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Facebook, Twitter Execs Admit Failures, Warn of ‘Overwhelming’ Threat to Elections https://gizmodo.com/facebook-twitter-execs-admit-failures-warn-of-overwhe-1828829221
Can you turn CO2 on Mars into sugar? NASA will give $1 million to the person who can. https://bigthink.com/brandon-weber/think-you-can-turn-co2-on-mars-into-sugar-nasa-will-offer-1-million
Researchers to Release Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes in Africa for First Time https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/researchers-to-release-genetically-engineered-mosquitoes-in-africa-for-first-time/
More people are taking Facebook breaks and deleting the app from their phones https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/5/17822736/facebook-break-delete-app
Google Turns 20: How An Internet Search Engine Reshaped The World https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/5/17823490/google-20th-birthday-anniversary-history-milestones
The ‘deep web’ may be 500 times bigger than the normal web. Its uses go well beyond buying drugs https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/beyond-the-valley-understanding-the-mysteries-of-the-dark-web.html
Google launches new search engine to help scientists find the datasets they need https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/5/17822562/google-dataset-search-service-scholar-scientific-journal-open-data-access
Genes are key to academic success, study shows https://phys.org/news/2018-09-genes-key-academic-success.html
Facebook, Twitter ‘too slow’ to tackle meddling https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45420175
Theranos is finally shutting down https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/5/17822680/theranos-shutdown-elizabeth-holmes-blood-test-health-science