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Hackers Threaten to Dump Insurance Files Related to 9/11 Attacks - The Dark Overlord appears to be trying to capitalize on conspiracy theories about the September 11 attacks.

New Year’s Eve Around the World: Countdown to 2019, in Photos

American Is Arrested in Moscow on Spying Charges

Follow NASA’s New Horizons Mission as It Heads for New Year’s Flyby With Ultima Thule

An Ongoing Look Into the Origins of Trump’s Wealth

The Special Misogyny Reserved for Mothers

‘Exhibit A’: How McKinsey Got Entangled in a Bribery Case

A Closed Brooklyn Bridge and 40,000 Pounds of Deli Meat: New York Is That Crowded

This clever AI hid data from its creators to cheat at its appointed task

Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars

Democrats Try to Box In Trump With Plan to End Government Shutdown Without Wall Funding

Scientists Just Melted a Hole Through 3,500 Feet of Ice to Reach a Mysterious Antarctic Lake

Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue

Serena Williams and Roger Federer to Face Off for First Time Ever

Did 2018 usher in a creeping tech dystopia? | CBC News

FCC To Suspend Most Operations Thursday if the Partial Government Shutdown Continues

Glorified and Vilified, Representative-Elect Ilhan Omar Tells Critics: ‘Just Deal’

FCC to suspend operations January 3rd unless funding resumes

Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars

Scientists train neural nets to convert aerial photos to "street view" maps, and then maps back to photos. Turns out they're not doing the second step; they're steganographically hiding the data for later recovery.

Philippine President Says He Sexually Abused Housemaid as a Teenager

“Deepfake” creators are making disturbingly realistic, computer-generated videos with photos taken from the Web, and ordinary women are suffering the damage.

Plastic made from seaweed could help fight against pollution

Stolen, burned, tossed in the lake: e-scooters face vandals wrath

Twitter detects possible state-sponsored activity from China, Saudi Arabia

Elizabeth Warren Announces She Is Running for President in 2020

The people who get how Facebook works are also the most likely to leave it - 44% of people aged 18 to 29 said they deleted the Facebook app from their phones in the last year, according to new research from Pew.

Lawrence Roberts, Who Helped Design Internet’s Precursor, Dies at 81

Researchers develop artificial fingerprints, claiming they could hack into a third of smartphones

This Western Mass. town rejected Comcast and built its own broadband network - The Boston Globe

Drones Used to Find Toy-Like “Butterfly” Land Mines - Quadcopters with thermal imagery cameras can help detect vicious mini-mines that often kill or maim children

Armed Man in Tactical Clothing Headed to a Texas Church to ‘Fulfill a Prophecy,’ Police Say

MIT researchers are now 3D printing glass

UK invests millions in micro-robots able to work in dangerous sites - Devices could be deployed in underground pipe networks, reducing need for roadworks

When loss of life is inevitable, autonomous cars must choose who to spare. Machine ethics show a preference for the young and the physically fit.

Repurposed Amazon Dash Buttons allow users to file complaints about noise from air traffic

How Facebook tracks you on Android (even if you don’t have a Facebook account)

Doctors are asking Silicon Valley engineers to spend more time in the hospital before building apps

The world's first no-kill eggs have gone on sale after scientists found a way to determine a chick's sex before it hatches

The Rise and Fall of Carlos Ghosn

A Day, a Life: When a Medic Was Killed in Gaza, Was It an Accident?

Bre Payton, Conservative Writer and Fox News Commentator, Dies at 26

At Lord & Taylor, Everything Must Go. A Daughter’s Guilt Will Remain.

Tell Me One More Time What to Do About Grief

Kamala Harris: Everyone Gets Sick. And We Deserve Better.

