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The mystery of Zach, New Zealand's all-too-miraculous medical AI
An artificial intelligence bot called Zach is creating a stir in the medical community. A doctor in Christchurch is teaching it to write patient notes. An Otago professor has it interpreting ECG results. But AI experts are not convinced. David Farrier goes in search of Zach.
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Yasha Levine on Surveillance Valley
Once, the internet was a utopia, a new intellectual commons. Then it was a goldmine, where new businesses would stake their claim. For the past couple years, we’ve been been covering it as a swamp...
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The Mysterious Case of the Severed Feet in British Columbia
In the last eight years, 15 human feet have washed up on the shore. By Stacy Conradt.
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The true story of the fake US embassy in Ghana
Last year, [2016] the US state department said it had uncovered a fake embassy in Accra that had been issuing a stream of forged visas. The story went viral – but all was not as it seemed. By Yepoka Yeebo. (Nov. 28, 2017)
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The World’s Largest Cybercrime Empire
A leading cybersecurity company has just released a report covering the world’s largest multi-billion dollar cybercrime empire, and they’re not what you might expect. By Alex Kimani.
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The Insider Attack In Syria That The Pentagon Denies Ever Happened
“They said it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country and yet no justice was ever done for my wounded brother." By Paul Szoldra.
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How Washington and Soft Power NGOs Manipulated Nicaragua's Death Toll to Drive Regime Change and Sanctions
Did Nicaragua’s Sandinista government really kill 300+ peaceful protesters? A forensic analysis of the death toll exposes the claim as a dangerous lie. By Max Blumenthal,
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The Magnitsky Act - Behind the Scenes
Andrei Nekrasov [Trailer free, full film paywalled]
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The Ghosts of St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage
Millions of American children were placed in orphanages. Some didn’t make it out alive. By Christine Kenneally.
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Call centre secrets: Current and former telco employees reveal why they're reluctant to help you
Current and former employees describe how incentive systems at call centres for Rogers, Fido and Bell mean agents who decrease service plans suffer penalties, leading to a culture of "doing as little as possible" for the customer.
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Exclusive: American Mercenaries Went To Yemen To Carry Out Targeted Killings
Cradling an AK-47 and sucking a lollipop, the former American Green Beret bumped along in the back of an armored SUV as it wound through the darkened streets of Aden. Two other commandos on the mission were former Navy SEALs. As elite US special operations fighters, they had years of specialized training by the US military to protect America. But now they were working for a different master: a private US company that had been hired by the United Arab Emirates, a tiny desert monarchy on the Persian Gulf.
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Officials: Ronald Reagan LSD probe bigger than you think, 14 nuke sailors snagged
Fourteen sailors from the Ronald Reagan’s nuclear reactor department face discipline in connection to hallucinogenic drug abuse, officials said. By Geoff Ziezulewicz.
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Gun No. 6: The untold story of Britain’s deadliest illegal firearm
We track the journey of a single gun, used in 11 shootings in six years. By Ashitha Nagesh.
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Cell signal puts Cohen outside Prague around time of purported Russian meeting
A mobile phone traced to President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen briefly sent signals ricocheting off cell towers in the Prague area in late summer 2016, at the height of the presidential campaign, leaving an electronic record to support claims that Cohen met secretly there with Russian officials, four people with knowledge of the matter say.
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There's a Secret Code Hiding on These Madrid Security Bollards
It took the power of the internet to crack it. By Juan Pablo Garnham.
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The girls of Bessborough
For decades thousands of Irish mothers were confined in homes and had their babies taken from them. Will the full truth ever be revealed? By Deirdre Finnerty.
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US Accuses Syria Of More Chemical Attacks Just As Chemical Weapons Narrative Crumbles
At this point you almost wish America would just pick a target and stick with it. By Caitlin Johnstone.
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Floridians Are Suing a Cop Fired for Planting Drugs in Their Vehicles
Thanks to the diligence of one assistant state attorney, 119 cases were thrown out and the officer is under state investigation. By Katie Rose Quandt.
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What universities can learn from one of science’s biggest frauds
Detailed analysis of misconduct investigations into huge research fraud suggests institutional probes aren’t rigorous enough. By Holly Else.
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DMVs Are Selling Your Data to Private Investigators
You gave them your data in exchange for a driver’s license. DMVs are making tens of millions of dollars selling it, documents obtained by Motherboard show.
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