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A Face Search Engine Anyone Can Use Is Alarmingly Accurate
PimEyes is a paid service that finds photos of a person from across the internet, including some the person may not want exposed. “We’re just a tool provider,” its owner said.
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1 day agoCurrent Event 66bnats
Pfizer will not sell drugs for profit in poor nations
US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer said it would sell its patented drugs at cost to 45 low-income countries.
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3 days agoCurrent Event 66bnats
Kurt Cobain’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ Guitar Auctions for Nearly $5 Million
Kurt Cobain’s mythical 1969 Fender Mustang electric guitar from Nirvana’s landmark 1991 music video, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was auctioned for nearly $5 million at Julien’…
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2 weeks agoAnalysis 66bnats
The Woman Who Saw Zombies
Discovering the molecule that drove her madness.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event 66bnats
Coinbase And Kraken Promote “Fake Bitcoin”, Lawsuit Says So
Per a post from Ontier, the self-proclaimed inventor of Bitcoin Craig Wright filed a lawsuit against leading crypto exchanges Coinbase and Kraken. Ontier is a legal firm that represents Wright, Wright International Investments Limited (WII), and Wright International Investments UK Limited (WIIUK).
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1 month agoCurrent Event 66bnats
Free college is now a reality in nearly 30 states
Even though the plan to make community college tuition-free was stripped from Build Back Better, the number of statewide free-college programs is growing.
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1 month agoCurrent Event 66bnats
DuckDuckGo removes search results for major pirate websites | Engadget
DuckDuckGo has delisted major pirate sites, and also appears to have scrubbed YouTube-DL..
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1 month agoAnalysis 66bnats
Social media posts can predict your IQ score
Ivan Smirnov, Leading Research Fellow of the Laboratory of Computational Social Sciences at the Institute of Education of HSE University, has created a computer model that can distinguish high academic achievers from lower ones based on their social media posts. The prediction model uses a mathematical textual analysis that registers users’ vocabulary...
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1 month agoCurrent Event 66bnats
Whistleblower says DeepMind waited months to fire a researcher accused of sexual misconduct
DeepMind allegedly took 10 months to resolve a complaint.
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1 month agoCurrent Event 66bnats
Hungary's Viktor Orban claims a 4th term, extending his autocratic rule
The prime minister declared victory in the national elections, claiming a mandate for another term as a partial vote count predicted a strong lead for his right-wing party.
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1 month agoCurrent Event 66bnats
TikTok is testing a ‘Watch History’ so you can finally find that video you saw
You could finally scroll through your watched TikToks.
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2 months agoCurrent Event 66bnats
Google follows YouTube in cutting off ad revenue to Russian state media
Google will no longer allow Russian state media outlets to run ads, following a similar decision on Saturday by the tech giant's video subsidiary, YouTube. "In response to the war in Ukraine, we are pausing Google monetization of Russian state-funded media across our platforms," Google said in a statement to CNN Business on Sunday. "We're actively monitoring new developments and will take further steps if necessary."
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2 months agoCurrent Event 66bnats
Ukraine island defenders who told Russian navy ‘go fuck yourself’ may still be alive
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the troops on Snake Island ‘died heroically’ but border guard service says it holds out hope they are alive
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3 months agoExpression 66bnats
Battery-Powered Trains Are Picking Up Speed
Electric locomotives could cut emissions of greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants that harm people living near rail yards.
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3 months agoCurrent Event 66bnats
Dawn of the Space Lords
THEY CALLED IT A “SPUTNIK MOMENT.” In October, the Financial Times reported that over the summer of 2021, the Chinese government tested a new missile. It was reported to have been fired from a so-called hypersonic glide vehicle that circled the planet at speeds exceeding Mach 5 before landing within twenty-five miles of its target. The strategic implications were overblown, but the Sputnik comparison was apt in that a rival power—a communist one no less—had outperformed the United States...