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• Police creating 'surveillance state' with software that scans social media, critics claim

  22-09-2021 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police in Massachusetts and Michigan are licensing SocialNet, a program from ShadowDragon that scours platforms from Facebook to Pornhub to help cops identify persons of interest.
  
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• Scientists find enormous 'cavity' in space that stretches almost 500 light-years across 

  22-09-2021 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers have uncovered a cavity in space that spans a distance of nearly 500 light-years, but they are still unclear how the spherical cavity was formed.
  
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• Piaggio's $1,850 suitcase robot Gitamini uses radar and cameras to follow you around like a puppy

  22-09-2021 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gitamini weighs just under 30lbs and is less than two feet tall, but it can tote 20lbs of cargo for over 20 miles without needing to recharge. The $1,850 bot will be available in the US on October 15.
  
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• Employees working from home four days a week slashes pollution by 10%, study finds 

  22-09-2021 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Workers that telecommute four days a week could cut NO2 levels by 10 percent, according to a newly published study looking at air quality and mobility data from Barcelona, Spain.
  
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• Apple's VR headset is set to go on sale in fall of 2022 with estimated $2K price tag

  22-09-2021 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's oft-rumored virtual reality headset could be released in the second half of next year and cost as much $2,000, according to new a media report, citing supply chain sources.
  
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• T.Rex wagged its tail from side to side when running, study finds 

  22-09-2021 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study of dinosaur tails could help more accurate animation in future dinosaur films and documentaries, researchers at the Royal Veterinary College in London report.
  
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• World's earliest JEWELLERY is discovered in Moroccan cave

  22-09-2021 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A set of 33 shell beads were discovered between 2014 and 2018 at the mouth of Bizmoune Cave, about 10 miles from Essaouira, a city on Morocco's Atlantic coast.
  
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• Air pollution: Even worse than we thought - WHO

  22-09-2021 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The WHO is slashing recommended maximum limits of key pollutants as evidence of danger mounts.
  
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• 43 of the best documentaries you need to watch

  22-09-2021 18:14
  
  The WIRED approved list of the best documentaries available in the UK, including the best on YouTube and BBC iPlayer
  
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• Uber Eats customers can now use more than 30 different emoji to find a takeaway

  22-09-2021 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As well as using a pizza emoji to find a list of pizza places for delivery, Uber has added a 'pickup map' to show a list of places in the immediate area.
  
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• 18 of the best films on Amazon Prime UK right now

  22-09-2021 18:05
  
  Our pick of the best films available on Amazon Prime UK
  
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• Lithuania urges people to throw away Chinese phones

  22-09-2021 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The country's National Cyber Security Centre found security risks in both Xiaomi and Huawei models.
  
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• Low Power IoT: What Can Be Connected, Will Be Connected

  22-09-2021 17:21 via technocracy.news
  
  The Internet of Things (IoT) is an essential building block of Technocracy. The original Technocracy Study Course, written in 1934, specified requirements for implementation:“Provide a continuous inventory of all production and consumption
  “Provide a specific registration of the type, kind, etc., of all goods and services, where produced and where used
  “Provide specific registration of the consumption of each individual, plus a record and description of the individual.” [
  
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• Winged microchip the size of a grain of SAND is the smallest human-made flying structure

  22-09-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  By studying wind-dispersed seeds, engineers from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, optimised the microflier's aerodynamics.
  
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• Four dinosaurs, including Triceratops and possibly new species discovered in Montana 

  22-09-2021 16:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers working in Montana's Hell Creek Formation have discovered the fossilized remains of four different dinosaurs, including one that may be a new species.
  
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• Royal Air Force is testing self-driving cars in Oxfordshire

  22-09-2021 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Royal Air Force is testing its own autonomous, zero-emissions delivery vehicle, called Kar-Go, at its base in Brize Norton, Oxfordshire.
  
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• Shadowdragon: Deep Social Media Dragnet For Total Surveillance

  22-09-2021 15:43 via technocracy.news
  
  Privacy groups from the left and right are rightly concerned over the meteoric rise of ubiquitous surveillance and monitoring systems like those produced at Shadowdragon. At the click of a button, over 120 online platforms are scoured for personal data, presenting  your personal networks, locations, activities, psychological profiles, etc. Police departments are primary sales targets and it’s spreading like wildfire. ⁃ TN EditorA Michigan State Police contract obtained by The In
  
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• Vauxhall Motors plans Luton job losses amid chip crisis

  22-09-2021 15:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Unite union says it will "do everything in our power to mitigate or prevent" job losses.
  
