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• Why Twitter is a prime target for hackers

  16-07-2020 23:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  An unprecedented hack impacting a number of Twitter's most powerful users once again highlighted how much the platform is targeted by bad actors -- and raised alarms among some security experts about how prepared the social network is to deal with that ongoing threat.
  
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• Instacart is suing Uber's grocery delivery service Cornershop

  16-07-2020 23:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Instacart is now waging a legal battle with Uber's Cornershop grocery service at a time when both companies are looking to capitalize on growing demand for food deliveries during the pandemic.
  
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• How a massive database is helping law enforcement track child predators

  16-07-2020 22:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  The company behind the software hopes to expand its use beyond law enforcement by licensing it to social media companies and other online platforms.
  
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• Tesla tries to assure workers there's no big virus outbreak

  16-07-2020 22:07
  
  Tesla is trying to assure its 55,000 employees that there hasn’t been a big coronavirus outbreak at company facilities worldwide, despite a report by an industry website that over 130 Tesla employees or contractors have tested positive
  
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• Moon Formed 100 Million Years More Recently Than Thought – Had Magma Ocean Over 1000 Km Deep

  16-07-2020 21:57 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Earth’s natural satellite was formed from debris created by a collision between the young Earth and a protoplanet. During this process, the Moon heated up...
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• Twitter's meltdown proves one of the biggest threats to tech has nothing to do with tech

  16-07-2020 21:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  Cybersecurity professionals broadly agree on a central problem: Computers and code are fixable, but humans are not.
  
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• Why Lo-Fi Music Draws Listeners In

  16-07-2020 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The fuzz and crackle over Lo-Fi music's familiar beats evokes emotions some of us are looking for right now.
  
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• Twitter's massive hack could be even worse than it seems

  16-07-2020 20:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The enormous Twitter hack that led to the accounts of a former US president, a possible future president, numerous billionaire businessmen, celebrities and the world's most valuable company all promoting a bitcoin scam may go down as one of the worst cybersecurity disasters ever to hit a social media company.
  
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• Strong New Evidence for a Controversial Decades-Old Theory That Explains the Odd Behaviors of Water

  16-07-2020 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Study detects the critical point between 2 liquid forms of water. Water, so ordinary and so essential to life, acts in ways that are quite...
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• Facebook begins labeling posts about voting from candidates

  16-07-2020 19:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  The company said the labels would be straightforward, linking to a U.S. government website that has voting information.
  
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• Spacecraft snaps closest pictures of sun, 'campfires' abound

  16-07-2020 19:30
  
  A European and NASA spacecraft has snapped the closest pictures ever taken of the sun and revealed countless tiny “campfires”  flaring everywhere
  
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• Space tourism company Virgin Galactic hires ex-Disney exec as CEO

  16-07-2020 18:57 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Virgin Galactic, the ambitious space tourism company that hopes to take wealthy customers on joy rides to the edge of space, is bringing in an ex-Disney executive to lead the company.
  
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• Pandemic’s Collapse Of SDGs Exposes True Goals Of Sustainable Development

  16-07-2020 17:52 via technocracy.news
  
  When the SDGs collapse, do not pass Go and go straight to Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. The long-term UN goal to “decouple development and growth” spawns calls for “green bonds, sustainability bonds and impact investing .” ⁃ TN EditorCOVID-19 is exposing the fragility of the goals adopted by the United Nations — two-thirds are now unlikely to be met.
  As COVID-19 batters the world and its economy, it’s time to rethink sustainable pathways for
  
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• Russian 'actors' tried to interfere with Britain's general election, U.K. government says

  16-07-2020 17:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  "The Government has concluded that it is almost certain that Russian actors sought to interfere in the 2019 General Election."
  
