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Robot news presenter causes a stir on Russian TV https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47981274

Calculating The Carbon Footprint Of A Google Search https://searchengineland.com/calculating-the-carbon-footprint-of-a-google-search-16105

West Virginia will allow “blockchain voting” in the 2020 election. That’s a risky idea. https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/613358/west-virginia-will-allow-blockchain-voting-in-the-2020-election-thats-a-risky/

Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools. That Started a Rebellion. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/21/technology/silicon-valley-kansas-schools.html

Leica Draws China Backlash With Video Invoking Tiananmen Crackdown https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-19/leica-draws-china-s-ire-with-video-invoking-tiananmen-massacre

Leica China video sparks backlash over Tiananmen Square image https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-47987817

Why the Swiss still love cash http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190416-why-the-swiss-still-love-cash

The Diagnosis Is Alzheimer’s. But That’s Probably Not the Only Problem. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/health/alzheimers-dementia-stroke.html

Tech Tent: Do we want our cities to be smart? https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47977655

5G is live in 3 countries, but we still need answers on health risks https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/19/5g-is-live-in-3-countries-but-we-still-need-answers-on-health-risks/

Researchers suggest 100 percent renewable energy isn’t very green https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/19/earthworks-renewable-energy-metal-demand/

Jack Dorsey Says Twitter Makes It ‘Super Easy’ to Harass and Abuse Others https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/332408

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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