In Rehab, ‘Two Warring Factions’: Abstinence vs. Medication

Year in Fitness: How Exercise Keeps Us Young

Trump Digs In, Darkening Hopes for a Deal to End the Shutdown

First New Thorium Salt Reactor in 40 Years Comes Online (2017)

As China option fades, Bill Gates urges U.S. to take the lead in nuclear power, for the good of the planet

Sucking carbon dioxide from air is cheaper than scientists thought

Kelly, on His Way Out, Says Administration Long Ago Abandoned Idea of Concrete Wall

Computer virus hits newspapers coast-to-coast

Larry Roberts, father of ARPANet dies.

New Life for Old Classics, as Their Copyrights Run Out

How Facebooks tracks non-users via Android apps

The Ecstasy and the Agony of Being a Grandmother

How Apps on Android Share Data with Facebook - Report

Deciphering the Patterns in Trump’s Falsehoods

In 1993 my agency warned of climate change. In 1995 it was abolished. The US Office of Technology Assessment should be revived – in 2019 the world will need its expertise more than ever

When Prosecutors Jail a Mother for a Miscarriage

Is nuclear energy the key to saving the planet? A new generation of environmentalists is learning to stop worrying and love atomic power.

Europe to fund bug bounties for 15 open source programs, including VLC, Drupal and Notepad++.

Cyber attack causes distribution delays at prominent US newspapers: report

Bangladesh Shuts Down 3G, 4G Access Across Entire Country Ahead of Elections

A $21,000 Cosmetology School Debt, and a $9-an-Hour Job

Cyberattack from outside the U.S. hits newspapers across the country, preventing distribution, source says

Trump Blames Democrats Over Deaths of Migrant Children in U.S. Custody

Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Other Democrats Shift Into High Gear for 2020

He Was a Gay Man on Staff at a Catholic Parish. Then the Threats Began Coming In.

Kansas Boy, 16, Is Set to Graduate in the Spring From High School — and Harvard

Trump Issues Order Freezing Federal Workers’ Pay in 2019

On the Front Line of the Saudi War in Yemen: Child Soldiers From Darfur

A Week Into Government Shutdown, Ire Turns to Fear for Federal Workers

Fears of Republican Power Grab in Michigan Fade as Governor Vetoes Bill

El Chapo Trial Shows That Mexico’s Corruption Is Even Worse Than You Think

Arborists Have Cloned Ancient Redwoods From Their Massive Stumps

The Feticide Playbook, Explained

On Democrats’ wish list: Tech help for a clueless Congress

‘You Control Nothing’: House Republicans Brace for Life in the Minority

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines

A Black Man Called His Mom From a Hotel Lobby. Then He Was Kicked Out.

Did Apple retail prices get too high in 2018? Consumers say way yes.

The Senator Who Wants to Keep Silicon Valley From Reading Your Messages Brian Schatz has a plan to make tech companies more responsible for user data

11 Ways to Be a Better Person in 2019

Bangladesh shuts down mobile internet in lead up to election day

Facebook’s leaked moderation rules show why Big Tech can’t police hate speech

What made solar panels so cheap? Thank government policy.

It Is Both Ridiculous And Dangerous To Make Domain Registrars Liable For Content On Domains

Got a tech question or want to discuss tech? Weekly /r/Technology Tech Support / General Discussion Thread

‘That’s Shiny’: How a U.K. Plane Spotter Cracked the Secret of Trump’s Iraq Visit

Facebook's Secret Censorship Manual Exposed as Platform Takes Down Video About Israel Terrorizing Palestinians

A call to save democracy by battling monopolies

Barack Obama’s Favorite Book of 2018 Was ‘Becoming.’ Here’s What Else He Liked.

Dead musicians are touring again, as holograms. It's tricky — technologically and legally.

Syria’s Kurds, Feeling Betrayed by the U.S., Ask Assad Government for Protection

Trump Threatens to Close Border if Congress Won’t Fund Wall

Democrats Vow Not to Seat Republican Who Claimed Victory in North Carolina

The Self-Described Jets Owner-in-Waiting Will Tailgate for Now