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• Pornhub videos: Women sue, alleging lack of consent

  17-06-2021 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 30 women say private or non-consensual videos of them were uploaded to the site.
  
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• Nearly 40 scientists warn companies will take over your dreams with commercials

  17-06-2021 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dream researchers wrote an open letter highlighting the dangers of companies planting commercials in people's dreams, but other experts say such ads would have little impact on behavior.
  
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• Amazon asks social media companies to help it get rid of fake reviews

  17-06-2021 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To remove fake reviews from its site, Amazon is asking social media companies for help. Amazon says the reviews from 'bad actors' are increasingly coming from social media services.
  
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• Fewer than 1% of all patients who fall severely ill with COVID-19 are later reinfected

  17-06-2021 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Patients who recover from severe COVID cases are very unlikely to be infected again, a new study shows. The analysis examined over 9,000 patients - and found that only 0.7% were reinfected.
  
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• Gamma-ray bursts occur when a dying star's magnetic field is scrambled

  17-06-2021 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The violent explosion released by a dying star is caused by the magnetic field that is released being scrambled after ejected material from the star crashes into, and shocks, the stellar debris.
  
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• Wild vulture had its right leg amputated - experts created a prosthetic to help it fly and hunt

  17-06-2021 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A metal implant has gone into a bearded vulture known as Mia in Vienna, Austria, becoming the world's first 'bionic bird.'
  Mia suffered a major injury while still a nestling, as her ankle became entangled.
  
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• Your spacesuit ran into a problem and needs to restart

  17-06-2021 20:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  ISS solar array installation overran after a good old 'off and on again' There are two things a spacewalker doesn't want to hear: "Can you turn it off and turn it on again?" and "What's that hissing sound?"…
  
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• Hope for women with the 'Angelina Jolie' cancer gene

  17-06-2021 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hollywood actress Jolie had a preventative mastectomy in 2013 after testing positive for the mutated BRCA1 gene.
  
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• More than HALF of Earth's rivers and streams stop flowing periodically, study finds 

  17-06-2021 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They can be found in all climates and continents, and range from Himalayan snow-fed creeks to parts of the world's longest river, the Nile, researchers at McGill University in Montreal, Canada said.
  
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• Elon Musk's SpaceX launches Space Force military satellite with a REUSED booster for the first time

  17-06-2021 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX and Space Force hit a milestone after launching a military satellite into orbit aboard a recycled Falcon 9. This is the same booster that delivered a GPS satellite in November 2020.
  
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• Mad World Of Tyranny: Technopopulism Enables The Very Thing It Hates

  17-06-2021 18:52 via technocracy.news
  
  The British pop rock band Tears for Fears started in 1981. It is doubtful that they knew how Britain would descend into tyranny in 2021 just 40 years later. Nevertheless, their hit song, Everybody Wants To Rule The World, now seems prescient:
  Of freedom and of pleasureNothing ever lasts foreverEverybody wants to rule the world
  There’s a room where the light won’t find youHolding hands while the walls come tumbling downWhen they do I’ll be right behind you
  So glad we’ve al
  
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• 'Living fossil' fish may live for up to a century

  17-06-2021 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The coelacanth was thought to live for about 20 years, but a new study suggests it's nearer 100.
  
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• Applications to go to the moon with the European Space Agency close TOMORROW

  17-06-2021 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anyone living in an ESA member country, including the UK, that meets the minimum requirements including an advanced degree, and has a passion for space can apply.
  
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• The best budget smartphone and cheap phones in 2021

  17-06-2021 17:38
  
  WIRED Recommends the best budget smartphones, including the best cheap phone with great battery life and the best for mobile gaming
  
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• Pelotons can be hacked letting creeps install malware and SPY on you, says security firm

  17-06-2021 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some Peloton products, including the popular Bike+, are vulnerable to malware, letting hackers spy on unsuspecting riders, a cybersecurity firm said in a new report.
  
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• Giant RHINO four times heavier than an elephant roamed China 26.5 million years ago 

  17-06-2021 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was the 'largest land mammal' that ever lived, reaching 26ft long and 16ft tall, according to the team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
  
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• Hope for women with the 'Angelina Jolie' gene

  17-06-2021 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hollywood actress Jolie had a preventative mastectomy in 2013 after testing positive for the mutated BRCA1 gene.
  
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• Heart attack cases rise by more than 5% during football matches, study warns

  17-06-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hospital admissions for heart attacks in Germany during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil rose by more than five per cent, according to researchers from Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz.
  
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• “Magneto” Protein: Genetically Engineered To Control Brains And Behavior

  17-06-2021 16:57 via technocracy.news
  
  This is potentially the most dangerous and dystopian development in genetic modification in history. “The researchers inserted the Magneto DNA sequence into the genome of a virus”. The DNA behavior is then triggered by magnetic fields or radio waves. ⁃ TN EditorResearchers in the United States have developed a new method for controlling the brain circuits associated with complex animal behaviours, using genetic engineering to create a magnetised protein that activates specific
  
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• SpaceX will launch a Space Force GPS military satellite with a REUSED Falcon 9 for the first time

  17-06-2021 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Falcon 9 rocket is the same that launched the GPS III SV04 satellite last Nov. Today's mission is set to kick off at 12:09pm ET from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Launch Complex 40.
  
