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1. Climate Change Killed the Aliens, and It Will Probably Kill Us Too, New Simulation Suggests https://www.livescience.com/62750-climate-change-killed-aliens-easter-island.html
2. A manifesto to save Planet Earth (and ourselves) https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44389413
3. DUST RISING: As California’s largest lake dries up, it threatens nearby communities with clouds of toxic dust https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/6/17433294/salton-sea-crisis-drying-up-asthma-toxic-dust-pictures
4. NASA’s administrator says he switched his position on climate change because he ‘read a lot’ https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-administrator-believes-in-climate-change-because-he-read-a-lot-2018-6
5. Hurricanes Aren’t Moving as Fast as They Used to, and That’s Bad https://gizmodo.com/hurricanes-aren-t-moving-as-fast-as-they-used-to-and-t-1826606601
6. The damage from Atlanta’s huge cyberattack is even worse than the city first thought https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/06/atlanta-cyberattack-atlanta-information-management/
7. Economies can’t ignore human needs if they want to benefit from automation https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611348/economies-cant-ignore-human-needs-if-they-want-to-benefit-from-automation/
8. We still don’t know much about the jobs the AI economy will make—or take https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611329/we-still-dont-much-about-the-jobs-the-ai-economy-will-makeor-take/
9. How Facebook Groups Became A Bizarre Bazaar For Elephant Tusks https://www.wired.com/story/tusks-horns-and-claws-inside-the-fight-to-destroy-the-animal-parts-bazaar-on-facebook/
10. evento AI Summit https://digitalks.com.br/eventos/ai-summit-sao-paulo/

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1. You are disgusting in so many ways. Scientists just outlined six of them. https://www.popsci.com/evolution-disgust
2. Facebook and Twitter replacement sought by Kim Dotcom https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44368811
3. Microsoft sinks data centre off Orkney https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44368813
4. In Siberia in 1908, a huge explosion came out of nowhere http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160706-in-siberia-in-1908-a-huge-explosion-came-out-of-nowhere
5. A Crucial Archaeological Dating Tool Is Wrong, And It Could Change History as We Know It https://pda.sciencealert.com.au/radiocarbon-dating-ancient-levant-region-calibration-inaccuracies

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1. Thousands of criminals were cleared to be Uber drivers. Here’s how rideshare companies fought stronger checks https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/01/us/felons-driving-for-uber-invs/index.html
2. Our Blockchain ‘Can Run The Whole Company’, Says Mastercard Vice Chair at Money20/20 https://cointelegraph.com/news/our-blockchain-can-run-the-whole-company-says-mastercard-vice-chair-at-money2020
3. The moral calculus of climate change
   Philosophy class explores the risks, probable outcomes, and ethical implications of living in a warming world. http://news.mit.edu/2018/philosophy-class-moral-calculus-climate-change-0605
4. Forget DeepFakes, Deep Video Portraits are way better (and worse) https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/04/forget-deepfakes-deep-video-portraits-are-way-better-and-worse/
5. Vacina experimental contra o HIV neutralizou mais de 30% dos vírus em animais, diz estudo https://saude.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,vacina-experimental-neutralizou-mais-de-30-dos-virus-em-animais-com-hiv,70002337333
6. Deep in the Pentagon, a secret AI program to find hidden nuclear missiles https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-missiles-ai-insight/deep-in-the-pentagon-a-secret-ai-program-to-find-hidden-nuclear-missiles-idUSKCN1J114J
7. Bulletproof batteries could make body armour for combat https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831801-100-bulletproof-batteries-could-make-body-armour-for-combat/

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1. Google won’t renew its military AI contract https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/611287/google-wont-renew-its-military-ai-contract/
2. Projetos de lei contra notícias falsas atropelam liberdade de expressão http://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/estadao-verifica/projetos-de-lei-contra-noticias-falsas-atropelam-liberdade-de-expressao/
3. Most women with a common type of early-stage breast cancer can skip chemo, a new report finds https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/most-women-with-common-type-of-early-stage-breast-cancer-can-skip-chemo/2018/06/03/8a666228-5f63-11e8-9ee3-49d6d4814c4c_story.html
4. Tesla can change so much with over-the-air updates that it’s messing with some owners’ heads https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/2/17413732/tesla-over-the-air-software-updates-brakes
5. Tesla’s over-the-air brake upgrade was amazing—and also a bit worrying https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/05/how-a-software-brake-upgrade-won-tesla-a-consumer-reports-endorsement/
6. Restoring life to the Aral Sea’s dead zone https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44159122
7. 50,000 Las Vegas Workers Are Ready to Go on Strike Over Fears of Robots Taking Their Jobs https://gizmodo.com/50-000-las-vegas-workers-are-ready-to-go-on-strike-over-1826474028
8. The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, discover scientists http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/our-brains-think-in-11-dimensions-discover-scientists
9. First he bought a Google assistant. Then he used it to fire a gun. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2018/06/01/first-he-bought-a-google-assistant-then-he-used-it-to-fire-a-gun/
10. Whale that died off Thailand had eaten 80 plastic bags https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44344468
11. artigo mambo-jambo? Quantum physics can help explain much of the world’s suffering https://qz.com/1291485/quantum-physics-can-help-explain-much-of-the-worlds-suffering/