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• Nasa set for attempt to fix Hubble's trouble

  14-07-2021 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A possible cause is identified for the Hubble telescope's worst glitch in years.
  
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• Twitter kills Fleets - its rival to Snapchat - after admitting no one used it

  14-07-2021 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter has announced it is removing Fleets, its disappearing-posts feature, on August 3 after it failed to gain traction with users. The Snapchat rival just launched in November 2020.
  
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• MIT's 1972 prediction of the collapse of society is on track to happen by 2040, study reveals

  14-07-2021 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A researcher tested MIT's 1972 prediction that we could see a societal collapse by 2040 and found we are currently on the path of destruction, but we could change it in a decade.
  
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• 96 percent of movies show sharks in a negative light, hurting conservation efforts

  14-07-2021 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hollywood's shark movies overwhelmingly portray them negatively, hurting conservation efforts, with of films on iMDB depicting interactions between humans and sharks as 'overtly' threatening.
  
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• Walking for 40 minutes three times a week can freshen white matter in the brain, study finds

  14-07-2021 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Colorado State researchers found that walking for 40 minutes a day, three times a week, could help refresh the white brain matter of people over 60 and improve cognitive ability.
  
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• Amazon rainforest is 'fuelling' global warming, a new study has warned

  14-07-2021 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Amazon rainforest is being turned from an essential 'carbon sink' to being a carbon emitter, National Institute for Space Research in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil researchers discovered.
  
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• Tree DNA used for first time to convict man of stealing valuable trees from Washington state

  14-07-2021 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jason Wilke was found guilty on July 9 and faces up to 10 years in prison for stealing valuable maple trees from Washington state - and it was DNA of a chopped tree that convicted him.
  
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• Sweat-sipping wearable aims to charge electronics without couch potatoes lifting a finger

  14-07-2021 22:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  What's wrong with plugging it in? Brainiacs at UC San Diego say they have created a wearable design to turn your horrid sweaty hands into a charge for your electronic devices – while you barely have to lift a finger.…
  
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• Plant-based burger company uses algorithms to generate flavors and address consumer preferences 

  14-07-2021 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Swiss flavor manufacturer Firmenich says its AI can generate millions of possibilities to mimic the taste and feel of beef in plant-based meat. Algorithms then filter that down to the best options.
  
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• Nazi bunker made out of wood, bullets discovered buried underground in Poland 

  14-07-2021 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A World War II bunker built by Nazi Germany was discovered underground in Lublin, Poland that contains a staircase with three underground corridors, concrete walls & ceilings made of wood.
  
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• Italy is stopping its Presena Glacier from melting by covering the massive ice sheet with a TARP

  14-07-2021 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The giant tarp is made of geotextile tarpaulins that reflect sunlight, maintaining a temperature lower than the external one, and thus preserving as much snow as possible through the summer.
  
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• Instagram launches Security Checkup feature for hacked accounts

  14-07-2021 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Facebook-owned image sharing website says the new feature includes checking login activity, reviewing profile information and updating recovery contact details.
  
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• Smartphone photos can detect anaemia, scientists claim

  14-07-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A photo of a person's inner eyelid taken with a standard smartphone camera can be used to screen for anaemia, researchers in Rhode Island report.
  
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• Dogs are happy to accept food from humans - but are unlikely to return the favour, study finds 

  14-07-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the study, researchers from the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna set out to understand whether or not dogs reciprocate food-giving with humans.
  
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• Airbnbs may attract more CRIME to your neighbourhood, study warns 

  14-07-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study by Northeastern University in Boston analysed data on different types of crime in the city from 2011 to 2017 in a bid to better understand the link between Airbnb listings and disorder.
  
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• Plastics: UN sets out ambitious plans to reach global net zero marine pollution by 2050

  14-07-2021 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Condemning the piecemeal efforts made to date to tackle plastic pollution, the University of Plymouth-led team has called for a reduction in the overall amount of plastic that we produce.
  
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• Microsoft announces Windows 365, a subscription cloud PC

  14-07-2021 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Microsoft has announced a new cloud PC technology where users stream their PC to any device.
  
