US judge cuts Monsanto cancer victims’ award from $2 billion to $86 million
RT | A California judge on Thursday reduced a jury’s $2 billion punitive damages award for a couple who blamed Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup for their cancer.
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BBC Says We Only Have 18 Months To Save The Planet From Climate Change
The Daily Caller | Humanity has only 18 months left to take decisive political steps to avert the catastrophic effects of climate change, according to a report Wednesday by the BBC.
Frenchman Fails to Cross English Channel on Flyboard, Falls in the Water
Sputnik | On 14 July, French inventor Franky Zapata made headlines when he flew on his flyboard over the Champs-Elysees.
Facebook admits it unwittingly continued to share friend data with Microsoft and Sony for MONTHS after ending the practice last year due to a ‘bug’ in its code
Daily Mail | Amid a slew of fines and lawsuits, Facebook has admitted that it continued to allow friend data access to companies even after supposedly ending the practice last year.
Microsoft Invests $1 Billion In Musk’s OpenAI, Will Become Exclusive Cloud Provider
Zero Hedge | Microsoft announced a $1 billion investment in Elon Musk’s OpenAI, which aims to build “friendly AI” that won’t wipe out humanity.
Widespread blackout hits Venezuela, government blames ‘electromagnetic attack’
Reuters | More than half of Venezuela’s 23 states lost power on Monday, according to Reuters witnesses and reports on social media, a blackout the government blamed on an “electromagnetic attack.”
New Climate Study Warns London As Hot As Barcelona By 2050
Zero Hedge | A recent climate change study has found that London’s weather could feel more like Barcelona’s in 2050.
Is Google creating a voice-activated search engine for TODDLERS?
Daily Mail | Tech giant files patent amid fresh privacy concerns.
Mystery as 50 dead whales found washed up on remote beach in Iceland
The Sun | THESE heartbreaking images show the moment 50 dead whales were found washed up on a beach in Iceland.
Twitter Reactivates “Angel Mom” Account After Trump Intervenes
Zero Hedge | Twitter reinstated it after President Trump tweeted that he would “help” with the situation.
“Hate Speech”: Facebook Deletes Post Quoting Peaceful Catholic Theologian
Paul Joseph Watson | Bible passages to be banned next?
Peter Thiel: “Woke” Google Employees Prefer Communist China to America
Paul Joseph Watson | Aiding in transfer of AI technology because of their “woke” anti-American politics.
US Beekeepers Lost 40% Of Honeybee Colonies Last Year, UMD-Led Survey Finds
Zero Hedge | Recent budget cuts by the Trump Administration slashed funding for the US Department of Agriculture’s annual Honey Bee Colonies report that has recently detailed a collapse in the bee population across the nation.
Ebola-Stricken Man Takes Bus To DRC Travel Hub With 2 Million Residents
Zero Hedge | The Congolese health ministry announced that a pastor infected with Ebola took a bus to the city of Goma late Sunday, the first time the virus has spread to the major travel hub and home to more than two million people.
Massive databases containing tens of thousands of photos from public security cameras, OKCupid and other sites used to train facial recognition without users’ knowledge, report claims
Daily Mail | With images aggregated from social media platforms, dating sites, or even CCTV footage of a trip to the local coffee shop, companies could be using your face to train a sophisticated facial recognition software.