Apple pulls data snooping apps from online shop
Apple on Friday rid its App Store of some applications that it said could snoop on people's data and posed a security threat.
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Los Angeles orders quake retrofit for many older buildings
Thousands of older wood and concrete apartment buildings vulnerable to collapse in a major earthquake would get costly upgrades under sweeping retrofitting rules passed Friday by the Los Angeles City Council.
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2015
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More, smaller icebergs could show up in Alaska tanker lanes
Icebergs that threaten tankers carrying oil from the trans-Alaska pipeline are likely to be smaller but more numerous over the next two decades, according to a study by a citizens oversight group.
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2015
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Field widens for environments, microbes that produce toxic form of mercury
Thawing permafrost and contaminated sediment in marine coastal areas pose some of the greatest risks for the production of highly toxic methylmercury, according to findings published in the journal Science Advances.
Environment
Oct 9, 2015
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Satellite spots new depression exactly between Baja California and Hawaii
It's a rare thing when a tropical depression develops the same exact distance between two landforms, and newborn Tropical Depression 18E has done that in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. In a visible image created at NASA using ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2015
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NASA sees remnants of Typhoon Choi-wan over southeastern Russia
An infrared NASA satellite image revealed that the remnants of Ex-Typhoon Choi-wan continued to generate rainy and windy weather over southeastern Russia on October 8.
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2015
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Solving the internet's identity crisis
On the Internet, "nobody knows you're a dog," is the joke behind a famous New Yorker cartoon with a canine at the keyboard. But identity trust is a serious problem for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who are responsible ...
Internet
Oct 9, 2015
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New paper explores America's obession with Steve Jobs
A new paper in the International Journal of Communication investigates America's obsession with stories about celebrity CEO's like Steve Jobs, suggesting it says more about our culture than the man. The Steve Jobs movie, ...
Business
Oct 9, 2015
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Green sea turtles nest in record numbers in Florida
A record number of endangered green sea turtles nested in the US state of Florida in 2015, suggesting that conservation efforts are paying off, authorities said Friday.
Ecology
Oct 9, 2015
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New tool expands tracking of personal data on the Web
Navigating the Web gets easier by the day as corporate monitoring of our emails and browsing habits fine-tune the algorithms that serve us personalized ads and recommendations. But convenience comes at a cost. In the wrong ...
Internet
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