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+16What we know about Huawei's plan B for mobile
The U.S. has blacklisted Huawei and Google has pulled its Android license, but the company has a backup plan years in the making.
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+26Millions of Instagram influencers had their private contact data scraped and exposed
A massive database containing contact information of millions of Instagram influencers, celebrities and brand accounts has been found online. The database, hosted by Amazon Web Services, was left exposed and without a password allowing anyone to look inside.
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+4Ecuador hands Assange belongings to US
The Wikileaks founder is facing extradition requests from Sweden and the US over separate accusations.
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+9How These Elite Civil War Marksmen Changed the Face of Warfare
Sharpshooters wore camo and hefted state-of-the-art rifles with longer, flatter trajectory
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+42Google is using Your Gmail Account to Track Your Purchases
Do you think your email on Gmail is private? If so, you may want to think again, as your Gmail messages are being scanned by Google for purchases, which are then displayed in your Google account.
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+12In Major Blow To Sony’s Upcoming PlayStation 5, Microsoft Announces PlayStation 6
Sony made waves last month when chief architect Mike Cerny gave a first look at the specs for the next-gen successor to the PlayStation 4, making them the first to throw their hat in the ring for the next round of console wars. But all that excitement just fell by the wayside because today, in a major blow to Sony’s upcoming plans for the PlayStation 5, Microsoft announced its new console: the PlayStation 6.
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+8Shrooms Are the Safest Drug You Can Take
Safer, even, than smoking weed.
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+28China’s new ‘social credit system’ is an dystopian nightmare
Imagine calling a friend. Only instead of hearing a ring tone you hear a police siren, and then a voice intoning, “Be careful in your dealings with this person.” Would that put a damper on your rel…
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+18Trump's Huawei Ban Could End Android As We Know It and Damage Apple
If the world’s second biggest manufacturer has to fork its own Android OS and app ecosystem, Google may be in trouble in the long run.
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+11African swine fever keeps spreading in Asia, threatening food security
“This is probably the most serious animal health disease [the world has] had for a long time, if not ever.”
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+6DHS warns of data threat from Chinese-made drones
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned U.S. firms of the risks.
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+17How to do hard things
This is a system I only somewhat tongue in cheek refer to as “The Fully General System For Learning To Do Hard Things”. It’s a useful conceptual framework for how to get better at things that you currently find difficult.
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+15Google's next-gen Glass eyewear lasts longer and runs on Android
Google has unveiled a new version of its Glass Enterprise Edition with longer battery life and a platform built on Android.
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+25How Much Alcohol Is Safe to Drink? None, Say These Researchers
A large study of drinking habits in 195 countries contradicts widely shared advice on healthy drinking.
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+5Wandering Earth: Rocket scientist explains how we could move our planet
Film is sci-fi, but its premise may one day be true. Could we move Earth to a wider orbit?
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+16What is Wi-Fi 6 and why you're going to want it
No individual device on your wireless network may run that much faster, but your total speed will increase.
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+4A Conspiracy To Kill IE6
the story of how, ten years ago, a small team of web developers conspired to kill IE6 from inside YouTube and got away with it.
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+9Hunting has caused a decline in mammals in half of intact tropical forests • Earth.com
Researchers have determined that hunting is responsible for a 40% average decline of large mammals in the remaining small percentage of intact tropical forests.
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+7Robots are taking over farms faster than expected thanks to small start-ups
Farmers hope machines can be more precise and efficient than humans
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+14Boeing admits 737 Max sims didn't accurately reproduce what flying without MCAS was like
Turning off trim control software in training wouldn't give realistic results – report