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We tried teaching an AI to write Christmas movie plots. Hilarity ensued. Eventually. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612644/we-tried-teaching-an-ai-to-write-christmas-movie-plots-hilarity-ensued-eventually/

The real reason Father Christmas wears red and white https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46619012

Sending astronauts to Mars would be stupid, astronaut says https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46364179

The fat-burning heart-rate zone is a myth: How exercise and weight loss really work https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/the-fat-burning-heart-rate-zone-is-a-myth-how-exercise-and-weight-loss-really-work/2018/12/17/548ea93a-fc8e-11e8-83c0-b06139e540e5_story.html

2018 Was The Year That Tech Put Limits On Ai https://www.wired.com/story/2018-was-year-tech-put-limits-on-ai/

Slack ‘bans users’ who have visited US sanctioned countries https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46642760

2018 was a crappy year for tech and science https://thenextweb.com/science/2018/12/24/2018-was-a-crappy-year-for-tech-and-science/

25+ Astounding Science Facts We Didn’t Know at The Start of 2018 https://www.sciencealert.com/20-science-facts-we-didn-t-know-at-the-start-of-2018

Why Has It Become Risky To Be An AI-Based Software Startup? https://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2018/12/23/why-has-it-become-risky-to-be-an-ai-based-software-startup/#21b50a2a469d

A Very Special Christmas movie – courtesy of a neural net http://aiweirdness.com/

Scientists Have Determined The Worst Year to Be Alive in Human History https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-determined-the-worst-year-in-human-history

Genetic Study Of Latin Americans Reveals History Of Converso Migration https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferraff/2018/12/23/genetic-study-of-latin-americans-reveals-history-of-converso-migration/#3094ee531280

Facebook might be developing a cryptocurrency that you could send via WhatsApp https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612662/facebook-might-be-developing-a-cryptocurrency-that-you-could-send-via-whatsapp/

A man asked for his data from Amazon—and they sent him 1,700 recordings of someone else https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612660/a-man-asked-for-his-data-from-amazon-and-they-sent-him-1700-recordings-of/

Gatwick airport: How countries counter the drone threat https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46639099

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China launched more rockets into orbit in 2018 than any other country https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612595/china-launched-more-rockets-into-orbit-in-2018-than-any-other-country/

How much money would you want to quit Facebook for a year? Most people say $1,000. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612645/how-much-money-would-you-want-to-quit-facebook-for-a-year-most-people-say-1000/

China’s tech giants want to go global. Just one thing might stand in their way. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612598/chinas-tech-giants-want-to-go-global-just-one-thing-might-stand-in-their-way/

Female black journalists and politicians get sent an abusive tweet every 30 seconds https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612634/female-black-journalists-and-politicians-get-sent-an-abusive-tweet-every-30-seconds/

O Natal do ódio https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,o-natal-do-odio,70002654077

Ethics and Law in Data and Analytics https://www.edx.org/course/ethics-and-law-in-data-and-analytics

What’s Wrong with Bananas http://nautil.us/issue/66/clockwork/whats-wrong-with-bananas

New study finds that marijuana can reprogram sperm genes https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/19/18148509/marijuana-weed-cannabis-sperm-epigenetic-change-science-health

We finally know how fish swim so fast https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612609/we-finally-know-how-fish-swim-so-fast/

Genetic information as self-fulfilling prophecy https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/12/genetic-information-as-self-fulfilling-prophecy/

7 Arguments Against the Autonomous-Vehicle Utopia https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/12/7-arguments-against-the-autonomous-vehicle-utopia/578638/

No Brasil, 10 milhões passaram a acessar a internet em 2017 https://economia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,no-brasil-10-milhoes-passaram-a-acessar-a-internet-em-2017,70002653289

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Ações do Facebook caem 7% com novo escândalo de uso indevido de dados https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/empresas,acoes-do-facebook-caem-7-com-novo-escandalo-de-uso-indevido-de-dados,70002652657

Procurador de Washington D.C. processa Facebook por caso Cambridge Analytica https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/empresas,procurador-de-washington-dc-processa-facebook-por-caso-cambridge-analytica,70002652359

Why Should Anyone Believe Facebook Anymore? https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-data-sharing-privacy-investigation/

Amazon and Facebook Reportedly Had a Secret Data-Sharing Agreement, and It Explains So Much https://gizmodo.com/amazon-and-facebook-reportedly-had-a-secret-data-sharin-1831192148

The First Cross-Country, Autonomous-Car Trip Is an Ethical Minefield https://gizmodo.com/the-first-cross-country-autonomous-car-trip-is-an-ethi-1831214978

Facebook gave more than 150 companies special access to your data https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612642/facebook-gave-more-than-150-companies-special-access-to-your-data/

Facebook “partner” arrangements: Are they as bad as they look? https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/12/facebook-partner-arrangements-are-they-as-bad-as-they-look/

Dark Matter Hunters Pivot After Years Of Failed Searches https://www.wired.com/story/for-dark-matter-hunters-out-there-theories-are-catching-on/

The Christmas present that could tear your family apart https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-46600325

China is racing ahead in 5G. Here’s what that means. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612617/china-is-racing-ahead-in-5g-heres-what-it-means/

Rare relic is one of only three fossil clouds known in the universe https://phys.org/news/2018-12-rare-relic-fossil-clouds-universe.html

The Wired Guide To 5g https://www.wired.com/story/wired-guide-5g/

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Amphibian that buries head in sand named after Donald Trump https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46614138

Machine learning-detected signal predicts time to earthquake https://phys.org/news/2018-12-machine-learning-detected-earthquake.html

Gravity is mathematically relatable to dynamics of subatomic particles https://phys.org/news/2018-12-gravity-mathematically-dynamics-subatomic-particles.html

Police are testing face recognition tech on London’s streets this week https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612636/police-are-testing-face-recognition-tech-on-londons-streets-this-week/

Lyft’s plan to win the transportation wars: Put designers in charge https://www.fastcompany.com/90281009/lyfts-plan-to-win-the-transportation-wars-put-designers-in-charge

Google isn’t the company that we should have handed the Web over to https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/12/the-web-now-belongs-to-google-and-that-should-worry-us-all/

Negros foram grande alvo de campanha russa para influenciar eleições nos EUA em 2016, diz relatório https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,negros-foram-grande-alvo-de-campanha-russa-para-influenciar-eleicoes-nos-eua-em-2016,70002649777

A long-awaited battery that would cut electric-vehicle costs may finally be close https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612614/a-long-awaited-battery-that-could-cut-ev-costs-may-finally-be-near/

New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation’s scale and sweep https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/12/16/new-report-russian-disinformation-prepared-senate-shows-operations-scale-sweep/

Cães não são mais inteligentes do que outros animais, diz estudo https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/nytiw,caes-nao-sao-mais-inteligentes-do-que-outros-animais-diz-estudo,70002643644

Alzheimer transmitido https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,alzheimer-transmitido,70002647014

The Anglo-Saxons were worse than the Vikings https://phys.org/news/2018-12-anglo-saxons-worse-vikings.html

Museu enfrenta a dificuldade de avaliar o legado colonial no Congo Belga https://alias.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,museu-enfrenta-a-dificuldade-de-avaliar-o-legado-colonial-no-congo-belga,70002645042

Russia ‘meddled in all big social media’ around US election https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46590890