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• Conservation group: Bolivia fires ravaged big cat habitat

  04-09-2019 23:58
  A conservation group says one of Latin America's key habitats for jaguars suffered extensive devastation during fires in Bolivia
  
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• 8chan founder: Current owner will 'lie' during congressional testimony

  04-09-2019 23:52 via nbcnews.com
  Watkins is scheduled to answer questions Thursday morning as part of a closed-door session with the House Homeland Security Committee.
  
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• Space station captures Hurricane Dorian moving along Florida coast - Guardian News

  04-09-2019 23:47 via youtube.com
  
  
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• AP Explains: How YouTube is changing what it shows kids

  04-09-2019 23:10
  YouTube is changing what it shows to kids as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission
  
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• Could A Single Traumatic Brain Injury Be As Damaging As Repeated Blows To The Head?

  04-09-2019 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Credit: Mitch Gunn/Shutterstock)In American football, players repeatedly suffer major blows to the head.As a result of these repeat hits, many athletes suffer from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease that manifests as depression, dementia, aggression and suicidal behavior years to decades after the trauma.But the researchers behind a new study say that a single traumatic brain injury can also have lasting consequences on brain health. A team of scient
  
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• First Major Center for Psychedelic Research Opening in the U.S.

  04-09-2019 22:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Roland Griffiths (left) and Matthew Johnson (right) (Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine)The launch of a new privately-funded research center dedicated to investigating the therapeutic benefits of psychedelic drugs was announced today at Johns Hopkins University.
  The Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research will be dedicated to understanding how psychedelics alter consciousness, behavior and brain function. The bulk of the research will focus on psilocybin, the active ingredient in
  
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• Twitter halts feature that enabled hack of CEO Jack Dorsey's account

  04-09-2019 22:12 via nbcnews.com
  The step is temporary but necessary to protect accounts, the company said in a series of tweets.
  
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• Poland pressured to say if it bought Israeli phone spyware

  04-09-2019 22:03
  Poland's government is coming under pressure to clarify what whether it has purchased sophisticated phone surveillance technology that has been used to stifle dissent in other countries
  
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• The Latest: FTC official disputes criticism of Google fine

  04-09-2019 21:26
  Federal official disputes criticism that the FTC's $170 million fine of Google is too small
  
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• Massive Clouds Colliding in Space Could be Birthing Huge Stars

  04-09-2019 21:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  This star-forming region is one of many in M33 that's birthing new stars from massive clouds of dust and gas. (Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA)Astronomers have witnessed a rare event: the birth of massive stars 2.73 million light-years away in the Triangulum Galaxy (Messier 33). At the center of two giant colliding gas clouds are some 10 young stars with masses tens of times that of the Sun. Their discovery indicates that such cloud-cloud collisions are a main pathway to creating giant stars in
  
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• Huawei accuses US of cyberattacks, coercing employees

  04-09-2019 21:04
  Huawei accuses US of launching cyberattacks on Chinese tech giant, trying to coerce employees to gather information on company
  
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• The Latest: Trump doesn't respond to Huawei coercion claims

  04-09-2019 20:15
  U.S. President Donald Trump has declined to directly address allegations by Chinese technology company Huawei accusing American authorities of trying to coerce employees to gather information on the company
  
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• AP Explains: YouTube agrees to change what it shows to kids

  04-09-2019 20:01
  YouTube is changing what it shows to kids as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission
  
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• HARPA: Social Credit (Mental) Scoring For Gun Control?

  04-09-2019 18:22 via technocracy.news
  The Trump Administration has broken the ice on using Social Credit Scoring technology to decide who is mentally stable enough to purchase a weapon. Like a ‘No-Fly’ list, a ‘No-Buy’ list would be based on AI analysis of social media posts. ⁃ TN EditorThe Trump administration is considering a proposal that would use Google, Amazon and Apple to collect data on users who exhibit characteristics of mental illness that could lead to violent behavior, The Washington Post r
  
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• Google rolls out Android 10 for Pixel phones

  04-09-2019 18:16 via rss.cnn.com
  Google has officially released Android 10, its new mobile operating system with several new features, including dark mode and gesture navigation.
  
