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• Ukraine war: Don’t underestimate Russia cyber-threat, warns US

  11-05-2022 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A senior intelligence official says a cyber-war raging over Ukraine could escalate further.
  
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• Google unveils new Pixel Watch

  11-05-2022 20:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The firm's first own-brand watch combines Google's operating system and Fitbit health tracking tech.
  
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• Diners choose more eco-friendly meals when the carbon footprint of each dish is printed on the menu

  11-05-2022 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from from Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg found that diners choose more eco-friendly meals when the carbon footprint of each dish is printed on the menu.
  
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• Solved - Gulf War syndrome mystery: US Gov-funded scientists blame SARIN released into air

  11-05-2022 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A US Government-funded study has found the usually fatal sarin gas is to blame for Gulf War syndrome, which triggers symptoms including fatigue and chronic body pain.
  
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• Netflix users threaten to CANCEL their subscriptions if it starts showing adverts

  11-05-2022 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Netflix subscribers have not reacted well to the news that it is introducing a lower-priced ad-supported subscription plan, with many claiming they will quit the service if they start seeing ads.
  
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• The EU Wants Big Tech to Scan Your Private Chats for Child Abuse

  11-05-2022 17:32
  
  Europe’s proposed child protection laws could undermine end-to-end encryption for billions of people.
  
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• Robots And People Getting Closer Through Romance And Relationships

  11-05-2022 17:27 via technocracy.news
  
  There is natural affinity to give names to inanimate objects and then to relate to them on an emotional basis. In the 1980s, I had a friend who always named her cars and then spoke affectionately to it by name. When it was time to change cars, it was like a funeral to retire the old and induct the new. No two cars had the same name. ⁃ TN EditorAs robots and and humans grow increasingly closer, we’re starting to form all kinds of relationships with machines.
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• Brain fluid from young mice can improve memory in old mice, study shows

  11-05-2022 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from old mice improved the memory recall of old mice in a fear-conditioning task, report scientists at Stanford University in California.
  
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• The Bank For International Settlements Goes All-In For Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)

  11-05-2022 16:51 via technocracy.news
  
  The BIS in Basel, Switzerland is the central bank to central banks all of which represent a giant vampire squid on planet earth. When CBDC accounts are opened directly by the public, the U.S. Treasury will be obsolete and powerless, as will our Congress that has responsibility to coin money. This means total control over currencies by one monolithic structure that sits out of reach from all governments. ⁃ TN EditorA new report from the Bank of International Settlements estimates that
  
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• Mercola: The WHO Pandemic Treaty Closes In On Absolute Control Over Global Biosecurity

  11-05-2022 16:09 via technocracy.news
  
  Sustainable Development Goal #3 states: Ensure Healthy Lives And Promote Well-Being For All At All Ages. The global pandemic treaty is a natural extension of this SDG, except that the world could now be at the exclusive mercy of the corrupt and scandal-ridden WHO. This initiative must be stopped at all costs. ⁃ TN EditorStory at-a-glance> The World Health Organization has started drafting a global pandemic treaty on pandemic preparedness that would grant it absolute power over global bi
  
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• Number of droughts has surged 29% since 2000 - and mitigation is needed urgently, UN warns

  11-05-2022 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new UN report, called Droughts in Numbers, 2022, says that mitigation is needed 'urgently, using every tool we can.'
  
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• Preventing banana skins from developing brown spots can help tackle food waste, study finds 

  11-05-2022 14:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Slowing down the formation of brown spots on bananas can help reduce food waste, say experts at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
  
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• #NewProfilePic: Warning issued over viral app which hoovers data and sends it to Moscow

  11-05-2022 14:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Internet users have been warned not to use a New Profile Pic app as it sends the personal data, including facial recognition photographs to a company based three miles from Red Square in Moscow.
  
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• Incredibly crisp image of a nearby galaxy captured by NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope

  11-05-2022 13:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA has shared an incredibly crisp image of a nearby galaxy, captured by its new James Webb Space Telescope, alongisde a blurrier image taken by its Spitzer Space Telescope.
  
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• iPods are selling for THOUSANDS on eBay as Apple announces it's discontinuing them after 20 years 

  11-05-2022 13:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amid the news of its discontinuation, listings for iPods on eBay have surged, with many sellers asking for huge sums of money for their retro devices.
  
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• #NewProfilePic: Warning issued over viral app which hoover data and sends it to Moscow

  11-05-2022 13:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Internet users have been warned not to use a New Profile Pic app as it sends the personal data, including facial recognition photographs to a company based three miles from Red Square in Moscow.
  
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• Wanda Maximoff Deserves Better From the MCU

  11-05-2022 13:00
  
  Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness erased the Scarlet Witch's growth in *WandaVision—*and retread a lot of the comic books' missteps.
  
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• Aerospace biz Orbex shows off a prototype Prime on its Scottish stand

  11-05-2022 11:50 via go.theregister.com
  
  What goes up will also come down. The question is... how? Orbex is showing off a full-scale prototype of the Prime rocket atop its test stand at Kinloss in Scotland.…
  
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• Women are seen as more attractive, feminine, and of a higher status when they wear high heels

  11-05-2022 11:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Bucknell University in Pennsylvania claim that women in high heels are seen as more sexually attractive, physically attractive, feminine and of a higher status.
  
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• Elon Musk would reverse Donald Trump's Twitter ban

  11-05-2022 09:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He says Twitter's decision to ban the former US president was "morally wrong and flat-out stupid".
  
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• Scottish spaceport's prototype rocket unveiled

  11-05-2022 08:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The final version of the 19m-long Prime rocket is to be launched from a site in Sutherland.
  
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• Warning over toxic caterpillars as experts warn touching them can cause nasty rash 

  11-05-2022 02:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The caterpillars have hairs that cause rashes, eye and throat problems in people and pets, and 'should not be touched under any circumstances', says the Forestry Commission.
  
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• Cornwall joins the space race with two small satellites will be launched from the county this year 

  11-05-2022 02:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The so-called cubesats will lift off on the Virgin Orbit Launcher One rocket (pictured) from Newquay Airport equipped with Ministry of Defence observation kit.
  
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• New animal species should not be named after famous faces

  11-05-2022 02:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
   Scientists should not name new species after celebrities in case they fall out of favour or are 'cancelled', an expert has said.
  
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• Three will switch off its 3G network by the end of 2024

  11-05-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three launched on March 3, 2003 as the UK's first 3G only network. After two decades, the network will be retired, the Reading-based telco has announced.
  
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• Fruit flies have sex even when they're ill, study finds 

  11-05-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fruit flies continue to have sex with each other even when infected with deadly pathogens, researchers at the University of Birmingham have found.
  
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