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Goodbye, Ajit Pai
It took an industry man to ruin the internet as we knew it. The damage to a free and open virtual network wrought by the killing of net neutrality standards hasn’t yet assumed the apocalyptic form that digital watchdogs warned of. But the internet service providers who benefit from relaxation of the restrictions are already taking advantage in subtle ways, toeing the line into future, likely more explicit abuses, while prices for service remain sky-high for low-income users.
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How creating wildlife crossings can help reindeer, bears – and even crabs
Sweden’s announcement this week that it is to build a series of animal bridges is the latest in global efforts to help wildlife navigate busy roads
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Microsoft Files Patent to Create Chatbots That Imitate Dead People - IGN
Microsoft has filed a patent that would allow the company to digitally revive deceased loved ones as chatbots, using the individual's personal information.
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Brave Browser Review
If you want to learn about Brave Browser and looking for an honest Brave Browser Review, you’ve come to the right place. Sorry, but your browser sucks...
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Mira Furlan: Babylon 5 and Lost actress dies at 65
Mira Furlan starred as Minbari Ambassador Delenn in 1990s sci-fi drama Babylon 5.
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$10 Billion Worth of BTC is Used Illicitly, Compared to $1.4 Trillion in USD
A long-standing trope from the days of seedy darknet is being resuscitated as a besmirching tactic by the powers that be.
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House oversight head asks FBI to investigate Parler
A number of Jan. 6 rioters have been charged after posting their activities that day to Parler and major social networking sites popular in the U.S.
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Stocks Could Plunge Even if the Economy Booms
We keep being reminded that the stock market isn’t the economy. But then, is it possible for the market to go into a long bear run even if the economy booms? Yes, although there is little record of it ever happening.
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Judge Refuses To Reinstate Parler After Amazon Shut It Down
U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein sided with Amazon, which argued that Parler would not remove posts from its site that threatened public safety in the wake of the riots on the Capitol.
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From mummies to mosques—new Google Arts & Culture initiative brings Egypt’s archaeological treasures to the masses
New online platform aims to turn traditionally scholarly subject into something "easily digestible and fun to explore"
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Does Journalism Have a Future?
When I was teaching a class on opinion writing, I always ended the semester with a warning not to go into journalism. I felt bad about that, because I love my job, and wish everyone could have it. But I have spent my entire career watching the industry struggle with collapsing advertising revenue--half expecting an implosion at any moment, wearily unsurprised when it finally came.
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The world must not accept the jailing of Alexei Navalny
It takes courage to expose the corruption of Vladimir Putin’s regime
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Microsoft invests in $30 billion driverless car company Cruise
Investment pits Microsoft against Google sibling Waymo.
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A new Knights of the Old Republic is reportedly in development ‘outside of EA’
That’s according to multiple sources including credited Star Wars insider Bespin Bulletin, which states in a recent podcast that a new instalment in the fan-favourite RPG series is indeed in development at an unnamed game developer.
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Japan doubles down on Tokyo Olympics, denies report of cancellation
Japan doubled down on its commitment to host the Tokyo Olympics this year and flatly denied reports on Friday of a cancellation, in a move that is unlikely to temper public fears of holding the event during a global pandemic.
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Breakthrough study finds age-related cognitive decline may be reversible
A breakthrough study from a team of neurologists at Stanford University claims to have discovered one way immune cells become dysfunctional as we age, leading to the inflammatory hyperdrive that plays a role in most age-related disease from cancer to cognitive decline.
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Biden removes Trump's Diet Coke button from the Oval Office
It's the end of a very caffeinated era. When former President Donald Trump occupied the Oval Office, he quite literally had a button on his desk that ordered a Diet Coke to the room whenever it was pressed. But as a glimpse at President Biden's desk just hours after his inauguration shows, the soda-summoning button is gone.
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Trump told 30,000 lies during presidency, say analysts
Former president made almost 21 untrue statements a day while in office, analysis suggests
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The viral ‘Wellerman’ sea shanty is also a window into the remarkable cross-cultural whaling history of Aotearoa New Zealand
The whaling story behind 'Soon May the Wellerman Come' reminds us of the crucial connections between Māori and Europeans that shaped early 19th century settlement.
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Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and grocery stores
Last month we reported that a huge vertical farming operation near Copenhagen in Denmark recently completed its first harvest. That setup uses hydroponics, but the veggies grown in Vertical Field urban farming pods take root in real soil.