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• Elon Musk says Tesla's factories are 'gigantic money furnaces' that lose 'billions'

  23-06-2022 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla's CEO Elon Musk said his new car factories are 'losing billions of dollars' due to supply chain woes and battery shortages.
  
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• High levels' of toxic forever chemicals found in drinking water of communities near military bases

  23-06-2022 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Department of Defense told Daily Mail that it took action to reduce the levels, but the report found these levels are based on old 2016 advisories, not those set this month.
  
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• Dinosaur with oldest EVER 'belly button' seen in 125-million-year-old fossil from China

  23-06-2022 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The oldest belly button ever was found by paleontologists on a 125-million-year-old fossil of a biped in China.  
  
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• Netflix cuts 300 more jobs after subscriptions fall

  23-06-2022 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In April the streaming giant reported its first subscriber loss in more than a decade.
  
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• Google AI researcher Blake Lemoine tells Tucker Carlson LaMDA is a 'child' and could 'do bad things'

  23-06-2022 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AI researcher Blake Lemione spoke out about LaMDA, a system that could do 'bad things.' 'It's been alive for maybe a year -- and that's if my perceptions of it are accurate.'
  
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• Giant bacteria FIVE THOUSAND times bigger than normal are discovered in a mangrove swamp

  23-06-2022 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'giant' species, called Thiomargarita magnifica, was discovered on sunken leaves in the waters of a mangrove swamp in Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean.
  
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• Human URINE is being used to fertilize crops in Niger

  23-06-2022 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The urine is first sanitized and diluted before being poured on to crops. The only downfall, according to farmers using the new fertilizer, is the smell.
  
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• Google AI researcher Blake Lemione tells Tucker Carlson LaMDA is a 'child' and could 'do bad things'

  23-06-2022 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AI researcher Blake Lemione spoke out about LaMDA, a system that could do 'bad things.' 'It's been alive for maybe a year -- and that's if my perceptions of it are accurate.'
  
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• Sea lion carcass being devoured by starfish off the coast of California winner in photo competition

  23-06-2022 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is a bittersweet scene - a lifeless sea lion laying on the seabed while starfish feast on its remains. The starfish, however, are turning the mammal into nutrients for the marine food web.
  
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• 'Stretching' of the continents 56 million years drove global warming, study finds

  23-06-2022 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During this time, the planet experienced an increase in temperature of 5-8°C (9-14°F), culminating in the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), which lasted about 170,000 years.
  
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• Oldest known ancestor of vampire squid was an active predatory hunter - unlike its descendant 

  23-06-2022 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Sorbonne University in France have reanalysed three specimens of the ancient Vampyronassa rhodanica and found strong suckersthat could have been used for active hunting.
  
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• Metaverse: Virtual Children To Help Combat Overpopulation

  23-06-2022 17:00 via technocracy.news
  
  For all the brainwashed young marrieds who willingly choose to forego having children, it’s Metaverse to the rescue as they can now have virtual children to feed, change diapers. nurture, teach, play, etc. Get tired of your virtual child? Just click a button and delete it. The bifurcation of reality is beyond just dangerous, it is existential to civilization and the human race. ⁃ TN EditorSTORY AT-A-GLANCE> Artificial intelligence expert Catriona Campbell predicts virtual children
  
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• Report: Working In The Metaverse Lowers Productivity, Causes Anxiety

  23-06-2022 16:37 via technocracy.news
  The Metaverse is headed for a huge fail as workers already experience nausea, intense eye strain and anxiety, revealing the physical, emotional and mental toll. If this is the effect on adults, just imagine the horrors it will inflict on youth. Humans are designed to live in a fake reality created by Transhuman dreamers. ⁃ TN EditorAccording to a recent report, volunteers who spent a week working in a virtual-reality environment similar to the metaverse proposed by Mark Zuckerberg’s
  
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• Silicon Valley’s Transhuman Philosophy Is Fundamentally Wrong

  23-06-2022 16:24 via technocracy.news
  
  The Transhuman Holy Grail is to take over the human genome in order to create a super race of “Humans 2.0”. The brain is not a computer and genes are not computer programs, but that hasn’t stopped Elon Musk, for instance, in creating a brain-computer interface called Neuralink to become “super-human”. ⁃ TN EditorIf, through biotechnology, we could drastically enhance ourselves—such that our ability to absorb and manipulate information was unlimited, we e
  
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• Five planets to line up in rare planetary conjunction

  23-06-2022 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The conjunction will last until Monday and won't be seen again until 2040.
  
