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• Human influence on drought started a century ago - Ars Technica

  01-05-2019 23:39 via arstechnica.com
  Human influence on drought started a century ago  Ars TechnicaHuman Influence on Global Droughts Goes Back 100 Years  NASA GoddardHumans can be blamed for droughts, and they're about to get worse, study says  CNNIn a Warming World, Evidence of a Human ‘Fingerprint’ on Drought  The New York TimesGlobal Warming Was Already Fueling Droughts in Early 1900s, Study Shows  InsideClimate NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• SpaceX's mission to the International Space Station delayed by electrical problems

  01-05-2019 23:30 via rss.cnn.com
  Here's something you don't want to hear aboard a 20-year-old space station hurtling through space at 17,000 miles per hour: Something has gone wrong with the power supply.
  
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• Judge dismisses Lyft's minimum-wage lawsuit in NYC

  01-05-2019 23:30 via rss.cnn.com
  A New York State judge has denied and dismissed a Lyft lawsuit challenging the implementation of the first-of-its-kind minimum wage law in New York City.
  
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• Here are the 9 things Elon Musk needs permission to tweet about in the future

  01-05-2019 23:30 via rss.cnn.com
  Elon Musk now has a specific set of rules about what he can't tweet without first getting permission from a company attorney.
  
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• Google adds way to auto-delete your location history, web activity

  01-05-2019 23:30 via rss.cnn.com
  Google wants to give people an easier way to delete their personal data.
  
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• Facebook is doubling down on AI to clean up the social network

  01-05-2019 23:30 via rss.cnn.com
  On Monday, Facebook's chief technology officer, Mike Schroepfer, tested my ability to tell the difference between broccoli and marijuana.
  
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• Officials Warn That Midnight Audience for Avengers: Endgame May Have Been Exposed to Measles - Gizmodo

  01-05-2019 23:20 via gizmodo.com
  Officials Warn That Midnight Audience for Avengers: Endgame May Have Been Exposed to Measles  GizmodoDid Woman Infect 'Avengers' Moviegoers With Measles?  Inside EditionOrange County MEASLES: These 'Avengers: Endgame' midnight movie showings may have been exposure sites  Boing BoingOrange County confirms 1st measles case of 2019; woman saw ‘Avengers’ at Fullerton AMC theater  OCRegister'Avengers' moviegoers in California may have been exposed t
  
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• Gaia Spacecraft Maps 14,000 Asteroids

  01-05-2019 22:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  The European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft is on a mission to map a billion stars. But as it stares out into space, it also spies a lot of closer objects. The newly released image above shows the orbits of 14,000 asteroids that it mapped during its first two years of observing. Most of those objects were known about from previous surveys. But three objects are new, those ones are picked out in gray in Gaia’s image. The few dozen yellow tracks show asteroids that are considered near-Earth
  
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• Company Sold NASA Faulty Rocket Parts for Almost 20 Years - Jalopnik

  01-05-2019 22:30 via jalopnik.com
  Company Sold NASA Faulty Rocket Parts for Almost 20 Years  JalopnikNASA Says Metals Fraud Caused $700 Million Satellite Failure  BloombergNASA was sold faulty rocket parts for almost 20 years  EngadgetNASA: Manufacturer’s Lies Caused Two Satellite Launches to Fail  FuturismAfter a decade, NASA finally reveals root cause of two failed rocket launches  Ars TechnicaView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Caster Semenya Loses Testosterone Case In Arbitration Court - NPR

  01-05-2019 22:22 via npr.org
  Caster Semenya Loses Testosterone Case In Arbitration Court  NPRCaster Semenya Loses Appeal Against IAAF Testosterone Rules | TIME  TIMECaster Semenya loses landmark appeal over testosterone rules, must take suppressants to compete in best event  Yahoo SportsCaster Semenya is being forced to alter her body to make slower runners feel secure in their womanhood  NBC NewsOlympic Medalist Barred from Races Over High Testosterone: Some 'Discrimination Is ... Ne
  
