Facebook users in Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines, were especially exposed to recent data privacy breaches due to high user numbers and the popularity of an app at the core …
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New Way of Defining Alzheimer’s Aims to Find Disease Sooner
Government and other scientists are proposing a new way to define Alzheimer’s disease basing it on biological signs, such as brain changes, rather than memory loss and other symptoms of …
your ads here!Apple Co-Founder Closing Facebook Account in Privacy Crisis
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is shutting down his Facebook account as the social media giant struggles to cope with the worst privacy crisis in its history. In an email to …
your ads here!US Designers Use Repurposed Materials in High-End Interior Decor
Landfills around the world are getting overloaded with waste, much of it hazardous and slow to decompose. As it becomes increasingly difficult to find new places for discarded unwanted items, …
your ads here!The Selfie Museum Opened Its Doors To The Public In Los Angeles
Across the globe—“the selfie” has become a social media phenomenon. While it’s considered bad manners in some places, there’s a venue in Los Angeles where it is welcomed at all …
your ads here!The First 3D-Printed Building Goes Up in Denmark
In the span of only a few years, printing of tri-dimensional objects has gone from toys to buildings, and 3D printers can now print with any material – from plastic …
your ads here!Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Faces Tough Questions on Capitol Hill
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faces tough questions on Capitol Hill this week following revelations that the Trump-affiliated political firm Cambridge Analytica accessed the data of as many as 87 million …
your ads here!China’s Xi Pledges to Cut Auto Tariffs, Press Ahead With Reforms
China’s President Xi Jinping did not mention U.S. President Donald Trump by name or speak directly about rising trade frictions with Washington during a closely watched speech at the Boao …
your ads here!Busy Bees Turn Afghan Schoolgirl Into an Entrepreneur
In war-torn Afghanistan, honey is regarded as a traditional cure-all but for one schoolgirl, the sticky commodity has also created sweet opportunities to work and own a business in a …
your ads here!Iran Unifies Official and Open Market Exchange Rates as Rial Hit New Low
Iran unified the country’s official and open market exchange rates, state media said, after its currency, the rial, plunged to an all-time low on Monday on concerns over a return …
your ads here!Jaw Fossil From English Beach Belongs to Monstrous Marine Reptile
A jawbone fossil found on a rocky English beach belongs to one of the biggest marine animals on record, a type of seagoing reptile called an ichthyosaur that scientists estimated …
your ads here!Fossil Human Finger from Saudi Desert is 90,000 Years Old
A fossil finger bone dating back about 90,000 years that was unearthed in Saudi Arabia’s Nefud Desert is pointing to what scientists are calling a new understanding of how our …
your ads here!New Projects in Brazil’s Amazon? Not Without Congressional Approval, says Court
Brazil’s government has been told that development projects, including hydropower dams, in protected areas can no longer go ahead without the prior approval of lawmakers. Last week’s ruling by the …
your ads here!Apple: All Its Facilities Now Powered by Clean Energy
Apple on Monday said it had achieved its goal of powering all of the company’s facilities with renewable energy, a milestone that includes all of its data centers, offices and …
your ads here!After Vegas, Jason Aldean Carries Weight of the Tragedy
Last October, Jason Aldean was in a Las Vegas hospital visiting some of the victims injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival a week earlier. On that …
your ads here!Pakistan Launches Countrywide Polio Eradication Drive
Pakistan launched a nationwide polio vaccination drive this week to try to reach 38.7 million children and eradicate the paralyzing and potentially deadly virus in one of the last countries …
your ads here!Child Advocates Ask FTC to Investigate YouTube
The fine print of YouTube’s terms of service has a warning that goes unheeded by millions of children who visit YouTube to watch cartoons, nursery rhymes, science experiments or videos …
your ads here!Topless Protester Gets Close to Bill Cosby as Retrial Begins
A topless protester with “Women’s Lives Matter” written on her body jumped a barricade and got within a few feet of Bill Cosby on Monday as the comedian walked into …
your ads here!Trump Family Hotel Business Asked Panama President for Help
Lawyers representing U.S. President Donald Trump’s family hotel business appealed to Panama’s president for help days before an emergency arbitrator declined to reinstate the Trump management team to a luxury …
your ads here!Rice Breeders Report ‘Eye-Popping’ Productivity Gains
The grain that feeds half the world may have taken a big leap forward. Scientists report the biggest improvements in rice productivity in decades. If the results hold up in …
your ads here!87M Facebook Users Will Find Out Whether Their Data Was Compromised
Social media giant Facebook is starting to notify 87 million of its users whether their personal data was harvested without their knowledge by Cambridge Analytica, the Britain-based voter profiling company …
your ads here!Trump Decries ‘Stupid Trade’ with China
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday touted the United States’ “very good relationship with China” and his “good” friendship with President Xi Jinping, but again accused China of taking advantage …
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