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This baker makes internet trolls eat their words -- literally

This baker makes internet trolls eat their words -- literally

Tempted to respond back to internet harassers? New York City baker Kat Thek does just that. Her company, Troll Cakes, will find your perpetrator and send them a cake with their words written on it.
by Noor Wazwaz

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How the biggest animal on Earth got so big

How the biggest animal on Earth got so big

Whales might be the largest animals on the planet, but they haven't always been so huge. Researchers say the ocean giants only became enormous fairly recently, and over a short period of time.
by Madeline K. Sofia

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U.S., EU in urgent talks on expanding laptop ban on flights

U.S., EU in urgent talks on expanding laptop ban on flights

The proposal could affect 65 million passengers per year on the trans-Atlantic routes, which are among the world's busiest. The current ban, in place on 10 mostly Middle Eastern cities since March, affects about 50 flights per day.
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Congress votes to let internet providers sell your privacy

Congress votes to let internet providers sell your privacy

The rule, which had not yet taken effect, would have required internet providers to ask permission before selling consumers' personal data. President Trump is expected to sign the rollback.

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When Amazon's cloud storage fails, lots of people get wet

When Amazon's cloud storage fails, lots of people get wet

Usually people don't notice the "cloud" -- unless, that is, it turns into a massive storm. Which was the case Tuesday when Amazon's huge cloud-computing service suffered a major outage.
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Volunteers hack, scrape and crawl government websites to save data

Volunteers hack, scrape and crawl government websites to save data

Fear that environmental data could disappear under the Trump administration has spurred hundreds of volunteer researchers, hackers and archivists to start saving federal data on secure, non-government servers.
by Max Nesterak

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Why forecasters got this storm wrong

Meteorologist Mark Seeley discusses why forecasters got the track of today's winter storm wrong. He also discusses the record warm temperatures that preceded the storm.
by Cathy Wurzer

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