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• NYC PASSES 'green' gas ban experts warn could lead to electricity blackouts

  15-12-2021 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York City has banned the use of natural gas in new buildings as part of Mayor de Blasio's Green New Deal. Buildings shorter than seven stories to go electric by Jan 2024, and taller ones July 2027.
  
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• Deep-sea monster! Rare Pacific footballfish is found dead on San Diego beach

  15-12-2021 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thee Pacific footballfish measures more than a foot long. It has a jet-black body covered in prickly skin and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, but its iconic feature is the stalk on its head.
  
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• ESA's ExoMars discovers 'significant amounts of water' hiding just three feet below Mars' surface

  15-12-2021 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter found a water-rich area Mars's Grand Canyon that is about the size of the Netherlands. Scientists are not sure what form the water is in, but suggest it is ice.
  
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• Children's books are still dominated by male characters, analysis reveals

  15-12-2021 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An analysis of 3,000 children's books led by an expert at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia found male protagonists are 'over-represented'.
  
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• Scientists develop a smart material that releases heat when you sweat

  15-12-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The lightweight material uses physics rather than electronics to open the vents, so has potential as a patch on various types of clothing to help keep the wearer comfortable, Duke University scientists said.
  
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• Log4shell: US demands Christmas Eve deadline for hack fix

  15-12-2021 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Federal agencies must protect themselves against a widespread security flaw by 24 December.
  
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• Einstein is proven right once again thanks to 16 year study of pulsar pair

  15-12-2021 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Findings from the study, by experts from The University of Manchester and others, back up Einstein's predictions and saw the impact of the curvature of spacetime on light.
  
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• NYC faces BLACKOUTS because of de Blasio's proposed natural gas ban on new buildings

  15-12-2021 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York City is set to ban the use of natural gas in new buildings as part of Mayor de Blasio's Green New Deal. Buildings shorter than seven stories to go electric by Jan 2024, and taller ones July 2027.
  
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• Amazon Web Services is down AGAIN: Latest outage comes just days after last disruption

  15-12-2021 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon Web Services is down for thousands of users worldwide. This marks its second disruption in just days - the last happened on Dec 9 and lasted for seven hours.
  
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• 'Super-invader' plants like Japanese knotweed make British flowers less unique

  15-12-2021 17:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Invasive species of plants act to 'homogenise' the diversity of plants and flowers, according to a team from the University of Konstanz in Germany, who studied species diversity around the world.
  
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• Heartbreak over 'failed' bid to remove Gough Island's mice

  15-12-2021 17:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A mouse has been spotted after attempts to eradicate the invasive rodents from a remote island.
  
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• Modern Globalization: Nothing Less Than The Biggest Land Grab In History

  15-12-2021 17:09 via technocracy.news
  
  Since the 1970s, I have said that the “New International Economic Order” was nothing less than a massive resource grab to suck everything into the hands of a narrow group of oligarchs. This was later revealed as “Sustainable Development”, aka Technocracy. How else could the WEF say, “You will own nothing and be happy”? Well, somebody has to own everything!
  This has been in plain sight for decades. Technocracy was a “resource based” economic system
  
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• Smart City Tech In India To Create ‘Digital Twin’ of 100 Major Cities

  15-12-2021 15:39 via technocracy.news
  
  Creating digital twins of urban centers is headed toward a major convergence with the metaverse where “players” will be able to insert their avatars into a hologram depiction of a city of their choice. This will also provide dual surveillance pointing out the location of your physical body vs. the location of your avatar. Ready Player One. ⁃ TN EditorFrom the Delhi NCR to Solapur in Maharashtra, in less than two years, the digital twin of 100 most important cities and towns in
  
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• Fintech Is Financial System For Sustainable Development, Aka Technocracy

  15-12-2021 15:14 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocracy’s 2020 pandemic coup has exploded the use of fintech apps in Europe by 72 percent, while the adoption and use of cryptocurrencies has risen exponentially. Designed by humans, if all AI can do is speed response time and deliver more “efficiency”, then societal and policy errors will be accelerated by orders of magnitude. ⁃ TN EditorBanking has always been a strong and stable pillar of society. However, the COVID-19 global pandemic forced the entire industry to
  
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• Snapchat reveals its most popular filters in the UK in 2021 - with Big Mouth topping the list 

  15-12-2021 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Snapchat has exclusively revealed to MailOnline the five most popular Lenses in the UK in 2021. Big Mouth topped the list, with 24.7 million Brits choosing to augment their mouths to look larger.
  
