King’s Birthday and Coronation Honours 2023: Horticulture, tech, work hours, journalism leaders
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- Character development, storylines, and future plans for the series are addressed, including the involvement of celebrities and the continuation of the Fallout saga.
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- Berliner faced a five-day suspension after releasing an analysis claiming NPR's coverage was influenced by liberal bias.
- NPR accused Berliner of breaching company policies by publishing his work outside the organization without approval.
- Following the essay's release, NPR employees lost confidence in Berliner, and the network's new CEO came under scrutiny from conservative activists.
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The Witcher: Netflix announces the end of the series, Liam Hemsworth won't stay Geralt for long
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Ubuntu outperforms Windows 11 on the Framework Laptop 16 with Ryzen 7 7840HS: Phoronix tested two versions of Ubuntu Linux against Windows 11 on the latest ...
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Micron to get $6 billion from U.S. gov't to build memory fabs: Report: U.S. government to support Micron's EUV DRAM fab, other fab projects in the U.S ...
tomshardware.com/tech-industry/micron-to-get-dollar6-billion-from-us-govt-to-build-memory-fabs-report
Fallout Is the Biggest Hit in Months. The Secret to Its Success? It Started With a Lousy Story.
slate.com/culture/2024/04/fallout-tv-show-series-amazon-prime-game.html
Sony in Talks to Join a Bid to Buy Paramount: The company and Apollo Global Management are discussing a joint effort, even as Paramount conducts exclusive merger ...
nytimes.com/2024/04/18/business/paramount-sony-apollo-bid.html
Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant: maintenance extended due to new defects: The new EPR in Olkiluoto was actually supposed to be back online on April 8th ...
heise.de/news/AKW-Olkiluoto-3-Wartung-wegen-neuer-Maengel-verlaengert-9685434.html
Can TikTok's owner afford to lose its killer app?: Sell or be banned - TikTok's US operations, by some estimates, could fetch up to $100bn.
bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-68681786
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