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• Google Search update to prioritize authentic and useful reviews over 'unoriginal' content 

  18-08-2022 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google is updating Search to cut down on clickbait and make results more useful and relevant by prioritizing original, authentic reviews over information that's recycled.
  
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• Don't play Janet Jackson's 1989 song Rhythm Nation on your laptop because it will crash some models

  18-08-2022 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The song crashes certain laptops because it includes a frequency that is similar to the natural one given off by older hard drives. Microsoft says Rhythm Nation is listed as a security vulnerability.
  
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• Food crops made 20% more efficient at harnessing sunlight

  18-08-2022 20:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers say a genetic modification that boosts plant growth could help alleviate global food shortages.
  
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• How Russia is harnessing cyber warfare in its conflict with Ukraine

  18-08-2022 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russia has been using 'cyber warfare' on Ukraine since the physical invasion started in late February, says Chicago-based security firm Trustwave.
  
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• Cycling 1.6 miles a day could cut global emissions by 686 million tonnes per year, study claims

  18-08-2022 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from the University of Southern Denmark has found that if we cycled just 1.6 miles a day - the average for the Dutch - we could reduce global carbon emissions by 686 million tonnes each year.
  
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• Cycling a mile a day could cut global carbon emissions by 414 million tonnes per year, study claims

  18-08-2022 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from the University of Southern Denmark has found that if we cycled just one mile a day - the daily average in Denmark - we could reduce global carbon emissions by 414 million tonnes each year.
  
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• World's largest moth seen in US for the first time: The insect is bigger than a grown man's HAND

  18-08-2022 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The atlas moth's wingspan clocked in at a whopping 10 inches, making it nearly one-inch larger than the previous record holder. This insect is native to the tropics, but somehow found its way to the US.
  
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• Fifa 23: EA honours 99% discount price error on football game's new edition

  18-08-2022 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A glitch on India's Epic Games store let fans pre-order the new edition for the equivalent of 5p.
  
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• Ethereum's 'Merge' Is a Big Deal for Crypto—and the Planet

  18-08-2022 18:06
  
  One of the most influential cryptocurrency projects is set to finally ditch proof-of-work mining.
  
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• World Economic Forum Promotes Smart City Governance

  18-08-2022 18:03 via technocracy.news
  
  The WEF’s Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance is the largest global initiative that represents over 200,000 cities, local governments, research institutions, non-profit organizations and corporations. The Alliance collectively is promoting Technocracy on a global sale. ⁃ TN EditorLed by the World Economic Forum, the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance is the largest global initiative aiming at ensuring responsible and ethical use of s
  
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• Netflix's ad-supported tier won't let users download content, code suggests

  18-08-2022 17:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Code noticed in Netflix's iPhone app by a Charlotte, North Carolina-based developer suggests Netflix's ad tier will block the ability to download content.
  
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• Rare giant squid with massive eye that roams 3,000 feet below ocean's surface washes up in Cape Town

  18-08-2022 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A rare giant squid was discovered dead on a beach in Cape Town, South Africa, Photos and videos online show the colorful squid's gigantic eye.
  
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• Tesla's self-driving software confuses horse-drawn carriage on the highway with a semi-truck

  18-08-2022 16:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video, shared to TikTok, suggests Tesla's self-driving technology was not trained to detect a horse-drawn carriage, as it went haywire when the vehicle drove up behind on on a highway.
  
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• Legal Bombshell: $10 Million Legal Settlement To Healthcare Workers Who Were Forced To Take mRNA Jab

  18-08-2022 16:02 via technocracy.news
  
  It’s not exactly a windfall for the plaintiffs, but it opens hunting season for all organizations who forced employees or students to take experimental mRNA injections. Once lawyers smell the money, there will be a tsunami of lawsuits to break authoritarian perpetrators. ⁃ TN EditorA group of nearly 500 healthcare workers is slated to receive a $10 million payout in a first-of-its-kind settlement challenging their hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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• Rutgers University: Masks And mRNA Injection Mandates Continue

  18-08-2022 15:38 via technocracy.news
  
  Rutgers didn’t get the word that wearing a mask cannot contain a virus and that mRNA injections can kill. Nevertheless, it will “maintain its COVID-19 safety protocols on face coverings, vaccines and boosters, testing, and quarantining and isolation.” ⁃ TN EditorRutgers University plans to keep its mask and vaccine mandate in place for the fall semester, citing risks of both the Chinese coronavirus as well as monkeypox.
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• Scientists put a GoPro on US Navy dolphins and captured them eating sea snakes and giving 'side eye'

  18-08-2022 15:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of researchers attached cameras to U.S. Navy dolphins and captured rarely-seen footage of the sea devouring sea snakes and even giving 'side eye' looks.
  
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• Reddit analysis reveals 16% of users publish posts that are 'toxic'

  18-08-2022 15:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Computer scientists from Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar, found that 16 per cent of Reddit users publish posts and 13 per cent publish comments that are considered 'toxic'.
  
