The 'Apocalypse Clock' has 100 seconds left:

The end of the world is closer than ever, as determined by the scientists of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Each year they warn of how many minutes are left for midnight, for the end of the world. They do it in the symbolic 'Apocalypse Clock', which this year, for the first time, no longer counts in minutes but in seconds. We have 100 seconds left, but the question that arises is how much those 100 seconds correspond. Can these scientists really determine when the end of the world will be?

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Confirmed: there are 25 unexploded World War II bombs on the grounds of the German Tesla Gigafactory

Berlin has been the place chosen by Tesla to build its next Gigafactory, but it is also a capital with a lot of history and too many social and political conflicts.
According to the ABC News chain, Brandenburg officials estimate they have found around 25 unexploded bombs at the partially forested site on the outskirts of Berlin where the Gigafactory 4 will be located.

A WhatsApp video sent by the prince of Saudi Arabia managed to hack Jeff Bezos's cell phone in 2018, according to The Guardian

Jeff Bezos, the richest man on the planet, was hacked with a WhatsApp video. At least that is what The Guardian extracts from a digital forensic analysis conducted on the phone of Amazon CEO. This alleged hacking that took place in May 2018 was made possible by a video that was apparently sent by Mohammed bin Salman, prince heir of Saudi Arabia.

As the investigation indicates, in an exchange of messages between the CEO of Amazon and the prince, the latter sent him a seemingly normal video. However, the video contained a virus that once downloaded the video was able to access data from the phone and extract personal information. Digital forensic analysis sees this possibility as "highly probable." It is believed that large amounts of information were extracted in the following hours, although there are no exact details of what type of information.
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China is going to become the third nation to bring lunar samples to Earth, after the United States and Russia

China will bring samples from an unexplored area of ​​the Moon, according to Peng Jing, deputy chief designer of the Chang'e 5 probe at the Chinese Space Technology Academy.

Wikimedia celebrates goodbye to the turkey blockade

The Government of Turkey has restored access to Wikipedia in the country, following an access block that has lasted almost three years. It was imposed on April 29, 2017 by the Turkish authorities, accusing the popular online encyclopedia of carrying out a smear campaign against the Government of that nation.
The institution's decision came on December 26, but the government agency in charge of the decision has not obeyed the Constitutional until the document, which can be read here (in Turkish), has been made public

Confirmed: #Turkey has started unblocking #Wikipedia. Real-time network data show access restored with multiple providers as of 10:30 pm local time; restrictions remain in place with other providers for now; incident duration 991 days 📈 #WikipediaDay

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— NetBlocks.org (@netblocks) January 15, 2020

Wikimedia celebrates goodbye to the blockade

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Zuckerberg intends to build a new private social network for virtual and augmented reality in the next 10 years

Mark Zuckerberg has got us used to the fact that, with each start of the year, a publication arrives on his Facebook profile in which he talks about his purposes for the coming year.

Well, it seems that this "tradition" comes to an end, since this year's publication has announced that it is the last time it will do so, stating that it needs to focus on the important thing to do in the next decade.

Judas Priest singer Rob Halford has celebrated his 34 years of sobriety

Judas Priest singer Rob Halford has celebrated his 34 years of sobriety by publishing on Monday an image of the medal with which he credits this achievement with the phrase 'be true to yourself'. Halford wrote on social networks:
"Thank you for the sober birthday. Love. Maniacs, you mean everything to me. And thanks to my brothers and sisters on this same trip."
Speaking to The Washington Times in 2016, Halford (68 years old) remarked that if he had continued drinking already ...

When singning and dating legal documents, dont use 20 as the year 2020

Why? This year's abbreviation is easily changeable and could be used against you. The concern is that scammers could easily manipulate a document dated "1/1/20" into "1/1/2000" or even "1/1/2021."
 Say you agreed to make payments beginning on 1/15/20. The bad guy could theoretically establish that you began owing your obligation on 1/15/2019, and try to collect additional $$$,"





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