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	Tech's terrible year: how the world turned on Silicon Valley in 2017 The Guardian When Jonathan Taplin's book Move Fast and Break Things, which dealt with the worrying rise of big tech, was first published in the UK in April 2017, his publishers removed its subtitle because they didn't think it was supported by evidence: "How Facebook, Google and Amazon cornered culture and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Nearly 40 feared dead in Philippines shopping mall blaze The Guardian Thirty-seven people were believed killed in a fire that engulfed a shopping mall in the southern Philippines city of Davao, the local vice-mayor said on Sunday. A bureau of fire protection commander at the scene said the chances of the 37 surviving were "zero", according to Paolo Duterte, the vice-mayor, ... Flag as irrelevant
	More than 100 feared dead and dozens missing in Philippine flash floods Telegraph.co.uk A tropical storm in the Philippines unleashed flash floods that swept away people and houses and set off landslides, leaving more than 100 dead missing on Saturday. Most of the deaths from Tropical Storm Tembin were in the hard-hit provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur and on the ... Flag as irrelevant
	South Sudan's warring parties agree ceasefire in bid to end four-year war The Guardian A ceasefire between South Sudan's warring parties will begin at midnight on Sunday, in the latest bid to end a devastating four year war. Government and several armed groups signed a ceasefire deal on Thursday during peace negotiations in Addis Ababa, to begin from 00:01 hours (local time) on 24 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Dominant Manchester City make it 17 in a row Reuters The run had begun with victory in added time away to the same opposition in August. This one was much more comfortable and dropped Bournemouth into the bottom three. Aguero set Pep Guardiola's team on their way in the 27th minute. Goalkeeper Asmir Begovic lost possession with a poor ... Flag as irrelevant
	27 killed in bus accident in northern India Xinhua NEW DELHI, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- At least 27 people have been killed and over 20 others injured after a passenger bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a river in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan Saturday, police said. The accident occurred in Dubi area in the state's Sawai Madhopur district, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Moscow: US arms may spur use of force by Kiev in eastern Ukraine Reuters Supplies of any weapons now encourage those who support the conflict in Ukraine to use the "force scenario," Russia's RIA state news agency cited Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin as saying on Saturday. Franz Klintsevich, a member of the upper house of the Russian parliament's security ... Flag as irrelevant
	Ben Stokes back in UK for Christmas, ending Ashes speculation The Guardian England's hopes of winning the Ashes are gone, and so is Ben Stokes. The suspended English all-rounder has ended his brief stint with Canterbury cricket club in New Zealand, and will head back to the UK. The club announced on Saturday that Stokes will head home for "family reasons", saying they ... Flag as irrelevant

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	How Sea Shepherd lost battle against Japan's whale hunters in Antarctic The Guardian A fleet of Japanese ships is currently hunting minke whales in the Southern Ocean. It is a politically incendiary practice: the waters around Antarctica were long ago declared a whale sanctuary, but the designation has not halted Japan's whalers, who are continuing a tradition of catching whales "for ... Flag as irrelevant
	Do you burn more calories exercising in the cold? Here's what the science says. Vox One idea that gets bandied about is that all you have to do is exercise outside in the cold. You can find it in magazines, newspapers, and maybe your email inbox — we recently got a press release from the University of Albany titled, "Winter Exercise Burns More Calories, Especially for Women." It is true ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bungie Promises Changes To Eververse, Vaults, Loot In 'Destiny 2' For 2018 Forbes We thought we'd heard the last from Bungie in 2018, but the Destiny 2 playerbase's grumbing about The Dawning has gotten so loud that they were ... "For the upcoming Iron Banner and Faction Rally events, in addition to brand new seasonal armor Ornaments, we're adding new themed Sparrows, ... Flag as irrelevant
	2017: the year in pop culture The Guardian In a year that gave us Charlottesville and Colin Kaepernick, it felt right. But despite the States's widening divisions, audiences had no problem identifying with a black man surrounded by creepy racists. Let's not forget that Get Out only became possible in our current era – when an African-American ... Flag as irrelevant
	China's trade with North Korea edges up in November Reuters Exports totaled $287.84 million in November up from $244.2 million in October. Trade between the two countries has slowed this year, particularly after China banned coal purchases in February. But the pace of the drop has quickened as the most recent curbs hurt Pyongyang's ability to sell some critical ... Flag as irrelevant
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	Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain Hacker Noon In many countries, and often our own, a little bit of ability to keep a few things private from the authorities probably makes the world a better place. In places like Cuba or Venezuela, many prefer to transact in dollars, and bitcoin could in theory serve a similar function. Yet there are two reasons this hasn't ... Flag as irrelevant

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	Today in History MSN.com Slide 3 of 9: WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 6: The Federal Reserve System corporation is. Slide 4 of 9: (Original Caption) 11/16/1945-Chicago. Slide 5 of 9: In 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other. Slide 6 of 9: In 1968, 82 crew members of the U.S. intelligence ship. Slide 7 of 9: In 1986 ... Flag as irrelevant

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	At Least 75 Dead in Philippines After Tropical Storm Unleashes Flash Floods TIME (ZAMBOANGA, Philippines) — A tropical storm in the southern Philippines unleashed flash floods that swept away people and houses and set off landslides, leaving at least 75 people dead and 58 others missing, officials said Saturday. Most of the deaths from Tropical Storm Tembin were in the hard-hit ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Year the Open Internet Came Under Siege: 2017 Year in Review EFF The fight between the Federal Communications Commission's choice to abandon the principles of net neutrality and the majority of Americans started early in 2017 and continued into the very last month of the year. But even with the FCC's bad vote coming so late, we fought all year to build up ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fragmentation in self-driving cars will eventually be a problem Engadget But like everything in tech, it's in a hype cycle that's seeing dozens of companies, large and small, competing to make sure their technology is in the car of the future. This past year, I've have a non-stop parade of startups pitch me about their AI autonomous driving systems. Many of them are suspect, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Homelessness in England rises by 75% among vulnerable groups The Guardian "Our services across the country are seeing an increase in the number of people with multiple and complex needs, and we think this may be because other services are failing to provide the help that people need. The solution to our housing crisis must be to urgently build more affordable homes and, in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Trophy knits – in pictures The Guardian Rachel Denny created her first knitted doe in 2005. "She was a grand experiment," says Denny, "that commented on feminine versus masculine domestic ideals in the home." She has since made many more busts of animals, such as sheep, reindeer and horses, making silicone moulds for resin casting ... Flag as irrelevant

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