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Doctor dies after eating at Irish restaurant in Disney Springs, lawsuit claims
Read full article: Doctor dies after eating at Irish restaurant in Disney Springs, lawsuit claimsA complaint states that on Oct. 5, 2023, the doctor, her husband and her mother-in-law all decided to eat at Raglan Road in the Disney Springs shopping center.
Facebook shuts out NYU academics' research on political ads
Read full article: Facebook shuts out NYU academics' research on political adsFacebook has shut down the personal accounts of a pair of New York University researchers and shuttered their investigation into misinformation spread through political ads on the social network.
Facebook demands academics disable ad-targeting data tool
Read full article: Facebook demands academics disable ad-targeting data toolThe researchers say the disputed tool is vital to understanding how Facebook has been used as a conduit for disinformation and manipulation. In an Oct. 16 letter to the researchers, a Facebook executive demanded they disable a special plug-in for Chrome and Firefox browsers that they have distributed to thousands of volunteers across the U.S. — and delete the data obtained. The executive, Allison Hendrix, said the tool violates Facebook rules prohibiting automated bulk collection of data from the site. “The public has a right to know what political ads are being run and how they are being targeted. The company has resisted allowing researchers access to the platform, where right-wing content has consistently been trending in recent weeks.
Record melt: Greenland lost 586 billion tons of ice in 2019
Read full article: Record melt: Greenland lost 586 billion tons of ice in 2019After two years when summer ice melt had been minimal, last summer shattered all records with 586 billion tons (532 billion metric tons) of ice melting, according to satellite measurements reported in a study Thursday. Thats far more than the yearly average loss of 259 billion tons (235 billion metric tons) since 2003 and easily surpasses the old record of 511 billion tons (464 billion metric tons) in 2012, said a study in Nature Communications Earth & Environment. Last years Greenland melt added 0.06 inches (1.5 millimeters) to global sea level rise. While general ice melt records in Greenland go back to 1948, scientists since 2003 have had precise records on how much ice melts because NASA satellites measure the gravity of the ice sheets. As massive as the melt was last year, the two years before were only on average about 108 billion tons (98 billion metric tons).