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• Theranos exec Sunny Balwani convicted of fraud

  07-07-2022 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He and fraudster Elizabeth Holmes ran the Silicon Valley company as a couple before its implosion.
  
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• Tesla will open Superchargers to electric vehicles from other companies in the US later this year

  07-07-2022 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla plans to open its Supercharger network to non-Tesla electric vehicles in America in late 2022. It's not known if the White House meant to scoop Tesla with the announcement.
  
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• Elon Musk became father of twins last year, say reports

  07-07-2022 19:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Tesla chief executive says he is trying "to help the underpopulation crisis" in the world.
  
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• Alaska is BURNING: More than 225 wildfires are blazing across the state's interior

  07-07-2022 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alaska is on track to exceed the total acreage burned in the record 2004 fire season, when more than 6 million acres went up in flames. More than 225 fires are currently blazing in the state.
  
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• Scientists detect key building blocks for RNA in a cloud in Milky Way

  07-07-2022 19:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Key building blocks of life - known as nitriles - have been detected by a team of international researchers using two telescopes in Spain.
  
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• First-of-its-kind humanoid robot deployed in nursing home to help patients with Alzheimer's 

  07-07-2022 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Humanoid robots have been deployedin a Minnesota nursing home to care for patients with early-stage Alzheimer's
  
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• British holidaymakers risk £787 roaming bill for a WEEK in Egypt or Morocco

  07-07-2022 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Visitors to popular tourist destinations including Egypt and Morocco, as well as South America, Saudi Arabia and UAE, are at risk of racking up the biggest bills, according to new analysis by Uswitch.
  
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• America Last: US Emergency Oil Reserves Sent Abroad, Including To China

  07-07-2022 17:30 via technocracy.news
  
  The Great Reset is being accelerated by destroying flows of energy to the global economy. That US energy reserves could be sent overseas proves, despite our own domestic emergency, the point is made of who is in charge of our domestic policy, namely, global elitist Technocrats who are intent on destroying national entities. ⁃ TN EditorWith a growing number of people realizing that the Biden administration has drained more oil from the US strategic petroleum reserve, which is meant to be us
  
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• Fossil of new dinosaur with short forearms suggests they could have provided grip while mating

  07-07-2022 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new dinosaur has been discovered by palaeontologists at the Ernesto Bachmann Paleontological Museum inthat had tiny arms like the T Rex, suggesting their size provided a function.
  
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• Moon's crater-scarred surface only shows HALF of the impacts it has received in 4.5-billion-years

  07-07-2022 17:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been studying the moon's porosity to learn more about its impact history.
  
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• Fin whales make a comeback in Antarctic waters for first time since hunting was restricted in 1976

  07-07-2022 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Alfred Wegener Institute have spotted hundreds of Southern fin whales feeding together near Antarctica's Elephant Island.
  
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• Huh? EU Suddenly Declares Natural Gas, Nuclear To Be ‘Climate Friendly’

  07-07-2022 16:49 via technocracy.news
  
  Radical environmental extremists are having a total meltdown over this shock ruling that puts natural gas back on the “climate friendly” list. Natural gas is an extremely clean source of energy but radicals hate it because they (wrongly) consider it a fossil fuel. There are at least 200 years of known natural gas reserves in the world. ⁃ TN EditorThe European Parliament on Wednesday voted not to block a proposed rule that would designate gas and nuclear power plants as “c
  
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• British supermarkets urged to stop selling PARMA HAM from caged pigs

  07-07-2022 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Compassion in World Farming, a Surrey-based organisation, has found pigs are having to endure 'cruelty and torment' in 16 farms across Italy, Spain, France and Poland.
  
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• SpaceX marks 100th TIME it has re-flown a Falcon 9 rocket

  07-07-2022 16:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk's SpaceX hit a new record on Thursday it has officially re-flown its Falcon 9 rocket 100 times. Falcon 9 B1058-13took off Thursday at 9:15am and landed back on Earth about eight minutes later.
  
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• Parma ham is farmed using inhumane methods, campaigners warn 

  07-07-2022 16:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Compassion in World Farming, a Surrey-based organisation, has found pigs are having to endure 'cruelty and torment' in 16 farms across Italy, Spain, France and Poland.
  
