Facebook and Twitter are cracking down on Chinese propaganda accounts https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614192/facebook-and-twitter-are-cracking-down-on-chinese-propaganda-accounts/ What if aging weren’t inevitable, but a curable disease? https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614080/what-if-aging-werent-inevitable-but-a-curable-disease/ Why we lie about being retired https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48882195 Scientists extract hydrogen gas from oil and bitumen, giving potential pollution-free energy https://phys.org/news/2019-08-scientists-hydrogen-gas-oil-bitumen.html China Attacks Hong Kong Protesters With Fake Social Posts https://www.wired.com/story/china-twitter-facebook-hong-kong-protests-disinformation/ Bees Are Dropping Dead […]

A 400-year-old Japanese temple just introduced a robotic priest https://mashable.com/video/japan-robot-priest/ Study finds key gut immune molecule links obesity, the microbiome, and metabolic disorders https://newatlas.com/fat-diet-immune-iga-microbiome-inflammation-obesity/61111/ The quantum revolution is coming, and Chinese scientists are at the forefront https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/18/quantum-revolution-is-coming-chinese-scientists-are-forefront/ YouTube x professor https://educacao.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,you-tube-x-professor,70002972077 Three Years Later, the French Solar Road Is a Total Flop https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a28720252/french-solar-road-failure/ How Flat […]

Most Metabolism Boosters Are BS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEgfikSzFfQ Satellites show Brazil’s deforestation has only gotten worse since Bolsonaro took office https://qz.com/1685037/brazils-bolsonaro-cant-hide-amazon-deforestation-from-satellites/ Young Jupiter was smacked head-on by massive newborn planet https://phys.org/news/2019-08-young-jupiter-smacked-head-on-massive.html New Data Breach Has Exposed Millions Of Fingerprint And Facial Recognition Records: Report https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/08/14/new-data-breach-has-exposed-millions-of-fingerprint-and-facial-recognition-records-report/#7ae3f2f346c6 Biostar security software ‘leaked a million fingerprints’ https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49343774 Plastic particles falling out […]

Deepmind’s Losses And The Future Of Artificial Intelligence https://www.wired.com/story/deepminds-losses-future-artificial-intelligence/ NYC has hired hackers to hit back at stalkerware https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614168/nyc-hires-hackers-to-hit-back-at-stalkerware/ A teen video app is the latest battlefield in the Kashmir conflict https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614147/a-teen-video-app-is-the-latest-battlefield-in-the-kashmir-conflict-tiktok-article-370/ Climate change or just crazy weather? How improving tools make it easier to tell. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614162/heat-waves-climate-change-extreme-weather-attribution-hurricanes-droughts-climate-model/ Discrepancy in scientific authority and media visibility of […]

Colombia fines Uber more than $629,000 for obstructing regulatory visit https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-colombia-idUSKCN1V21RO Our Cells Are Filled With ‘Junk DNA’ — Here’s Why We Need It http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/08/13/what-is-junk-dna-genome-introns/#.XVPpx-hKiUk Nvidia breaks records in training and inference for real-time conversational AI https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/13/nvidia-breaks-records-in-training-and-inference-for-real-time-conversational-ai/ Nvidia just made it easier to build smarter chatbots and slicker fake news https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614143/nvidia-just-made-it-easier-to-build-smarter-chatbots-and-slicker-fake-news/ Google’s algorithm for detecting […]

Pompeii archaeologists uncover ‘sorcerer’s treasure trove’ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49325627 10 Amazing Archaeological Finds Discovered In Pompeii https://listverse.com/2019/08/12/10-amazing-archaeological-finds-discovered-in-pompeii/ 100 anos do fascismo: ‘O perigo atual é que democracia vire repressão com apoio popular’, diz historiador https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/internacional-47686939 Uber falls to all-time low as investors grow more skeptical https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/12/uber-stock-falls-to-all-time-low-as-investors-grow-more-skeptical.html We Wanted to Know How Online Radicalization Was Changing the World. […]

Have we found the true cause of diabetes, stroke and Alzheimer’s? Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332420-900-have-we-found-the-true-cause-of-diabetes-stroke-and-alzheimers/#ixzz5wNlwBr9z How medieval monks are revealing our universe’s secrets https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/how-medieval-monks-are-revealing-our-universes-sec/p07jljv5?playlist=universal-wonders Study: Most YouTube videos on climate change deny its existence https://thenextweb.com/syndication/2019/08/10/study-most-youtube-videos-on-climate-change-deny-its-existence/ Hackers Can Turn Everyday Speakers Into Acoustic Cyberweapons https://www.wired.com/story/acoustic-cyberweapons-defcon/ Why smartphones are no longer driving the search for ‘blue gold’ https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49265455 […]

EDGE Morphogenesis for the Design of Design https://www.edge.org/conversation/neil_gershenfeld-morphogenesis-for-the-design-of-design Uber Sets $5.2 Billion on Fire In Biggest Loss Ever https://gizmodo.com/uber-sets-5-2-billion-on-fire-in-biggest-loss-ever-1837078210 Jupiter just got slammed by something so big we saw it from Earth https://www.cnet.com/news/jupiter-just-got-slammed-by-something-so-big-we-saw-it-from-earth/ How phishing attacks trick our brains https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614095/how-phishing-attacks-trick-our-brains/ An attempted heist at Coinbase was scary good, even though it failed https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614094/an-attempted-heist-at-coinbase-was-scary-good-even-though-it-failed/ Giving up […]

Jaron Lanier’s Top 10 List for Quitting Social Media https://medium.com/the-straight-dope/jaron-laniers-top-10-list-for-quitting-social-media-fce319ab44f4 How Climate Change Is Becoming a Deadly Part of White Nationalism https://earther.gizmodo.com/how-climate-change-is-becoming-a-deadly-part-of-white-n-1837010929 Climate Change Threatens the World’s Food Supply, United Nations Warns https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/climate/climate-change-food-supply.html Change food production and stop abusing land, major climate report warns https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/08/world/ipcc-report-land-climate-crisis-sci-intl/index.html Cashless Stores Alienate Customers In The Name Of Efficiency https://www.wired.com/story/cashless-retail-excludes-customers-in-the-name-of-efficiency/ […]

Revealed: The Secret Scripts Amazon Give to Cops to Promote Ring Surveillance Cameras https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wjwea4/revealed-the-secret-scripts-amazon-give-to-cops-to-promote-ring-surveillance-cameras Amazon is reportedly teaching police how to get Ring footage without a warrant (updated) https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/06/ring-coaching-police-footage/ What crows can teach us about getting ahead https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/what-crows-can-teach-us-about-getting-ahead/p07j3ybg?playlist=naturally-clever A new way to block unwanted genetic transfer http://news.mit.edu/2019/new-way-to-block-unwanted-genetic-transfer-0805 Why smartphones’ “cop mode” might not keep cops […]