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• UK study shows e-cigarettes help adult smokers quit, but US experts urge caution - CNN

  30-01-2019 23:24 via cnn.com
  UK study shows e-cigarettes help adult smokers quit, but US experts urge caution  CNNVaping helps smokers quit. Sort of.  Vox.comE-cigarettes outperform patches and gums in quit-smoking study  NBCNews.comE-cigarettes 'much better for quitting smoking'  BBC NewsVaping beats nicotine gum at helping people quit smoking  New Scientist NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Dustin Poirier: UFC is ‘No. 1 bullsh*t company,’ demands Conor McGregor or Tony Ferguson next - MMA Mania

  30-01-2019 23:05 via mmamania.com
  Dustin Poirier: UFC is ‘No. 1 bullsh*t company,’ demands Conor McGregor or Tony Ferguson next  MMA ManiaDana White ‘surprised’ by Khabib Nurmagomedov punishment, calls it a ‘little harsh’  MMA FightingKhabib Nurmagomedov Says He's Done Fighting In Las Vegas  HotNewHipHopView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Google violated the same Apple rules as Facebook but fixed the problem before Apple reacted - CNBC

  30-01-2019 22:52 via cnbc.com
  Google violated the same Apple rules as Facebook but fixed the problem before Apple reacted  CNBCApple bars app whose users allowed Facebook to track them for $20 a month  MarketWatchApple busts Facebook for distributing data-sucking app  WXMI FOX 17 West MichiganNow Google Has Also Disabled an iOS App That Paid Users to Track Their Phone Data and Traffic  FortuneDaily Crunch: Apple bans Facebook Research app  TechCrunchView full coverage on Goog
  
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• Delete Facebook? Social network grows despite scandals

  30-01-2019 22:32 via nbcnews.com
  Weathering privacy scandals and growing political and social backlash, Facebook announced earnings on Wednesday that showed few signs of trouble.
  
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• Could the LA Rams’ Jared Goff complete a Ninja course? - American Ninja Warrior Nation

  30-01-2019 21:27 via americanninjawarriornation.com
  Could the LA Rams’ Jared Goff complete a Ninja course?  American Ninja Warrior NationTom Brady vs. Jared Goff: Previewing the Super Bowl LIII quarterback duel  Bleeding Green NationPARENTAL PRIDE: Jared Goff's parents talk about his journey to Super Bowl  KPIX CBS SF Bay AreaGreen: Hot-shot QBs like Goff endure waiting period  The Detroit NewsTom Brady on What Advice He’ll Give Jared Goff Before Super Bowl LIII: 'I'm Not Giving Him Any!' &
  
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• How Scientists Are Using Ultrasound To Control Genes, Cells and More

  30-01-2019 21:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Most parents’ first glimpse of their children comes in ultrasound images taken months before birth. But ultrasound could soon offer much more than prenatal portraits. In the past few years, researchers have opened a new door for ultrasound, developing techniques that harness the familiar, safe and noninvasive sound waves to control genes, alter brain function and deliver drugs to targets with millimeter precision.The advance of what’s being termed sonogenetics offers a new twist on o
  
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• Starfish Are Dying Out Fast Along America's Pacific Coast

  30-01-2019 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sea stars, also commonly called starfish, are among the most abundant animals along the U.S. West Coast. But now scientists say an epidemic spurred by warming ocean waters is decimating sunflower sea stars, a critical predator in kelp forests. The sea stars’ collapse could wipe out the shallow water ecosystems that provide a home for seals, sea otters and commercially important fish.“The epidemic was catastrophic and widespread,” said Drew Harvell, a marine ecologist at Cornell
  
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• WATCH: New space discovery has astronomers buzzing

  30-01-2019 20:32
  Newly-discovered repeating waves from deep space have led some experts to question whether aliens are out there.
  
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• Federal Reserve keeps interest rates steady, will be 'patient' going forward - Fox Business

  30-01-2019 20:13 via foxbusiness.com
  Federal Reserve keeps interest rates steady, will be 'patient' going forward  Fox BusinessThe Hot Topic in Markets Right Now: ‘Quantitative Tightening’  The New York TimesUS economy is in a good place: Fed Chair Jerome Powell  Fox BusinessFed holds rates stable, pledges 'patient' approach, expects 'ample' balance sheet  CNBCFederal Reserve Signals End of Rate Hikes  The New York TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Scientists Gave This Robot Arm a 'Self Image' and Watched it Learn

  30-01-2019 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In The Matrix, Morpheus tells Neo that their digital appearance is based on their “residual self-image.” That is, the characters look how they imagine themselves to look, based on their own mental models of themselves.
  In the real world, scientists have been trying to teach robots that trick as well. That's because, unlike the warring machines of the matrix, a real-life robot with an accurate self-image might benefit humanity. It’d allow for faster programming and more accurate
  
