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• An AI program can predict missing words from 4,500-year-old Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets

  17-09-2021 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A deep-learning artificial intelligence model is being used by computer scientists in Israel to fill in missing words and sentences from cuneiform tablets from between 2500 BC and 100 AD.
  
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• Mass graves with remains of 25 Crusaders slaughtered during a 13th century war are found in Lebanon

  17-09-2021 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A pair of mass grave with remains of 25 Crusaders who died in the 13th century was found in Lebanon. The remains suggest the men were beheaded and their bodies burned.
  
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• Look up MONDAY! Harvest moon will light up the night sky on Sept. 20

  17-09-2021 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Harvest Moon is the fourth full moon of the season and the closest to the autumnal equinox. It is set to rise at 7:55 pm ET on Monday, September 20 andwill also appear full for a total of three days.
  
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• One bitcoin transaction creates the same amount of electronic waste as throwing away two iPhones

  17-09-2021 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Not only does bitcoin-mining use a lot of energy, it's creating an e-waste crisis: The lifespan of a typical bitcoin computer is only 16 months, making over 33,000 tons of garbage a year.
  
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• Software issue is blocking Apple Card owners from pre-ordering the new iPhone 13

  17-09-2021 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple Card users are unable to secure a new iPhone 13. which went on sale today, due to a glitch in the software. The card promises customers 3% cashback on Apple product purchases.
  
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• Archaeology: Modern Japanese populations descended from THREE ancient cultures, not two as thought

  17-09-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ancient genomes extracted from the bones of people who lived both before and after the Japan's farming period were analysed by researchers from Trinity College Dublin.
  
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• MailOnline reviews Facebook's £299 smart glasses

  17-09-2021 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MailOnline has tried out the new glasses, which are said to be a first step in Facebook's plans to turn the social media platform into a 'metaverse'.
  
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• Technocrat Strategies Emerge To Block Religious Exemptions For Vaccines

  17-09-2021 18:28 via technocracy.news
  
  The narrative goes like this: If you want a religious exemption for vaccination, then you must additionally swear off all other medications, including over-the-counter items like Tylenol, Tums and Preparation H. Essentially, you must abandon all health care. While totally absurd, this will spread like wildfire as Technocrats demand universal submission. ⁃ TN EditorA hospital system in Arkansas is making it a bit more difficult for staff to receive a religious exemption from its COVID-19 va
  
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• Mass extinction 252 million years ago was caused by a 'toxic soup' and we are following this recipe

  17-09-2021 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'toxic soup' was a mix of accelerated greenhouse gas emissions, high temperatures and abundant nutrients, but the new study now identifies toxic microbial blooms as a fourth culprit.
  
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• Climate change: Biden urges world leaders to cut methane gas emissions

  17-09-2021 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The president asks leaders to commit to cutting emissions by at least 30% below 2020 levels by 2030.
  
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• Stone idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god made 800 years ago is unearthed in an Indian village

  17-09-2021 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An 18-inch stone statue of the elephant-headed god Ganesh was found by a farmer in the coastal state of Andhra Pradesh in south India. Two of its arms are broken and its missing Ganesh's crown
  
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• Vaccine Mandate Creates Confusion, Conflict At UN Assembly In New York

  17-09-2021 18:01 via technocracy.news
  
  As world leaders fly into New York City for the latest UN General Assembly meeting, the UNs polarization over vaccines, vaccine passports, masks, etc., has come home to roost: Confusion, anger, conflicting national policies, the New York city mandate on vaccination, etc., is pushing nations apart, not bringing them together. ⁃ TN EditorThe debate unfolding around the world over coronavirus vaccine mandates is playing out on a small scale at United Nations headquarters ahead of a meeting of
  
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• Climate change: UN warning over nations' climate plans

  17-09-2021 17:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Climate plans of more than 100 countries show we're heading in the wrong direction, the UN says.
  
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• Mosquitoes sucked up by traps that mimic breathing

  17-09-2021 17:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 300 traps have been deployed in the French town of Hyères to catch mosquitos.
  
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• Antarctic: Exhibition recalls Ernest Shackleton's final quest

  17-09-2021 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It's 100 years since the great Antarctic explorer set out on his last voyage to the White Continent.
  
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• Climate change: Coral reef cover has been decimated by HALF since the 1950s

  17-09-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first comprehensive, global look at the effect of pressures like climate change on reef ecosystem services has been conducted by researchers led from the University of British Columbia.
  
