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Facebook

Facebook Testing Implications of Privacy-Invading Tech By Invading People’s Privacy
Project Aria will send scores of Facebook workers into the world to record everything around them.
Edward Ongweso Jr
9.18.20
Tech

The Illegal Gold in Your Phone Is Slowly Poisoning the Amazon
On its way from mine to market, illegally-extracted gold is trafficked from Venezuela through Guyana and is bypassing U.S sanctions.
Wes Michael Tomaselli
9.18.20
News

US Billionaire Allowed to Skip Quarantine Because of a Border Mistake: Minister
A U.S. billionaire, who is one of the top donors to the republican party, was allowed to enter Canada and skip the two week mandatory quarantine because of a border agency mistake, officials say.
Mack Lamoureux
9.18.20
Yemen

Gulf Countries Have Not Paid the Aid Money They Pledged to Yemen
Two UN officials have called out Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait for not delivering on their promises.
Mohammed Rasool
9.18.20
israel

Israel Is Going into a Second Lockdown as Infection Rates Soar
They will be the first developed country to go into a second lockdown.
Tim Hume
9.18.20
TikTok

Trump Protects TikTok Users' Security By Cutting Them Off From Security Updates
Any TikTok vulnerabilities patched by ByteDance will continue to persist for Americans and Americans only under Trump's new TikTok ban.
Jason Koebler
9.18.20
wildfires

Can You Put Out a Wildfire With a Laser Weapon?
He helped the military shoot down missiles with lasers. Now he wants to turn high power lasers on a different target—wildfires.
Olivia Koski
9.18.20
2020 election

Mail-In Ballots From Black Voters in North Carolina Are Rejected Way More Than White Voters'
Meanwhile, the president is spreading misinformation about vote-by-mail in the state, calling it a "rigged election in waiting."
Paul Blest
9.18.20
TikTok

Trump Is Banning Downloads of WeChat and TikTok Starting Sunday
They say they made the decision to “combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data.”
David Gilbert
9.18.20
Syria

Kurdish Women Are Working the Land to Achieve Financial Independence
Women have come together to help each other find work.
Rachel Hagan
9.18.20
Politics

It's Impossible for You to Know Which Apps Sell Your Location Data to Trump
The Trump campaign paid $4 million to a data broker called Phunware, which collects your sensitive data from dozens of apps.
Jason Koebler
Joseph Cox
9.18.20
tech-science

Scientists Hunt for the Source of the Universe’s ‘Missing Gold’
Heavy elements like gold are created by the deaths, explosions, and collisions of stars. A new study breaks down these diverse origins.
Becky Ferreira
9.18.20
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