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• First Native American woman to travel to space

  18-08-2022 14:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nasa astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann will travel to the International Space Station in September.
  
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• Asteroid Ryugu: Dust grains older than solar system found

  18-08-2022 14:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists say particles from Ryugu, which were collected by a Japanese spacecraft in 2018 and 2019, are made of silicon carbide - a chemical compound that doesn't naturally occur on Earth.
  
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• The clearest ever image of Saturn has been captured

  18-08-2022 14:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An astrophotographer captured his clearest ever photo of Saturn from Los Angeles, USA on Sunday. The gas giant also reached its closest point to Earth this year, and was therefore at its brightest.
  
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• Dust grains older than the solar system are found on asteroid Ryugu

  18-08-2022 13:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists say particles from Ryugu, which were collected by a Japanese spacecraft in 2018 and 2019, are made of silicon carbide - a chemical compound that doesn't naturally occur on Earth.
  
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• Battery power problem cuts short Russian spacewalk, Nasa says

  18-08-2022 13:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A cosmonaut was rushed back to the International Space Station on Wednesday, the US space agency says.
  
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• Skyrora fires up second stage of XL rocket

  18-08-2022 13:00 via go.theregister.com
  
  First stage hot fire and launch from UK soil in 2023 Brit rocketeers Skyrora have perched a second stage of its orbital class Skyrora XL atop a stack of containers and performed a successful static fire test of the engine.…
  
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• Europe’s Plan to Wean Itself off Russian Gas Just Might Work

  18-08-2022 13:00
  
  Russia has made good on threats to reduce supply—leaving the EU to navigate several tough winters of energy squeezes.
  
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• After She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Read These 5 Comics

  18-08-2022 13:00
  
  Marvel’s latest show on Disney+ introduces Bruce Banner’s cousin (and comedy) to the MCU. Here’s what to read after you’ve turned green with laughter.
  
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• NASA finds a new MOON orbiting an asteroid 480 million miles from Earth 

  18-08-2022 12:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The newly-found, three-mile-wide natural satellite orbits the 17-mile-wide asteroid Polymele, which is about 480 million miles from Earth.
  
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• Astrophotographer captures clear image of Saturn as it makes its closest approach to Earth this year

  18-08-2022 12:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An astrophotographer captured his clearest ever photo of Saturn from Los Angeles, USA on Sunday. The gas giant also reached its closest point to Earth this year, and was therefore at its brightest.
  
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• Climate change is causing bees to develop asymmetrical WINGS

  18-08-2022 11:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An analysis of bumblebee wings from a network of UK museums by Imperial College London researchers shows signs of stress linked to increasingly hotter and wetter conditions.
  
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• Crater off Africa may have been left by baby cousin of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs

  18-08-2022 11:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The impact site off the coast of Guinea in west Africa is not as big as the Chicxulub one in Mexico, which wiped out the dinosaurs, but it is of a very similar age.
  
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• Our taste for 'weird and wonderful' foods including chilli is in our GENES, study reveals

  18-08-2022 10:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study has revealed that our love for chillies has to do with more than just culture or taste buds. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh say that our genes play a significant role too.
  
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• NASA has MOXIE, but rivals reckon they can do better for oxygen on Mars

  18-08-2022 09:28 via go.theregister.com
  
  Food and fuels, too? Totally not sounding like a Star Trek replicator Last year, NASA produced oxygen on Mars. Now, scientists experimenting here on Earth may have found a much more efficient method of doing so for future missions. The resulting equipment could be used to produce the necessary materials for human colonization, too.…
  
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• One-in-six chance of a massive world-altering volcanic eruption this century, scientists warn

  18-08-2022 06:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Cassidy, associate professor of volcanology at the University of Birmingham, told Nature : 'There is no coordinated action, nor large-scale investment, to mitigate the effects of large eruptions'
  
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• Climate change has been harming bees for almost a CENTURY, study shows

  18-08-2022 06:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An analysis of bumblebee wings from a network of UK museums by Imperial College London researchers shows signs of stress linked to increasingly hotter and wetter conditions.
  
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• UK drought: Why we need to get used to wonky vegetables

  18-08-2022 02:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Our produce is likely to be smaller, odd-looking, or even leathery after the hot, dry weather.
  
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• Mystery of half-billion year old creature with no anus solved

  18-08-2022 02:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 500 million-year-old microscopic, spiny creature with a mouth but no anus had puzzled scientists.
  
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• William Shatner pokes fun at billionaire 'supervillain' Elon Musk in scathing Daily Show segment

  18-08-2022 00:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  William Shatner roasted Elon Musk during the 10-minute show, poking fun at the CEO's failures with Tesla, outbursts on Twitter, avoid taxes for three years and hinting that Musk might be a supervillain.
  
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