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Emma’s Diary faces fine for selling new mums’ data to Labour
A company that offers pregnant women and new parents health advice and gifts, faces a fine for illegally sharing more than a million people's personal data with the Labour Party-emma's diary
The UK's data watchdog intends to issue the owner of the Emma's Diary service a £140,000 penalty.
It said Lifecycle Marketing had sold the data for use in…
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Killing rats could save coral reefs
The much maligned rat is not a creature many would associate with coral reefs.
But scientists studying reefs on…
Facebook faces £500,000 fine from UK data watchdog
The UK's data protection watchdog intends to fine Facebook £500,000 for data breaches - the maximum allowed.
The…
Fossil of ‘first giant’ dinosaur discovered in Argentina
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are the biggest animals to have walked the Earth, with some weighing as much as a space shuttle-fossil of dinosaur
However, it is unclear how dinosaurs grew to such massive proportions.
A new dinosaur discovery from Argentina gives fresh evidence on the rise of the giants.
The animal used a novel strategy to become super-sized, involving…
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Elephant poaching: ‘Sick’ EU ivory sales ‘cover up illegal…
The open, legal sale of antique ivory in many European countries is covering up a trade in illegal and recently…
Nazi-themed goods found on Amazon marketplace
Amazon is helping hate groups profit by letting them sell Nazi-themed goods on its store, a report…
Exoskeleton that allows humans to work and play for longer
Would you put on an exoskeleton that meant you could run for an entire day without getting tired?
What about one that would allow you to stay on your feet longer at work?
The technology to give people superhuman strength is currently being developed but the ethical questions about whether we should be developing it and in what circumstances it…
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Lord of the Rings toad on brink of extinction
A toad named after the character Gollum in the fantasy novel Lord of the Rings has joined the latest list of…
Yes! We have no bananas: Why the song may come true again
A wild banana that may hold the key to protecting the world's edible banana crop has been put on the extinction…
Facebook finds Independence document ‘racist’
Facebook's algorithms have ruled that parts of the US Declaration of Independence are hate speech and removed excerpts of them posted to the platform.
In the run-up to Independence Day, a US community paper based in Texas had been posting small daily chunks of the historic document on its Facebook page.
At issue was a part of it that referred to…
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