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• Apple I computer encased in koa wood and in working condition could sell for $600,000

  09-11-2021 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A rare Apple 1 computerstill in working condition is going up for auction on Tuesday and could sell for as much as $600,000, experts believe.
  
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• NASA's first moon landing since 1972 is DELAYED until 2025 due to costs and Blue Origin litigation

  09-11-2021 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Tuesday that the crewed test flight of Origin and SLS on Artemis II are now targeting May 2024. This pushes the lunar landing to 2025.
  
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• SpaceX's Endeavor capsule appears like a shooting star or 'donut UFO' over Louisiana and Alabama

  09-11-2021 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX's Endeavour capsule appeared like a bright light streaking through the sky during its return Monday evening. Sightings of the light show were reported in Louisiana and Alabama.
  
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• The Skyrim and Sopranos Meme Universes Are Colliding

  09-11-2021 20:21
  
  The way we remember our pop culture favorites is increasingly inseparable from the memes they generate. But those memes can take on a life of their own.
  
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• Peloton unveils $500 TV box with a camera one week after its stock collapsed 50 percent

  09-11-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Peloton is unveiling a $500 set-top-box with a camera that helps users with strength training, less than a week after its shares dropped nearly 50 percent as it lowered its 2022 revenue guidance.
  
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• Bank of England takes next steps in digital money plan

  09-11-2021 19:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Bank and the Treasury to launch consultation on a UK central bank digital currency.
  
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• Netflix takes on TikTok with a new feed for kids, report reveals 

  09-11-2021 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kids Clips on Netflix features short video clips from its existing library of children's content. It's being tested for users in the US and other countries - but not the UK quite yet
  
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• Comcast is back online after a three-hour outage

  09-11-2021 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tens of thousands of Americans were without internet, phone or television service due to Comcast, which owns Xfinity, crashing on Tuesday morning around 8:12am ET.
  
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• Twitter rolls out its $2.99 a month subscription, 'Blue,' in the US, but users are not happy

  09-11-2021 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter Blue is now available in the US. This is a $2,99 monthly subscription service that offers exclusive features. Users, however, are annoyed at having to pay for the features.
  
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• Ocean's climate change 'buffer' role under threat

  09-11-2021 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rising ocean temperatures are having 'worrying' impacts on the deep ocean's ability to lock away our carbon emissions.
  
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• Sabre-toothed gorgons that lived before dinosaurs bit each other in the face to assert dominance

  09-11-2021 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gorgonopsians, some of the largest and most ferocious mammals to ever life, attacked one another by biting the face of one another to assert social dominance, a new study says.
  
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• Tim Cook personally owns Bitcoin, but says tech giant won't allow products to be bought with crypto

  09-11-2021 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple CEO Tim Cook said on Tuesday that he personally owns cryptocurrency due to a personal interest, but the tech CEO did not specify which one.
  
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• Apple hires Tesla expert for its self-driving car project, report says

  09-11-2021 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has reportedly hired former Tesla software director Christopher Moore. The Cupertino-based tech giant has been working on its long-rumoured self-driving car project since 2014.
  
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• How much nuclear power does the UK use and is it safe?

  09-11-2021 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nuclear power is being promoted as a source of 'clean' energy, but is it safe?
  
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• Art: Google launches Pet Portraits feature that shows you which famous painting your pet resembles

  09-11-2021 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Part of the Google Arts & Culture app, Pet Portraits uses machine learning algorithms to scan a photo of your pet and find the best matches from hundreds of years of art.
  
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• Part I: Stealing The Global Commons And Everything Else

  09-11-2021 16:18 via technocracy.news
  
  The goal of modern globalization that started with the Trilateral Commission in 1973, was always to grab all the resources of the world. This is clearly seen today through the operations of the World Economic Forum and public-private partnerships. It’s a “winner-take-all” strategy. ⁃ TN EditorThe people who none of us elect, who ultimately control international finance, all corporate & business activity, government policy and international relations have constructed a
  
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• Part II: Stealing The Global Commons And Everything Else

  09-11-2021 16:17 via technocracy.news
  
  While the world focuses on global warming and pandemics, the greatest heist of all time is taking place right under our nose: “For them it means possession of everything: every resource on the planet, all land, all water, the air we breath and the natural world in its entirety, including all of us.” ⁃ TN Editor  
  “The population problem has no technical solution; it requires a fundamental extension on morality.” – Garret Hardin, “The Tragedy of the
  
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• NASA space images for training algorithms are all fake - except one

  09-11-2021 15:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mosaic consists of 225 images, 224 of which are fake, created by artificial intelligence (AI). But one shows a real interstellar phenomenon, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
  
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• Comcast is DOWN across the US! Tens of thousands of users are experience a total blackout

  09-11-2021 15:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 55,000 Americans are without internet, phone or television service due to Comcast crashing on Tuesday morning around 8:12am ET.
  
