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Electronic Frontier Foundation: Police Depts. Paid AT&T Millions to Scrutinize Our Texts & Chats

New details are emerging about how AT&T has been spying on Americans for profit with a secret plan called Project Hemisphere. The Daily Beast reports AT&T is keeping private call records and

October 28, 2016
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"A Shameful Moment for This Country": Report Back on Militarized Police Raid of DAPL Resistance Camp

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We go to Standing Rock, North Dakota, for an update on how hundreds of police with military equipment raided a resistance camp Thursday that was established by Native American water protectors in

October 28, 2016
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Indigenous Youth Occupy Hillary Clinton Campaign Headquarters to Demand She Take Stand on #DAPL

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Just minutes before the the police raid on the camp in North Dakota, here in New York City Native American youth flooded the campaign headquarters of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to

October 28, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chair: DOJ Must Investigate Use of Force Against #DAPL Resistance

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"I knew North Dakota state was planning something," says Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chair Dave Archambault II of the raid on a resistance camp Thursday by militarized police. "They set up

October 28, 2016
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WWF Report: Two-Thirds of Wildlife Will Disappear By 2020

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The World Wildlife Fund is projecting the further decline of the planet's biodiversity by a staggering 67% by 2020. While this is shocking, all hope is not lost. With initiatives like the Paris Climate Agreement, humanity is showing a willingness to reverse course.

October 28, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

IBM’s Watson AI Recommends Same Treatment as Doctors in 99% of Cancer Cases

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Watson recommended treatment plans that matched suggestions from oncologists in 99 percent of the cases it analyzed and offered options doctors missed in 30 percent of them. AI could be revolutionary for healthcare as it can process many more research papers and case files than any human doctor could manage.

October 28, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

Governments Are Investing in Self-Driving Cars Because They Will Save Lives

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The government’s strong and unprecedented public support for self-driving cars comes from the nascent tech’s potential to solve some of our largest financial and public safety problems. These issues mostly stem from human error and related inefficiencies.

October 28, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

Stanford Scientist: We’ll Have A Century of Medical Advances in the Next Decade

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Author and researcher, Vivek Wadhwa, expects the tech industry to push medical science further than we have ever imagined. With the influx of tech's heaviest hitters tackling medical science ventures, focus has shifted from treatment to the total eradication of disease.

October 28, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

New Tech Allows Deaf People To Sense Sounds

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With 28.8 million adults in the U.S. that could benefit from hearing aids, a new vest that translates sound into touch is a new frontier of auditory possibility. This vest is the latest tech that seeks to assist those with disability while also expanding the ways in which humans perceive the world.

October 27, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

This Company Uses Your DNA to Determine Your Ideal Diet

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Habit analyzes clients' blood samples to provide "personalized nutrition" based on genetic variations and the measurements of more than 60 biomarkers. Long used in other areas of healthcare, DNA could be a valuable tool in improving diet and nutrition, but more evidence-based studies are still needed to prove its effectiveness.

October 27, 2016
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