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• Deepfake pornography could become an 'epidemic', expert warns

  27-05-2021 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A leading legal expert says new technology makes it much easier to abuse and harass women with fake porn videos.
  
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• NBA superstar LeBron James is seen wearing Apple's hush-hush Beats earbuds

  27-05-2021 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Imagesof NBA's Lebron James at practice shows the him wearing a red pair of wireless Beats earbuds that a source familiar with the matter told DailyMail.com are the upcoming wireless buds.
  
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• Bird brain! Alpine parrot may have fled to the mountains to avoid people, study says

  27-05-2021 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Keas, a type of parrot found in New Zealand's alpine regions, may have fled there to get away from humans, a new study says. But if the climate gets warmer, they may have to fight for space.
  
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• Health: Hitting the gym late boosts your metabolism and helps control overnight blood sugar levels

  27-05-2021 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The metabolic health of 24 inactive men who were at risk of type 2 diabetes and given a high-fat diet was studied by experts led from the Australian Catholic University.
  
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• Nintendo could announce its high-powered Switch Pro as soon as next month, report says

  27-05-2021 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nintendo is reportedly going to release a new version of its Switch console, known as the Switch Pro, as soon as the fall. It could cost considerably more than the $299 it charges now.
  
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• Greyhound's fatal cancer cured by injection of vaccine made from her own tumor at Sydney University

  27-05-2021 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A greyhound named Kelly was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2019. When chemo failed, the dog's owner turned to a trial vaccine that used Kelly's own tumor to stimulate the dog's immune system.
  
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• NASA to use moon dust to combat air pollution on Earth 

  27-05-2021 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA is working with Denver-based Lunar Outpost on the company's air-quality sensor, initially designed to measure moondust, to help measure various pollutants on Earth.
  
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• Twitter fears for freedom of expression in India

  27-05-2021 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police visit Twitter offices after it tags a ruling party spokesman tweet as "manipulated media".
  
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• Microsoft president Brad Smith warns 'life will be like Orwell's 1984' by 2024

  27-05-2021 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is going to be difficult for lawmakers to catch up with rapidly advancing AI technology, Brad Smith told BBC Panorama during an episode exploring China's increasing use of AI to monitor its citizens.
  
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• New dark matter map reveals cosmic mystery

  27-05-2021 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The most detailed map of dark matter in the Universe is puzzling physicists.
  
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• Amazon construction site paused again as another noose found

  27-05-2021 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The retail giant halted construction of a factory in Connecticut briefly after an eighth noose was found.
  
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• Largest ever map of dark matter is created using light from 100 MILLION galaxies

  27-05-2021 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using AI to analyse images of the shape and light from galaxies, astronomers from University College London created a map of the invisible matter throughout the universe.
  
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• Mass Vaccination Campaign Triggers Spike In Cases, Deaths

  27-05-2021 17:41 via technocracy.news
  
  The highly-touted break-through COVID vaccines are in break-down. For those who are hesitant to take the vaccine(s), they have good reasons to not proceed further. Statistics are complex and often intentionally muddied, but there is now a more clear picture of the vaccines’ impact on society. ⁃ TN EditorCOVID cases have risen sharply in nearly every country that has launched a mass vaccination campaign. (Please watch this short video before You Tube removes it.1) Why is this hap
  
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• Renderings reveal the inside of the world's largest aircraft, an airship with a 'wall' of windows

  27-05-2021 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The spacious Airlander 10 measures almost double the length of an average commercial aircraft. The Bedfordshire-based Airlander company said: 'On Airlander, the whole experience is pleasant.'
  
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• Physics: Scientists capture the highest EVER resolution images of atoms

  27-05-2021 17:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  These images are so fine-tuned, that the blurring remaining in the shot is the product of the thermal jiggling of the atoms themselves, the team from New York's Cornell University explained.
  
