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• Vaccine misinformation flourishes on Facebook and Instagram weeks after promised crackdown

  21-03-2019 22:48 via rss.cnn.com
  Misinformation about vaccines continues to thrive on Facebook and Instagram weeks after the companies vowed to reduce its distribution on their platforms.
  
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• Hands-On With Google Stadia - IGN

  21-03-2019 21:22 via ign.com
  Hands-On With Google Stadia  IGNHands-On With Google Stadia: Does The New Game-Streaming Service Work?  GameSpotAll the Game Streaming Services Google Stadia Is Up Against  GizmodoData caps must die: How Google and Microsoft's cloud gaming ambitions could conquer ISP greed  PCWorldThere's A Lot To Worry About With Google's Stadia - Digg  digg.comView full coverage on Google News
  
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• This Woman Can Smell Parkinson's. It Might Help Lead To Earlier Treatment

  21-03-2019 21:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Parkinson’s disease stinks. Figuratively. But according to new research, it literally stinks too — to those who have a heightened sense of smell. Thanks to the help of one of these “super-smellers,” a team of scientists has identified subtle volatile compounds produced by Parkinson’s sufferers. These compounds could be used to make much easier, and earlier, diagnostics for the disease.According to the CDC, Parkinson’s is the second-most common neurodegenerativ
  
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• Facebook staff had access to hundreds of millions of people's passwords

  21-03-2019 19:47 via rss.cnn.com
  Facebook revealed on Thursday it didn't properly mask the passwords of hundreds of millions of its users and stored them in an internal database that could be accessed by its staff.
  
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• Researchers Say They May Have Found the Cause of SIDS and Other Sudden Death Syndromes

  21-03-2019 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Every parent’s worst fear is not being able to keep their child safe. And a mysterious condition known as sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is enough to keep any new parent awake at night.What's so troubling about SIDS is that no one really understands why a seemingly healthy baby goes to sleep and never wakes up. But a new review paper suggests that SIDS and other forms of sudden death syndromes — which impact people of all ages and seem to strike without warning or caus
  
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• Frozen Testes Restore Fertility In Monkeys, Offering Hope To Childhood Cancer Survivors

  21-03-2019 19:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Childhood cancers rob kids of their youth. The treatment often saves lives but steals their opportunity to have kids of their own. About 30 percent of childhood cancer survivors become permanently infertile thanks to chemotherapy and radiation treatment.Now researchers show they can restore fertility to sterile male monkeys that received chemotherapy as youngsters by cryopreserving immature testicular tissue. A young female monkey conceived from the preserved tissue is proof the approach
  
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• The Qingjiang biota—A Burgess Shale–type fossil Lagerstätte from the early Cambrian of South China - Science Magazine

  21-03-2019 18:54 via science.sciencemag.org
  The Qingjiang biota—A Burgess Shale–type fossil Lagerstätte from the early Cambrian of South China  Science MagazineTreasure trove of marine fossils from 'Cambrian explosion' found in China  Phys.orgScientists Have Unearthed an Incredibly Rare Haul of Precious Fossils in China  ScienceAlertHalf the species in a new Cambrian fossil site are completely new to us  Ars TechnicaScientists Find Huge Trove of Marine Fossils from the 'Cambrian Exp
  
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• Boeing’s Starliner Test Flight Delayed by Three Months, Sources Say

  21-03-2019 17:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  The schedule for Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has slipped again, and the company will no longer launch an uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station in April, Reuters has reported. The flight is being pushed back to August. Starliner is Boeing’s entry for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program to ferry both cargo and people to the ISS and back. The company's spaceship is a competitor with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, which successfully docked w
  
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• Space Station Astronauts Prep for Two Spacewalks in One Week

  21-03-2019 16:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  On March 22, two astronauts will take the first spacewalk of Expedition 59 in order to upgrade aging batteries on the International Space Station. The astronauts will be Nick Hague and Anne McClain, and it will be the first spacewalk for both of them.Next week, on March 29, McClain will venture into space again, joined by Christina Koch. This will mark the first all-female spacewalk, a historic event.Koch and Hague joined the space station just last week. For Hague, this was a delay
  
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• Facebook left 'hundreds of millions' of user passwords unencrypted

  21-03-2019 16:55 via nbcnews.com
  Most companies encrypt passwords to prevent them from being stolen in the event of a data breach or used for nefarious purposes by company employees.
  
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• Sore loser Stacey Abrams for VP? Don't do it, Uncle Joe! - Washington Examiner

  21-03-2019 16:33 via washingtonexaminer.com
  Sore loser Stacey Abrams for VP? Don't do it, Uncle Joe!  Washington ExaminerObama donors prepare to power Biden's campaign  POLITICODon’t do it, Stacey Abrams  The Washington PostSkeptical Democratic donors tell Joe Biden they will not raise funds for him at the start of the 2020 campaign  CNBCWomen don’t need to settle for second fiddle  The Washington PostView full coverage on Google News
  
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• People Follow a Universal Pattern When Switching Between Cell Phone Apps

  21-03-2019 16:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the best parts of traveling is getting to see how, despite differences in culture and geography, we're all fundamentally alike. “People are the same everywhere,” Morrissey tells us — we laugh, we cry, we find cute things cute. And, it now seems, we also juggle the apps on our smartphones the same way.That's the finding of an international team of computer scientists and neuroscientists, published Wednesday in the journal Royal Society Open Science. Despite
  
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• Tim Ball: Technocrats On The World Stage With Your Money

