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Reuters
US agency probes risks of foreign satellite use by handheld devices
The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it is investigating if the use of Russian and Chinese foreign satellite systems by U.S. mobile phones and other devices poses security threats. The FCC has concerns U.S. handheld devices are receiving and processing Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals from satellites controlled by foreign adversaries in violation of commission rules. The FCC is seeking answers from handset manufacturers Apple, Google, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and others that collectively cover over 90% of the U.S. smartphone marketplace.
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NextShark
Costco’s fresh sushi bars heading to more US stores
Freshly made sushi is headed to more Costco locations across the U.S. after a wildly successful test run at a Seattle-area warehouse. On March 7, Costco CFO Richard Galanti revealed the success of the company’s first continental U.S. sushi counter and announced plans to add sushi bars to two more locations, reported Today.com. Costco has already been successfully operating sushi counters in several Asian markets and Hawaii.
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Reuters
El Salvador to transfer ‘big chunk’ of bitcoin to physical vault
El Salvador will transfer “a big chunk” of its bitcoin assets to an offline device that will be stored in a physical vault within the Central American country’s territory, President Nayib Bukele said on Thursday. “We’ve decided to transfer a big chunk of our Bitcoin to a cold wallet, and store that cold wallet in a physical vault within our national territory,” Bukele, who last month was re-elected to a second term as president, said in a post on X. “It’s not much, but it’s honest work.” According to Bukele’s social media account earlier this week, El Salvador’s bitcoin portfolio is just under $205 million, logging some $83 million in profit.
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Variety
Alec Baldwin Seeks to Throw Out Manslaughter Indictment, Citing ‘Abuse of the System’
Alec Baldwin’s lawyers asked a judge on Thursday to throw out his manslaughter case, accusing prosecutors of “violating nearly every rule in the book” in the course of obtaining an indictment. The attorneys argued that prosecutors leaked information to the press, failed to present exculpatory evidence to the grand jury, and gave a faulty jury …
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NextShark
Activists slam plan to set bullfighting as cultural heritage in South Korea
Animal rights activists in South Korea are reportedly calling for an end to a study that investigates the eligibility of bullfighting to be designated as a cultural heritage. Bullfighting, which has a long history in South Korea, is currently legal due to an exception in the country’s Animal Protection Act that identifies it as a folk game. Korean bullfighting is believed to have started in village festivals during the Three Kingdoms Period from 57 B.C. to A.D. 668 as a way to celebrate the annual end of farming.
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Reuters
Oil dips on profit taking after price crosses $85
Oil prices edged lower on Friday but were on track to gain nearly 4% for the week as sharp declines in U.S. crude and fuel inventories, drone strikes on Russian refineries and a rise in energy demand forecasts buoyed prices. Brent crude oil futures for May fell 41 cents, or 0.5%, to $85.01 a barrel at 1234 GMT, after crossing $85 a barrel for the first time since November on Thursday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for April fell 32 cents, or 0.4%, to $80.94.
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Reuters
PRESS DIGEST-British Business – March 15
The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. – Britain’s biggest pharmaceuticals company AstraZeneca has struck a deal worth more than $1 billion to acquire a French rare diseases company Amolyt Pharma as it seeks to bolster its drugs pipeline. – Wael Sawan, chief executive of Shell said that the group would aim to cut the net “carbon intensity” of its products by between 15% and 20% by 2030 compared with its level in 2016 and that it had scrapped a 2035 target altogether.
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CBC
Family of victim in Dawson City, Yukon, murder trial reflect on Kevin McGowan’s life
The family of a man killed in Dawson City, Yukon, in 2018, say watching the trial of his alleged murderer this week has been difficult, but has also offered some sense of closure. Kevin Edward McGowan of Port Coquitlam, B.C., 41, was killed in the early hours of April 30, 2018, in downtown Dawson. People who knew him said he had come to Dawson that spring to work as a chef and had only been in town a few weeks. Kane Morgan of Dawson was charged with second degree murder in McGowan’s death and hi
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CBC
TTC to use sound cannons to scare seagulls away from rooftop of streetcar storage facility
The TTC will start using sound cannons this week to scare away seagulls from the rooftop of one of its streetcar storage and maintenance facilities, the transit agency says.In a statement on its website, the TTC said the sound cannons will be used at Leslie Barns near Leslie Street and Lake Shore Boulevard between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. until June. The cannons will be fired up to four times an hour, but if no seagulls are present, they will be silent.The TTC estimates 10,000 to 15,000 seagulls visit
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