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The Internet As We Know It Supposedly Ended A Year Ago, According To CNN And Other Outlets
The media joined Democrats in campaigning against repealing net neutrality. A number of outlets told the public that the internet…
Read More »Twitter Dings 285,000 Different Accounts For ‘Hateful Conduct’ In Six Months
Twitter took action against more than 285,000 different accounts for “hateful conduct” in the first six months of 2018, according…
Read More »YouTube Deleted Nearly 8 Million Videos From July To September
YouTube clamped down on content from July through September of this year by deleting 7.8 million videos that the company…
Read More »Apple Is Dropping $1 Billion To Put 5,000 Jobs In Texas With Expansions Planned In Major Cities
Apple is investing $1 billion to nearly double its workforce in Texas and is hiring thousands more employees in offices…
Read More »When the brain’s waste disposal system fails
By Emily Underwood, Knowable Magazine Every one of the human body’s more than 30 trillion cells is a miniature powerhouse,…
Read More »Google CEO Sundar Pichai Set To Testify Before Congress At Last
Google CEO Sundar Pichai will, at last, testify before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday to answer questions about the company’s…
Read More »Scientists Find Out What Staring At A Smartphone Does To A Kid’s Brain
The first wave of data from a massive National Institute of Health (NIH) study found kids exposed to screens –…
Read More »2018 Tax Rules on Cell Phones are All Wrong
For tax year 2018, the rules have changed on business cell-phone tax deductions, and they are completely wrong. The IRS…
Read More »What’s The Shipping Industry’s Answer To Global Warming? Bring Back ‘Sails’
Shipping companies are considering a modern version of a centuries-old concept to power tankers essential for international trade and travel,…
Read More »Watch Live: SpaceX to Launch Dragon Resupply Mission Wednesday
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, December 5 for the launch of its sixteenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-16) to the International…
Read More »Bypassing paralysis
By Tim Vernimmen, Knowable Magazine What if a brain still worked, but the limbs refused to listen? Could there be…
Read More »Republicans Hired DNC’s Cyber-Firm CrowdStrike — And Got Hacked in 2018
Republicans with the National Republican Congressional Committee hired cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike — a team led by a Russian ex-pat and…
Read More »How a second language can boost the brain
By Ramin Skibba, Knowable Magazine Even when you’re fluent in two languages, it can be a challenge to switch back…
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