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Strange space diamonds come from a large, long-lost planet:
As leftover fragments from the formation of the solar system, meteorites can act as time capsules that have some strange stories to tell.
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18 April 2018.
Apple's Internal Memo Warning Employees Not To Leak To The Press Leaks To The Press:
Whatever the actual numbers, it seems like some hefty percentage of technology news revolves around leaks of one kind or another.
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18 April 2018.
Low-income HIV patients suffer with healthcare access:
Quebecers are not created equal when it comes to accessing anti-retroviral treatment (ART) for HIV and AIDS, a long-term study undertaken by a team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal has revealed.
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18 April 2018.
Facebook's Tracking Of Non-Users Sparks Broader Privacy Concerns:
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that, for security reasons, the company collects “data of people who have not signed up for Facebook.
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15 April 2018.
Fellow Stagg X Pour-Over Coffee Set:
Consistently brew a delicious cup of coffee with the Fellow Stagg X Pour-Over Coffee Set.
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17 April 2018.
Russia’s Telegram ban that knocked out 15M Google, Amazon IP addresses had a precedent in Zello:
Russia blocking access to Telegram after the messaging app refused to give it access to encrypted messages has picked up an unintended casualty: we’re now up to over 15 million IP addresses from Amazon and Google getting shut down by the regulators in the process, taking various other (non-Telegram) services down with it.
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18 April 2018.
Sarah Kreps, Jeremy Braddock named inaugural Milstein Faculty Fellows:
Sarah Kreps, government, and Jeremy Braddock, English, are the first fellows in the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity.
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17 April 2018.
Space, The Boring Frontier:
Suppose you randomly go 1 million miles somewhere away from our Sun.
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12 April 2018.
Far more than 87m Facebook users had data compromised, MPs told:
Former Cambridge Analytica employee gives evidence before parliamentary committeeFar more than 87 million people may have had their Facebook data harvested by Cambridge Analytica, according to evidence from former employee Brittany Kaiser.
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18 April 2018.
Diamonds in Sudan meteorite 'are remnants of lost planet':
Scientists say rock fragments that hit the Earth in 2008 contain evidence of a lost planet that was part of the early solar systemDiamonds found in a meteorite that exploded over the Nubian desert in Sudan a decade ago were formed deep inside a “lost planet” that once circled the sun in the early solar system, scientists say.
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18 April 2018.
Trump rejects TPP hopes:
Following talks last week that the US was reconsidering joining the TPP, President Trump has said he doesn't 'like' the trade deal, adding that bilateral agreements are preferable.
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18 April 2018.
Space diamonds 'came from lost planet':
The space rock that exploded in 2008 seems to have come from the early Solar System.
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17 April 2018.
San Francisco Passes a Law to Rein In Shared Electric Scooters:
It's not the only discombobulated city struggling to divide precious space.
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18 April 2018.
The IRS's Online Payment Service Is Back Up And Everyone Gets More Time To File:
Because of a "high volume technical issue" that kept key services from functioning, the Internal Revenue Service will give taxpayers one more day, till midnight Wednesday, to get their paperwork in.
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17 April 2018.
Ethicist foresees choosing your baby from dozens of embryos:
NEW YORK (AP) -- So you want to have a baby.
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18 April 2018.
Warmer active seasons and fewer freeze-thaw events lead to big changes for the tiniest Arctic ambassadors:
Step aside, charismatic polar bear stranded on a melting iceberg.
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17 April 2018.
Huawei, Failing to Crack U.S. Market, Signals a Change in Tactics:
As the Chinese telecom giant Huawei roars ahead in the rest of the world, roadblocks in Washington have thwarted its attempts to build a presence in the United States.
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17 April 2018.
Thousands of Android apps are tracking your kids private info:
That digital nanny may be a 'gossip.
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17 April 2018.
Comcast xFi Advanced Gateway Modem/Router:
Here is Comcast’s most advanced modem/router which promises speed as well as ease of use.
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Facebook says users must accept targeted ads even under new EU law:
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18 April 2018.
Google unveils Singapore online store, retails Home and Home Mini:
Tech giant launches local store and avails its smart speakers at retail outlets, while its execs attempt to ally data security fears by stressing the devices are designed around the company's privacy framework.
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18 April 2018.
Basics: You Share Everything With Your Bestie. Even Brain Waves.:
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16 April 2018.
How Birds-To-Be Get Oxygen Inside Eggs:
Unlike humans, bird embryos don't have an oxygen pipeline from their mothers.
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17 April 2018.
WiFi network named 'remote detonator' prompts gym evacuation:
SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, Mich.
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16 April 2018.
You want tarantula with that? At U.S. burger joint, it's an option:
DURHAM, N.
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17 April 2018.
Cambridge Analytica Planned To Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency:
Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm that harvested millions of Facebook profiles of U.
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01 January 1970.
Researchers develop autonomous vehicles to help the blind:
New research conducted outside of the auto industry aims to develop data and software to ensure that the needs of the blind are met when autonomous cars become commonplace.
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01 January 1970.
Ancient Chronicles Show Modern Demise of Snub-Nosed Monkeys:
China’s 2,000-year-old enthusiasm for keeping meticulous records is providing scientists with an unusual resource to track the dwindling primate numbers.
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17 April 2018.
Facebook and Google urged to set up independent regulator to avoid internet laws:
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25 January 2018.
Canada Pulls Diplomat Families from Cuba Over Mystery Illness:
Scientists can't explain why some diplomats in Cuba hear bizarre noises before experiencing brain issues and hearing loss.
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17 April 2018.
Chinese entrepreneurs have some creative responses to the government’s crackdown on crypto:
Last September’s official restrictions have unleashed a wave of below-the-radar innovation.
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18 April 2018.
Seo Idea For Beginners And Advanced Users:
If you had a dollar for every service available on the market that says it can take your site to the top of the rankings in just a few weeks, you wouldn't even need to be in web business.
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18 April 2018.
Some of the tech in my workday
Best programming language?
The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.
The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.
w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.
While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.
Longer term weather forecast
