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Pentagon visions cyborg soldiers in the near future as a part of US army
According to a new report from the US military, soldiers that are fully integrated with cybernetics may become a reality by the year 2050. The report highlighted four probable areas for enhancement, including vision, hearing, muscles and direct data transfers to and from the brain. The report also stated that the public would have to be convinced to overcome its poor perception of cyborgs.
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Vice
Arsenal finally broke its nine game winless streak
Arsenal won its first league game with interim manager Freddie Ljungberg at the helm against West Ham. The match ended with a score of 3-1 and resulted in Arsenal moving up two spots in the league tables, now at ninth place. West Ham, on the other hand, is just one point above the relegation zone.
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BBC
DNA coding by Harvard scientists might immunize human software from all diseases
A team of scientists at Harvard led by leading biologist George Church has found ways to edit human DNA like code. The team is currently working on making humans immune to all diseases and reversing the aging process although they claim it will take at least another ten years before any of their breakthroughs are available to humans.
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CBSNews
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a full ceasefire
Ukraine and Russia have agreed to a 'full and comprehensive' ceasefire after a series of negotiations. The talks between the two countries were brokered by France and Germany and will end five years of fighting. Russia and Ukraine have also agreed to exchange all war-related prisoners and unblock all trade.
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BBC
US refuses to discuss North Korea human rights violations in UN
The United States has abruptly backed out of a vote that would call a United Nations Security Council meeting regarding North Korea's human rights violations. Since the US has backed out, the council is now short one vote of the minimum 9 required to hold a meeting. North Korea had warned that holding such a meeting would be a 'dangerous provocation'.
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Time
The US government may have lied about the their success in Afghanistan
According to a report by the Washington Post, the US government had severely overstated their success in Afghanistan over the last ten years. The report is based on over 400 interviews of those involved with the operation, many of whom admitted that the American public was lied to about the war.
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APNews
Sydney shrouded in smoke due to nearby bushfires
Sydney shrouded in smoke due to nearby bushfires
Sydney, one of the largest cities in Australia, is now blanketed in a thick layer of smoke that was created by nearby bush-fires. The smoke is said to be toxic and has forced a number of people to evacuate from the city. The smoke has also set off fire alarms all over the city
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BBC
2K is developing an all new Bioshock game
2K, the studio behind the beloved BioShock franchise, has announced that a new BioShock game is now officially in development. They refused to release any other information except that the game will likely remain in development for the next several years. The game is going to be developed by Cloud Chamber, a newly created game studio.
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Gamespot
Intel creates new chip to make quantum computing more efficient
Intel has created a new chip that will be able to manage all the data currently being transferred by wires. The chip will take up significantly less space and will be able to easily operate in the low temperatures required to run a quantum computer. This is a big step towards creating a large-scale commercial quantum system.
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Reuters
Chinese government orders that all foreign computer equipment be removed from their offices
The Chinese government has issued a new order to remove all foreign computer equipment from government offices within the next three years. Some are speculating that this move is in response to Washington's attempts to limit Chinese technology via its Huawei ban. This order will involve the replacement of 20-30 million pieces of hardware.
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Guardian
Manchester City manager claims his team cannot compete with Europe's best
Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola, has said that the team may not be able to compete with the best teams in Europe and that they will just have to accept that. His statements come after the team lost 2-1 to Manchester United. He went on to say that Man City must improve if it wants to stay in the competition.
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BBC
Epic Games store to allow game developers to use any payment method for in game purchases
The Epic Games Store is attracting more and more exclusives by incentivizing developers. First, they gave developers a larger share of sales revenue and now they have announced that developers will be able to implement whatever in-game purchase system they want. This may allow developers to keep more of the profits from these in-game sales.
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Gamespot
Russia banned from international sport for four years due to doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency has announced a unanimous ban on Russia from all major international sporting events due to doping noncompliance. They made this announcement after they launched a large investigation into the Russian government's practices. The investigation found that the government was conspiring with athletes to begin a state-sponsored doping program.
