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FoundationDB Document Layer 258 by wwilson | 26 comments on Hacker News.

In the realms of gold: exploring Africa’s rich history 8 by antigizmo | 0 comments on Hacker News.

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When starting school, younger children are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD 148 by Reedx | 198 comments on Hacker News.

Mathematical Simplicity May Drive Evolution's Speed 17 by beefman | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Asana raises $50M at a $1.5B valuation 149 by ScotterC | 112 comments on Hacker News.

Twitter’s Kafka adoption story 119 by sciurus | 51 comments on Hacker News.

Google Shut Out Privacy and Security Teams from Secret China Project 198 by jbegley | 28 comments on Hacker News.

Observable Playground 81 by mbostock | 9 comments on Hacker News.

New for AWS Lambda: Use Any Programming Language and Share Common Components 402 by abd12 | 174 comments on Hacker News.

'Talent Wants Transit': Companies Near Transportation Gaining the Upper Hand 298 by bootsz | 277 comments on Hacker News.

Go 2, here we come 682 by mdelias | 434 comments on Hacker News.

A 96-year-old artist who saved a village 28 by MiriamWeiner | 0 comments on Hacker News.

GraphQL: A Retrospective 103 by lchsk | 35 comments on Hacker News.

The Digital Maginot Line 101 by crunchiebones | 44 comments on Hacker News.

Inside the Marriott-Starwood Loyalty Program Turbulence 77 by jedwhite | 64 comments on Hacker News.

Incident Command for DevOps: Learning from the Fire Department [video] 39 by kiyanwang | 3 comments on Hacker News.

The Unified Theory of Ram Dass 81 by adrice727 | 63 comments on Hacker News.

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Problems with credit checks led some customers to be wrongly refused smartphone contracts. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2E4L5kO

The gaming giant will now let players share videos on YouTube, Twitch and others. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2E5Vc91

Facebook starts to enforce its tighter political advertising rules in the UK following a delay. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2TVTpb1

Microsoft complained to local police, who arrested more than 50 people in call centres. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2DR4ULp

Fewer smart meters are being fitted despite the government insisting all homes will have one by 2020. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2E4ldFo

WASHINGTON ― In a shocking defeat for President Donald Trump, Sen. Tim Scott from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FQtHSm via IFTTT

A few of the Democratic Party’s young stars in the House took on Nancy Pelosi this week and proved mainly that none of them have anything like the political acumen to replace her. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FKLFWp via IFTTT

Police have arrested a 20-year-old suspected of carrying out a shooting inside from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2PaeWZY via IFTTT

Up to 10 inches of rain have fallen in the past eight days. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QoCEX8 via IFTTT

General Motors recently announced its plan to cut more than 14,000 jobs. Earlier this year, the car manufacturer warned the Trump administration about the cost of his tariff war. Trump lashed out at GM after its job reduction announcement and allegedly told its CEO that she “better” reopen plants in the U.S. soon. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Q4l4bu via IFTTT

Far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer handcuffed herself to the front from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TUmN1o via IFTTT

Discovering that your kid has swallowed Lego is pretty annoying as a parent, but these researchers did the same thing in the name of science. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Q4wqwj via IFTTT

China's science ministry has ordered that people involved in the controversial baby gene-editing experiment halt their activities, a government official told state media Thursday. The ministry "firmly opposes the baby gene-editing incident and has already demanded that the relevant organisation suspend the scientific activities of relevant personnel," a ministry official said, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The National Health Commission is investigating the claims. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2E4SfoS via IFTTT

Trevor Noah, host of "The Daily Show," has refocused his attention on the from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KJgadW via IFTTT

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Mississippi Senate incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) didn't use the opportunity from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2raXI53 via IFTTT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court found three police officers guilty on Thursday of killing a student they alleged was a drug dealer, in the first known such conviction under the president's deadly crackdown on drugs. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zvowS2 via IFTTT

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The Indonesian authorities have concluded that the Lion Air plane that crashed last month killing 189 people was not fit to fly and should have been grounded after recurring technical problems.  The Boeing 737 MAX vanished from radar about 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, on October 29, slamming into the Java Sea at 450 miles per hour moments after the pilot had asked to return to the airport.  Data from the jetliner, presented in preliminary findings by accident investigators on Wednesday, showed the pilots fought to prevent the crash from the moment the plane took off as the 737’s nose was repeatedly forced down, apparently by an automatic system receiving incorrect sensor readings. The information from the flight data recorder reveals that the crews successfully battled to raise the nose over two dozen times before finally losing control.  The National Transport Safety Committee (KNKT) did not pinpoint a definitive cause of the accident, with a final

President Donald Trump on Thursday attempted to paint General Motors' plant from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2P9V0q9 via IFTTT

Environmental Protection Agency acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler said from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Rn6yIm via IFTTT

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A video of the incident, which took place on October 25, has circulated widely on social media from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2RmaQ2T via IFTTT

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's air defenses confronted an aerial "aggression" over the country's south late Thursday, shooting down several targets and preventing them from carrying out their mission in the first such attack since Syria received a Russian air defense system last month, state TV said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Pa5Qwi via IFTTT

The town is charging Thomas Apruzzi $2,000 a night for his display, saying the display he's put up for 15 years causes traffic and safety concerns. ABC News' Janai Norman reports. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2rkevD7 via IFTTT

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke saluted President Donald Trump on Wednesday from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2E7qDj4 via IFTTT

Ivanka Trump spoke out on the controversy surrounding her use of private email from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2P69dV6 via IFTTT

