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A Netflix executive has said that the platform is looking for more and more foreign language entertainment. She placed particular emphasis on shows coming from Africa during her presentation and mentioned a Netflix original that's coming out of South Africa. They plan to outsource the production of their foreign language originals.

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US courts indicted two Russian members of a hacker group, calling itself Evil Corp, which has been alleged to be responsible for a host of cyber crimes targeting banks, companies and non-profit organizations worldwide, appropriating more than 100 million USD in stolen funds. The indicted men were investigated after they posted lavish pictures on social media. Evil Corp has been termed the most dangerous active hacker group in the world.

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Apex Legends developers have made the 'Peacekeeper Shotgun' less effective in an effort to make the gun less dominant in the game. The shotgun previously had a much larger spread, which allowed players to score cheap or unearned kills with it. The developers have said that the gun will now require a more skilled player to be as effective.

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Scientists at Stanford University have found that a certain protein within human blood that can be used to determine someone's biological age. This discovery has given researchers some new insight into the human aging process and is one step further on the path to finding a way to reverse aging entirely.

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Human rights watchdog Amnesty International cautioned star boxer Anthony Joshua against making misinformed statements, after the heavyweight came out in support of the Saudi Arabian government, stating he felt they were attempting "a good job politically" and that he felt comfortable in the country. In his response, Joshua seemed uninformed on the Amnesty organization, which claims Saudi citizens are suffering abuses under a repressive regime.

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Social media responded warmly to Disney's release of a new trailer for its live action remake of the classic Mulan, based on a Chinese folk tale, but protesters in Hong Kong have renewed their calls for audiences to boycott the movie due to Chinese lead actress Liu Yifei's remarks, in which she supported police action against the demonstrators.

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Speaking on behalf of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, French finance minister Bruno Le Maire turned down US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin's suggestion that international firms be granted the choice to opt out of the OECD's overhaul of the corporate tax regime, which aims to tax big multinational firms operative in countries where their end users live, rather than the country of incorporation.

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Congressman Duncan D. Hunter was found in investigations to have misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars of campaign funding for personal use, buying luxurious items and vacation trips with the money. He also recently confessed he used campaign funds to make Steam purchases upwards of a thousand dollars, though he had initially tried to excuse it as his son's mistake.

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Researchers at the Tel Aviv University in Israel conducted experiments on tobacco and tomato plants, creating two different kinds of distressing situations: one in which they were deprived of water, another when their stem was cut. They placed highly sensitive audio recorders near the plants and found that the plants not only emitted ultrasonic sounds when distressed, but also emitted different sounds for different kinds of situations.

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In more revelations regarding the musician R. Kelly, recently charged with child pornography, child labor and kidnapping, the publicly disgraced singer is also being charged for bribery, through which it is alleged he managed to arrange counterfeit documents to validate his 1994 marriage to then 15-year-old Aaliyah D. Houghton, a singer herself.

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The Saudi Arabian state-owned oil company is going public next week with a record-breaking initial public offering of 25.6 billion USD, which beats Chinese firm Alibaba's record of 25 billion USD. While Saudi crown prince Muhammad bin Salman had set his sights on a colossal 2 trillion dollar valuation, Aramco will still be the world's most valuable company at 1.7 trillion USD, miles ahead of Apple's 1.17 trillion dollar record.

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The creator of the DeepMind AI, Mustafa Suleyman, has revealed that he is going to leave his UK-based artificial intelligence firm and join Google. DeepMind earned renown a few years ago when it became the first artificial intelligence to defeat top human players at the board game Go, but also sparked outrage when it was used as an excuse to gather UK patients' personal data without consent.

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Two civilians working with the US Department of Defense were shot dead at Pearl Harbor base in Hawaii. The attacker was a US Navy sailor who, after killing two and injuring a third civilian, shot himself in the head. The Navy man has remained unnamed, while the site was on high security alert for two hours following the killings.

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe, the closest solar probe ever sent in space, has revealed data about the sun never encountered before by scientists. Surprising revelations have been observed regarding the sun's solar winds and weather patterns, with much more data to come, which will allow NASA researchers to develop much more accurate models of solar weather and the impact it has on the Earth.

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George Zimmerman, the watch captain of a small neighborhood in Sanford, Florida, rose to fame in 2012 as the man responsible for mortally shooting teenager Travyon Martin as he was returning from the grocery store. Zimmerman maintained that he shot in self-defense, and was acquitted, to nationwide outcry. Zimmerman is now suing the Martin family, state prosecutors and two witnesses for damages over 100 million USD.

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Following revelations regarding Russian interference in the United States' 2016 elections, the Australian government has begun investigating popular social media such as Facebook, WeChat and Twitter for evidence of meddling by foreign powers. Last month, the country's government mandated that all higher education institutions must disclose transactions with institutions abroad.

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Leicester beat Watford 2-0 to retake the number two position in the Premier League, with Jamie Vardy and James Maddison scoring a goal each to deliver an easy win for Leicester over bottom rank Watford. Leicester have replaced Manchester City at second position, with Liverpool leading the charts at number one, 8 points ahead of Leicester.

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Gaming platform Steam's monthly hardware survey for November revealed that AMD is enjoying growing popularity among users, with AMD processor usage up from just 8 percent in 2018 to over 20 percent in 2019, close to the market share of Intel. AMD recently released its massively popular 3rd generation Ryzen series of processors with significant advantages over their Intel counterparts, which might explain the shift.

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Research conducted on the eight members of a scientific expedition to Antarctica, who stayed in German facility Neumayer III for more than a year, revealed that the lack of outside contact and the bleakness of the landscape may have had a significant effect on their brains, as the area around the hippocampus had shrunk by as much as 7 percent for all the expedition's members when they returned.

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In a markedly similar strategy to 2012's Frozen, Disney recently uploaded the theme song of sequel Frozen 2, "Into the Unknown", sung by Idina Menzel and Aurora, for free streaming on Youtube, only two weeks after the movie has been playing in theaters. 2012's Frozen also saw Disney releasing hit song "Let it Go" on Youtube two weeks after the movie's release, a strategy that paid off great rewards.

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Exercise bike manufacturer Peloton is facing 1.5 billion USD in losses as the company's stock nosedived following a controversial Christmas advertisement campaign for their new exercise bike, which has been widely criticized on social media for containing sexist tropes. The ad video features a woman getting a Peloton exercise bike from her partner despite already being slim and fit, which viewers say reinforces unrealistic body expectations.

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Instagram announced that it will be requiring its new members to share a date of birth while signing up for the platform, with the objective of restricting access to adult-only advertisements. People below the age of 18 on Instagram will not be shown ads related to gambling, alcohol, etc. However, Instagram will not be able to verify whether users are telling the truth about their age.

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Liverpool has kept its 8 point lead, cementing its spot as the number one team in the Premier League. They essentially won the match against Everton in the first half after scoring 4 goals and then scoring one more in the second half. Everton is now at the bottom of the table.

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Unions all over France are coordinating what could be the largest workers strike in the country in decades. The strike is occurring in response to President Emmanuel Macron's plans to reform the pension system. Public transport has been completely abandoned and people are being encouraged to stay away from the Eiffel tower as that is where the demonstrations are expected to happen.

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According to some new research, there may be 8.3 million pieces of micro-plastic in every 1000 liters of water in the ocean. The new study used significantly smaller nets to collect samples from the ocean and found that micro-plastic had been escaping the larger nets that were previously being used.

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