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China Tried To Grow Cotton On The Moon, But It Didn’t Work https://www.npr.org/2019/01/17/686169520/plant-china-mooned-over-dies-couldnt-cotton-to-lunar-environment

Google Play malware used phones’ motion sensors to conceal itself https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/01/google-play-malware-used-phones-motion-sensors-to-conceal-itself/

This Airbnb Spying Nightmare Is a Reminder That Staying in Strangers’ Homes Is Still Creepy https://gizmodo.com/this-airbnb-spying-nightmare-is-a-reminder-that-staying-1831818233

Microsoft is spending $500 million to offset big tech’s impact on housing https://qz.com/1526882/microsoft-is-spending-500-million-to-offset-big-techs-impact-on-housing/

Why doing more exercise won’t help you burn more calories https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24132130-400-why-doing-more-exercise-wont-help-you-burn-more-calories/

Netflix Criticized for Using Actual Footage of Deadly Event in Travelers and Possibly Bird Box

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Our pets: the key to the obesity crisis? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190109-what-we-can-learn-from-overweight-pets-about-human-obesity

Hack Brief: An Astonishing 773 Million Records Exposed In Monster Breach https://www.wired.com/story/collection-one-breach-email-accounts-passwords/

The 773 Million Record “Collection #1” Data Breach https://www.troyhunt.com/the-773-million-record-collection-1-data-reach/

‘;–have i been pwned? https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Is the “10 Year Challenge” on Facebook a privacy scheme disguised as a meme? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-10-year-challenge-meme-could-it-mine-your-data-facial-recognition/

The diet to save lives, the planet and feed us all? https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46865204

The ultrasound scan you can do yourself https://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-46881627/the-ultrasound-scan-you-can-do-yourself

Mysterious Galaxy Measured Exquisitely, And Contains No Dark Matter At All https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/01/16/mysterious-galaxy-measured-exquisitely-and-contains-no-dark-matter-at-all/#4ed52fbb2473

Could Dark Matter Ever Form A Star? https://www.forbes.com/sites/jillianscudder/2016/12/22/astroquizzical-dark-matter-star/#7235281221ea

Srinivasa Ramanujan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan

Fortifying the future of cryptography http://news.mit.edu/2019/faculty-vinod-vaikuntanathan-0116

Why screen time studies can’t measure the effect of smartphones on our well-being https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/16/18184587/screen-time-well-being-nature-human-behavior-study-flaws

Ocean warming is making waves stronger—and that’s a problem https://www.popsci.com/climate-change-wave-energy

The pace at which the world’s permafrost soils are warming https://phys.org/news/2019-01-pace-world-permafrost-soils.html

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The technique that taught AI to play Go still can’t teach a car to drive https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612757/the-technique-that-taught-ai-to-play-go-still-cant-teach-a-car-to-drive/

Hollywood’s Portrayals of Science and Scientists Are Ridiculous https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/hollywoods-portrayals-of-science-and-scientists-are-ridiculous/

World’s ‘loneliest’ frog gets a date https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46867424

A ética do doutor algoritmo https://www.dasa.com.br/comite-saude-em-pauta-etica-do-doutor-algoritmo

Pedro Doria no Guia dos Perplexos https://guiadosperplexos.tv/pedro-doria/

minhas 35 perguntas sobre AI: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/30-perguntas-sobre-intelig%C3%AAncia-artificial-rene-de-paula-jr-/

The American Military Sucks at Cybersecurity https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/7xy5ky/the-american-military-sucks-at-cybersecurity

Democratizing data science http://news.mit.edu/2019/nonprogrammers-data-science-0115

Russian Startup Wants to Put Ads in Low-Earth Orbit to Ruin The Sky For Everybody https://www.sciencealert.com/a-russian-startup-wants-to-put-advertising-in-low-earth-orbit-because-they-re-capitalist-scum

Physics Is Not In Crisis https://www.forbes.com/sites/chadorzel/2019/01/15/physics-is-not-in-crisis/#4646910a174c

Samsung’s new fridge will ping your phone if you leave the door open https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18169342/samsung-family-hub-4-fridge-washer-bixby-ces-2019

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Lime is pulling its scooters in Switzerland after a possible software glitch made people fall off https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612751/lime-is-pulling-its-scooters-in-switzerland-after-a-possible-software-glitch/

Lyft and Uber drivers may need extra insurance coverage https://www.fox9.com/news/lyft-and-uber-drivers-may-need-extra-insurance-coverage

A beleza nos foi roubada pelos gurus da publicidade, diz arquiteto Renzo Piano https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2019/01/a-beleza-nos-foi-roubada-pelos-gurus-da-publicidade-diz-arquiteto-renzo-piano.shtml

The Weaponization Of Artificial Intelligence https://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2019/01/14/the-weaponization-of-artificial-intelligence/#7855deba3686

Start-up Bird backs down in electric scooter legal row https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46864744

Screens Might Be As Bad For Mental Health As … Potatoes https://www.wired.com/story/screens-might-be-as-bad-for-mental-health-as-potatoes/

Antarctica is losing ice 6 times faster today than in 1980s https://apnews.com/587a3e77fa7a4da8906ab417b7a71338

The former homeless man bringing web access to the Bronx https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46862214

Parents, avert your eyes: screens aren’t as bad for kids as you think https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612755/parents-avert-your-eyes-screens-arent-as-bad-for-kids-as-you-think/

China’s Moon mission sees first seeds sprout https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46873526

Africa by Toto to play on eternal loop ‘down in Africa’ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46861137

Concerns over increase in toxic brine from desalination plants https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46863146

Filled with malware, phishing and scams, does the web need a safety manual? https://www.zdnet.com/article/filled-with-malware-phishing-and-scams-does-the-web-need-a-safety-manual/