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• Haskin's Derby Dozen for May 1 - America's Best Racing

  01-05-2019 22:17 via americasbestracing.net
  Haskin's Derby Dozen for May 1  America's Best Racing2019 Kentucky Derby: Omaha Beach scratched days before race in Churchill Downs  CBS NewsDerby favorite Omaha Beach scratched from race  ESPNSouth Louisville residents lament some rules of Derby week traffic control around Churchill Downs  WDRBHere is the Bob Baffert horse that will win the Kentucky Derby  The Washington PostView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Asteroids Delivered Half of Earth's Water, New Sample Suggests

  01-05-2019 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In 2010, a Japanese mission called Hayabusa returned to Earth from a seven-year space journey. It brought back not only images and data from its adventure, but also actual samples, small grains of rock from its target, the asteroid Itokawa. Just a handful of space missions have ever returned to Earth at all, let alone brought back pieces of their destinations. So Hayabusa’s samples are highly prized, and have been studied by many teams across the world.Now, researchers from Arizo
  
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• Scooters leading to serious but preventable injuries, CDC warns

  01-05-2019 21:50 via nbcnews.com
  The CDC has found that head injuries topped the list of accident-related incidents involving e-scooters at 45 percent.
  
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• U.S. FAA directive enshrines changes to Boeing 787 Dreamliner - Yahoo Finance

  01-05-2019 21:36 via finance.yahoo.com
  U.S. FAA directive enshrines changes to Boeing 787 Dreamliner  Yahoo FinanceThe U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said it was mandating new flight control software and parts to Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner to address ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• FDA Increasing Warnings For Popular Sleep Aids - LEX18 Lexington KY News

  01-05-2019 21:33 via lex18.com
  FDA Increasing Warnings For Popular Sleep Aids  LEX18 Lexington KY NewsFDA sleeping pills warning: Officials issue strong warning over risks of sleeping pills including Ambien, Lunesta and Sonata  CBS NewsFDA issues new warning for sleep drugs  NewsyWhy Ambien, Lunestra and other prescription sleep aids will carry FDA black box warnings  Belleville News-DemocratFDA orders black box warning for sleep aids  KHOU 11View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Shaq threatens to knock Charles Barkley's 'a-- out' during hilarious live NBA playoffs coverage - Fox News

  01-05-2019 21:01 via foxnews.com
  Shaq threatens to knock Charles Barkley's 'a-- out' during hilarious live NBA playoffs coverage  Fox NewsChuck Calls Shaq 'Mr. Sensitive' in Another Chuck vs. Shaq Face-off | NBA on TNT  NBA on TNTPoor Shaq Is Just There To Get Laughed At Now  DeadspinShaq's line after threatening to knock out Charles Barkley had Ernie Johnson in tears  For The WinNBA on TNT: Shaq threatens to knock out Charles Barkley (video)  Sports IllustratedView full coverag
  
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• Denisovans, A Mysterious Kind Of Ancient Humans, Are Traced to Tibet - NPR

  01-05-2019 20:33 via npr.org
  Denisovans, A Mysterious Kind Of Ancient Humans, Are Traced to Tibet  NPRDenisovan Jawbone Discovered in a Cave in Tibet  The New York TimesFirst evidence of ancient humans called Denisovans found outside of their cave  CNNJawbone fossil from Tibetan plateau sheds light on mysterious Neanderthal kin  NBC NewsFossil Points to a Vanished Human Species in Himalayas  The Wall Street JournalView full coverage on Google News
  
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• See the new tool in the fight against robocalls

  01-05-2019 20:01 via nbcnews.com
  The new tool, STIR/SHAKEN, will help stamp out call spoofing, but experts expect scammers to adapt.
  
