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• Scientists, why not simply invent a working fusion plant using $50m from Uncle Sam

  29-09-2022 22:26 via go.theregister.com
  You even have until the end of the 2030s to get it done The US Department of Energy has announced plans to award up to $50 million in funds to private businesses to develop a working fusion pilot plant (FPP) by the 2030s. …
  
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• Group says 371 grisly pics of monkeys experimented on by Elon Musk's Neuralink WON'T be released

  29-09-2022 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A cache of grisly photographs of monkeys reportedly injured or killed in experiments with Elon Musk's Neuralink brain implant technology may not be publicly released- amid a lawsuit.
  
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• Google to close Stadia cloud service and refund gamers

  29-09-2022 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Stadia allows players to stream games online without owning a console.
  
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• Wind, solar fulfill 10% of global electricity demand for first time

  29-09-2022 19:30 via go.theregister.com
  Curb your enthusiasm – coal-fired power went up too In a global first, wind and solar energy combined to generate more than 10 percent of the world's electricity in 2021 – though coal-fired power plant generation and emissions jumped to new highs in the same period, too.…
  
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• Wind, solar fulfil 10% of global energy demand for first time

  29-09-2022 19:30 via go.theregister.com
  Curb your enthusiasm – coal-fired power went up too In a global first, wind and solar energy combined to generate more than 10 percent of the world's electricity in 2021 yet coal-fired power plant emissions jumped to new highs in the same period too.…
  
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• TikTok is changing the way we SPEAK - with phrases like 'quiet quitting' and 'le dollar bean'

  29-09-2022 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Whether adapting existing vocabulary to bypass algorithms (known as 'algospeak') or creating completely new words, TikTok has sparked a transformation of the English language.
  
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• Who Imagined? Customers Deserting ‘Beyond Meat’ Brand Fake Meat

  29-09-2022 19:17 via technocracy.news
  Bill Gates poured millions of dollars in venture capital funding into Beyond Meat and its competitor Impossible Meat, both manufacturers of fake meat. Silicon Valley vegan techs that started the fake meat stampede in the first place have peaked and demand elsewhere is falling like a rock, leading critics to observe, “Go woke, get broke”. ⁃ TN EditorBeyond Meat, the company that makes “meat substitutes,” is in trouble. According to Bloomberg, the company&rs
  
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• Scientists find new evidence of liquid WATER beneath Mars' south polar ice cap in major breakthrough

  29-09-2022 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have discovered new evidence that suggests there could be liquid water on Mars - a breakthrough in our longtime efforts to determine if the Red Planet once hosted life.
  
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• Health Officials Admit Bill Gates Really Does Run the World

  29-09-2022 18:42 via technocracy.news
  The undue influence of Bill Gates, who smiles with benevolent charm but behaves like a giant vampire squid, desperately needs to be removed from public policy everywhere in the world. Gates learned his monopolistic ways at the feet of his eugenicist father and through his company, Microsoft. Now, even left-leaning Politico admits that Gates is out of control. ⁃ TN Editor
  > September 14, 2022, Politico published a special report based on four dozen interviews with U.S. and Europe
  
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• Bitcoin mining uses more energy than beef production, study finds

  29-09-2022 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bitcoin mining fails to meet sustainability criteria and damages the climate more than beef production or the mining of precious metals, say experts at the University of New Mexico.
  
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• Incredible pictures reveal Buddhist temples and artifacts dating to 1,500 years ago in India

  29-09-2022 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists discovered an ancient Buddhist temple and dozens of other well-preserved structures and artifacts in one of India's tiger reserve parks.
  
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• Bitcoin mining uses more energy than the whole of Austria, study finds

  29-09-2022 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bitcoin mining fails to meet sustainability criteria and damages the climate more than beef production or the mining of precious metals, say experts at the University of New Mexico.
  
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• Google Harnesses Quantum Computers That Speak ‘The Language Of Nature”

  29-09-2022 17:27 via technocracy.news
  The head of Google’s lab says, “Quantum mechanics is one of the best theories that we have today to experience nature. This is a computer that speaks the language of nature.” This is a key development to advance Technocracy and Transhumanism, that seek to completely reengineer physical systems as well as humans themselves. Remaking the world at the hands of Google should set people’s hair on fire. ⁃ TN EditorOutside, balmy September sunshine warms an idyllic coast,
  
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• How Bots Corrupted Advertising

  29-09-2022 17:18
  Botmasters have created a Kafkaesque system where companies are paying huge sums to show their ads to bots. And everyone is fine with this.
  
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• Bite Me: Human Successfully Vaccinated By Genetically Modified Mosquitos

  29-09-2022 17:04 via technocracy.news
  The total takeover of all genetic material on earth will spawn projects like this, to use weaponize nature against humans to control human health. This will fit well with Biden’s new Executive Order, National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative,  that institutionalizes research and development of genetic modification across all branches of government and with billions in grants. ⁃ TN EditorA box full of genetically modified mosquitoes successfully vaccinated&
  
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• Webb and Hubble capture detailed views of DART impact

  29-09-2022 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hubble and the US space agency's new super space observatory James Webb both captured views of the first ever plantery defence experiment, known as the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART).
  