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• Genes behind lager yeast's cold- and sugar-loving success revealed - Phys.org

  30-01-2019 20:00 via phys.org
  Genes behind lager yeast's cold- and sugar-loving success revealed  Phys.orgUW-Madison research discovery could impact lager production  WMTVView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Customers are fleeing AT&T's DirecTV Now streaming service

  30-01-2019 19:55 via nbcnews.com
  Streaming services are a hard business, one analyst said. “Unlike pay TV, with live streaming services you can sign up and move from one package to another."
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is fine living and dying by the primary - Washington Examiner

  30-01-2019 19:28 via washingtonexaminer.com
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is fine living and dying by the primary  Washington ExaminerOcasio-Cortez on Schultz: Why are billionaires who want to run for president never told to ‘work their way up’? | TheHill  The HillMeadows to Ocasio-Cortez: Congress isn't 'just sitting around eating bonbons'  Fox NewsAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez fires back at Howard Schultz after tax jab  New York Post Deroy Murdock: AOC = DNC -- Ocasio-Cortez is pace car for Demo
  
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• Lyft and Juno are suing to block minimum-wage rule for drivers - Crain's New York Business

  30-01-2019 19:21 via crainsnewyork.com
  Lyft and Juno are suing to block minimum-wage rule for drivers  Crain's New York BusinessLyft and Juno sue over rules to raise pay for ride-hail drivers  QuartzLyft will sue to block NYC’s driver pay equity law  The VergeLyft sues to block NYC's driver minimum wage law  CNNReport: Seattle is the only city to not see a drop in transit ridership  KOMO NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Cold War-like tensions escalate as world powers take sides in Venezuela - Washington Examiner

  30-01-2019 19:08 via washingtonexaminer.com
  Cold War-like tensions escalate as world powers take sides in Venezuela  Washington ExaminerTrump Venezuela policy scores in Florida  POLITICOWhy Russia, China are fighting US push against Venezuela's Maduro  Fox News Latino'Stop The Maduro Genocide': Protesters March In Venezuela With U.S. Support  NPRVenezuela’s Best Path to Democracy? Pay Off the Military  The New York TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Foxconn may drop plans to build flat screens in Wisconsin

  30-01-2019 19:04 via rss.cnn.com
  Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn may drop plans to build flat screen panels at a Wisconsin plant for which it was promised $4 billion in state and local tax dollars.
  
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• SNAPSHOT: Fruit Fly Brain Captured With New 3-D Imaging Tech

  30-01-2019 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The brain of a fruit fly is captured here using a new, large-scale 3-D imaging technique developed by a multi-institutional group of researchers led by MIT and Harvard University.The method is shockingly fast, and millions of synapses can be analyzed in just a few days. That's much faster than previously possible. The technique makes use of expanding brain tissue and what’s called lattice light-sheet microscopy. Here, the fruit fly brain is about the size of a poppy see
  
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• Denisova Cave: New Fossils And Dates For Human Presence

  30-01-2019 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Nestled in the foothills of southern Siberia's Altai Mountains, Denisova Cave has yielded numerous artifacts, as well as fossils of many animals and at least two hominins: Neanderthals and Denisovans. The cave is the only place in the world known to have remains of the Denisovans, who, like Neanderthals, were our close evolutionary cousins.The site is one of the most significant for understanding human evolution, but study of it has been hampered by difficulty dating the finds. Today,
  
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• Britain needs President Trump to pressure Europe on Brexit - Washington Examiner

  30-01-2019 18:57 via washingtonexaminer.com
  Britain needs President Trump to pressure Europe on Brexit  Washington ExaminerEU rejects Theresa May's plans to change Brexit deal  Aljazeera.comBrexit: Backstop is 'part and parcel' of the deal, says Michel Barnier  BBC NewsBrexit: Will EU blink first in standoff?  BBC NewsWhat Is the Irish Backstop, and Why Is It Holding Up Brexit?  The New York TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• NASA Makes Last Ditch Effort to Contact Mars Opportunity Rover

  30-01-2019 18:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  Opportunity's Last Hope
  Last Martian summer, a dust storm blocked out the sun and grew until it enveloped the entire Red Planet. That left the Opportunity rover deprived of solar power and NASA lost contact with the robot. Now, after six months without a response, NASA is making a new, and potentially their last, effort to restore contact with the rover.The last contact that Opportunity had with Earth was on June 10, 2018, in the midst of the global dust storm. NASA’s Jet Pr
  
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• Wash. state earns an 'F' on tobacco prevention, says American Lung Assn. - KOMO News

