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  Enrique Dans

  

  12 hours ago

  Cutting air pollution from fossil fuels would save 50,000 lives a year, study says

  The Washington Post

  Eliminating air pollution caused by burning fossil fuels would prevent more than 50,000 premature deaths and provide more than $600 billion in health benefits in the United States every year, according to a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers. Published in the journal GeoHealth, …

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  Enrique Dans

  

  21 hours ago

  Not a Single Car Was Sold in Shanghai Last Month

  Bloomberg - Peter Vercoe

  For evidence of just how tight Shanghai’s lockdown has been, consider this: not a single car was sold in the city last month. The majority of the …

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  Enrique Dans

  

  13 hours ago

  Teens are flocking to new photo-sharing apps. Are they safe?

  The Washington Post - By Tatum Hunter

  After downloading the photo-sharing app Locket Widget, 23-year-old Amalu Susan Santhosh and her high-school-aged cousins have all but abandoned their group text. Locket lets them view photos from one another right on their iPhone home screens without opening an app or typing a message. “We might be …

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  Enrique Dans

  

  1 day ago

  Meta must move fast to get its head in the VR game

  Financial Times - Elaine Moore

  For years, one of Facebook’s biggest problems has been its refusal to acknowledge how much it is disliked by the public. Users might keep their accounts open but goodwill is in short supply. A sell-off in shares has made it harder to ignore. But don’t count Mark Zuckerberg out just yet. Let’s get …

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  Enrique Dans

  

  22 hours ago

  In Memoriam: Forgetting Your Password

  WIRED - Zak Jason

  ​In our passwordless future, we'll lose the frustration—and freedom—of getting locked out. Faces rule, brains drool. This is what Apple, Google, and …

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  Enrique Dans

  

  19 hours ago

  Facebook Killed News Feed Fix for Fear of Conservative Backlash: Docs

  Gizmodo - Dell Cameron

  This piece is part of Gizmodo’s ongoing effort to make the Facebook Papers available to the public. See the full directory of documents here. After …