A young boy upstaged Pope Francis on Wednesday, escaping from his mother and running onto the papal podium at a general audience, tugging on the hand of a Swiss guardsman and playing behind the pontiff's chair. Pope Francis told her to let him carry on playing. As she left the stage, a smiling Francis leaned towards Bishop Georg Ganswein sitting next to him and whispered: "He is Argentinian. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2E1FSKp via IFTTT

Rev. Johnnie Moore, founder of the Congress of Christian Leaders, is singing the praises of Azerbaijan after wrapping up a multi-day visit to the Islamic nation. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2BCA87i

Now you don't need a DNA kit to find out about your very long-term ancestral line. Scientists in the US and Switzerland have announced an amazing revelation – all modern humans are descended from a common father and mother who appeared on the scene 100,000 to 200,000 years ago after a cataclysmic event almost wiped out the human race.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2P8hVC6

Following on the heels of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, various organizations are now observing an international day of charitable giving known as #Giving Tuesday, including CBN's Operation Blessing. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2P6jtg6

Archaeologists believe they have found evidence of an explosion resulting from a low-altitude meteor strike that may have been responsible for destroying cities, villages, and farmland 3,700 years ago in an area located north of the Dead Sea. Could this be the site of the biblical story of Sodom? from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2TQ1FsW

The United Kingdom has so far refused to offer asylum to Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman who was recently freed after serving eight years on death row for blasphemy.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2FDdqjw

Tensions are rising between the Ukraine and Russia after Ukrainian naval officials say Russian ships fired on and seized two of their artillery ships Sunday in the Black Sea. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ApajpB

More than a week after an American missionary was slain by a reclusive tribe on the Indian island of North Sentinel, officials say they've "more or less identified" the area where his remains are buried. Meanwhile, a portrait is emerging of the young man who risked everything to share his faith with the unreached people group. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ApqenH

Rail passengers will have to pay an average of 3.1% more for train tickets in 2019. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2zvB10g

Founder of UK software giant is charged with fraud seven years after the firm's sale to Hewlett-Packard. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Q7wcnZ

President Trump's threats of more tariffs against China dampen hopes of a breakthrough over trade at a meeting with Xi Jinping. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2AvVvW4

Roberto Azevedo says the trade body is looking for a "plan B" to stop its dispute system being paralysed. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2TXR2EQ

Customers can leave electric cars to charge while shopping, under a partnership with Volkswagen. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Sj3zB6

Prosecutors raid Frankfurt headquarters of Germany's biggest bank in a money laundering investigation. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2AwwOJk

Fewer smart meters are being fitted despite the government insisting all homes will have one by 2020. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E4ldFo

The PM says she still hopes the Commons will back her Brexit plan as she prepares to meet G20 leaders. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2zz4OoH

Dr Scholl's and Coppertone are among the consumer brands to be sold by the German company. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Aws1Yk

The coffee chain says watching porn has always been banned, but it will now block access to content. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2rdnLsn

The regulator says the celebrities didn't tell their followers they had been paid to promote some investments. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2PaQkAc

Danish shipping company Norden says it has completed the first voyage by an ocean-going vessel powered purely by biofuel made from used cooking oil. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E4Td4y

Problems with credit checks led some customers to be wrongly refused smartphone contracts. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E4L5kO

Jaguar Land Rover says there will also be a "temporary pause" at its Wolverhampton engine plant. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2FPdhK6

Shares in shopping centre owner Intu sink more than a third as a takeover bid falls apart. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2BF4w1a

Rail regulator orders Network Rail to improve after rail performance hits five-year low. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E3KzDo

Watch behind the scenes as a vinyl record is processed from start to finish. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2QpItn5

Prospective tenants at one letting agency have been asked for money in order to view rental properties. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E24rXJ

5 Live is getting the views of people across the UK. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2FNpm2d

The UK's £2bn funeral sector now faces a major investigation by competition authorities as costs rise. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2KFvF6H

An innovation surge and the lifting of health taboos is giving rise to an industry worth billions. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2QujvTC

The Ukrainian navy said Sunday that Russia’s coast guard opened fire on and seized three Ukrainian vessels and wounded two crew members in the Black Sea following a tense standoff off the coast of the Crimean Peninsula. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2zsJJw0

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck western Iran near its border with Iraq on Sunday night, injuring more than 500 people and sending fearful residents running into the streets, authorities said. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2THngE0

The European Commission chief warned the U.K. parliament it should not count on any renegotiation ahead of Britain’s departure in March, as European Union leaders on Sunday approved a landmark agreement on Britain’s exit. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2AkgHhO

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The US Justice Department charged two Iranian hackers Wednesday with extorting at least $6 million from hospitals, city governments and public institutions in the US and Canada by remotely locking down their computer systems. The DOJ said Faramarz Shahi Savandi and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri deployed the SamSam Ransomware into the systems of more than 200 institutions, encrypting their operations to make them inaccessible until the owners paid ransoms by bitcoin. Victims included the city governments of Atlanta, Georgia and Newark, New Jersey, the University of Calgary in Canada, major US hospitals in Los Angeles and Kansas City, and Laboratory Corporation of America, or LabCorp, one of the world's largest medical testing businesses. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2P8fqzV via IFTTT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government said Tuesday that it will award President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner the highest honor the country gives to foreigners, the Order of the Aztec Eagle. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zv2PSu via IFTTT

Calls have mounted for Indian authorities to abandon efforts to recover the body of a young American killed apparently attempting to convert a hunter-gatherer island tribe to Christianity. John Chau was killed in a hail of arrows almost two weeks ago as he went ashore on North Sentinel island in the Indian Ocean, fisherman who dropped him off nearby told police. Indian police on Saturday took a boat 400 metres (yards) offshore and spotted men on the beach with bows and arrows, but they do not want to disrupt the tribe or provoke more violence. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ApS2IT via IFTTT