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• Google and FTC reach $170 million settlement over alleged YouTube violations of kids' privacy

  04-09-2019 18:16 via rss.cnn.com
  Google has agreed to pay a record $170 million penalty to settle accusations that YouTube broke the law when it knowingly tracked and sold ads targeted to children, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday.
  
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• European satellite changed course to avoid SpaceX craft

  04-09-2019 18:16 via rss.cnn.com
  In the first incident of its kind, a European Space Agency (ESA) satellite was forced to perform an evasive maneuver Monday to avoid hitting a SpaceX spacecraft.
  
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• Activist loses UK court case on police facial recognition

  04-09-2019 17:59
  A British court has ruled that a police force's trial of automated facial recognition technology is lawful, dealing a blow to activists concerned about its implications for privacy
  
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• Safe, Mass Producible Truck-Sized Nuclear Reactors

  04-09-2019 17:38 via technocracy.news
  This revolutionary miniaturization of nuclear power could solve the world’s energy need in a few years, but it will most certainly be demonized by the Alternative Energy/Green New Deal who are pushing Sustainable Development. ⁃ TN EditorA new Very-Small, Long-LIfe, and Modular (VSLLIM) reactor design has been developed at the University of New Mexico’s Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies. It offers passive operation and decay heat removal and redundant control to make
  
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• Facial Recognition: Facebook Finally Gives Control Back To Users

  04-09-2019 17:24 via technocracy.news
  After fines, legal battles and cancelled users, Facebook finally succumbs to pressure by giving control over facial recognition features to users by offering opt-in/out. New users will be set to opt-out by default. ⁃ TN EditorFacebook on Tuesday said facial recognition technology applied to photos at the social network will be an opt-in feature.
  The change that began rolling out to users around the world came as the leading social network remains under pressure to better protect privacy an
  
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• NASA Just Added a Helicopter to Its Mars 2020 Rover

  04-09-2019 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Mars 2020 rover will be equipped with a helicopter, as seen in this artist's concept, that will fly above the Red Planet's surface like no craft before it. (NASA/JPL)Just under a year before launch, NASA’s unnamed Mars 2020 rover is getting ready for its big mission with the new addition of the Mars Helicopter Scout.The Helicopter Scout will be the first rotorcraft to fly on another planet. And though the mission is considered high-risk, it could also come with a high reward. If the
  
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• YouTube will pay $170 million to settle claims it violated child privacy laws

  04-09-2019 15:23 via nbcnews.com
  The settlement is the latest move from regulators to crack down on privacy violations from large tech companies, including a recent settlement with Facebook.
  
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• Democrats propose spending trillions to fight climate change

  04-09-2019 15:20
  Candidates are releasing their plans to address climate change.
  
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• Google's YouTube fined $170 million to settle allegations it collected children's data without parents' consent.

  04-09-2019 15:13
  Google's YouTube fined $170 million to settle allegations it collected children's data without parents' consent.
  
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• Japan briefs diplomats on Fukushima nuclear water concerns

  04-09-2019 14:40
  Japan has reassured foreign diplomats about the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant's safety amid concerns about massive amounts of treated but radioactive water stored in tanks
  
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• British farm moo-ves into new tech with 5G collars on cows

  04-09-2019 12:57
  The cows at a British agricultural technology research center are helping to test next generation mobile technology aimed at helping make dairy farming more efficient
  
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• Researchers Develop Technique to Efficiently De-Ice Surfaces in Seconds

  04-09-2019 11:34 via scitechdaily.com
  Airplane wings, wind turbines, and indoor heating systems all struggle under the weight and chill of ice. Defrosting and de-icing techniques are energy-intensive, however, and...
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• Investigation: Urban poor hit hardest as the planet heats up

  04-09-2019 09:30
  Rising temperatures from a warming Earth will hit poor people living in cities harder than their wealthier neighbors
  
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• Dramatic Views of Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station [Video]

  04-09-2019 08:55 via scitechdaily.com
  Cameras outside the International Space Station captured views at 10:37 a.m. EDT on September 3, 2019, of Hurricane Dorian from 260 miles in altitude as...
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• Old World Monkeys Vocalizations May Be More Sophisticated Than Previously Realized

