Facebook employs psychologist whose firm sold data to Cambridge Analytica
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Cambridge Analytica Harvested Info on 50 Million People
Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm hired by Donald Trump’s election team, harvested data on 50 million Facebook users for targeted political propaganda campaigns, reported […]
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UK thinktank: ban new petrol and diesel cars in 2030, not 2040
Green Alliance says ending UK sales earlier would close climate target gap and halve oil imports
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Corbyn, the spy and the cold war’s long shadow
The claims about the Labour leader’s meeting with a Czechoslovakian agent are rooted in the conflicted politics of the UK left in the 1980s – and in attitudes that persist today
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US takes steps to resume plutonium pit production for nuclear arms
The Department of Energy plans to increase plutonium pit production to 30 pits annually until 2030, when the number will be ramped up to 80… […]
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Opinion: To stop climate change, we need to open borders
This might seem unrealistic at a time of rising anti-immigrant sentiment. But either we do it now, finding orderly ways to integrate climate refugees and […]
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Corporations key to rescuing nature, says WWF chief
“Today’s corporations inflict significant negative externalities on the planet,” said Sukhdev. “They need to recognise that responsibility.” A generation ago, the idea of a veteran […]
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Why is the NRA so powerful?
Compared with others, the 145-year-old lobby group isn’t a vast spender – but it has the power to mobilize a grassroots support and make Washington listen
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US tribe fights use of treated sewage to make snow on holy peaks
The Hopi tribe is taking on an Arizona ski resort over its use of artificial snow: ‘People compare it to baptizing a baby with reclaimed water’
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Woman’s Ingenious Invention Generates Electricity Using Wind From Trains, Subways
A 27-year-old designer has created an ingenious new way of generating wind power in London – and it is done using the infrastructure that already […]
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