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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quits Facebook, says social media is a health risk https://www.cnet.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-dumps-facebook/

How 5g Is Likely To Put Weather Forecasting At Risk https://hackaday.com/2019/04/16/5g-buildout-likely-to-put-weather-forecasting-at-risk/

The most effective way to tackle climate change? Plant 1 trillion trees https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/17/world/trillion-trees-climate-change-intl-scn/index.html

Lost sea creatures wash up on California shores as ocean climate shifts https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/lost-sea-creatures-wash-up-on-california-shores-as-ocean-climate-shifts/2019/04/17/3606cade-5d36-11e9-a00e-050dc7b82693_story.html?utm_term=.d086cf80a5c5

Elusive molecule, first in Universe, detected in space https://phys.org/news/2019-04-elusive-molecule-universe-space.html

Artificial intelligence speeds efforts to develop clean, virtually limitless fusion energy https://phys.org/news/2019-04-artificial-intelligence-efforts-virtually-limitless.html

15 Months of Fresh Hell Inside Facebook https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-15-months-of-fresh-hell/

Facebook challenged to give TED talk on political ads https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47942278

Graphene-based foam stays soft and squishy even at super cold temperatures https://phys.org/news/2019-04-graphene-based-foam-soft-squishy-super.html

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Woebot: A Virtual Therapist Powered By Ai https://shouldthisexist.com/woebot/

Sleep myths ‘damaging your health’ https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47937405

AT&T Uses Supercomputer to Map Out How Climate Change Will Destroy Its Networks https://gizmodo.com/at-t-uses-supercomputer-to-map-out-how-climate-change-w-1834056763

Cops Are Trying to Stop San Francisco From Banning Face Recognition Surveillance https://gizmodo.com/cops-are-trying-to-stop-san-francisco-from-banning-face-1834062128

The internet of cows: 5G has already arrived for this herd https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/613313/the-internet-of-cows-5g-has-already-arrived-for-this-herd/

Congress wants to protect you from biased algorithms, deepfakes, and other bad AI https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613310/congress-wants-to-protect-you-from-biased-algorithms-deepfakes-and-other-bad-ai/

Melinda Gates on tech innovation, global health and her own privilege. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/15/magazine/melinda-gates-foundation-interview.html

New York City’s algorithm task force is fracturing https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/15/18309437/new-york-city-accountability-task-force-law-algorithm-transparency-automation

North Atlantic warming hole impacts jet stream https://phys.org/news/2019-04-north-atlantic-hole-impacts-jet.html

Graffiti punished by reading – ‘It worked!’ says prosecutor https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47936071

The real reason Boeing’s new plane crashed twice https://www.vox.com/videos/2019/4/15/18306644/boeing-737-max-crash-video

Seven common myths about quantum physics https://theconversation.com/seven-common-myths-about-quantum-physics-115029

Web therapy ‘calmed my irritable bowels’ https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47884038

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Fundador da Alibaba diz que jornada de trabalho de 12 horas é ‘grande benção’ para jovens https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/empresas,fundador-da-alibaba-diz-que-jornada-de-trabalho-de-12-horas-e-grande-bencao-para-jovens,70002789022

Can This Breakfast Cereal Help Save The Planet? https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/04/13/711144729/can-this-breakfast-cereal-help-save-the-planet

Jack Ma Again Endorses Extreme Overtime as Furor Rages On https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-15/jack-ma-again-endorses-extreme-overtime-as-online-furor-rages-on

Seven common myths about quantum physics http://theconversation.com/seven-common-myths-about-quantum-physics-115029

Amazon shareholders will vote to ban facial recognition tech https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/15/amazon-shareholder-vote-facial-recognition/

Google’s Sensorvault Is a Boon for Law Enforcement. This Is How It Works. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/13/technology/google-sensorvault-location-tracking.html

Bill Gates: These 5 books are so good, ‘they kept me up reading long past’ bedtime https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/12/microsoft-billionaire-bill-gates-these-5-books-are-so-good-they-kept-me-up-past-bedtime.html

Living in a country that thinks green http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190414-living-in-a-country-that-thinks-green

