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1. The EU's plan to impose mandatory copyright filters is on life-support and may die
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... for the privilege). But that meeting has been cancelled and now the whole thing is on life-support. If the Trilogue can be reconvened in a matter of days, then it's just possible that it could finish ...

2. Excellent video shows how pull-back toy cars work
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You've probably played with one of those toy cars that you drag back to wind up and then let go to let it zoom across the floor. In this video, Jared Owen uses 3D animation to clearly show how the mechanism ...

3. Trailer for "Lords of Chaos," the horror-thriller about Norwegian black metal and murder
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In the early 1990s, the burgeoning black metal scene in Norway was plagued with jealousy, violence, arson, and eventually murder. Lords of Chaos, named after Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind's excellent ...

4. Start-up injects old people with the blood of the young
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... in life, such as graft-versus-host disease, which can occur when transfused blood cells attack the patient's own cells, and transfusion-associated lung injury. Irina and Michael Conboy, two University ...

5. Vasi sanguigni umani ricreati in laboratorio
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Creati per la prima volta da un gruppo di ricerca in Canada i primi vasi sanguigni umani in laboratorio ottenute partendo da cellule staminali. The post Vasi sanguigni umani ricreati in laboratorio appeared ...

6. Vermont official fact-checks mobile carriers' coverage maps, proves they're lying like crazy
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America's major cellular carriers publish maps showing that virtually the entire state is well-covered, with solid signals and 5MB/s internet speeds, but Vermonters know that this is totally untrue. Knowing ...

7. Facebook cancella 471 Pagine di propaganda russa
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Continua la guerra gli account e pagine false legate alla Russia che spargono notizie false per avvelenare l’opinione pubblica. The post Facebook cancella 471 Pagine di propaganda russa appeared first ...

8. Trump's FCC chairman won't do anything about your cellular company selling your location to bountyhunters because shutdown
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... investigating this issue has stopped all work, because again, having the location of every US cellular phone owner being tracked in realtime and sold for a few dollars to any scumbag with a credit card ...

9. Smartphone dual screen di LG al MWC 2019?
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Secondo una fonte di CNET, LG annuncerà al Mobile World Congress 2019 di Barcellona uno smartphone con un secondo schermo per un totale di 7 pollici. The post Smartphone dual screen di LG al MWC 2019? ...

10. A list of Steve King's worst remarks: Racist, shocking, and just plain stupid
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You've gotta read, by Douglas Burns, this excellent roundup of a dozen or so of the worst things congressman Steve King (R-IA) has said, dating back decades. Notable that these long, long predate the ...

11. Great deal on LED light bulbs
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... excellent bulbs, and the soft-white style is nice and warm, the way I like my illumination. Read the rest Read all  ...

12. Microsoft al MWC: arriva HoloLens 2?
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Microsoft parteciperà al Mobile World Congress 2019 di Barcellona dove potrebbe annunciare alcune novità su HoloLens 2. The post Microsoft al MWC: arriva HoloLens 2? appeared first on Webnews. Read ...

13. EA's open-world 'Star Wars' game is no more
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Remember EA's open-world Star Wars game that promised bounty hunting across the series' universe? Anyone? No? Doesn't matter, it's been scrapped. EA Vancouver has cancelled the project, ...

14. Decorative unicorn skull
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... unicorn stallion. Display him at your desks, shelves or what have you and he will be a star at any hosting events! This unicorn skull will be a great conversation starter as well as an excellent ice breaker ...

15. Star Wars: cancellato il gioco open-world di EA?
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Sembrerebbe che EA abbia deciso di abortire il gioco open-world di Star Wars che aveva in cantiere. The post Star Wars: cancellato il gioco open-world di EA? appeared first on Webnews. Read all  ...

16. Nokia 9 PureView, annuncio posticipato al MWC?
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Sembra che il lancio del Nokia 9 PureView sia stato posticipato al Mobile World Congress 2019 di Barcellona, ma al momento non ci sono conferme ufficiali. The post Nokia 9 PureView, annuncio posticipato ...

17. Hannu Rajaniemi's Summerland: a midcentury spy thriller, with the afterlife
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... this even as she is being internally exiled within her spy agency for blowing the whistle on a double-agent, whose protection goes all the way to the top. Formally, Summerland is really excellent: Rajaniemi ...

18. Chinese tech at CES: Politics is temporary, business is permanent
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At the start of 2018, the US imposed a series of tariffs on Chinese products ranging from solar cells through to home appliances. It was the escalation of rhetoric between the two countries over fears ...

19. Deborah Ann Woll and Joe Manganiello talk about acting, roleplaying, and D&D's unique form of storytelling
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... and how he went about converting his basement wine cellar into this enviable game space. The large dragon, beholder, and mind flayer sculptures are very cool. Joe also talks about the impact that D&D ...

20. New Yorker calls a Sylvia Plath story "lost," but it is easy to find
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Here's a tidbit I came across in the excellent Book Curious newsletter: The Lilly Library Twitter account had some excellent words for the New Yorker headline describing the recent publication of a new ...

21. Sony Xperia XZ4 Compact assente al MWC 2019?
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Al Mobile World Congress 2019 di Barcellona verrà sicuramente annunciato il Sony Xperia XZ4, mentre la corrispondente versione Compact non è prevista. The post Sony Xperia XZ4 Compact assente al MWC 2019? ...

22. Facebook non si cancella dagli smartphone Samsung
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Salgono le preoccupazioni per la privacy a causa dell'impossibilità di cancellare l'app Facebook da alcuni smartphone Samsung Galaxy. The post Facebook non si cancella dagli smartphone Samsung appeared ...

23. A history of the sprawling personality clashes over RSS
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Sinclair Target's long, deeply researched history of the format wars over RSS are an excellent read and a first-rate example of what Charlie Stross has called "the beginning of history": for the first ...

24. Unemployed 20-year-old who lives with his parents confesses to massive German political dox
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... so high-profile (even Chancellor Angela Merkel wasn't spared) and that politicians from the neofascist Alternative for Germany were passed over by the hacker. Now, a politically unaffiliated, unemployed, ...

25. The Science Fiction Writers of America inducts William Gibson as its next Grand Master
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What an excellent choice! Dr William Gibson, Grand Master of Science Fiction has such a nice ring to it. Go Bill! You can watch him get his award at the next Nebula Awards weekend, May 16-19, at the Warner ...