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• The AI body scanner detecting skin cancer and other news

  17-09-2021 16:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's LJ Rich looks at the best tech news stories of the week.
  
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• Winners of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021 are revealed

  17-09-2021 16:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The winning images from the Royal Museums Greenwich Astronomy Photographer of the Year have been revealed.
  
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• Technocracy And The Covidian Cult

  17-09-2021 15:52 via technocracy.news
  
  If one substitutes C.J. Hopkins’ concept of “global capitalism” with Technocracy, this article paints a detailed and revealing portrait: “a new form of totalitarianism, a globalized, pathologized, depoliticized form, which is being systematically implemented under the guise of “protecting the public health.’” ⁃ TN EditorIn The Covidian Cult (Part I) and (Part II) I characterized the so-called “New Normal” as a “global to
  
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• 59 of the best films on Netflix UK this week

  17-09-2021 15:30
  
  Stuck for a good film on Netflix? Here's our pick of the best Netflix movies to feast your eyes on, updated weekly
  
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• Deathloop’s invasions are its best feature

  17-09-2021 15:15
  
  Deathloop let’s you invade and ruin people’s games. And that's a good thing
  
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• Apple threatened to remove Facebook from the App Store in 2019 over human trafficking, report claims

  17-09-2021 15:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple threatened to remove Facebook's apps from the App Store in 2019 over human trafficking concerns in the Middle East. Offenders advertised women as domestic works, but sold them as slaves.
  
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• World's largest cruise ship the Wonder of the Seas completes sea trials - and will debut in 2022

  17-09-2021 14:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The footage shows Wonder of the Seas being towed out of the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, where she was built - then being put through her paces on the open seas.
  
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• Pregnant man emoji will come to smartphones later this year 

  17-09-2021 14:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Mountain View, California-based Unicode Consortium, the central bank of approved emoji, has signed off candidates for the next emoji release, version 14.0.
  
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• High-speed internet via airborne beams of light

  17-09-2021 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The project has been developed by Alphabet's moonshot factory, X.
  
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• Earthshot Prize: Prince William's environment finalists unveiled

  17-09-2021 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 15 finalists of Prince William's inaugural Earthshot Prize are tackling the planet's problems.
  
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• California fires: General Sherman and other sequoias given blankets

  17-09-2021 14:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fire-resistant blankets protect General Sherman and other sequoias as a California blaze closes in.
  
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• Ancient bird had fancy tail feathers like a peacock, fossils show

  17-09-2021 13:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers report a new species of enantiornithine with well-preserved tail feathers from the 120 million-year-old deposits of the Jehol Biota in northeastern China.
  
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• IKEA will launch a line of furniture for gamers next month, including desks, chairs and accessories

  17-09-2021 12:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Swedish firm will launch a range of furniture for gamers next month in collaboration with Republic of Gamers (ROG).
  
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• Carbon emitters 'failing to disclose climate risks'

  17-09-2021 11:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In a study of more than 100 company accounts, 80% of audits didn't assess climate risk.
  
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• More than 800 minor objects spotted beyond Neptune

  17-09-2021 10:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A survey to map the outer solar system using a telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile has yielded 815 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs).
  
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• Bosses should offer free YOGA to protect staff mental health, guidelines suggest 

  17-09-2021 10:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health chiefs want companies of all sizes and in all industries to train managers so they are able to spot signs of stress and help affected workers and 'foster good relationships' with employees.
  
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• Inspiration4: All-amateur space crew enjoy views of Earth

  17-09-2021 09:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The first pictures have been released showing the Inspiration4 crew looking down on the planet.
  
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• Astronauts return to Earth after China's longest space mission

  17-09-2021 07:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The three astronauts spent 90 days at China's space station, some 380km above Earth.
  
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• We finally have proof that remote working is making people ruder

  17-09-2021 07:00
  
  Since the start of the pandemic, WFH colleagues are stuck in a cycle of bickering and rudeness. Going back to the office won't stop it
  
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• Shunned by OnlyFans, sex workers are building their own alternatives

  17-09-2021 07:00
  
  OnlyFans’s temporary porn ban left its creators feeling betrayed. Now they’re taking matters into their own hands
  
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• France’s vaccine passport worked – sort of

  17-09-2021 07:00
  
  A boost in vaccinations has been chalked up to France’s vaccine passport. But at what wider cost?
  
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• The big problem of building waste and how to tackle it

  17-09-2021 00:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How better technology and regulation could cut the waste generated by the construction industry.
  
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