Apple changes Crimea map to meet Russian demands https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50573069

Website Calls for Investigation of Ring, Gets Blocked by Facebook https://gizmodo.com/website-calls-for-investigation-of-amazons-ring-gets-b-1840055487

Investigate Amazon https://www.investigateamazon.com/

This microbe no longer needs to eat food to grow, thanks to a bit of genetic engineering https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11/microbe-no-longer-needs-eat-food-grow-thanks-bit-genetic-engineering

E. coli bacteria engineered to eat carbon dioxide https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03679-x

A Mathematician Who Decodes the Patterns Stamped Out by Life https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-mathematician-who-decodes-the-patterns-stamped-out-by-life-20171220/

Former Go champion beaten by DeepMind retires after declaring AI invincible https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/27/20985260/ai-go-alphago-lee-se-dol-retired-deepmind-defeat

A private equity firm is buying all of the .org domains. Here’s what that means https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/27/tech/org-domain-sale/index.html

Meet the Test-Tube Turkey That Costs $34,000 https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602898/meet-the-test-tube-turkey-that-costs-34000/

A falling rocket booster just completely flattened a building in China https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614769/a-falling-rocket-booster-just-completely-flattened-a-building-in-china/

No Music for ICE https://www.nomusicforice.com/

Artificial eyes: How robots will see in the future https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50151545

Parlametria – Inteligência de dados para ação cidadã https://parlametria.org/home

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Google Employees Protest to Fight for the ‘Future of Tech’ https://www.wired.com/story/google-employees-protest-retaliation/

Sensational film footage! Berlin after the apocalypse in color and HD – Berlin In July 1945 (HD 1080p) https://vimeo.com/126267047

Once hidden cellular structures emerge in fight against viruses https://phys.org/news/2019-11-hidden-cellular-emerge-viruses.html

A Fifth Fundamental Force Could Really Exist, But We Haven’t Found It Yet https://www.universetoday.com/144173/a-fifth-fundamental-force-could-really-exist-but-we-havent-found-it-yet/

This Is Why The ‘X17’ Particle And A New, Fifth Force Probably Don’t Exist https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/11/26/this-is-why-the-x17-particle-and-a-new-fifth-force-probably-dont-exist/#6454b5f82e82

Let’s Pump the Brakes on the So-Called ‘No-Brainer Nobel Prize’ https://gizmodo.com/lets-pump-the-breaks-on-the-so-called-no-brainer-nobel-1840031001

Facebook Just Gave 1.3 Billion Messenger Users A Reason To Delete Their Accounts https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/08/14/did-facebook-just-give-13-billion-users-a-reason-to-delete-their-account/#2275e4991662

We may be closer than we thought to Earth’s dangerous tipping points https://www.newscientist.com/article/2224552-we-may-be-closer-than-we-thought-to-earths-dangerous-tipping-points/

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2224552-we-may-be-closer-than-we-thought-to-earths-dangerous-tipping-points/#ixzz66TVit85m

1 year later, mystery surrounds China’s gene-edited babies https://apnews.com/86e4e98f7db64d0a9448e621a298ca58

Billionaire Buys ‘Climate Change’ on Google https://earther.gizmodo.com/billionaire-buys-climate-change-on-google-1840051709

Entenda os impactos do aquecimento global se a temperatura subir até 1,5°C ou mais de 2°C https://g1.globo.com/natureza/noticia/2019/11/26/entenda-os-impactos-do-aquecimento-global-se-a-temperatura-subir-ate-15c-ou-mais-de-2c.ghtml

In bleak report, U.N. says drastic action is only way to avoid worst effects of climate change https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/11/26/bleak-report-un-says-drastic-action-is-only-way-avoid-worst-impacts-climate-change/

Why the electric-car revolution may take a lot longer than expected https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614728/why-the-electric-car-revolution-may-take-a-lot-longer-than-expected/

98.6 Degrees Is a Normal Body Temperature, Right? Not Quite https://www.wired.com/story/98-degrees-is-a-normal-body-temperature-right-not-quite/

Global 5G deal poses significant threat to weather forecast accuracy, experts warn https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/11/22/global-g-deal-poses-significant-threat-weather-forecast-accuracy-experts-warn/

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There’s a Violent Battle Between Solar Wind and Cosmic Rays, and Voyager 2 Just Passed Through it https://www.livescience.com/voyager-2-detects-heliopause-plasma-shield.html

First Measurements of a Blue Whale’s Heart Rate Is a Glimpse Into the Biology of Extremes https://gizmodo.com/first-measurements-of-a-blue-whale-s-heart-rate-is-a-gl-1840032773

