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• Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes 'lied and cheated', trial hears

  08-09-2021 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Elizabeth Holmes pretended her blood-testing technology worked in order to enrich herself, prosecutors say.
  
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• Geology: 3D scans reveal huge channels from Ice Age landscapes buried beneath the North Sea

  08-09-2021 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Found hundreds of feet beneath the sea floor, these structures have been revealed by 3D seismic reflection scans that were analysed by researchers led from the British Antarctic Survey.
  
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• Twitter testing letting users remove followers and prevent them from seeing tweets without blocking

  08-09-2021 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As part of a push to increase user privacy, Twitter is testing a feature that allows users to remove a follower without blocking them. The user would then be unable to see any future tweets.
  
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• Chemists discover the compounds that make up gold, silver and copper could be used to store hydrogen

  08-09-2021 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chemists have described in a new study they have discovered compounds based on gold, silver and copper and hydrogen could be used to store hydrogen and fuel vehicles.
  
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• TikTok's algorithm is promoting sexual content to children as young as 13

  08-09-2021 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As part of an investigation, a '13-year-old user' searched for 'onlyfans' and watched a handful of videos including two selling pornography on the China-based social media app.
  
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• Chinese electric vehicle startup Xpeng reveals plans for a rideable robot unicorn for children 

  08-09-2021 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chinese carmaker Xpeng teased Little White Dragon in a video showing the AI pony interacting with a boy. It can navigate terrain, recognize objects, and give 'intelligent emotional interaction.'
  
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• Is this the era of a more shopping focused social media?

  08-09-2021 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Virtual retail is changing and becoming more embedded in our day to day online activities.
  
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• WarioWare is the party game we all need right now

  08-09-2021 18:19
  
  WarioWare: Get It Together! on Nintendo Switch is more prohibitive for new players, but it’s a blast once they get the hang of it
  
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• Fortnite gamer's mum becomes pro herself

  08-09-2021 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Anne Fish began as her son's manager and has just signed a professional gaming contract.
  
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• Get budget wireless earbuds that are like Apple AirPods on Amazon right now

  08-09-2021 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Are you searching for the best budget wireless earbuds? Today you can score a pair of the top-rated Anker Soundcore Life P2 True Wireless Earbuds for £29.99 on Amazon.
  
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• Men following a plant-based diet fart more and have larger stools

  08-09-2021 17:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While the findings may sound pretty disgusting, researchers in Barcelona reassure that it's actually a good thing, because flatulence and large stools are a sign of healthy gut bacteria.
  
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• Vast majority of oil, gas and coal 'must not be extracted' by 2050

  08-09-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nearly 60 per cent of current oil and fossil methane gas, and 90 per cent of coal reserves should be kept buried, the team from University College London found.
  
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• Alcohol-free wine is just as good for your heart as the real thing, study finds

  08-09-2021 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The link between wine and lower risk of heart disease is due to the antioxidants found in grapes, rather than the tipple having health benefits, researchers at Anglia Ruskin University found.
  
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• Amazon Looks To Eliminate Cashiers At Whole Foods Stores

  08-09-2021 16:26 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats at Amazon continue to push cashier-less stores, first with Amazon-Go and now with its subsidiary, Whole Foods. Cashiers do not make up the largest portion of grocery employees, but they will eventually be missing from many stores as this trend continues, and the use of cash will diminish, forcing people to pay with smart phone apps. ⁃ TN EditorThere will be something missing at two Whole Foods stores opening next year: the rows of cashiers.
  Amazon, which owns the grocery chain,
  
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• Astrobiologist says the universe could be teeming with viruses if extraterrestrials exist

  08-09-2021 16:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Renowned astrobiologist Paul Davies says humanity should expect to find viruses on other planets if we stumble upon the fact that extraterrestrials exist on other planets.
  
