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Here's how smart toilets of the future could protect your health

"Everything these days is connected and smart, but I feel like the bathroom is a very untapped area."

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Euroviews. Why Europe should partner the world’s smallholders to adopt big tech | View

The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture has been a great opportunity to define the roles that we each can play in this move towards digitalisation but it is only the start. Devoting more time, energy and investment to this crucial area is in all of our interests if we are to guarantee our future

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Watch the moon get rocked by a meteorite during the lunar eclipse

The rare sighting came as the moon became completely engulfed in Earth's shadow.

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Big tech companies stand to win on Article 13 copyright issue

Negotiations in Brussels on copyright legislation have been cancelled under increasing opposition from large tech companies.

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Raw Politics in full: Davos, FYROM and Brexit plan B

Check out this Monday's full episode of Raw Politics

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2019 lunar eclipse: 5 things to know about the 'super blood wolf moon'

This is your last chance to see a total lunar eclipse until 2021.

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This startup wants to put huge ads in space. Not everyone is on board with the idea.

Swarms of tiny, light-reflecting "cubesats" would come together to form luminous words or logos.

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New solar flare simulation reveals dazzling beauty of dangerous eruptions

"This research is teaching us how the sun evolves, and how it affects our daily lives."

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China's moon plants are dead. Here's what happened.

The sprouts were unable to survive the bitter cold of the lunar night.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook takes aim at data brokers

In an essay about privacy, Cook said there should be a way for customers to learn about the data that has been gathered about them and a way to delete it.

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Aliens didn't create this weird swirling disk in a Maine river. Here's what did.

The strange-looking formation measures about 300 feet across and appears to be spinning counterclockwise.

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Furloughed workers turn to odd jobs, gig economy as shutdown drags on

People have turned to Craigslist, GoFundMe, ride-hailing companies and friends to help make ends meet.

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Mason jars and drama: How an Instagram influencer's event tour captivated the internet

Caroline Calloway's tour went viral after its unraveling was documented on Twitter by Kayleigh Donaldson, a journalist in Scotland who warned it was a scam.

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Huge new atom smasher would be world's biggest by far

The proposed particle collider would be four times bigger and 10 times more powerful than the biggest particle collider now in existence.

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'Space snowman' spins like a propeller in dramatic new NASA animation

Ultima Thule is the most distant object ever explored by humans.

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Roku removes Infowars following outcry

Roku's decision comes about six months after most major platforms, like Facebook, Spotify, and Youtube, removed Alex Jones' right-wing conspiracy channel.

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Massive 'Fortnite' security hole allowed hackers to take over accounts

To fall victim to this attack, a player needed only to click on a crafted phishing link — one typically designed to look like it was coming from an Epic Games domain.

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After 'Bird Box' challenge, YouTube to crack down on 'dangerous' pranks

YouTube is giving its content creators two months to review and clean up prank and challenge videos that violate its new rules.

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The Bundle is back: How streaming caught up to cable TV prices

The future is looking more like the past.

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Googlers launch campaign to bring discrimination issues out from the shadows

Silicon Valley workers have grown vocal about what they see as systemic problems related to harassment, inequality or government contracts.