New venom antidote discovered for one of world's deadliest creatures

The paralysing sting may have been taken out of the scourge of Top End waterways, with Australian researchers claiming to have found a new antidote to box jellyfish poison.

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Facebook Is Turning Instagram Into The New Facebook

With Facebook usage in decline, particularly in the coveted 12- to 34-year-old demographic, the company is slowly porting its core features over to its relatively scandal-free sister site.

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Samsung unveils a vertical TV for millennials

Samsung is attempting to stand out in the crowded TV market by turning it on its head – literally.

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Congrats, Horny Creeps: Facebook Is Making It Easy To Date Your Friends

“Secret Crush” will let you pick a Facebook friend you like, and if they like you back, you’ll be notified.

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Instagram Is Hiding Like Counts From Followers In A Test To See If You’ll Feel Less Horrible

Hide your kids, hide your likes.

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Apple says parental control apps were pulled for security reasons

Apple's attempts to help parents fight smartphone addiction among children should've been a PR win.

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Alexa will start speaking Spanish this year

In the list of most spoken languages around the world, English comes in third behind Spanish in second.

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Here's Everything You Need To Know From Facebook's F8 Developer Conference

Facebook is holding its annual F8 developer conference in San Jose, California on Tuesday and Wednesday. After yet another scandal-ridden year, the company is expected to share updates on its family of apps — Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Messenger — along with its work in AI, VR, and augmented reality.

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YouTubers Are Obsessed With Reviewing Yelp’s Worst-Rated Businesses

“Worst reviewed” videos inadvertently shine a light on how subjective Yelp reviews really are.

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Mysterious Yeti found? Indian Army's 'footprints' claim sets Twitter ablaze

If the legendary Bigfoot gets lonely after trekking across the continental U.S., maybe he can join up with the Yeti for a skiing trip.

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Google shows first cracks in years

Google’s once-untouchable online-advertising operation took a body blow, hurt by mounting competition and struggles within its increasingly high-profile YouTube unit.

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Inside the Stryker Turret: New targeting tech destroys drone swarms

When a Stryker gunner released the so-called “dead man’s” switch on the vehicle’s 30mm cannon, a slow-moving ground drone target exploded into a cloud of smoke and fire, marking a demonstration of a new counter-drone sensor-shooter technology now in development for Army consideration.

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Tech recruiting firm apologizes for job ad seeking 'preferably Caucasian' employee

A tech recruiting company apologized on Sunday after a job opportunity posted online said white people were preferred for the position.

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Writers Have Been Trying To Support Online Themselves For Years. Email Newsletters To The Rescue.

As writers gravitate toward paid email newsletters, small audiences translate to meaningful dollars.

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Emiliano Sala morgue photo: Police arrest two people after sick image surfaces on Twitter

U.K. police have arrested two people after a mortuary photo of Argentinian soccer player Emiliano Sala was posted on Twitter after his death in a plane crash.

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Sick morgue photo of Argentinian soccer player Emiliano Sala surfaces on Twitter, sparks outrage

A sick photo of Argentinian soccer player Emiliano Sala taken after his death in a plane crash surfaced on Twitter, sparking outrage and a U.K. police investigation.

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Facebook will be overrun by dead people within 50 years, researchers say

Facebook has a grave problem.

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Whale with mysterious harness may be Russian military 'spy,' experts say

Russia’s military may have an unusual new recruit – a white beluga whale that has been spotted in the waters of the Norwegian Arctic.

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Air Force calls for new 'Vanguard' weapons program with hypersonics, lasers and networked missiles

Aggressive pursuit of hypersonics, lasers, networked cruise missiles, artificial intelligence, smart bombs and cyberwar inform the conceptual and technical basis for the Air Force’s new “Vanguard” programs, new Air Force strategic efforts to synthesize science and technology with prototyping and emerging weapons systems.

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Mark Zuckerberg built a glowing ‘sleep box’ to help his wife snooze

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he’s built a glowing wooden box that helps his wife sleep through the night, as she cares for their children.

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Los Angeles working to find missing seniors with help of ankle bracelets

A new program out of Los Angeles helps find missing seniors with dementia or autism with the use of electronic monitoring bracelets.

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New tool shows how Facebook and Google track you

A new tool shows how the biggest social media companies track you, right down to your device’s battery level and email you’ve sent.

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7 tools for fixing Windows problems

Months go by, and Windows works. Then, out of nowhere, your computer slows down. Files don’t open right away. Programs freeze or shut down. Your system probably needs some TLC, but what should you do?

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Noise - does it have a future?

Exponential urbanisation and automation look like making the future an increasingly rowdy place. We explore our changing attitudes to noise.

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If You Google "Thanos," Half Of Your Results Will Disappear

Oh snap!

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Facebook slammed for not taking action against ICE for alleged phony videos

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is calling on Facebook to escalate action against fake accounts set up by law enforcement to nap immigration violators.

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Nextdoor privacy, fix bad Wi-Fi and more: Tech Q&A

My neighbors are complaining about me on Nextdoor.com. Is there anything I can do about it? Is Nextdoor safe?

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United Airlines Covers Cameras On Its Seat Back Entertainment Systems After Outcry

United Airlines confirmed to BuzzFeed News it has covered the cameras on its entertainment systems after passenger outcry over privacy concerns.

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I Love The Facebook Portal And I Don’t Care Who Knows

I set up the critically reviled device in the BuzzFeed office and every one was utterly, truly delighted with it.

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Amazon to make one-day shipping the standard on Amazon Prime

The standard delivery time for your Amazon Prime orders will eventually take one day, not two.

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Amazon plans hi-res music streaming service, report says

It looks as though Amazon's next move to better compete in the online music marketplace is a new, high-resolution streaming service.

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Exclusive: Google Is Banning A Play Store Developer With More Than Half A Billion App Installs

DO Global ban comes after BuzzFeed News revealed it was committing ad fraud and violating other Google policies.

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B-2 pilot recounts what it's like 'flying a stealth bomber'

A former B-2 bomber pilot reveals what it's like to fly the stealth jet.

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CIA joins Instagram with a staged photo of Haspel’s desk

One of the government’s most secretive agencies came out of the cold Thursday morning by joining Instagram. The Central Intelligence Agency posted a photo of a cluttered desk at the spy agency, with the text, “I spy with my little eye…”

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Twitter CEO personally calls Omar to explain policy after Trump tweet: report

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey reportedly called Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Tuesday, the same day he met with President Trump at the White House, to explain to her why Twitter didn’t take down a tweet from Trump that she said caused death threats against her. Omar had previously requested that Twitter remove the tweet, the Washington Post reported.

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Facebook investigated by New York AG over email harvesting

New York is investigating Facebook over what it called the "unauthorized collection" of 1.5 million users' email address books.

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Amazon Will Make One-Day Shipping Free For All Prime Members

Amazon plans to spend $800 million to expand Prime from a two-day to a one-day shipping standard.

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Is Samsung's Galaxy Fold already a flop?

After several early reviewers noted issues with Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Fold, the world's largest smartphone maker decided to delay the release of the pricey folding phone.

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NSA recommends dropping controversial mass surveillance program

The National Security Agency has recommended that the White House abandon a controversial surveillance program that collects vast amounts of information about Americans' phone calls and text messages, claiming the legal and logistical burdens of maintaining it outweigh its benefits to the intelligence community. 

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