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• How a quarter and a cup of water is all you need to know if your food has spoiled after a storm

  29-09-2022 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hurricane Ian has left a trail of destruction in its wake with over 2.5 million people having lost power. The storm made landfall with ferocious 155 mph winds and drove an 18-foot storm surge inland.
  
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• Japan taps industry to build safer, more secure nuclear energy future

  29-09-2022 15:45 via go.theregister.com
  Project with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries marks shift in policy since Fukushima disaster over a decade ago Japan is about to change course on energy policy following the Fukushima disaster in 2011 with a focus on developing safer nuclear reactors.…
  
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• Putting a quarter in a cup of frozen water during a storm like Hurricane Ian can protect your health

  29-09-2022 15:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hurricane Ian has left a trail of destruction in its wake with over 2.5 million people having lost power.
  
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• Asteroid that hit Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs coincided with space rock impacts on the MOON

  29-09-2022 15:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts studied microscopic glass beads found in regolith brought back to Earth from the moon in December 2020 as part of the Chinese National Space Agency's Chang'e-5 Lunar mission.
  
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• James Webb captures a spectacular image of a sparkling galaxy

  29-09-2022 14:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dubbed 'the Sparkler galaxy', it got its name thanks to the compact objects appearing as small yellow-red dots surrounding it, referred to by Canadian researchers as 'sparkles.'
  
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• UN elects first female tech agency secretary-general

  29-09-2022 14:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Doreen Bogdan-Martin is the first International Telecommunication Union secretary-general in its history.
  
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• T. rex skeleton goes up for auction in Asia and could fetch up to $25 MILLION

  29-09-2022 13:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The auction, to take place in Hong Kong on November 30, will be the first time a T. rex skeleton has ever been offered at auction in Asia.
  
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• Meta bans Pornhub from Instagram for 'repeatedly violating' its policies on adult content

  29-09-2022 13:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meta has permanently banned the official Instagram account for Pornhub. The porn site has responded with an open letter, branding the platform's policies as 'hypocritical'.
  
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• Climate Change Is Burying Archaeological Sites Under Tons of Sand

  29-09-2022 13:00
  Desertification can wear down ancient ruins or hide them under dunes—leaving researchers scrambling to keep track of where they’re buried.
  
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• Meet Snakey McCrocface! Seabeast with long neck and crocodile-like jaws swam oceans 70m years ago 

  29-09-2022 12:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The skeleton of the 23-foot creature was discovered in the Pierre Shale in the US state of Wyoming, where there was once a huge inland sea.
  
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• Hubble detects protective shield defending a pair of dwarf galaxies

  29-09-2022 12:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thanks to data from Hubble, researchers at Colorado College were able to discover that the Magellanic system is surrounded by a protective shield of hot supercharged gas called a corona.
  
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• Amazon launches its first Kindle e-reader to come with a stylus

  29-09-2022 11:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Revealed at the Seattle tech giant's annual launch event, Kindle Scribe is the tech giant's first Kindle to come with a stylus - a pen-like device with a tip.
  
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• Robot dogs could be taught to mimic behaviours of real canines to make them more lovable 

  29-09-2022 11:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Glasgow and Western Sydney University have identified seven categories of dog behaviours that owners perceive as important for bonding with their pets.
  
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• Get a FREE Echo Dot with the Ring Video Doorbell for just £59.99 at Amazon today

  29-09-2022 09:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SHOPPING: Attention, bargain hunters! Amazon is running an unmissable deal right now that allows you to get a free Echo Dot (4th Gen) when you purchase a Ring Video Doorbell for just £59.99.
  
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• This rope-laying, ever-growing robot may one day explore your blood vessels

  29-09-2022 08:28 via go.theregister.com
  You wouldn't make this the butt of any jokes, right? Video  Inspired by plants and fungi, scientists have devised a method to help so-called soft robots travel along tricky pathways by growing as they move.…
  
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• Energy efficiency plan to help England's low-income homes

  29-09-2022 07:31 via bbc.co.uk
  English housing providers get funds to upgrade energy efficiency and insulation of low income homes.
  
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• Autumn shades of red and yellow will vanish this year as summer heatwave turns tree leaves brown 

  29-09-2022 04:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Autumn leaves on the trees will be dull this year due to the hot summer weather. The National Trust says the drought has meant trees shed leaves prematurely to conserve water and energy.
  
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• Optus: How a massive data breach has exposed Australia

  29-09-2022 03:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Anger rises after 40% of Australians had details stolen in possibly the nation's worst-ever breach.
  
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• Over 1,700 environment activists killed in decade - report

  29-09-2022 03:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Brazil and Colombia have recorded the highest number of deaths, a report finds.
  
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• Dogs can sniff out stress on owner's breath

  29-09-2022 02:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Four dogs successfully identified samples of sweat or breath taken from a stressed person.
  
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• Revealed: Huge gas flaring emissions never reported

  29-09-2022 02:58 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC investigation finds oil companies not declaring millions of tonnes of cancer-linked emissions.
  
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