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6 months agoExpression sasky
How a fictitious 'sea' became a top Maldivian tourist attraction
The Maldives' famous Sea of Stars is part fact, part fiction – but that just adds to the mystery of one of the country's top tourist attractions
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9 months agoCurrent Event sasky
Senator says NSA is buying up Americans' browser habits
If you could just not harvest our info unlawfully and without a warrant, that would be great
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10 months agoCurrent Event sasky
Apple Watch ban: everything you need to know
Catch up with all the news on the Apple Watch import ban.
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11 months agoCurrent Event sasky
Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America's Ruling Class, Finally Dies
Henry Kissinger has died at age 100, his consulting firm said in a statement on Wednesday.
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1 year agoCurrent Event sasky
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launches world’s most massive communications satellite [Updated]
SpaceX has again launched a competitor's satellite, this time a 10-ton behemoth.
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1 year agoCurrent Event sasky
HBO Dismissed From Class Action Lawsuit Over Sharing Subscribers’ Viewing History With Facebook
Max subscribers alleged that HBO discloses to Facebook the content they watch on top of other personally identifiable information without consent.
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1 year agoCurrent Event sasky
Obesity might be one of the causes of depression, study suggests
A meta-analytic review of previous studies indicates that obese individuals have an increased risk of depression and that this relationship isn't just correlational -- obesity might be one of the causes of depression. The researchers argue that the increased occurrence of depression in the population in recent decades might be at least partly due to the increase in obesity. The study was published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research. ...
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1 year agoCurrent Event sasky
Google's Bard chatbot finally launches in the EU, now supports more than 40 languages
Google has expanded Bard, its AI-powered chatbot, to more countries and introduced new features like a tone adjustment toggle.
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1 year agoCurrent Event sasky
A Texas Oak Tree Was Believed to Be Extinct. Now It’s Making a Comeback.
Twelve years after the last known Quercus tardifolia disappeared, conservationists at the San Antonio Botanical Garden are bringing the species back.
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1 year agoCurrent Event sasky
Trump Asked About I.R.S. Inquiry of F.B.I. Officials, Ex-Aide Says Under Oath
In a court filing, John Kelly, who was a chief of staff under Donald Trump, said the former president had asked about having the tax agency look into Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.
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1 year agoCurrent Event sasky
Macron accused of authoritarianism after threat to cut off social media
Élysée insists French president not advocating general blackout as ministers say rioters using platforms to organise violence
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1 year agoCurrent Event sasky
N.Y.P.D. Has Evidence to Arrest Woman Who Said Jonathan Majors Hit Her
A lawyer for Mr. Majors, a star of Marvel movies, has said that he was the victim in the domestic violence investigation.
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1 year agoCurrent Event sasky
Taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for religious schools
The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board’s recent decision to allow a Catholic archdiocese to operate a public school is both illegal and unconstitutional. I’m not exaggerating — I’m just reading. A charter school “shall be nonsectarian in its programs, admission policies, employment practices, and all other operations,” Oklahoma law states.
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1 year agoExpression sasky
NFC technology is getting better range and charging capabilities
NFC might soon take the ‘tap’ out of tap-to-pay.
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1 year agoCurrent Event sasky
Pornhub asks CRTC not to regulate adult content under online streaming bill
MindGeek argues that Pornhub is 'not an expression of Canadian cultural identity that Canadians expect the federal government to protect.'