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• Sex lives of app users 'shared with Facebook' - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  Some period-tracking apps are sharing intimate details with Facebook, says Privacy International.
  
• Sainsbury's reinstalls tills in till-free store - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  An experiment in shopping via app reveals consumers are not quite ready for till-free grocery buying.
  
• GCC 10 Lands The eBPF Port For Targeting The Linux In-Kernel VM - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  

  Phoronix: The GCC eBPF port is roughly equivalent to the capabilities of targeting eBPF from LLVM/Clang.

  
  
• Four Simple Steps to Sync Your Backup to a Remote Server Using the rsync Command - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  

  2DayGeek: The rsync command allows the administrator to synchronize the local backup with the remote server.

  
  
• Musicalypse - audio player and server built with Web technologies - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  

  Musicalypse, iis cross-platform software that offers both an audio player and server functionality.

  
  
• How to Install Arch Linux on Raspberry Pi 3 - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  

  Installing Arch Linux is as simple as creating two partitions and copying the OS files to the SD card.

  
  
• A Dive Inside Cinnamon, an Overlooked Linux Desktop - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  

  In a lot of discussions about which desktops are better on Linux, people seem to forget that Cinnamon exists

  
  
• Taylor Swift 'tried to sue' Microsoft over racist chatbot Tay - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  The singer's legal team claimed the holocaust-denying AI's name implied a link with the singer.
  
• Moscow rap becomes most-disliked Russian YouTube video - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  A rap song in praise of Moscow becomes the most-disliked Russian video on YouTube before its removal.
  
• Hurricane Dorian unearths Civil War cannonballs on South Carolina beach - FOX News
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  Two Civil War cannonballs have been discovered on a South Carolina beach in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian.
  
• Jack Ma: Alibaba begins new era as founder departs - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  The charismatic Chinese businessman led Alibaba to become one of the world's biggest internet firms.
  
• Rare two-toned 'Halloween lobster' found off coast of Maine, a '1-in-50-million' find - FOX News
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  A rare two-colored lobster has been found off the coast of Maine by a local fisherman who had a 1-in-50-million chance of finding the unusual crustacean.
  
• The day the dinosaurs died: Asteroid impact site reveals devastation from power of 10 billion A-bombs - FOX News
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  Scientists have unveiled stunning new research that sheds light on the 24 hours that followed the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.
  
• What if there were no sharks? - FOX News
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  Sharks are magnificent predators that represent an impressive evolutionary success story. They've swum the oceans for more than 400 million years, diversifying over time to inhabit rivers and lakes as well. About 500 known species are alive today, and there are likely even more yet to be discovered.
  
• Oregon's Mount Hood active volcano lacks adequate monitoring, scientists say - FOX News
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  Scientists warn Mount Hood, an active volcano outside Portland, Ore., lacks adequate monitoring equipment, and bureaucratic red tape has left them blind in detecting future eruptions, which could lead to deadly consequences, according to a report.
  
• Scientists uncover new evidence of the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs - FOX News
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  Drilling into the seafloor off Mexico, scientists have extracted a unique geologic record of the single worst day in the history of life on Earth, when a city-sized asteroid smashed into the planet 65 million years ago, wiping out the dinosaurs and three-quarters of all other life.
  
• Musicians call for facial recognition ban at gigs - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  Musicians add their voice to calls for Ticketmaster to roll back plans to use the tech at concerts.
  
• 'Storm Area 51' creator leaves alien-themed festival in shakeup over safety concerns, fear of 'Fyre Fest 2.0' - FOX News
  Tue, 10 Sep 2019
  The California man behind the viral "Storm Area 51" event on Facebook that may draw alien-obsessed crowds to a rural Nevada county next week has pulled out of a festival spawned from the popular event because of safety concerns.
  
• Russia complains about Facebook and Google election ads - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 09 Sep 2019
  Letting the adverts circulate led to election "interference", Russia's communications regulator says.
  
• Almost one-fifth of Britons 'do not use internet' - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 09 Sep 2019
  Survey says almost everyone under 50 is online but after that, use declines by about 2% per year.
  
• Brain hack devices must be scrutinised, say top scientists - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 09 Sep 2019
  The UK's Royal Society warns of the risk of companies accessing our thoughts and moods.
  
