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• Study: Warmer Arctic led to killer cold in Texas, much of US

  02-09-2021 23:59
  
  A new study finds that the warming of the Arctic due to climate change has increased the number of polar vortex outbreaks, when frigid air from the far north bathes the central and eastern United States in killer cold
  
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• Mice Can Actually Learn Much Faster than Previously Thought

  02-09-2021 23:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new experimental setup for studying animal behavior and learning. Your commute to work may seem like a mundane thing, but it is a great...
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• Black and LGBTQ streamers on Twitch boycotted the platform after repeated 'hate raids'

  02-09-2021 23:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Fed up with torrents of racist and transphobic hate from viewers, a trio of users on the streaming platform Twitch decided to take a day off the site. Their absence, they hoped, would compel Twitch to do more to support streamers of color and those from marginalized groups.
  
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• Water Blisters Trapped Beneath Greenland’s Thick Ice Sheet Could Provide Critical Hydrological Insight

  02-09-2021 22:27 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Water “blisters” trapped beneath the thick interior of Greenland’s ice sheet could provide critical insight into the hydrological network coursing deep below Earth’s second largest...
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• Floating Homes, Raised Houses: A Tale of Two Flood Mitigation Strategies

  02-09-2021 22:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Raising or ‘amphibiating’ a home can keep a house high and dry during floods — but they can come with significant costs.
  
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• EXPLAINER: How Ida can be so deadly 1000 miles from landfall

  02-09-2021 22:08
  
  Meteorologists say natural and man-made forces made Ida deadly and devastating in the New York and New Jersey area even though the weakened storm made landfall more than 1,000 miles away
  
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• 'We don’t know anything': Salvadorans worry about Bitcoin becoming legal tender

  02-09-2021 21:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  People in El Salvador are worried they don't know enough about Bitcoin as the country becames the first in the world to adopt it as legal tender.
  
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• Triceratops skeleton up for auction, starting price $1.2m Euros - Boing Boing

  02-09-2021 21:34 via news.google.com
  Triceratops skeleton up for auction, starting price $1.2m Euros  Boing BoingView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• NASA Seeking Help on Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle Solutions

  02-09-2021 21:17 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA is asking American companies for additional input on approaches and solutions for a vehicle to transport Artemis astronauts around the lunar South Pole later...
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• NASA's newest Mars rover snags 1st rock sample for return

  02-09-2021 21:02
  
  NASA's newest Mars rover has successfully collected its first rock sample for return to Earth, after last month's attempt came up empty
  
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• Jury in criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes has been selected

  02-09-2021 19:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A jury of seven men and five women has been selected for the long-awaited criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO and founder of Theranos. The twelve jurors and five alternates were sworn in Thursday.
  
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• Apple eases App Store rules again, to allow outside signups

  02-09-2021 17:27
  
  Apple is relaxing rules to allow some app developers such as Spotify, Netflix and digital publishers to include an outside link so users can sign up for paid subscription accounts
  
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• BIS Tests International Settlements With Central Bank Digital Currencies

  02-09-2021 17:23 via technocracy.news
  
  Global Fintech is rapidly congealing as Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) are integrating into the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in order to “lay the foundation for global payments connectivity.” Fintech is said to the coming financial structure for Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. ⁃ TN EditorThe Bank for International Settlements and four central banks will test the use of digital currencies for cross-border transactions, as global regulators seek to i
  
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• FAA says it's investigating problems with Richard Branson's flight to edge of space

  02-09-2021 16:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed late Wednesday it is investigating Richard Branson's flight to space, saying the rocket-powered plane operated by his company, Virgin Galactic, veered off course during its descent.
  
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• WhatsApp hit with record fine by Ireland over privacy

  02-09-2021 16:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook’s WhatsApp was fined a record 225 million euro ($266 million) by the Irish data protection regulator on Thursday after the E.U. privacy watchdog
  
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• Warning: Apple Is Adding State IDs To iPhones

  02-09-2021 16:47 via technocracy.news
  
  Apple’s commitment to privacy is taking another hit by allowing users to add their driver’s license to an iPhone and then transmit it wirelessly to authorities upon request. The TSA has already announced that it will use the feature at airport checkpoints and security lanes.
  This comes on the heels of the announcement of a program to analyze users’ photos for child pornography and reporting suspected violators to the police.
  Apple’s intent is to create a barrier to keep u
  
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• Irish watchdog fines WhatsApp $267M after EU privacy probe

  02-09-2021 16:44
  
  Ireland’s privacy watchdog has fined WhatsApp 225 million euros ($267 million) for breaching stringent European Union data protection rules
  
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• Internet Shutdown Emerging As Authoritarian Weapon Of Choice

  02-09-2021 16:28 via technocracy.news
  
  When the Internet goes dark, so does a raft of services that are dependent on it, such as banks, service companies, businesses, medical facilities, social media, VOIP phone calling and news services. Without the Internet, entire sections of society can be rendered inoperative and at the mercy of their government. ⁃ TN EditorOver the last decade, governments worldwide have intentionally shut down the internet at least 850 times, with a whopping 90% of those shutdowns taking place over just
  
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• FTC orders company to quit surveillance app business

  02-09-2021 14:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Federal Trade Commission has for the first time banned a company that makes so-called stalkerware — software used to surreptitiously track a cellphone
  
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• Didi and JD.com are letting their workers unionize

  02-09-2021 13:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Two of China's leading tech companies are setting up labor unions for their staff as the industry comes under intense political pressure to rethink how it treats its workers.
  
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• As schools return to in-person learning, demand for online tutoring remains high

  02-09-2021 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  During the pandemic, Jasmine Thorn found herself struggling with the online instruction offered by her kids’ schools. Thorn, like many parents, tried
  
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• Apple relaxes App Store rules for services such as Spotify and Netflix

  02-09-2021 11:34 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Apple will allow companies such as Spotify and Netflix to direct customers to their own websites to make payments, allowing them to more easily avoid fees levied by the App Store.
  
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• Hong Kong just won back 'Asia's biggest' tech conference

  02-09-2021 10:34 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hong Kong has reclaimed its status as the host of a marquee Asian tech conference it lost to Malaysia last year, as organizers cite the city's success in battling the Covid pandemic.
  
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• China orders ride-hailing firms to correct unfair tactics

  02-09-2021 08:26
  
  Chinese regulators have ordered ride-hailing platforms to correct unfair market tactics amid a crackdown on the internet sector that has spooked investors and shaved billions off the valuations of some of China’s biggest technology companies
  
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• Japan opens Digital Agency to boost government technology

  02-09-2021 03:44
  
  Japan is aiming to give a technological upgrade to government services and recordkeeping with the opening of the Digital Agency to overhaul antiquated systems that have had their shortfalls highlighted by the pandemic
  
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• Reddit takes action against groups spreading Covid misinformation

  02-09-2021 01:02 via rss.cnn.com
  
  After days of controversy over its decision not to crack down on misinformation about Covid-19, Reddit is somewhat backtracking, taking action against dozens of its groups known as "subreddits."
  
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• How Astronauts Go to the Bathroom in Outer Space

  02-09-2021 00:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Even in space, when you gotta go, you gotta go. It’s a tricky problem, but whether it’s #1 or #2, NASA has finally figured out the space loo.
  
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