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Current Event aj0690"This Is Dangerous": Digital Activists Slam Tech Firms For Banning Neo-Nazi Websites
As social media and internet companies scramble to ban or otherwise cut ties with extremist and far right-wing websites like the neo-nazi Daily Stormer, which were unceremoniously dropped by the likes of GoDaddy, Google and security firm Cloudflare earlier this week after helping to organize last weekend's deadly "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, a prominent nonprofit has come forward to defend them.
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City of Syracuse denies permit for 'America First' rally
The city of Syracuse has denied a permit requested by ACT for America to hold a rally next month to support President Donald Trump's immigration, refugee and border policies, according to a spokesman for the mayor's office. ACT for America, which has been labeled an extremist anti-Muslim group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that tracks hate groups, says it will hold "America First" rallies across the country on Sept. 9, including one in Syracuse. Scott Pr...
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StarCraft II Multiplayer - Major Design Changes
Last year we released Patch 3.8 which, unlike smaller balance patches released throughout the year, was a larger set of changes aimed at improving multiplayer StarCraft II through various design changes. This year we are embarking on another design patch and are excited to share with you our initial list of changes! This time around our general focus is to address underused units and abilities while also trying to reduce sudden game ending moments.
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Australian researchers report breakthrough in treatment of peanut allergy
Australian researchers have reported a major breakthrough in the relief of deadly peanut allergy with the discovery of a long-lasting treatment they say offers hope that a cure will soon be possible. In clinical trials conducted by scientists at Melbourne's Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, children with peanut allergies were given a probiotic along with small doses of a peanut protein over an 18-month period.
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End of the checkout line: the looming crisis for American cashiers
he day before a fully automated grocery store opened its doors in 1939, the inventor Clarence Saunders took out a full page advertisement in the Memphis Press-Scimitar warning “old duds” with “cobwebby brains” to keep away. The Keedoozle, with its glass cases of merchandise and high-tech system of circuitry and conveyer belts, was cutting edge for the era and only those “of spirit, of understanding” should dare enter.
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Having a bad job may be worse for your health than having no job at all
People working in low paying, unstable jobs show more signs of chronic stress than their counterparts who remain unemployed. For the unemployed, finding a job can be a path to improved mental health, but only if it’s a good one, a recent study finds. Researchers tracked 116 British adults who were unemployed in 2009-2010. Those who found good jobs enjoyed improved mental health outcomes, while those who found jobs that were stressful, poorly paid, or unstable saw no improvement.
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Trump Administration Takes Key Step To Rolling Back Auto Fuel Standards
The Trump administration has begun the process of rolling back tough fuel standards for America's car and light truck fleet. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department have opened the public comment period on the rewriting of standards for greenhouse gas emissions for cars and light trucks for model years 2022-2025.
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The greatest threats to humanity as we know it
The ultimate guide to the end of the world.
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'Marvel's Jessica Jones': David Tennant to Appear in Season 2
The actor will appear in season 2 of the Marvel-Netflix drama about the titular super-powered private investigator played by Krysten Ritter, EW has confirmed. The Doctor Who alum starred in the first season as Kilgrave, a mind-controlling villain who tormented Jessica until — nearly two-year-old spoiler alert! — she grew immune to his powers and snapped his neck, killing him in the season finale.
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Elephant tramples and kills hunter trying to shoot it
An Argentinian man has been killed in Namibia after he was trampled by an elephant, local media report. The Namibia Press Agency said the hunter, identified as 46-year-old Jose Monzalvez, was killed on Saturday afternoon in a private wildlife area 70 kilometers (43 miles) northwest of the small town of Kalkfeld.
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Charlottesville far-right rally organiser is literally chased out of town
The organiser of a white nationalist rally in Virginia was chased away from a news conference Sunday, a day after the event erupted in violence and left three people dead. Blogger Jason Kessler had to be escorted by law enforcement into a police station to avoid protesters. Video of the incident shows Mr Kessler running with a police officer from an angry mob that heckled him, including a man who accused him of being responsible for the death of a woman killed during the anti-racism protests Sat...
