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Twitter bans 'dehumanizing' posts toward religious groups
San Francisco, July 9 (AP/UNB) — Twitter now prohibits hate speech that targets religious groups by using dehumanizing language, a ban it says may extend to other categories like race and gender.
More legroom, less conversation for Uber riders who pay
New York, July 9 (AP/UNB) — Uber is letting passengers tell their driver in advance that they'd like a little less conversation, and more legroom, if those passengers are willing to pay.
Facebook US data transfer case goes to Europe's top court
London, Jul 9 (AP/UNB) — An Austrian privacy campaigner's long-running legal battle against Facebook over its data transfers to the U.S. has reached Europe's highest court.
Swiss air force team apologizes for fly-by in wrong place
Berlin, Jul 9 (AP/UNB) — The commander of the Swiss air force's aerial display team has apologized after his unit performed a low-altitude pass over the wrong municipality.
Before moon landing, astronauts learned geology in Arizona
Flagstaff, Jul 8 (AP/UNB) — Before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin knew they would be the first to walk on the moon, they took crash courses in geology at the Grand Canyon and a nearby impact crater that is the most well-preserved on Earth.
South African aiming to be 1st black African in space dies
Johannesburg, Jul 8 (AP/UNB) — Mandla Maseko, a South African man who had won the opportunity to become the first black African to go into space, has died in a motorcycle crash. He was 30.
Heather Mills gets UK phone hacking apology, payout
London, Jul 8 (AP/UNB) — Heather Mills, the former wife of Paul McCartney, and her sister have received an apology and a settlement from Britain's defunct News of the World tabloid over the hacking of their phones.
5 Moon-landing innovations that changed life on Earth
Dhaka, Jul 8 (AP/UNB) -As a NASA airborne astronomy ambassador and director of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Manfred Olson Planetarium, I know that the technologies behind weather forecasting, GPS and even smartphones can trace their origins to the race to the Moon.
Imam gets Tk 10 lakh after buying Walton fridge
Dhaka, Jul 8 (UNB)- Mohammad Zakir, an Imam of a Chandpur mosque won Tk 10 lakh after registering his purchase of Walton refrigerator under the ongoing nationwide Digital Campaign Season-4 of the local brand.
BA faces $229 million fine over breach of customers' data
London, Jul 8 (AP/UNB) — The U.K. data regulator is fining British Airways 183 million pounds ($229 million) over a breach that compromised information on half a million customers.