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• John Oliver, not bots, a source of FCC’s negative net neutrality repeal comments

  08-08-2018 23:23
  The FCC acknowledged Wednesday that bots were not responsible for the agency's website slowdown after it sought public comment last year on repealing net neutrality.
  
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• Robots are getting more social. Are humans ready?

  08-08-2018 23:20
  Robots are getting more social - but it's not clear humans are quite ready for them yet
  
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• Images captured from orbit show disturbing views of smoke billowing from California's wildfires

  08-08-2018 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  When California's 2018 wildfire season is over — if it actually ends — it may well be remembered as the summer of the "new normal."That is, of course, the meme that has exploded across news and social media this summer as an extraordinary series of wildfires has scorched vast swaths of California.I'm not actually sure why the meme didn't take hold last year, which was both the deadliest and most destructive year for wildfires in the state's history, with at least 41 pe
  
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• The weirdest things we learned this week: skin-peeling soup, secret drug toilets, and a chlorinated ocean

  08-08-2018 21:30
  
  ScienceOur editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.
  What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s newest podcast.
  
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• Meet the woman behind Amazon's Alexa

  08-08-2018 21:27 via nbcnews.com
  As Amazon moves to make Alexa even more human, meet the woman behind the smart device.
  
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• You have questions about the Perseid meteor shower. We have answers.

  08-08-2018 20:30
  
  SpaceShower your friends with meteor facts.
  This weekend, if you head outside after sunset and it happens to be a clear night, look up. The sky will be putting on its annual production of the Perseids, and here at…
  
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• Battling 18 blazes, California may face worst fire season

  08-08-2018 20:12
  California could be facing the worst wildfire season ever as some 18 gigantic blazes ravage the state _ and the historically worst months are still to come
  
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• The Peopling of the Americas: Evidence for Multiple Models

  08-08-2018 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Exactly how and when the peopling of the Americas took place has long been one of the hottest debates in science. For every new paper that emerges with evidence of an interior or coastal route, it seems another team publishes contradictory conclusions. Authors of a new review of archaeological, geological and paleogenetic research have concluded that both of the two main models are reasonable — and that a couple fringe theories are most definitely not.If you're a regular re
  
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• Why our devices make the sounds they make

  08-08-2018 19:30
  
  TechnologyEvery click, clack, and whoosh serves a specific purpose.
  Every beep and boop our devices make was produced by a team of user experience designers, software and hardware engineers, and sound designers.
  
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• Wild-Caught Elephants Die Years Early In Captivity

  08-08-2018 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  New research into captive elephant lifespans reveals that wild-caught animals live shorter lives.Elephants are critical to the logging industry across Southeast Asia, even though the animals are endangered. And in Myanmar, a country long largely cutoff from the world, the animals are an especially integral part of the workforce. For centuries, Myanmar kings employed the beasts in their armies. And since the early 1700s, the country’s government has used the giants as draft animals to harve
  
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• WATCH: Group issues new driver assist warning

  08-08-2018 19:14
  New testing from an insurance group suggests some of the most popular electronic safety systems on the road may have significant flaws. ABC News' Kendis Gibson reports.
  
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• WATCH: Elon Musk looks to take Tesla private

  08-08-2018 18:13
  Plus, Palm Pilot smartphones are on the way and Apple introduces 'Friend Mix' on iTunes
  
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• WATCH: Can technology kill the traffic jam?

  08-08-2018 17:56
  Ford's Co-Pilot 360 system is a new approach to adaptive cruise control, featuring technologies like automatic emergency braking, pedestrian detection and a blind spot information.
  