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• Google will fire employees who refuse vaccinations, report says

  15-12-2021 14:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A leaked memo warns employees who do not follow vaccine policy that they could lose their jobs.
  
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• Ancient Greeks did NOT regularly practice infanticide and kill off 'weak' babies

  15-12-2021 14:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The idea of Ancient Greeks setting aside 'weaker' babies started with Greek philosopher Plutarch, in his biography Life of Lycurgus, written around 100 CE.
  
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• NASA Parker Solar Probe spacecraft 'touches' the sun for the first time

  15-12-2021 14:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A NASA spacecraft has officially 'touched' the sun, after it plunged through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona, passing just eight million miles from the core of the star.
  
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• Tech: Incredible two-wheeled autonomous robot can climb stairs and drive at speeds of up to 7.5mph

  15-12-2021 13:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'Ascento Pro' is the brainchild of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH Zürich) spin-off firm Ascento Robotics, building on their previous designs.
  
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• Microbes in oceans and soils are evolving to eat plastic, study reveals

  15-12-2021 13:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The number of microbial enzymes with the ability to degrade plastic correlates with levels of plastic pollution, say experts at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
  
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• This Observatory Will Help Reveal the Shape of the Universe

  15-12-2021 13:00
  
  Opening next year, the Vera Rubin Observatory can show how dark matter affects the evolution of galaxies.
  
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• The Biggest Deepfake Abuse Site Is Growing in Disturbing Ways

  15-12-2021 13:00
  
  A referral program and partner sites have spurred the spread of invasive, AI-generated “nude” images.
  
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• Employees Are Learning to Make Automation Work for Them

  15-12-2021 13:00
  
  No-code and low-code platforms allow citizen developers to create simple AI assistants—now more companies need to help out.
  
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• 21 Things That Made the World a Better Place in 2021

  15-12-2021 13:00
  
  From vaccinations to electric vehicles and cheese, the second year of the pandemic still had some high points.
  
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• There's still time to get Amazon's bestselling Echo Dot for 57% off before the Christmas holidays

  15-12-2021 11:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With just ten days left until Christmas time is running out if you're yet to finish your present shopping. But don't fret; the Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Gen) is now 57 per cent off. That's cheaper than Black Friday.
  
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• ‘I was murdered by my husband’ - tech gives victims a voice

  15-12-2021 10:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Animated photographs of women before they were killed warn others about abusive relationships.
  
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• Apollo 17 samples yield fresh insights 49 years after mission left the Moon

  15-12-2021 10:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Modern analytical techniques suggest the natural satellite cooled much faster than previously thought Humans haven't been on the Moon for 49 years but samples they took continue to provide new discoveries.…
  
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• Grindr fined £5.5m for sharing data for ads

  15-12-2021 08:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The dating app sold a host of data without seeking consent from users, the Norwegian regulator found.
  
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• Console shortages: Why can't I buy the Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5?

  15-12-2021 08:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese power cuts, the pandemic and other reasons you can't get your hands on gaming hardware.
  
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• Humanity has officially touched the Sun (or, at least, one of its probes has)

  15-12-2021 07:45 via go.theregister.com
  
  Parker solar probe partly determines where Sol ends and begins NASA's Parker solar probe has become the first spacecraft to reach the Sun, after solar boffins announced the feat at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union.…
  
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• James Webb: A $10bn machine in search of the end of darkness

  15-12-2021 01:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The biggest space telescope ever built is ready to show us the first stars to light up the cosmos.
  
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• Southern right whales: Tracking unexpected Southern Ocean migrations

  15-12-2021 01:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Zealand scientists have used satellite tags to follow whales around the Southern Ocean.
  
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• Watchdog bans seven ads in crypto 'red alert'

  15-12-2021 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cryptocurrency ads by trading platforms, exchanges and a pizza chain broke rules, the ASA found.
  
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• Sutton Hoo lyre has a COUSIN 2,485 miles away, study reveals

  15-12-2021 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A re-analysis of finds from Soviet-era archaeological digs in Dzhetyasar in Kazakhstan, by Kazakh archaeologist Dr Azilkhan Tazhekeevat, identified a lyre from the 4th century CE.
  
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• Up to 40% of people who are infected with Covid will suffer an asymptomatic case, study finds

  15-12-2021 00:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  About 40% of COVID-19 cases may occur without symptoms, according to a new Chinese study compiling results from past research. The number is higher for travelers and other populations.
  
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