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• Study shows the brains of 'gritty' people work differently from people who are less perserverant

  23-06-2022 15:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of Granada in Spain have found that 'gritty' people are more able to focus on their long-term goals because they are more sensitive to conflicting information.
  
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• Megalodon was higher up the food chain than any other marine animal, study says

  23-06-2022 15:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The massive megalodon ate 'anything it wanted', potentially including other megalodons, says a new report led by Princeton University.
  
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• Is Novak Djokovic too OLD to win Wimbledon again? Tennis players reach their peak at age 24

  23-06-2022 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of thousands of tennis fans will flock to London's SW19 to see if Novak Djokovic can successfully defend his gentlemen's singles title for the fourth year running.
  
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• Instagram begins testing age verification tools of video selfies and confirmation from other users

  23-06-2022 13:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instagram is introducing two new age verification tools. The first is uploading a video selfie where technology will estimate the users age. The second is asking three mutual friends how old they are.
  
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• What the DNA of Ancient Humans Reveals About Pandemics

  23-06-2022 13:00
  
  Genomic analysis of ancient remains has shed light on the origins of the black death and offers insights into the coevolution of humans and diseases.
  
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• How Covid Tracking Apps Are Pivoting for Commercial Profit

  23-06-2022 13:00
  
  In the pandemic’s early days, government-backed public health apps acquired millions of users—a ready-made audience developers are eager to tap.
  
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• Charity TikTok Videos Put an Uncomfortable Spin on Morality

  23-06-2022 13:00
  
  #HonestyTest videos, which reward people for being “good,” show a skewed view of who deserves kindness.
  
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• UK announces plans to tackle SPACE JUNK with £5m investment in tech to remove debris

  23-06-2022 12:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Science Minister George Freeman compared the need for greater regulation in space to what was required in the shipping industry during the 17th century and with cars in the 20th.
  
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• Twitter tests new 'Notes' feature that allows users to share 2,500-word blog-style posts

  23-06-2022 11:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Notes, which is being trialed in the UK and three other countries, lets people post text, photos, videos, GIFs and embedded tweetsin a single piece of content.
  
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• Is Novak Djokovic too OLD to win Wimbledon again? Players reach their peak at age 24

  23-06-2022 10:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of thousands of tennis fans will flock to London's SW19 to see if Novak Djokovic can successfully defend his gentlemen's singles title for the fourth year running.
  
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• Bipolar transistors made from organic materials for the first time

  23-06-2022 09:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  Move over silicon – digital circuits have a flexible new friend Scientists in Germany claim to have developed bipolar transistors from organic materials, opening a path for flexible and transparent electronics.…
  
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• New Tesla factories losing billions of dollars, Musk says

  23-06-2022 09:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk said the Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai was "very difficult" for the electric car maker.
  
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• Cats are more likely to have behavioural issues if they live with other felines, survey shows 

  23-06-2022 02:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Surgeons across the country say cats are more likely to be stressed and have behavioural issues when they live with other cats, than with dogs or other pets.
  
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• Loss of nature could have a devastating effect on public finances, study shows

  23-06-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The problem is particularly acute in low and middle income countries, according to a team of economists led by Cambridge University.
  
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• Twitter tests 'notes' feature with 2,500 word limit

  23-06-2022 00:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The trial will allow some users to share "notes" beyond the normal 280-character limit for tweets.
  
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• Tesla's Model Y and Model 3 named 'most American-made cars' in new survey

  23-06-2022 00:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla may produce the most American-made vehicles, but President Biden has previously congratulated GM for starting the EV revolution.
  
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