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Category Archives: News and politics
Peter Nygard arrested, faces extradition to U.S. on sex assault, racketeering charges | CBC News
Peter Nygard has been under investigation for allegations of sexual assault in Winnipeg, the U.S. and the Bahamas. (Annie I. Bang/The Associated Press) — Canadian fashion mogul arrested Monday night and currently being held at Winnipeg Remand Centre CBC News … Continue reading
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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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