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Can a River Model Save Eroding Mississippi Delta?
Thousands of years of sediment carried by the Mississippi River created 25,000 square kilometers of land, marsh and wetlands along Louisiana’s coast. But engineering projects stopped the flow of sediment …
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A new approach for detecting food poisoning is being used to investigate the recent outbreak of E.coli bacteria in romaine lettuce grown in the U.S. state of Arizona. The tainted …
your ads here!EU Piles Pressure on Social Media Over Fake News
Tech giants such as Facebook and Google must step up efforts to tackle the spread of fake news online in the next few months or potentially face further EU regulation, …
your ads here!Facebook’s Rise in Profits, Users Shows Resilience
Facebook Inc. shares rose Wednesday after the social network reported a surprisingly strong 63 percent rise in profit and an increase in users, with no sign that business was hurt …
your ads here!YouTube Overhauls Kids’ App
YouTube is overhauling its kid-focused video app to give parents the option of letting humans, not computer algorithms, select what shows their children can watch. The updates that begin rolling …
your ads here!Will Robot Baristas Replace Traditional Cafes?
There has been a long tradition of making and drinking coffee across cultures and continents. Now, a tech company in Austin is adding to this tradition by creating robot baristas …
your ads here!Beijing Auto Show Highlights E-cars Designed for China
Volkswagen and Nissan have unveiled electric cars designed for China at a Beijing auto show that highlights the growing importance of Chinese buyers for a technology seen as a key …
your ads here!Flying Taxi Start-Up Hires Designer Behind Modern Mini, Fiat 500
Lilium, a German start-up with Silicon Valley-scale ambitions to put electric “flying taxis” in the air next decade, has hired Frank Stephenson, the designer behind iconic car brands including the …
your ads here!Facebook Rules at a Glance: What’s Banned, Exactly?
Facebook has revealed for the first time just what, exactly, is banned on its service in a new Community Standards document released on Tuesday. It’s an updated version of the …
your ads here!Cambridge Analytica Fights Back on Data Scandal
Cambridge Analytica unleashed its counterattack against claims that it misused data from millions of Facebook accounts, saying Tuesday it is the victim of misunderstandings and inaccurate reporting that portrays the …
your ads here!WhatsApp Raises EU Minimum Age Ahead of New Data Privacy Law
WhatsApp, the popular messaging service owned by Facebook Inc, is raising its minimum age from 13 to 16 in Europe to help it comply with new data privacy rules coming …
your ads here!To Beat Porch Thieves, Amazon Slips Packages in Car Trunks
Not content to stop at slipping packages inside customers’ front doors, Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday started a new program to deliver packages to its members’ parked cars. The world’s largest …
your ads here!Facebook Says It is Taking Down More Material About ISIS, al-Qaida
Facebook said on Monday that it removed or put a warning label on 1.9 million pieces of extremist content related to ISIS or al-Qaida in the first three months of …
your ads here!Technology is Latest Trend Reshaping Fashion
Technology is permeating and changing almost every industry, including fashion. From how clothes are made and purchased to your relationship with what you wear, computing power is reshaping fashion as …
your ads here!App Helps Traveling Muslims Find a Mosque
Muslims who are traveling and looking for a place to pray can now turn to their smart phones for help. A mobile app, called Islamic GPS, helps users find mosques around …
your ads here!Russia Considers Banning Facebook After Blocking Telegram
Russia says it may block Facebook if the social media company does not put its Russian user database on servers in Russian territory. The warning Wednesday by the head of …
your ads here!Plastic: If It’s Not Keeping Food Fresh, Why Use It?
The food industry uses plastic to wrap its products in many places around the world. Plastic manufacturers say that keeps produce and meat fresh longer, so less goes bad and …
your ads here!Scientists Coax Plastic-Munching Enzyme to Eat Faster
Recently, the world was stunned to learn that an island of mostly plastic trash, floating in the Pacific Ocean, grew to the size of France, Germany and Spain combined. Because …
your ads here!Zuckerberg Under Pressure to Face EU Lawmakers Over Data Scandal
Facebook Inc’s Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg came under pressure from EU lawmakers on Wednesday to come to Europe and shed light on the data breach involving Cambridge Analytica that affected …
your ads here!Iran Bans Government Bodies from Using Foreign Message Apps
Iran’s presidency has banned all government bodies from using foreign-based messaging apps to communicate with citizens, state media reported Wednesday, after economic protests organized through such apps shook the country …
your ads here!Russia Admits to Blocking Millions of IP Addresses
The chief of the Russian communications watchdog acknowledged Wednesday that millions of unrelated IP addresses have been frozen in a so-far futile attempt to block a popular messaging app. Telegram, …
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