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Judge rules Reddit doesn't have to disclose identity of user who criticized Jehovah's Witness group

A US District Court judge in San Francisco has ruled to quash a subpoena issued for the real identity of a Reddit user who had posted critical comments about the Jehovah's Witnesses.




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Glastonbury Festival 'set to confirm cancellation within the next 24 hours amid coronavirus crisis'

Sharing a fan theory from a Facebook group called Glasto Chat on Tuesday, The Mirror claimed an announcement confirming the news is expected to take place on Wednesday.




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Didn't make the cut! Brits share their awful hair dos after trying to give themselves a trim

Men around the world shared photos of their questionable at-home haircuts on Instagram, Reddit and Twitter as the world looks to lighten the mood.




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Immunocompromised woman hospitalized with coronavirus after her mother 'refused to let her isolate'

Reddit user racingbarakarts shared photos of herself in the hospital, her official diagnosis, and her text message exchange with her mom on Wednesday.




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Hospital worker reveals girlfriend's ex proposed to her in quarantine

US-based Reddit user Cloud587587 opened up about his girlfriend of nearly a month and a half and her troublesome ex in the 'Relationship Advice' forum on Monday.




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MasterChef fans create hilarious drinking games based on repeating themes on the show

MasterChef Australia fans have created a drinking game to play as they watch the Back To Win season. 




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People admit the words and phrases they've been saying wrong their entire lives in a Reddit thread

An Australian woman said she still cringes about pronouncing the word 'lingerie' as 'linger-y' until she was 19, while an American woman grew up saying Parmesan as 'Farmer John'.




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Jordan Barrett denies bizarre sex tape claims with model Caroline Vreeland

Model Jordan Barrett has hit back at claims he has an online sex tape with former fling and New York socialite, Caroline Vreeland.




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A new season but the same old rip-offs from big bill providers

They are still ripping off customers to the tune of millions of pounds a day despite regulators vowing to stamp out the scourge.




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US Open 2019 Leaderboard - Live updates from second round at Pebble Beach

The 119th US Open continues at Pebble Beach Golf Links on Friday, with Justin Rose leading after a stunning six-under-par first round of 65. You can keep up with all the latest scores right here.




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Big Little Lies Season 2 Episode 2 recap: The Monterey Five return

The Monterey Five return in the second episode of Big Little Lies' second season, as these women all face new challenges.




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Big Little Lies Season 2 Episode 3 recap: The Monterey Five is tested in new ways

The sudden death of Perry Wright (Alexander Skarsgard) continues to haunt The Monterey Five in Sunday night's new episode of Big Little Lies.




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Adam Scott has back-and-forth with Senator Mitch McConnell's team after it uses gif of him

The 46-year-old actor did not take kind to the social media team for the Kentucky Republican using an image of him winking in character as Ben Wyatt on NBC's Parks and Recreation.




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Reese Witherspoon and co-star Adam Scott are picture perfect while on set of Big Little Lies

This on-screen couple isn't out of the woods yet. Reese Witherspoon shared a photo on Sunday showing her smiling with her costar Adam Scott while on set of Big Little Lies.




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Adam Scott claims Australian PGA Championship for second time after two-shot victory

Home favourite Adam Scott won the Australian PGA Championship for a second time after a brilliant burst of scoring on the back nine saw him secure a two-shot victory.




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Rory McIlroy misses Hollywood ending after Adam Scott clinched victory at Genesis Invitational

DEREK LAWRENSON IN LOS ANGELES: There was no Hollywood ending on Sunday for Rory McIlroy following his first week back as world number one.




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PETER HITCHENS: When police foot patrols stop, stabbings rise - it's that simple 

PETER HITCHENS: How quickly we get used to evil. Stabbings in the streets, once incredibly rare in this country, are now common in big cities and become more so every year.




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PETER HITCHENS: The killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was state murder.

PETER HITCHENS: Did World War Three begin last Thursday? I fear it may have. Assassinations can have limitless effects and when ordered by the US president, it is hard to see good.




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PETER HITCHENS: Even I can see that HS2 is madness 

PETER HITCHENS: As a small boy, I actually cried when they tore up the railways. It was fury as much as it was sorrow. I could see it was wrong and stupid, but nobody else could.




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PETER HITCHENS: There IS a way to make our police safer - but it's NOT 50,000-volt Tasers

PETER HITCHENS: Richard, who has in the past mocked abuse of Tasers by police, has now changed his mind and concluded from this that all officers should be armed with these devices.




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PETER HITCHENS: I love what the BBC used to be, but I can't defend it any longer

I don't think I can defend the BBC much longer, PETER HITCHENS writes. For years, I've been one of the few conservative patriots I know who still stand up for the licence fee.




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PETER HITCHENS: The unlikely villain behind all those nannying warnings is finally revealed 

PETER HITCHENS: As I cross the bridge to my platform a treacly, ingratiating male voice intones: 'When on the stairs, please use the handrail - and take care!'




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PETER HITCHENS: Legalise cannabis? Let's ask the five victims of a crazed London knifeman first 

PETER HITCHENS: If Jason Kakaire had screamed 'Allahu akbar!' as he went about his bloody work, you would have heard of him, and he would have been debated in the House of Commons.




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PETER HITCHENS: Britain is infected... by a bad case of madness

PETER HITCHENS: I have serious doubts about whether our Government has any idea how to slow the spread of this virus. I suspect it quietly reached these shores long before anyone noticed.




