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• Tesla admits to California DMV that Elon Musk has been exaggerating about 'full self-driving' cars

  07-05-2021 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a memo written by the California DMV, Tesla's executives privately admitted that Elon Musk is exaggerating about all of the company's cars to have full self-driving technology
  
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• Men's toxic masculinity comes from a lack of strong friendships and not their fathers, study finds

  07-05-2021 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Men have bee said to get toxic masculinity from their fathers, but a new study debunks the say 'like father, like son.' Experts say a lack of or poor quality friendships create the toxic trait.
  
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• Skeleton of five-year-old girl who lived 700 years ago is found under Seville's Real Alcázar palace 

  07-05-2021 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archeologists uncovered a sarcophagus under the chapel at Real Alcázar in Seville. Inside was the well-preserved skeleton of a girl with blond hair, estimated to be about five years old.
  
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• Listen to Ingenuity fly on Mars! NASA releases first audio of the hum of the helicopter's rotors

  07-05-2021 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For the first time, the world can hear the hum of Ingenuity's rotors spinning as it soars through the thing atmosphere on Mars. Perseverance captured the sounds during the copter's fourth flight.
  
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• History: Napoleon Bonaparte's obsession with COLOGNE may have led to fatal cancer, study reveals 

  07-05-2021 21:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The military genius went through what now would be considered an obscene amount of Eau de Cologne, getting through multiples bottles each day for years.
  
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• Why brands ditching vowels are rlly stpd

  07-05-2021 20:27
  
  Standard Life Aberdeen’s rebrand made it a laughing stock. It’s only mistake was acting like a startup
  
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• New device lets people with paralysis control a customized computer with their EAR muscles

  07-05-2021 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To operate the Earswitch, users tense their tensor tympani, one of the smallest muscles in the body. That triggers an on-screen keyboard to scan through letters and select one with an 'ear-click.'
  
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• Angkor Wat was had up to 900,000 inhabitants before being abandoned in 1431 AD, study suggests 

  07-05-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new demographic model revealed that the capital of the long-gone Khmer Empire housed between 700,000 and 900,000 people during its zenith in the 13th century.
  
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• Government reveals plans for weekly food waste collections across England from 2023 

  07-05-2021 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a step towards cutting down on landfill waste, every household in England will receive weekly food waste collections by 2023, the government revealed today.
  
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• Volcanoes on Mars could be geologically ACTIVE and may mean microbes lived there, study finds

  07-05-2021 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team said images taken by Mars satellites show evidence oferuptions in the past 50,000 years, in the Elysium Planitia region, about 1,000 miles from NASA's InSight.
  
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• TripAdvisor sorry for Auschwitz review error

  07-05-2021 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  TripAdvisor initially found nothing wrong with a death camp review containing a gas chamber "joke".
  
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• Climate change: China emitted more greenhouse gases in 2019 than world's developed nations together

  07-05-2021 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emission estimates for 190 nations across the globe were calculated by experts from research firm Rhodium Group in tandem with Breakthrough Energy.
  
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• Is Twitter the new OnlyFans? Users can PAY their favorite accounts through new 'Tip Jar' feature

  07-05-2021 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter is testing a new in-app payment feature called Tip Jar that lets users pay their favorite tweeters. Critics say that since Twitter allows nudity, Tip Jar could turn it into the new OnlyFans.
  
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• Excessive buying and shopping can constitute a disorder, experts say

  07-05-2021 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new diagnostic framework drawn up by international psychologists and clinicians can diagnose people suffering from 'compulsive buying-shopping disorder' (CBSD).
  
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• Kennedy And CHD Sue Facebook Over Racketeering, Collusion

  07-05-2021 17:24 via technocracy.news
  
  After massive censorship from Big Tech social media platforms, Children’s Health Defense and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. are fighting back in court, charging racketeering and collusion between Facebook and the U.S. Government. The U.S. District Court in San Francisco heard initial arguments. ⁃ TN EditorJudge Susan Illston of the Northern District of California Wednesday heard arguments for and against the defendants’ motion to dismiss in the Children’s Health Defense 
  
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• Great Reset: Digital Citizenship Required To Use Internet

  07-05-2021 17:04 via technocracy.news
  
  TN has warned about this Technocrat trend to demand digital identification (they call it “citizenship”) to use the Internet. It would destroy all privacy, offer total control over user behavior and provide a “no fly list” for anyone deemed to be a threat. ⁃ TN Editor
  https://www.technocracy.news/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Digital-Citizenship.mp4
  The World Economic Forum recently ran a Livestream with Interpol, Cloudflare, and a cybersecurity firm to discus
  
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• Climate Hypocrites: China Contributes 27% Of Total Global Emissions

  07-05-2021 16:45 via technocracy.news
  
  China continuously boasts about its commitment to the Paris Climate Accord, Sustainable Development and how it will lead the world in carbon reduction. In fact, its own pollution exceeds the entire developed world combined! ⁃ TN EditorBased on our newly updated preliminary estimates for 2019, global emissions—including emissions of all six Kyoto gases, inclusive of land-use and forests and international bunkers—reached 52 gigatons of CO2-equivalent in 2019, a 11.4% increase ove
  
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• Virgin Media customers left waiting longest on phone

  07-05-2021 15:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile had the longest average customer call waiting times, Ofcom has found.
  
