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• Dell is BANNED from selling its powerful gaming PCs in California

  27-07-2021 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dell's Alienware Aurora R12 Gaming Desktop systems that feature the 11th Gen Intel Core Processor are banned in California because they consume more energy that what is allowed.
  
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• Facebook halts sales of Oculus Quest 2 headset after its foam mask gave users a rash

  27-07-2021 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook said on Tuesday that it will temporarily halt sales of its Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset because the old foam insert caused some people to get facial rashes.
  
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• Archaeologists discover 2,550 year-old image of last King of Babylon carved into rock

  27-07-2021 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ancient carving was spotted on a basalt stone. It shows king Nabonidus holding a scepter and surrounded by religions symbols: a snake, a crescent moon, the sun and a flower.
  
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• iPhone 14 could be made from titanium and be more resistant to scratches and allow it to bend

  27-07-2021 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's 2022 edition of the iPhone could have titanium alloy on its chassis, investment firm JPMorgan Chase said, citing supply chain sources.
  
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• Instagram makes under-16s' accounts private by default

  27-07-2021 21:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Only approved followers can see posts and "like" or comment on accounts that retain the private setting.
  
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• Cybertrucks would 'literally cost a million dollars a piece or more' if Tesla starts production now

  27-07-2021 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk confirmed Tesla's Cybertruck will not go into production until sometime next year due to the firm struggling with shortages of its new 4680 battery cell - it needs high volumes of the battery.
  
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• Elon Musk blasts Apple twice during Tesla earnings for its use of cobalt and how it does business

  27-07-2021 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk sniped at Apple twice on Monday, once for its use of cobalt in batteries and the other on how the tech giant does business, calling out its so-called 'walled garden.'
  
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• Scientists warn they have no accurate way to predict when supervolcano explosions could occur

  27-07-2021 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts said there is not a 'single model' that can help them understand how eruptions from supervolcanoes happen after looking at evidence of 13 supereruptions from the past 2 million years
  
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• Twitter accused of inaction on anti-Semitic tweets

  27-07-2021 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Campaign Against Antisemitism says many reported hateful tweets are not being removed.
  
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• How Nothing designed its Ear 1 earphones to beat Apple’s AirPods

  27-07-2021 18:50
  
  Nothing’s head of design explains how the company created its Ear 1 earphones to take on Apple's AirPods Pro, at a fraction of the cost
  
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• 310-million-year-old horseshoe crab brain is very similar to modern-day creature's

  27-07-2021 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the first intact brain anatomy ever to discovered. It has a similar nervous system as the modern-day horseshoe crabs that suggests it remained unchanged throughout history.
  
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• Rampant And Blatant COVID Fear Mongering On Social Media

  27-07-2021 16:44 via technocracy.news
  
  Propaganda on social media is ubiquitous and intended to deceive an unsuspecting public into complying with the Technocrat agenda of total control. Fabricated social media posts saturate the Internet with total falsehoods as so-called fact checkers remain completely silent. This is the next wave of assault in the revolutionary Great Reset. ⁃ TN EditorIf the words of that “doctor” who “just left the ER” and has a message about getting “crushed” by the new
  
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• US military is investigating 'directed energy' systems with lasers to form 'force-field' over US 

  27-07-2021 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The directed energy system would create a dome-like force field more than 30,000ft above Earth's surface that could deflect or destroy enemy threats before they make their way to US soil.
  
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• Covid Mania Down Under: Tape Doors Shut, Stay Off Balconies

  27-07-2021 16:25 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats have no ethical boundaries or moral shame in spreading their insanity to every corner of planet earth. People are forced to accept lockdown policies that fly in the face of logic, common sense and real science. This insane narrative is being played out in every nation. ⁃ TN EditorNational Rugby League (NRL) players and their families have been banned from their balconies and ordered to tape them shut to stop Covid in parts of Queensland, Australia.
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• Big Tech Using Government Intel List To Target White Supremacists

  27-07-2021 16:09 via technocracy.news
  
  Major Governments are pivoting from tracking Islamic terrorists to surveilling white supremacists and domestic terrorists. Government data is being shoveled to a private organization funded by Big Tech in order to crush dissent and opposition. ⁃ TN EditorA private counterterrorism group formed by the world’s biggest tech companies, including Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, will use lists produced by government intelligence agencies to police content by white supremacists,
  
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• Dementia cases will nearly triple 'to more than 152 million by 2050'

  27-07-2021 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The highest increase in dementia prevalence is projected to be in eastern sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and the Middle East, report experts at the University of Washington in Seattle.
  
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• Astronomy: Delta Aquariids meteor shower will peak on Wednesday

  27-07-2021 14:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The recurring shower can be seen from July 12-August 23 each year. In the northern hemisphere, the Delta Aquariids are easier to observe at lower latitudes.
  