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Google searches for 'Corona beer virus' spike with people thinking it's linked to deadly coronavirus

People have been confusing the new, deadly coronavirus with Corona beer with searches for both 'corona beer' and 'corona beer virus' rising by more than 1,100% over the last week.




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Anti-virus company Avast 'winding down' subsidiary that sold millions of users' sensitive web data

Avast announced its decision to wind won 'Jumpshot', a subsidiary that drew public scrutiny following a report by Motherboard and PCMag revealing how it tracked users data.




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Google creates 3D models of five world heritage sites at risk because of climate change

In an effort to preserve the legacy of some of the world's most famous landmarks, Google has announced a new project transform five of the most endangered by climate change into 3D models.




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Ring adds new privacy dashboard days after company is found sending data to third-parties

The company announced that it has added a new privacy dashboard to its app that allows users of its home security cameras to more easily customize their security and privacy settings.




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Woman finds her grandfather's house on Google maps after his death and finds him sitting on a chair

The footage was posted online by social media user Yajaira earlier this month as she navigated through the streets of Labor de Guadalupe in Durango, Mexico.




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Super Bowl: How Australian Mitch Wishnowsky could become second Australian to win a ring

Perth-born Mitch Wishnowsky, 27, will become the second Australian to win a Super Bowl ring if the San Francisco 49ers win the match.




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Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke reveals why she won't Google herself

Former Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke has revealed she won't Google herself.




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NICKY MORGAN explains her plan to decriminalise nonpayment of TV levy

NICKY MORGAN: Decriminalisation of TV licence evasion was previously looked at by David Perry QC. It has now been five years since the Perry Review.




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Google, YouTube and Twitter send cease and desist order to facial recognition app Clearview AI

Using Clearview AI police can upload a photo of an unknown person they would like to identify, and see a list of matches culled from a database of over three billion photos.




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Facebook and Google bosses 'will be held liable for online harm including terror and child abuse'

Culture Secretary Baroness Morgan is set to appoint Ofcom to enforce a legal duty of care demanding online giants operating in Britain shield children from abuse and self-harm material.




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Parent hack sees mayonnaise remove crayon from walls

Jessica Hard, from Medford in Oregon, discovered she could remove crayon marks from her wall by wiping Best Foods - or Hellman's - mayonnaise over the scribbles.




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Google HR chief steps down after 20,000-strong worldwide staff walkout over sex scandal

Eileen Naughton had faced a mass walkout of some 20,000 staff around the world in 2018 over huge severance packages going to Google executives implicated in sexual misconduct claims.




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Huawei's first smartphone without Google apps will be released in the UK this month 

Huawei has confirmed its first smartphone made without access to Google apps will be released in the UK on February 20, sold exclusively through Carphone Warehouse.




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Ring prompts users to share videos of 'neighborly moments' that show people doing good deeds

Ring introduced a 'neighborly moments' tag to its app which usually serves as a means for sharing 'suspicious' or apparently criminal behavior caught on camera with users and police.




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What is the country's most loved sex position? Love Island's 'Eagle' comes out on top

New research has shown that 11 cities in the UK, including Blackburn, Bournemouth and Bradford, named missionary as their all-time favourite as Valentine's Day approaches.




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World Health Organization holds secretive talks with tech giants over coronavirus misinformation

The meeting, which included Twitter, Youtube and Amazon, was organised by the World Health Organization but was hosted by Facebook at its Menlo Park campus in California




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Stranger Things star Gatan Matrazzo single-handedly raised awareness about rare bone disease

A new study has found that Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo raising awareness of his rare genetic bone disorder increased Google searches of the condition by more than 90%.




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Google Cloud manager RELEASED by police after being arrested for Microsoft employee wife's murder

Harvard-educated Sonam Saxena, 43, reported his wife Smriti missing on Tuesday claiming the 41-year-old mother-of-two had vanished during a late night stroll on a secluded beach in Hawaii.




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Smart speakers listen to users up to 19 times per day because they hear random words heard on TVs

A Northeastern University study found smart speakers were randomly set off to listen to users by words spoken on television sets that were in the same room as many as 19 times per day.




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Thousands of private WhatsApp group chats exposed in Google search results, experts warn

The California-run messaging app's group chat feature is 'not as secure' as its users may think, experts warn, and user's phone numbers and conversations could be exposed.




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Novel privacy tool erases humans from live video feeds in real-time to hide you from webcam spies

A YouTube video posted by Jason Mayes, a Google Web Engineer, shows off an algorithm that eliminates humans from a webcam feed in real-time, leaving only the background in tact.




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'I can really be hard on myself': Shakira's struggles with perfectionism

Perfectionism, or obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, as it is known in the medical world, is classified as a mental health disorder. Shakira has recently spoken about it.




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Rugby league could be taken OFF free-to-air TV and shown on streaming services

NRL executives have reportedly flown to the United States this week to meet with Amazon, Google and Facebook to discuss screening matches on their platforms.




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The club Beckham built: After six years of legal wrangling Inter Miami are set to begin MLS life

CRAIG HOPE IN FORT LAUDERDALE: Walk around Inter Miami's stadium and there is little of the excitement that will accompany David Beckham's debut as franchise owner.




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Sinn Féin leader puts herself and her two children in coronavirus quarantine

As the disease continues to spread rapidly, the Sinn Féin leader has called off her series of public meetings and Google in Dublin has told thousands of staff to stay home.




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Apple and Google crackdown on misinformation on coronavirus by rejecting apps and blocking searches

Apple is rejecting apps related to coronavirus not developed by health officials and Google has blocked searches for the virus in Google Play to stop the spread of misinformation.