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• The China leak, and why Theresa May just fired her defense secretary - Washington Examiner

  01-05-2019 19:40 via washingtonexaminer.com
  The China leak, and why Theresa May just fired her defense secretary  Washington ExaminerUK's May fires Defence Secretary Williamson over Huawei leak  Aljazeera.comGavin Williamson: Defence Secretary sacked over leak - BBC News  BBC NewsDefence Secretary Gavin Williamson sacked over Huawei leak  BBC NewsMay was right to sack Gavin Williamson. No one will be sorry to see him go  The GuardianView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Floodwaters Swept Into Davenport, Iowa, Sending Residents Scrambling - The New York Times

  01-05-2019 19:32 via nytimes.com
  Floodwaters Swept Into Davenport, Iowa, Sending Residents Scrambling  The New York TimesMississippi River crests to challenge historic floods even as rain departs  AccuWeather.comDavenport, Iowa flooded after river barrier fails  The Associated PressTemporary barrier fails in Davenport, and the Mississippi River floods downtown in Iowa's 3rd-largest city  Des Moines RegisterRiverside areas prepare for record Mississippi River crest  krcgtv.comVie
  
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• Hualongdong Skull Is Latest Challenge To Dominant Human Evolution Model

  01-05-2019 19:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  A largely complete, roughly 300,000-year-old skull from southeastern China appears to be the latest evidence challenging the dominant model of human evolution. The Hualongdong skull's unique combination of features make the fossil a tantalizing clue to East Asia's diverse hominin history.
  Researchers excavating a collapsed cave site unearthed the skull, formally known as Hualongdong 6 (HLD 6), along with additional partial fossils of archaic humans and animals, plus assorted stone
  
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• Denisovan Find Hints The Extinct Humans Colonized The 'Roof of the World'

  01-05-2019 19:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  On the mountainous Tibetan Plateau, small groups of nomadic herders still make a living two miles or more above sea level. Most of us would be poorly-equipped to deal with that altitude for long periods of time, but the Tibetans there have unique genetic adaptations that let their bodies function in the thin air.Mysteriously, those genes seem to come from another species of human, the Denisovans, a little-understood group of hominins who died out tens of thousands of years ago. Un
  
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• Warrantless: US Searches Of Phones, Laptops At Airports Rising

  01-05-2019 17:47 via technocracy.news
  Where specific regulations are unclear or missing, TSA/DHS screeners will overstep the larger considerations like the Fourth Amendment that limits warrantless search and seizure and without probable cause. Just because you are in an airport doesn’t mean the Constitution is totally suspended.  ⁃ TN EditorU.S. government searches of travelers’ cellphones and laptops at airports and border crossings nearly quadrupled since 2015 and were being done for reasons beyond cust
  
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• Amazon’s Facial-Recognition Tech ‘Supercharges’ Local Police

  01-05-2019 17:27 via technocracy.news
  Amazon’s says its Rekognition AI system “indistinguishable from magic” but it now offers it for nominal fees to law enforcement at all levels, from local city police and sheriff offices to the FBI. There are currently no national laws regulating the use of facial recognition. ⁃ TN EditorWhen workers at an Ace Hardware here reported that a woman had walked out of the store with an $11.99 tank of welding gas that she hadn’t paid for in her tote bag, an elaborate high-
  
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• Two Test Positive for HIV After 'Vampire Facial' - Medscape

  01-05-2019 17:04 via medscape.com
  Two Test Positive for HIV After 'Vampire Facial'  MedscapeHealth Officials Warn Of Potential HIV Risk After Vampire Facial At New MX Spa | NBC Nightly News  NBC NewsTwo People Test Positive for HIV After Receiving ‘Vampire Facials’  Rolling Stone‘Vampire facial’ at New Mexico spa tied to 2 HIV cases, health officials say  WDAF FOX4 Kansas CityDOH urges clients of VIP Spa get tested after 2 confirmed cases of HIV  Everythin
  
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• DHS To Start ‘Rapid DNA’ Testing At Border