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• Technocrat Fallout: For Each Covid-19 Death, 364 Jobs Are Lost

  16-07-2020 17:16 via technocracy.news
  
  The Technocrat-induced hysteria over COVID-19 has led to the utter destruction of Free Market Economics, making way for Technocracy, aka Sustainable Development. Over 50 million Americans have now filed for unemployment since lockdowns began.
  From the point of view of the “old system”, this is lunacy, insanity and just plain crazy. From the point of view of Technocracy, it is fait accompli. ⁃ TN EditorDespite the hope-restoring nonfarm payrolls “recovery” and the ov
  
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• Salesforce CEO says masks are like seatbelts: The government should step up and fine people who aren't wearing one

  16-07-2020 17:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff thinks masks — like seatbelts in cars — need to be part of the American way of life if the country is to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Court strikes down EU-US data privacy pact, leaving companies in the lurch

  16-07-2020 17:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Thousands of companies may have to find new ways of transferring data from Europe to the United States after a court ruled that the current transatlantic agreement does not sufficiently protect European citizens' data from US surveillance.
  
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• How Deep-Sea, Ultra-Black Fish Disappear – Science Behind Skin That Absorbs More Than 99.5% of Light

  16-07-2020 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Ultra-black fish skin absorbs more than 99.5% of light in a new, extremely efficient way, a discovery that may advance high-tech optical and camouflage technology....
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• “Campfires” Spotted on Sun in First Solar Orbiter Images – Closest Pictures Ever of the Sun

  16-07-2020 16:44 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The first images from ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter are now available to the public, including the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun. Solar Orbiter is...
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• Peter Navarro Blisters Anthony Fauci: ‘Has Been Wrong About Everything I Have Interacted With Him On’

  16-07-2020 16:36 via technocracy.news
  
  Navarro wrote an op ed for USA Today explaining his personal  interactions with Fauci. Being a big Fauci supporter, it “fact-checked” Navarro with their own editorial comments sprinkled throughout. ⁃ TN EditorWhite House trade adviser Peter Navarro tore into Dr. Anthony Fauci in a stunning op-ed on Wednesday, saying the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director, who has been a leading voice on the Coronavirus Task Force, has been “wrong
  
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• Are Clogged Blood Vessels the Key to Treating Alzheimer's Disease?

  16-07-2020 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A new machine learning contest could help Alzheimer’s researchers investigate “stalls,” which reduce blood flow in the brain.
  
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• Great, Warm Lakes – Heat Records in Jeopardy

  16-07-2020 16:02 via scitechdaily.com
  
  When the usually chilly Great Lakes feel like bath water, you know it has been a warm summer. When the water is that warm at...
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• 'Ghost of Tsushima' feels familiar. That won't stop people from buying it

  16-07-2020 15:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  "Ghost of Tsushima," the last PlayStation 4 exclusive game, arrives on Friday. "Ghost" stands among the ranks of other PS4 exclusives, including "The Last of Us Part II," "God of War" and "Spider-Man." It delivers on a cinematic adventure based partially on Japanese history and embellished with mythical details.
  
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• Dr Disrespect says he will not return to Twitch after he was abruptly banned

  16-07-2020 15:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Dr Disrespect, one of the most popular streamers on Twitch, is not returning to the platform after he was abruptly banned three weeks ago, he told CNN Business in an interview.
  
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• Sticker-Like Medical Device Offers Continuous Monitoring for COVID-19

  16-07-2020 14:56 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Clinical-grade wearable streams symptom data to physicians. Stamp-sized device comprises a suite of clinical-grade sensors, including temperature and pulse oximetry Device sits at the base...
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• E.U. court cancels U.S. data-sharing pact over snooping concerns

  16-07-2020 14:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  The top E.U. court ruled that an agreement that allows companies to transfer data to the U.S. is invalid because the American government can snoop on the data.
  
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• Astronomers Watch a Black Hole’s Corona Mysteriously Disappear, Then Reappear

  16-07-2020 13:50 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A colliding star may have triggered the drastic transformation. It seems the universe has an odd sense of humor. While a crown-encrusted virus has run...
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• Facebook readies global launch of its TikTok competitor

  16-07-2020 13:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  The global launch, which has been in the works for over a year, comes as TikTok is facing scrutiny from Washington over its handling of user data.
  
