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Maria Exposto baru-baru ini dibebaskan setelah menerima vonis hukuman mati di Malaysia karena secara tidak sadar menjadi penyelundup narkoba karena hubungan online yang palsu.
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Para penipu asmara cerdik, terorganisir dan mempunyai Teknik-teknik mumpuni yang membuat mereka sangat berhasil. Tapi selalu ada saja jalan untuk Anda menghindari ditipu oleh sebuah cinta palsu.
Firefighters in Kangaroo Island, South Australia. First responders’ experiences on the front line make them susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems.
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Emergency service workers already have poorer mental health than the rest of us. In the wake of this bushfire crisis, we need to make the well-being of our first responders a top priority.
Women at Brisbane’s Oasis Swimming Pool, January 1950.
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The pool and the beach have become acceptable spaces to bare all, but how did we get here?
Monaco and Japan have some of the highest life expectancies in the world. But calculating an individual’s life expectancy will require taking data analysis several steps further.
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Predicting life expectancy remains in the realm of science fiction, but it may soon be possible. Are we prepared for such information? And who else would benefit from this knowledge?
Bay Yoda: the Child in the Star Wars television series was designed to appeal to our cuteness receptors.
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As his Star Wars television character enjoys a social media moment, Baby Yoda is creating massive marketing clout that will benefit his Disney masters.
Facebook’s initiative places the company in a complicated situation, as increased user privacy, while positive, could come with potential impunity for offenders.
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Facebook is planning to put end-to-end encryption on all its messaging services soon. But governments aren’t happy about it, as it could make it harder to catch criminals.
Maria Exposto recently walked free after facing a death sentence in Malaysia for unwittingly becoming a drug mule from a fraudulent online relationship.
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Romance scammers are clever, well organised and have a number of tried techniques which make them highly successful. But there are ways you can avoid being scammed by a one-sided romance.
Neural networks can generate artificial representations of human faces, as well as realistic renderings of actual people.
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Twitter’s proposed policy would result in the prolific spread of fabricated, but highly realistic images and videos. This could allow widespread misinformation on the platform.
In ancient China, India and the Middle East, the art of eyebrow threading was popular. It is now enjoying a resurgence.
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Moulding eyebrows to make a statement is nothing new. A journey through history, across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States, shows some of the highs and lows of brow fashion.
Schoolies is a rite of passage for many Australian teenagers as they finish their exams and leave school. But are you prepared?
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Schoolies and other leavers’ celebrations are a chance for teenagers to exert their independence and experiment with their identity as a young adult. And yes, you can help without losing your cool.
Ransomware attacks are becoming increasingly complex, as hackers find creative ways to beat ordinary systems of defence.
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A recent leakware attack targeting Johannesburg was the second of its kind ever recorded. Hackers demanded A$52,663 worth of bitcoins, in return for not releasing senstivie civilian information.
In one project, students worked on designing a shoe for a child in a South Sudanese refugee camp.
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In a three-year project, students were taught STEM skills by designing solutions for real-world problems. An evaluation of the project found most students were stimulated and engaged.
A seagrass meadow. For the first time, researchers have counted the greenhouse gases stored by and emitted from such ecosystems.
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In a world-first, scientists have counted the greenhouse gas absorbed and emitted by Australia’s mangroves, seagrass and other ocean ecosystems.
Jocelyn Moorhouse’s The Dressmaker, is the fifth highest grossing Australian film this decade – more women should be given the support to make big feature films.
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In August, Screen Australia announced they had surpassed targets in their Gender Matters initative. But their September 2019 production funding round has no women directors or writers.
Adult and infant sperm whales have been spotted in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating accumulation of rubbish the size of a continent, has whales and dolphins in its heart.
Unlike purpose-built data storage systems, a data lake can be used to dump data in its original form. This data usually remains unsupervised.
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A major cyber attack on a data lake could have immense consequences for any of us. And the damage could be felt anywhere from banking to the healthcare sector.
If you let it work for you, stress can be your secret weapon.
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Stress is actually our body getting us ready to take on a challenge. A stress response can increase oxygen to the brain and improve attention, focus, energy and determination.
Greta Thunberg’s fiery oration has prompted outrage, but even if you agree with her you might still be ignoring her message.
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It’s easy to spot outright rejection of the facts on climate change. But it’s far harder to see our own biases and excuses that lead us to delay or deny the need for real action.
Untitled Goose Game is an indie game where you are a horrible goose – and it is a global phenomenal success.
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