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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/

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Amazon Is Aggressively Pursuing Big Oil as It Stalls Out on Clean Energy https://gizmodo.com/amazon-is-aggressively-pursuing-big-oil-as-it-stalls-ou-1833875828

Now Amazon plans to launch a massive constellation of more than 3,000 internet satellites https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/613272/now-amazon-plans-to-launch-a-massive-constellation-of-more-than-3000-internet/

Blockbuster blizzard could impact states hit by “bomb cyclone” weeks ago https://www.cbsnews.com/news/extreme-weather-blizzard-bomb-cyclone-plains-midwest-latest-forecast-path-track-today-2019-04-08/

In Bubbles, She Sees a Mathematical Universe https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/science/uhlenbeck-bubbles-math-physics.html

Last time CO2 levels were this high, sea levels were 60 feet higher and Antarctica had trees https://thinkprogress.org/carbon-dioxide-levels-sea-antarctica-b435497e1266/

As White House questions climate change, U.S. military is planning for it https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/as-white-house-questions-climate-change-us-military-is-planning-for-it/2019/04/08/78142546-57c0-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.html?utm_term=.202d5b41f936

Getting to the bottom of the “boiling crisis” http://news.mit.edu/2019/boiling-crisis-nuclear-design-0405

The UK’s online laws could be the future of the internet—and that’s got people worried https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613285/the-uks-online-laws-could-be-the-future-of-the-internetand-thats-got-people-worried/

Australia’s new law threatens jail if social-media firms don’t remove violent content https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/613268/australias-new-law-threatens-jail-if-social-media-firms-dont-remove-violent/

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram are ‘garbage,’ says Linux founder Torvalds https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-twitter-and-instagram-are-garbage-says-linux-founder/

Sorry, graphene—borophene is the new wonder material that’s got everyone excited https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613267/borophene-the-new-2d-material-taking-chemistry-by-storm/

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In San Francisco, Making a Living From Your Billionaire Neighbor’s Trash https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/us/trash-pickers-san-francisco-zuckerberg.html

Registro de tuberculose que resiste a remédio triplica e chega a 3 por dia https://saude.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,registro-de-tuberculose-que-resiste-a-remedio-triplica-e-chega-a-3-por-dia,70002783227

A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/health/drug-resistant-candida-auris.html

Cyber-attacks ‘damage’ national infrastructure https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47812479

Hackers beat university cyber-defences in two hours https://www.bbc.com/news/education-47805451

Facebook ‘hosts’ cyber-crime marketplaces https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47831216

Facebook’s ad-serving algorithm discriminates by gender and race https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613274/facebook-algorithm-discriminates-ai-bias/

The Matrix Code Came From Sushi Recipes—but Which? https://www.wired.com/story/the-matrix-code-sushi-recipe/

Isaac Asimov Laments the “Cult of Ignorance” in the United States: A Short, Scathing Essay from 1980 http://www.openculture.com/2016/10/isaac-asimov-laments-the-cult-of-ignorance-in-the-united-states.html

What’s behind North Korean TV’s makeover? https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-47831570/north-korea-state-tv-goes-hi-tech-for-a-day

What Happens When Techno-Utopians Actually Run a Country https://www.wired.com/story/italy-five-star-movement-techno-utopians/

Dog owners are much happier than cat owners, survey finds https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/04/05/dog-owners-are-much-happier-than-cat-owners-survey-finds/?utm_term=.4237263c7a1f