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Has China’s Area 51 Been Found in the Gobi Desert?

Google Maps enthusiasts have discovered many unique and fascinating geographical structures from around the world. This time, the discovery of a big structure from China has sparked online debate as to the nature of the structure. Internet users have even named the region China’s Area 51. China’s Area 51 Area 51 is the code name ...

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Trade War With the US Is Unsettling Chinese Leaders

When U.S. President Trump initiated his trade war with China, the Communist Party officials in Beijing were confident in meeting the U.S. challenge. Fast forward a few months and many Chinese leaders are now worried about the potentially devastating implications from the trade war. Chinese officials insecure over trade war Beijing’s confidence in its ability ...

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DARPA Develops New Technique to Boost Memory Power

One of the main endeavors of experiments aimed at improving human performance has been to increase the memory power of the brain. And thanks to the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), we are one step closer to a technology that will significantly boost our memory. The memory zap When a person goes to ...

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Drinking Wine on a Plane Lands Mother of Three in Dubai Jail

Imagine drinking a glass of wine and then being jailed for it. Now, imagine going through that together with your 4-year-old daughter. Unfortunately, this is what a Swedish citizen from Britain had to endure when she innocently sipped a glass of wine during her flight to Dubai and they ended up in a Dubai jail. ...

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Unhackable Crypto Wallet Gets Hacked, Irks Wallet Company

A company that launched a cryptocurrency wallet promising it to be unhackable soon found their wallet getting hacked. And instead of providing hackers with the bounty they promised, the company sent a sneaky warning about facing consequences.  The BitFi crypto wallet The crypto wallet named BitFi was launched in early August. Antivirus pioneer John McAfee ...

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Southeast Asia Views China’s One Belt, One Road Plan With Apprehension

Though China has been aggressively pursuing investment opportunities in Southeast Asia, it is seeing an increasing resistance from the countries in the region over its One Belt, One Road initiative. And one of the main concerns of Southeast Asian nations is the terrible reputation that Chinese investments have. The Chinese are known to provide loans ...

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How Police Body Cams Can Be Hacked to Suit the Agenda of Criminals

With local governments in the U.S. planning to make police body cams mandatory, concerns about data safety and security have arisen after a cyber-security expert demonstrated how body cams can be used by hackers to fulfill their devious purposes. Footage risks Governments are mulling body cams as a means to make the police accountable for ...

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How Mobile Phone Usage Can Hurt Your Eyes and Overall Health

There have always been concerns that mobile phone usage might end up hurting people’s eyes and negatively affect their overall health. And as more research on the subject is coming in, it seems that the concerns are indeed valid. How blue light affects your eyes A major issue with staring at smartphone screens for long ...

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U.S. Tech Companies Agreeing to Censorship Is Bad for Human Rights

U.S. tech companies like Google and Facebook are increasingly courting Beijing in a bid to break into the Chinese market. But the cost of entry requires them to accept censorship and be a partner to grievous human rights violations, actions that will have dire consequences even in the United States. Kneeling before censorship Google pulled ...

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