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• Your Gut Microbiome Could Affect Vaccines' Effectiveness

  08-08-2018 17:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  The microbiome, it’s so hot right now. A newly published paper in Cell Host & Microbe is adding to the hotness, looking at how people’s idiosyncratic collection of gut flora can influence the way our bodies respond to vaccines.
  A team of researchers in the Netherlands, led by Vanessa C. Harris, found that certain antibiotics seem to shift our microbiome in such a way that makes the vaccination for the rotavirus (RV), or the stomach flu, more effective.Harris and her team divv
  
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• Dr. Tim Ball: The Misunderstood Reality Of Climate And Fires In California

  08-08-2018 17:41 via technocracy.news
  I won’t comment on the general political actions of California’s Governor Brown. I will say that he is doing what all environmentalists are doing and that is taking natural and normal events and presenting them as unnatural and abnormal. Of course, this means they are trying to blame humans for every single change that occurs in nature.
  His statements about the recent fires in his State are a classic example of distortion, misrepresentation, and exploitation of natural events. I will
  
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• Erased History: How U.S. Bankers Finance Our Enemies

  08-08-2018 17:08 via technocracy.news
  The late Professor Antony Sutton was the world’s leading exert on the transfer of technology from the West to the East, and he thoroughly documented the modus operandi and patterns of doing so. Sutton’s evidence paved the way for me to realize that the buildup of China as a Technocracy was merely a continuation of the same old pattern. ⁃ TN EditorIn 1971, Gary Allen published his book, None Dare Call it Conspiracy. It quickly became an unofficial best seller.
  Over the year
  
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• How parched states like California fight wildfires

  08-08-2018 17:00
  
  EnvironmentYou can battle a record-breaking blaze even while trying to conserve water.
  Twin blazes sparked almost two weeks ago in Northern California have flared into the Mendocino Complex Fire, largest wildfire the Golden State has seen in past 100…
  
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• Apple Itself May Not Listen On iPhones, But Its Apps Can And Do Listen

  08-08-2018 16:55 via technocracy.news
  Denials notwithstanding, collecting user data is simply irresistible for hard-core Technocrat engineers who believe they have a right to collect and analyze all data, anywhere, any time. Since your data is only used for analysis by their highly-trained programs, they believe this to be fair and reasonable. On the other hand, if you had access to such data, it would be wrong and dangerous because you are a commoner and unskilled at computer analytics. ⁃ TN EditorIn the aftermath of num
  
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• A fatal helicopter crash exposes the complexities—and risks—of influencer marketing

  08-08-2018 16:15
  
  AviationThere are federal guidelines for social media brand ambassadors—but several responding to five deaths didn't get the memo.
  As the public descended on FlyNYON’s social media feeds—seeking information and refunds—something disturbing unfolded on Instagram. The company’s paid influencers began…
  
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• Samsung plans $22 billion for artificial intelligence, autos

  08-08-2018 16:11
  Samsung, affiliates to put $22 billion into artificial intelligence, autos
  
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• Scientists Reveal The Great Pyramid Of Giza Can Focus Electromagnetic Energy

  08-08-2018 15:44 via scitechdaily.com
  An international research group applied methods of theoretical physics to investigate the electromagnetic response of the Great Pyramid to radio waves. Scientists predicted that under...
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• Floral Scents Have Provided Olfactory Excitement Since Mid-Cretaceous Period

  08-08-2018 15:35 via scitechdaily.com
  The compounds behind the perfumes and colognes you enjoy have been eliciting olfactory excitement since dinosaurs walked the Earth amid the first appearance of flowering...
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• Scientists Investigate Self-Excited Dust Density Wave Behavior in Plasmas

  08-08-2018 15:24 via scitechdaily.com
  New microgravity research finds that microparticles in complex plasma behave in nonuniform ways around varying electrical fields. 400 kilometers above Earth, researchers examined waves in...
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• Elliptical Elegance – ESO Views Elliptical Galaxy NGC 5018

  08-08-2018 15:12 via scitechdaily.com
  A glittering host of galaxies populate this rich image taken with ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope, a state-of-the-art 2.6-m telescope designed for surveying the sky in...
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• NASA Views One of the Most Rapidly Changing Glaciers in the World

  08-08-2018 15:00 via scitechdaily.com
  The Columbia Glacier descends from an ice field 10,000 feet (3,050 meters) above sea level, down the flanks of the Chugach Mountains, and into a narrow inlet that...
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• FCC watchdog: Slowdown wasn't cyberattack — it was the John Oliver effect

  08-08-2018 14:19 via nbcnews.com
  The IG concluded that the FCC "misrepresented facts and provided misleading responses to Congressional inquiries related to this incident."
  
