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• Social media platform Reddit to block all links coming from Russian domain names

  04-03-2022 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some communities on Reddit already blocked links from Russian state media, and their foreign language affiliates, but the new policy applies site wide.
  
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• Russia Blocks Facebook and Twitter in a Propaganda Standoff

  04-03-2022 21:07
  
  The Kremlin’s Facebook block shows the stark choices ahead if US platforms want to keep operating in Russia
  
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• Big Tech Is In a Propaganda Standoff Against Putin

  04-03-2022 21:07
  
  The Kremlin’s Facebook block shows the stark choices ahead if US platforms want to keep operating in Russia
  
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• Facebook hits out at Russia blocking its platforms

  04-03-2022 21:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Russian communications regulator said on Friday that Facebook has been blocked in the country.
  
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• NASA begins building Europa-bound Clipper spacecraft  

  04-03-2022 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA has announced that Europa Clipper is now being put together at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, Southern California.
  
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• Bonobo apes become stressed when they get a new sibling, study finds

  04-03-2022 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers studied bonobo parents and infants at Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa.
  
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• Slugs and snails will no longer be classed as pests by the Royal Horticultural Society

  04-03-2022 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Royal Horticultural Society research suggests the slimy marauders are actually misunderstood, because only nine of the 44 recognised species of slug in the UK eat garden plants.
  
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• Microsoft stops selling products in Russia

  04-03-2022 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tech giant will no longer sell products and services there following the invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• War in Ukraine: BBC suspends its journalists' work in Russia

  04-03-2022 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The temporary suspension comes in response to a new Russian law which threatens reporters with prison.
  
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• ‘Fact-Checkers’ Are Technocracy’s Digital Brownshirts

  04-03-2022 17:23 via technocracy.news
  
  Fact-checkers are the ‘useful idiots’ of Technocrats; often low-pay, entry-level jobs filled by inexperienced partisans who know little to nothing about the topics they fact-check. Yet, these become the undisputed ‘experts’ who can dictate the narrative that you must believe – lest you be also fact-checked and cancelled for not marching in compliance. ⁃ TN EditorWe are under siege. A nihilistic fanaticism is running free among us thanks to the emergence of a j
  
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• Ukraine says it is fighting first 'hybrid war'

  04-03-2022 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alongside the conventional war in Ukraine, a cyber-conflict is also being fought, says the government.
  
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• Ukraine Trigger: New Energy Order, Digital Transformation, Health Architecture

  04-03-2022 16:18 via technocracy.news
  
  I have said that Technocracy’s coup d’état started in 2020 with the COVID pandemic and that there would be other “shoes” to drop in the near future: War in Ukraine fits the criteria because  a new energy order is emerging, as well as a digital security state. Increased cyber attacks will generate calls for a universal identity to gain access to the Internet and basic necessities such as food, transportation, etc. ⁃ TN EditorThe war in Ukraine may have a
  
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• Astronomers may have spotted the afterglow from a 'kilonova' explosion

  04-03-2022 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kilonovas are immense explosions caused by neutron stars colliding into each other, sending an intense jet of of high-energy particles through space, experts in Evanston, Illinois explain.
  
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• Hybrid Warfare: Technocrats Fight With Data, Propaganda

  04-03-2022 15:25 via technocracy.news
  
  Propaganda does not spontaneously generate itself; rather, it is specifically created to deceive the hearers into a belief or action that they would not otherwise entertain. Technocrats weaponize data they collect from society and use it selectively to cause people groups to change direction, adopt new behaviors, think differently, etc. This is information warfare. ⁃ TN EditorSTORY AT-A-GLANCE
  In an interview with Joe Rogan, Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamist revolutionary who became an anti-
  
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• Fitbit recalls Ionic watch following skin burns

  04-03-2022 14:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US regulator received more than 70 reports of burn injuries from the Fitbit Ionic's battery.
  
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• Ukraine nuclear power plant incident is NOT another Chernobyl, experts say

  04-03-2022 14:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Zaporizhzhia power plant was hit by Russian shelling early Friday, sparking a fire in a building just outside the main complex and raising fears of a Chernobyl-like nuclear disaster.
  
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• Looking for the best budget tablet? The bestselling Amazon Fire tablet is £29.99 right now

  04-03-2022 14:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Looking for the best cheap tablet deals for 2022? Right now, the bestselling Fire 7 Tablet is on sale for just £29.99 - that's the lowest price we've seen it for on Amazon.
  
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• Abandoned rocket 'hits the Moon' - scientists

  04-03-2022 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Moon's far side should now have a new crater after being hit by a large chunk of space junk.
  
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• The Batman Leans Hard Into the Emo Revival

  04-03-2022 13:00
  
  From the sartorial choices to the scenery, the latest superhero reboot drips with alt-rock influences.
  
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• High Above Ukraine, Satellites Get Embroiled in the War

  04-03-2022 13:00
  
  While the Russian invasion rages on the ground, companies that operate data-collecting satellites find themselves with an awkward position.
  
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• Fujitsu claims world leadership in headache management

  04-03-2022 07:47 via go.theregister.com
  
  For actual headaches, not tech messes, but hasn't said why its staff have a problem that needed tackling Fujitsu has been hailed as the world's leading company by the International Headache Society's World Patient Support Association.…
  
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• Ukraine conflict: Government to sell NFTs to fund war against Russia

  04-03-2022 06:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The announcement comes just days after Ukraine raised more than £200m in a sale of war bonds.
  
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• Europe's largest nuclear plant on fire after Russian attack

  04-03-2022 05:08 via go.theregister.com
  
  What to know and what not to panic about Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant – Europe's largest such facility and one of the biggest of its kind in the world – caught fire on Thursday after being shelled by Russian military, according to Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba.…
  
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• The shipping giant banking on a greener fuel

  04-03-2022 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Maersk has ordered 12 huge ships that run on methanol rather than marine oil fuel.
  
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• Scientist reveals the formula for the perfect chip butty

  04-03-2022 01:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr James Hind, a statistician from Nottingham Trent University, has devised the perfect chip butty recipe based on the eating habits of 2,000 Brits.
  
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• New type of stegosaur with spear-like bones is dug up in China

  04-03-2022 01:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Remains of the stegosaur, which included bones from the back, shoulder, thigh, feet, and ribs, as well as several armour plates, were found at a site in Chongqing, south west China.
  
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