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• Warning: Digital Currencies Portend Deeply Negative Interest Rates

  08-09-2021 16:16 via technocracy.news
  
  As a matter of Technocrat policy, “If people can’t hoard physical money, it becomes much easier to cut rates far below zero.” This means your banked funds risk being plundered at the will of the policy makers. Eventually, all money accrues to the takers while the depositors see their wealth vanish. ⁃ TN EditorInvestors have been ignoring progress toward government-issued electronic money, even as many countries are progressing rapidly toward their own online cash. They sh
  
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• New Navy Weapon Can Literally Stop You From Talking

  08-09-2021 15:52 via technocracy.news
  
  This is not a battlefield weapon as much as it is for simple crowd control. It has the potential for egregious violations of free speech and human rights if used by governments to suppress dissent. Technocrats invent because they can, not because of a demonstrated need to do so.  ⁃ TN EditorThe U.S. Navy has successfully invented a special electronic device that is designed to stop people from talking. A form of non-lethal weapon, the new electronic device effectively repeat
  
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• Never forget a birthday again! Snapchat launches Birthdays Mini tool

  08-09-2021 15:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Snapchat has launched Birthdays Mini for users worldwide, which pulls together a list of all your friends' upcoming and recent birthdays, organised by Zodiac Sign.
  
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• Twitter tests bigger pictures in timeline

  08-09-2021 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitter's latest test to change its core experience makes photos and videos fill a mobile screen.
  
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• Cats: Russian Blues the most fearful and Turkish Vans most aggressive, study of personalities finds

  08-09-2021 14:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new and more comprehensive questionnaire for surveying the personalities and behaviours of our feline friends has been developed by experts from the University of Helsinki.
  
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• Scientists discover how to stop scum forming on the top of a cuppa

  08-09-2021 14:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts in rheology, the study of how liquids and gases flow, discovered the film is created when polyphenols, the compounds in tea leaves, bond with the calcium carbonate in tap water.
  
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• Email company under fire over police data handover

  08-09-2021 13:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The encrypted-email service has just recruited web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
  
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• Fossils: Animal found in 500 MILLION-year-old rocks in the Canadian Rockies dwarfed its peers

  08-09-2021 12:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fossils of Titanokorys were found in Kootenay National Park's Marble Canyon by palaeontologists from the Royal Ontario Museum.
  
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• Astronaut on board the ISS snaps a breathtaking photo of the edge of the Earth

  08-09-2021 12:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured the image from the cupola of the ISS showing a delicate orange and green band around the world.
  
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• Newly discovered dinosaur with shark-like teeth predated T.Rex by 7 million years

  08-09-2021 11:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The remains of a giant dinosaur have been discovered by experts from Nagoya University in Japan, which they say was one of the mightiest killers that ever lived.
  
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• Dogs really ARE man's best friend! Pups have a special attachment to their owner's VOICE

  08-09-2021 11:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Hungary found that dogs have an attachment to their owner's voice, which generates reward-related brain responses in the pup.
  
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• Remains of possible Saxon church found under Norman building

  08-09-2021 10:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The disused St Mary's Old Church in Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, sits in the path of the new HS2 route and was built on the foundations of the Saxon site.
  
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• Dogs behave differently when people intentionally keep food away from them versus an accident 

  08-09-2021 09:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dogs may have cognitive abilities and understand when a person is intentionally doing something versus an accident, after researchers observed 51 dogs in three different scenarios.
  
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• Bitcoin crashes on first day as El Salvador's legal tender

  08-09-2021 07:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Technological glitches plagued the first day of El Salvador accepting Bitcoin as legal tender.
  
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• How Valencia crushed Covid with AI

  08-09-2021 07:00
  
  By leveraging algorithms and unorthodox data sources, an MIT researcher has made Valencia a Covid-19 data pioneer
  
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• How to use science to focus at work

  08-09-2021 07:00
  
  Neuroscience can help you beat the sea of distractions whether you’re headed back to the office or still working from home
  
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• How Apple can fix its child sexual abuse problem

  08-09-2021 07:00
  
  Nobody knows how big Apple’s child abuse problem is. But its photo scanning debacle provides new opportunities to fix it
  
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• Climate change: Vulnerable nations call for 'emergency pact'

  08-09-2021 02:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The countries at greatest risk say all nations must take bigger steps to avoid climate catastrophe.
  
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