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Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google Prepare for Their ‘Big Tobacco Moment’ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/technology/amazon-apple-facebook-google-antitrust-hearing.html
Bill Gates on Elon Musk’s controversial coronavirus comments: Stick with electric cars and rockets https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bill-gates-on-elon-musks-coronavirus-comments-he-should-stick-with-electric-cars-and-rockets-2020-07-28
Kim Jong Un says there will be ‘no more war on this earth’ thanks to North Korea’s nuclear weapons https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/27/asia/kim-jong-un-nuclear-weapons-intl-hnk/index.html
The owner of WeChat thinks deepfakes could actually be good https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/28/1005692/china-tencent-wechat-ai-plan-says-deepfakes-good/
How covid-19 conspiracy videos keep getting millions of views https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/28/1005738/hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-misinformation-video/
Some scientists are taking a DIY coronavirus vaccine, and nobody knows if it’s legal or if it works https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/29/1005720/george-church-diy-coronavirus-vaccine/
Turkey Passes Law Extending Sweeping Powers Over Social Media https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/world/europe/turkey-social-media-control.html
Americans are suffering. Trump offers them a doctor who warns of sex with demons. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/america-is-suffering-trump-offers-them-a-doctor-who-warns-of-sex-with-demons/2020/07/28/460fea3e-d0fb-11ea-8c55-61e7fa5e82ab_story.html
Making a Planet Worth Saving https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/making-a-planet-worth-saving
Egypt Sentences Women to 2 Years in Prison for TikTok Videos https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/world/middleeast/egypt-women-tiktok-prison.html
Iran blasts dummy US aircraft carrier with missiles https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53575874
Exclusive: Russia claims it’s on track to approve Covid-19 vaccine by mid-August. But speed of process raises questions https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/28/europe/russia-coronavirus-vaccine-approval-intl/index.html
SciFri Extra: The Origin Of The Word ‘Ketchup’ https://pca.st/1m2ohu2a
Iter: World’s largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53573294
‘Adeus, iFood’: entregadores tentam criar cooperativa para trabalhar sem patrão https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-53551592
artigos do Pedro Doria https://muckrack.com/pedrodoria/articles