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2 days agoCurrent Event 8mm
Great. Now Even Your Headphones Can Spy on You
Israeli researchers show that even if you're paranoid enough to remove your computer's microphone, malware can convert your headphones into spy bugs.
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7 days agoExpression 8mm
The Disinformation Vaccine: Is There a Cure for Conspiracy Theories?
Inside one massive company’s plan to test whether the laws of public health can fight fake news
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8 days agoExpression 8mm
Spotify: Price rise 'could push users into piracy'
Prices have been anchored at £9.99 for years, and Spotify says the situation isn't likely to change.
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12 days agoExpression 8mm
How should you choose the right right thing to do?
The ethical life means being good to ourselves, to others, and to the world. But how do you choose if these demands compete?
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13 days agoCurrent Event 8mm
Apple TV App Finally Arrives on Chromecast with Google TV
Our favorite streaming device just got a major update. As initially teased by Google back in December, Chromecast with Google TV now supports the Apple TV app on its platform. Other Google TV-powered devices will also get support for the app, including Sony and TCL’s 2020 televisions when they eventually hit the market later this year. Google also said the app will arrive on additional Android TV-powered devices in the months ahead but did not elaborate on which specific devices would be inclu...
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13 days agoCurrent Event 8mm
Scientists entered people’s dreams and got them ‘talking’
Dreaming experiments involved real-time conversations between sleepers and scientists
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event 8mm
Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will look for signs of past microbial life, cache rock and soil samples, and prepare for future human exploration.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event 8mm
Hope prepares to enter orbit around Mars
As the UAE’s Hope spacecraft arrives at Mars, those involved have a mix of confidence and concern about the chances of successfully entering orbit.
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Sawfish populations halved as nations fail to enforce conservation laws
Sawfish have lost 59% of their historical distribution and are heading toward complete extinction due to overfishing, a new study says, posing a threat to ocean biodiversity and indicating that policies worldwide to protect the world's largest ray are not being enforced.
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3 weeks agoExpression 8mm
A Lesson in Literature: How to Write Good Metaphors?
Good metaphors spice up any piece of art, be it a painting or a poem or a novel. Some writers use whole characters as forms of metaphors, others use symbolism.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event 8mm
Popular baby food brands contain toxic heavy metals, says U.S. report
Many commercial baby foods "are tainted with significant levels of toxic heavy metals," a report released Thursday by a House subcommittee said, raising concerns over the safety of the products industry wide.
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3 weeks agoExpression 8mm
'It let white supremacists organize': the toxic legacy of Facebook's Groups
Facebook has said it will no longer algorithmically recommend political groups to users, but experts warn that isn’t enough
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1 month agoCurrent Event 8mm
Andy Jassy will replace Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO. Here are 5 things to know about him.
Andy Jassy has been at Amazon for 24 years and is one of the highest-paid executives at the company, earning $36 million in 2016 alone.
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1 month agoCurrent Event 8mm
Lego Braille Bricks come to Australia, helping kids with vision impairment to learn by touch
Kids with vision impairment can learn maths and literacy by touch as Lego Braille Bricks arrive in Australia for the first time.
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1 month agoCurrent Event 8mm
Dustin Diamond Dead at 44 After Battle with Stage 4 Lung Cancer
"Saved by the Bell" star Dustin Diamond dead at 44.
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1 month agoExpression 8mm
Need a friend? Help's on the way, with eerily lifelike 'social robots' heading to market this year
Besides the obvious carnage of the pandemic, there's little doubt that the pandemic has taken a toll on people's mental health as well. Humans are social creatures by nature, even the most misanthropic of us, and isolation has been hard to take for many. So in that regard, it's hard to argue against utilizing robotics' ever-evolving practicality and realism for a little socializing during isolated times.