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health China bans sale of wild animals as novel Wuhan coronavirus deaths increase Xeni Jardin

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privacy AI Now's annual report: stop doing "emotion detection"; stop "socially sensitive" facial recognition; make AI research diverse and representative — and more Cory Doctorow

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politics Trump's pick to head DHS immigration, Ken Cuccinelli, praised anti-Muslim extremist Brigitte Gabriel Xeni Jardin

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scams FTC fines four robocallers behind “billions” of US calls Xeni Jardin

picks Facebook Chief Product Officer Chris Cox & WhatsApp VP Chris Daniels are leaving Xeni Jardin

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