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• Sheryl Sandberg to leave Facebook after 14 years

  01-06-2022 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Her departure comes as the social media company faces challenges, including a slowdown in ad sales.
  
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• Shell's Jackdaw gas field given go-ahead by regulators

  01-06-2022 20:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shell says the field east of Aberdeen has the potential to produce 6.5% of Britain's gas output.
  
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• Robots could soon feel feel as scientists develop artificial skin

  01-06-2022 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of engineers from the University of Glasgow have come up with a new prototype 'e-skin' which they believe is a big advancement in the area of touch-sensitive robotics.
  
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• Could self-driving bikes change how we use cities?

  01-06-2022 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Autonomous cycles that can be summoned to your doorstep may help reduce transport emissions.
  
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• Nextdoor launches 'events map' for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

  01-06-2022 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nextdoor's new map marks out lunches, street parties and garden parties happening in the UK this long weekend to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
  
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• Elon Musk declares end to remote working at Tesla

  01-06-2022 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Staff unwilling to abide by new rules can "pretend to work somewhere else", the Tesla boss says.
  
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• IEA: Current Energy Crisis Is “Much Bigger” Than 1970s Oil Crunch

  01-06-2022 17:52 via technocracy.news
  
  In 1979, Antony Sutton published Energy: The Created Crisis that stated, “Our American energy crisis is a counterfeit crisis thrust into the American people by a politicized elite who have more ambition than common sense.”  Today’s energy crisis is likewise a counterfeit crisis. ⁃ TN EditorThe world faces a “much bigger” energy crisis than the one of the 1970s, the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, told German daily
  
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• Mercola: Technocracy And Transhumanism Now In Phase II Of Total Takeover

  01-06-2022 17:42 via technocracy.news
  
  You cannot fight an enemy that you do not know. However, many experts like Dr. Joseph Mercola, are now boldly recognizing Technocracy as the clear and present danger to the entire world, with Transhumanism attached at the hip like a Siamese twin. Together, they seek control over every resource on earth, including all humans. ⁃ TN EditorSTORY AT-A-GLANCE
  The Great Reset involves the demolition and radical overhaul of several interlocking pillars of civilization: technology, society, economy
  
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• Who Is Burning Down America’s Food Processing Plants?

  01-06-2022 17:12 via technocracy.news
  
  Another large egg producer was ravaged by fire, further reducing food stocks and driving up prices on remaining capacity. Whatever the reason, people across the nation are wondering why over 15 (so far) plants have been burned down in 2022. Personally, I do not remember a time in history where so much damage was done to a single industry in such a short period of time. ⁃ TN Editor
  Cleanup is underway at Forsman Farms in Howard Lake after a fire on Saturday night.
  According to the Wright Co
  
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• Rudder from HMS Invincible that sank in the Solent in 1758 discovered 200ft away from main shipwreck

  01-06-2022 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The rudder of warship HMS Invincible has been discovered by Bournemouth University archaeologists 200ft away from the main shipwreck, over 40 years after the wreck was first located.
  
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• Is love at first sight real? Perfectly-matched couples become biologically in sync within 2 MINUTES

  01-06-2022 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They say love occurs at first sight, but a new study from researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem suggests the actual time for romance to blossom is around two minutes.
  
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• How Mdou Moctar’s Music Went Viral Via Bluetooth

  01-06-2022 16:01
  
  The guitarist’s music spread in his native Niger thanks to fans sharing it phone to phone.
  
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• Elon Musk reveals plans to open an all-night Tesla diner in Hollywood

  01-06-2022 15:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Visitors will be able to pay with the cryptocurrency Dogecoin if the proposals for the facility on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood get the green light.
  
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• Instagram launches Amber Alerts to help find missing children

  01-06-2022 15:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The alerts include important details about the child such as photos, description, location of an abduction, according to the Menlo Park, California-based firm.
  
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• The ulti-mutt summer accessory! Vet advises dogs to wear SUNGLASSES to protect their eyes

  01-06-2022 13:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vets from Eastcott Veterinary Referrals in Swindon are advising that dogs should wear sunglasses while in the sunshine to protect their eyes from harmful rays.
  
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• The Race to Hide Your Voice

  01-06-2022 13:00
  
  Voice recognition—and data collection—have boomed in recent years. Researchers are figuring out how to protect your privacy.
  
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• Rising Food Prices Will Make Obesity Rates Worse, Not Better

  01-06-2022 13:00
  
  When faced with food insecurity, studies show that people gravitate toward cheap, energy-dense meals that are bad for their health.
  
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• How the Kremlin Infiltrated Russia’s Facebook

  01-06-2022 13:00
  
  VKontakte was created to empower free speech, but it has instead enabled government censorship and arrests.
  
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• Four 'malicious extraterrestrial civilisations' are likely lurking in the Milky Way

  01-06-2022 12:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research paper - which has not been peer-reviewed - was written by Alberto Caballero, a PhD student at the University of Vigo in Spain.
  
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• EE launches Glastonbury App so that festivalgoers can get their bearings across the 900-ACRE site

  01-06-2022 12:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Glatsonbury's enormous site spans 900 acres and welcomes more than 203,000 attendees, meaning it can be very easy to get lost during the festival.
  
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• Scientists create mind-boggling 'black hole' optical illusion

  01-06-2022 11:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This 'expanding hole' illusion, which is new to science, has been created by Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka, a psychologist at Ritsumeikan University in Kobe, Japan.
  
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• World's largest plant is an Australian seagrass meadow that stretches more than 100 miles

  01-06-2022 11:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The aquatic ribbon weed covers about 77 square miles (200 square kilometres) of Shark Bay in Western Australia and has been hiding in plain site.
  
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• Algorithm spots 104 asteroids in huge piles of data

  01-06-2022 09:24 via go.theregister.com
  
  Rocks stood out like a THOR thumb for code Researchers at The Asteroid Institute have developed a way to locate previously unknown asteroids in astronomical data, and all it took was a massive amount of cloud computing power to do it.…
  
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• World's biggest plant discovered off Australian coast

  01-06-2022 04:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The seagrass is roughly 4,500 years old and three times the size of Manhattan, researchers say.
  
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• Texas: Supreme Court blocks state's 'de-platforming' law

  01-06-2022 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Republican-led state had banned social media companies from censoring users based on their "views".
  
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• Universities warn of EU-UK research scheme 'close to precipice'

  01-06-2022 01:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Vice-chancellors ask both sides to work together to save the UK's role in a multi-billion-pound scheme.
  
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• Ofcom: Tech firms must do more to protect women online

  01-06-2022 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A study of the UK's online media habits finds women are more likely to be affected by online abuse.
  
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• How safe is YOUR smart device? Popular gadgets including Amazon Echo and Google Nest can be HACKED

  01-06-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London consumer group Which? has found poor security on eight smart devices, some of which are no longer supported with vital security updatesdue to their age.
  
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• Ditch the old sun creams! Over one million Brits are using sunblock over a DECADE old

  01-06-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Over a million Brits are slathering on sunblock from a bottle over a decade old, a study conducted by King Edward VII's Hospital in London has found.
  
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