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• COP26: World headed for 2.4C warming despite climate summit - report

  09-11-2021 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New analysis of pledges at COP26 suggest no government is doing enough to limit temperature rise.
  
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• Delingpole: COP26 UN Summit Is Globalist Gaslighting Operation

  09-11-2021 14:46 via technocracy.news
  
  Merriam Webster on gaslighting: to psychologically manipulate (a person) usually over an extended period of time so that the victim questions the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and experiences confusion, loss of confidence and self-esteem, and doubts concerning their own emotional or mental stability. ⁃ TN EditorThere are two ways to understand the COP26 pantomime beginning its second week of wasting everyone’s time and money in Glasgow, Scotland.
  
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• Rolls-Royce set for funding fillip to build nuclear power stations based on small modular reactor technology

  09-11-2021 13:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Private-sector investment could unlock additional government cash British engineering and aerospace giant Rolls-Royce has secured funding to build nuclear power stations based on small modular reactor (SMR) technology.…
  
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• Geology: Earth's first continents emerged from the ocean more than 3 BILLION years ago, study claims

  09-11-2021 13:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The sedimentary and igneous rocks of an ancient continental fragment in India called the Singhbhum Craton were analysed by researchers from Monash University.
  
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• Vets reveal the dog breeds most affected by blood blisters of the ears

  09-11-2021 13:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dog breeds with folded ears have higher risk of developing 'blood blister of the ear' compared to breeds with erect ear carriages, report Royal Veterinary College experts in London.
  
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• Your Essential Guide to the Best Tequilas

  09-11-2021 13:00
  
  From celebrity brands to artisan drams, silver, blanco, reposado, or añejo, there's a choice here for straight shooters and cocktail connoisseurs alike.
  
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• NASA's Ingenuity helicopter completes its 15th flight on Mars

  09-11-2021 12:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity is beginning its journey back to the Wright Brothers Field at the Octavia E. Butler landing site, before venturing beyond, the US space agency said.
  
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• Thousands of UK phone boxes to be saved from closure

  09-11-2021 11:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 5,000 phone boxes around the UK will be kept open if they fulfil certain criteria, says Ofcom.
  
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• COP26: Focus on gender as giant puppet takes centre stage

  09-11-2021 09:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five things you need to know about COP26 - the United Nations climate change conference - on Tuesday.
  
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• Now that's a splash down: Astronauts spend 8-hour trip to Earth in diapers after SpaceX capsule toilet breaks

  09-11-2021 08:04 via go.theregister.com
  
  Puts a whole new spin on 'To boldly go where no one has gone before' Four astronauts departed the International Space Station on Monday, and made their way safely back to Earth wearing diapers after their SpaceX capsule's toilet broke down.…
  
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• Four astronauts land back in Florida in SpaceX capsule after 200 days on the ISS

  09-11-2021 04:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two NASA astronauts, one from the European Space Agency and a Japanese astronaut splashed down in Florida on Monday evening after 200 days at the ISS.
  
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• Climate change: What do scientists want from COP26 this week?

  09-11-2021 02:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We asked climate experts from around the world what they want to see agreed at COP26 this week.
  
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• The photographer fighting to keep the America's wild horses wild

  09-11-2021 01:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A photographer is using her art to inspire, hoping to keep the iconic animals at home on the range.
  
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• Climate change: Fifteen times more people at risk of heat stress if temperatures rise by 3.6°F

  09-11-2021 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At present, some 68 million people worldwide are affected by heat stress, but the shift would see this rise to around one billion, or one-in-every eight people, the Met Office warned.
  
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• Rwanda goes electric with locally made motorbikes

  09-11-2021 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rwanda's Ampersand wants motorbike taxi drivers to switch from petrol to electric.
  
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• Climate change: Seven ways to spot businesses greenwashing

  09-11-2021 00:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Firms often claim they are eco-friendly but how can you check they are as green as they make out?
  
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