  04-09-2019 08:18 via scitechdaily.com
  Study shows Old World monkeys combine items in speech — but only two and never more, unlike humans. The utterances of Old World monkeys, some...
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• A teen boy has gone blind by living mostly on fries and other junk food, a study says - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  04-09-2019 08:00 via post-gazette.com
  A teen boy has gone blind by living mostly on fries and other junk food, a study says  Pittsburgh Post-GazetteUK teen loses eyesight/hearing after eating French-fries, Pringles for years  MENAFN.COMTeen goes blind due to diet of only fries, potato chips, white bread & processed meat  The Rakyat PostUK teen ‘blinded’ after 7-year diet of French fries, white bread  The Tribune IndiaTeen is legally blind after 7-year diet of french fries, whit
  
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• Incredible Electronic Glove Offers ‘Human-Like’ Features for Prosthetic Hand Users [Video]

  04-09-2019 07:07 via scitechdaily.com
  Sensor-instrumented glove for prosthetic hand controls has the ability to sense pressure, temperature, hydration using electronic chips sending sensory data through wristwatch. People with hand...
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• Physicists Use Lasers to Study Explosions

  04-09-2019 05:38 via scitechdaily.com
  An explosion is a complex event involving quickly changing temperatures, pressures and chemical concentrations. In a paper in the Journal of Applied Physics, from AIP...
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• 'Total devastation': Hurricane slams parts of the Bahamas

  04-09-2019 05:18
  Rescuers have begun evacuating people across parts of the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian
  
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• NASA Satellite’s Infrared Eye Analyzes Typhoon Lingling

  04-09-2019 04:52 via scitechdaily.com
  The storm that became Typhoon Lingling strengthened very quickly in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and infrared imagery from NASA revealed the powerful thunderstorms fueling that...
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• NASA Satellite Spots Major Hurricane Juliette’s Emerging Eye

  04-09-2019 04:46 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean and provided an image of Hurricane Juliette as its eye began to emerge. Juliette has grown...
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• Hurricane Dorian’s Eye Seen from the International Space Station

  04-09-2019 04:40 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA is keeping an eye on Hurricane Dorian, which has battered the Bahamas and now threatens Florida and much of the southeastern coast of the...
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• NASA Estimates Hurricane Dorian’s Rain Using Data From a Fleet of Satellites

  04-09-2019 04:34 via scitechdaily.com
  In the early hours of Tuesday, September 3, Hurricane Dorian had been stationary over the island of Grand Bahama for 18 hours, most of the...
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• Oregon man arrested in 1978 death of Alaska teenager

  04-09-2019 03:39
  Alaska State Troopers say they've arrested a 62-year-old Oregon man in connection with the 1978 murder of teenage Anchorage girl
  
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• Facebook rolls out face recognition to all users but says it will be off by default

  04-09-2019 02:18 via rss.cnn.com
  Facebook is now offering facial-recognition features to all of its users, but says it will keep the capabilities turned off by default.
  
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• Dozens of states prepare antitrust probe of Google's advertising practices

  04-09-2019 02:18 via rss.cnn.com
  More than half of the country's state attorneys general are readying an antitrust investigation into Google's advertising practices, with an announcement of the probe set for next week in Washington, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
  
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• Facebook face recognition feature to replace tag suggestions

  04-09-2019 00:24
  Facebook is ending a practice where it used facial recognition software to let users tag their friends in photos they have uploaded.
  
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• These Might be the Spacesuits Astronauts Wear on Mars

  04-09-2019 00:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Astro suit designed by ILC Dover. (Credit: ILC Dover)Fifty years after Neil Armstrong stepped on
  the moon wearing an ILC Dover-made spacesuit, the Delaware-based aerospace
  manufacturing company is coming out with two brand-new designs.The company announced two new spacesuits on Aug. 28 called Astro and Sol. Unlike other suits the company has produced, like the extravehicular mobility unity (EMU) and the Apollo suit, these new spacesuits are built with adaptability in mind.
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