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Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back Into China...
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Unveiling a new censorship tool in China could lead to more demands to suppress content from other countries. The fake-news problem, which has hit countries across the globe, has already led some governments to use the issue as an excuse to target sites of political rivals, or shut down social

Facebook Working on Censorship Program For China Market...
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Facebook is hoping to get a market foothold in China - where it's been blocked since 2009 - with software that censors posts from news feeds in specific geographic regions, the New York Times reported.

White Nationalist Alt-Righter Claims 'Hail Trump' Comments Were 'Ironic'...
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After Richard Spencer said 'hail Trump' during a conference, he received straight-armed salutes. He told NBC News Monday that his comments were 'cheeky.'

NY Post: Trump Media Summit a 'Total Disaster'...
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Major media executives and network hosts were berated in a private, closed-door meeting with President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, according to The New York Post.

Potential DHS pick shows photographers his immigration proposals...
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Looks like a sound solid plan.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach accidentally showed reporters part of his strategic plan for reshaping the Homeland Security Department on Sunday. Here are the portions revealed by a photo enlargement:

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY / KOBACH STRATEGIC PLAN FOR

D-Link joins hands with Microsoft to give 'Super Wi-Fi' a push...
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802.11af finds a friend D-Link and Redmond have put the paddles on 802.11af, charged the machine, and hit the button.…

NBC News Complains About Fake News And Then Posts The Most Misleading Headline...
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Makes it seem Reince Priebus is in favor of Muslim registry

The Simple Reasons Americans No Longer Listen To Reporters...
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Panicked clamors instead of measured reporting, shrill cries disguised as honest evaluations, and a level of hyperbole that is simply astonishing.

'Hamilton' Cast Lectures VP-Elect on 'Diversity,' But Issued 'Whites Need Not Apply' Casting Call...
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As Mike Pence attended the musical Hamilton, the cast scolded him on diversity-- the same production that said white actors need not apply.

Heated ultra-light jacket keeps you nice and toasty even in freezing temperatures...
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If you live somewhere that's cold a new heated jacket from Ravean might be just for you. It weighs only 80 grams, and works in sub-zero temperatures. The post Heated ultra-light jacket keeps you nice and toasty even in freezing temperatures appeared first

Here's How Extraterrestrial Farming Will Work on Mars...
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The movies make it look easy, but to grow food on Mars we'll have to create the soil from scratch and build our own mini-biosphere.

LinkedIn officially KickedOut of Russia...
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Lucky for Russians. Hopefully their user base in the US will do the same.

VirtualIron Curtain lowered on Microsoft-bait business network Russian telecoms regulator Roskomnadzor has made it official: LinkedIn is no longer welcome in Putin's formerly-socialist paradise.…

Trump looks poised to overturn Obama policies that favored Google...
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(Reuters) - Alphabet's Google faces a tougher regulatory landscape as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration looks poised to reverse Obama administration policies that often favored the internet giant in the company's batt

Thousands of dead fish seen in New York canal: what killed them?...
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Video of thousands of dead fish clogging the waterways at Shinnecock Canal in Hampton Bays, New York, went viral earlier this week as people wondered just what did in the aquatic creatures. Now, officials have revealed that their investigation cites suffo

This startup combines solar, lighting, WiFi, energy storage, and EV charging into a single unit...
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Totem Power's platform takes the concept of a utility pole to a whole new level.

REPORT: Trump Offers Flynn National Security Advisor Post...
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Donald Trump has offered retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn the position of National Security Advisor in his cabinet.

Newt Gingrich Says He Will Not be Serving in Trump’s Cabinet...
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Shutting the door on media speculation, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Thursday that he will not be serving in President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet.

Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon suggests having too many Asian tech CEOs undermines ‘civic society’...
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President-elect Donald Trumps chief strategist seems to think there are too many immigrants leading Silicon Valley. Steve Bannon, who previously served as Breitbart News Networks executive...

Twitter bans multiple 'alt-right' accounts...
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In the wake of releasing more tools to combat abuse on its service, Twitter has banned the accounts of a number of "alt-right" users. That includes the head of the National Policy Institute (NPI), Richard Spencer. The think tank describes itself

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