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• Louisiana State University Students Unenrolled For No Vaccine, Lose 50% Of Tuition

  22-09-2021 15:20 via technocracy.news
  
  Students at LSU are doubly punished for daring to opt out of Covid injections for any reason: 1) they are kicked out all of their class enrollments, banned from campus and 2) they are fined 50 percent of their tuition. This will likely not survive a legal challenge, but school tyranny across America is increasing at a meteoric rate. ⁃ TN EditorLouisiana State University has begun unenrolling students who failed to comply with COVID-19 regulations.
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• Gas price crisis: Food firms face huge price rise for carbon dioxide

  22-09-2021 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US supplier of CO2, which will receive millions in UK taxpayer support to reopen, will hike prices.
  
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• Chemicals in children's mouths may explain their dislike of broccoli, study shows

  22-09-2021 14:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study involved finding broccoli enzymes in children's mouths, run by experts from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Canberra, Australia.
  
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• Babies have 10 TIMES more microplastics in their stools than adults

  22-09-2021 14:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from New York University found much higher levels of one type of microplastic, known as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), when comparing the stools of adults and children.
  
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• Giraffes pick similar-sized opponents for a fair fight, study finds 

  22-09-2021 13:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Giraffe males practice head butts with males of similar stature, in an honorable example of fair play, researchers at the University of Manchester report.
  
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• Nurofen develops a music track that it claims can reduce PAIN 

  22-09-2021 12:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The song uses instrumental, orchestral and vocal elements to create a sense of 'wonder,' according to its co-creator, Dr Claire Howlin, from University College Dublin.
  
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• Autumn begins TONIGHT when the sun will be directly above the equator

  22-09-2021 11:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The autumn equinox will take place at 20:21 BST today (September 22) - officially marking the arrival of autumn and colder temperatures for the Northern Hemisphere.
  
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• Why is there a CO2 shortage and how will it hit food supplies?

  22-09-2021 11:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government is to pay to reopen a plant that makes commercial carbon dioxide, to stop widespread disruption to food and drink production.
  
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• Covid: Immune therapy from llamas shows promise

  22-09-2021 11:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An immune therapy derived from llama blood shows "exciting potential" in early coronavirus trials.
  
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• Global sea levels are rising at an 'alarming rate' of 0.12 inches a YEAR

  22-09-2021 10:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the fifth Ocean State Report published by the Copernicus Marine Service, using a combination of satellite observations and ocean direct measurements around the world.
  
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• This is what £30,000 Bowers & Wilkins speakers sound like

  22-09-2021 10:06
  
  We get out our Big Book of Hi-Fi Clichés to listen to the Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series Diamond
  
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• Menopausal women may suffer more hot flushes if they lead lazy lifestyles, study claims

  22-09-2021 10:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers, from Smith College in Massachusetts, measured night sweats in 77 women while looking at their daytime physical activity using wrist-worn exercise trackers.
  
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• Microsoft is heading for a new antitrust showdown

  22-09-2021 10:03
  
  After almost a decade away from the fray, Microsoft's behaviour is attracting renewed scrutiny
  
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• The race to stop fish becoming the next factory farming nightmare

  22-09-2021 10:01
  
  Many diets that are better for our health, and the planet’s, call for eating more fish. Where will it all come from?
  
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• China pledges to stop building new coal energy plants abroad

  22-09-2021 06:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The announcement is the country's latest climate pledge and a major step forward to address emissions.
  
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• Life at 50C: Heat hitting home in Australia

  22-09-2021 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cities like Sydney are already experiencing extremely hot days because of climate change.
  
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• PPE hospital masks find new life stopping plastic waste

  22-09-2021 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  All schools and colleges in Cornwall will be given litter pickers made from old hospital masks.
  
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• PPE hospital masks find new life fighting plastic waste

  22-09-2021 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  All schools and colleges in Cornwall will be given litter pickers made from old hospital masks.
  
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