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Spiders Can Fly Hundreds of Miles Using Electricity

New video by GOP ibeX on YouTube

WeWork and Juul show that startup “valuations” can be totally meaningless - “That’s the inside story of Silicon Valley.”

A Teenager Killed Himself After Being Outed as Bisexual. His Family Wants Justice.

House Subpoenas Giuliani, Trump’s Lawyer, for Ukraine Records

Virginia Girl Recants Story of Boys Cutting Off Her Dreadlocks

N.C.A.A. Athletes Could Be Paid Under New California Law

How the Whistle-Blower Complaint Almost Didn’t Happen

The Forgotten History of America’s Worst Racial Massacre

Jessye Norman, Regal American Soprano, Is Dead at 74

Rep. Chris Collins Resigns Before Expected Guilty Plea in Insider Trading Case

Twitter Is OK With A Pro-Trump Militia's Tweets About A "Full-Blown 'Hot' Civil War"

Eat Less Red Meat, Scientists Said. Now Some Believe That Was Bad Advice.

Facebook Touts Bans While Taking Hate Groups’ Cash

For First Time Ever, Scientists Identify How Many Trees to Plant and Where to Plant Them to Stop Climate Crisis

Massive Study Proves Once And For All That No, Net Neutrality Did Not Hurt Broadband Investment

40 Inches of Snow in Montana: ‘It’s a February Storm in September’

Republicans, the Time Has Come

Researchers trying to prevent a repeat of 2016's election misinformation in 2020 are struggling thanks to a lack of data from Facebook

An Explosion in Online Child Sex Abuse: What You Need to Know

Top Bodyguard to 2 Saudi Kings Is Shot Dead

China’s tech ambition is ‘unstoppable’ — with or without the trade war, analyst says

Thousands of ships fitted with ‘cheat devices’ to divert poisonous pollution into sea

On Twitch, women who stream say their biggest obstacle is harassment

U.S. Businesswoman Admitted Affair With Boris Johnson, U.K. Report Says

Trump Was Repeatedly Warned That Ukraine Conspiracy Theory Was ‘Completely Debunked’

Preying on Children: The Emerging Psychology of Pedophiles

SpaceX Unveils Silvery Vision to Mars: ‘It’s Basically an I.C.B.M. That Lands’

Note to the Impeachment Investigators: Trump Rarely Acts Alone

Forever 21, Which Helped Popularize Fast Fashion, to File for Bankruptcy

‘S.N.L.’ Premiere Meets Impeachment Head-On, but Not Shane Gillis

‘You’re a Bad Police Officer’: Official Confronts Deputy at Awards Ceremony

Impeachment Is an Act of Desperation

Message From a Proud Island: ‘We Need Your Help’

Switch Lite added to class action lawsuit over controller drift

First fully rechargeable carbon dioxide battery is seven times more efficient than lithium-ion and carbon neutral

Start a New Union For Tech Workers. Please.

Facebook will not fact-check politicians

Autoblow AI is a sex toy that promises ‘surprise:' The oral sex toy has 10 usage patterns determined by a deep learning system.

Good on Google and Mozilla for implementing DNS-over-HTTPS and shame on the ISPs who sold out their customers to mass surveillance (without a warrant) and attached un-deletable super-cookies to users (Verizon) and extra shame on the “free” countries that do not support encryption (UK, AUS, etc.)

Amazon may soon be able to track your phone’s location even if you don’t use any of its products or services

Ahead of 2020, Facebook Falls Short on Plan to Share Data on Disinformation

Amazon may soon be able to track your phone’s location even if you don’t use any of its products or services

Australia Is Using New Technology to Catch Drivers on Phones

I study vaccine misinformation. Big tech must do more to fight it. Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest have made inroads in preventing their platforms from being overrun with disinformation. But more change is still needed.

The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong?

NASA wants to send nuclear rockets to the Moon and Mars - Nuclear propulsion, first floated in the ’60s, is hot again.

