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• Major outage hits major websites as 911 services go down in multiple East Coast cities

  22-07-2021 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Down Detector, a service that detects whether websites are working properly or not, began reporting a series of outages shortly before 12 pm EST on Thursday.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg wants to turn Facebook from a social media company into a virtual world

  22-07-2021 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In five years, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants people to think of it not as a social media company, but as 'metaverse' company, helping people work and play almost continuously.
  
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• Age-related memory loss is reversed in mice by increasing the plasticity of the brain

  22-07-2021 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists manipulated a compound in the brain of aged mice, by giving the specimens a virus that reconstructed the compound and restored their memory to that of a younger mouse.
  
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• Survey of astronomers and geophysicists shines a light on 'bleak' systemic bullying

  22-07-2021 22:04 via go.theregister.com
  
  'We need to hold each other to account when we're talking through these issues' A survey of astronomers and geophysicists has unveiled a "systemic bullying problem" which is "disproportionately worse" for women and members of minority groups, already under-represented in the field.…
  
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• Popular weather app adds update that now shows the chances you'll survive the next heatwave

  22-07-2021 21:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A popular weather app issued an update this week that includes a number of new features, including whether or not a user is likely to survive the next heatwave.
  
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• Jurors using VR headsets to see the crime scene are 87% more likely to agree on a verdict

  22-07-2021 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The system lets users walk around the crime scene, investigate evidence and see different point of views, such as those from eye witnesses, allowing jurors to piece together a crime scene during trial.
  
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• NASA shows moon over the Arctic during last month's solar eclipse that looks like a smudge 

  22-07-2021 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA shared an of the moon's shadow hovering over the Arctic during last month's solar eclipse, taken on June 10 by NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera.
  
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• Birds: Clever cockatoos can learn to lift BIN LIDS to gather food by copying others 

  22-07-2021 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Based on surveys of where people have seen the birds exhibiting this skill across the suburbs of Sydney, researchers have concluded that the ability is spreading.
  
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• Scientists 3D-print ears and noses for facial reconstruction

  22-07-2021 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Scar Free Foundation has launched a three-year £2.5 million programme of 'regenerative research' into 3D-printed facial reconstruction technology based at Swansea University.
  
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• NASA data reveals details of the core, mantle and crust of Mars

  22-07-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The findings were published in three studies using NASA InSight data, from the University of Cologne, the California Institute of Technology and ETH Zurich.
  
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• £15,000 subterranean 'ground fridge' keeps food cool all year round

  22-07-2021 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Groundfridge is suited to the eco-conscious homeowner and can store cheese, vegetables and wine, according to its developers, based in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
  
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• Major websites hit by global outage

  22-07-2021 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The websites of HSBC, British Airways and Airbnb are among those to have briefly gone offline.
  
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• Gun owners' fears after firearms dealer data breach

  22-07-2021 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of records from the popular shotgun and rifle sales site Guntrader were posted to the dark web.
  
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• Russia's ISS Multipurpose Laboratory Module launches after years sitting on a shelf, immediately runs into issues

  22-07-2021 18:14 via go.theregister.com
  
  Nauka? More like 'Borka!' Geddit? Russia's latest contribution to the International Space Station (ISS), successfully launched yesterday, but appears to have run into problems on orbit.…
  
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• Scientists develop an 'iron-air' battery that stores electricity for days

  22-07-2021 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The battery will help tackle climate change by reducing the need for fossil fuel power plants, according to technology startup Form Energy, from Massachusetts, US.
  
