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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Alex Jones, election security and regrets

"We can't build a service that is subjective just to the whims of what we personally believe," Dorsey told NBC News' Lester Holt in an exclusive interview.

15/08/2018

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Temperatures 'to stay abnormally high for next four years' — report

There is a high possibility that the next four years will see scorching temperatures across the globe, researchers have warned.

15/08/2018

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Twitter temporarily restricts conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' account

The move comes after other high profile tech companies like Apple, Facebook and YouTube have moved to remove Jones' content from their platforms.

15/08/2018

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How many humans would it take to keep our species alive?

Given the threats posed by asteroid strikes, pandemics and the like, it's not an idle question.

14/08/2018

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Elon Musk says Saudis want to fund Tesla buyout

"I left the July 31st meeting with no question that a deal with the Saudi sovereign fund could be closed," wrote Musk.

14/08/2018

USA

Grieving mother whale abandons body of her dead calf, after 17 days

An endangered Orca has finally abandoned the body of her dead calf after carrying it with her for more than two weeks.

13/08/2018

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Watch: Meteor shower lights up skies over Europe

Stunning video of the weekend's Perseid meteor shower lighting skies above Europe.

12/08/2018

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Historic NASA mission will be first to 'touch the sun'

"We'll be going where no spacecraft has dared go before."

10/08/2018

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Facebook removes four pages belonging to Infowars' Alex Jones

Facebook has unpublished the Alex Jones Channel Page, the Alex Jones Page, the InfoWars Page and the Infowars Nightly News Page.

06/08/2018

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NASA names 9 astronauts for first Boeing, SpaceX flights

The two companies will conduct test flights to the International Space Station next year.

03/08/2018

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Why heatwaves in Europe are becoming the new normal

Scientists are warning that the record-breaking heatwave currently impacting Europe is likely to become the rule rather than the exception as climate change disrupts weather patterns.

03/08/2018

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Scientists reveal the exoplanet most likely to spawn alien life

“We determined that Kepler-452b is the most likely exoplanet that we know of on which life may have originated because of its star, Kepler-452, and because of its distance from the star,” the study’s lead author, Paul Rimmer, told Euronews.

02/08/2018

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Facebook adds time tracking feature to apps

The new features come amid growing concerns from mental health experts and a vocal group of technologists about the impact social media is having on people.

02/08/2018

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Einstein's theory of relativity aces its first black hole test

The test exploited the intense gravitational field around the monster black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.

02/08/2018

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Rising seas could knock out the internet — and sooner than scientists thought

New research says 4,000 miles of internet cable could be underwater by 2030.

02/08/2018

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Reddit announces data breach that threatens anonymity of users

Many Reddit users choose to remain anonymous on the website in order to freely discuss controversial topics or post salacious pictures.

01/08/2018

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Devastating drought, heat wave hammer farmers across northern Europe

"I have never seen this type of hot and dry weather and I've been farming over 30 years," one farmer in Finland said.

01/08/2018

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Facebook's new foreign influence report excluded most divisive rhetoric

Facebook released only some of the pages and content publicly, declining to release the depth some pages went to stoke racial tension.

01/08/2018

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Scientists are pushing the limits of 3D printing with these shape-shifting materials

The tech could be used to create magnetically controlled implants or "soft robots."

31/07/2018

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Conspiracy theorists hijack YouTube results for A-listers

The video portal has been repeatedly criticized for not curtailing videos of conspiracy theories and false information on its platform.

31/07/2018