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ACLU says it’ll fight DHS efforts to use app locations for deportations

The American Civil Liberties Union plans to fight newly revealed practices by the Department of Homeland Security which used commercially available cell phone location data to track suspected illegal

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Snow vs. virus: Can snow freeze the coronavirus?

Recently, snowfall in north China's Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region attracted much attention. On the Chinese social media platform Weibo, people who have been staying at home for weeks to prevent get

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Over half a million displaced as fighting in Syria's last rebel stronghold intensifies despite US warnings

As Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad pushes further into the last rebel stronghold, his armed forces, backed by Russia and Iran, are sending hundreds of thousands fleein

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NASA panel recommends Boeing software process reviews after revealing second Starliner issue

NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) is recommending that Boeing’s software testing processes undergo a review, following the discovery of another problem with the on-board system

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Netflix’s horrible autoplay previews can be turned off

Listen, this week sucks. Last week pretty much sucked, too. Honestly, it’s probably time to just scrap this stupid jerk of a year and give 2021 a go. (Spoiler: that one will suck, too). But you take y

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AllVoices raises $3 million to build a platform for anonymous harassment and bias reporting

As the national conversation pushes companies to reexamine the HR processes suppressing sexual harassment and bias reporting, tech startups are looking to find a way to smooth out the process and enco

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Instagram gives unfollow suggestions in new ‘following categories’

Instagram will now show you who you interact with least frequently in case you want to unfollow them. In an effort to help you keep your feed clean and relevant, today Instagram is launching ‘fo

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Elon Musk's song hits SoundCloud top 10

The electronic dance song titled 'Don't Doubt ur Vibe' has been listened to more than 2.6 million times.

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U.S. judge: Claim against Ronaldo belongs in arbitration

A legal fight by soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo against a Nevada woman who wants more than the 375,000 U.S. dollars she received in a rape case hush-money settlement in 2010 should be decided by an

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Twitter reports $1.01B in Q4 revenues with 152M monetizable daily active users

As Twitter continues to try to find the right balance between making its platform easier to use while also less prone to toxicity and abuse, the social media company reported mixed earnings for Q4. Tw

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New fingerprint test can identify cocaine use

Using high resolution mass spectrometry, the new technology can figure out who has been taking cocaine.

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What's the main aggravating factor in Wuhan's coronavirus crisis?

Wang Chen, dean of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. /CCTV screenshot There are still a lot of patients infected with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) in Wuhan who have not yet been ho

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BlaBlaCar’s revenue grew by 71% in 2019

French startup BlaBlaCar is sharing some metrics today. In 2019, the company’s revenue grew by 71% compared to 2018. The big difference between 2019 and 2018 is that BlaBlaCar diversified its activity

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Calling all cosmic startups – pitch at TechCrunch’s 2020 Space event in LA

Founders – it’s time to shoot for the stars. For the first time ever, TechCrunch is hosting a brand new event TC Sessions: Space on June 25th in Los Angeles. But that’s not all, because on June 24th T

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Deliverr lands $40M Series C to bring two-day shipping to any merchant

Deliverr doesn’t own a warehouse or a delivery truck, but the startup is helping e-commerce companies not named Amazon achieve Amazon-like two-day shipping. The startup does it with intelligent

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Possible transmission modes of coronavirus yet to be confirmed: Chinese experts

More evidence is needed to confirm whether other routes of novel coronavirus transmission exist other than the respiratory droplets and contact transmission, Chinese m

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Twitter to add warning labels to doctored videos and images

Under the new measures, users who retweet or like doctored and manipulated content will be shown a warning before doing so.