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Tanzanians think corruption in their country has declined. The reality is very different - John Pombe Magufuli became president of Tanzania in 2015, and the perception among Tanzanians is that the corruption issues that used to plague the country’s go... ow.ly/D3oN50g19eM

World Health Organization says gaming addiction is a disease - The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released the latest draft of its International Compendium of Diseases. Two of the most eye-catching additions to this update, the first in seve... ow.ly/fBth50g15e8

Scientists teach AI to determine our political affiliation based on the cars we drive - A group of scientists recently developed an AI model which uses Google Street View photographs to determine startlingly accurate social insights about a geographic... ow.ly/idad50g0UPZ

You can now try the Pixel 2’s single-camera portrait mode without a Pixel 2 - The Pixel 2 has one of the best portrait modes around, made all the more impressive by the fact that it uses a single camera to achieve the effect rather than the dual-senso... ow.ly/shU550g0SZ7

It’s so cold in the US that sharks are freezing to death - From coast to coast, the US is in a deep freeze. A shot of bitter, arctic air has brought record low temperatures and sub-zero wind chill. The arctic front will continue at least through the e... ow.ly/f0Ko50g0SYn

Protests in Iran, California legalizes marijuana, and eight other stories you might have missed - 1. The tipping joint Happy New Year. Let’s take a (really) deep breath and get started with a comparatively light story that could have interesting ramif... ow.ly/5Lo750g0PWA

Ecommerce Success Doesn’t Have to Be Hard, See These 5 Tips - Are you tired of looking for another way to earn money? Are you too busy to work on a business while working your day job? You might want to consider starting an ecommerce business. Startin... ow.ly/MK4P50g0NLO

One city in China has more electric buses than all of America’s biggest cities have buses - China is racing into what it calls its “new energy” future, the country’s term for electric-powered vehicles, and last week Shenzhen completed its transition t... ow.ly/SwZ950g0NsY

YouTube should impose harsher punishments on wayward stars - If you haven’t heard by now, another YouTuber is being criticized for exploiting human sadness for their own gain. On Sunday, Logan Paul uploaded a video showing him and his friends happenin... ow.ly/hQoB50g0NlW

Iceland has a simple solution for closing gender pay gap: Make it illegal - On Jan. 1, Iceland made it illegal to pay men more than women—an inequality that exists (with respect to average gross hourly and annual income) in almost every nation. This l... ow.ly/lQ9C50g0Kln

GlassWire Promises Free Network Monitoring and Protection with Free Firewall - In today’s fast-paced environment, every small and growing business owner requires fast and reliable Internet connection to run an operation effectively and to remain compe... ow.ly/RXr250g0ITa

Scientists want to make movies with talking dogs even better - Movies starring talking dogs are going to take a leap forward in coming years. Scientists at University of Bath are using special cameras to film real dogs wearing reflective markers, and ... ow.ly/Dova50g0CIZ

Comcast celebrates repeal of net neutrality by hiking prices in 2018 - Comcast, still feasting on its holiday bounty in the form of net neutrality’s carcass, is starting 2018 off by doing what it does best: price gouging its customers. Along with AT&T... ow.ly/X10A50g0CxV

YouTube responds to controversial Logan Paul video showing suicide victim in Japan - YouTube star Logan Paul is facing a loud backlash after filming and uploading footage purportedly showing a dead body in the notorious Aokigahara forest in Japan – on... ow.ly/FPhA50g0zBs

A far-right politician was the first to fall foul of Germany’s online hate-speech laws - Germany began enforcing its strict new rules on how social media companies must combat hate speech as of Jan 1. From now on, companies that repeatedly fail to rem... ow.ly/5kNU50g0zBp

A Data-Driven Approach To Maximizing Your Content Reach on LinkedIn - LinkedIn is, according to Wikipedia, a ‘business and employment-oriented social networking service’. Hmmm… now that doesn’t sound very warm and friendly, does it? In actual fact, Li... ow.ly/OPPH50g0ylD

What it Takes to Create a Great Social Video: A 10-Step Guide - When it comes to producing great videos for social media that drive engagement and audience growth, there’s no perfect formula. But there are certain ingredients that can go along way to ... ow.ly/IR8g50g0y6B

Procore and Plans4Less.com Partner to Keep Construction Companies Literally On the Same Page - Procore Technologies, Inc., a provider of cloud-based applications for construction, recently partnered with fixed-rate reprographics services prov... ow.ly/774s50g0xPr

Aura’s AI tech actually learns how to keep you focused and calm…and it’s only $59.99 - Daily stresses stack up like traffic during the morning commute, but the Aura Health app can help clear that road and get you stress and anxiety-free. With this lim... ow.ly/mPwV50g0wPG

If you really want a diverse workplace, you have to build safe spaces - This summer, the financial services firm Deloitte announced that it would be ending its groups for women, minorities, and LGBT employees, replacing them with “inclusion councils” ... ow.ly/Hc1u50g0wNi