  30-01-2019 17:55 via komonews.com
  Wash. state earns an 'F' on tobacco prevention, says American Lung Assn.  KOMO NewsFDA is failing to protect kids from e-cigarettes, American Lung Association says  CNNMaryland flunks American Lung Association tobacco report | Health And Welfare  Frederick News PostAnti-smoking advocates: Florida needs to do more to reduce tobacco use  WJXT News4JAX Tobacco resurgence is becoming a troubling trend - Health  WTHRView full coverage on Google News
  
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• The Left abandons safe, legal, and rare - Washington Examiner

  30-01-2019 17:42 via washingtonexaminer.com
  The Left abandons safe, legal, and rare  Washington ExaminerVirginia Gov. Northam faces backlash for comments on 3rd-trimester abortion bill: 'Morally repugnant'  Fox NewsTrump jumps into Virginia uproar over late-term abortion  NBCNews.comOutrage as video shows Virginia abortion bill sponsor saying plan would allow termination up until birth  Fox NewsYes, the Virginia Abortion Bill Is Just as Barbaric as You’ve Heard  National ReviewView f
  
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• Houston lawyer sues Apple over FaceTime eavesdrop bug

  30-01-2019 17:15 via nbcnews.com
  Attorney says private deposition with a client was overheard and recorded by someone else.
  
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• How UAE used U.S. mercenaries and a cyber super-weapon to spy on iPhones of foes

  30-01-2019 15:45 via nbcnews.com
  The campaign shows how potent cyber-weapons are proliferating beyond the world’s superpowers and into the hands of smaller nations.
  
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• Emiliano Sala: investigators find seat cushions on French beach - The Guardian

  30-01-2019 15:14 via theguardian.com
  Emiliano Sala: investigators find seat cushions on French beach  The GuardianDebris found likely to have come from Emiliano Sala plane - authorities  ESPNArsenal And Cardiff Unite For Emotional Tribute To Emiliano Sala  ESPN UKAlexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Edge Arsenal Past Cardiff City  Bleacher ReportNantes pay tribute to Emiliano Sala before their first home game since his disappearance  BT SportView full coverage on Google Ne
  
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• Ariana Grande gets Japanese text tattoo with hilarious misspelling - Fox News

  30-01-2019 14:56 via foxnews.com
  Ariana Grande gets Japanese text tattoo with hilarious misspelling  Fox NewsAriana Grande isn't the only one: Celebrity tattoos gone wrong  USA TODAYAriana Grande's misspelled palm tattoo  CNNAriana Grande's New Kanji Tattoo Is An Unfortunate Mistake  KotakuOne taught me love, one taught me patience, one taught me my tattoo actually says barbecue  The TakeoutView full coverage on Google News
  
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• WATCH: How a teen 'stumbled upon' Apple's FaceTime bug

  30-01-2019 14:33
  Grant Thompson was trying to get some friends together to play video games one Saturday when he discovered an alarming glitch in Apple's popular FaceTime application.
  
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• WATCH: Lawsuit filed over Apple FaceTime bug

  30-01-2019 13:31
  A Houston lawyer files a suit claiming the glitch allowed an unknown person to eavesdrop on sworn testimony.
  
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• 'Cancer cure' doubted as Israeli team claims it can't afford to publish findings - The Times of Israel

  30-01-2019 13:22 via timesofisrael.com
  'Cancer cure' doubted as Israeli team claims it can't afford to publish findings  The Times of IsraelExperts Decry Israeli Team's Claims That They Have Found The Cure For Cancer  ForbesCure for cancer? Israeli scientists say they may have found one  WXYZ DetroitA Cancer Cure in the Next Year? Not Exactly  NewserIsraeli scientists believe they've found cure for cancer  CBS7 NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Canadian Glacial Melt Uncovers Ancient Landscapes Hidden For 40,000 Years - Tech Times

  30-01-2019 13:17 via techtimes.com
  Canadian Glacial Melt Uncovers Ancient Landscapes Hidden For 40,000 Years  Tech TimesBaffin Island glacier melt unmasks land covered for 40000 years: study  New York Daily NewsMelting glaciers reveal land unseen in 40,000 years  WTNH.comCanadian Arctic glacial melt: Landscapes revealed for first time in 40,000 years  CNNBaffin Island glacier melt unmasks land covered for 40,000 years: report - NY Daily News  New York Daily NewsView full coverage
  
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• Apple Blasts Facebook Over Data-Sucking 'Research' App - Threatpost

  30-01-2019 12:53 via threatpost.com
  Apple Blasts Facebook Over Data-Sucking 'Research' App  ThreatpostReport: Facebook pays teens to install app that collects data  Fox BusinessApple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps  The VergeApple slaps back at Facebook over data-tracking app, intensifying privacy war  OregonLive.comSenator Warner calls on Zuckerberg to support market research consent rules  TechCrunchView full coverage on Google News
  
