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Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos to make big announcement

Details haven't yet been made public, but some expect the news to be related to the company's moon plans.

USA

Facebook co-founder says Zuckerberg 'not accountable,' calls for government break up

Chris Hughes, who started Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg, joins a growing chorus of privacy advocates and politicians who have called for antitrust action.

USA

Ever, the photo storage app, has a side business: Facial recognition

"The app developers were not clear about their intentions," one Ever user said. "I believe it's a huge invasion of privacy."

USA

Google, Trevor Project will use AI to combat LGBTQ youth suicide

The Trevor Project won a $1.5 million Google AI Impact grant, which will allow the nonprofit to use artificial intelligence in its suicide prevention services.

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Video game 'loot boxes' face final boss — a Missouri senator

"Social media and video games prey on user addiction, siphoning our kids' attention from the real world and extracting profits from fostering compulsive habits."

USA

Ride-sharing firms say they help ease traffic congestion. New research says otherwise.

Traffic in San Francisco grew worse as Uber and Lyft became more popular.

USA

Uber and Lyft drivers plan to strike to protest low wages

"Uber's corporate owners are set to make billions, all while drivers are left in poverty and go bankrupt," one strike organizer said.

USA

India to launch lunar mission that would be first to explore moon's south pole region

If the mission succeeds, India will become the fourth nation to land a craft on the lunar surface.

USA

Why NASA destroyed a simulated NYC with a fake asteroid

The exercise was designed to evaluate our planetary defense plan.

World

Raw Politics in full: Biodiversity danger and Facebook vs fake news

Catch the full episode of Monday's Raw Politics

USA

Scientists finally solve mystery of weird aurora-like lights in the sky

Known as STEVE, the ribbons of pink or mauve light were first observed in 2016.

USA

1 million species under threat of extinction because of humans, report finds

"We are eroding the very foundations of our economies, livelihoods, food security, health and quality of life worldwide."

USA

Your clothes are secretly polluting the environment. Here's why you should be concerned.

"This is the microplastic pollution that we don't talk about as much because it's unseen," a researcher said.

USA

New look at Antarctica's biggest ice shelf shows melting is occurring much faster than we thought

The location of the melting coincided with a "pinning point" that lends stability to the entire shelf.

USA

How to keep your private information safe online

Kelvin Coleman, Director of the National Cyber Security Alliance, provides tips people can use at home to keep their information safe online.

USA

A drone just flew a kidney to a transplant patient for the first time ever. It won't be the last.

The proof-of-concept flight is being hailed as "a stunning achievement."

Belgium

European Leadership Awards recognise the men and women shaping Europe

Honouring leaders with outstanding achievements in business, politics and innovation, Euronews and the European Business Summit (EBS) hosted the second edition of the European Leadership Awards.

USA

Mysterious 'Oumuamua space object may help explain life on Earth

Scientists say objects from other star systems could have brought life from world to world around the cosmos.

Venezuela

WhatsApp group reveals wave of emotion around Venezuela's uprising

Amidst emotion, fear and confusion — and a mistrust of the media — Venezuelans turned to their WhatsApp groups in search of more clarity about this week's uprising.

USA

Facebook bans Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos and others from Facebook and Instagram

The bans come as Facebook has pledged to do more to eliminate hate speech on its platform.