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Risk of severe birth defects from Zika virus may be as high as 13 percent

By Nick Statt

Reddit and other web companies ask FCC to reexamine free data programs

By Adi Robertson 2

A new system can measure the hidden bias in otherwise secret algorithms

By Russell Brandom 6

Foxconn cuts 60,000 factory jobs and replaces them with robots

Nick Statt May 25, 2016 01:54 pm7 hours ago 60

Foxconn, the largest contract electronics manufacturer in the world, says it has automated away 60,000 jobs in one of its factories, according to the BBC. The cuts are part of an ongoing process to replace...

Automation is accelerating in smartphone plants

Canada's oil sands are a major source of air pollution, airplane study shows

Arielle Duhaime-Ross May 25, 2016 01:00 pm8 hours ago

Canada's oil sands are an important source of fossil fuels, but they also emit high levels of air pollutants, according to a study published today in Nature. The emissions equal what's produced by the...

The emissions equal what's produced by the entire city of Toronto

Romanian hacker who revealed George W. Bush paintings pleads guilty

Colin Lecher May 25, 2016 01:41 pm7 hours ago

The Romanian hacker Marcel Lehel Lazar, better known as Guccifer, pleaded guilty today on hacking-related charges, prosecutors on the case announced in a statement. He faces seven years in prison.

Faces up to seven years in prison

Clinton didn’t follow State Department email policy, watchdog report says

Russell Brandom May 25, 2016 12:00 pm9 hours ago 23

The State Department inspector general has released its report on email practices, and the result is harshly critical of former secretary of state and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary...

More people are trying e-cigs in Europe despite concerns

By James Vincent 5

Netflix and Amazon face quotas for European movies and TV shows

By Amar Toor

A Silicon Valley billionaire is reportedly funding the legal war to end Gawker

Rich McCormick May 25, 2016 01:30 am20 hours ago 95

Gawker Media was ordered to pay $140 million in damages to Hulk Hogan — real name Terry Gene Bollea — in March of this year over the company's publication of the wrestler's sex tape. The case was...

The grudge

Huawei takes Samsung to court over LTE patents

Russell Brandom May 24, 2016 03:06 pm05.24.2016 9

Two of the world's largest phone manufacturers are facing off over the core technology that powers LTE. Today, the Chinese phone manufacturer Huawei filed suit against Samsung over its use of 11...

"We are not receiving royalties"

Police raid Google's Paris office as part of tax investigation

Amar Toor May 24, 2016 09:35 am05.24.2016

Google's Paris offices were raided by French police this morning, as part of an ongoing investigation into tax evasion and money laundering. French newspaper Le Parisien reports that the operation began at...

"We comply with French law and are cooperating fully." Google

Criminal charges

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Head of TSA security removed following inquiry into agency 'mismanagement'

James Vincent May 24, 2016 07:23 am05.24.2016 6

The head of security at the TSA has been removed from his position as frustration mounts over growing lines in airports. Kelly Hoggan had been the agency's assistant administrator for security operations...

waiting on a fix

Facebook denies systemic bias in Trending Topics but changes how they are chosen

Nick Statt May 23, 2016 07:20 pm05.23.2016 4

Facebook says it's altering the makeup of its controversial Trending Topics section in response to a Senate inquiry over alleged censorship of conservative news sources. The company's news operation will...

Facebook is toning down its editorial judgement

A crime-prediction algorithm may be biased against black defendants

Colin Lecher May 23, 2016 10:06 am05.23.2016

The "risk assessment" score, a tool used to chart the odds a criminal defendant will commit a crime in the future, is becoming a common sight, informing sentencing procedure and other steps of the criminal...

A look at risk scores for 7,000 people

UK's National Obesity Forum slams 'disastrous' low-fat diet advice

Vlad Savov May 23, 2016 05:25 am05.23.2016 91

The UK's National Obesity Forum (NOF) has come out with a scathing report this week that condemns the common advice handed down from authorities to eat a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet. It argues that...

"Eating fat does not make you fat." National Obesity Forum

India successfully launches reusable shuttle prototype

Amar Toor May 23, 2016 05:12 am05.23.2016

India's space agency has successfully launched a reusable mini shuttle model into space, marking an important development in its low-cost space program. An unmanned prototype of the Reusable Launch Vehicle...

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