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An at-home DNA testing company is helping the FBI solve violent crimes

FamilyTreeDNA, a popular at-home DNA test, is working with the FBI to help the agency solve violent crimes, the company acknowledged in a statement released this week. The policy appears to go beyond the privacy rules generally laid out by other major DNA testing companies. BuzzFeed News first reported on the FamilyTreeDNA policy. The company told the outlet it had ...

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Meet the 21-year-old tech whiz who’s coded for Instagram and Snapchat

Besides creating algorithms for Instagram and Snapchat and consulting for Twitter, he’s now working with Kanye West and Jaden Smith to create augmented-reality experiences around music and politics for the tech festival ComplexCon next year in Chicago. “With Jaden, we are getting more young people to vote and creating experiences around that,” Sandu told CNN about his work with the ...

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Chelsea ace snubbed exit because he thinks Maurizio Sarri will get SACKED – Warnock

CHELSEA star Gary Cahill might have snubbed Fulham because he reckons Maurizio Sarri is on thin ice. That’s according to former Premier League full-back Stephen Warnock who says the veteran defender is playing the long game. Cahill was widely expected to move to Craven Cottage during the transfer window. However, a transfer failed materialise despite interest from Chelsea’s west London ...

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I was treated unfairly at Multimedia – Ohemaa Woyeje reveals

Former Adom FM mid-morning show host, Ohemaa Woyeje, has explained the details of her exit from Multimedia. Speaking in an interview with Showbiz, the multi-lingual presenter explained that she was resigning because the terms of her contract had been breached and she wasn’t happy. “I took my vacation and returned in October. I resumed work and about an hour before ...

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Egypt mummies: New tombs found in Minya

Fifty mummies dating back to the Ptolemaic era (305-30BC) have been found by Egyptian archaeologists, the antiquities ministry says. The mummies, of which 12 were children, were found in four burial chambers 9m (30ft) deep in the Tuna El-Gebel site in Minya, south of the capital Cairo. Some were wrapped in linen, others were in stone coffins or wooden sarcophagi. ...

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Ban phones in schools, says minister Nick Gibb

Pupils should be banned from taking smartphones into school, the minister for school standards in England has told the BBC. Nick Gibb spoke out ahead of the government publishing new guidance for schools, expected to address internet safety, social media and online gaming. It is expected to say children should be taught to limit the amount of time they spend ...

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