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• Roman coins found on Dutch riverbanks were offering to the gods for safe passage across the water 

  14-07-2021 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amateur Dutch archaeologists found more than 100 Roman-era bronze and silver coins by the Aa river that experts say were left by travelers in hopes of ensuring safe travel across the water.
  
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• High school students who learned remotely during the pandemic had more problems than in-person

  14-07-2021 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During COVID-19, remote high school students had more social, emotional and academic problems than those who learned in school, according to a two-party survey conducted in February & October 2020.
  
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• Humans more likely to suffer short-term memory loss in the winter, study finds

  14-07-2021 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A lack of sunlight in the winter can hinder short-term memory skills in mammals including humans, according to new University of Bradford research.
  
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• Climate change: Amazon regions emit more carbon than they absorb

  14-07-2021 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rising heat and deforestation cause eastern parts of the Amazon to become carbon sources, not sinks.
  
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• Mercola: Moderna Had Specific COVID-19 mRNA Shot Ready in 2019 BEFORE Pandemic Was Announced

  14-07-2021 17:00 via technocracy.news
  
  It is now apparent that Moderna had already completed development of its mRNA gene therapy shot in 2019 BEFORE COVID-19 was announced to be spreading from China to the world. This has serious ramifications to the entire pandemic narrative.
  There are only two possibilities. First, Moderna had advance knowledge of the COVID-19 virus and created a shot to prepare for it. Second, Moderna didn’t have advance knowledge but was developing a generic gene therapy treatment that could be directed to
  
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• EE aims for 5G coverage everywhere in UK by 2028

  14-07-2021 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Portable cells, drones and satellites will deliver on-demand 5G connections to the most remote locations.
  
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• Amazon acquires Facebook's ENTIRE internet satellite team to boost its Project Kuiper

  14-07-2021 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon paid an undisclosed amount for more than a dozen Facebook employees who specialize in satellite internet with the hopes of boosting its own Project Kuiper.
  
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• Twitter is letting users decide who can reply to their tweets even AFTER they're sent

  14-07-2021 16:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After testing a feature allowing users to limit who can reply to their tweet, Twitter has now updated the reply control feature so members can edit who can respond even after a tweet has been sent out.
  
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• Weaponizing Masks To Force Children Into Taking Gene Therapy Shots

  14-07-2021 16:02 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrat propaganda takes an ugly turn as it targets children for vaccination by weaponizing face masks: Masks are not normal, they say, but if you take the shot you can take the mask off and get back to normal. This is akin to torture techniques – stop the pain of “x” by complying with “y”. ⁃ TN EditorYesterday afternoon, the CDC issued a new guidance stating that children who are fully “vaccinated” do not have to wear masks when schoo
  
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• Facebook adds 'expert' feature to groups

  14-07-2021 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Admins in Facebook groups will have the power to designate "experts" from its members.
  
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• Dinosaur-killing asteroid generated a giant TSUNAMI nearly one mile high

  14-07-2021 16:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  These waving lines, buried within sediments in what is now central Louisiana, were discovered through seismic imaging by the University of Louisiana in Lafayette.
  
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• Pepper the robot has lost jobs because people 'expect the intelligence of a human'

  14-07-2021 16:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The friendly humanoid robot is battling to stave off retirement after its maker, the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, said last month that production had been 'paused for a while'.
  
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• Technocrat Censorship Expands To ‘Fact Check’ Of Private SMS Text Messages

  14-07-2021 15:43 via technocracy.news
  
  Crushing censorship is rapidly expanding to the most basic forms of communication: text messages. If the Biden Administration is successful at censoring SMS messages, then voice calls are right behind. This is the most egregious attack on the First Amendment in the history of our nation. ⁃ TN EditorGroups allied with the Biden administration are planning on working directly with cellphone network providers to ‘fact check’ private SMS messages if they contain “misinformati
  
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• Tech: Experts reveal the UK's worst areas for data wastage - with Northern Ireland topping the list

  14-07-2021 15:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Researchers from SIM provider Lebara polled 2,000 UK mobile users and found a whopping 71 per cent of them were wasting their money on data they didn't use.
  
