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• Audi's Skysphere electric concept car can change size and has a retractable steering wheel

  11-08-2021 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Unveiled at the 2021 Monterey Car Week, Audi's Skysphere concept car morphs from a sleek sportscar to a roomy'grand tour' coach with level 4 autonomous driving at the push of a button
  
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• Asteroid Bennu has a 1-in-2,700 chance of hitting earth on September 24, 2184 says NASA

  11-08-2021 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's OSIRIS-Rex thatcollected samples from asteroid Bennu also gathered precision data to help scientists better predict the near-Earth object's orbit around the sun.
  
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• Website uses deepfake tech to undress thousands of everyday women and experts can't do anything

  11-08-2021 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Deepsukebe, which offers to 'nudify' uploaded photos, has racked up more than 38 million views since January 2021. The site claims its mission is to 'make all men's dreams come true.'
  
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• Rare star 4,566 light years away has gone through an epic eruption

  11-08-2021 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The erupting star, RS Ophiuchi is a rare type of stellar phenomenon as we have only discovered 10 in the Milky Way so far, out of 100,000 million stars in our galaxy.
  
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• More than 50% of people would prefer to get revenge sooner rather than later, new study finds 

  11-08-2021 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study says 58% of people want to take revenge on someone immediately instead of later, even if it resulted in lesser actions towards the offender.
  
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• Ford recruits two robot drivers for testing in its 'weather factory'

  11-08-2021 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shelby and Miles are helping with tests at the company's secretive 'weather factory' in Cologne, Germany - a building the size of a football pitch that's dedicated to R&D work.
  
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• Experts find bones of 14K year old female at Spanish site near evidence of the last Neanderthals

  11-08-2021 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts have found the remains of a woman that lived 14,000 years ago at the Cova Gran de Santa Linya site in Spain where evidence of the last Neanderthals has been found previously.
  
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• Sociology: Assigned classroom seats can create unlikely friendships between dissimilar students

  11-08-2021 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The impact of set seating plans on the friendships among 2,966 students in 40 Hungarian schools was explored by an international team of researchers led from the University of Leipzig.
  
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• New glass that is more than TWICE as hard as diamonds could be used to make bulletproof windows  

  11-08-2021 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The transparent, yellow-tinted glass is called AM-III and is capable of leaving a deep scratch on a diamond. Experts say it could make bulletproof windows 100% stronger than current models.
  
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• Baby boy is left with brain damage 'after NHS doctors stuck an electrode clip on his head'

  11-08-2021 18:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tiffany and Jordan Murgatroyd had their son Carson on May 13 at Leeds General Infirmary hospital. An electrode clip used to measure his heartrate in labour left an abscess on his brain.
  
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• Climate Check: Why a warmer world will also be wetter

  11-08-2021 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Human activity is causing unprecedented changes in our climate - that's the main message in the latest report from the IPCC. In this month's Climate Check, Ben Rich explains why a warmer world will also be a wetter one.
  
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• Teens are falling prey to online scams FASTER than their grandparents, new study claims

  11-08-2021 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cyber-fraud Generation Z- those 20 and younger who grew up with smartphones and the internet - surged 156 percent since 2017, compared to the 112 percent among those age 60 or older.
  
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• How are wildfires linked to climate change?

  11-08-2021 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A series of major wildfires across the world has hit the headlines - how do they compare to previous years?
  
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• WhatsApp finally lets users move their entire chat history when changing between Android and iPhone

  11-08-2021 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Facebook-owned messaging service said its upgrade, which will allow global users to switch from Android to iOS and from iOS to Android, had been 'one of our most requested features for years'.
  
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• Chain mail-inspired material developed for space travel

  11-08-2021 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The material can hold over 30 times its own weight while also being flexible was created by experts from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
  
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• Communication: Apes purposefully use signals to start and end social interactions, study finds

  11-08-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This behaviour had never before been seen in another species outside of humans, explained the researchers, who were led from Durham University.
  
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• Vaccine ID Passports: Merging Your Digital Identity Onto The Blockchain

  11-08-2021 16:51 via technocracy.news
  
  The plan for a universal ID for every person on earth is for total and detailed tracking and monitoring. You cannot control what you cannot monitor. Conversely, you can control whatever you can monitor. Vaccine passport IDs will kickstart your ID onto the ubiquitous blockchain. ⁃ TN EditorThe goal of coercing the world’s population into obtaining a Digital ID is one with many arms, expanding the field of players and implementers to a degree that would take a year to trace down. Yet,
  
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• IKEA releases instructions to HACK its products and turn old furniture into other objects

  11-08-2021 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IKEA has created instructions to repurpose some of its products for other uses with its new Repurposeful Instructions that add to the its commitment to sustainability.
  
