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5 years ago
+17 17 0Report: Apple enlisted lobbyist for Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
This past spring, Apple was implicated along with other US brands like Nike, Dell, and more for having its supply chain allegedly involved with forced labor of the Muslim Uyghurs in Chinese factories. Now a new report from The Information says that A ...
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5 years ago
+4 4 0What is Credit Report, Understand it!
A lot of people stress out about their credit scores. Although the FICO credit score is just one thing that lenders look at, it’s often very important when trying to get a mortgage, a new credit card, or a car loan. What is My Credit Score? If you do ...
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5 years ago
+11 11 0Television is making more documentaries than ever—but skipping the journalism
Hillary Clinton was ready to bare her soul, or so Hulu subscribers were told in March. After missing her shot at the presidency, Clinton would, at last, let her guard down. A four-part documentary promised to reveal the true Clinton, anchored by two ...
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Expression
5 years ago
+19 19 0The era of greyhound racing in the U.S. is coming to an end
Florida once led the nation in dog tracks. Now it’s leading the nation in shutting them down.
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5 years ago
+27 27 0Gay men have taken over the Proud Boys Twitter hashtag
The Proud Boys hashtag, which members of the far-right group have been using, was trending Sunday after gay men on Twitter hijacked it and flooded the feed with photos of their loved ones and families and with memes.
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5 years ago
+3 3 0We Learn Faster When We Aren’t Told What Choices to Make
The way we decide may even give insight into delusional thinking
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5 years ago
+13 13 0Australian physics student works out 'paradox-free' time travel
A young University of Queensland student says he has found a way to "square the numbers" and prove that "paradox-free" time travel is theoretically possible in our universe. From Back To The Future to Terminator to 12 Monkeys, sto ...
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Analysis
5 years ago
+15 15 0‘It works.’ Groundbreaking data proves success of Santa Clara County homeless housing program
New research by UCSF shows Santa Clara County’s approach to housing its sickest and most desperate homeless residents is working.
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5 years ago
+21 21 0Facebook Is Being Sued for Spying on Instagram Users Again
In October of 2017, Facebook denied listening to people's conversations to target ads. At the time, Facebook users all over the world reported weird coincidences where advertisements on Facebook had matched recent conversations they had had that ...
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5 years ago
+14 14 0Trump criticizes Biden at town hall for not issuing a national mask mandate — but Biden as a candidate has no authority to do so
President Donald Trump criticized his Democratic presidential rival, Joe Biden, on Tuesday evening for failing to enforce a national mask mandate — but Biden, as a candidate, has no authority to do so. Trump leveled the attack after being asked by a ...
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5 years ago
+3 3 0Dog’s bark saved Alabama family as fire swept through home
A dog has been credited with saving an Alabama family’s lives after his bark awakened them to a fire that was sweeping through their rental home early Tuesday morning. The dog, Ralph, “doesn’t usually make a sound at night,” said Derek Walker, who li ...
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5 years ago
+4 4 0The 3 Scariest Chemicals to Watch Out For in Your Home
They’re everywhere and can impair fertility and interfere with child development. Many years ago I spent a semester abroad in Lancaster, England, studying ecotoxicology, which essentially examines all the horrible chemicals swirling around the modern ...
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5 years ago
+18 18 0Students figure out how to trick AI algorithm to grade essays
Students in the United States have discovered a way to cheat an algorithm marking their work by simply typing out a list of words relevant to the topic. Edgenuity, an online platform for virtual learning, was found to be using an artificial intellige ...
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5 years ago
+12 12 0Video shows forceful arrest of Black man stopped while jogging in San Antonio
A Black man in San Antonio was stopped and detained by police Tuesday while he was jogging, witnesses said, as officers searched for a suspect in a nearby domestic violence call. Video of the incident posted to social media shows officers forcefully ...
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5 years ago
+3 3 0Jupiter's ocean moons raise tides on each other
Jupiter's "ocean world" moons may have strong gravitational effects on each other, raising big tides in each others' subsurface seas, a new study suggests. Surprisingly, these moon-moon tidal forces might generate more heat in the ...
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Expression
5 years ago
+18 18 0Rumor: Pixel 5 is slower than the Pixel 4, has same camera as the Pixel 2
The Pixel's transition to a midrange phone makes for some awkward comparisons.
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5 years ago
+17 17 0NASA investigating small air leak on International Space Station
There's no threat to crew safety, NASA officials stressed.
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Analysis
5 years ago
+16 16 0Machine-learning model finds SARS-COV-2 growing more infectious
A novel machine learning model developed by researchers at Michigan State University suggests that mutations to the SARS-CoV-2 genome have made the virus more infectious.
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5 years ago
+4 4 0Greenland’s Ice Sheet Has Reached ‘Point of No Return’
Greenland's ice sheet has reached the "point of no return" and would continue to melt even if the climate crisis were halted, a new study has found. The study, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment Thursday, u ...
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5 years ago
+19 19 0A college kid created a fake, AI-generated blog. It reached #1 on Hacker News.
At the start of the week, Liam Porr had only heard of GPT-3. By the end, the college student had used the AI model to produce an entirely fake blog under a fake name. It was meant as a fun experiment. But then one of his posts found its way to the nu ...




