• Apple responds to iPhone factory criticism - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 09 Sep 2019
  Apple denies claims that staff experience poor working conditions in the Foxconn factory.
  
• eBay investigates topless-woman icon swap error - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 09 Sep 2019
  A small picture of a topless woman briefly appeared on eBay UK messages sent via the Outlook app.
  
• The bizarre fabrics that fashion is betting on - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 09 Sep 2019
  Amid a growing backlash against fast fashion, firms are looking at new fabrics from mushrooms and pineapples.
  
• Americans skeptical of UFOs, say government knows more, poll reveals - FOX News
  Mon, 09 Sep 2019
  Two-thirds of Americans say the government knows more than it's saying about UFOs in the wake of a plan to "Storm Area 51" in Nevada and potentially uncover its secrets about alien life later this month.
  
• The Biblical town of Emmaus, which is linked to Jesus’ resurrection and the Ark of the Covenant, may have been found - FOX News
  Mon, 09 Sep 2019
  Archaeologists in Israel may have discovered the Biblical town of Emmaus, which is linked to Jesus’ resurrection and the Ark of the Covenant.
  
• Alien civilizations may have explored the Milky Way and visited Earth already, new study claims - FOX News
  Mon, 09 Sep 2019
  Our Milky Way galaxy could be filled with alien civilizations, a new study claims, but we don't know it because they haven't stopped by Earth for a visit in millions of years.
  
• Why agile projects fail: 3 ways to break the cycle - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 09 Sep 2019
  

   enterprisersproject: Maybe you've been through an agile project that looked like this: Design, build, test, deploy, and then blame other internal teams when the agile project fails.

  
  
• Getting Stallman Wrong Means Getting The 21st Century Wrong - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 09 Sep 2019
  

  techrights: The importance of Stallman's legacy is both symbolic and instructive.

  
  
• Most common custom SSH Configurations of the OpenSSH Server - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 09 Sep 2019
  

  The Openssh set of utilities let us create secure, encrypted connections between machines.

  
  
• How to Change Themes in Linux Mint - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 09 Sep 2019
  

  Bored with the same default look of Linux Mint?

  
  
• Why people pay for the perfect Instagram wedding - BBC News - Technology
  Sat, 07 Sep 2019
  Is the influence from social media apps like Instagram putting too much pressure on the big day?
  
• The London schoolgirl running her own e-commerce business - BBC News - Technology
  Sat, 07 Sep 2019
  Cara has been running her own business for a year and has even paid for her parents to go on holiday.
  
• Apps, AI, & sweeper keepers - big data hits the football big time - BBC News - Technology
  Sat, 07 Sep 2019
  How big data arrived in football's big time and why it is changing the sport forever.
  
• Lego droid orchestra performs Star Wars and other news - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 06 Sep 2019
  BBC Click's Paul Carter looks at some of the week's best technology stories.
  
• The secrets of controlling your internet profile - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 05 Sep 2019
  Banksy reckoned we would all be anonymous for 15 minutes, but is this even possible?
  
• Google's 'secret web tracking pages' explained - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 05 Sep 2019
  The search giant's advertising methods are once again under scrutiny.
  
• Why phones that secretly listen to us are a myth - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 05 Sep 2019
  A mobile security firm carries out a research investigation to test the popular conspiracy theory.
  
• Back to school for £1m Fortnite gamer - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 03 Sep 2019
  Jaden Ashman is focussing on his GCSEs despite winning second place in the Fortnite World Cup.
  
• Driving simulator highlights dangers of hands-free calls - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 03 Sep 2019
  A BBC presenter found his ability to recognise hazards was reduced whilst talking on hands-free.
  
• How Gothic cathedrals can inspire modern architecture - BBC News - Technology
  Sun, 01 Sep 2019
  Arched designs can be thinner, lighter and made out of non-traditional materials.
  
• China social media censorship: how does it work? - BBC News - Technology
  Sat, 31 Aug 2019
  In China, posting banned words on social media can get you in trouble with the authorities. Chinese writer Karoline Kan explains how people try to get around the censors.
  
• Mat Dan: 'I became an accidental celebrity 6,000 miles from home' - BBC News - Technology
  Sat, 31 Aug 2019
  When Daniel Tyler went backpacking, little did he know he'd end up a star in Malaysia.