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• NASA reveals first images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope after coming back online

  20-07-2021 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA has released the first images from the Hubble Space Telescope after resuming full operations, including a spiral galaxy with three arms 490 million light-years from Earth.
  
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• Elon Musk, Richard Branson wished Jeff Bezos 'best of luck' as he headed to space

  20-07-2021 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX's Elon Musk wished Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos well on his flight to space on Tuesday, with the tech billionaire tweeting 'Best of luck tomorrow [Tuesday morning].'
  
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• History of Blue Origin: How Jeff Bezos' love of space sent humans 66 miles above Earth's surface

  20-07-2021 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin in 2000 to chase a childhood dream of spaceflight and 21 years later, the billionaire made that dream come true by soaring just beyond the edge of space.
  
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• Snakes are being covered with crust and bumps from spreading infectious disease

  20-07-2021 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Snakes are being infected with a rare skin disease, known as snake fungal disease, that is ravaging the eastern US. It causes their scales to become crusted or ulcerated, with abnormal bumps.
  
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• Blue Origin vs Virgin Galactic: What are the major differences between the rockets?

  20-07-2021 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Billionaires Sir Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos have now both been to space, with each flying aboard their respective crafts. But what are the major differences between the two?
  
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• 'Impressive!': Richard Branson congratulates Jeff Bezos on Blue Origin's 11-minute flight into space

  20-07-2021 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Richard Branson congratulated the crew aboard Tuesday morning's successful Blue Origin flight that reached 66 miles above as the 'billionaire space race' reached a convoluted conclusion.
  
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• Wally Funk, 82, announces she wants to return to space as soon as possible

  20-07-2021 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mary Wallace 'Wally' Funk, 82, spoke at a press briefing after venturing just beyond the edge of space and told the world she hopes to return and fast. Funk is now the oldest person to visit space.
  
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• EU plans to make Bitcoin transfers more traceable

  20-07-2021 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Companies handling crypto-assets would have to collect customer details.
  
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• 'Peak richest man in the world': Social media reacts to Jeff Bezos' extravagant space flight

  20-07-2021 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Social media users have taken a swipe at billionaire Jeff Bezos, who returned to Earth after a brief stint in space on Tuesday.
  
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• Keep your router out of the sun, Virgin Media warns

  20-07-2021 18:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The company is alerting customers to the risk of overheating.
  
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• Elon Musk wishes Jeff Bezos 'best of luck' as he heads to space for the first time

  20-07-2021 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX's Elon Musk wished Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos well on his flight to space on Tuesday, with the tech billionaire tweeting 'Best of luck tomorrow [Tuesday morning].'
  
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• Pets: Unlicensed 'canine fertility clinics' giving dogs human contraceptives to help time litters 

  20-07-2021 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The British Veterinary Association has called for a crack down on such illegal activity, which was exposed in the recent BBC Three documentary 'Britain's Puppy Boom: Counting the Cost'.
  
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• Jeff Bezos launches to space aboard New Shepard rocket ship

  20-07-2021 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The world's richest man and three other passengers return safely just over 10 minutes after launch.
  
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• Wally Funk: The 82-year-old on Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin flight

  20-07-2021 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wally Funk was overlooked for space flight in the 60s but got a second chance with Jeff Bezos.
  
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• Climate change: US pushes China to make faster carbon cuts

  20-07-2021 17:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US climate envoy John Kerry says help from China is needed to avoid a dangerous rise in heat.
  
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• Physics: Scientists create the world's thinnest magnet that is just one ATOM thick

  20-07-2021 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Made using a technique that the California-based researchers say will be easily scalable, it features a single atomic layer of zinc oxide, dotted within which are the occasional cobalt atoms.
  
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• Good news: Jeff Bezos went to space. Bad news: He's back

  20-07-2021 17:03 via go.theregister.com
  
  Baldly going where beardy has gone before, except a bit higher Wally Funk has finally gone to space, accompanied by the Bezos bros and Oliver Daemen aboard Blue Origin's sub-orbital New Shepard.…
  
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• Fauci On ‘Reasonable Things’: Universal Masking Of Everyone Over 2-Years Old

  20-07-2021 16:19 via technocracy.news
  
  Fauci knows full well that face masks are ineffective against a virus and that COVID cases among children are virtually non existent.  However, “Children are the vessels into which adults pour their poison.” (Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children)
  Do you have first-hand knowledge of a child being harmed by wearing a face mask? If so, go to No Masks For Kids and make a report for others to see! ⁃ TN Editor  
  Monday on CNN’s “At This Hour,” Nationa
  
