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Facebook responds to criticism, will broaden Safety Check

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Thousands of people in the Paris area used Facebook on Friday to let friends and family know they were safe after a wave of terrorist...
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Japan enters recession, GDP contracts in Q3

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The Japanese economy contracted an annualized 0.8 percent in the third quarter after a 0.7 percent decline in the previous quarter. The country has fallen...
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Huge Pluto area has no craters, say astonished NASA scientists

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A huge area on the surface of Pluto is completely crater free, an image of the dwarf planet produced by NASA’s New Horizons scientists...
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Dark matter may have put us here and got rid of the dinosaurs

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What if dark matter is responsible for putting us – humans – here, and getting rid of the dinosaurs? Lisa Randall, a theoretical physicists...
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Climate change may push 100 million people back into poverty by 2030

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Climate change has the potential to push over 100 million people back into extreme poverty by 2030, says a new World Bank report, with...
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UK to hold emergency response meeting after terrorist attacks in Paris

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An emergency meeting will be held by the British government after the devastating terrorist attacks in Paris that killed 129 people, according to a...
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Exoplanet with 5400 mph winds and 1200 °C temperature discovered

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Scientists have discovered an exoplanet with 5400 winds and a surface temperature of 1200 °C about 63 light years from Earth. A team from...
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Yandex extends Google antitrust battle to the EU

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Yandex, the biggest search website in Russia, has asked the European Commission to investigate alleged anti-competitive practices by Google related to how it bundles...

Windows 10 outperforms Valve’s SteamOS in benchmark tests

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Microsoft's Windows 10 outperformed Valve's SteamOS in a series of benchmark tests carried out by Ars Technica.  The results of the tests showed SteamOS lagging behind Windows...
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Canadian pension funds acquire Chicago toll road for $2.8 billion

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Three Canadian pension funds announced on Friday that they will be acquiring the company holding the rights to run and operate the Chicago Skyway...