just $25 now

Microsoft Office has been the gold standard in office software for decades now. Unfortunately, it’s also priced like the gold standard. But during our version of Prime Day, you can grab Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows or Microsoft Office Home & Business 2019 for Mac for a major discount.

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