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Amazon set for facial recognition revolt https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48339142

Like the emperor’s new clothes, DNA kits are a tailored illusion https://aeon.co/ideas/like-the-emperors-new-clothes-dna-kits-are-a-tailored-illusion

Formation of the moon brought water to Earth https://phys.org/news/2019-05-formation-moon-brought-earth.html

The true cost of Islamic State’s archaeological looting in Syria is becoming clear https://qz.com/1624546/the-true-cost-of-islamic-states-archaeological-looting/

Google Photos Fixed the Bad Photo Organization That I Spent Years Creating https://gizmodo.com/google-photos-fixed-the-bad-photo-organization-that-i-s-1834836513

Big tech firms are racing to track climate refugees https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613531/big-tech-firms-are-racing-to-track-climate-refugees/

Power? No, Thanks, I’m Good https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/opinion/power-is-overrated.html

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DHS warns of ‘strong concerns’ that Chinese-made drones are stealing data https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/20/politics/dhs-chinese-drone-warning/index.html

The U.S. put nuclear waste under a dome on a Pacific island. Now it’s cracking open. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/20/us-put-nuclear-waste-under-dome-pacific-island-now-its-cracking-open/?utm_term=.eb1b11ccd6c7

For The First Time, Scientists Have Linked Rare Genetic Mutations to Lupus https://www.sciencealert.com/major-lupus-discovery-isolates-the-gene-mutations-responsible

This Is Why We Will Never Know Everything About Our Universe https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/05/21/this-is-why-we-will-never-know-everything-about-our-universe/#261c3c786296

Rise in global sea levels could have ‘profound consequences’ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48337629

Google’s AI can now translate your speech while keeping your voice https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613559/google-ai-language-translation/

The cryptocurrency startups trying to save Argentina from itself https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613546/the-cryptocurrency-startups-trying-to-save-argentina-from-itself/

Perdeu a concentração? A causa pode estar no ar que você respira https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/nytiw,perdeu-a-concentracao-a-causa-pode-estar-no-ar-que-voce-respira,70002833225

Your Car Knows When You Gain Weight https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/opinion/car-repair-data-privacy.html

Green batteries? Renewable energy storage will cost nature https://inhabitat.com/green-batteries-renewable-energy-storage-will-cost-nature/

Instagram: Facebook probes breach of millions of influencer accounts https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-48347592

The Evidence Is Strong: Air Pollution Seems To Cause Dementia https://www.wired.com/story/air-pollution-dementia/

China has now blocked Wikipedia in all languages https://www.fastcompany.com/90350291/china-has-now-blocked-wikipedia-in-all-languages

Thanks To Facebook, Your Cellphone Company Is Watching You More Closely Than Ever https://theintercept.com/2019/05/20/facebook-data-phone-carriers-ads-credit-score/

Why High-Class People Get Away With Incompetence https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/science/social-class-confidence.html

Millions of Instagram influencers had their private contact data scraped and exposed https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/20/instagram-influencer-celebrity-accounts-scraped/

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Google Spent Years on a Secret Plan to Dominate This $830 Billion Industry, and Nobody Even Noticed https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/google-spent-years-on-a-secret-plan-to-dominate-this-830-billion-industry-nobody-even-noticed.html

Tesla’s Model 3 autopilot mode was activated seconds before a fatal crash https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613549/teslas-model-3-autopilot-mode-was-activated-seconds-before-a-fatal-crash/

Grocery bills can predict diabetes rates by neighborhood https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613518/grocery-bills-can-predict-diabetes-rates-by-neighborhood/

Turning one greenhouse gas into another could combat climate change https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613556/turning-one-greenhouse-gas-into-another-could-combat-climate-change/

Move Over, San Andreas: There’s An Ominous New Fault In Town https://www.wired.com/story/walker-lane-move-over-san-andreas-fault/

Fighting Ebola When Mourners Fight the Responders https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-congo.html