Mr. President, a Few Questions

Only 36% of US companies consider digital skills a priority investment

The Satellites Were Never Supposed to Launch - Two years after illegally launching tiny satellites into orbit, a start-up is trying to convince regulators it’s going to play by the rules.

Last Exit From Trumpland

How a Shadow Foreign Policy in Ukraine Prompted an Impeachment Inquiry

Soldier Assigned to Mar-a-Lago Sentenced for Lying in Child Pornography Case

How a Tuxedoed Sommelier Wound Up Homeless in California

5 Stabbed at Hunt Valley Mall Near Baltimore, Police Say

When Trump’s Envoy for Ukraine Resigned, a College Journalist Had the Scoop

Mark Amodei Is First House Republican to Support Trump Impeachment Inquiry

Kickstarter To Workers and Project Creators: Drop Dead

The Impossible burger has 1 major flaw to overcome: It's nearly triple the price of normal ground beef

Kehinde Wiley’s Times Square Monument: That’s No Robert E. Lee

To Invent a Quantum Internet - The physicist and computer scientist Stephanie Wehner is planning and designing the next internet—a quantum one

How 'organized climate change denial' shapes public opinion on global warming

China unveils 500 megapixel camera that can identify every face in a crowd of tens of thousands

Impeaching the Peach One

This green cement company says its product can cut carbon dioxide emissions by up to 70%

TikTok's local moderation guidelines ban pro-LGBT content - Chinese-owned social media app bans such content even in countries where homosexuality has never been illegal

At Fox News, Trump Impeachment Inquiry Brings On-Air Sniping

This Week’s News Quiz: Justin Trudeau, Israel, Cokie Roberts

Tesla's $7 billion gigafactory in China to commence operations at the end of this year

Trump Can’t Take a Punch

Tesla violated labor laws by blocking union organizing, judge rules

White House Classified Computer System Is Used to Hold Transcripts of Sensitive Calls

Harris County Deputy Is Fatally Shot in Traffic Stop Near Houston

Hundreds of Chained Men and Boys Are Rescued in Nigeria

Pelosi Says Barr Has ‘Gone Rogue’

The Whistle-Blower Knows How to Write

Dank Vapes, TKO and Other THC Vaping Brands Are Linked to Illnesses, C.D.C. Says

Trump Said Ukraine Envoy Would ‘Go Through Some Things.’ She Has Already.

Elizabeth Warren wants to reinstate the Office of Technology Assessment

Kurt Volker, Trump’s Envoy for Ukraine, Resigns

The Real Side of Fake News: How Reddit Enables Propaganda Through Anonymity

N.R.A.’s LaPierre Asks Trump to ‘Stop the Games‘ Over Gun Legislation in Discussion About Its Support

The Inscrutable Mike Pence

Researchers Assembled over 100 Voting Machines. Hackers Broke into Every Single One.

Facebook to hide number of likes in trial aimed at improving users' wellbeing

In Trump’s Ukraine Phone Call, Alarmed Aides Saw Trouble

Study Proves The FCC's Core Justification For Killing Net Neutrality Was False - The biggest study yet finds Ajit Pai’s repeated claims that net neutrality hurt broadband investment have never been true.

Facebook is top target for disinformation campaigns, new Oxford study shows - Business Insider

Facebook is the most popular social network for governments spreading fake news and propaganda

4 Lessons From Launching And Selling A Tech Startup In Just 3 Years

FTC Sues Owner of Online Dating Service Match.com for Using Fake Love Interest Ads To Trick Consumers into Paying for a Match.com Subscription

TikTok censors references to Tiananmen and Tibet

As Republicans Face Impeachment Dilemma, Romney Is a Lonely Voice of Concern

Google Makes It More Difficult To Find Old Images

US immigration uses Google Translate to scan people's social media for bad posts – Er, don't do that, says everyone else

New video by GOP ibeX on YouTube

Just How Corrupt Is Bill Barr?