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3 days agoExpression darvinhg
A Saudi Prince's Attempt to Silence Critics on Twitter
An ongoing investigation reveals how Mohammed bin Salman's team allegedly infiltrated the platform—and got away with it.
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3 days agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Facebook Is Considering Facial Recognition For Its Upcoming Smart Glasses
Facebook Vice President Andrew Bosworth told employees that the company is evaluating the legal and privacy issues around facial recognition for its upcoming wearable gadget.
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4 days agoExpression darvinhg
How a San Francisco bookstore owner made America freer, braver and more interesting
Through his City Lights bookstore and publishing imprint, Lawrence Ferlinghetti changed the country. Here's what we can learn from him.
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6 days agoCurrent Event darvinhg
10 Mental Models to Train Your Brain to Think in better Ways
You are what you think. Understanding this is essential to start thinking in more useful ways. Why do two heads think better than one and four heads think better than two? It’s because we’re all limited by our own experiences and biases. How can we overcome this?
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12 days agoAnalysis darvinhg
Video games might be good for your mental health after all — study
Researchers have studied the well-being of video game players and found positive effects of gaming on mental health.
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12 days agoAnalysis darvinhg
Google’s older Pixel cameras are failing at an accelerating rate
Users of the Pixel 2, 3, and 4 are reporting nonfunctional cameras.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Fruit juice will now have a lower health star rating than diet cola in shift to sugar-based grading
Food regulators have classed fruit juice as less healthy than diet cola under new guidelines confirming Australian health star ratings (HSR) on food packaging will focus more on sugar content.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Trump was ‘loving watching the Capitol mob,’ former senior White House official claims
Donald Trump was “loving watching the Capitol mob” lay siege to the heart of American democracy on TV on 6 January, an ex-White House aide has told CNN on the day the historic second impeachment trial of the 45th president is due to get underway in the Senate.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event darvinhg
A former GOP and Senate staffer, 27, has been arrested on child pornography charges
A former GOP staffer, who once designed campaign ads for Trump, has been arrested on child pornography charges. According to a press release from Washington, DC's Metropolitan Police Department, 27-year-old Ruben Verastigui was arrested on Friday on charges of distributing, receiving, and possessing images of child pornography, following an investigation that started last March.
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1 month agoCurrent Event darvinhg
India cuts Internet near Delhi as hundreds of farmers begin hunger strike
India blocked mobile internet services in several areas around New Delhi on Saturday as protesting farmers began a one-day hunger strike after a week of clashes with authorities that left one dead and hundreds injured.
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1 month agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Ridiculously Tiny Chameleons Discovered in Madagascar
Researchers have found a minuscule chameleon in Northern Madagascar, which they believe to be the smallest reptile on the planet. Small body, big attitude—just look at that face. The chameleon is Brookesia nana, abbreviated to B. nana (if you squint, it does kind of look like a banana). Females of the species are larger than males, at about three-quarters of an inch from snout to vent. The new record holders are the adult males, which are less than an inch including the tail. Oh, and the males...
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1 month agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Children Are Much Less Likely Than Adults To Prioritise Human Over Animal Lives
“Two boats are sinking and you can save only one. One holds two dogs, the other a person. Which do you save? If you’re not sure, you can say, ‘I can’t decide.’” When I put this to my 11-year-old, his response was immediate: “Save the dogs!” In his defence, he has grown up with a pet dog, which he adores — and, according to a new study in Psychological Science, most other kids would say the same thing.
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1 month agoCurrent Event darvinhg
Biden to 'hit ground running' as he rejoins Paris climate accords
Joe Biden is set for a flurry of action to combat the climate crisis on his first day as US president by immediately rejoining the Paris climate agreement and blocking the Keystone XL pipeline, although experts have warned lengthier, and harder, environmental battles lie ahead in his presidency.
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1 month agoCurrent Event darvinhg
‘Tiger King’ star Joe Exotic fails to get pardon from Donald Trump
Joseph Maldonado-Passage, aka Joe Exotic, will remain behind bars despite a hoped-for pardon from President Donald Trump. Exotic was made famous last year by the Tiger King miniseries on Netflix and has been very public in his seeking of a pardon. But when the list of presidential pardons and commutations was released shortly before midnight Tuesday by the White House, his name was not on the list.
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1 month agoCurrent Event darvinhg
As Ajit Pai exits FCC, Charter admits defeat on petition to impose data caps
Charter cannot impose data caps until May 2023, won't ask Biden FCC to nix ban.
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1 month agoAnalysis darvinhg
A 'super-puff' planet like no other
The core mass of the giant exoplanet WASP-107b is much lower than what was thought necessary to build up the immense gas envelope surrounding giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn, astronomers at Université de Montréal have found.
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1 month agoExpression darvinhg
How ethics can increase revenue in tech businesses
As a society we revel in stories of successful individuals that risked it all and won big. It’s so often the rags to riches, starving artist or the struggling entrepreneur that catches the headlines. Outside the world of start-up mythology however it’s more commonly risk aversion that keeps the world of business ticking over.