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• A New Look at Neurogenesis in Humans

  30-01-2019 10:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  What, if anything, is the function of adult neurogenesis in humans? Does neurogenesis even exist in our adult brains, or does it shut down during childhood?The debate over human neurogenesis has been one of the most prominent disputes in 21st century neuroscience. Just last year, two opposing papers appeared in leading journals, one claiming firm evidence of ongoing neurogenesis in the adult human dentate gyrus, while the other study came to the opposite conclusion. The fact that adult neuro
  
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• This 14-year old found Apple's FaceTime bug before it went viral

  30-01-2019 09:20 via rss.cnn.com
  Fourteen-year old Grant Thompson was just trying to play video games with friends on a day off from school when he made an alarming discovery: a bug in Apple's FaceTime tool that could turn iPhones into eavesdropping devices.
  
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• The US wants to halt Huawei's global advance. It may be too late

  30-01-2019 09:20 via rss.cnn.com
  Huawei is under pressure in major international markets as a growing number of governments express concern that its technology could be used by Chinese spies. But it has a number of key strengths that analysts say will help it survive.
  
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• It's clearer than ever Apple's iPhone problem isn't going away

  30-01-2019 09:20 via rss.cnn.com
  Apple's iPhone business is in decline -- and there appears to be no end in sight.Apple's iPhone business is in decline -- and there appears to be no end in sight.
  
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• Facebook ending program that paid users to install app to monitor their activity

  30-01-2019 09:09 via nbcnews.com
  Facebook sources said the company would end the program "immediately," pre-empting likely action by Apple on Wednesday.
  
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• Facebook’s Data Scandals Multiply Like Rabbits

  30-01-2019 04:21 via technocracy.news
  Now Facebook is caught in yet another outrageous data scandal that pays unsuspecting teenagers to install a background app that sucks all data out of their phones: messages, emails, browser histories, phone calls, etc. This may be in violation of both Apple and Android app store regulations. ⁃ TN EditorDesperate for data on its competitors, Facebook  has been secretly paying people to install a “Facebook Research” VPN that lets the company suck in all of a user&r
  
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• New Results Show Dark Energy May Vary Over Time

  30-01-2019 04:15 via scitechdaily.com
  A new study using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton suggests that dark energy may have varied over cosmic time. This artist’s...
  The post New Results Show Dark Energy May Vary Over Time appeared first on SciTechDaily.
  
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• Dr. Tim Ball: Tyranny Of The Technocrat Minority

  30-01-2019 04:07 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats generally don’t believe in voting at all, but rather following the ‘rule of science’ where the last word (final vote) is based on their scientific declarations. Thus, if they declare it, it must be correct… and all else is swept away ⁃ TN EditorThank goodness the technocrats are usually in the minority. However, because of this, they constantly work to counteract and overcome this limitation. They do this in many ways, but one of the most effective is t
  
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• Green Madness: Hefty Fine If You Idle Your Car In Vancouver, BC

  30-01-2019 03:36 via technocracy.news
  Canadian Technocrats and eco-fascists are taking over Canada with green madness. In Vancouver, it is now illegal to idle your car, even if it is to keep warm in frigid temperature or warm up your car before taking off.  ⁃ TN EditorThis past weekend I was in Vancouver, BC with my 17-year-old son. I agreed to pick him up in front of our hotel once we had lunch. After idling for several minutes in my Jeep SRT, the carbon-neutral cult descended on me like a swarm of mad locusts. I was voc
  
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• Human-caused global warming already has doomed a large fraction of Earth's glaciers

  30-01-2019 02:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  But thereʼs a silver lining to this dark cloud: You can still make a personal difference in preserving glacial ice.
  Even if we somehow stopped climate change dead in its tracks right now, recent research shows that more than a third of the world's 200,000 glaciers would melt anyway.That's because glacial ice takes decades to fully respond to the human-caused global warming that has already occurred. And as the inevitable thawing continues, meltwater flowing into the oceans wi
  
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• WATCH: Apple disables popular Group Facetime feature amid glitch

  30-01-2019 01:28
  The glitch, which allowed users to eavesdrop on conversations, should be fixed by the end of the week, the company said.
  
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• Two Chinese Private Space Companies Will Launch into Orbit This Year

  30-01-2019 00:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  Chinese Space Launch
  Two Chinese private space companies are on the verge of attempting their first orbital launches, according to the space industry newssite SpaceNews. Companies OneSpace and iSpace aim to successfully complete orbital launches within the first half of 2019. The success of these launches would solidify the progress made by China's growing private space sector.Beijing-based OneSpace plans to launch their 62-foot-tall (19 meters) OS-M rocket as soon as late Ma
  
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