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• NASA invites public to add their names to a database that will orbit the moon on Artemis 1

  03-03-2022 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US space agency will send the Orion capsule atop a Space Launch System (SLS) mega rocket at some point this summer, possibly as early as late May.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg claims we will all 'live' in the metaverse in the future

  03-03-2022 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Zuckerberg says there will be a point in the future where virtual worlds are so immersive, and convenient, that we won't want to leave, and this is the point where it becomes the metaverse.
  
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• Two supermassive black holes are doomed to crash in 10,000 years

  03-03-2022 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The black holes, located around 9 billion light years away, appear to be orbiting around each other every two years, report experts at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.
  
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• Iceland Bets on Herd Immunity

  03-03-2022 18:54
  
  The island nation's government joins several other European countries in dropping Covid restrictions—but not everyone is sure the timing’s right.
  
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• ESG Scoring Drives Companies Into Sustainable Development, Aka Technocracy

  03-03-2022 18:52 via technocracy.news
  
  ESG stands for “Environmental, Social, Corporate Governance” and has been likened to a globalized Social Credit Scoring system for business. If you have a high ESG score, it will be easy to qualify for credit, to get the best deals with vendors and to participate in the global supply chain.
  Alas, if you don’t have a high ESG score, you won’t be in business long unless you change your behavior and knuckle under to its demands.
  So, how is ESG determined and who sets the rul
  
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• Long-necked dinosaurs 'walked more like hippos', study says

  03-03-2022 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have studied sauropod footprints to learn more about their gait - the way they walked - at the Lower Cretaceous De Queen Formation, Arkansas.
  
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• Chinese Technocracy In America: Reining In Big Tech’s Social Credit System

  03-03-2022 16:04 via technocracy.news
  
  It is increasingly recognized that “birds of a feather, flock together.” The common ground between Big Tech in America and China’s social engineers is that they are all Technocrats. They view themselves as the only qualified people to run the world as a social engineering project. ⁃ TN EditorBig tech companies are doing the bidding of the U.S. government in actions that mirror China’s social credit system, and Americans must recognize what’s happening and
  
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• Artificial intelligence model can detect mental health conditions on Reddit

  03-03-2022 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of computer scientists from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire set about training an AI model to analyze social media texts.
  
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• Bafta Games Awards: Returnal and It Takes Two lead nominations

  03-03-2022 15:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prestigious Bafta Games Awards ceremony will be held in person in London next month.
  
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• New AI Detects Mental Disorders Based On Web Posts

  03-03-2022 15:35 via technocracy.news
  
  The academic developer, obviously of a Technocrat mind, states that “Social media offers an easy way to tap into people’s behaviors”. So, depending on how the algorithm defines “mental disorders” you can be stereotyped and directed to a therapy program to straighten you out. ⁃ TN EditorDartmouth researchers have built an artificial intelligence model for detecting mental disorders using conversations on Reddit, part of an emerging wave of screening tools that
  
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• OneWeb drops launches from Russia's Baikonur spaceport

  03-03-2022 13:24 via go.theregister.com
  
  One day after Roscosmos said 'hostile' UK govt should withdraw stake in satellite firm The board of satellite constellation provider OneWeb this morning said it had voted to suspend all launches from Baikonur, a day after Russia's space agency said this weekend's lift-off was in doubt.…
  
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• The Weirdest Product at MWC 2022 Is a Sleep-Aid Gas Dispenser

  03-03-2022 13:00
  
  Gosleep thinks a dose of carbon dioxide is exactly what your bedtime routine needs. We have concerns.
  
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• Remnants of 'innovative' Old Stone Age culture is unearthed in China

  03-03-2022 12:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have excavated Xiamabei, a 'well-preserved' Palaeolithic site in the Nihewan Basin of northern China.
  
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• Ukraine crisis: EA removes Russian teams from Fifa 22 game

  03-03-2022 11:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The games publisher says it "stands in solidarity with the Ukrainian people".
  
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• OneWeb: UK satellite firm suspends use of Russian rockets

  03-03-2022 11:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The board of London-based OneWeb, part-owned by the UK government, votes to stop using Soyuz rockets.
  
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• Powerful warm winds seen blowing from 'Cosmic Cookie Monster' neutron star

  03-03-2022 10:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  By expelling energy and matter into space, neutron stars contribute to the formation of new generations of stars, according to a study led by the University of Southampton.
  
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• Unite against climate change - Ukraine scientist

  03-03-2022 02:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A leading climate expert says the Ukraine invasion is closing the window of opportunity to curb global warming.
  
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