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CNN
The Pensacola naval base shooter reportedly tweeted against the US just before the shooting
The FBI has announced that they are assuming that the shooting was an act of terrorism as the shooter expressed anti-US and anti-Israel sentiments on Twitter before the shooting. The FBI has opened an extensive investigation into the incident but are currently not sure if the shooter was working alone or was a part of a larger plot.
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ABCNews
Beloved Star Trek actor, René Auberjonois dies at 79
Beloved Star Trek actor, René Auberjonois dies at 79
René Auberjonois, a prolific actor best known for his roles in 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' and 'Benson' has passed away at the old age of 79. He died on Sunday due to metastatic lung cancer. He had been acting since the 1960s and has received praise from fans all over the world.
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Koin
China claims a number of people have 'graduated' from their 're-education camps'
The Chinese government has claimed that a number of people who were held in their 'training camps' have graduated and are free to come and go as they please. This statement came in response to a UN report that estimated that around 1 million people (mainly Uighur Muslims) were being kept in these camps.
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Reuters
Hong Kong protest turns violent as protesters start fires
One of the largest pro-Democracy marches Hong Kong has ever seen turned violent yesterday as some protestors lit fires outside courts and vandalized government buildings. The event was mostly peaceful, things only became violent near the end of the march. Protestors estimated that around 800,000 people showed up for the march.
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Reuters
We may finally be able to create an underwater power grid
A number of large corporations have wanted to create an underwater energy grid for years, in order to save costs. However, they have been unable to do so as the technology required was not available. Scientists have developed a fully functional grid but it is still in the testing phase. They are saying it could become a reality very soon.
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TDWorld
New Zealand's White Island volcano erupts, injuries suspected
One of New Zealand's most active volcanoes, the White Island, located off the east coast of North Island, erupted around 2:30 pm, flinging smoke and debris into the atmosphere. While it is unclear how many people were present on White island at the time, estimates say up to 20 people may have been injured in the eruption.
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Reuters
Ding beats Maguire to become three-time UK snooker champion
Ding Jinhui, 32-year-old Chinese snooker player ranked 16th in the world, beat Scotland's Stephen Maguire, ranked 14th, to acquire the UK Championship title for the third time. Ding last won the title more than a decade ago in 2009, and 2005 before that. With his third win, Ding becomes one of a handful of snooker players to have won the UK Championship thrice.
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TheGuardian
Restaurants in Saudi Arabia will no longer be gender segregated
The Saudi Arabian government has rolled back a law that required restaurants to maintain separate entrances for families and women, and a separate one for just men. While it is unclear if this means segregation inside the restaurants is no longer required, the law has been rolled back on a voluntary basis, meaning that restaurants can still choose to follow gender segregation at their premises.
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AlJazeera
Twitch star Dr. Disrespect gets TV show deal
Twitch star Dr. Disrespect gets TV show deal
Guy Beahm, Twitch streaming star known online as Dr. Disrespect, has announced that he is in talks with Skybound Entertainment to produce a television series, possibly animated, based on his Dr. Disrespect character, making him the first Twitch star to get a television series deal. Beahm announced earlier that he would be taking some time off from streaming following controversy surrounding his admission to having an affair.
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TheVerge
Long-awaited Twin Peaks VR game trailer released
After an announcement made the previous year that hit TV series Twin Peaks would be getting a video game based on the show, there were no more developments besides a promise that the game would launch within 2019. The VR game's trailer has finally been released, featuring settings from the TV show. The game will be available on Steam in late December.
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PCGamer
New membrane invention for hydroelectricity produces more power than nuclear plants
A new invention that utilizes the differences in electric potential between freshwater and seawater has been shown to have great potential, if researchers can find a method to manufacture it on an industrial scale. The "blue energy" membrane generates power at places where a river flows into the sea, and has an estimated global potential of 2.6 terawatts of power, equivalent to the power of 2000 nuclear plants.
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ScienceMag
SpaceX sends Christmas present to space station
The SpaceX Dragon capsule was received by astronauts at the International Space Station, carrying early Christmas gifts from the company, marking SpaceX's 19th successful delivery for NASA in 7 years. The gifts include genetically engineered mice with twice the normal mass for an experiment, pesticidal worms and a prototype of an artificially intelligent robot to act as an astronaut's assistant, which tries to sense their emotional states.
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Phys.org