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• Spacewalking astronauts closing in on final battery swaps

  16-07-2020 13:28
  Spacewalking astronauts are tackling the final set of battery swaps outside the International Space Station
  
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• A Balanced Approach to Weaving Indigenous Knowledge With Scientific Research

  16-07-2020 13:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Indigenous knowledge, including oral histories, mythologies, place names, and classification schemes, can span many generations, preserving information that has helped native communities adapt to natural...
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• Bold Plan to Determine If Planet Nine Is a Primordial Black Hole

  16-07-2020 12:04 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists at Harvard University and the Black Hole Initiative (BHI) have developed a new method to find black holes in the outer solar system, and...
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• Why the Trump administration's win over Huawei could be bad news for TikTok

  16-07-2020 11:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A week after saying his administration was "looking at" banning video app TikTok in the United States, President Donald Trump claimed credit for personally thwarting the expansion plans of another Chinese-affiliated technology company: Huawei.
  
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• Lesions of Doom – How a Parasitic Bacterium Disrupts Blood Vessels in the Human Body

  16-07-2020 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists gain insights into how pathogenic bacteria of the genus Bartonella give rise to lesions in the human body, opening new avenues in modern medicine....
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• China firm uses workers to 'pre-test' vaccine in global race

  16-07-2020 07:48
  A state-owned Chinese company is boasting that its employees received doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine even before the government approved testing in people
  
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• Powering the Future: New Room-Temperature Liquid-Metal Battery

  16-07-2020 06:27 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have built a new type of battery that combines the many...
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• Twitter blames 'coordinated' attack on its systems for hack of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates and others

  16-07-2020 06:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Twitter accounts belonging to Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Apple, among other prominent handles, were compromised on Wednesday in what Twitter said it believes to be an attack on some of its employees with access to the company's internal tools.
  
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• Ground-Breaking Research Shows That Laser Spectral Linewidth Is Classical-Physics Phenomenon

  16-07-2020 05:54 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New ground-breaking research from the University of Surrey could change the way scientists understand and describe lasers – establishing a new relationship between classical and...
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• Biden, Gates, Musk: Bitcoin scam breaches some of world's most prominent Twitter accounts

  16-07-2020 05:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Twitter believes suspected Bitcoin scammers grabbed control of high-profile accounts by targeting its employees.
  
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• Atomic anniversary brings US nuclear official to New Mexico

  16-07-2020 03:49
  
  The 2030 deadline set by the U.S. government to resume and ramp up production of the plutonium cores used in the nation's nuclear arsenal is nothing short of challenging
  
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• UAE Mars mission from Japan delayed again by weather

  16-07-2020 03:47
  
  The launch of a United Arab Emirates Mars orbiter, already delayed two days, is being postponed further due to bad weather at the Japanese launch site
  
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• Tech entrepreneur's dismembered body found in luxury condo

  16-07-2020 03:40
  
  Police say the dismembered body of a 33-year-old tech entrepreneur has been found inside his luxury Manhattan condo
  
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• After Twitter cyberattack, GOP senator calls on Jack Dorsey to work with feds

  16-07-2020 02:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  A tweet typical of the attack said: "Everyone is asking me to give back, and now is the time. You send $1,000, I send you back $2,000."
  
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• COSMA Supercomputer Reveals Dramatic Impact of Massive Planetary Collisions

  16-07-2020 02:23 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The giant impacts that dominate late stages of planet formation have a wide range of consequences for young planets and their atmospheres, according to new...
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• Huawei security chief: UK ban is not related to US claims of security risks

  16-07-2020 01:20 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The United Kingdom this week dealt a major blow to Huawei by banning equipment made by the Chinese tech giant from its telecom networks, shutting Huawei out of a role in building the country's superfast 5G wireless infrastructure.
  
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• Devices Can Reduce Fibers Produced From Washing Machines by Up to 80%

  16-07-2020 01:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using fiber-catching devices as part of the laundry process can dramatically reduce the amount of microscopic particles potentially entering the marine environment, according to new...
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• Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and others apparently hacked

  16-07-2020 00:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Twitter accounts belonging to Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Apple, among other prominent handles, were compromised on Wednesday and posted tweets that appeared to promote a cryptocurrency scam.
  
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• Climate change makes freak Siberian heat 600 times likelier

  16-07-2020 00:14
  A new international study finds that climate change tremendously boosted the chances of this year's freak Siberian heat wave happening
  
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