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• EU unveils sweeping climate change plan

  14-07-2021 15:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It proposes taxing jet fuel and effectively banning the sale of petrol cars within 20 years.
  
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• NHS Covid app: Should it stay or should it go?

  14-07-2021 14:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There is a clash over the future of the NHS tracing app, as many delete it - or ignore its alerts.
  
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• Hubble, Hubble, toil and trouble: NASA pores over moth-eaten manuals ahead of switch to backup hardware

  14-07-2021 14:45 via go.theregister.com
  
  Procedure on stricken space telescope may be attempted later this week NASA has completed a formal review of what engineers will have to do to switch the Hubble Space Telescope to its backup hardware.…
  
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• 'Apple Pay Later' rumoured to be in the works to rival Klarna

  14-07-2021 14:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple Pay Later will let users split the cost of purchases to help encourage sales, according to a report by Bloomberg that cites insiders at the Cupertino-based tech giant.
  
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• Dogs experience stress for up to 12 DAYS after being sent to a shelter

  14-07-2021 13:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shelter dogs rested much less at night than pet pooches, especially during the first two nights in the shelter, but this restlessness did decrease over time, researchers at Utrecht University found.
  
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• Falcons fly in zig-zag patterns to make use of strong tailwinds, study reveals

  14-07-2021 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The reason why the birds don't take the shortest route to their winter homes in Madagascar from their Canary Islands breeding grounds, as well as vice versa, was studied by the University of Amsterdam.
  
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• Carry on flying, says government green plan

  14-07-2021 13:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The policy has been ridiculed by environmentalists who say the government is putting too much faith in innovation.
  
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• Here boy! Making the Sample Fetch Rover that'll collect soil from the Red Planet

  14-07-2021 12:45 via go.theregister.com
  
  El Reg grabs a moment in time with ExoMars trundlebot's chief engineer Helicopters on Mars have captured the imagination of nerds everywhere, however, an even more ambitious mission to return samples from the Red Planet to Earth is gathering pace.…
  
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• British Airways launches inflight at-seat digital food ordering using onboard Wi-Fi

  14-07-2021 12:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Customers can already pre-order inflight food - including items by Tom Kerridge - from the airline's Speedbird Café menu. But now they can top-up their inflight meals with non-perishable purchases.
  
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• Middle-aged MUMS are 'most likely to troll social media influencers'

  14-07-2021 11:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sheldon's comments follow the racist messages directed at England footballers following the Euros defeat at Wembley on Sunday.
  
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• Air pollution exposure linked to poor academic skills during childhood

  14-07-2021 11:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Children exposed to elevated levels of air pollution have poor inhibitory control during late childhood and poor academic skills in early adolescence, experts in New York report.
  
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• Duran Duran’s Invisible: 'Thrilled' with AI collaboration

  14-07-2021 11:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Musician Nick Rhodes explains why artificial intelligence was key in making their new music video.
  
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• Climate crisis rallies young people

  14-07-2021 10:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of young people are joining a mission to help solve the environmental crisis facing their generation.
  
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• Benjamin Jesty: The unsung hero of vaccination

  14-07-2021 07:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Edward Jenner is credited with inventing the vaccine but his method was pioneered by a Dorset farmer.
  
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• The digital nomad dream is over

  14-07-2021 07:00
  
  The pandemic proved that office workers could do their jobs from anywhere in the world. Companies don’t want them to
  
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• Prince Charles' warning over survival of small farms

  14-07-2021 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  If they go out of business it will "rip the heart out of the British countryside", he says.
  
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• How the internet censorship community turned on NetBlocks

  14-07-2021 07:00
  
  NetBlocks has become a crucial source of truth in the era of internet shutdowns. But many are now questioning its methods
  
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• Germany is about to block one of the world’s biggest porn sites

  14-07-2021 07:00
  
  Regulators are trying to force pornography sites to introduce age checking. Now one of the biggest faces a total block
  
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• Vets share health concerns over the UK's most popular dog breed - Labrador Retrievers

  14-07-2021 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arthritis is the most significant risk to the Labrador Retriever, report experts at the Royal Veterinary College in London.
  
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