Facebook Allowed Advertisers To Target Users Interested In ‘White Genocide’ — Even In Wake Of Pittsburgh Massacre
Earlier this week, The Intercept was able to select “white genocide conspiracy theory” as a pre-defined “detailed targeting” criterion on the social network to promote two articles to an interest group that Facebook pegged at 168,000 users large and defined as “people who have expressed an interest or like pages related to White genocide conspiracy theory.”

November 2, 2018 at 02:08PM
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Could ‘Oumuamua Be An Extraterrestrial Solar Sail?
A new study by a pair of astronomers from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) has suggested that ‘Oumuamua may actually be a light sail of extra-terrestrial origin.

November 2, 2018 at 01:07PM
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How Your Data Is Used To Create The Perfect Campaign Ad
Here’s what happens to your information after you fill out a voter registration form.

November 2, 2018 at 06:38AM
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Quantum Physicists Found A New, Safer Way To Navigate
The vulnerabilities of GPS and the weather requirements of celestial navigation have led scientists to come up with a more foolproof way to sail the high seas.

November 2, 2018 at 06:38AM
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Facebook Political Ad Tools Are Ripe For Trolling
Facebook’s political ad archive lets advertisers write whatever they want in the “paid for” field and reporters are having a field day.

November 2, 2018 at 04:48AM
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NASA Retired Kepler, A Telescope That Discovered Thousands Of Worlds Beyond Our Solar System
When NASA launched the Kepler Space Telescope in 2009, astronomers had discovered a few hundred exoplanets — planets that orbit stars outside our solar system.

November 1, 2018 at 09:18PM
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I Ditched The Mac For The iPad And I’ll Never Go Back
The iPad Pro has changed my life and I don’t care about desktop computing anymore.

November 1, 2018 at 05:44PM
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Why Is PowerPoint Having A Comedy Moment?
How a boring office staple became a favorite tool of young comedians.

November 1, 2018 at 04:38PM
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How Mark Zuckerberg Became Too Big To Fail
Facebook has had a turbulent two years. But almost no one in tech thinks Mr. Zuckerberg, the social network’s chief executive, should step down from the company he built.

November 1, 2018 at 02:37PM
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Are We Really Going To Burn Up The World For Libertarian Nerdbucks?
The continued growth of power-hungry Bitcoin could lock in catastrophic climate change, according to a new study.

November 1, 2018 at 01:27PM
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