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Smart TVs from Samsung and LG take screenshots of what you are watching even when you are using them to display images from a ...

For an undercover operative, Sadie Smith takes unnecessary risks as she infiltrates an eco-activist group. Why? And where do ...

New research is revealing that common sense is a lot more idiosyncratic than we thought, with important implications for ...