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Google Will No Longer Snoop On Users’ Gmail Content For Targeting Ads
Google’s Gmail service will no longer scan the contents of user emails, relying instead on other data for personalized ads
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UN Warns Pesticides Cause 200,000 Deaths A Year
UN report says pesticides are having ‘catastrophic impacts’ on human health and environment while failing to end hunger.
New NASA Experiment Shows Potatoes Can Grow in Mars-Like Conditions
Scientists at NASA and the International Potato Center (CIP) in Lima, Peru, have successfully grown tubers in an experiment that recreates the extreme conditions on the surface of Mars, in a NASA-backed project called “Potatoes on Mars.”
Google Invests €50,000 Toward Development of Fully Automated Fact-Checking Software To Combat Fake News & Hoax Sites
In light of the recent mounting criticism over how fake news sites may have influenced the presidential election’s outcome, Google has agreed to fund a project to develop automated fact-finding tools.
Jill Stein Recount Campaign in 3 States Reaches $2.5 Million Fundraising Goal In Just A Few Hours
Following concerns over electronic voting raised by scientists, a campaign launched by Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein to recount key states in the US election has reached its initial funding target of $2.5 million in just a matter of hours.
Fraction Magic: A Detailed, Live Demonstration of Rigging Elections Through Fractional Voting (VIDEO)
Election fraud was found to be inherently built into electronic voting machines used at over 60% of the country’s polling locations. A fundamental design flaw In the GEMS software is revealed by Bev Harris of BlackBoxVoting.org in a live, detailed demonstration of how margins can be determined vote totals, and how this can be remotely fixed without detection.
Voting Machines’ Ballot Integrity and Audit Features Were DISABLED In Battleground State of Ohio (VIDEO)
This year, many of the electronic voting machines in the key state of Ohio included brand-new anti-hacking and auditing capabilities. Unfortunately, in counties all over Ohio, the security feature was TURNED OFF.
China’s Futuristic “Straddling” Bus May Have Been Illegally Funded Scam (VIDEO)
A futuristic street-straddling bus that allows regular traffic to pass underneath made its first road test in Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, on Tuesday, August 2, 2016.