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• Scientists reveal where the most polluted air is in Europe

  17-06-2021 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Six of the top 20 cities with the highest nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels are in the UK, analysis by air quality data company Airly found, with Leeds, Edinburgh and Slough also faring badly.
  
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• New murder hornet identified in Washington state that experts can't figure out where it came from 

  17-06-2021 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A dead murder hornet has been identified in Washington State, officials said on Wednesday. The discovery, originally reported on June 4, has left them puzzled.
  
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• Flashback 2003: Pioneer Researcher Warned Against “Geoslavery”

  17-06-2021 15:34 via technocracy.news
  
  Professor James Dobson pioneered GIS technology and was so alarmed at the potential misuse of the technology that he warned against geoslavery. He understood the relationship between ubiquitous tracking and objects and the resulting ability to control them. His warning is more important today than before. ⁃ TN EditorJerome Dobson wants to make sure his field of research doesn’t aid the greatest threat to personal freedom.
  As a pioneer of geographic information systems (GIS), Dobson,
  
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• Humans 'cannot cheat ageing and death', scientists say

  17-06-2021 15:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An increase in human life expectancy is due to better survival for kids and young adults, not slowing the ageing clock, say a team led by experts at the University of Southern Denmark.
  
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• Chinese scientists force male rats to give BIRTH

  17-06-2021 15:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team, from the Naval Medical University in Shanghai were inspired to see if an embryo could survive in a 'male uterus' by male seahorses whogive birth. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES.
  
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• Everywhere T.Rex rose to dominance, their juveniles took over, study finds

  17-06-2021 15:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers set out to understand why there was a dramatic drop-off in diversity of medium-sized predators in central Asia and Western North America around 95 to 80 million years ago.
  
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• The relatives frozen in time on Google Street View

  17-06-2021 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People are sharing ways in which the mapping tool has accidentally connected them with dead relatives.
  
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• Toyota reveals its work on an honest-to-goodness cloak of invisibility

  17-06-2021 14:15 via go.theregister.com
  
  Though it's mostly just looking to make its cars safer, rather than hide them A team of researchers have detailed a range of techniques which they suggest could one day lead to a genuine cloak of invisibility - although, thanks to Toyota's involvement, they're looking to start by making the windscreen pillars disappear from your next car.…
  
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• Chip shortage addressed by US-EU tech alliance

  17-06-2021 14:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The partnership will also see working groups looking at emerging technologies such as AI.
  
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• Sharing your charger could supercharge EV uptake

  17-06-2021 14:00
  
  There are 300,000 private EV chargers in UK homes, compared to around 42,000 public charging points. It’s time to share
  
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• Nuclear energy: Fusion plant backed by Jeff Bezos to be built in UK

  17-06-2021 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Canadian company General Fusion is set to build a $400m fusion demonstrator near Oxford.
  
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• World's first flying race car takes flight for the first time ahead of race debut later this year

  17-06-2021 13:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first flight took place at a secret test location in the South Australian desert, while three remotely-piloted Grands Prix are planned across the world this year in Airspeeder's electric racing series.
  
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• Earth now has TWICE as much heat trapped than it did in 2005, NASA warns 

  17-06-2021 13:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More energy is being absorbed from the Sun than reflected back to space, throwing the Earth's energy 'out of balance', say experts at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia.
  
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• Early Prime Day deals 2021: Get 24% off the Fit Bit Charge 4 - now £99 on Amazon

  17-06-2021 13:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon Prime Day 2021 has kicked off with some unmissable early Prime Day deals. If you're looking for an activity tracker, the Fitbit Charge 4 is marked down by 24 per cent to £99 (usually £129.99).
  
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• Flight of the Sky Lion: 'Like VR but without the headset'

  17-06-2021 12:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new experience is a wonderful and complex mix of creativity and technology, BBC's LJ Rich says.
  
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• China space station: Shenzhou-12 delivers first crew to Tianhe module

  17-06-2021 11:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three astronauts successfully take off for China's longest ever human spaceflight mission.
  
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• Chloe Khan and Jodie Marsh rapped by watchdog

  17-06-2021 10:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lucy Mecklenburgh and Chloe Ferry were also named by the Advertising Standards Authority for failing to disclose ads.
  
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• UK warned it is unprepared for climate chaos

  17-06-2021 09:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Homes need to be more resilient and the government is in a worse position than five years ago, report says.
  
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• Japan assembles superteam of aircraft component manufacturers to build supersonic passenger plane

  17-06-2021 08:32 via go.theregister.com
  
  Japan Supersonic Research wants to be in the air by 2030 Japan has a assembled a supergroup of aviation, industrial, and space organisations to build a supersonic passenger jet.…
  
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• These are the best pizza ovens for tasty coal, gas and wood-fired pizza

  17-06-2021 07:00
  
  Al fresco pizza ovens are exploding in popularity, WIRED Recommends the best options
  
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• Quantum computers are already detangling nature’s mysteries

  17-06-2021 07:00
  
  Practical quantum computers may be decades away – but the race to built them is already tackling thorny global problems, and unlocking the secrets of the universe
  
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• Thousandth dormouse brought back to the wild

  17-06-2021 01:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The captive-bred hazel dormouse is now settling into its new woodland home in Lancashire.
  
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