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• Johns Hopkins Prof: Half Of Americans Have Natural Immunity, Don’t Need Vaccine

  27-05-2021 17:24 via technocracy.news
  
  He describes it as the “biggest failure of medical leadership”. If you have had the COVID-19 virus, which gives you natural antibodies to fight future infections, then you don’t need to be vaccinated on top of it. He flatly states, “Please, ignore the CDC guidance!”
  The Technocrat feeding frenzy to get everyone to vaccinate is based on self-interested propaganda. All other voices are muted, canceled or ridiculed as conspiracy theories. ⁃ TN EditorA professor w
  
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• Three jet streams transported 'Godzilla' dust plume for 5,000 miles last year, study finds

  27-05-2021 17:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Atrans-Atlantic African dust plume formed in 2020 that traveled 5,000 miles from Africa to the US. The dust was carried by the African easterly jetNorth Atlantic Subtropical High Caribbean low-level jet.
  
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• Microsoft President Threatens That Orwell’s 1984 Could Happen In 2024

  27-05-2021 17:10 via technocracy.news
  
  Microsoft’s master Technocrat and President Brad Smith feigns concern over the arrival of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four but doesn’t even hint at Microsoft’s (and Bill Gates) causative role in bringing it about in the first place. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is of the same mind. ⁃ TN EditorLife as depicted in George Orwell’s 1984 “could come to pass in 2024” if lawmakers don’t protect the public against artificial intelligence, Microsoft&rs
  
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• Ancient Sudan battleground and 'site of first race war' hosted a series of violent episodes

  27-05-2021 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Healed trauma on remains found in the Jebel Sahaba cemetery on the edge of the Sahara desert indicates that individuals fought and survived several violent assaults, rather than fighting in one.
  
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• 'Fat gene' carried by one in 340 makes children pile on extra 37 POUNDS by the time they reach 18

  27-05-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  About 200,000 people in the UK have the mutation, according to the team, with carriers weighing an average 2st 9lbs bigger than average by age 18. What is more, most of the excess timber is fat.
  
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• Marcus Rashford: Manchester United striker highlights racial abuse after Europa League loss

  27-05-2021 15:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford says he has received "at least 70 racial slurs" on social media following the Europa League final loss to Villarreal.
  
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• Satellites may have been underestimating global warming for the last 40 years, scientists warn 

  27-05-2021 15:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study suggests that the measurements from the man-made celestial objects may have underestimated the impacts of warming for the last 40 years.
  
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• Transport: Britain's first self-driving SHUTTLES take to the streets of Cambridge

  27-05-2021 14:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Developed by Aurrigo, the three Auto-Shuttles will run a two-mile route from Madingley Road Park and Ride around the University of Cambridge's West Campus.
  
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• Agency worker's LinkedIn rant about 'picky' staff leads to job offers

  27-05-2021 14:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lee Moore's post about fellow agency staff is seen by more than four million people.
  
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• NatWest launches 'urgent' cryptocurrency scam alert

  27-05-2021 14:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A warning on NatWest's banking app warns customers to beware of cryptocurrency scams.
  
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• Uber’s union deal doesn’t mean its battles are over

  27-05-2021 14:22
  
  Uber’s agreement with the GMB could distract from further changes that are needed – from both the gig economy and the government
  
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• Uber’s shock union deal does not mean its battles are over

  27-05-2021 14:22
  
  Uber’s agreement with the GMB could distract from further changes that are needed – from both the gig economy and the government
  
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• NASA plans to send glow-in-the-dark SQUIDS to the International Space Station

  27-05-2021 14:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA hopes studying how spaceflight impacts the squids could help preserve astronaut health on long-duration space missions. They are part of SpaceX's 22nd cargo resupply mission to the ISS.
  
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• Legality of collecting faces online challenged

  27-05-2021 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Clearview AI has a huge database of three billion images collected from the web.
  
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• Anticipating a fun event can make it feel like it will be over before it's even started

  27-05-2021 12:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Volunteers said that positive events felt farther away and shorter in duration than negative events, the Ohio State University researchers discovered.
  
