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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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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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Meet the Finnish CEO who wants to make plastic sustainable

Woodly Oy has been working on a carbon-neutral plastic substitute that's made out of plant cells from sustainably managed forests.

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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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Google's Stadia launches to snags and praise

Google's streamed gaming platform Stadia launches with high expectations- but it's still early days for the ambitious project.

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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.

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With a single bead of plastic, scientists tease interactive 3D

British scientists have developed moving three-dimensional images with sound and touch sensations based on a tiny plastic bead moved at high speeds.

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On Facebook, fears of parasites push people to post pictures of feces and pursue dangerous remedies

While these groups have been under pressure from authorities, they have so far been successful in sidestepping Facebook's broader crackdown on health misinformation.

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Chicago mayor accuses Uber of 'paying off' black ministers to stop tax proposal

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the company offered the ministers money to convince her to stop a plan to increase flat fees on ride shares in downtown.

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Zero gravity, serious problem: NASA study finds new health risk for spaceflight

The unexpected discovery has major implications for long-duration space missions, including trips to Mars.