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ZD Net: U.S. to share less intel with Germany unless Huawei banned on 5G.

According to The Wall Street Journal, United States Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell told the German government in a letter on Friday that allowing Chinese vendor equipment across 5G networks would reduce US cooperation with intelligence agencies in Germany.

Grenell pointed out that Chinese law requires Chinese companies to support China's security agencies[.]

More - Security Week: Germany will define their own standards, says Merkel.

"We will define our standards for ourselves," [German Chancellor Angela] Merkel told reporters at a Berlin press conference with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel.

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WIRED: How the FAA decides when, and when not, to ground airplanes.

...the FAA is notoriously safety-conscious. Planes in search of an airworthiness certificate must meet stringent standards; the certification process usually takes years. And it gets results: Just one person has died in American airspace on a commercial airplane since 2009. But, it seems, the agency has not yet found reason to ground the new 737.

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Beta News: Chrome browser assists in filtering out toxic comments.

TechSpot: Tune browser AI to filter toxic comments.
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C|Net: Jaguar's station wagon faces uncertain future in U.S.

The car nerds of the internet tend to love them, and because we're a loud bunch, once in a while a manufacturer will take a chance and try to sell one here. Inevitably this lasts a couple of years, few people buy them new, and they go away[.]

I'm guessing its uncertain future has to do with the words "station wagon" following "Jaguar".
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TechDirt: James Woods - 1, Defamation lawsuit - 0.

The lower court did take a couple of shots at Woods during its dismissal of the suit, pointing out he was as uncooperative as possible when the plaintiff, Portia Boulger, tried to serve him.

And we would expect no less from Mr. Woods. Congrats!
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Phys.org: What scientists found after sifting through solar system dust.

So far, no evidence has been found of dust-free space, but that's partly because it would be difficult to detect from Earth. No matter how scientists look from Earth, all the dust in between us and the Sun gets in the way, tricking them into thinking perhaps space near the Sun is dustier than it really is.