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Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conservative News
Facebook workers routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers from the social network’s influential “trending” news section, according to a former journalist who worked on the project. This individual says that workers prevented stories about the right-wing CPAC gathering, Mitt Romney, Rand Paul and other conservative topics from appearing in the highly-influential section,…
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The Woman Who Discovered DNA’s Double Helix May Get A Much-Deserved Biopic
Rosalind Franklin, the British scientist whose research enabled the discovery of DNA’s double helix, will be getting a biopic if spec script Exposure is made. Fingers crossed, because not only would a feature film bring Franklin some much-deserved recognition — her life would make for quite a dramatic movie.
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Stephen King’s The Mist Series Is Officially A Go
A TV series adaptation of Stephen King’s science fiction-horror novella The Mist has been in the works since at least September, and now there’s more news: it will be coming to Spike TV in 2017.
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Twitter’s 140-Character Limit Is Here To Stay
Video: @jack to @MLauer: Ignore rumours, tweets will always be ≤140 chars to allow ‘of-the-moment brevity’. #doeskanyeknowthat #deepdrumpf4prez