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• Massive 4-foot, 50-pound bone from a Columbian mammoth is discovered by divers in a Florida river

  03-05-2021 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Derek Demeter and Henry Sadler found the 50-pound Columbian mammoth femur in Florida's Peace River, a popular spot for fossil hunters. They estimate the bone is about 100,000 years old.
  
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• Mapmaker discovers trove of Bronze Age jewelry in western Sweden

  03-05-2021 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists believe the necklace, ring, pins and other jewelry belonged to a woman of high social standing and were intentionally placed in a forest as an offering to the gods.
  
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• Vodafone using Google's cloud and AI to retain customers

  03-05-2021 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Telcos are increasingly turning to machine learning, cloud and data analytics to boost revenues.
  
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• Science reveals what makes a feel-good film

  03-05-2021 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study investigates why feel-good films make us smile even if the world is falling apart. Scientist found these movies, like Love Actually, have plots that invoke an uplifting emotion.
  
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• First fleet of driverless taxis is launching in Beijing with rides costing $4.60 

  03-05-2021 18:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Baidu's fleet of Apollo Go robotaxis started picking up passengers in Shougang Park on Sunday. These are the first paid autonomous cabs in China without a human behind the wheel.
  
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• 21-TON Chinese rocket is tumbling to Earth and could shower debris on populated areas

  03-05-2021 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China's 21-ton Long March 5b rocket is on an uncontrolled reentry path and could fall back to Earth in a few days. Most of it will burn up, but experts fear chunks will fall on populated areas.
  
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• Animals in the wild may prefer mating with relatives, scientists say 

  03-05-2021 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Animals in the wild tolerate and may even prefer mating with their relatives, a new analysis from Stockholm University experts reveals.
  
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• How rising sea levels are threatening my home

  03-05-2021 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hereiti, 17, lives on Rarotonga, the largest of the Cook Islands in the South Pacific Ocean.
  
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• Xi Jinping: ‘The World Wants Justice, Not Hegemony’

  03-05-2021 17:08 via technocracy.news
  
  Jinping’s idea of ‘justice’ is lopsided: Rules must be harmonized, yet privatized. In other words, “you keep your rules and we will keep ours.” Otherwise, butt out. China will not capture the world via hegemony, but by exporting Technocracy. ⁃ TN EditorChinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that the global governance system should be made more equitable and fair, and that rules set by one country or some nations cannot be imposed on others. &ld
  
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• The telescopes coming soon that could help us finally find life beyond planet Earth 

  03-05-2021 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The goal of the next generation of observatories is to explore further back into the earliest years of the universe and hunt for signs of life on exoplanets.
  
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• Henry Kissinger Warns Of US-China Armageddon

  03-05-2021 16:46 via technocracy.news
  
  Trilateral Commission founding member Henry Kissinger addresses the (John) McCain Institute in Arizona. Kissinger’s history of originally enabling the nuclear-enabled nations of Technocrat China and Islamic Iran are now tempered by the squishy language of political science.
  As a side note, it is important to note what a good friend and confidant Kissinger was to the late Senator John McCain (R-AZ). ⁃ TN EditorFormer Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who once led efforts to bring Ch
  
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• Rules As Code: Globalist AI Infrastructure For Global Governance

  03-05-2021 16:28 via technocracy.news
  
  The UN affiliated Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) proposes that governments should publish rules as computer code to be directly consumed by software and machines. ⁃ TN EditorRules as Code (RaC) is a highly innovative idea that addresses how law and regulations are simultaneously produced in natural language and in working computer code. RaC has important implications not only for producing better rules (meaning clear and fit for purpose), but providing also a
  
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• Looking at your phone makes other people do the same, study finds 

  03-05-2021 15:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers say copying someone by looking at our phone is a form of social mimicry, just like when we subconsciously replicate another person's yawn.
  
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• Google 'is hosting ads that charge for free services'

  03-05-2021 14:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new investigation shows Google is hosting adverts that charge exorbitant amounts for services that are much cheaper on the official website, like renewing a driver's licence.
  
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• Ingenuity Mars Helicopter cleared for further, farther, flying after landing on 117-second fourth flight

  03-05-2021 13:16 via go.theregister.com
  
  Vehicle to enter 'operations demonstration phase'. Meanwhile SpaceX’s first crew return mission also sticks the landing NASA is so pleased with the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's performance that it will devise a new “operations demonstration phase” in which the craft will be tasked with “exploring how aerial scouting and other functions could benefit future exploration of Mars and other worlds.”…
  
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• Rome's Colosseum floor where gladiators fought to the death to be restored to its former glory 

  03-05-2021 10:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The floor of Rome's Colosseum where gladiators fought wild animals and each other to the death is to be restored to its former glory for £16million, it was announced yesterday.
  
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• Look up this week as the Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower will reach its peak on Thursday

  03-05-2021 10:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The show is the result of the Earth flying through a cloud of debris left behind by Halley's Comet during its last journey through the inner solar system in 1986.
  
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• Which? warns of the dangers of UV light sterilisers

  03-05-2021 08:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Consumer group Which? is urging shoppers to think twice before buying UV light devices that claim to kill viruses and bacteria. Some products may be ineffective or could pose safety risks to users.
  
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• Why can't Google get a grip on rip-off ads?

  03-05-2021 07:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shyster websites topped the search results every time during a 12-month BBC investigation.
  
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• The hidden danger of the UK’s flag obsession

  03-05-2021 07:00
  
  Research suggests that the increasing use of the national flag could have a damaging impact on social cohesion
  
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• How to organise your messy photos

  03-05-2021 07:00
  
  Ditch bad pics and tweak the best ones so your phone holds hundreds of great images, not thousands of duds
  
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• Grab: How an Uber killer became a powerful Asian super-app

  03-05-2021 04:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  South East Asian taxi firm Grab is becoming one of Asia's most powerful financial super-apps
  
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• Huawei Mate X2: Mastering the folding phone formula

  03-05-2021 01:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Huawei has revealed the third iteration of its folding phone, taking inspiration from Samsung.
  
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• Carbon: How calls for climate justice are shaking the world

  03-05-2021 01:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Young activists are breathing new life into the long-running debate over how to cut carbon fairly.
  
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• 'I was terrible at crosswords so I built an AI to do them'

  03-05-2021 01:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dr Fill , a computer program, has just won one of the most prestigious crossword competitions in the US.
  
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• Apple faces Epic Games in court

  03-05-2021 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Epic’s antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant could decide the future of Apple's App Store.
  
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• 'More and more people don't want a traditional burial'

  03-05-2021 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With cremations on the rise, firms now offer such things as turning your ashes into artificial reef formations or human compost.
  
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