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• Pegasus Unveiled: The Cyber-Surveillance Weapon Of Scientific Dictatorship

  20-07-2021 16:01 via technocracy.news
  
  Spyware supposedly under tight export control is now found to be  a surveillance weapon of choice to track journalists and dissidents in autocratic nations. This is a chilling discovery that highlights how Technocrats have total control over surveillance. ⁃ TN EditorHuman rights activists, journalists and lawyers across the world have been targeted by authoritarian governments using hacking software sold by the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, according to an investigation into
  
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• It Begins: The Demonization Of The Unvaxxed

  20-07-2021 15:37 via technocracy.news
  
  If I were a Professor of World History, I would make this article required reading and then drill the concepts into my students head. Critical thinking must survive if Western Civilization is to survive, but Technocrats have other ideas for world domination. ⁃ TN EditorIn The Silver Chair, book 6 of CS Lewis’s magnificent The Chronicles of Narnia, the first pages describe a “mixed” school, meaning for boys and girls, that was…
  not nearly so mixed as the minds
  
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• Jeff Bezos becomes the world's newest astronaut as he reaches space

  20-07-2021 15:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bezos, with his $203 billion fortune will become the richest person to leave the Earth when the crew of four take off from Blue Origin's Launch Site One in Van Horn, Texas.
  
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• Pikach-EWW! Adorable pikas feast on YAK FAECES to keep their energy levels up in harsh climates

  20-07-2021 13:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pikas, tiny mammals which live in the meadows of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau at altitudes of some 16,400 feet, were studied by experts with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  
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• Watch LIVE as Jeff Bezos launches 66 miles into space in Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket

  20-07-2021 13:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bezos, with his $203 billion fortune will become the richest person to leave the Earth when the crew of four take off from Blue Origin's Launch Site One in Van Horn, Texas.
  
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• Biden rows back on Facebook 'killing people' comment

  20-07-2021 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president says he was referring to a dozen people spreading misinformation on the platform.
  
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• Snapchat launches 3D Bitmoji with 1,200 combinations available

  20-07-2021 12:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Snapchat users can now match their 3D Bitmoji to their every mood, the Santa Monica, California-based social media platform says.
  
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• Apple delays return to office as Covid cases rise

  20-07-2021 12:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A three-day-a-week return to the office is reportedly postponed until October.
  
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• China says Microsoft hacking accusations fabricated by US and allies

  20-07-2021 12:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There are concerns that the attack on the tech giant suggests China's cyber-behaviour is escalating.
  
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• Solar Orbiter flies through the dusty remnants of exploded Comet ATLAS

  20-07-2021 12:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Studying data from the probe's instruments revealed the sun's background magnetic field'drapes' over the comet, carried by solar winds, say Imperial College London experts.
  
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• Northern's ticket machines hit by ransomware cyber attack

  20-07-2021 10:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern rail's new self-service machines were installed at 420 stations two months ago.
  
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• Bitcoin mining machines steamrolled by Malaysia police

  20-07-2021 09:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officers had seized more than 1,000 Bitcoin mining units allegedly powered by stolen electricity.
  
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• Not only is Hubble back online after outage, it's already taking photos of the cosmos

  20-07-2021 08:24 via go.theregister.com
  
  After hundreds of hours of work, engineers called out of retirement for help Pics  The Hubble Space Telescope is back in action doing what it does best – capturing stunning images of the universe – after more than 50 NASA engineers worked hundreds of hours to get the instrument working again.…
  
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• The Swedes are here to fix your dire skincare routine

  20-07-2021 07:00
  
  FORGO has a solution to the millions of plastic bottles that go from bathrooms to landfill – just add water
  
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• Forget Dogecoin, the future of crypto is DeFi

  20-07-2021 07:00
  
  The growth of an alternative finance ecosystem built on blockchain is the biggest crypto story you’ve never heard of
  
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• Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene over 'misleading' Covid posts

  20-07-2021 06:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene has been a vocal critic of vaccines and the use of masks.
  
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• Council algorithms mass profile millions, campaigners say

  20-07-2021 05:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Most of the software is "secret, unevidenced, invasive and likely discriminatory", Big Brother Watch says.
  
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• Covid: Will lockdown change England's new tech habits?

  20-07-2021 01:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The pandemic brought about big changes in the way people use tech - the question is will they last?
  
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• First space tourist Dennis Tito: 'I was euphoric'

  20-07-2021 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dennis Tito paid $20 million to travel to the International Space Station in 2001.
  
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