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• Experts find ancient pottery linked to beer drinking 9,000 years ago in southern China 

  31-08-2021 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have found evidence of beer drinking 9,000 years ago in southern China that was likely part of a ritual to honor the recently deceased, according to a new study.
  
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• World War Two Nazi bunker discovered inside ancient Roman fort on Guernsey

  31-08-2021 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists digging up a 1,700 year-old Roman tower on Alderney have found that a World War II bunker from Nazi Germany was built inside the tower.
  
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• Archaeology: Four 450lb ancient Roman battering rams recovered off the coast of Sicily

  31-08-2021 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Originally attached to the bows of warships, the rams were used against the Carthaginian fleet during the Battle of the Aegates, west of Sicily, that ended the First Punic War in 214 BC.
  
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• Which Kindle should you buy? The best Kindles and e-readers in 2021

  31-08-2021 20:21
  
  We compare the Kindle range and select the best e-readers from other brands
  
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• Chile's Atacama Desert was hotbed of violence 3,000 years ago, study shows

  31-08-2021 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 3,000 years ago, the Atacama Desert was a brutal place, as the first horticulturalists were brutally murdered, experts have written in a newly published study.
  
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• China is looking to build ginormous miles-wide 'megastructures' in space

  31-08-2021 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The structures China is planning will require lightweight materials to allow larger objects to get into orbit with existing rockets, and technologies for in-orbit assembly and control.
  
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• Fake Banksy NFT sold through artist's website for £244k

  31-08-2021 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Duped buyer says he feels "burned" after apparent hack of Banksy website.
  
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• Machine-washable smart t-shirt can monitor your heart

  31-08-2021 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carbon nanotube fibres, which look just like threads of cotton, have been sewn into normal athletic wear using a standard sewing machine to read heart rhythms, experts in Houston, Texas report.
  
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• Coinbase users fear hacking after erroneous emails

  31-08-2021 16:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some users panicked after 125,000 emails were sent mistakenly warning of changed security settings.
  
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• YouTube signs Twitch video-game streamer Dr Lupo

  31-08-2021 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitch says it wishes the American, 34, "nothing but the best in everything that comes next".
  
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• Archaeology: Bronze Age hillfort filled with treasure unearthed in France may be 'lost capital city'

  31-08-2021 13:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The priceless trove of artefacts was unearthed near Gannat, in the Allier department of central France, by researchers from the University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès.
  
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• Wireless charging room delivers electricity over the AIR

  31-08-2021 13:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The system generates magnetic fields while surpassing harmful electric fields to allow devices to charge from anywhere within the room, according to the team from the University of Tokyo, Japan.
  
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• NASA images show Hurricane Ida from space

  31-08-2021 13:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hurricane Ida, which has left around one million US citizens without power in Mississippi and Louisiana, can be seen in NASA images take aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
  
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• WIRED Security

  31-08-2021 12:27
  
  Taking place on October 13, WIRED Security explores the top priorities to protect the future of business.
  
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• Breast cancer: The AI tool trained to spot the disease

  31-08-2021 12:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Artificial intelligence trained to spot the disease is tested at Nottingham University Hospital.
  
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• This is why all electric cars look exactly the same

  31-08-2021 10:58
  We’re approaching a future where car drive platforms will be white-label goods from Foxconn-like suppliers. Differentiation will be much harder
  
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• Car brands used to rely on engineering to stand out. Not any more

  31-08-2021 10:58
  We're approaching a future where car drive platforms will be white-label goods from Foxconn-like suppliers. Differentiation will be much harder – and so design, not engineering, will determine which brands succeed or fail
  
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• Greta Thunberg: Scotland not a world leader on climate change

  31-08-2021 09:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Speaking ahead of Glasgow's COP26, the activist says no country in the "global north" is doing enough.
  
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• South Korea says 2022 moonshot on track, will test interplanetary internet and search for water

  31-08-2021 08:57 via go.theregister.com
  
  Orbiter nearly built ahead of ride with SpaceX in August '22. But first, a home-grown rocket launch in a month or so South Korea's first lunar expedition is on track for lift-off in August 2022.…
  
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• Tokyo 2020: Toyota restarts driverless vehicles after accident

  31-08-2021 08:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A visually impaired athlete from Japan's judo team was hit by one of the e-Palette pods on Thursday.
  
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• It's finally time for the 15-minute neighbourhood

  31-08-2021 07:00
  
  The pandemic has finally made the concept of living, shopping and working within walking distance not just realistic, but a good idea
  
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• COVID Mania: High School Students Given Ankle Bracelets To Track Movements

  31-08-2021 03:09 via technocracy.news
  
  The parental backlash was fierce, but it appears that it pushed school officials into defensive mode to justify their outrageous decisions to put contact tracing ankle bracelets on students, treating them like criminals and stripping their constitutional rights. ⁃ TN EditorA Washington state public high school has been condemned for forcing student athletes to wear ankle bracelets to help with COVID track and tracing efforts.
  Eatonville High School bought the monitors, made by a
  
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• How Metaverse Tech Intends To Redefine Reality

  31-08-2021 03:06 via technocracy.news
  
  Mark Zuckerberg is betting Facebook’s future on the Metaverse. Venture capitalists and Big Tech companies are pouring hundreds of millions into its development. It’s being called the successor to the Internet as we know it today, and it could be where most future humans spend their entire life. Read this article to get started in your understanding of what it means. ⁃ TN EditorThe word ‘metaverse’ is becoming almost inescapable, especially for those who peruse techn
  
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• Highly polluting leaded petrol now eradicated from the world, says UN

  31-08-2021 02:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The highly polluting fuel has contaminated the atmosphere, water and crops for nearly a century.
  
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• Theranos scandal: Who is Elizabeth Holmes and why is she on trial?

  31-08-2021 01:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former boss of blood testing company Theranos is accused of fraud and could face years in jail.
  
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• Can apps move the #MeToo movement forward?

  31-08-2021 01:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reporting sexual harassment at work is getting easier thanks to new technologies.
  
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• San Diego County ‘Declares Health Misinformation To Be A Public Health Crisis’

  31-08-2021 00:01 via technocracy.news
  
  This is the full text of San Diego County’s new censorship war on “misinformation” about COVID-19, vaccines and related topics. The county proposes to “partner with federal, state, territorial, tribal, private, nonprofit, research, and other local entities ” to figure out how to implement the censorship campaign.
  Local citizens should loudly remind the county Supervisors that the First Amendment exists in America to protect Free Speech! ⁃ TN EditorDATE: August
  
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