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Inside the startup that is building AI-powered military technology

'The technology companies that should be solving these problems refuse to do so," Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey told NBC News.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook shows unprecedented support to DACA ahead of SCOTUS decision

"Our country made a deal with a highly vulnerable population interested in a bright future, and we should keep that deal," said Cook.

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Our solar system's mysterious 'Planet 9' may actually be a black hole

A new theory suggests that a so-called primordial black hole may lurk beyond Neptune in the outer solar system.

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Google will soon let you delete your YouTube history

Tech giants are battling to introduce privacy tools that will convince users — and regulators — that they do not have an iron-clad grip on your data.

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Iceberg bigger than L.A. just broke off Antarctic ice shelf

Scientists say the calving is part of a natural process, though they worry about shrinking polar ice and the resulting rise in sea levels.

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Aliens may have bugged space rocks to spy on Earth, scientist says

A new proposal suggests scouring so-called co-orbitals for advanced alien technology used to eavesdrop on our planet.

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Warren on leaked Zuckerberg audio: '#BreakUpBigTech'

Zuckerberg told employees that if a President Warren threatened to break up Facebook, "you go to the mat and you fight." Warren responded, "It's time to #BreakUpBigTech."

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Trolls for hire: Russia's disinformation firms offer propaganda with a professional touch

Firms charged varying prices for services, such as $8 for a social media post, $100 per 10 comments made on an article or post and $65 for contacting a media source.

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Ex-Yahoo engineer pleads guilty to hacking thousands of accounts

The man used his work access to search Yahoo accounts for private materials before branching out to Facebook, Gmail and other accounts, prosecutors said.

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Ancient ape fossil yields surprising new insights about human evolution

A fossilized pelvis found in Hungary suggests human ancestors were able to stand upright much earlier than anthropologists had realized.

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Meet the drag queen revolutionizing the streaming world on Twitch

"I wasn't a drag queen .. until I started my Twitch channel," said Deere, who is paving the way for drag video game streamers on Twitch.

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On Twitch, women who stream say their biggest obstacle is harassment

"There's definitely days where I'm like, 'I can't even stream because there's so much mean stuff,'" said Lisa Vannatta, who goes by STPeach on the site.

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Drought exposes long-submerged 'Spanish Stonehenge' monument

Water levels in a manmade lake dropped significantly this summer after record heat and dry conditions.

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A teen's fatal stabbing was filmed: Is social media to blame?

"We see these terrible stories, and they are terrible, and we all immediately wonder, if this were happening to me, would people come to my aid?" one media expert said.

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Climate scientists say Greta Thunberg's efforts are building real momentum

"She is getting people to listen, which we have failed to do," one climatologist said.

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Cannabis research pioneer hopes latest discovery is not overlooked — again

Decades after Raphael Mechoulam linked CBD with treating epilepsy, his latest finding may help develop new drugs for psoriasis, arthritis and anxiety.

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Sinclair CEO says he's pivoted to local news and sports to avoid streaming services 'sea of blood'

The upcoming war among streaming services is going to mean "losses for many years to come for many of those companies who are going to be engaged in a major share battle."

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Social media manipulation outfits now target users with video: report

"Images are often more powerful than words with more potential to go viral," said Samantha Bradshaw, one of the report's author's

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Cocktails and dreams: Industry innovations go on show in Glasgow

The future involves drinks imprinted with selfies and recipes based on the brain's individual response to smells. Bartenders also used machines such as centrifuges and rotavaps to extract flavours.

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Search for 'missing matter' predicted by Einstein's theory closes in

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider are studying what happens when particles don't collide, but instead zoom past each other in near misses.