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This Year in Science Black Hole

This Year in Science

Of all the scientific accomplishments in 2019, one in particular stands out: an image of a flaming ring of starlight surrounding a dark circle. Black holes had long been theorized to exist but never directly observed, and scientists had until this year only g…
bubmag
November 26, 2019
Amazon is shutting down a controversial advertising program that let brands slip samples into delivery boxes Privacy Concerns

Amazon is shutting down a controversial advertising program that let brands slip samples into delivery boxes

Amazon said it's ending a sampling program that some shoppers saw as creepy. Under the program, advertisers paid to send shoppers free products included with their orders. The program used machine learning and predictive analytics to crunch Amazon data and i…
bubmag
November 26, 2019