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• Elon Musk 'risks stretching himself too far' with $43billion Twitter bid, experts warn

  25-04-2022 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The billionaire (pictured) risks stretching his attention too far across the tech giant, Tesla and SpaceX if his $43billion offer is accepted, the analysts said.
  
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• Twitter: Why Elon Musk has been so keen on taking control

  25-04-2022 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The billionaire has called for a series of changes from relaxing Twitter's content restrictions to eradicating fake accounts.
  
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• How Elon Musk Won Twitter

  25-04-2022 21:38
  
  His weeks-long pursuit of the company has resulted in a $44 billion deal. But how did it happen, and what the hell comes next?
  
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• Could a leaky capacitor be at fault on ESA's Sentinel-1B?

  25-04-2022 19:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Prepare your 'turn it off and on' jokes as engineers get ready to flip the heaters Attempts to recover ESA's stricken Sentinel-1B satellite are continuing and one of the failure scenarios engineers are considering will be familiar to some of us: possible leakage of a ceramic capacitor.…
  
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• Tiny bat sets new migration record

  25-04-2022 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The nathusius' pipstrelle species beat the previous record for bat migration - from Latvia to Spain - by 161 miles (260 km).
  
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• Ukraine War Prompts Europe's New Emergency Rules for the Internet

  25-04-2022 19:00
  
  The Digital Services Act has granted the European Commission unprecedented power over tech companies in times of war.
  
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• Swapping animal products for insect protein could reduce global warming

  25-04-2022 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Helsinki experts used computer modelling to find the optimal diet combination to meet nutritional needs, while also minimising global warming potential, water and land use.
  
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• The US Saw a Spike in Child Sexual Abuse URLs in 2021

  25-04-2022 18:03
  
  CSAM hosting in the United States rose 64 percent last year, putting the country second in the world, a new report found.
  
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• Google Launches “Inclusive Language” Function To Censor Politically Incorrect Words

  25-04-2022 18:01 via technocracy.news
  
  Big (Brother) Person is watching your language and you could get your (mouth washed out with soap) language corrected if you’re not careful. For many, being (forced) nudged to used “politically correct” language will lead to politically correct thinking and politically correct actions. ⁃ TN Editor ⁃ TN EditorGoogle has launched an ‘inclusive language’ function designed to avoid the use of politically incorrect words.
  Users typing ‘landlord&rsq
  
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• Lab-grown meat and insects 'good for planet and health'

  25-04-2022 17:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Switching to futuristic foods will reduce carbon emissions and save land and water, a study suggests.
  
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• Welcome To The Metaverse: A Barrage Of Assault, Racism, Rape Jokes

  25-04-2022 17:33 via technocracy.news
  Mark Zuckerberg has bet his fortune on the wrong horse with Meta and the metaverse, and I predict the whole project will end in dismal defeat, if not bankruptcy. There is no AI program in the world that can control the base attitudes and actions of sinful people who can hide their identity and do anything they want without consequences. ⁃ TN EditorBefore I went into the metaverse, I’d read a few articles on it and people didn’t have the nicest things to say. But I wanted to see
  
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• Male spiders CATAPULT themselves away from females immediately after mating to avoid being eaten

  25-04-2022 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Hubei University found males of the orb-weaving spider Philoponella prominens launch themselves away using a joint in their first pair of legs
  
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• Proposed ‘Pandemic Treaty’ Sets Up The WHO For Technocratic Globalism

  25-04-2022 16:57 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocracy is seen as the force behind the proposed “pandemic treaty” that would give the World Health Organization total sovereignty over global health. The Presidents of Burundi and Tanzania banned the WHO from their borders, refusing to go along with the pandemic narrative: Both died unexpectedly within months and were replace with pro-WHO Presidents.
  Obviously, the WHO doesn’t care about global health or the life or death of any particular citizen. The warning has been sen
  
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• 'Hot Jupiters' are scorching hot during the day and cooler at night, study finds

  25-04-2022 15:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In one of the largest ever surveys of exoplanet atmospheres ever undertaken, UCL researchers were able to answer five long-standing questions about 'hot Jupiters'.
  
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• Europe needs to ramp up recycling of raw METALS if it wants to become 'carbon neutral' by 2050

  25-04-2022 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study by Belgian university KU Leuven found that meeting the EU's 'Green Deal' goal will require 35 times more lithium and up to 26 times more rare earth metals than Europe uses today.
  
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• First 'space tourists' to visit ISS are heading home after bad weather delayed return journey

  25-04-2022 12:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three businessmen - who each paid $55 million (£41 million) to take part in the trip - undocked from the ISS at 1:10 BST and are due to land off the coast of Florida at around 18:00 BST (13:00 ET).
  
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• Developers FURIOUS after Apple warns it will remove apps that haven't been updated in two years

  25-04-2022 11:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In an email sent to affected developers, Apple warned that it will remove apps that haven't been 'updated in a significant amount of time', giving developers just 30 days to update them.
  
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• Protect your home for just £47.99 thanks to this Amazon Ring indoor security camera deal

  25-04-2022 09:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Today you can protect your home and valuables for a one-off price of £47.99 thanks to this Amazon Ring Indoor Cam deal. Whether you want to keep an eye on what your babysitter is doing...
  
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• SpaceX: Can meat be grown in space?

  25-04-2022 03:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An experiment to find out has just finished on the International Space Station.
  
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• The high-tech fitness mirrors that aim to get you exercising more

  25-04-2022 03:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The machines allow the user to see both his or her reflection and a video of an online instructor.
  
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• Humans have an instinct for healthy food and select diet for specific micronutrients, study finds

  25-04-2022 02:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Humans select foods to meet our need for vitamins and minerals - challenging notions that we favour starchy ones. It has long been thought that humans seek out energy-dense foods.
  
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• World's first VERTIPORT opens in Coventry: Air-One will serve as a hub for drones and flying taxis

  25-04-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Air-One vertiport is located in Coventry and will serve as a hub for drones and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircrafts, including flying cars and taxis.
  
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