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• Alpha adds to tally of exploding rockets, takes out space sail prototype with it

  03-09-2021 23:34 via go.theregister.com
  
  Firefly Aerospace rounds out a wobbly week for rocket fanciers Video  The sudden and explosive end of Firefly Aerospace's first test flight of its Alpha rocket rounded out a hat-trick of woe for rocket fans this week.…
  
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• Apple employees make US labour watchdog complaints

  03-09-2021 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two employees have filed charges against Apple with the US National Labor Relations Board.
  
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• Samsung Says 6G Will Bring ‘Digital Twins’

  03-09-2021 18:09 via technocracy.news
  
  6G will be 50 times faster than 5G and will enable the Metaverse where everything will be digitalized. Holograms, AI and virtual reality will be commonplace if not required for modern life in the real world. ⁃ TN Editor‘It will be possible to replicate people, devices, objects, systems, and even places in a virtual world,’ a research paper states
  Samsung has revealed its plans for 6G technology, outlining its vision for “digital twins” of ou
  
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• America’s Frontline Doctors: Do Not Quit Your Job!

  03-09-2021 17:32 via technocracy.news
  
  Practical resistance is growing against Technocrats who want to control your life and body. If you employer makes vaccination mandatory, DO NOT QUIT. Rather, force them to fire you and bear the burden of unemployment charges. ⁃ TN EditorAs the mandates are increasing and the “deadlines” fast approach, YOU SHOULD NOT QUIT YOUR JOB. Do not be fooled if your boss says you must resign. Make your boss fire you and do not sign anything or agree to anything that says otherwise. Do not
  
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• Apple delays plan to scan iPhones for child abuse

  03-09-2021 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It said it had listened to feedback from privacy campaigners and others and would reassess.
  
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• Moderna Launches Another mRNA-Based Injection Targeting The Common Cold RSV

  03-09-2021 16:43 via technocracy.news
  
  The genie of mRNA gene therapy injections is out of the bottle. Moderna’s new shot targets the common cold RSV, an extremely low-risk virus, and the FDA has granted fast-track designation for rapid approval.
  This new shot will mostly target young children and older adults. No other RSV vaccine has ever been successful. Why the rush to saturate the human race with genetically modified injections designed to hack the immune system? ⁃ TN Editor> Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) &mda
  
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• Bitcoin: El Salvador divided over legal tender law

  03-09-2021 16:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The country will be the first to recognise the crypto-currency as legal tender from September 7.
  
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• Banksy was warned about website flaw before NFT hack scam

  03-09-2021 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Security researcher warned artist before hacker scammed a fan out of $336,000.
  
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• National Rail is now sending travel updates through WhatsApp

  03-09-2021 14:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WhatsApp users can opt to get real time updates from National Rail about an upcoming train journey, like the 15:29 from Maidstone East to London Victoria.
  
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• Meet Digit, the workplace robot, and other news

  03-09-2021 14:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Marc Cieslak looks at the best of the week's technology news.
  
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• China may use an existing rocket to speed up plans for a human mission to the moon by 2030

  03-09-2021 13:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The country had always planned to send humans to the lunar surface, but it was assumed it would be later in the 2030s, after multiple rovers and probe missions.
  
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• Birds and mammals evolve faster if their home is rising, study says

  03-09-2021 13:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The rise and fall of Earth's land surface over the last three million years shaped the evolution of birds and mammals, report scientists at the University of Cambridge.
  
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• Nature: Tiger sharks choose to form social groups - but humans break up their friendships with food 

  03-09-2021 13:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The sharks were observed and acoustically tracked over a three year period at 'Tiger Beach', a location off of the north-west coast of Grand Bahama, in the West Indies.
  
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• Breeding seabird numbers in Scotland almost halved since 1980s

  03-09-2021 13:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new study by NatureScot looked at 11 species of breeding birds in Scotland over the last 35 years.
  
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• Technology in Oxford Covid jab could revolutionise the fight against cancer, scientists say

  03-09-2021 10:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The technology behind the Oxford coronavirus jab could be harnessed to fight cancer, say scientists. It could help trigger the immune system to fight tumours, an early study in mice shows.
  
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• Perseverance rover drilled a rock on Mars and probably snaffled a core sample

  03-09-2021 08:56 via go.theregister.com
  
  Now to enact humanity's cunning interplanetary kidnapping plan NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has successfully drilled into a rock and probably retrieved a sample it's hoped will one day be kidnapped on a one-way trip to Earth.…
  
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• Branson (in a) pickle: FAA grounds Virgin Galactic flights after billionaire's space trip veered off course

  03-09-2021 08:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  Biz defends 'safe and successful' ride America's aviation safety officials have grounded Virgin Galactic flights after its rocket trip that took company founder Richard Branson up into the heavens for a few minutes went off course.…
  
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• This AI could help diagnose ADHD sooner

  03-09-2021 07:00
  
  Early ADHD diagnoses could help cut crime and drastically improve lives, but a cash-starved NHS is struggling to keep up
  
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• Digital nomads are here to save Spain’s ghost towns

  03-09-2021 07:00
  
  Dozens of villages across Spain are in terminal decline. A new visa scheme aimed at digital nomads could revive them
  
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• How to back up your data and keep it safe

  03-09-2021 01:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Experts recommend using three drives to back up your data and using cloud-based services.
  
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• Paddle boarder's close encounter with two curious whales

  03-09-2021 01:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A drone filmed what the paddle boarder, out on the water on her birthday, calls a "magical moment".
  
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