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• Bombshell Lawsuit Claims Feds Are Covering Up At Least 45,000 Injection-Related Deaths

  22-07-2021 17:56 via technocracy.news
  
  The evidence discovery process in federal court will be fiercely opposed by Big Pharma lawyers and all complicit government officials caught in the coverup. Expect massive backlash and censorship from Big Media and Big Tech quarters. ⁃ TN EditorAttorney Thomas Renz filed a lawsuit in federal court in Alabama on July 19 that alleges a massive government cover-up of injection-related U.S. deaths that number “at least 45,000.”
  The suit, filed on behalf of America’s
  
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• The Rise Of Technocracy And Technopopulism

  22-07-2021 17:31 via technocracy.news
  
  Regarding the pandemic narrative, the author rightly concludes, “The scientists have actually been asked to make essentially political decisions. This has blown the idea that you can’t combine populism and technocracy out of the water.”
  This is a trend that must be closely watched. Many people who consider themselves to be populists are inadvertently embracing the very thing they hate. ⁃ TN EditorPopulism and technocracy are typically depicted as opposing forces. But
  
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• AI breakthrough could spark medical revolution

  22-07-2021 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A program has been used to predict the structures of nearly every protein in the human body.
  
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• Archaeology: Roman road discovered submerged in the Venice lagoon

  22-07-2021 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The remains of structures on the lagoon bed that are lined up as if along a straight road have been revealed in a sonar scan taken by researchers from Venice's Institute of Marine Sciences.
  
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• 15 rare giant land snails that can grow to the size of a person's fist captured in Houston airport

  22-07-2021 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  15 giant land snails that can grow to the size of an adult's fist and cause meningitis in humans have been captured at a Houston airport, officials said.
  
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• Summer cold season is worse than ever after a year of masking and social distancing

  22-07-2021 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The flu is making a return in summer 2021, and cases are more serious than before. Infants are being struck especially hard by viruses that are spreading once again after a year off.
  
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• Baby pterosaurs flew the nest straight after hatching, study claims

  22-07-2021 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Extinct flying reptiles called pterosaurs were 'flightworthy from the moment of hatching', experts at the universities of Southampton, Portsmouth and Bristol report.
  
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• DeepMind’s AI has finally shown how useful it can be

  22-07-2021 17:00
  
  AlphaFold has provided the clearest picture yet of the human proteome. Now DeepMind is making its work available to the world
  
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• DeepMind has put its AI to the test

  22-07-2021 17:00
  
  AlphaFold has provided the clearest picture yet of the human proteome. Now DeepMind is making its work available to the world
  
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• Senate Republican Leader: Get Vaxxed Or Face Lockdown

  22-07-2021 16:53 via technocracy.news
  
  McConnell says he is a huge fan of vaccinations and naively thought every American would rush to get one in the current pandemic environment. Now he brings teeth to the table: Get vaxxed or get locked down. This is the moral equivalent of extortion. ⁃ TN EditorA fresh wave of deaths and hospitalizations like the ones that crippled the country last year loom on the horizon if people don’t wise up and get vaccinated against COVID-19, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell warned.G
  
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• OnePlus is falling behind and the Nord 2 proves it

  22-07-2021 16:45
  
  The OnePlus Nord 2 is a perfectly fine follow-up, but a strong budget phone rival has it easily beat
  
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• California sues Activision Blizzard over alleged harassment

  22-07-2021 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of the world's largest gaming companies is accused of endemic discrimination and harassment.
  
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• Men have a bigger carbon footprint than women because they purchase high-emitting goods

  22-07-2021 16:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Single men, on average, produce 16% more greenhouse emissions than single women, despite males only spending two percent more on goods, a new study reveals.
  
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• Two critically endangered California condors spotted near Zion National Park

  22-07-2021 16:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two critically endangered California Condor nests have been spotted at Zion National Park, the first time biologists have seen multiple condor nests in the same breeding season.
  
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• More than 600,000 people told to isolate by NHS Covid-19 app

  22-07-2021 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  618,903 people in England and Wales received self-isolation alerts in the week up to 14 July
  
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• Twitter trials upvote and downvote buttons

  22-07-2021 14:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some iOS users will see thumb and arrow buttons as the company experiments with voting.
  
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• Ordnance Survey adds peculiar local nicknames to UK coastal areas

  22-07-2021 14:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tool lets emergency response staff quickly locate the location of an accident, according to Southampton based Ordnance Survey.
  
