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Tiny Particles Found In Air Pollution Linked To Brain Cancer For First Time

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From London to Delhi to Beijing, millions of us live and work in big cities where toxic fumes and dust are quite literally inescapable, invisibly surrounding us in the air we breathe. In recent years, a mounting pile of research has found this dirty air has consequences for our health, from exacerbating respiratory conditions like asthma to lowering our IQ. Now, the teeny nanoparticles in polluted air have been linked to a higher risk of brain cancer. Publishing their findings in the journal Epidemiology, researchers led by McGill University in Canada…

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Amazon and Google double down on hands-free recipes to help sell their smart displays

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Amazon and Google have identified a solid use case for their smart speaker devices, powered by Alexa and Google Assistant, respectively: recipes. The companies this week have both announced new product features that aim to help users cook hands-free while guided by the voice assistant. Amazon this week rolled out a new feature integration in partnership with BuzzFeed’s recipe site Tasty to offer step-by-step voice and video instructions to Alexa users. Meanwhile, Google partnered with entrepreneur and chef Ayesha Curry to bring her recipes to Google Assistant. Curry’s recipes will…

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Black Friday At Walmart Already Started & You Can Get A $450 Gift Card When You Buy An iPhone

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SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images Walmart’s Black Friday Ad Has Some Deep Discounts On Your Fave Tech Items By Cianna Garrison Nov 15, 2019 If you thought you’d seen all the best Black Friday deals awaiting you after Thanksgiving, you might want to make room on your list for sale items from Walmart’s Black Friday ad. It’s out as of Nov. 14, and if you’re looking for a one-stop shop, you’ll want to check out all the deals on tech and home items. Plus, with discounts hitting the website a full two…

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YouTube Released Its 2019 Rewind Video & People Are Really Not Liking It

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YouTube These Tweets About YouTube Rewind 2019 Are Totally Hating On The New Video By Lara Walsh Dec 7, 2019 With the start of 2020 just around the corner, it’s time to take a look at the past year and the videos that defined the past 12 months. YouTube jumped on the bandwagon with a video summarizing the “creators, music, and moments” that mattered most to its users — and people are roasting the 2019 rewind. These tweets about YouTube Rewind 2019 are going on the video and the compilation…

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How Sane and Normal Democrats Are Saving America

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Something funny happened on the way to the revolution: Democratic voters decided not to have one, opting, instead, for trying to win an election. In a sense, this was its own revolt against what had become conventional wisdom. And if it turns out that Democrats are able to recapture the White House in 2020, the credit will belong to a silent majority of Democrats who put the brakes on a political party that was careening leftward. No one has been more pleasantly surprised than I have. Citing Beto apologizing for…

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Carbons new CEO discusses local manufacturing, funding and a potential IPO

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Last month, Carbon For six years, Kullman headed up DuPont, the culmination of a nearly 30-year career at the chemical giant. After leaving the role in 2016, she joined a number of different boards, including Goldman Sachs and Dell. It was, however, a three-year-old Bay Area-based 3D printing company that ultimately drew her interest. After six years at the helm of the company, co-founder Joe DeSimone stepped aside in November and became Executive Chairman of the Board. His background as a chemist helped birth the startup, while Kullman’s experience leading…

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Amazon Fires Increase Glacial Melting Hundreds Of Kilometers Away

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The fires in the Amazon rainforest this year – the highest prevalence of fires here since 2010 – gripped the attention of the planet and brought much-needed awareness to this annual problem. The dust has settled for now, but researchers have just revealed another unexpected consequence of the devastation caused by the fires over the past decades. A new study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, has found that plumes of smoke from fires in the Amazon can reach the Andes mountains and worsen glacial melting. In turn, this has the potential to…

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Bidens Plan to Take Down Warren: Have Mayor Pete Do It

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Since white college-educated reporters question about whether he unintentionally set the mayor up for success by providing a blueprint for a moderate health-care plan, which features similar contours to his own, Biden key areas comes with Warrens decline. It would seem odd for the [former] vice president to be attacking Pete Buttigieg right now, Yang said. The South Bend mayors ascent in Iowa is more alarming for Team Biden when contrasted with Warrens numbers in the state, where she has been considered a frontrunner for months after investing vast resources…

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Tuesday Company acquires VoteWithMe as tech for politics looks to consolidate ahead of 2020

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Tuesday Company, the organizational toolkit for political advocacy groups and candidates, has taken another step to consolidate its position in the growing market for tech-enabled political outreach with the acquisition of the voting mobilization service VoteWithMe. Launched in the wake of the 2016 election by three former staffers from Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the presidency, Tuesday is one of the higher-profile alumni from the progressive-focused technology accelerator, Higher Ground Labs.

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West Virginia corrections employees suspended after Nazi salute photo surfaces

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A photo has surfaced of dozens of corrections officers in West Virginia doing a Nazi salute, and now some employees in the photo may be facing termination. BREAKING: Photo released that has led to numerous DOC employees being suspended, WCHS reporter Leslie Rubin tweeted, along with the photo. The photo is titled HAIL BYRD. BREAKING: Photo released that has led to numerous DOC employees being suspended pic.twitter.com/Lee98ldVl2 — Leslie Rubin (@LeslieRubinWCHS) December 5, 2019 In the photo, more than 30 participants in the basic training graduating class of 2019 (which…

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Detectify raises additional 21M for its ethical hacker network

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Detectify, the Sweden-born cybersecurity startup that offers a website vulnerability scanner powered by the crowd, has raised €21 million in further funding. Leading the round is London-based VC firm Balderton Capital, with participation from existing investors Paua Ventures, Inventure and Insight Partners. Detectify says the new funding will be used to continue to hire “world-class” talent to further accelerate the company’s growth and deliver on its mission to reduce internet security vulnerabilities. Founded in late 2013 by a self-described group of “elite hackers” from Sweden, the company offers a website…

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48 hours left to save up to 500 on passes to Disrupt Berlin 2019

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Livin’ la vida loca pretty much sums up the early-stage startup life. We understand just how crazy-busy life gets, but we’re here to remind all the last-minute mavens that you have just 48 hours to take advantage of early-bird prices to Disrupt Berlin 2019. Depending on the type of pass you buy, you can save up to €500. The early-bird pricing ends at 11:59 p.m. (CEST) this Friday, 15 November. Hit the brakes on livin’ la vida loca long enough to beat the deadline, buy your early-bird pass and save.…

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