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• Poor night's sleep increases the risk of sending rude work emails in the morning, study finds 

  27-07-2021 14:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After a shorter night of sleep, employees had more self regulatory fatigue and engaged in higher levels of cyber incivility at work, according to researchers from A&M University in West Texas.
  
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• Activision staff condemn firm's response to harassment claims

  27-07-2021 13:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 1,000 Activision Blizzard staff sign a letter describing managers' response as insulting.
  
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• Heatwave: Over 4.6 MILLION homes in England experience summertime overheating, study estimates 

  27-07-2021 12:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Overheating was investigated using direct temperature monitoring and surveys in 750 households in 2010, 2017 and 2018 by researchers led from the University of Loughborough.
  
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• Tesla driver complains that the Autopilot system is mistaking the MOON for amber traffic lights

  27-07-2021 12:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jordan Nelson posted a video on Twitter showing the flaw in action during an evening drive in Granite Falls, North Carolina.
  
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• Why isn’t the BBC showing all of the Tokyo Olympics?

  27-07-2021 11:52
  
  A new rights deal for the Tokyo Olympic Games means the BBC can only show two live events at a time, leaving people scrambling to find their favourite sport
  
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• Scientists are testing a jab against the PLAGUE based on the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine 

  27-07-2021 10:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The trial, by the Oxford Vaccine Group, will see 40 healthy adults receive the vaccine, in order to assess any possible side effects and determine how well it induces protective antibodies and T cells.
  
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• Air pollution particles from everyday products cause 900,000 premature deaths every year

  27-07-2021 09:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The effects of air pollution caused by 'anthropogenic secondary organic aerosols' has been calculated by researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
  
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• Hubble in another first: Water vapor spotted in atmosphere of Jupiter’s Ganymede

  27-07-2021 08:20 via go.theregister.com
  
  We speak to the scientists involved Plumes of water vapor on Ganymede have been spotted for the first time in the atmosphere of Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon.…
  
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• Japan plans remote-controlled robotic space tourism to the ISS and beyond

  27-07-2021 07:19 via go.theregister.com
  
  'Avatars' that roam around space station, or do work with high performance hands, to be controllable from the ground The International Space Station is getting mobile robot “space avatars” controllable by the public from Earth, courtesy of a joint project between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and ANA Holdings’ telepresence start-up avatarin.…
  
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• Black footballers played better without fans

  27-07-2021 07:00
  
  Researchers compared performances before and after Covid lockdowns closed stadiums, and found that Black players played better without crowds
  
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• Six pints of beer a week linked with reduced risk of heart attack, study says

  27-07-2021 02:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Drinking up to 105 grams of alcohol per week is linked with a decreased risk of heart attack, stroke, angina or death among those with cardiovascular disease, report University College London experts.
  
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• Researchers will look for 'extraterrestrial technological civilizations' using AI

  27-07-2021 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new project will search for 'extraterrestrial technological civilizations' using artificial intelligence, while also looking for looking for unidentified and other interstellar objects like 'Oumuamua.
  
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• Climate change is making poison ivy itchier and could make it grow 150 percent faster 

  27-07-2021 01:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rising soil temperatures caused by climate change are providing an ideal breeding ground for poison ivy. A 9 degree Fahrenheit increase made the dreaded plant grow nearly 150 percent faster.
  
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• Bezos offers to knock $2bn off his bill to NASA to stay in the running for Moon contract

  27-07-2021 01:55 via go.theregister.com
  
  It's not a bribe when it's a payment waiver Blue Origins supremo Jeff Bezos has offered NASA a $2bn discount to keep his dream alive of transporting the next American man and first woman to the Moon's surface.…
  
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• Hubble finds water vapor on Jupiter's icy moon Ganymede, a possible spot for extraterrestrial life  

  27-07-2021 01:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA has confirmed that researchers have discovered the presence of water vapor on Jupiter's icy moon, Ganymede after they analyzed data taken by the Hubble Space Telescope 20 years apart.
  
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• Roman rock-hewn 'dining room' discovered under 50 feet of earth in Turkey's 'House of the Muses' 

  27-07-2021 01:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two Roman-era rooms have been found under 50 feet of soil at the site of ancient Zeugma, part of a home known as the 'House of the Muses' because of earlier mosaics discovered there.
  
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• Mammals can dream and can make 'visual sense' of the world before they're born

  27-07-2021 01:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yale researchers have discovered mammals can dream and make 'visual sense' of the world before they've opened their eyes for the first time, and neonatal mice have 'pretty sophisticated behavior.'
  
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• Is there a future for Africa's lions?

  27-07-2021 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As lion populations decline across much of Africa, could community-led conservation help reverse this trend?
  
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• Can better tech make video meetings less excruciating?

  27-07-2021 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Technology firms are scrambling to add new features but will video calls improve.
  
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• Tesla profit surge driven by record car deliveries

  27-07-2021 00:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The electric carmaker's revenues nearly doubled in the three months to 30 June compared with last year.
  
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