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Facebook under fire for job ads that let companies exclude women, other employment seekers
The claim, filed by the ACLU and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, accuses the company of violating labor and civil rights laws by publishing discriminatory job ads.
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Navigation apps like Waze may NOT be reliable for steering you out of a disaster, experts warn
Google-owned Waze said it's worked with local governments and volunteer map editors to mark closures of thousands of roads across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
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It's not over until the fat BIRD sings! Scientist finds that musical avians control metabolic rate
Dr Lewis Halsey from the University of Roehampton was watching a small gathering of finches peruse the stocks of his London garden when he wondered why songbirds never appear to be overweight.
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Ceres' vanishing volcanoes: Dwarf planet once had 22 'cryovolcanoes'
Researchers at the University of Arizona used images from Nasa's Dawn Mission to spot the sites of 22 ancient volcanoes that have almost all disappeared.
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Mysterious pulsar 1,630 light-years from Earth is sending infrared radiation across the stars
Astronomers from Penn State university were part of a team that made the finding using Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope, who suggest two possibilities to explain their observations.
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Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will be first SpaceX BFR tourist
'Ever since I was a kid, I have loved the Moon,' Yusaku Maezawa said at SpaceX headquarters and rocket factory in Hawthorne, California, in the middle of metropolitan Los Angeles, late Monday.
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'Ghost' seen walking on North Carolina pier during Hurricane Florence
According to folklore originating in South Carolina, the Gray Man has appeared since 1822 during stormy weather to warn residents of imminent devastation.
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Can scientists crack secret of Nasa's fuel-free thruster?
Physicist Dr Mike McCulloch, from Plymouth University, has been awarded £990,000 ($1.3 million) by the US government to develop a fuel-free rocket engine.
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WhatsApp's next update is designed to give your smartphone battery life a boost
It could be rolled out to WhatsApp users worldwide in the next software update released by the Facebook-owned company. (Stock image)
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Mysterious great white shark lair discovered in Pacific Ocean
Marine biologists began tagging sharks more than a decade ago but the predators' month-long annual pilgrimage to a seemingly barren area in the mid-Pacific region.
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iPhone XS Max: Apple's new handset is bigger and better in every way
Apple's new iPhone XS and XS Max go on sale on Friday - and the biggest handset Apple has ever made if also its best.
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Are we hardwired to be xenophobic? You are less likely to trust someone who speaks with an accent
Regions of the brain are automatically activated to analyse whether to believe people from an 'in-group' or 'out-group' when they start talking, according to research led by McGill University (stock image).
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Archaeologists say they have found the specific part of Pembroke Castle where Henry VII was born
Archaeologists from Dyfed Archaeological Trust now believe they have found the specific part of Pembroke Castle in Wales where Henry VII was born more than 500 years ago.
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What is the best route in the UK for driverless lorries?
Firms would maximise profits on the 215-mile Anglo-Scottish route because of its long distance and relatively low congestion, according to Washington transport information firm Inrix
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Scientists create robotic JELLYFISH to be 'guardian of the oceans'
Inventors from Florida Atlantic University have created soft-shelled robotic jellyfish that have eight hydraulic silicon tentacles and could be used to monitor at-risk marine ecosystems.
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Why your phone battery lasts for DAYS when it's new, but later loses charge after a few hours
The SLAC National Accelerator Lab's facilities at Stanford University in California allowed researchers to see how ions flowed through a lithium battery (stock).
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Devastating solar storm a matter of 'when, not if' warns Met Office
Solar storms - high-speed streams of radioactive particles that fire from the sun - pose a threat to national infrastructure, UK industry and the wider public, according to the Met Office.
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Get ready for the Alexa microwave: Amazon may release smart home items with built-in voice assistant
Amazon could be planning to seriously beef up its line of Alexa-enabled devices. It could release eight items, including a microwave, amplifier, receiver, subwoofer and an in-car gadget.
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Google forced to apologize after it remotely enabled Battery Saver mode for Android 9 users
Some Android 9 Pie users were surprised when they discovered the Battery Saver feature had turned on by itself. Google has since apologized, saying it was a test that 'mistakenly' rolled out to all users.
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iOS 12 review: The update that really will improve your phone
Rather than cram in a plethora of new features, Apple's latest update is about boosting stability, with improvements in everything from FaceID and battery life.
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