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• Take this $715,000 and find security gaps in quantum computers, says NSF

  18-03-2022 23:31 via go.theregister.com
  
  Yes, the ones that don't exist yet America's National Science Foundation has signaled yet again how important it thinks quantum computing is with a six-figure grant to Penn State. …
  
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• Human jaws evolved from fish gills to be strong and snappy

  18-03-2022 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Bristol-led experts found that the earliest jaws in the fossil record were caught in a trade-off between maximising their strength and their speed.
  
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• Cheap carbon fibres made from petrol dregs could be used to make cars lighter and more eco-friendly

  18-03-2022 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The carbon fibres would make vehicles much lighter, cutting greenhouse gas emissions and improving the range of electric models, according to researchers at MIT.
  
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• Google Maps is DOWN: Navigation app crashes for frustrated users around the world 

  18-03-2022 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Down Detector, the issues started at around 15:44 GMT, and are affecting users globally.
  
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• Print 'smoking kills' warnings on INDIVIDUAL cigarettes, Tory says

  18-03-2022 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Conservative peer Lord Young of Cookham has spent 40 years lobbying for his proposal to become law. He first raised it as a health minister in Margaret Thatcher's government in 1979.
  
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• Even elephants hate being lonely! Solitary animals show more signs of STRESS than those in a group

  18-03-2022 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Turku studied Asian elephants in Myanmar to assess whether sociality is linked to stress in the animals.
  
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• Heineken launches virtual beer in self-mocking metaverse 'joke'

  18-03-2022 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brewer's "launch" highlights the extent businesses will go to to join the latest bandwagon.
  
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• Climate change: Wildfire smoke linked to Arctic melting

  18-03-2022 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers find that "brown carbon" from wildfire smoke is helping to melt Arctic snow and ice.
  
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• 'Brown carbon' from wildfires is warming the Arctic TWICE as much as carbon from fossil fuels

  18-03-2022 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Tianjin University have revealed how 'brown carbon' released during wildfires in the northern hemisphere is accelerating global warming in the Arctic.
  
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• Pandora’s Box? FDA Unleashes Gene-Edited Cattle In U.S.

  18-03-2022 15:47 via technocracy.news
  If you haven’t already figured this out, the FDA has completely caved in to biotech companies bent on reengineering life on earth. CRISPR-edited beef will circle the planet as bull semen is exported and shared. Those genes will mix with other CRISPR varieties to create the ultimate breed: Frankenbeef.
  Why the bum’s rush on GMO everything? Read my recent article, Biodiversity: The Genetic Takeover Of All Living Things. ⁃ TN EditorU.S. regulators on Monday cleared the way for the
  
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• Illegal National Gun Registry? Fed’s ATF Has Amassed ‘1 Billion Gun Records’

  18-03-2022 15:20 via technocracy.news
  
  Federal law specifically prohibits a national gun registry but that has not stopped the data-hungry Technocrats at Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agency from accumulating almost 1 billion gun transactions in the U.S. As with other Federal agencies, ATF has gone rogue.
  Note that the nature of these records is not described. It is estimated that there are just under 400 million firearms in the hands of civilians in the U.S., with an additional 40 million sold each year. The size of the AFT da
  
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• Climate change: Why weather changes worry Wales' 'wettest town'

  18-03-2022 15:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People living in the area, which has Unesco World Heritage status, are being asked to adapt.
  
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• The Largest Global Land Grab In Human History

  18-03-2022 14:49 via technocracy.news
  
  This editor has been documenting this for 45 years, starting with the Trilateral Commission’s co-called New International Economic Order in 1973. Those who say they are going to save the world are the very ones who are destroying it. Nature will be commodified and financialized into a scientific dictatorship, aka Technocracy.
  This story is so big that few can really wrap their head around it. This needs to stop. It is real. It is a clear and present danger. It is affecting every human on p
  
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• 'World's first' four-seater flying TAXI is unveiled

  18-03-2022 13:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AeroMobil's AM NEXT, which is the second model of the Slovakian engineering company's half supercar, half light aircraft vehicle, is planned for launch in 2027.
  
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• Robot cheetah learns to run by itself and other tech news

  18-03-2022 13:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  LJ Rich looks at the best of the week's technology news stories.
  
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• How mountain rescue could be aided by 5G

  18-03-2022 12:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Real-time tracking of a search dog’s path allows the team to assess which areas have been covered.
  
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• Technics’ Flagship Headphones Give Sony a Run for the Money

  18-03-2022 12:00
  
  The wireless, noise-canceling EAH-A800 boast a premium feel, great sound, and more battery than you'll likely ever need. But they're not perfect.
  
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• Conti Leaks Reveal the Ransomware Group's Links to Russia

  18-03-2022 12:00
  
  Members of the Conti ransomware group may act in Russia’s interest, but their links to the FSB and Cozy Bear hackers appear ad hoc.
  
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• Big Pharma's Ethical Dilemma: Should They Keep Selling to Russia?

  18-03-2022 12:00
  
  Sanctions and boycotts following the invasion of Ukraine have curtailed the export of nearly every product—except medicines. That's up to drugmakers.
  
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• 'Super limo' measuring 100ft long breaks its own 1986 Guinness World Record

  18-03-2022 11:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Measuring a whopping 100ft and 1.5 inches (30.54 metres) in length, 'The American Dream' is the longest car in the world, having originally been built in Burbank, California 35 years ago.
  
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• Spring finally arrives this weekend! Vernal equinox will take place on Sunday

  18-03-2022 11:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  March 20 officially marks the arrival of astronomical spring in the Northern Hemisphere with the vernal equinox, when the day and night are almost equal in length.
  
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• Girls exposed to a 'gender-bending' chemical are more likely to have asthma, study claims

  18-03-2022 10:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alicia Abellan, from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, said that bisphenol A, or BPA, has a negative impact on respiratory health in childhood.
  
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• Meet Chippy! Chipotle is testing a ROBOT CHEF to make its famous tortilla chips

  18-03-2022 10:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chippy has been developed in collaboration with Pasadena-based startup Miso Robotics, which is best known for its other robotic chef, Flippy, which can flip up to 300 burgers a day.
  
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• Hear us out: Smartphone lidar can test blood, milk

  18-03-2022 08:32 via go.theregister.com
  
  Using tiny samples, too, a claim we're sure you haven't heard before Could the light detection and ranging (lidar) sensors in your future smartphone take the place of laboratory equipment in health and food safety applications? It's looking like a possibility.…
  
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• Australia sues Facebook over scam ads impersonating celebrities

  18-03-2022 03:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tech giant knowingly let ads with fake celebrity endorsements scam users, a regulator says.
  
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• Deepfake presidents used in Russia-Ukraine war

  18-03-2022 03:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Videos of Putin and Zelensky declaring the war is over have been circulating online.
  
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• Could super-sized heat pumps make gas boilers extinct?

  18-03-2022 03:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The cities turning to huge heat pumps to provide warmth to thousands of homes and businesses.
  
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• How a jetpack design helped create a flying motorbike

  18-03-2022 02:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The developers of a powerful mini aircraft hope it will be used by the armed forces.
  
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• Sunny Balwani: Elizabeth Holmes' former partner goes on trial

  18-03-2022 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sunny Balwani was considered the "enforcer" at Theranos and was its enigmatic founder's lover.
  
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