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• Tesla ordered to recall more than a million US cars

  22-09-2022 22:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The US car-safety watchdog says a window glitch is affecting all four Tesla models.
  
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• Hilton Hotels is designing luxurious astronaut suites inside an inflatable space habitat

  22-09-2022 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hilton has partnered with Voyager to help design luxurious suites inside the Starlab commercial space station. The living quarters are set to make 'extended stays in space more comfortable.'
  
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• New Zealand peak that appeared in Lord of the Rings trilogy is captured in photo shot from ISS

  22-09-2022 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The image was taken more than 264 miles above Earth's surface, revealing Mount Ruapehu's crater lake that sits near the summit and provides clues about a future eruption.
  
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• Japanese boffins build solar-powered, remote-controlled cyborg cockroach

  22-09-2022 21:04 via go.theregister.com
  Neat idea until you remember that roaches and sunlight, not a good mix A research breakthrough in Japan could mean future search and rescue missions are conducted using cyborg cockroaches. What's more, an ultra-thin solar film is the real star of this show. …
  
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• Instagram is BACK online after two-hour outage left users unable to access accounts

  22-09-2022 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The outage appeared around 11:45am and impacted users across the world. Many people were unable to access their accounts, read messages or are seeing a blank feed.
  
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• Instagram is DOWN: Hundreds of thousands of users worldwide cannot access their accounts

  22-09-2022 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The outage appeared around 11:45am ET and is impacting the app and website for users across the world. Many people are unable to access their accounts, read messages or are seeing a blank feed.
  
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• Popular houseplants including birds of paradise and calla lilies can be toxic to children and pets

  22-09-2022 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Several of the popular houseplants found in the US, and around the world, contain toxic chemicals that can cause vomiting, diarrhea and even death in children and pets when ingested.
  
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• Federal Judge Stops Federal School Mask, Vaccine Mandates

  22-09-2022 17:38 via technocracy.news
  Better late than never, but this should have happened at least 18 months ago. Technocrat tyranny is and always has been pitted against all forms of government, including our Constitutional Republic. Courts at all levels should have picked up on this a long time ago. ⁃ TN EditorA federal judge ruled Wednesday that federal school mask and vaccine mandates cannot be enforced because “liberty interests of individuals … outweigh any interest generated by the mandatory administratio
  
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• Instagram is developing a tool to protect users from receiving unsolicited nude photos in their DMs

  22-09-2022 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instagram is working on a new feature that will detect if a user has been sent a nude image and automatically cover it up, before giving them the option of whether to open it or not.
  
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• No, The Green Revolution Is Not A ‘Stunning Success’

  22-09-2022 16:55 via technocracy.news
  Green sounded wonderful at first, but then it started to turn brown, then black. The Technocrats that started and maintain the “Green Revolution” have had a technological answer for everything, even if there are no demonstrable problems requiring a solution. ⁃ TN EditorOne of the key myths of the twentieth century is the benign role played by international, American-led institutions after the Second World War. American liberals/progressives, fresh from imposing the New Deal in
  
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• Climate Change: Composting Of Humans Will Be Legal In California After 2027

  22-09-2022 16:37 via technocracy.news
  Cremation releases too much “toxic” CO2 so the answer is to allow composting of your dead loved ones to be used in your vegetable garden. This is one step away from “Soylent Green”. Global warming lunacy becomes more bizarre with every passing year, and it should be rejected. ⁃ TN Editor
  A California law makes it legal to turn human remains into compost
  The process involves placing the body inside a reusable container along with wood chips and aerating it to allow m
  
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• Australia phones cyber-attack exposes personal data

  22-09-2022 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Optus is looking into the unauthorised access of data including names, addresses and passport numbers.
  
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• NASA's Juno probe snaps stunning photo of Jupiter's clouds that look like frosting on a cupcake

  22-09-2022 15:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Software deveoper, Gerald Eichstädt, has created stunning 3D renders based on Juno's data, which he presented at the Europlanet Science Congress this week.
  
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• Fracking ban lifted, government announces

  22-09-2022 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientific review into fracking concludes there is still a limited understanding of impacts.
  
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• Hot gas bubble is detected around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole

  22-09-2022 14:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lead author Dr Maciek Wielgus, of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Germany, said: 'We think we're looking at a hot bubble of gas zipping around Sagittarius A*.'
  
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• Best hidden features of Apple's iOS 16 update - including photo cutouts and lockdown mode

  22-09-2022 14:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's latest software update - iOS 16 - was made available last week. MailOnline takes a look at some of thelesser-known functions of your iPhone with the latest operating system.
  
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• Men who eat meat should be BANNED from having sex to save the planet, animal rights group claims

  22-09-2022 13:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The German branch of animal rights group Peta claims that men contribute significantly more to the climate crisis than women, primarily through their meat consumption.
  
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• Europe’s Heat Waves Offer a Grim Vision of the Future

  22-09-2022 13:00
  Extreme temperatures are the direct result of climate change, which means more intense heat events, wild fires, and droughts to come.
  
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• After Andor, Read These 5 Comics

  22-09-2022 13:00
  These books were looking at the origins of the war between the Rebels and the Empire long before the new Disney+ show.
  
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• Elon Musk says SpaceX's Starship rocket could be ready to launch into space next month 

  22-09-2022 12:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX originally planned to launch Starship into orbit in January 2022, but was forced to delay following an environmental assessment of the Boca Chica launch site in Texas.
  
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• Men with big penises and trimmed pubic hair are seen as more extroverted, study finds

  22-09-2022 12:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from New Mexico Highlands University say that men with big penises and trimmed pubic hair are seen as more attractive, extroverted, and open to new experiences.
  
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• Ted Lasso characters join Fifa 23

  22-09-2022 11:23 via bbc.co.uk
  The fictional AFC Richmond will be available in the the latest version of the popular football game.
  
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• How over 400 British species have become extinct over the past 200 years

  22-09-2022 10:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Of the 8,431 species in Great Britain that have been assessed using IUCN Regional Red List criteria, 13 per cent have been classified as threatened with extinction.
  
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• The years were worth the wait. JWST gives us an amazing view of Neptune's rings

  22-09-2022 09:28 via go.theregister.com
  But uh-oh, friction faults already starting on distant probe Pic  The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped the clearest picture of Neptune, capturing its dust rings and seven moons, in more than 30 years.…
  
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• Artemis: Nasa's Moon rocket completes fuelling test

  22-09-2022 09:25 via bbc.co.uk
  The Space Launch System edges closer to a maiden flight after concluding a tanking demonstration.
  
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• Rural areas hit harder by cost-of-living crisis, study finds

  22-09-2022 08:39 via bbc.co.uk
  People living in the countryside face higher costs than those in urban areas, a new report finds.
  
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• 'Rewilding' cities by creating nature corridors could protect humanity against climate change

  22-09-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study by international conservation charity ZSL claims that restoring biodiversity could boost wildlife and buffer city dwellers from heatwaves, forest fires and flooding.
  
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• Hatred of green vegetables begins in the WOMB! Babies smile for carrots but grimace for kale 

  22-09-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Durham University took 4D ultrasound scans of 100 pregnant women to see how their unborn babies responded after being exposed to flavours.
  
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