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9 'Internet of Things' Stocks to Buy 12/08/2021 07:00pm • Smart home stocks offer tremendous long-term upside.The "internet of things," or IoT, describes the growing number of physical objects, devices, appliances and machines that are connected to the internet via sensors and software. The IoT is already changing people's everyday lives inside their homes US-Apple-Apps-Top-10 12/07/2021 11:39am • Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Minecraft, Mojang 2. Bloons TD 6, Ninja Kiwi 3. Heads Up!, Warner Bros. 4. Procreate Pocket, Savage Interactive Pty Ltd 5. Geometry Dash, RobTop Games AB 6. HotSchedules, HotSchedules 7. Plague Inc., Ndemic Creations 8. Monopoly, Marmalade Game Studio 9. True Skate, True DC���s United Bank completes 33rd acquisition 12/07/2021 08:30am • Google street view of a United Bank location. United Bankshares, Inc., with dual headquarters in Charleston, West Virginia, and D.C., has completed its $303 million acquisition of Richmond, Virginia-based Community Bankers Trust, the parent company of Essex Bank. It is United Bank���s 33rd ba WTOP: Our News Philosophy 12/03/2021 12:56pm • WTOP: Our News Philosophy At WTOP News, we work to deliver news that matters to the D.C. area in an unbiased, objective and accurate way. Part of that effort is to be transparent about how we make decisions as a news organization. We hope the information provided below helps you understand the prin Mark Cuban buys a small town in Texas, just because 12/03/2021 12:11pm • Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, is having a Johnny Rose moment. The billionaire just bought the entire town of Mustang, Texas ��� a blip on the map off I-45, with a population of 21 people, according to the latest census data. The reason, Cuban told the Dallas Morning News: A buddy ���We just feel it���: Racism plagues US military academies 12/03/2021 12:30am • Eight years after he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Geoffrey Easterling remains astonished by the Confederate history still memorialized on the storied academy���s campus ��� the six-foot-tall painting of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in the library, the barracks dormitory US government sues to block $40 billion Nvidia-Arm chip deal 12/02/2021 05:47pm • The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block graphics chip maker Nvidia���s $40 billion purchase of chip designer Arm, saying the deal would create a powerful company that could hurt the growth of new technologies. Nvidia Corp., based in Santa Clara, California, said in September 2020 th Inside the 'big wave' of misinformation targeted at Latinos 12/01/2021 04:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Before last year's presidential election, Facebook ads targeting Latino voters described Joe Biden as a communist. During his inauguration, another conspiracy theory spread online and on Spanish-language radio warning that a brooch worn by Lady Gaga signaled Biden was working wit Haugen urges lawmakers to avert impasse on social media laws 12/01/2021 03:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Ex-Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen implored lawmakers Wednesday to avert the usual congressional stalemates as they weigh proposals to curb abuses on social media platforms by limiting the companies��� free-speech protections against legal liability. Still, Ha 8 Best 5G ETFs to Buy 11/30/2021 07:00pm • 5G adoption is ramping up.According to estimates from a 2021 Ericsson mobile industry report, 5G smartphone subscriptions worldwide will finally top 500 million by the end of this year, more than double the level from 2020. Furthermore, 5G subscriptions in 2022 are predicted to double again to top 1 New Twitter CEO steps from behind the scenes to high profile 11/29/2021 07:03pm • Newly named Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has emerged from behind the scenes to take over one of Silicon Valley's highest-profile and politically volatile jobs. But his prior lack of name recognition coupled with a solid technical background appears to be what some big company backers were looking for t 7 of the Best Altcoins to Buy 11/28/2021 07:00pm • Bitcoin isn't the only crypto game in town.Bitcoin (BTC) typically gets the lion's share of cryptocurrency media coverage, and rightfully so. In the years since the first Bitcoin transaction was completed in 2009, however, thousands of other cryptocurrencies have popped up, creating a confusing land Woman dies after crashing car into tree in Prince George's Co. 11/27/2021 07:42am • A woman died after crashing her car into a tree in Forestville, Maryland, on Thursday, Prince George's County police said. Lakina Jackson, 32, of District Heights was driving southbound on Pennsylvania Avenue near Forestville Road when she crashed, according to police. More Maryland Ne EU to limit political ads, ban use of certain personal info 11/25/2021 03:26pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Concerned by the misuse of political advertising to undermine elections, the European Union on Thursday unveiled plans to help people better understand when they are seeing such ads online and who is responsible for them. The proposals, aimed at ensuring fair and transparent polls Plans submitted to replace Arlington's Americana Hotel with residential high-rise 11/24/2021 08:41am • The Americana Hotel first opened in 1963 and closed in 2020 because of the pandemic. (Courtesy Google) JBG Smith, already the largest landlord in Arlington County���s Crystal City neighborhood, has filed plans with the county to replace the nearly 60-year-old Americana Hotel, a landmark property