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Dec 12, 2017

Former Facebook executive says the site is ‘ripping apart society’

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A former Facebook executive has spoken out against the social network he helped to create, saying it is ‘ripping society apart’.

The comments were made by Chamath Palihapitiya, who joined Facebook in 2007 and became its vice president for user growth.

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Dec 11, 2017

The human race has peaked and will now get worse, scientists confirm

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Humanity has reached its peak and is now probably in its downfall, according to major new research.

People have long thought of human development as one long process of improvement, going on forever. But we are now running up against the limits of how good we can be, say scientists – and most likely we’ll now just begin to fall again.

The major research review looked at 120 years of data and found that there appears to be limits on our characteristics, like when we die, how tall we can be and how strong we are. We are pushing up against those limits now, the research suggests.

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Dec 10, 2017

California fires, moving north, force Santa Barbara evacuations

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Some residents in Ventura are able to return to their homes, briefly, to sift through the rubble and gather belongings as fire threat continues.

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Dec 10, 2017

Wildfires spread in California

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Driver captures dramatic footage showing just how close the massive wildfire in California is to a major freeway in Los Angeles.

Latest updates: http://cnn.it/2AWewTV

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Dec 8, 2017

Ultrafast 3D Printing Alternative Makes Complete 3D Objects in Seconds

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A new method can now fabricate entire 3D shapes in seconds using holographic light fields. Fast digital manufacturing could have a big impact in the future.

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Dec 8, 2017

Nike Build Track Where Runners Race Themselves

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Nike built a track that lets you compete against yourself.

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Dec 8, 2017

The F-35 could intercept a North Korean missile launch — but it could bring an all-out war

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But the F-35 program, usually not one to shy away from boasting about their achievements, has been hushed about the prospect of defeating one of the gravest threats to the US.

“I can tell you that the F-35 is a multi-mission fighter,” Commander Patrick Evans of the Office of the Secretary of Defense told Business Insider when asked about the program. “It would be inappropriate to speculate on future capabilities or missions of the weapon system.”

Rep. Duncan Hunter, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, was more open to speculating about why the Pentagon hadn’t gone through with missile intercepting planes.

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Dec 8, 2017

Scientists Have Created Programmable Shape-Shifting Liquid Metal

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https://youtube.com/watch?v=MxhnXRJQzpU

Scientists have invented a way to morph liquid metal into physical shapes.

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Dec 8, 2017

This hair dye actually changes color based on the temperature

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Become a redhead in the heat.

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Dec 8, 2017

Google’s new ‘landscraper’ will be as long as a super-tall skyscraper is high — and it could be the next big building trend

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Futurist Amy Webb says that landscrapers — buildings that are extremely long rather than tall — will become more mainstream in sprawling metros.

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