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• Lord of the Rings: Underwater volcano off the coast of Australia resembles the 'Eye of Sauron'

  22-07-2021 14:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The feature was mapped using underwater sonar during an voyage exploring the Indian Ocean undertaken by researchers with CSIRO, the Australian research agency.
  
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• Astronomers discover a moon-forming disc around a giant Jupiter-like exoplanet

  22-07-2021 14:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new moons were created from a dusty circle surrounding a gas giant world that is 370 light years from the Earth, explained astronomers from University of Grenoble, France.
  
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• Artist 'unwraps' a classic picture taken by Neil Armstrong on the Apollo 11 mission

  22-07-2021 11:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To create the panorama, artist Michael Ranger, who goes by rg1213, zoomed in on the reflection of the lunar surface in Buzz Aldrin's visor and 'unwrapped it'.
  
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• Zoomtown-on-Sea? The lure of a new life on the coast

  22-07-2021 11:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Remote working meant the Lancaster family could live anywhere - they found their sea view in Scarborough.
  
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• Pegasus spyware seller: Blame our customers, not us, for hacking

  22-07-2021 11:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  NSO Group tells BBC News: "The finger-pointing should be at the customer."
  
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• Our burnout moment is a good thing

  22-07-2021 10:25
  
  As lockdowns start to lift, we have a rare opportunity to address burnout on a systemic level – and make sure everyone’s included
  
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• Hackers reportedly demand $50m from Saudi Aramco over data leak

  22-07-2021 10:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The world's most valuable oil producer confirmed to the BBC that company files had been leaked.
  
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• Brain-computer interface researchers warn of a 'bleak' cyberpunk future – unless we tread carefully

  22-07-2021 09:31 via go.theregister.com
  
  Commercial exploitation of a person's inner thoughts 'particularly worrisome' Researchers at Imperial College London have sounded the alarm over a "bleak panorama" surrounding brain-computer interfaces (BCI), warning of a potential future in which BCI-equipped cyborgs divide the world – or have their inner thoughts harvested for commercial exploitation.…
  
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• NASA warns Mars: We're about to laser your rocks and start stealing them

  22-07-2021 08:00 via go.theregister.com
  
  Perseverance prepares to snaffle first sample for eventual retrieval NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has started the process of acquiring its first sample of Martian rock.…
  
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• Sexy Beasts assumes we’re shallower than we are

  22-07-2021 07:00
  
  Shows like Sexy Beasts are hilarious, but they're also driven by a weird moral logic
  
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• How Katarina Johnson-Thompson used tech to prep for the delayed Olympics

  22-07-2021 07:00
  
  When an athlete’s whole training cycle is geared towards peaking at one specific starting line, how do they deal with it being pushed back a year?
  
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• Burnout is a good thing

  22-07-2021 07:00
  
  As lockdowns start to lift, we have a rare opportunity to address burnout on a systemic level – and make sure everyone’s included
  
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• Stinky Bay? Local names added to map to aid coastal rescue

  22-07-2021 05:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Local names for coastal places are added to OS maps to help rescuers locate those in need.
  
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• Bitcoin climbs as Elon Musk says Tesla 'likely' to accept it again

  22-07-2021 04:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The firm had said in May it would no longer accept the cryptocurrency over environmental concerns.
  
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• Health: People who spend more than four hours a day watching TV are 78% more likely to snore

  22-07-2021 01:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The health and physical activity levels of some 138,000 people were monitored for 10-18 years by researchers from the Harvard Medical School.
  
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• Call for online abusers to be reported to bosses

  22-07-2021 01:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group is calling for companies to set up ways for people to report workers behaving abusively online.
  
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• 23% of elite rugby players have brain structure abnormalities, study finds

  22-07-2021 01:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a sample of 44 elite rugby players, 23 per centhad abnormalities in brain structure, specifically in white matter and blood vessels of the brain, experts in London report.
  
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• Electric vehicles release fewer greenhouse gases even charged on grid using 'dirty' power like coal

  22-07-2021 00:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study finds electric vehicles release less greenhouse gas over the life of the car than gas guzzlers, even in regions where the energy grid relies on coal or other non-renewable sources.
  
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