  01-05-2019 16:52 via technocracy.news
  DHS use of DNA testing is a slippery slope for the rest of American society. Even is safeguard policies are put into place to protect American citizens, those policies can just as easily be changed. Thus far, Congress has not entered the discussion. ⁃ TN EditorThe Department of Homeland Security will start a DNA testing pilot program next week to help identify and prosecute individuals posing as families in an effort to target human smuggling, two department officials confirmed to CNN.
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• Facebook could have nearly 5 billion dead users by 2100, research claims

  01-05-2019 16:27 via nbcnews.com
  Academics from Oxford University published a paper that found the dead “may well outnumber the living” on the social media platform before the end of the century.
  
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• Huawei is the only major smartphone brand still growing in China. Apple is fading fast

  01-05-2019 15:52 via rss.cnn.com
  Huawei may be under fire globally from a US-led campaign against the company, but in China its smartphones are red hot and outselling the iPhone four times over.
  
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• Google employees are staging another protest

  01-05-2019 15:52 via rss.cnn.com
  Protests are planned at Google offices following allegations of retaliation against employees who participated in walkouts last year.
  
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• As CC Sabathia surpasses 3000 Ks, an appreciation of the Big Man - Bronx Pinstripes

  01-05-2019 15:00 via bronxpinstripes.com
  As CC Sabathia surpasses 3000 Ks, an appreciation of the Big Man  Bronx PinstripesFurious Aaron Boone booted as Yankees' trip ends in whimper  New York Post Yanks' Sabathia third lefty in 3,000-strikeout club  ESPNOpinion: CC Sabathia stamps ticket into Hall of Fame with 3,000-strikeout milestone  USA TODAYYankees suffer desert sweep against the Diamondbacks  Pinstripe AlleyView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Apple’s leaked iPhone 11 design looks stunning in this new video - BGR

  01-05-2019 14:17 via bgr.com
  Apple’s leaked iPhone 11 design looks stunning in this new video  BGRThere are so many flagship Android smartphones set to be released in the next few months, and several of them are already stirring up some serious hype.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Huge Asteroid Apophis Flies By Earth on Friday the 13th in 2029. A Lucky Day for Scientists - Space.com

  01-05-2019 14:02 via space.com
  Huge Asteroid Apophis Flies By Earth on Friday the 13th in 2029. A Lucky Day for Scientists  Space.comHuge 'God of Chaos' asteroid to pass near Earth in 2029: report  Fox NewsHow NASA plans to keep an asteroid from hitting Earth  CBS Evening NewsHuge 'God of Chaos' asteroid to buzz Earth  THV11.com KTHVNASA: Asteroid to fly close to Earth in 2029  SILive.comView full coverage on Google News
  
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• New Tesla Model 3 Long Range 2019 UK review - AutoExpress

  01-05-2019 11:15 via autoexpress.co.uk
  New Tesla Model 3 Long Range 2019 UK review  AutoExpressWhy CIO of Major Investment Firm Says Tesla’s Stock is Going to $4,000  CCNTesla launches cheaper Model 3 with 150km range in Canada to get $5,000 incentive  ElectrekBusting 7 of the most common myths about electric cars  Green Car ReportsTesla sell-off spills into May after worst month in a year  Financial TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Souq users in the UAE are now automatically redirected to a new Amazon site

  01-05-2019 09:56 via rss.cnn.com
  Amazon launched a new website in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, replacing Souq.com — the popular regional e-commerce platform it bought for $580 million in 2017 — with Amazon.ae.
  
