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China is about to launch its own digital currency. Here’s what we know so far. https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614314/china-is-about-to-launch-its-own-digital-currency-heres-what-we-know-so-far/
France and Germany have said they will oppose Facebook’s digital currency https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614321/facebook-libra-france-and-germany-say-they-will-oppose-facebooks-digital-currency/
This company wants to deal with space junk by… sending more stuff into space https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614313/this-company-wants-to-deal-with-space-junk-by-sending-up-more-space-junk/#Echobox=1568645089
The connection between video games and mass shootings isn’t just wrong—it’s racist https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614317/the-connection-between-video-games-and-mass-shootings-isnt-just-wrongits-racist/
Como britânicos usaram o humor para desafiar Hitler na Alemanha https://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2019/09/15/como-britanicos-usaram-o-humor-para-desafiar-hitler-na-alemanha.ghtml
Elon Musk: I Was Using the Other Definition of ‘Pedo Guy,’ You See https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-i-was-using-the-other-definition-of-pedo-guy-1838156856
Musk spent $50,000 digging into critic’s personal life https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/musk-paid-investigator-50000-to-substantiate-pedo-guy-claim/
Study on DNA spread by genetically modified mosquitoes prompts backlash sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/study-dna-spread-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-prompts-backlash
Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Are Breeding in Brazil, Despite Biotech Firm’s Assurances to the Contrary https://gizmodo.com/genetically-modified-mosquitoes-are-breeding-in-brazil-1838146152
AI learned to use tools after nearly 500 million games of hide and seek https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614325/open-ai-algorithms-learned-tool-use-and-cooperation-after-hide-and-seek-games/
Novosibirsk: ‘No risk’ after blast and fire at Russian lethal virus lab https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49727101
A Shadowy Industry Group Shapes Food Policy Around the World https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/health/ilsi-food-policy-india-brazil-china.html
See how an AI system classifies you based on your selfie https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2019/9/16/20869538/imagenet-roulette-ai-classifier-web-tool-object-image-recognition
How gut bacteria negatively influences blood sugar levels https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-09-gut-bacteria-negatively-blood-sugar.html