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Earrings made of a proprietary circuit board given to a departing executive are at the centre of an intellectual property case against Uber. technologyreview.com German biophysics researchers are investigating if solar flares are disrupting the navigational systems of sperm whales causing them to beach themselves. bbc. com Neo- Nazi site The Daily Stormer called Israeli PM Netanyahu’s son “a bro” for posting a crude anti- Semitic cartoon of his father’s opponents. jpost. com Brazil’s largest ever queer art exhibition was closed down when the sponsor withdrew funding after critics from the far right called it offensive and harmful. hyperallergic. com Residents of a town in Bosnia are marketing the idea that the region’s pointy mountains are mysterious 30,000-year- old pyramids. rferl. org Jenna, a Barbie- like doll that can recite four chapters of the Koran, is being mass- produced and sold in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and the UAE. reuters. com