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Students keep up the heat with worldwide climate protests

Students in Italy symbolically torched a replica of planet Earth on Friday, part of a second wave of worldwide protests demanding swifter action to fight climate change. The demonstrations were sparked by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, with many participants echoing the anger she expressed to world leaders this week at a U.N. summit in New […]

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LinkedIn asks users to think beyond professional networks

LinkedIn wants users to step outside their professional silos to boost someone else’s career. The company pushed Thursday to narrow a “network gap” that disadvantages people who don’t have access to strong professional or alumni networks. The service says it’s not reversing its guidance that LinkedIn users accept connections only from people they know and

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Brace Yourself for the Internet Impeachment

Even before the impeachment inquiry against President Trump was announced on Tuesday, the president’s re-election campaign blasted an email to supporters, urging them to defend Mr. Trump against the “baseless and disgusting attacks.” Facebook quickly filled with ads for impeachment-themed merchandise, including $3 “Impeach Now!” bumper stickers and $35 “Impeach This!” T-shirts. In a private

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Amazon offers a way to delete Alexa recordings automatically

Users of Amazon‘s Alexa digital assistant can now request that recordings of their voice commands delete automatically. Amazon says it saves such commands to improve the service. But the practice has raised concerns with privacy experts who say the recordings could get into the wrong hands, especially as Amazon and other companies use human reviewers

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Marijuana vape sales lag as lung illnesses rise in US

Vaping products, one of the fastest-growing segments of the legal marijuana industry, have taken a hit from consumers as public health experts scramble to determine what’s causing a mysterious and sometimes fatal lung disease among people who use e-cigarettes. The ailment has sickened at least 805 people and killed 12. Some vaped nicotine, but many

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