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• Why chocolate milk is a great post-workout snack (but maybe not the best)

  08-08-2018 14:00
  
  HealthWe asked experts what you should eat to get those sweet gains.
  In a post-workout haze, it can be hard to come up with a good snack. That means if you want to refuel properly, you’ll want to prepare in advance.
  
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• Tesla CEO drops latest bombshell with $72B buyout proposal

  08-08-2018 13:41
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk mulling potential $72B buyout of electric car maker
  
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• Twitter CEO explains why he isn't banning Infowars' Alex Jones

  08-08-2018 13:33 via nbcnews.com
  "We know that's hard for many but the reason is simple: He hasn't violated our rules," chief executive Jack Dorsey said in a series of tweets.
  
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• Twitter CEO defends decision not to ban Alex Jones, Infowars

  08-08-2018 13:30
  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defends the company's decision not to ban right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his "Infowars" show
  
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• Fin24.com | Bitcoin tumbles below $6 500 on delayed decision on ETF

  08-08-2018 12:03
  
  The 2018 selloff in cryptocurrencies plumbed new depths after the US Securities and Exchange Commission dented enthusiasts’ hopes for an exchange-traded fund backed by Bitcoin.
  
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• The Latest: Trump says he is monitoring California wildfires

  08-08-2018 07:28
  President Donald Trump says he's monitoring the raging wildfires that continue to ravage California
  
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• Fin24.com | Musk mulls taking Tesla private, valuing company at $82 billion

  08-08-2018 05:15
  
  Elon Musk said he’s considering taking Tesla private in a radical step that would ease pressure on the money-losing automaker.
  
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• Biggest blaze in California history challenges firefighters

  08-08-2018 01:45
  Firefighters are struggling against rugged terrain, high winds and an August heat wave to slow the spread of the biggest wildfire ever recorded in California
  
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• From Vikings To Ivory Merchants: The Economy of Greenland's Lost Colonies

  08-08-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The disappearance of Norse colonists from Greenland is somewhat of a mystery. Norse settlers colonized Greenland during the Viking Age in the late 900s and lived there for several centuries before their colonies declined in the 1300s and 1400s A.D.
  Climate change could have driven the Greenland Norse to abandon their settlements. And there’s some evidence that changing economics — specifically, decreasing demand for walrus tusk ivory in Europe for artwork and luxury items — mig
  
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• Artificial intelligence can now help write Wikipedia pages for overlooked scientists

  08-08-2018 01:00
  
  TechnologyThe tech could be used to increase the representation of women scientists on Wikipedia
  AI does the research and writes the first draft for you.
  
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• To take on Netflix, Disney embraces technology

  08-08-2018 00:40 via nbcnews.com
  CEO Robert Iger has proven he can build a content behemoth, but Disney's technology track record is spotty.
  
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• How To Watch The Year's Greatest Meteor Shower: The Perseids

  08-08-2018 00:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Call your friends. It’s time once again for the annual Perseid meteor shower, typically the greatest shower of the year. This event occurs during the Northern Hemisphere summer, so even many people who don’t consider themselves astronomers venture outdoors to watch it.The Perseids feature a slow (two-week) buildup to maximum (along with an equally slow decline to zero activity), and many bright meteors that leave luminous trails visible for several seconds. The trails form because Pe
  
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• Vets ready for rare efforts to save ailing endangered orca

  08-08-2018 00:30
  Veterinarians are preparing rare emergency efforts to administer antibiotics to try to save a young emaciated orca that's part of an endangered pod
  
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• Disney says its new streaming service won't rival Netflix

  08-08-2018 00:20
  Disney says its upcoming streaming service won't try to compete directly with Netflix and Amazon, but will focus instead on quality _ namely original programs from Disney's "Star Wars," Pixar and Marvel brands.
  
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• The genes that turn wild animals into pets

  08-08-2018 00:00
  
  AnimalsA 60-year fox study could explain how dogs got domesticated.
  A wise man once asked, what does the fox say? A thing or two about how canines acquiesce to domestication, apparently.
  
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