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• Terra's Crypto Meltdown Was Inevitable

  12-05-2022 20:26
  
  An epic crash in algorithmic stablecoins spells trouble for the entire industry.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg shares first look at Meta's 'mixed reality' headset

  12-05-2022 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new video, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg can be seen testing a demo called 'the World Beyond' on the 'high-end' headset, which will come out later this year.
  
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• Scientists study genomes to find origins of the first farmers

  12-05-2022 19:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The genetic origins of the first farmers were more 'nuanced' than previously thought, report scientists at the University of Bern, Germany.
  
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• #NewProfilePic: Warning issued over viral app which hoovers data

  12-05-2022 19:02 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 registered near Red Square in Moscow.
  
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• Boom! Texas Slams Social Media, Allows Lawsuits Over Censorship

  12-05-2022 18:11 via technocracy.news
  “While HB 20 is in effect, Texas users can sue platforms like Facebook and Twitter if they get “censored” for their viewpoints — a vague premise, designed by conservatives who claim that Big Tech unfairly silences them and down-ranks their content.” ⁃ TN EditorThe surprise Wednesday ruling by a panel of three federal appeals court judges allows Texas’ social media law to go into effect — and has led to panicked befuddlement 
  
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• Meta being sued by ex-Facebook content moderator

  12-05-2022 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The man worked in Kenya, and says he was paid under £2 an hour to review posts including beheadings.
  
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• Georgetown Law Center: Immigration Officials Created Network That Can Spy On Majority Of Americans

  12-05-2022 17:51 via technocracy.news
  
  They told us that “if you have nothing to hide” then there is no problem in examining you. Now, in a shroud of secrecy ICE hides everything, and was discovered only after gaining information from hundreds of Freedom of Information Act requests. ⁃ TN EditorImmigration and Customs Enforcement has crafted a sophisticated surveillance dragnet designed to spy on most people living in the United States, without the need for warrants and many times circumventing state privacy law
  
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• Surveillance Cameras Use AI To Detect Guns

  12-05-2022 17:39 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats invent because they can, not because there is a demonstrated need to do so. Total surveillance is their opioid, data collection is their addiction. Worse, there are no ethical boundaries or moral standards that keep technocracy in check. ⁃ TN EditorIt’s just a simulation, but it feels real, as the employee carrying out the demonstration inside Actuate offices in Midtown Manhattan walks in carrying a mock AR-15 rifle.
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• One small step towards plants on the MOON? Scientists grow cress in lunar soil for the first time 

  12-05-2022 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Florida grew the plants in soil collected by NASA during the Apollo 11, 12 and 17 missions.
  
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• Huge green fireball is seen streaking across the sky in Britain

  12-05-2022 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  UK Meteor Network, which runs a network of 153 detection cameras recording meteors over the UK, said the fireball was picked up by fifteen of its cameras at 00:39 BST (23:39 GMT).
  
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• Crypto crash: Stablecoin collapse sends tokens tumbling

  12-05-2022 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The sudden demise of TerraUSD sends other crypto-coins into a downward spiral.
  
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• Scientists capture image of black hole at the centre of Milky Way galaxy

  12-05-2022 15:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The eagerly-anticipated picture, revealed to the world today, shows Sagittarius A* - which is roughly 4.3 million times the mass of our sun and is located about 27,000 light years away from the Earth.
  
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• Astronomers see a nova explosion on a white dwarf for the first time

  12-05-2022 15:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The explosion on the white dwarf has been detailed in a new study by experts at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in Erlangen, Germany.
  
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• Apple iPod creator warns the metaverse will encourage trolls

  12-05-2022 14:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tony Fadell says the virtual reality world risks damaging human interaction and creating toxicity.
  
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• Creepy VR mask controls how much AIR you can breathe to simulate scenarios with restricted air

  12-05-2022 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bizarre device, called AirRes, features a snorkel-like attachment, which can control how much air you can breathe, and was developed by researchers from Salzburg University.
  
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• Royal Mail is building 500 drones to carry mail to remote communities

  12-05-2022 13:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first routes identified for the new service include the Isles of Scilly, Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands and the Hebrides. Plans will be subject to approval by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
  
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• Lugano Ties Its Crypto City Dream to Tether

  12-05-2022 13:00
  
  The Swiss city is on a quest to make crypto mainstream with an unusual partnership.
  
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• Fossil fuel firms are quietly planning almost 200 'carbon bomb' oil and gas projects

  12-05-2022 12:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An investigation found that 195 'carbon bomb' schemes worldwide could potentially unleash some 646 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions, with around 60 per cent of them already producing oil and gas.
  
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• Apple loses position as most valuable firm amid tech sell-off

  12-05-2022 12:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Saudi Arabian energy giant Aramco has taken the top spot amid a broad sell-off of technology stocks.
  
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• 44 of the Best Films on Netflix This Week

  12-05-2022 11:55
  
  Stuck for a good film on Netflix? Here are our picks for the best Netflix movies to feast your eyes on, updated weekly.
  
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• BMW looks to quantum computers to speed R&D

  12-05-2022 09:36 via go.theregister.com
  
  Pasqal to provide compute based on approaches by Qu&Co acquisition BMW has become the latest company to give quantum an early chance, with the goal of shrinking development cycles beyond traditional means.…
  
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• The future is unwritten, but here’s how you can start preparing for it right now

  12-05-2022 09:15 via go.theregister.com
  
  Shivvy Jervis kicks off Lenovo’s futurist keynote series this month Sponsored Post  Can you see into the future? Of course not. But some people do have an uncanny ability to spot the forces that are shaping the future, giving us all a tantalizing glimpse of what it might bring. By paying attention to them, you can better prepare your organization, your team and yourself for whatever the future does deliver.…
  
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• Beaver engineering in the Arctic to be studied

  12-05-2022 08:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The mammals are moving further north into the Arctic and having an impact on landscape and people.
  
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• Scientists discover that eyes from organ donors could be 'brought back to life'

  12-05-2022 02:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
   Death could be reversible, according to scientists who found that eyes from organ donors could be 'brought back to life'.
  
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• Spacecraft crash into asteroid at 15K mph is not self-indulgent NASA experiment, writes TOM LEONARD

  12-05-2022 01:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TOM LEONARD: This suicide mission crashing a craft the size of a golf cart into an asteroid is not just a self-indulgent experiment dreamed up by NASA scientists with money to burn.
  
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• Nature loss: Watchdog highlights 'precarious state' of environment

  12-05-2022 01:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new report says the government must do more to protect the land, the air and waters.
  
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• Royal Mail wants fleet of 500 drones to carry mail to remote UK communities

  12-05-2022 01:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fifty drone routes could bring mail to remote communities such as the Hebrides and Isles of Scilly.
  
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• Eco watchdog eyes legal threat over toxic air and water to force Government to meet obligations

  12-05-2022 01:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dame Glenys Stacey, OEP chairman, said the crisis in England's air, water, landscapes and seas should have the same level of urgency as climate efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero.
  
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• Record number of polluters set CO2 emissions targets

  12-05-2022 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The number of big firms setting climate targets reaches a 'critical mass' say UN-backed researchers.
  
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• Jars of echidnas dating back to the 1880s rediscovered in Cambridge

  12-05-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Collected in the 1880s by the scientist William Caldwell, echidna and platypus specimens have been found in the stores of Cambridge's University Museum of Zoology.
  
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