The developing world has hit the brakes on clean energy https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614750/the-developing-world-has-hit-the-brakes-on-clean-energy/

A leaked excerpt of TikTok moderation rules shows how political content gets buried https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614758/tiktok-content-moderation-politics-protest-netzpolitik/

Can Earth’s gravity really be affected by changes in the seasons? https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614741/can-earths-gravity-really-be-affected-by-changes-in-the-seasons/

The Coal Industry Was Well Aware of Climate Change Predictions Over 50 Years Ago https://www.sciencealert.com/coal-industry-knew-about-climate-change-in-the-60s-damning-revelations-show

Monopoly: How the Original Game Was Made to Condemn Monopolies & the Abuses of Capitalism http://www.openculture.com/2015/02/the-original-monopoly-was-made-to-condemn-monopolies.html

Why Silicon Valley Needs to Dump Unicorns for Zebras https://www.pcmag.com/news/372112/why-silicon-valley-needs-to-dump-unicorns-for-zebras

Gut Microbiome Changes Evident in Newly Diagnosed MS Patients, Study Says https://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/news-posts/2019/11/12/gut-microbiome-of-treatment-naive-ms-patients-of-different-ethnicities-early-in-disease-course/

Climate change: Greenhouse gas concentrations again break records https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50504131

Big Tech’s Big Defector https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/02/big-techs-big-defector

‘This Is Not Cool!’ – Astronomers Despair As SpaceX Starlink Train Ruins Observation Of Nearby Galaxies https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2019/11/18/this-is-not-coolastronomers-despair-as-spacex-starlink-train-ruins-observation-of-nearby-galaxies/#6430930e6538

minha experiência com um carro elétrico

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Cryptoqueen: How this woman scammed the world, then vanished https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-50435014

Data leak reveals how China ‘brainwashes’ Uighurs in prison camps https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50511063

I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/opinion/world-wide-web.html

Contract for the Web
A global plan of action to make our online world safe and empowering for everyone https://contractfortheweb.org/

Does Drinking Alcohol Literally Shrink the Brain? https://scitechdaily.com/does-drinking-alcohol-literally-shrink-the-brain/

Video game addiction is now being recognized—what happens next? https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614747/video-game-addiction-is-now-being-recognizedwhat-happens-next/

A força da TV sucata https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,a-forca-da-tv-sucata,70003101322

‘Apagão’ de mão de obra no País pode limitar crescimento https://economia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,apagao-de-mao-de-obra-no-pais-pode-limitar-crescimento,70003101312

Congo student: ‘I skip meals to buy online data’ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50516888

Can These Glasses Really Fix Color Blindness? We Put Them To The Test https://www.forbes.com/sites/sethporges/2015/04/28/can-these-glasses-really-fix-color-blindness-we-put-them-to-the-test/#79c2814d5e2b

My enchroma glasses review https://www.reddit.com/r/ColorBlind/comments/8h02be/my_enchroma_glasses_review/

Scientists debunk the effectiveness of EnChroma glasses for colorblind people https://phys.org/news/2018-10-scientists-debunk-effectiveness-enchroma-glasses.html

A ‘corrida do ouro’ na Venezuela https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,a-corrida-do-ouro-na-venezuela,70003099932

Leitura profunda e o Pisa https://educacao.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,leitura-profunda-e-o-pisa,70003100337

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NASA has found sugar in meteorites that crashed to Earth https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/21/world/nasa-sugar-meteorites-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

China could ‘turn off power’ in the Philippines, senate hears https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50498720

How climate change could kill the red apple https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191119-how-climate-change-could-kill-the-red-apple

The Plight of the Urban Planner https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-plight-of-the-urban-planner

Amazon Faces Heat From Senators Over Ring Doorbell Security Practices https://gizmodo.com/amazon-faces-heat-from-senators-over-ring-doorbell-secu-1839965117

Police can keep Ring camera video forever and share with whomever they’d like, Amazon tells senator https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/11/19/police-can-keep-ring-camera-video-forever-share-with-whomever-theyd-like-company-tells-senator/

O urbanismo se paga? https://caosplanejado.com/o-urbanismo-se-paga/

Iran has shut off internet access for its citizens amid fuel price protests https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614726/iran-has-shut-off-internet-access-for-its-citizens-amid-fuel-price-protests/

The ‘X17’ particle: Scientists may have discovered the fifth force of nature https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/fifth-force-nature

Russia bans sale of gadgets without Russian-made software https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50507849

A Former Fox News Executive Divides Americans Using Russian Tactics https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/technology/LaCorte-edition-news.html

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