  21-03-2019 16:27 via technocracy.news
  Foreign aid has always been questionable, but with the advance of technology, Technocrats are manipulating the system for their own ends of scientific social engineering.There is a debate about who said foreign aid is when you take money from the poor people of the rich country and give it to the rich people of the poor country.  Regardless, it is an astute and accurate observation. However, let’s take it one step further and examine what is actually happening. In fact, it is technocr
  
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• Dystopia: Your Facial Record Follows You Everywhere

  21-03-2019 16:09 via technocracy.news
  This is dystopia on steroids as cloud-based facial recognition builds databases of “offenders” and then shares it with other stores. If you get busted in one place, you might be denied to ever shop again. ⁃ TN EditorAt my bodega down the block, photos of shoplifters sometimes litter the windows, a warning to would-be thieves that they’re being watched.
  Those unofficial wanted posters come and go, as incidents fade from the owner’s memory.
  But with facial recogn
  
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• It's Not Just Humans: Sun Bears Also Communicate by Mimicking Facial Expressions

  21-03-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  “A smile is infectious,” so goes the cheesy saying. But there’s actually some validity there. It’s long been known that people, often unintentionally, mimic the facial expressions of those around them. This communication technique was thought to only exist in humans and gorillas, but new research is challenging that idea.A recent study in sun bears, which are the smallest (and possibly cutest) species of bear in the world, shows that they, too, mimic the expressions of th
  
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• Rwanda First To Create Nationwide DNA Database

  21-03-2019 15:59 via technocracy.news
  Rwanda has a grotesque history of multiple genocides. Allowing it to collect DNA on every citizen should be flatly denied by the world community. However, Technocrats will sell technology to anyone without any moral or ethical consideration. ⁃ TN EditorRwanda has proposed the world’s first country-wide DNA database, a project that will involve collecting samples from all of the country’s 12 million citizens in an effort to crack down on crime.
  The scheme has prompted concerns f
  
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• Wednesday Night's Super Worm Equinox Moon was the Last Supermoon of 2019 (PHOTOS) - The Weather Channel

  21-03-2019 15:06 via weather.com
  Wednesday Night's Super Worm Equinox Moon was the Last Supermoon of 2019 (PHOTOS)  The Weather ChannelSupermoon observed around the globe on spring equinox  CBS NewsSuper worm moon: Images of the last supermoon of 2019  BBC NewsCheck out these amazing images of the last supermoon of 2019, the 'super worm moon'  USA TODAYPHOTOS: Super Worm Moon illuminates Central Coast night sky  KSBY San Luis Obispo NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Tencent profit plunges 32% but its gaming business is recovering

  21-03-2019 15:04 via rss.cnn.com
  Tencent reported a 32% plunge in fourth quarter profit, hurt by costs related to the listing of its music streaming subsidiary, but its gaming business is showing signs of recovery.
  
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• Peloton sued over use of songs in workout videos

  21-03-2019 15:04 via rss.cnn.com
  Peloton is being sued for alleged copyright infringement related to the use of certain songs in its workout videos.
  
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• Facebook: Our AI failed to catch the New Zealand shooter video

  21-03-2019 15:04 via rss.cnn.com
  Facebook acknowledges its systems failed to catch the livestream video of the New Zealand mosque attack, shedding new light on how the company became aware of the video.
  
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• Apple announces new AirPods with wireless charging case, better battery life and 'Hey Siri'

  21-03-2019 15:04 via rss.cnn.com
  Apple's new AirPods feature a wireless charging case, improved battery life and hands-free access to its Siri voice assistant.
  
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• Facebook says its AI failed to detect shooting video

  21-03-2019 12:57 via nbcnews.com
  Facebook’s vice president of integrity, Guy Rosen, said “this particular video did not trigger our automatic detection systems.”
  
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• Fin24.com | WATCH: Google unveils new cloud-based gaming service

  21-03-2019 12:30
  
  Google has announced that it would launch a browser-based video game streaming service dubbed Stadia that attempts to capitalise on the company's cloud technology and global network of data centres.
  
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• A Path to Curing H.I.V.

  21-03-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  A second person appears to have been cured of infection with the virus that causes AIDS. We spoke to an activist about what this means.
  
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• ‘Galactic Chimneys’ Funnel Matter Away From Milky Way’s Center

  21-03-2019 02:16 via scitechdaily.com
  The center of our galaxy is a frenzy of activity. A behemoth black hole — 4 million times as massive as the sun — blasts...
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• Biologists Close In On Cells That Drive Immune Response To Cancer

  21-03-2019 02:05 via scitechdaily.com
  Immunotherapy, using the body’s own immune system to target and destroy cancer cells, is one of the most promising frontiers in cancer research, but many...
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• New Results Help Refine Current Models of AGN Activity

  21-03-2019 01:54 via scitechdaily.com
  All massive galaxies are believed to host supermassive black holes (SMBH) at their centers that grow by accreting mass from their environment. The current picture...
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• Wofford back at scene of two close calls in NCAA tournament - Spartanburg Herald Journal

  21-03-2019 01:12 via goupstate.com
  Wofford back at scene of two close calls in NCAA tournament  Spartanburg Herald JournalWofford's Magee breaks D-I career 3s record  ESPNWofford vs. Seton Hall: First Round NCAA Tournament extended highlights  NCAA March MadnessSeton Hall and Myles Powell can look back on this season with pride  New York Post Wofford's Fletcher Magee sets 3-pointer mark as Terriers top Seton Hall  Fox NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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