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Twitter to stop accepting political ads

Facebook is currently embroiled in a debate over its decision to allow political campaigns to push ads containing misinformation.

Earth News

This platform is using blockchain to help you buy sustainably

Bilal Bhatti, founder of PaperTale wants to be able to verify the claims companies make about sustainability.

USA

NASA shares spooky space photos just in time for Halloween

The agency posted images of a celestial phenomenon that looked like a galactic ghoul and the sun resembling a menacing jack-o'-lantern.

USA

Teens use 'OK boomer' to fire back at older generations' criticisms

"A boomer is really more of a type of personality, someone who is intolerant to new ideas and who is ignorant to new ideas," one teen said.

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Netherlands

Watch: Dutch inventor unveils device to purge rivers of plastic

The Interceptor is a vessel which trawls rivers collecting plastic waste. The solar-powered boat catches the rubbish before it reaches the ocean.

USA

On the 50th anniversary of the birth of the internet, technologists balance optimism and warnings

The Pew Research Center surveyed 530 technologists, researchers, activists and business and policy leaders about how people might be affected by changes in the internet over the next 50 years.

USA

Why 100,000 poop photos may bring the next big thing in fitness tracking

A new crowdsourcing initiative aims to build an app that tracks users' gastrointestinal health.

USA

Euroviews. Big tech achieving “quantum supremacy” for the first time is bad news for our privacy ǀ View

Google announced it reached “quantum supremacy," a technological achievement that has huge repercussions, not only for the company and its role in the world but for all of us individuals who want to maintain a semblance of the right to privacy.

USA

Why did Microsoft fund an Israeli firm that surveils West Bank Palestinians?

Microsoft committed to protecting democratic freedoms. Then it funded an Israeli facial recognition firm that secretly watched West Bank Palestinians.

USA

Rat race: Watch as lab rodents drive tiny cars to get Froot Loops

Drivers ed seemed to curb the rodents' stress levels — a finding scientists say could boost efforts to ease mental health problems in humans.

Iraq

Protests in Iraq find an outlet to the world: Snapchat

NBC News was able to view hundreds of videos coming in from cities across Iraq documenting the entire day of demonstrations via Snapchat's interactive heatmap.

World News

Vatican eRosary app hacked multiple times just days after launch

A new gadget aimed at getting more young people to pray has been hacked at least three times in the days since its launch.

USA

How virtual reality is helping seniors breathe new life into old memories

New systems let users reconnect virtually with people, places and events from their youth.

USA

Do wormholes really exist? Scientists hatch a plan to find out.

New study suggests it may be possible to spot the space-time tunnels by observing nearby stars.

USA

Apple tweaked the iPhone email app — and people are trashing it

Apple's devoted fan base came to expect design perfection after a string of breakthrough products over the years.

USA

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says he does not expect fully autonomous cars 'in my lifetime'

Technology will need to be able to accommodate "the dumbest human behind the wheel to take control when an unusual situation comes up," Wozniak said.

USA

Google employees worry software tweak threatens to silence dissent

The company says the change is simply an effort to improve its employee calendar system.

USA

Google claims quantum computing 'supremacy'

Google says its so-called quantum computer solved a problem in minutes that would take today's best supercomputer thousands of years to crack.

United Kingdom

Who's next? Bar uses facial recognition to stop queue jumpers

A bar in central London has installed new AI-powered facial recognition tech to help staff see who's next in line.

USA

New study shows Earth-like worlds may be common. The odds of finding alien life just went up.

New look at handful of nearby stars shows they were once orbited by rocky planets like our own.