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We don’t let 1 person control the water for 2.5 billion people.
We don’t let 1 person control electricity for 2.5 billion people.
Why do we let 1 man control the information seen by 2.5 billion people?
Facebook needs to be regulated by governments, not ruled by an emperor!
https://twitter.com/SachaBaronCohen/status/1225165480782110721

Elon Musk tweets out #DeleteFacebook, adding simply, “it’s lame” – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/09/elon-musk-tweets-out-deletefacebook-adding-simply-its-lame/

Amazon Says It Can Detect Fear on Your Face. You Scared? https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-detect-fear-face-you-scared/

Como apps de entrega estão levando pequenos restaurantes à falência https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/geral-51272233

Is fair lithium from Chile possible? https://www.pv-magazine.com/2020/02/08/is-fair-lithium-from-chile-possible/

Coronavirus: Sony and Amazon pull out of major tech show https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51438845

The Government Uses ‘Near Perfect Surveillance’ Data on Americans https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/opinion/dhs-cell-phone-tracking.html

Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘Goop Lab’ is horrible. The medical industry is partly to blame. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/08/gwyneth-paltrows-goop-lab-is-horrible-medical-industry-is-partly-blame/

Virus Fallout From Singapore Meeting Spreads Across Europe https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-09/virus-fallout-from-singapore-conference-spreads-across-europe

Antarctica appears to have broken a heat record https://phys.org/news/2020-02-antarctica-broken.html

How can the solar cycle threaten technology on Earth? https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615144/how-can-the-solar-cycle-threaten-technology-on-earth/

NASA: A second, unreported glitch could have wrecked Boeing’s Starliner https://www.technologyreview.com/f/615161/nasa-a-second-unreported-glitch-could-have-wrecked-boeings-starliner/

‘Ignored and trivialized’: Experts warned Australian government before catastrophic blazes https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ignored-trivialized-experts-warned-australia-government-catastrophic-blazes-n1132326

Why Facts Don’T Change Our Minds https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/27/why-facts-dont-change-our-minds

Coronavirus deaths exceed Sars fatalities in 2003 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51431087

The Age of Decadence https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/opinion/sunday/western-society-decadence.html

New Solar Orbiter mission will give an unprecedented look at our sun https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/07/world/solar-orbiter-mission-scn/index.html

What happens to all the old wind turbines? https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51325101

Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-02-05/wind-turbine-blades-can-t-be-recycled-so-they-re-piling-up-in-landfills

Leia, Vale a Pena: Knowledge resistance, por Mikael Klintman https://leiavaleapena.tumblr.com/post/190684364993/leia-vale-a-pena-knowledge-resistance-por

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Massive cancer genome study reveals how DNA errors drive tumor growth https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/massive-cancer-genome-study-reveals-how-dna-errors-drive-tumor-growth

The evolutionary history of 2,658 cancers https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1907-7

Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes https://www.nature.com/collections/afdejfafdb

Landmark study to transform cancer treatment https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51391151

Computers Evolve a New Path Toward Human Intelligence https://www.quantamagazine.org/computers-evolve-a-new-path-toward-human-intelligence-20191106/

Sea-level rise is accelerating along US coasts https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/climate-change/481462-sea-level-rise-is-accelerating-along-us-coasts

Global warming is speeding up Earth‘s massive ocean currents https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/global-warming-speeding-earth-s-massive-ocean-currents

Rapid Permafrost Collapse Is Underway, Disintegrating Landscapes And Our Predictions https://www.sciencealert.com/permafrost-collapse-is-speeding-climate-change-according-to-a-new-study

CEO of Creepy Face Recognition Firm Clearview AI Says He Has First Amendment Right to Billions of Photos https://gizmodo.com/ceo-of-creepy-face-recognition-firm-clearview-ai-says-h-1841461190

YouTube demands Clearview AI stop scraping its videos for facial recognition database https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/5/21124172/youtube-clearview-ai-cease-and-desist

Anti-Solar Cells Could Generate Electricity at Night https://www.universetoday.com/144898/anti-solar-cells-could-generate-electricity-at-night/

Variant of photovoltaic power could generate 24 hours a day https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/variant-on-photovoltaic-power-could-generate-24-hours-a-day/

Draft Executive Order Would Give Trump a New Target: Modern Design https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/arts/design/trump-modern-architecture.html

What the brain really thinks about forever chemicals https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-02-brain-chemicals.html

Permafrost is thawing so quickly in the Arctic it’s leaving sinkholes https://www.cbsnews.com/news/permafrost-thawing-arctic-climate-change-sinkholes/