98.6 Degrees Is A Normal Body Temperature, Right? Not Quite https://www.wired.com/story/98-degrees-is-a-normal-body-temperature-right-not-quite/

Superficialista, o novo especialista influenciador não sofre da síndrome do impostor https://pme.estadao.com.br/blogs/blog-do-empreendedor/superficialista-o-novo-especialista-influenciador-nao-sofre-da-sindrome-do-impostor/

The Only Answer Is Less Internet https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/13/opinion/china-internet-privacy.html

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Amazon workers are listening to some of your conversations with Alexa https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/613303/amazon-workers-are-listening-to-some-of-your-conversations-with-alexa/

O que falta ao Brasil https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,o-que-falta-ao-brasil,70002788397

The first study of a twin in space looks like good news for a trip to Mars https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613291/the-first-study-of-a-twin-in-space-looks-like-good-news-for-a-trip-to-mars/

Scott Kelly Spent a Year in Orbit. His Body Is Not Quite the Same. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/science/scott-mark-kelly-twins-space-nasa.html

Climate change made the Arctic greener. Now parts of it are turning brown. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-change-arctic-browning

6 Pressing Questions About Beef and Climate Change, Answered https://www.ecowatch.com/beef-and-climate-change-2634244134.html

Is Assange’s Arrest a Threat to the Free Press? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/opinion/julian-assange-wikileaks-first-amendment.html

Amazon’s Alexa isn’t just AI — thousands of humans are listening https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/10/18305378/amazon-alexa-ai-voice-assistant-annotation-listen-private-recordings

New York City Has a Y2K-Like Problem, and It Doesn’t Want You to Know About It https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/nyregion/nyc-gps-wireless.html

Should we drink milk to strengthen bones? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190408-should-we-drink-milk-to-strengthen-bones

Believe in Atlantis? These archaeologists want to win you back to science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/believe-atlantis-these-archaeologists-want-win-you-back-science

March Temperatures in Alaska: 20 Degrees Hotter Than Usual https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/09/climate/alaska-abnormally-hot-march.html

Ford Taps The Brakes On The Arrival Of Self-Driving Cars https://www.wired.com/story/ford-taps-brakes-arrival-self-driving-cars/

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raríssimos, por descuido meu o radinho de hoje tem dois longos silêncios cuja causa eu ainda não descobri. 
o meu android atualizou pro 9 e isso talvez tenha alterado a maneira como o SoundCloud grava em segundo plano, vou investigar

How to take a picture of a black hole | Katie Bouman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIvezCVcsYs&ab_channel=TED

Working together as a “virtual telescope,” observatories around the world produce first direct images of a black hole http://news.mit.edu/2019/mit-haystack-first-image-black-hole-0410

Chinese scientists have put human brain genes in monkeys—and yes, they may be smarter https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613277/chinese-scientists-have-put-human-brain-genes-in-monkeysand-yes-they-may-be-smarter/

The Emperor of Japan, Akihito, Is Still Publishing Scientific Papers in His 80s http://www.openculture.com/2018/10/emperor-japan-akihito-still-publishing-scientific-papers-80s.html

Katie Bouman: The woman behind the first black hole image https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47891902

Conheça Katie Bouman, a cientista responsável pela imagem do buraco negro… – Veja mais em https://universa.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2019/04/10/quem-e-katie-bouman-a-cientista-responsavel-pela-imagem-do-buraco-negro.htm?cmpid=copiaecola

NASA rover Curiosity fulfills dream, drills into Mars clay https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-rover-curiosity-fulfills-dream-drills-into-mars-clay/

China wants to kill its world-dominant cryptocurrency mining industry https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/613295/china-wants-to-kill-its-world-dominant-cryptocurrency-mining-industry/

China, a Major Bitcoin Source, Considers Moving Against It https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/business/bitcoin-china-ban.html

Ford Taps The Brakes On The Arrival Of Self-Driving Cars https://www.wired.com/story/ford-taps-brakes-arrival-self-driving-cars/

Zapping the brain with electricity seems to improve memory in older people https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/613293/zapping-the-brain-with-electricity-seems-to-improve-memory-in-older-people/