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• Do you prefer city living? You might be a PSYCHOPATH

  07-05-2021 15:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Derby researchers found people who prefer to live in urban areas are more likely to have 'dark' personality traits.
  
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• Netflix is considering a supplemental service called 'N-Plus'

  07-05-2021 15:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US streaming giant is reportedly considering a new supplemental service, according to a survey it sent out to its users, first noticed by Protocol.
  
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• Worrying about jet lag could make it worse, study finds

  07-05-2021 14:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have found a link between being concerned about jetlag pre-flight and jetlag intensity after the flight.
  
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• Juvenile great white sharks have 'training grounds' where they learn to hunt away from adult rivals

  07-05-2021 13:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Nottingham Trent University and the conservation group White Shark Africa studied great white shark populations in South Africa's Mossel Bay.
  
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• Twitter adds 'tip jar' to pay for good tweeting

  07-05-2021 13:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitter launches a new payment feature for good tweets - but it comes with privacy concerns.
  
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• New four-panel 'Flight 2020' ball used in the Premier League is more stable than other balls

  07-05-2021 12:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nike says the £125 Flight 2020 ball is the culmination of eight years of research dedicated to improving aerodynamics.
  
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• Robot learns to brush hair and other tech news

  07-05-2021 12:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  LJ Rich looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week.
  
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• India Covid: How bad is the second wave?

  07-05-2021 10:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There are signs infections have slowed in some regions - but is India past the worst?
  
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• Why some footballers 'choke' during penalty shootouts revealed

  07-05-2021 10:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brain scans reveal that in a game, some people activate a region of their brain called the pre-frontal cortex which is linked with long-term thinking and leads to anxiety, and a worse attempt.
  
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• Now DeepMind is using AI to transform football

  07-05-2021 09:52
  
  The Alphabet-owned company is working with Liverpool to apply AI smarts to the high-stakes world of football tactics
  
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• China sprayed space with 3,000 pieces of junk. US military officials want rules to stop that sort of thing

  07-05-2021 09:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  Satellite shootdown test still causing operational and diplomatic hassles after 14 years Tired of space junk and weapons, US military commanders presented to Congress on Wednesday an argument to create a framework for rules-based order in space.…
  
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• Startups need to do better

  07-05-2021 07:00
  
  The virus sped up startup innovation. Entrepreneurs can’t afford to let that momentum go to waste
  
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• An obituary for the internal combustion engine

  07-05-2021 07:00
  
  We asked a confirmed petrolhead to say goodbye to the ICE. It’s a fond farewell, but it’s time to call it a day
  
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• Report: China emissions exceed all developed nations combined

  07-05-2021 06:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The country is responsible for 27% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report.
  
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• Trump social media: Twitter suspends account sharing ex-president's posts

  07-05-2021 02:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The social media platform said the account was trying to evade Mr Trump's Twitter ban
  
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• Taking an invention from idea to the marketplace

  07-05-2021 01:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lockdown spurred many people to invent new products, but how did they get to market?
  
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• Humans first used FIRE to transform the environment 92,000 years ago in Africa

  07-05-2021 01:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Settlements and charcoal deposits along Africa's Lake Malawi reveals humans used fire 92,000 years ago to prevent forest regrowth, allowing them to create homes for a growing population.
  
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• Rare fish set for return to River Severn breeding grounds

  07-05-2021 01:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of the UK's rarest fish is set to benefit from a conservation project to unlock the River Severn.
  
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• First image of Chinese rocket shows it 435 miles above Earth's surface as it moved 'extremely fast'

  07-05-2021 01:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virtual Telescope Project captured the first image of China's Long March 5B rocket as it soared 435 miles above Earth's surface. The rocket was moving fast and appeared like a bright light.
  
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• IBM says it's built the world's first 2nm semiconductor chips

  07-05-2021 01:04 via go.theregister.com
  
  Coming to a computer near you ... this decade ... maybe IBM Research says it's made the world’s first 2nm chips, squeezing 50 billion transistors onto each of the fingernail-sized dies.…
  
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