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• Samsung Galaxy Watch user claims wearable BURNED their wrist when left on while they were sleeping

  20-09-2022 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A person claims their wrist was burned by a Samsung Galaxy Watch while they were sleeping. A postwith the person's injury and the back of the watch that caused the burn was shared on Reddit.
  
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• Look up! Jupiter to make closest approach to Earth in 59 years on Monday for 'extraordinary' views

  20-09-2022 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stargazers are in for quite a treat when Jupiter reaches its closest approach to Earth since 1963 on Monday evening.
  
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• Did you fall down a YouTube rabbit hole? Good luck getting out - study shows 'dislike' does NOT work

  20-09-2022 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If you've ever searched for something innocuous on YouTube but ended up in a rabbit hole of extreme or distasteful content, then you're familiar with the frustrations of the platform's algorithms.
  
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• Online Safety Bill to return as soon as possible

  20-09-2022 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  But rules to tackle "legal but harmful" material will change over free-speech fears, a minister says.
  
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• HS2 wins route-length High Court injunction

  20-09-2022 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  A judge grants an 'extensive' injunction in order to prevent access without permission to HS2 land or disruption taking place to its construction.
  
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• iPhone 14 case is put to the test as Apple's £849 flagship smartphone is thrown from a BUNGEE JUMP

  20-09-2022 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Smartphone accessory company, Mous, put one of its protective cases on Apple's brand new smartphone during a bungee jump stunt at Bray Lake.
  
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• Meet Flippy, Sippy and Chippy: These robots can cook fries, pour drinks and make tortilla chips

  20-09-2022 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Whether it's creating perfectly cooked fries and burgers or pouring soda without any spills, robot chefs are venturing further into the $296 billion U.S. fast food industry amid a nationwide labor shortage.
  
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• Flashback: Transhumanism Is The New Religion For Postmodern Times

  20-09-2022 17:10 via technocracy.news
  Biden’s National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative pivots the entire government to support, advance, and embed Transhumanism in America. If Transhumanism is a religion, then Biden has just instituted a state religion, which is in direct violation of the First Amendment. Read this article word for word. ⁃ TN EditorWe are witnessing the birth of a new faith. It is not a theistic religion. Indeed, unlike Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, it replaces a personal relations
  
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• Scientists find that WOLVES can show attachment toward humans just like dogs 

  20-09-2022 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Stockholm University found that wolves show more affection towards familiar people than strangers, suggesting that dogs' attachment to us pre-dates domestication.
  
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• Whole-Of-Government EO Begins: FDA Embraces Transhumanist Narrative On Latest COVID Shots

  20-09-2022 16:53 via technocracy.news
  Biden’s National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative Executive Order directs all agencies to promote transhumanism. The FDA wasted no time. Future genetic modification drugs will bypass testing to go directly to public consumption. This current campaign to “recharge your immunity” is grooming the public to ignore adverse advents. ⁃ TN Editor
  STORY AT-A-GLANCE> The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now advertising the new COVID booster as an “antibody
  
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• Elon Musk: Here Comes ‘Optimus’

  20-09-2022 16:17 via technocracy.news
  Musk the Technocrat has disrupted the world of autos, space travel, communication (Starlink) and now robotics. Has the age of humanoid robots arrived? Will they better or worsen the human condition or life on earth? One thing is certain: they will potentially displace millions of workers in the future. ⁃ TN Editor
  Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk blamed over reliance on factory robots for sending the electric carmaker to “production hell” four years ago, saying humans were bette
  
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• Scientists estimate there are 20 QUADRILLION ants on Earth

  20-09-2022 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Julius Maximilians University in Wurzberg claim there are a whopping 20 quadrillion ants crawling on Earth.
  
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• UN chief: 'Tax fossil fuel profits for climate damage'

  20-09-2022 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Tax fossil fuel companies' profits to pay for the damage done by climate change, says UN Secretary General.
  
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• Warning over scam energy bill support messages

  20-09-2022 14:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Emails and texts link to a fake Ofgem website where people's personal details are demanded.
  
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• InSight lander detects the tremors of meteoroids hitting Mars

  20-09-2022 14:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US space agency has released a recording of a Martian meteoroid impact, with a distinctive 'bloop' sound ringing out three times as the space rock enters the atmosphere and then explodes into pieces.
  
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• Send Nudes TV programme shows people their naked avatars to help them decide whether to get surgery

  20-09-2022 13:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MailOnline spoke to Francis Mathew, a Senior Production Manager at Crackit Productions to hear about the technology behind Send Nudes.
  
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• Telegram Has a Serious Doxing Problem

  20-09-2022 13:28
  The encrypted messaging app is a haven for politically motivated vitriol, but users are increasingly bringing threats to targets’ doorsteps.
  
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• Apple says it will release a fix next week for iPhone 14 Pro glitch that causes the camera to shake

  20-09-2022 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has announced that it has identified a fix for the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max camera shake issue and that a software update will be released next week to resolve it.
  
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• What Happens to Everything With Queen Elizabeth II’s Image?

  20-09-2022 13:00
  From stamps and cash to passports and postboxes, the minting of the United Kingdom’s new royal iconography will take years.
  
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• Queen's favourite tree threatened as climate change puts many urban species at risk

  20-09-2022 12:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Western Sydney University have found that over 1,000 tree species are at risk of exceeding their natural climate tolerance, including Queen Elizabeth's favourite; oak.
  
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• Cities may become unliveable as climate change puts many urban tree species at risk

  20-09-2022 12:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Western Sydney University have found that over 1,000 tree species are at risk of exceeding their natural climate tolerance due to changes in temperatures and precipitation.
  
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• Ornate Byzantine floor mosaic dating from 5th-7th century AD is discovered

  20-09-2022 11:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Salman al-Nabahin uncovered it six months ago while working in his olive orchard in Bureij refugee camp, about half a mile from the border with Israel.
  
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• YouTube’s ‘Dislike’ Button Doesn’t Do What You Think

  20-09-2022 10:00
  Users try to control the video platform’s algorithm by giving content a thumbs-down, but Mozilla researchers say it’s not so simple.
  
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• How to use Apple's new iOS16 feature to create photo cuts outs on your iPhone

  20-09-2022 07:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Social media is abuzz as news of an impressive new feature on Apple's iOS 16 update spreads. The feature allows users to lift subjects out of photos - here's how you can do it.
  
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• China to launch space tourism by 2025, says industry veteran

  20-09-2022 07:31 via go.theregister.com
  Asserts Beijing can achieve parity with US capabilities within a decade, thanks to burgeoning private sector China’s space tourism operators will lift off for first time in 2025 at between $280k-$400k per sub-orbital seat, according to the founder of Beijing-backed commercial launch service provider CAS Space, Yang Yiqiang.…
  
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• Molly Russell's inquest to put focus on big tech

  20-09-2022 03:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The teenager's inquest begins today and some see it as test of the power of US tech giants.
  
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• Climate change threatens health and survival of urban trees

  20-09-2022 03:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Oaks, maples and chestnuts found in cities are among over 1,000 tree species that are flagged at risk.
  
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• NASA to live-stream SLS rocket fuel leak repair test

  20-09-2022 02:09 via go.theregister.com
  For those on tenterhooks over this Moon mission NASA will televise a test on Wednesday to confirm whether a repair made to its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket has fixed the hydrogen leak that forced officials to scrub a previous launch attempt.…
  
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• Off-gridders take energy needs into their own hands

  20-09-2022 01:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Natural disasters have spurred some communities and homeowners to generate their own electricity.
  
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