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• Medical Technocrats Eye Denial Of Medical Treatment To The Unvaccinated

  11-08-2021 16:12 via technocracy.news
  
  It is inconceivable that tyranny could consume the world in such a short period, but Big Pharma intends to inject every human on earth with its experimental gene therapy serum. You can die from the shot or you can die after being refused medical treatment. All for the “greater good”. ⁃ TN EditorAs the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, I recall people posting comments on social media along the lines of … “Good riddance to 2020! No matter what happens in 2021 it could
  
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• Samsung launches its third Galaxy Fold smartphone - for £1,700

  11-08-2021 16:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung has launched its most expensive smartphone yet - the £1,700 Galaxy Z Fold3 - which folds vertically down the middle of the screen.
  
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• First image of Venus snapped by BepiColombo spacecraft during its flyby to Mercury

  11-08-2021 16:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The joint European-Japanese BepiColombo craft snapped a black-and-white image of Venus while it was 977 miles away. The image shows the curve of the planet and parts of the spacecraft.
  
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• Z Fold 3: Samsung aims to take folding phones mainstream

  11-08-2021 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The electronics giant hopes lower prices and improved durability will make folding phones catch on.
  
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• Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 3 still isn’t the phone for you

  11-08-2021 16:00
  
  Folding phones are not selling. Despite the arrival of Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3, it’s still not the right time to get one
  
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• Climate change: Curbing methane emissions will 'buy us time'

  11-08-2021 15:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists say that rapid cuts in methane could be a key tactic in the battle against climate change.
  
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• Kissinger & Schmidt: Trilateral Commissioners Declare “Our Human Future”

  11-08-2021 15:45 via technocracy.news
  
  Warning: Your perception of reality is about to change.
  Two of the most prominent members of the Trilateral Commission, Henry Kissinger and Eric Schmidt, have teamed up to write a telling book, The Age of A.I. And Our Human Future.
  At 97, Kissinger is the oldest founding member of the Trilateral Commission in 1973, and was the right-hand man of David Rockefeller who co-founded the transformative group with Zbigniew Brzezinski.
  Eric Schmidt climbed the elitist latter as CEO of Google and then Cha
  
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• Robots: Xiaomi launches a $1,540 CyberDog as a cheaper rival to Boston Dynamics' $74,500 Spot

  11-08-2021 15:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Xiaomi's CyberDog is smaller and much lighter than Boston Dynamics' original - standing at just 15.7 inches and weighing only 31 lbs, compared to Spot's 24 inch stature and 72 lb heft.
  
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• Google reveals how Brits' internet searches have changed since 2006

  11-08-2021 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google has shared a comparison between 2006 and today of the top celebrities, song lyrics, recipes and places to travel that Britons and users worldwide have searched for on Google.
  
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• 'Summer babies' more likely to suffer drug addiction later in life, study says

  11-08-2021 14:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 'young relative age' - being young in a school class - puts a child at a long-term disadvantage compared to their older peers, report experts at King's College London.
  
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• Instagram launches 'limits' to hide abusive messages

  11-08-2021 14:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Instagram launches a feature to automatically hide most comments during "spikes" of abuse.
  
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• Mount Etna volcano has risen to a record 11,013ft

  11-08-2021 14:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts said the southeast crater of Europe's most active volcano is now much higher than its 'older brother', the northeast crater, which was the 'undisputed peak' of the Sicily volcano for 40 years.
  
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• Fenugreek boosts sex drive in women, study finds

  11-08-2021 12:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fenugreek 'may be considered as a natural alternative for sexual issues in women', report experts at 'spiceutical' company Akay in Cochin, India.
  
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• NASA teaching Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot to explore caves on Mars as it looks for life 

  11-08-2021 11:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA is training robots like Boston Dynamics' Spot to help traverse caves on Earth for future missions to Mars in hopes of finding life, part of NASA's BRAILLE project.
  
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• Grooves in snake fangs evolved to carry venom, study says

  11-08-2021 11:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wrinkles at the base of snakes' fangs that originally existed to hold their teeth in place evolved to spurt venom to kill their prey, scientists in Adelaide, South Australia, report.
  
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• Instagram launches Limits tool that lets users hide comments from people who do not follow them

  11-08-2021 10:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It comes amid ongoing scrutiny of social media and how it handles abuse following the racist attacks on England footballers Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after the Euro 2020 final.
  
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• Tropical Storm Fred: Sixth Atlantic storm hints at above-average hurricane season

  11-08-2021 09:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Meteorologists have named the sixth Atlantic storm of 2021, hinting at an above-average season.
  
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• Taika Waititi talks Free Guy, Star Wars and Thor

  11-08-2021 07:00
  
  In Free Guy, director Taika Waititi takes a break in front of the camera, before he returns to Thor, Star Wars, and a live-action Akira remake
  
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• Hybrid office tribes are here, and they’re a problem

  11-08-2021 07:00
  
  The office cliques created by hybrid working could trigger major company culture issues
  
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• The illegal gold mines killing rivers and livelihoods in Ghana

  11-08-2021 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sixty percent of Ghana's water bodies are now polluted, largely due to illegal mining operations.
  
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