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• Apple unveils new 5G iPhone SE, iPad Air with M1 chip and Mac Studio

  08-03-2022 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The iPhone SE will be on sale for $499 from Friday, and comes with the Apple A15 Bionic chip, found in the iPhone 13,a 12 megapixel camera, and 5G connectivity.
  
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• NASA's Scott Kelly calls head of the Russian space agency a 'child' in Twitter spat

  08-03-2022 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The spat between the pair started when Kelly responded to a video shared by Rogozin, that showed UK and US flags being removed from a Soyuz rocket.
  
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• Telegram founder commits to Ukraine user privacy

  08-03-2022 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The messaging app's Russian-born co-founder says: "Privacy is sacred - now more than ever".
  
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• Spiders hunt in PACKS of hundreds, using web vibrations to coordinate attacks

  08-03-2022 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A species of spider called Anelosimus eximius takes down its prey in packs using specialised web vibrations, researchers at CNRS in Paris report.
  
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• Swallows no longer migrating the 6,000 miles to South Africa and are staying in Britain over winter

  08-03-2022 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A dozen birds have been reported in January, mainly in the south, south-west of Britain and Ireland, according to experts from the British Trust for Ornithology.
  
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• Planet forming 444 light years away contains large organic molecule

  08-03-2022 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers discovered the chemical, known as dimethyl ether, a key building block of life, inside the planet forming disk around the young star IRS 48.
  
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• New species of extinct vampire squid-like creature is named after President Joe Biden 

  08-03-2022 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the American Museum of Natural History have named the 10-armed creature, which lived 328 million years ago, Syllipsimopodi bideni.
  
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• Twitter resolves issue that left users around the world unable to view replies to their tweets

  08-03-2022 16:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter has resolved an issue that left users around the world unable to view replies to their tweets. According to Down Detector, the problems started at around 15:13 GMT.
  
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• Animals evolved the ability to GALLOP 472 million years ago, study claims 

  08-03-2022 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ability to perform 'asymmetrical gaits' dates back before the first animals arrived on land 210 million years ago, reports an expert at College of Charleston in South Carolina.
  
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• Analysis: Large Scale Cyberattack Is Now Imminent

  08-03-2022 16:46 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocracy’s war on humanity must be viewed as a series of strategically-engineered waves designed to break down enemy strongholds. No war in history has been prosecuted with just a single attack. Thus, COVID was one wave of attack. The next wave is most likely to be cyberattack related. There could be a fourth and a fifth.
  The shock-and-awe of a cyberattack, shutting down key infrastructures, would create panic and fear throughout the world, leading to the equivalent of the Patriot Act I
  
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• Twitter crashes leaving users around the world unable to view replies to their tweets

  08-03-2022 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Down Detector, the problems started at around 15:13 GMT, and are affecting users worldwide.
  
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• Climate change: EU unveils plan to end reliance on Russian gas

  08-03-2022 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The EU Commission outlines an ambitious roadmap to cut imports of Russian gas by two thirds in a year.
  
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• Hackers Successfully Penetrated 21 U.S. LNG Producers Just Before Ukraine Invasion

  08-03-2022 15:45 via technocracy.news
  
  Two-week blitz. Twenty-one major energy companies. State-sponsored hackers. “Pre-positioning.”  This is clearly a warning shot to tell the U.S. “We know where you live and we have a key to your house.” Expect the next great event to be a massive cyber-attack to cripple American infrastructure. ⁃ TN EditorIn mid-February, hackers gained access to computers belonging to current and former employees at nearly two dozen major natural gas suppliers and exporters, in
  
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• Crypto platform blocks thousands of Russia-linked wallets

  08-03-2022 15:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Trading platform Coinbase says it has blocked 25,000 wallet addresses related to Russia.
  
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• Warning: Controlling All Absolute Data About You Is Controlling You Absolutely

  08-03-2022 15:17 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocracy clearly stated in 1934 that they intended to track all production and consumption, and to keep a detailed file on every person. Technocrats then slipped into Nazi Germany to collect all data on undesirables like Gypsies, blacks, invalids and Jews, and marched them all into concentration camps and gas chambers.
  This move to collect everything is not a joke. It’s flat-out dangerous. Crushing society is one thing; crushing and killing the individual people within it is intentional
  
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• Scientists identify five key characteristics in famous PSYCHOPATHS

  08-03-2022 13:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Longwood University in Virginia and the University of Kentucky have identified five key characteristics in the famous psychopahts, Ted Bundy, Clyde Barrow and Bernie Madoff.
  
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• War Is Calling Crypto’s ‘Neutrality’ Into Question

  08-03-2022 13:00
  
  War in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia have made cryptocurrency a hot potato for international politics.
  
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• High-Difficulty Games Don't Have to Be Toxic

  08-03-2022 13:00
  
  Challenging games are often associated with gatekeeping. But designers can use difficulty levels in interesting and valuable ways.
  
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• Optimistic people live longer than pessimists because they have fewer stressful events to deal with

  08-03-2022 12:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Boston University have found that optimistic people live longer, healthier lives than pessimists, and say it's because they have fewer stressful events to deal with.
  
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• Apple could unveil a 5G iPhone SE at its event today

  08-03-2022 12:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is hosting an event with the tagline 'Peek Performance' at its Cupertino headquarters at 18:00 GMT today, where it is rumoured to be launching a 5G iPhone SE.
  
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• Scientists REVERSE ageing in mice using cellular 'rejuvenation' technique 

  08-03-2022 11:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's possible to partially reset mice cells to 'more youthful states', using four molecules known as the Yamanaka transcription factors, reportresearchers in San Diego, California.
  
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• PsiQuantum envisions its data-center-sized quantum computer

  08-03-2022 09:32 via go.theregister.com
  
  We're promised less science fiction, more contemporary hardware Startup PsiQuantum has a rough vision of what its one-million-qubit quantum computer could look like.…
  
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• PsiQuantum envisions a datacenter-sized quantum computer

  08-03-2022 09:32 via go.theregister.com
  
  We're promised less science fiction, more contemporary hardware Startup PsiQuantum has a rough vision of what its one-million-qubit quantum computer could look like.…
  
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• New prostate test that is 'safer and more accurate'

  08-03-2022 08:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It will allow tumours to be found early and could 'significantly' reduce deaths from the disease, which kills around 10,000 men in the UK each year.
  
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• Amazon rainforest reaching tipping point, researchers say

  08-03-2022 02:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The world's largest rainforest is fast losing its ability to bounce back from human impacts, researchers say.
  
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• Can tech help revive India's 'crumbling' health system?

  08-03-2022 00:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Indian doctors hope big investment and smart tech will improve a fragmented healthcare sector.
  
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