Scientists solve structure enabling cyanobacteria to thrive in low light https://phys.org/news/2020-02-scientists-enabling-cyanobacteria.html

The world’s oceans are speeding up — another mega-scale consequence of climate change https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/02/05/worlds-oceans-are-speeding-up-another-mega-scale-consequence-climate-change/

Self-Driving Mass Transit Arrives on American Streets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-05/self-driving-mass-transit-arrives-on-american-streets

no roda e avisa: o que é muito mais inovador que um Tesla? https://rodaeavisa.com/o-que-e-muito-mais-inovador-que-um-tesla/

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PAGO POR CLIQUE
A promessa de trabalho remoto da era digital se transformou numa servidão contemporânea https://tab.uol.com.br/edicao/servidao-digital/

ESPECIAL | GUERRA DAS ÁGUAS
RIOS MORTOS
Tocantins, um rio que deixou de correr no Brasil Central: entenda este e outros conflitos pela água no País https://www.estadao.com.br/infograficos/politica,rios-mortos,1063349

How shrubs can help solve climate change https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200203-the-south-african-plant-fighting-climate-change

De quem é a história? https://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,de-quem-e-a-historia,70003185269

Samples from famed 19th century voyage reveal ‘shocking’ effects of ocean acidification https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/plankton-shells-have-become-dangerously-thin-acidifying-oceans-are-blame

NASA’s MAVEN Explores Mars to Understand Radio Interference at Earth https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/goddard/2020/mars-layers-and-rifts

Weird clumps of air that disrupt radio signals found on Mars
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2232185-weird-clumps-of-air-that-disrupt-radio-signals-found-on-mars/#ixzz6D4u5ZZqU

The Coronavirus Is a Threat to the Global Drug Supply https://www.wired.com/story/the-coronavirus-is-a-threat-to-the-global-drug-supply/

Trump’s new trade deal is disastrous for the planet https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/04/perspectives/usmca-environment-sierra-club/index.html

New ransomware doesn’t just encrypt data. It also meddles with critical infrastructure https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/02/new-ransomware-intentionally-meddles-with-critical-infrastructure/

Anti-Semitic sculpture to remain on German church https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51380171

Gandhi’s Killer Evokes Admiration as Never Before https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/world/asia/india-gandhi-nathuram-godse.html

This Turkish Ice Cream Doesn’t Melt https://youtu.be/4p9EI6cRB0c

Breakthrough creates tough material able to stretch, heal and defend itself https://phys.org/news/2020-02-breakthrough-tough-material-defend.html

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Brain-imaging study shows ‘hot spot’ that may explain why African Americans feel greater pain https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/03/brain-imaging-study-may-explain-why-african-americans-feel-greater-pain/

Japan Races to Build New Coal-Burning Power Plants, Despite the Climate Risks https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/climate/japan-coal-fukushima.html

Researchers Link Autism To A System That Insulates Brain Wiring https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/02/03/802215344/researchers-link-autism-to-a-system-that-insulates-brain-wiring

Half of UK 10-year-olds own a smartphone https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51358192

9 reasons the Indian CEO keeps coming to the rescue https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/02/perspectives/indian-ceo-perspectives/index.html

Zoom Video stock closes up nearly 15% as coronavirus makes ‘face to face’ meetings less attractive https://www.marketwatch.com/story/zoom-video-stock-jumps-more-than-10-as-coronavirus-makes-face-to-face-meetings-less-attractive-2020-02-03

Unexploded World War II bomb found in central London prompts evacuations https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/03/uk/soho-ww2-bomb-gbr-scli-intl/index.html

Australia coronavirus: Hundreds evacuated to Christmas Island https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51352145

Scientists find another threat to Greenland’s glaciers lurking beneath the ice https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/03/world/greenland-glaciers-melting-underwater/index.html

Facebook will now take down posts that spread coronavirus misinformation https://www.technologyreview.com/f/615128/facebook-will-now-take-down-posts-that-spread-coronavirus-misinformation/

Second Mexico monarch butterfly activist found dead https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51356265

Crise climática afeta agronegócio em Iowa e vira tema de prévias democratas https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,crise-climatica-afeta-agronegocio-em-iowa-e-vira-tema-de-previas-democratas,70003184157

How ads follow you around the internet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFyaW50GFOs&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=Vox

How McKinsey Destroyed the Middle Class https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/how-mckinsey-destroyed-middle-class/605878/