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Poison once flowed in America's waters. With Trump, it might again | Peter Gleick
As a scientist working for decades on national and global water and climate challenges, I must speak out against what I see as an assault on America’s water resources. I grew up in New York in the 1960s hearing about massive Polychlorinated Biphenyl – a toxic chemical used as a coolant – contamination in the Hudson River and the threatened extinction of bald eagles and ospreys from eating contaminated fish.
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Kurt Russell Kept Accidentally Calling Star-Lord "Star Wars" While Filming 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'
Kurt Russell gave a great performance as Ego, the Living Planet in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, but he did struggle with one little piece of dialogue in the script: his son's name. On a few occasions, Russell referred to Star-Lord, the nickname for Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), as "Star Wars." "Well, even where I reside out past the edge of what's known, we've heard tales about the man they call Star Wars," Russell says during one take featured on the film'...
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6 days ago
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Typical.
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6 days ago
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Absolutely not. The world is whatever we understand it is, the more you know, the more interesting the world gets.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp registers $817m loss as its newspapers' value fall
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp recorded an $817m (£629m) loss in the full 2017 financial year due to a fall in the value of its UK and Australian newspapers. Revenue declined from $8.29bn to $8.12bn, a 2 per cent drop reflecting lower print advertising revenues and foreign currency fluctuations. The company said a charge of $785m reflected the write-down of UK and Australian newspapers.
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6 days ago
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Don’t Just Impeach Trump. End the Imperial Presidency.
His threats against North Korea expose the many dangers of the White House's post-9/11 powers. Here's what Congress must do.
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7 days ago
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Ultrafast wi-fi on horizon as scientists send data at 100 times current speeds
Ultrafast wi-fi, which is 100 times quicker than today’s mobile networks is on the horizon, after scientists proved they could send complex data using high-frequency radiation. The researchers sent video signals using terahertz, rather than traditional microwaves, at speeds of 50 gigabytes per second. Most wireless networks only operate at top speeds of 500 megabytes a second.
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7 days ago
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Judge Dredd TV Show: Exclusive First Concept Art Images
IGN can exclusively reveal the first concept development sketches of the Judge Dredd: Mega-City One TV show. The first, 'Democracy March', shows the suspended streets packed with people amidst the Mega-City skyline (including the Statue of Liberty). The title may well be a reference to the events of "America", one of the Judge Dredd comic series' most well-loved storylines, which tackled some incredibly heavy themes, and saw a major change in Dredd's depiction.
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Almost All of FCC’s New Advisory Panel Works for Telecoms
When the Federal Communications Commission went looking this year for experts to sit on an advisory committee regarding deployment of high-speed internet, Gary Carter thought he would be a logical choice. Carter works for the city of Santa Monica, California, where he oversees City Net, one of the oldest municipal-run networks in the nation. The network sells high-speed internet to local businesses, and uses the revenue in part to connect low-income neighborhoods.
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8 days ago
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Bees are first insects shown to understand the concept of zero
Bees seem to understand the idea of zero – the first invertebrate shown to do so. When the insects were encouraged to fly towards a platform carrying fewer shapes than another one, they apparently recognised “no shapes” as a smaller value than “some shapes”.
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The case for $5,000 bitcoin
Bitcoin is either an enormous bubble or has a lot further to run. Financial forecasters are weighing in on the cryptocurrency, trying to divine where bitcoin’s price is headed, now that it sits at around $3,400, up from around $600 a year ago. Here are the arguments for bitcoin hitting $5,000—or higher.
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8 days ago
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I'm getting a feeling this is some kind of colorblindness test.
View Conversationoriginating in We bet you can’t guess what this is a photo of. (5 replies)
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8 days ago
Yep with honors.
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9 days ago
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Twitter needs to stop this activity once and for all. Maybe even the government needs to get involved. Imagine if they let this continue and the AI only gets smarter. The current privacy issues were having now are tiny compared with what they could be in just a few short years.
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