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In Venezuela, cybercrime emerges as a lucrative gig

Hacking efforts are particularly lucrative for Venezuelans as they are sold for cryptocurrency, a welcome alternative to the country's own currency, which has endured rapid inflation.

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Trump-Zuckerberg 2020? Might as well, says a Democrat upset by false ads

A series of digital billboard ads were purchased by a professional marketer who also filed papers to run for governor of California so he could run false ads on Facebook.

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Trump-Zuckerberg 2020? Might as well, says an activist upset by false ads

A series of digital billboard ads were purchased by a professional marketer who also filed papers to run for governor of California so he could run false ads on Facebook.

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'Frightening' online transphobia has real-life consequences, advocates say

Social media is "both the best thing" and "also the worst" to happen to the trans community, one transgender advocate said.

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Sacha Baron Cohen slams Facebook as 'greatest propaganda machine in history'

"It only seems fair to say to Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, 'Your product is defective, you are obliged to fix it,'" the actor said in a speech to the Anti-Defamation League.

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Musk unveils 'bulletproof' electric Tesla truck, but window cracks

A sledgehammer swung at the door had no effect, but when a metal sphere was hurled against the window, it shattered. "Room for improvement," Musk joked.

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'Climate emergency' is Oxford Dictionaries' 2019 word of the year

Usage of the term is up 10,789 percent over the previous year, according to the dictionary's data.

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Iranians grapple with internet outages amid protests

At its lowest point, Iran's connectivity to the outside world fell to 4 percent of ordinary levels, according to the non-profit group Netblocks.

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Coldplay to pause touring, citing environmental reasons

Chris Martin, the band's frontman, said the carbon footprint of their tour is too large to justify.

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Trump hosted Zuckerberg for undisclosed dinner at the White House in October

The meeting took place during Zuckerberg's most recent visit to Washington, where he testified before Congress about Facebook's new cryptocurrency Libra.

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Misleading Ukraine story spreads among conservatives on social media

The article offered conservatives and Trump loyalists a welcome alternative to the day's news.

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'Cyborg' bots spread misinformation in Louisiana and Kentucky elections, researchers say

Accounts that use a mix of human direction and automation point to the continuous evolution of misinformation strategies.

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Is the science driving tree planting trends ‘dangerously misleading’?

Researchers have claimed that the study published in July 'strongly overestimates' the impact of restoring forests.

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Uber to test recording audio of trips in effort to improve security

The feature was unveiled during an event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, earlier this month and may be rolled out in other regions down the road.

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SpaceX has plans to land a huge spaceship on the moon in 2022

NASA announced five companies that are newly eligible to deliver robotic payloads to the lunar surface for the agency.

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'We're still dodging it': Red tide returns in Florida

Red tide killed thousands of tons of marine life including sea turtles, manatees and dolphins last year.

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Inside Facebook's efforts to stop revenge porn before it spreads

The Facebook team tasked with fighting nonconsensual intimate images spoke for the first time about their research, early missteps and hopes for AI.

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Hong Kong's student protesters organize and catch up on class the same way: Telegram

As protesters turn to Telegram for more than just organizing, they're also at risk of efforts to infiltrate their groups given the movement's reliance on the app.

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As Venice floods, scientists who grew up surrounded by water sound the alarm

As climate change causes sea levels in Venice — and across the planet — to inch higher, scientists say catastrophic floods could become more severe and more frequent.

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Microsoft asks Eric Holder to audit AnyVision over use of facial recognition on Palestinians

According to five sources, AnyVision's technology has powered a secret military surveillance project that has monitored Palestinians in the West Bank.