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• The Moon is Finally Getting the Attention It Deserves

  01-05-2019 06:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  We've reached another "will they or won't they?" cliffhanger in the long-running soap opera, When Will Humans Return to the Moon? Last May, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine promised that a crew would be landing there by 2028. "To many, this may sound similar to our previous attempts to get to the Moon," he admitted. "However, times have changed. This will not be Lucy and the football again." A month ago, Vice President Pence added a big plot twist, now declaring that "it is the stated pol
  
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• U.S. military stops tracking key metric on Afghan war as situation deteriorates - Reuters

  01-05-2019 06:05 via reuters.com
  U.S. military stops tracking key metric on Afghan war as situation deteriorates  ReutersUS Won't Track Key Data On Taliban Strength In Afghanistan  NPRU.S. military stops releasing information tracking progress in Afghanistan  CBS NewsThe Afghan Endgame Has Become Surreal  The Wall Street JournalU.S. Military Stops Counting How Much of Afghanistan Is Controlled by Taliban  The New York TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Water in the West: Snow news may not be good news

  01-05-2019 03:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  As the animation of satellite images above shows, this past winter has brought desperately needed snowfall to a large portion of the American West.It consists of images captured by NASA's Terra satellite, centered on the Colorado Rockies — one on April 18 of last year, and the other this past April 19th. All that extra white stuff tells the tale better than any statistics.And looks aren't deceiving. For Colorado as a whole, snowpack looks to be about the third highest on record.I
  
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• Oculus Rift S review - PC Gamer

  01-05-2019 03:20 via pcgamer.com
  Oculus Rift S review  PC GamerFacebook wants to bring your entire body into virtual reality  CNNFacebook's Oculus Quest heralds VR's next gen, but will we buy in?  CNETOculus Quest – The Review: Everything You Need to Know  VRFocusOculus Quest review: Facebook's new VR headset is the best thing I've tried this year  CNETView full coverage on Google News
  
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• The new Oculus headset shows how far VR has come. It's still not enough

  01-05-2019 01:52 via rss.cnn.com
  At its F8 developer conference on Tuesday, Facebook announced the new Quest — as well as the more powerful Oculus Rift S, which tethers to a PC — will go on sale immediately and start shipping on May 21.
  
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• Instagram is testing hiding your likes

  01-05-2019 01:52 via rss.cnn.com
  What is Instagram without likes? Some users are about to find out.
  
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• Facebook debuts new look and features to help move past 'old issues'

  01-05-2019 01:52 via rss.cnn.com
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg opened up his company's annual developer conference with a warning that its past issues will keep surfacing as it evolves into a more secure platform.
  
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• Apple's iPhone sales fall 17% from prior year

  01-05-2019 01:52 via rss.cnn.com
  At one time, the staggering success of the iPhone helped catapult Apple to become the world's most valuable company. Now, its lackluster smartphone sales are dragging down Apple's business.
  
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• Instagram Stories camera will get makeover, influencers will be able to tag products for you to buy - Android Police

  01-05-2019 01:06 via androidpolice.com
  Instagram Stories camera will get makeover, influencers will be able to tag products for you to buy  Android PoliceInfluencers Won't Get Paid From New Instagram Shopping Feature (and That's OK by Them)  CheddarInsights: Will We Still Like Instagram If We Don’t Know Who Likes What?  TubefilterYou’ll now be able to buy products directly from Instagram influencers  QuartzInstagram Is the New Mall  The AtlanticView full coverage on Google
  
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• Could Air Conditioners Turn Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel?

  01-05-2019 00:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the hot and sticky suffocation of summer, air conditioners are a breezy balm. And as climate change heats Earth, the need for them is only rising. Yet the cold air blowers consume a ton of energy. But now researchers say they have a solution for these energy hogs that actually helps the climate.In a new analysis, scientists argue for using air conditioning units to capture carbon dioxide straight from the atmosphere and transform it into fuel. The idea is that these renewable-energy
  
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• Scientists Are Closer to Developing a Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Blood Test

  01-05-2019 00:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a debilitating condition that leaves its suffers with many questions but few answers. CFS's causes are poorly understood, there’s no cure, and there isn't a definitive way to screen for it.Now, scientists say they've taken a big step toward developing a test to diagnose this confusing and complex disorder that leaves patients with symptoms that range from extreme exhaustion, chronic pain, persistent brain fog, and more.In a new study publish
  
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