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Meteorites From the Beginning of the Solar System May Have Carried Water Quite Recently

Meteorites From the Beginning of the Solar System May Have Carried Water Quite Recently

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Meteorites From the Beginning of the Solar System May Have Carried Water Quite Recently Meteorites that formed in the earliest days of the solar system may contain liquid water, according to new research, lending credence to the theory that meteorites brought water and other precursors for life to our planet billions of years ago.Read more... Go to Source
Google Kicks Parler Off Its App Store, And Apple May Soon Follow Suit

Google Kicks Parler Off Its App Store, And Apple May Soon Follow Suit

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Google Kicks Parler Off Its App Store, And Apple May Soon Follow Suit Parler was suspended from Google’s Play Store on Friday over its lack of content moderation, ironically the very reason the social media platform has quickly become an online gutter collecting deplatformed conservatives and far-right extremists. And a ban from Apple’s App Store may not be far behind.Read more... Go to Source
Supreme Court Asked to Consider if Fifth Amendment Protects Passwords

Supreme Court Asked to Consider if Fifth Amendment Protects Passwords

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Supreme Court Asked to Consider if Fifth Amendment Protects Passwords The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, two of the nation’s largest defenders of digital privacy, are asking the Supreme Court to stop criminal prosecutors from forcing people to unlock their own cellphones, under the argument that the U.S. Constitution’s protection against…Read more... Go to Source
West Virginia Lawmaker Livestreamed His Way Into Federal Charges

West Virginia Lawmaker Livestreamed His Way Into Federal Charges

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West Virginia Lawmaker Livestreamed His Way Into Federal Charges We can add one more name to the growing list of co-conspirators, sycophants, ladder climbers, and lawmakers who are hoping for a last-minute pardon from President Trump. An official with the Department of Justice announced on Friday that Derrick Evans, a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, will face…Read more... Go to Source
It’s Been A Year And I’m Still Thinking About The Sony Car

It’s Been A Year And I’m Still Thinking About The Sony Car

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It's Been A Year And I'm Still Thinking About The Sony Car For companies that exist to build cars, automakers sure like to parade around non-working mockups with the promise they’ll one day be drivable. How ironic is it that when Sony, a major tech company, decided to bring a car to the Consumer Electronics Show last year, it brought one that ran.Read more... Go to Source
Early Evidence Suggests Pfizer Vaccine Works Against New Coronavirus Variant

Early Evidence Suggests Pfizer Vaccine Works Against New Coronavirus Variant

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Early Evidence Suggests Pfizer Vaccine Works Against New Coronavirus Variant Scientists are hard at work testing out whether mutations found in new variants of the coronavirus could bypass the immunity offered by currently developed vaccines. The first results from this work are encouraging: They suggest that the Pfizer vaccine is still effective against one important mutation found in these…Read more... Go to Source
Senator Says Computer Stolen From Capitol Office During Coup Attempt by Trump Loyalists

Senator Says Computer Stolen From Capitol Office During Coup Attempt by Trump Loyalists

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Senator Says Computer Stolen From Capitol Office During Coup Attempt by Trump Loyalists A laptop computer belonging to the office of U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley from Oregon was one of several electronic devices stolen by Trump loyalists during a failed coup attempt on Wednesday, according to a new report from Politico. The news comes as the Department of Justice tries to make an assessment of the property…Read more... Go to Source
FCC Chairman Quietly Abandoned Attempt to ‘Clarify’ Section 230

FCC Chairman Quietly Abandoned Attempt to ‘Clarify’ Section 230

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FCC Chairman Quietly Abandoned Attempt to 'Clarify' Section 230 Approximately 5 million years ago back in October, Federal Communications Chairman Ajit Pai vowed to “move forward with a rulemaking” to “clarify” Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a key legal shield that protects online platforms from liability for certain types of content posted by users. However,…Read more... Go to Source
Tapjoy Settles With FTC After Years of Cheating Mobile Gamers

Tapjoy Settles With FTC After Years of Cheating Mobile Gamers

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Tapjoy Settles With FTC After Years of Cheating Mobile Gamers The Federal Trade Commission announced on Thursday that it has finally reached a settlement with Tapjoy, a California-based adtech company that’s alleged to have defrauded consumers consumers out of the in-app rewards that they were promised. Per the FTC, Tapjoy’s scam had allegedly gone on for “several years,”…Read more... Go to Source
Thanks For the Evidence, You Seditious Dweebs

Thanks For the Evidence, You Seditious Dweebs

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Thanks For the Evidence, You Seditious Dweebs Yesterday, a nauseated and tired public witnessed a clear, on-the-ground, real-time feed of Trump supporters committing countless potential felonies and misdemeanors. They saw it not through security footage or journalists’ reports but mostly from the culprits themselves, who gleefully livestreamed and tweeted from…Read more... Go to Source
Researchers Take Another Look at Platypus DNA, and Yup, Still Weird

Researchers Take Another Look at Platypus DNA, and Yup, Still Weird

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Researchers Take Another Look at Platypus DNA, and Yup, Still Weird Waddling, wriggling, ambling, digging, laying eggs. There’s no shortage of verbiage when it comes to describing monotremata—the taxonomic order made up of only two animals, the platypus and the echidna. Rattling off the numerous weird traits of these creatures is trope in news coverage—and it’s near impossible to…Read more... Go to Source
Striking 3D Satellite Images Show Shattered Iceberg A68a, Which Still Threatens a Sensitive Island

Striking 3D Satellite Images Show Shattered Iceberg A68a, Which Still Threatens a Sensitive Island

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Striking 3D Satellite Images Show Shattered Iceberg A68a, Which Still Threatens a Sensitive Island A68a, the world’s most famous iceberg, is still hanging out near South Georgia island, along with its recent offspring. Here’s what we know about these gigantic chunks of ice and how the situation might develop from here as ocean currents swirl the ‘bergs.Read more... Go to Source
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