Google has been tracking nearly everything you buy online — see for yourself with this tool https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/17/18629789/google-purchase-history-gmail-email-receipts

Tomorrow The Definition of The Kilogram Will Change Forever. Here’s What That Really Means https://www.sciencealert.com/tomorrow-the-definition-of-the-kilogram-will-change-forever-here-s-what-that-really-means

This Yellow Egyptian Glass Was Forged by a Meteorite Impact 29 Million Years Ago https://www.space.com/yellow-egyptian-glass-made-by-meteorite-impact.html

A simple watt balance for the absolute determination of mass https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0031-9120/48/5/601/pdf

Now Ocean Plastics Could Be Killing Oxygen-Making Bacteria https://www.wired.com/story/ocean-plastics-bacteria/

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A nova oposição digital https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/empresas,a-nova-oposicao-digital,70002832011

Cientista brasileira cria ‘caneta’ que detecta câncer durante cirurgia https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,cientista-brasileira-cria-caneta-que-detecta-cancer-durante-cirurgia,70002832324

The doctor who invented 18 medical devices https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48132022

Snakebites: Like having my hand smashed by a hammer’ https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48281557

The NYPD uses altered images in its facial recognition system, new documents show https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/16/18627548/nypd-facial-recognition-altered-faces-privacy

Koalas declared “functionally extinct” https://inhabitat.com/koalas-declared-functionally-extinct/

livro Speed of Trust https://amzn.to/2JOggTh

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podcast sobre produtos x hype: The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07012sf

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Could facial recognition cut crime? https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-48228677/could-facial-recognition-cut-crime

Instagram blocks vaccine hoax hashtags https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48227377

Hackers interrupt Israeli Eurovision webcast with faked explosions https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48280902

Christchurch attacks: Facebook curbs Live feature https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48276802

Tesla’s trumpeted solar shingles are a flop https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613541/teslas-trumpeted-solar-shingles-are-a-flop/

Planetary scientists unravel mystery of Egyptian desert glass https://phys.org/news/2019-05-planetary-scientists-unravel-mystery-egyptian.html

MPs ask Instagram chiefs about suicide poll https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48279410

US says it will not join Christchurch Call against online terror https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48288353

Breakthrough in new material to harness solar power https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190514081554.htm

White House launches tool to report censorship on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/15/18626785/white-house-trump-censorsip-tool-twitter-instagram-facebook-conservative-bias-social-media

Romans May Have Repaired Roads with Molten Iron https://www.archaeology.org/news/7656-190515-pompeii-iron-roads

Tutankhamun’s meteoric iron dagger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun%27s_meteoric_iron_dagger

Planetary scientists unravel mystery of Egyptian desert glass https://phys.org/news/2019-05-planetary-scientists-unravel-mystery-egyptian.html

New York Proposal Would Ban Face Recognition Surveillance By Landlords https://gizmodo.com/new-york-proposal-would-ban-face-recognition-surveillan-1834795531

Why San Francisco’s ban on face recognition is only the start of a long fight https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613536/facial-recognition-ban-san-francisco-surveillance-privacy-private-corporate-interests/

Celebrity biohacker Josiah Zayner is under investigation for practicing medicine without a license https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613540/celebrity-biohacker-josiah-zayner-is-under-investigation-for-practicing-medicine-without-a/

Facebook is cracking down on live-streaming with bans for rule breakers https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613538/facebook-is-cracking-down-on-live-streaming-with-bans-if-anyone-breaks-its-rules/

These flexible solar cells bring us closer to kicking the fossil-fuel habit https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613524/these-flexible-solar-cells-bring-us-closer-to-kicking-the-fossil-fuel-habit/

Harvard shames itself: fires faculty deans at Winthrop house because students object to one of them taking Harvey Weinstein as a client https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2019/05/11/harvard-shames-itself-fires-faculty-deans-at-winthrop-house-because-students-object-to-one-of-them-taking-harvey-weinstein-as-a-client/