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• Netflix pauses future projects in Russia

  02-03-2022 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US technology giants Netflix and Oracle are the latest to move to distance themselves from Russia
  
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• Gigantic sunspot the size of Earth is spotted in the atmosphere of the sun

  02-03-2022 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The National Science Foundation's Inouye Solar Telescope, on the Hawaiian island of Maui, was used to observe the star as part of its year-long commissioning phase.
  
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• Ukraine crisis: Crypto exchange boss rejects Russian user ban

  02-03-2022 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The decision comes amid warnings the war in Ukraine could become a "crypto conflict".
  
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• Russia is accused of creating social media accounts of fake Ukrainians

  02-03-2022 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There have been two disinformation efforts targeting Ukraine, according to Meta - one involving AI-generated profile photos of fake people supposedly based in Kyiv.
  
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• Ukraine crisis: Satellite data firm asks for war images

  02-03-2022 18:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Ukrainian company wants the global community to share photos from its country and Eastern Europe.
  
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• OneWeb: UK rejects Russian demand to sell share in satellite firm

  02-03-2022 18:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russia's space agency is refusing to launch OneWeb satellites part-owned by the UK government.
  
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• Netflix Has Defied the Russian Government, for Now

  02-03-2022 18:29
  
  With Russia accused of war crimes in Ukraine, the streaming platform finds itself increasingly isolated as Western companies abandon the pariah state.
  
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• Google is working on radar tech that could automatically pause Netflix

  02-03-2022 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Developed by Google's Advanced Technology and Products division (ATAP) in San Francisco, the technology consists of chips built into TVs, phones and computers.
  
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• When War Struck, Ukraine Turned to Telegram

  02-03-2022 17:22
  
  As Russian troops surround Kyiv, millions of Ukrainians have relied on the messaging platform for government information.
  
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• Anonymous hacking group says it has shut down Russia's space agency Roscosmos

  02-03-2022 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It comes just days after Anonymous claimed it had successfully breached over 300 Russian websites and offered troops more than $53,000 (£39,000) to give up their tanks.
  
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• Geothermal energy start-up is planning sci-fi style WAVE 'drill'

  02-03-2022 16:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Quaise Energy, a startup out of MIT, based in Boston and Houston, recently secured $40 million infundingto help it get the first drilling rig off the drawing board.
  
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• Astonishing photos show the 'natural mummies' of San Bernardo

  02-03-2022 15:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: More than a dozen mummies are on display in glass cases at a mausoleum in San Bernardo, Colombia, high within the Andes.
  
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• Keep an eye on your home with this affordable highly-rated indoor camera on sale for £35 on Amazon

  02-03-2022 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For an affordable home security camera that doesn't scrimp on features, thousands of shoppers have turned to the £34.99 eufy Security Solo IndoorCam with human and pet AI detection.
  
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• Bombshell: Pfizer’s COVID mRNA Shot Goes Into Liver, Converts To DNA

  02-03-2022 15:40 via technocracy.news
  
  Top medical and genetic scientists were excoriated, cancelled and demonized in 2021 for even suggesting that mRNA injections could permanently damage DNA. Now it has been proven. Because “reverse transcription” is sloppy, some resulting modifications may not be as impactful as others.
  It is inconceivable that companies like Moderna and Pfizer did not fully understand this outcome from the start. Governments and so-called “fact-checkers” simply lied about – and the b
  
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• Plastic pollution: Green light for 'historic' treaty

  02-03-2022 15:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nearly 200 countries agree to start negotiations on a global treaty to tackle the plastic "crisis".
  
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• Zuckerberg Sets Sights On Curing All Disease, Immortality

  02-03-2022 14:51 via technocracy.news
  
  This interview reveals the enormous ego and ambitions of Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook and Meta. He is definitely Transhuman-minded but thinks one way to get there is to cure all disease of the human condition. He also relates to the Bible where “In the beginning, God created…” ⁃ TN EditorFacebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has always been ambitious. But it seems as if his ambitions go even further than building the 3D ‘Metaverse&lsq
  
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• Google’s New Tech Reads Body Language – Without Cameras

  02-03-2022 14:32 via technocracy.news
  
  Google’s Advanced Technology and Products division is a little bit like the Pentagon’s DARPA as it creates oddball products to examine everything in the human environment in order to anticipate what your next move or intention might be. ⁃ TN EditorWhat if your computer decided not to blare out a notification jingle because it noticed you weren’t sitting at your desk? What if your TV saw you leave the couch to answer the front door and paused Netflix automatically, then re
  
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• Apple, Nike and Google join brands limiting services

  02-03-2022 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Customers won't be able to use Apple Pay, while sportswear firm Nike is no longer taking online orders.
  
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• Polestar’s New EV Concept Comes With ... a Boomerang Drone?

  02-03-2022 13:00
  
  The O2 sports car has a built-in “cinematic drone” that deploys to autonomously record your road-warrior skills. And if it’s ever made I’ll eat my driving gloves.
  
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• Tonga underwater volcanic eruption won't have much of a cooling impact, study reveals 

  02-03-2022 12:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai will only cause a global temperature decrease of 0.0072°F up until January 2023, experts in Beijing report.
  
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• Crypto exchange boss rejects Russian user ban

  02-03-2022 11:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The decision comes amid warnings the war in Ukraine could become a "crypto conflict".
  
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• Closest black hole system to Earth contains no black holes, study finds

  02-03-2022 09:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When it was discovered in 2020, two scenarios were proposed for the discovery of the unusual HR 6819 system, one with, and one without a black hole. A team from Belgium has taken new measurements.
  
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• Harvard, MIT, Berkeley are still fighting over genome editing patents. Now another ruling

  02-03-2022 02:13 via go.theregister.com
  
  Who says organic chemistry doesn't have its drama? The US Patent Office's appeal board on Monday sided with Harvard University and MIT by upholding a set of the group's patents covering CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in plants and animals.…
  
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• Ukraine's tech community rises to challenges of war

  02-03-2022 02:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From an app to alert people to sirens, to organising supplies, tech firms are helping the war effort.
  
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• Stonehenge may have served as an ancient solar CALENDAR, study claims 

  02-03-2022 01:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stonehenge served as an ancient calendar, given its alignment with the solstices, argues a University of Bournemouth researcher.
  
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• Hadrosaur that roamed Russia 68 million years ago suffered a broken wrist

  02-03-2022 01:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A single bone found in a quarry of the city of Blagoveshchensk in far eastern Russia was analysed by a team of experts from Queen's University Belfast.
  
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