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Category Archives: News and politics
Lab-grown meat approved for sale for 1st time
Posted in News and politics, Sustainability
Tagged approved, lab grown, meat, protein, substitute, sustainable
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UK Supreme Court enables $18.5 billion class action against Mastercard | Article| Reuters
Posted in international, justice, law, News and politics
Tagged class action, compensation, fees, lawsuit, Mastercard, overcharging, UK
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Online abuse prompts firm to pull out of federal government’s gun buyback program
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-online-threats-prompt-firm-to-pull-out-of-federal-governments-gun-buy/#c-image-0 Gun owners hold signs criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as they participate in a rally organized by the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights against the government’s new gun regulations, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Sept. 12, 2020. JUSTIN … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, News and politics
Tagged assault weapons, buyback, Canada, firearms, guns, online abuse, protest
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The US Government Says Facebook Needs To Sell Instagram And WhatsApp
Posted in Computers and Internet, international, News and politics, social media
Tagged anti-trust, competition, Facebook, government, instagram, lawsuit, split-up, US, WhatsApp
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Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow denied bail after landmark sentencing
Posted in democracy, international, News and politics
Tagged activist, Agnes Chow, bail, China, democracy, denied, hong kong, no charges, opposition, pro democracy, sentencing
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Project Zero: An iOS zero-click radio proximity exploit odyssey
Dec 1 2020 A WiFi radio proximity vulnerability in Apple iOS when exploited allows running arbitrary code on any nearby iOS device and stealing all the photos and user data. iOS update 13.5 released in May 2020 fixes it. https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2020/12/an-ios-zero-click-radio-proximity.html … Continue reading
Posted in Computers and Internet, News and politics, security
Tagged Apple, breach, data, exploit, Ian Beer, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Personal, photos, private, Project Zero, radio proximity, remote, security, theft, vulnerability, Wi-Fi, wifi
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Reversal of biological clock restores vision in old mice
https://media.nature.com/lw800/magazine-assets/d41586-020-03403-0/d41586-020-03403-0_18648900.jpg Mice with retinal-nerve damage can have their vision restored through cell reprogramming.Credit: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg/Getty Credit: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg/Getty https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03403-0?error=cookies_not_supported&code=46d18ad5-f886-4356-b3c4-47a3ec4bdcb3
Posted in medical, News and politics, Science & Technology
Tagged biological clock, cell, damage, eyes, eyesight, Mice, reprogramming, restored, retinal-nerve, vision
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AI Solves 50-Year-Old Biology ‘Grand Challenge’ Decades Before Experts Predicted
(DeepMind/YouTube) https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-solves-50-year-old-biology-grand-challenge-decades-before-experts-predicted
Posted in Computers and Internet, international, News and politics, Science & Technology
Tagged ai, AI engine, AlphaFold, artificial inteligence, behaviour, biology, casp, challenge, computer, deepmind, human, incredibly complex, modeling, problem, protein folding, proteins, scientific, solved, structure, UK
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The no-knock entry: Why are some Canadian police behaving like Americans?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-the-no-knock-entry-why-are-some-canadian-police-behaving-lik Related Black community demanding answers from police in man’s falling death Anthony Aust fell to his death after Ottawa police executed ‘no-knock’ raid of family’s apartment CBC News · Posted: Oct 19, 2020 4:58 PM ET | Last Updated: … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Charter and Constitutional Rights, justice, News and politics, security
Tagged armed, Canada, no knock, Ottawa, police, US, violent
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