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Moo Deng Draws Attention to Endangered Species

NFK Editors — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 06:30:37 +0000

A baby pygmy hippo named Moo Deng has become a huge internet star. Videos and pictures of Moo Deng have made her famous online, and have drawn thousands of people to the zoo in Thailand where she lives. The zoo hopes her fame can help bring attention to her endangered species.

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Elon Musk Buys Twitter for $44 Billion

NFK Editors — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 06:30:16 +0000

The world's richest person, Elon Musk, has reached a deal to buy Twitter, one of the world's largest social media sites, for $44 billion. Mr. Musk says he wants to protect "free speech", but many people worry about actions he may take as Twitter's owner.

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For Real? Pottymouth Parrots, Instagram Records, and Marathon Tennis

NFK Editors — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 06:30:15 +0000

Among the more unusual news stories recently…a wildlife park has a problem with swearing parrots, Sir David Attenborough reaches 1 million Instagram followers in record time, and a tennis match turns into a marathon.

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Cute Austrian Village Cools to “Frozen” Tourists

NFK Editors — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 12:30:58 +0000

A beautiful small village in Austria is being overrun with tourists, partly because it looks like the village from the movie "Frozen". The town's mayor is actually hoping that many tourists will stay away.

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Cat Effect Adds Interest to Political Meeting

NFK Editors — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 11:30:25 +0000

Last Friday, a video of a Pakistani politician talking to reporters was sent out live over the internet. It was several minutes before anyone noticed that a special video effect was drawing cat faces on the people in the video.

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Help My Dad! – Social Media Out Of Control

NFK Editors — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 11:30:52 +0000

Two stories in the news recently about sons trying to do something nice for their fathers show both how powerful social media can be, and how quickly it can get out of control.

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A Painting of a Painting of a Painting…

NFK Editors — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:30:02 +0000

Matthew Decker posted a picture of his mom's painting online, hoping to show her that people would like it. The painting has now been seen millions of times, and repainted by dozens of artists.

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Company Used FaceBook Data to Change Voters’ Minds

NFK Editors — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 08:52:56 +0000

Newspapers and governments are looking into the way a company used information from FaceBook to change election results in the US and the UK.

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Social Media

NFK Editors — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:17:50 +0000

Social media usually means a website or an app where users can share their ideas, pictures, and videos with other users of the same service.

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