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• Biden’s Green Agenda Puts U.S. Power Grid At Extreme Risk

  07-07-2022 16:13 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocracy is closing in with its control over energy creation, distribution and consumption, which is a major goal dating back to the 1930s. Unreliable alternative energy is incapable of keeping the “Smart Grid” at full strength on a consistent basis, which will lead to brownouts and blackouts. The only response is to return to gas, oil, coal and nuclear.  ⁃ TN EditorEvery U.S. region could be at risk for significant power outages this summer as companies rush to convert
  
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• Elon Musk 'trolls' Bill Gates over 'green hydrogen' claims

  07-07-2022 15:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk seemed to troll Bill Gates early Thursday morning over the concept of green hydrogen with a laughing emoji on Twitter.
  
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• Nuclear war would trigger a new Ice Age, study warns

  07-07-2022 15:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research led by Louisiana State University suggests that if there ever were to be a nuclear war between Russia and the US, it would likely trigger a 'Little Ice Age' lasting thousands of years.
  
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• Elon Musk seems to troll Bill Gates over 'green hydrogen' claim with laughing emoji tweet

  07-07-2022 15:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk seemed to troll Bill Gates early Thursday morning over the concept of green hydrogen with a laughing emoji on Twitter.
  
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• Study shows how people can become quickly convinced that human-like robots can think independently

  07-07-2022 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study conducted by the Italian Institute of Technology has found that people are more likely to perceive a robot as sentient if it exhibits human-like behaviours.
  
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• Only one vehicle charging point every 16 MILES is hindering adoption of electric cars in rural areas

  07-07-2022 13:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Data shows that London has more chargers than all of England's counties combined, despite the latter being home to almost half of the country's population.
  
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• World's THINNEST watch is unveiled: $1.8 MILLION RM UP-01 Ferrari is thinner than 10p coin

  07-07-2022 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The RM UP-01 Ferrari is 1.75mm thick - just 0.05mm thinner than Bulgari's Octo Finissimo Ultra which set a new record in March this year.
  
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• How rural areas are still lagging behind on electric vehicle charging

  07-07-2022 13:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Data shows that London has more chargers than all of England's counties combined, despite the latter being home to almost half of the country's population.
  
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• China successfully tests giant 'sail' that cleans up space junk by dragging it into our atmosphere

  07-07-2022 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A huge sail has been unfurled in space by the Shanghai Academy of Spacecraft Technology in China. It can decelerate space debris so it moves out of orbit and burns in the Earth's atmosphere.
  
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• Escooter Rentals Aren’t as Green as You Think

  07-07-2022 13:00
  
  Dubious design and inefficient operations are just some of the reasons why shared scooters’ eco-credentials are thin.
  
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• E-Scooter Rentals Aren’t as Green as You Think

  07-07-2022 13:00
  
  Dubious design and inefficient operations are just some of the reasons why shared scooters’ eco-credentials are thin.
  
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• After Thor: Love and Thunder, Read These 5 Comics

  07-07-2022 13:00
  
  Want to know more about how Jane Foster came to wield Mjolnir? Start here.
  
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• Apple announces 'Lockdown Mode' to protect devices from cyber attacks

  07-07-2022 12:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lockdown Mode is an optional protection for users of Apple devices who face 'grave, targeted threats to their digital security', like journalists, activists and dissidents.
  
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• Huge asteroid the size of a BUS will make an extremely close approach to Earth today

  07-07-2022 11:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The asteroid, called 2022 NF, will come within 54,843.9 miles of our planet - just over a quarter of the distance of the Moon - at around 14:45 BST, according to NASA.
  
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• New survey finds regional variations into nightmares

  07-07-2022 02:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Analysis of Google search data has shed light on the most unique nightmares around the world, which range from tornados, losing a limb and even going to work with Britons scared of bees.
  
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• Calls for downblousing to be made a criminal offence in England and Wales

  07-07-2022 02:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Law Commission wants to strengthen the law to protect victims of intimate image abuse.
  
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• Call for higher animal welfare standards for Parma ham pigs

  07-07-2022 02:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An investigation finds supermarkets sell imported ham produced under conditions banned in the UK.
  
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• Australia floods: Unfounded cloud seeding claims spread online

  07-07-2022 01:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  False suggestions that Sydney floods were linked to weather manipulation reach thousands online.
  
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