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Why Facebook is right not to take down the doctored Pelosi video https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613592/facebook-pelosi-video-misinformation-censorship-free-speech/

Would you recognise yourself from your data? https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48434175

WHO Redefines Burnout As A ‘Syndrome’ Linked To Chronic Stress At Work https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/28/727637944/who-redefines-burnout-as-a-syndrome-linked-to-chronic-stress-at-work

North Face tried to scam Wikipedia to get its products to the top of Google search https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/29/18644158/north-face-wikipedia-hack-leo-burnett-top-imagens

Apple’s latest defense of the App Store just shows how hard it is to compete with Apple https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/29/18644045/apple-defends-app-store-policies-antitrust-eu-spotify

Elizabeth Warren puts a giant tech breakup billboard in San Francisco’s face https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/29/18644590/elizabeth-warren-break-up-big-tech-billboard-amazon-facebook-apple-google

17 things Albert Einstein really did say https://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/inspiring-quotes-albert-einstein-really-did-say

A 50-million-year-old fossil captures a swimming school of fish https://www.sciencenews.org/article/50-million-year-old-fossil-captures-swimming-school-fish

Fósseis de aves com dentes da época dos dinossauros são achados no interior de SP https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,fosseis-de-aves-com-dentes-da-epoca-dos-dinossauros-sao-achados-no-interior-de-sp,70002849210

Uber To Start Banning Passengers With Low Ratings https://www.npr.org/2019/05/29/728005817/uber-to-start-banning-passengers-with-low-ratings

Is the fight against ocean plastic distracting us from bigger, deadlier problems? https://www.fastcompany.com/90310600/is-the-fight-against-ocean-plastic-distracting-us-from-bigger-deadlier-problems

Are we becoming too stupid to govern ourselves? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/are-we-becoming-too-stupid-to-govern-ourselves/2019/05/29/2a17a4f6-8233-11e9-95a9-e2c830afe24f_story.html?utm_term=.36dd74679d52

Your Kids Think You’re Addicted to Your Phone https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/technology/cell-phone-usage.html

Pantry ingredients can help grow carbon nanotubes http://news.mit.edu/2019/ingredients-grow-carbon-nanotubes-0529

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Facebook’s Dystopian Definition of ‘Fake’ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/05/why-pelosi-video-isnt-fake-facebook/590335/

Here’s How Scarily Accurate NASA’s Long-Term Climate Predictions Have Been So Far https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-s-long-term-climate-predictions-are-accurate-to-within-1-20th-of-a-degree

One lucky destroyer crew will officially be the first to rock the Navy’s newest laser weapon https://taskandpurpose.com/uss-preble-laser-weapon-system

‘I was a North Macedonian fake news writer’ http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190528-i-was-a-macedonian-fake-news-writer

SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are clearly visible in the sky—and astronomers aren’t happy https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613591/spacexs-starlink-satellites-are-clearly-visible-in-the-skyand-astronomers-arent-happy/

When algorithms mess up, the nearest human gets the blame https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613578/ai-algorithms-liability-human-blame/

Why you shouldn’t trust your food cravings http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190524-food-cravings-are-they-a-sign-of-nutritional-deficit

Uber Braces for $1 Billion Loss in First Quarter as a Public Company https://www.ccn.com/uber-lose-1-billion-first-quarter

Amnesty loses five bosses after report on ‘toxic workplace’ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48431652

Johnson & Johnson faces trial over opioid crisis in Oklahoma https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48437082

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What genetic tests from 23andMe, Veritas and Genos really told me about my health https://www.sciencenews.org/article/review-genetic-tests-23andme-veritas-genos-health-comparison

Water-based batteries enable a green energy future https://physicsworld.com/a/water-based-batteries-enable-a-green-energy-future/

Google revives controversial cold-fusion experiments https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01683-9

The World Economic Forum wants to develop global rules for AI https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613589/the-world-economic-forum-wants-to-develop-global-rules-for-ai/

Something’s Hiding in Our Outer Solar System, But It Might Not Be Planet Nine https://www.sciencealert.com/something-s-hiding-in-our-outer-solar-system-but-it-might-not-be-planet-nine

Brasil quer ampliar em 58% sua área marítima https://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,brasil-quer-ampliar-em-58-sua-area-maritima,70002844787

What Superbug Hunters Know That We Don’t https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/opinion/hospitals-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-superbugs.html

Why the world’s biggest CO2-sucking plant would be used to … err, dig up more oil? https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613579/why-the-worlds-biggest-cosub2-sub-sucking-plant-would-be-used-to-err-dig-up-more-oil/

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Brasileira ganha 1º lugar em feira de ciências e terá asteroide com seu nome https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,brasileira-ganha-1-lugar-em-feira-de-ciencias-e-tera-asteroide-com-seu-nome,70002841590

Os ‘baixos’ que estão em alta em São Paulo: Pinheiros, Augusta e Mooca https://brasil.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,bairros-de-sp-adotam-conceito-de-baixo-para-atrair-publico,70002843665

Watch Bauhaus World, a Free Documentary That Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Germany’s Legendary Art, Architecture & Design School http://www.openculture.com/2019/02/bauhaus-world.html

‘Quero ser uma voz para os alunos brasileiros’, diz premiada em feira de ciências https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,quero-ser-uma-voz-para-os-alunos-brasileiros-diz-premiada-em-feira-de-ciencias,70002842943

O documento que mudou o mundo https://economia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,o-documento-que-mudou-o-mundo,70002842872

SCIENCE
The eclipse that proved Einstein right and changed our understanding of the universe https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/eclipse-proved-einstein-right-changed-our-understanding-universe-ncna1010151

Há 100 anos, Sobral pôs Einstein na história https://ciencia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,ha-100-anos-sobral-pos-einstein-na-historia,70002843589

‘Fonte da Juventude’ pode estar mais perto do que se imagina https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/nytiw,fonte-da-juventude-pode-estar-mais-perto-do-que-se-imagina,70002836547

Amazon shareholders reject proposal to limit sales of AWS face recognition software https://www.techspot.com/news/80232-amazon-shareholders-reject-proposal-limit-sales-aws-face.html

Mundo rico vive boom do emprego https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,mundo-rico-vive-boom-do-emprego,70002844689

These are the world’s healthiest nations https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/02/these-are-the-world-s-healthiest-nations/

Why Your Brain Hates Other People http://nautil.us/issue/49/the-absurd/why-your-brain-hates-other-people

German Jews warned not to wear kippas after rise in anti-Semitism https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48411735

Earth’s methane emissions are rising and we don’t know why https://www.newscientist.com/article/2204466-earths-methane-emissions-are-rising-and-we-dont-know-why/