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Dyes found in 90% of foods have harmful effect on gut: study

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Explore More Trust your gut – synthetic food dyes could be bad for you. A new study from Cornell and Binghamton University researchers adds evidence to recent theories that common food dyes, which give your favorite supermarket snacks and confections their vibrant colors, are doing damage to your digestive system. Food colorants such as Red 40, Yellow 5 and Yellow 6 can be found in a majority of artificially colored products in the US – 90%, to be strikingly exact. Read More...

How did the Capital One hack happen? Its own firewall couldn't stop a hacker.

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In 2015, Capital One’s chief information officer, Rob Alexander, promoted the steps the bank had taken to protect its financial data. In his keynote address at an Amazon Web Services conference, Alexander said Capital One had looked to AWS to meet customer demand, cut back on its data centers and boost security, especially since “the financial services industry attracts some of the worst cybercriminals." Four years later, Capital One was ensnared in one of the largest-ever hacks of a big financial institution. Read More...

The story behind Caldey Island

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BBCThe view from the island in Carmarthen BayLying less than a mile off the Tenby coast, Caldey Island is home to a group of Cistercian monks who avoid unnecessary speech and avow dedication to work and hard labour. The monks live in the monastery on the island, which has a permanent population of just 40 people. Prior to the allegations of sexual abuse, few crimes had been recorded on Caldey. Read More...