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Tips to adjust the privacy settings on the cool tech gifts you were given for Christmas Kurt 'The CyberGuy' Knutsson shares tips to help you get the most out of your brand new gadgets.

Facebook's massive, secret rulebook for policing speech reveals inconsistencies, gaps and biases Facebook is attempting to tackle misinformation and hate that its platform has enabled with a massive, byzantine and secret document of rules packed with spreadsheets and power point slides that gets updated regularly for its global content moderators. 

Satellite images indicate Anak Krakatau lost over two-thirds of its height and volume when it erupted. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2SkG62G

Kurds withdraw and invite Syrian forces to replace them amid fears of a Turkish attack. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2CEuOBb

Norman Gimbel helped pen hits such as Killing Me Softly with his Song and The Girl from Ipanema. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2EV3yjo

Neil Prakash, currently in jail in Turkey, appeared in propaganda videos for the Islamic State group. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2EU5MPG

Woman faces war crimes charges for failing to save an enslaved girl chained in scorching sunlight. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2EVwyaJ

Three Vietnamese tourists are killed in the first attack on foreigners in more than a year. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RldsRM

A Washington state social worker who died of cancer this year shocked charities with $11m in donations. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2EUozLA

Authorities in Ecuador say animals suffered elevated heart rates and anxiety after pyrotechnic shows. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Vfyr7F

Sarah McIver was one of three Canadians detained amid strained relations between Canada and China. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2GIbTJq

A suspected illegal immigrant is arrested after a shooting that was commented on by President Trump. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2GKAwWa

The statue of Imre Nagy, leader of the 1956 Hungarian uprising, was a landmark in central Budapest. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2GHHawo

A police officer in Pennsylvania brings a standoff to a close with his rendition of White Christmas. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2SokimU

Rapper Bob Elvis says he was kidnapped by the Congolese authorities, but he won't keep silent. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2QTzZ95

Cryptocurrency mining is a growing industry in eastern Russia, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford discovers. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Q8wqpW

Conservationists hope to save a species of duck called the Madagascar pochard from extinction. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RiS7bI

A species of duck thought to have been wiped out a decade ago is re-released at a lake in Madagascar. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2TfNkoB

Irkutsk, five time zones from Moscow, feels cut off from Russia's decision-makers. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2CEyToW

Throughout the year, you've been sending us your amazing photographs and these are some of the highlights. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2AlWAAR

Thousands of families are fighting to leave a heavily polluted neighbourhood in India's Mumbai city. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2GLwpJr

The Democratic Republic of Congo, the world's leading cobalt producer, holds elections on Sunday. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2CDvxSV

The New Year heralds the launch of two major trade deals, with Japan emerging as a key player. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2rZQlOA

Fox News Breaking News Alert Illegal immigrant accused of killing California cop arrested, Fox News confirms 12/28/18 10:31 AM

New York resident develops bacterial infection after drinking raw milk from Pennsylvania farm: officials A New York resident has developed a bacterial infection after drinking raw milk that likely came from a farm in Pennsylvania, the New York Department of Health announced this week.

Wild baby boom: Minnesota hospital staff welcomes 32 babies in 2018 There was a serious baby boom in a Minnesota hospital. Thirty-one members of the staff at the St. Cloud Hospital’s Family Birthing Unit in St. Cloud, Minnesota, welcomed a total of 32 babies in 2018 (one had twins).

Kroger recalls shrimp products over possible foodborne illness risk Supermarket chain Kroger is recalling some of its cooked shrimp products after finding the products may be under-cooked.

Minnesota hospital staff welcomes 32 babies in 2018: 'If we try to do a play date, it’s going to be pure chaos' Fifteen members of the current hospital staff have already confirmed they’re expecting babies in 2019, too.

Celebrity trainer says finding his faith changed his perspective on exercise 'Seven Sundays' author Alec Penix weighs in on turning health into a lifestyle.

Oklahoma toddler who survived cancer requires surgery for abnormally sized tongue, mom says A 16-month-old toddler in Jenks, Oklahoma who was born with a rare condition that causes his tongue to be abnormally large will require surgery to reduce its size, his mother said.

Year in health: 2018 saw groundbreaking studies and leaps forward in medical technology From breakthroughs in cancer research to transformative surgeries, 2018 was filled with innovative medical solutions.

Pedialyte now targeting adults with holiday hangovers: 'Stay hydrated, friends!' Pedialyte — it’s not just for babies anymore.

Beijing was responding to claims it might use Huawei's 5G kit to act "in a malign way". from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2CEijp3

5-year-old girl to celebrate New Year's after 'one in a million' condition left her housebound Myla Mae Hatcher was diagnosed with "severe aplastic anemia" just before Christmas 2017

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Three Vietnamese tourists and an Egyptian guide were killed and at least 10 others injured when a roadside bomb blast hit their tour bus on Friday less than 4 km (2.5 miles) from Egypt's world-famous Giza pyramids, authorities said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2s14Stk

The Australian government has stripped citizenship from a man it believes is a top recruiter for Islamic State, Australia's home affairs minister said on Saturday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EY1nMC

A Canadian citizen who was detained in China this month has returned to Canada after being released from custody, a Canadian government spokesman said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GTyXW2

Brazil's far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday and while both pledged to deepen ties, there was no announcement as some anticipated of Brazil moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2CEDeID

U.S. commanders planning for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria are recommending that Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State be allowed to keep U.S.-supplied weapons, four U.S. officials said, a move that would likely anger NATO ally Turkey. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2ESDa9x

The family of the Indonesian co-pilot of a Lion Air flight that crashed in October, killing all 189 on board, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Boeing Co in Chicago, adding to litigation piling up against the manufacturer in its hometown. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EU5zNn

The Syrian army deployed forces near Manbij in northern Syria on Friday, a war monitor and a U.S. official said, after the Kurdish YPG militia urged Damascus to protect the town, where U.S. forces operate, from the threat of a Turkish offensive. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Ss4SOs

Prosecutors on Thursday charged a disgraced Brazilian faith healer with rape and sexual assault, following his arrest after allegations from hundreds of women who said he had sexually abused them while seeking spiritual guidance or psychic healing from him. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2BJiZHV

Nigeria's ruling party held a rally to mark the launch of President Muhammadu Buhari's re-election bid on Friday in the southern city of Uyo, hours after naming a campaign team which includes Africa's richest man. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2QaXjd4

The Saudi king's government reshuffle was expected because the cabinet must be replaced and reappointed every four years, the government said on Friday, giving a technocratic explanation to a move seen by critics as an attempt at crisis management. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2TfolSi