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The technology of the future paints a very lonely picture for all of us https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/11/tech/ces-2020-technology-lonely-future/index.html

Detox Digital pode ser tóxico para a propaganda https://digital.estadao.com.br/@rene_5/csb_-9uA-RBAFYhugJGvf67mwJ5yQnnq_MlDw-jTBtwel–JlCuo-n2Q9mLMgCCjjwa5BABkQK1NdQQ5hc_5TAHzNw

‘Techlash’ Hits College Campuses https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/11/style/college-tech-recruiting.html

Want to Do Something About Climate Change? Follow the Money https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/11/opinion/climate-change-bank-investment.html

US-government issued phones run ‘Chinese malware’ https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51054901

The Academic Apocalypse https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/11/opinion/sunday/academics-humanities-literature-canon.html

Researchers: Are we on the cusp of an ‘AI winter’? https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51064369

The remote ‘democratic’ oasis of Soviet Russia https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p07yfk4p/the-remote-democratic-oasis-of-soviet-russia

Australian Animal Deaths, Carbon Emissions, Election Mystery http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrss1

The Truth About My Make-up (Documentary) BBC Stories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfPW2iwJK6U&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=BBCStories

Italy Becomes First Country to Make Climate Change Education Mandatory https://mymodernmet.com/italy-climate-change-education/

110 years of Australian temperatures http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/history/temperature/

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entrevista programa Urbano – 2007 https://vimeo.com/333597289

Baby and adult brains ‘sync up’ during play, study finds https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-01-baby-adult-brains-sync.html

The World’s Next Energy Bonanza https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/09/fracking-oceanic-methane-hydrates-global-energy-landscape-bonanza/

Is it wrong to be hopeful about climate change? https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200109-is-it-wrong-to-be-hopeful-about-climate-change

Can an AI be an inventor? Not yet. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615020/ai-inventor-patent-dabus-intellectual-property-uk-european-patent-office-law/

Kashmir: India top court orders review of longest internet shutdown https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-51058759

Who’s Regulating Self-Driving Cars? Often, No One https://www.wired.com/story/regulating-self-driving-cars-no-one/

The Ultra-Wealthy Who Argue That They Should Be Paying Higher Taxes https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/06/the-ultra-wealthy-who-argue-that-they-should-be-paying-higher-taxes

The Untold Story of the 2018 Olympics Cyberattack, the Most Deceptive Hack in History https://www.wired.com/story/untold-story-2018-olympics-destroyer-cyberattack/

China Is Still Building an Insane Number of New Coal Plants https://www.wired.com/story/china-is-still-building-an-insane-number-of-new-coal-plants/

Virtual reality is not suited to visual memory https://neurosciencenews.com/virtual-reality-visual-memory-15435/

‘Earth’ Review: Humanity Is Digging Its Own Grave https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/movies/earth-review.html

Australia Shows Us the Road to Hell https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/opinion/australia-fires.html

Hope (In Our Time – BBC 4) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00017vl

Internet of Shit https://twitter.com/internetofshit

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China identifies new strain of coronavirus as source of pneumonia outbreak https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-identifies-new-strain-of-coronavirus-as-source-of-pneumonia-outbreak/2020/01/09/f2625650-329f-11ea-971b-43bec3ff9860_story.html

None of these 195 countries — the U.S. included — is fully prepared for a pandemic, report says https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/10/24/none-these-countries-us-included-is-fully-prepared-pandemic-report-says/

How to Measure the Speed of Light with Marshmallows – Christmas Lectures with Neil Johnson https://youtu.be/ejKCiBZwB34

A Complete Archive of Vincent van Gogh’s Letters: Beautifully Illustrated and Fully Annotated http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/a-complete-archive-of-vincent-van-goghs-letters.html

How Rupert Murdoch Is Influencing Australia’s Bushfire Debate https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/world/australia/fires-murdoch-disinformation.html

Russian journals retract more than 800 papers after ‘bombshell’ investigation https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/russian-journals-retract-more-800-papers-after-bombshell-investigation

Warner Bros. Signs Deal for AI-Driven Film Management System (Exclusive) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warner-bros-signs-deal-ai-driven-film-management-system-1268036

Electric scooter injuries rose 222 percent in 4 years in the U.S. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/electric-scooter-injuries-rose-222-percent-4-years-united-states

Cosmic Magnifying Glasses Yield Independent Measure of Universe’s Expansion https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/cosmic-magnifying-glasses-yield-independent-measure-of-universes-expansion

ORA: The World’s First Graphene Headphones https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/413314819/ora-the-worlds-first-graphene-headphones

The US military is trying to read minds https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614495/us-military-super-soldiers-control-drones-brain-computer-interfaces/

8 Ways Overseas Drug Manufacturers Dupe the FDA https://www.wired.com/story/8-ways-overseas-drug-manufacturers-dupe-fda/

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5% Chance North Atlantic Current Partially Collapses in Next 100 Years https://scitechdaily.com/15-chance-north-atlantic-current-partially-collapses-in-next-100-years/

Facebook executive says company was responsible for Trump’s victory but warns against policy changes https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/01/07/facebook-exec-says-company-was-responsible-trumps-victory-warns-against-policy-changes/

Should colleges really be putting smart speakers in dorms? https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614937/colleges-smart-speakers-in-dorms-privacy/

The US just released 10 principles that it hopes will make AI safer https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615015/ai-regulatory-principles-us-white-house-american-ai-initiatve/#Echobox=1578413684

My mother’s vegetarian diet contributed to her early death. We should all learn from it https://inews.co.uk/opinion/comment/my-mothers-vegetarian-diet-contributed-to-her-early-death-we-should-all-learn-from-it-93653

Jupiter Is Flinging Comets Toward Earth https://gizmodo.com/jupiter-is-flinging-comets-toward-earth-1840791441

The Biggest Problems With Bluetooth Audio Are About to Be Fixed https://gizmodo.com/the-biggest-problems-with-bluetooth-audio-are-about-to-1840461602

New evidence shows that the key assumption made in the discovery of dark energy is in error https://phys.org/news/2020-01-evidence-key-assumption-discovery-dark.html