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• Britain is the WORST in Europe for private jet pollution

  27-05-2021 12:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carbon dioxide from private jets in Europe increased by nearly a third between 2005 and 2019, analysis by campaign group Transport & Environment found.
  
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• 'Epic action': Cinemas open screens for gamers

  27-05-2021 11:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Video game fans bring their console, or hire one and experience playing their games at a new scale.
  
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• James Bond to stay on the big screen after Amazon deal

  27-05-2021 11:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What does Amazon's $8.45bn deal to buy MGM mean for 007 and the studio's other films and TV shows?
  
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• Houses will feature smart wardrobes, zoom nooks and toilets that can study your stool by 2031

  27-05-2021 11:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Almost 90 per cent of people want to live in a more sustainable future but 41 per cent don't know how to make it happen, according to research funded by Berkshire-based Hive.
  
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• Dominic Cummings: Health secretary's 'stupid' targets delayed building UK test and trace system to combat COVID

  27-05-2021 10:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Former UK.gov spin doctor talks of mess in response to crisis The UK’s Health Secretary put plans to create the test and trace system to combat the spread of COVID-19 back by more than month by needlessly introducing his own targets, the Prime Minister's former advisor claims.…
  
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• Are we just five years from climate tipping point?

  27-05-2021 10:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There is a 40 per cent chance that annual temperature rises will go beyond the level set by the 2015 Paris Agreement, agreed to by 196 countries, it is claimed.
  
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• Stephen Hawking: Belongings of the late physicist to be shown at London's Science Museum next year

  27-05-2021 09:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The contents of Professor Hawking's office at Cambridge's Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, are to join the collections of the Science Museum.
  
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• BBC Springwatch at Wild Ken Hill: Behind the scenes

  27-05-2021 07:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The much-loved nature programme is broadcasting from a sustainable farming project in west Norfolk.
  
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• First woman appointed Scotland's Astronomer Royal

  27-05-2021 07:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prof Catherine Heymans says she wants to use the title to encourage people to develop passion for science.
  
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• Thought 3D printing was dead? Think again

  27-05-2021 07:00
  
  The so-2012 technology witnessed a resurgence because of Covid-19. And it might be here to stay
  
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• Thought 3D printing was dead a buried? Think again

  27-05-2021 07:00
  
  The so-2012 technology witnessed a resurgence because of Covid-19. And it might be here to stay
  
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• India’s CoWin vaccine booking system is a nightmare

  27-05-2021 07:00
  
  The Indian government made its booking API free to everyone. Bots, profiteers and automation have made it impossible for people to book slots
  
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• Japan to send ‘transforming robot’ to the Moon in 2022

  27-05-2021 06:28 via go.theregister.com
  
  It’s a pathfinder for Toyota’s planned self-driving moon buggy, and tiny compared to Optimus Prime Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will send a transforming robot to the Moon.…
  
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• Microsoft president: Orwell’s 1984 could happen in 2024

  27-05-2021 02:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tech executives warned that democracy has to win the AI arms race, in a new BBC Panorama.
  
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• Tulsa massacre: The search for victims, 100 years on

  27-05-2021 01:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Decades after white mobs razed an affluent black neighbourhood the search for bodies goes on.
  
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• Climate: World at risk of hitting temperature limit soon

  27-05-2021 01:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It's increasingly likely that a key temperature limit will be reached in one of the next five years.
  
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• The children selling explicit videos on OnlyFans

  27-05-2021 01:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British subscription site OnlyFans is failing to prevent underage users from selling and appearing in explicit videos, a BBC investigation has found.
  
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• Monkeys change their 'accent' to avoid conflict

  27-05-2021 01:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Examining the behaviour of 15 groups of two types of tamarin monkeys living in the Brazilian Amazon, allowed Anglia Ruskin University scientists to make the discovery.
  
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