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1. Microsoft Employees Up in Arms Over Cloud Contract With ICE https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-employees-up-in-arms-over-cloud-contract-with-1826927803
2. ‘Gaming disorder’ is officially recognized by the World Health Organization https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/18/gaming-disorder-is-officially-recognized-by-the-world-health-organization/
3. IBM Unveils System That ‘Debates’ With Humans https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/technology/ibm-debater-artificial-intelligence.html
4. How trying to stay cool could make the world even hotter https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44466214
5. The Supreme Court Will Decide If Apple’s App Store Is A Monopoly https://www.wired.com/story/pepper-v-apple-supreme-court-app-store-antitrust/
6. Artificial trans fats, widely linked to heart disease, are officially banned https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/18/artificial-trans-fats-widely-linked-to-heart-disease-are-officially-banned/
7. The productivity paradox https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611482/the-productivity-paradox/
8. Beloved Robot Dogs Honored In Funeral Ceremony https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/180524-japan-robot-dog-funeral-travel-vin

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1. 6-Year-Old Explains How Messed Up It Is That Her Entire Life Has Been Put On Facebook https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1007354739925938178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vulture.com%2F2018%2F06%2Fthe-onion-declares-war-on-mark-zuckerberg-and-facebook.html
2. Blockchain Technology Will Be ‘obsolete,’ Says Prominent Geopolitical Forecaster http://bitcoinist.com/73662-2/
3. Bitcoin Could Break the Internet, Central Bank Overseer Says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-17/bitcoin-could-break-the-internet-central-banks-overseer-says
4. A Stephen Hawking musical tribute was beamed directly at a black hole https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/16/stephen-hawking-voice-music-tribute-black-hole-esa/
5. A mensagem de Stephen Hawking enviada a um buraco negro:
6. Stars turn out for Stephen Hawking memorial at Westminster Abbey https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-44494389
7. The Titanic: The top-secret mission behind its discovery https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-44488311/the-titanic-the-top-secret-mission-behind-its-discovery
8. How Junk Food Hacks Your Brain https://youtu.be/CMPbOUNmSGk
9. Judge says ‘literal but nonsensical’ Google translation isn’t consent for police search https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/15/judge-says-literal-but-nonsensical-google-translation-isnt-consent-for-police-search/
10. NIH shuts down controversial $100M drinking study backed by Big Alcohol https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/06/nih-shuts-down-controversial-100m-drinking-study-backed-by-big-alcohol/
11. AI gives silenced radio journalist his voice back https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44481510
12. Theranos founder hit with criminal charges https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44501631

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1. Another DNA Testing Company Reportedly Gets Fooled by Dog DNA https://gizmodo.com/another-dna-testing-company-reportedly-gets-fooled-by-d-1826842819
2. Why a major paper on the Mediterranean diet was just retracted and replaced https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/06/14/why-a-major-paper-on-the-mediterranean-diet-was-just-retracted-and-replaced-by-a-prestigious-journal/
3. That Huge Mediterranean Diet Study Was Flawed. But Was It Wrong? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/health/mediterranean-diet-heart-disease.html
4. Why plant protein is better for you than animal protein https://www.popsci.com/plant-protein-healthier
5. Using Harpoon-Like Appendages, Bacteria ‘Fish’ for New DNA https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/science/bacteria-harpoons-dna.html
6. A giant new retail fulfillment center in China has only four employees https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/611463/a-giant-new-retail-fulfillment-center-in-china-has-only-four-employees/
7. People are turning away from Facebook to Whatsapp for their news, study says https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/14/people-turning-from-facebook-to-whatsapp-for-news-reuters-institute.html
8. Sugar does rot your brain after all: scientists connect to Alzheimer’s http://bigthink.com/david-ryan-polgar/sugar-does-rot-your-brain-after-all-scientists-connect-to-alzheimers
9. The Next Plague Is Coming. Is America Ready? https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-the-next-plague-hits/561734/
10. A child in Idaho was treated for plague — the first human case in the state in 26 years https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/06/13/a-child-in-idaho-was-treated-for-plague-the-first-human-case-in-the-state-in-26-years/

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1. Here’s the fake noise the Jaguar I-Pace makes when you hit the throttle https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2018/6/13/17460934/jaguar-i-pace-electric-car-sound
2. The Potential Pitfalls Of Sucking Carbon From The Atmosphere https://www.wired.com/story/the-potential-pitfalls-of-sucking-carbon-from-the-atmosphere/
3. China’s ambition to power the world’s electric cars took a huge leap forward this week https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611448/chinas-ambition-to-power-the-worlds-electric-cars-took-a-huge-leap-forward-this-week/
4. Amazon’s automation goes white collar https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/611461/amazons-automation-goes-white-collar/
5. MIT engineers recruit microbes to help fight cholera http://news.mit.edu/2018/mit-engineers-recruit-microbes-help-fight-cholera-0613
6. Degelo da Antártida triplica e já eleva nível do mar em 8 mm https://sustentabilidade.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,degelo-da-antartida-triplica-e-ja-eleva-nivel-do-mar-em-8-mm,70002349281
7. Antarctica loses three trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44470208