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    1. Meta Faces E.U. Investigation Over Election Disinformation

      The inquiry is intended to pressure the tech giant to more aggressively police Facebook and Instagram ahead of the European Union’s closely watched elections in June.

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      Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, which is investigating Meta over election disinformation.
      Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, which is investigating Meta over election disinformation.
      CreditFrederick Florin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
    2. Killer Asteroid Hunters Spot 27,500 Overlooked Space Rocks

      With the help of Google Cloud, scientists churned through hundreds of thousands of images of the night sky to reveal that the solar system is filled with unseen objects.

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      An algorithm and cloud computing identified overlooked space rocks. Most, in green, are in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, but other items in orange share Jupiter’s orbit, and items in light blue are closer to Earth.
      An algorithm and cloud computing identified overlooked space rocks. Most, in green, are in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, but other items in orange share Jupiter’s orbit, and items in light blue are closer to Earth.
      CreditB612 Asteroid Institute/University of Washington DiRAC Institute/OpenSpace Project

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