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• Will Elon Musk revive Vine? Chief Twit asks he should bring back the six-second-long video platform

  31-10-2022 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk is conducting a poll on Twitter that asks users if they want Vine to make a comeback. Twitter bought the six-second-long video platform in 2012 and killed it just five years later.
  
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• It's not just school where popularity matters! Daters also prefer people with lots of friends

  31-10-2022 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People looking for love are more likely to pursue a romantic relationship with someone who comes across as well-liked by others, researchers from the University of California have discovered.
  
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• Deepfake challenge featuring Elizabeth Olsen and Scarlett Johansson baffles the internet

  31-10-2022 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video shows the two actresses with the same hairstyle, makeup and clothes. They are both speaking at the camera as if doing an interview, but one of them was created by artificial intelligence.
  
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• Instagram is FINALLY back online after accounts were mysteriously suspended

  31-10-2022 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to DownDetector, the problems started at around 13:08 GMT and affected users globally.
  
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• Asteroid the size of the world's tallest building will zip past Earth tomorrow

  31-10-2022 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The asteroid, called 2022 RM4, is expected to come as close as 0.01536 astronomical units, or around 1.4 million miles, to Earth, at 18:26 GMT on Tuesday.
  
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• Look up for 'Halloween fireballs' TONIGHT in the Taurid meteor shower

  31-10-2022 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Taurid meteor showers will grace Earth this week, but some 'Halloween fireballs' will be visible Monday night. Astronomers say the best view of the cosmic show is after midnight
  
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• Christmas turkey fears as England bird flu rules widened

  31-10-2022 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The government rules aim to contain the country's largest ever bird flu outbreak.
  
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• Teachers, Preachers And Greens Unholy Alliance To Transform America

  31-10-2022 16:40 via technocracy.news
  The bedrock of American strength has always been education and churches and both have been virtually destroyed. In particular, vast swathes of Christian churches have been transformed into centers of Earth worship and all things green. How this happened is no mystery. It was intentional with malicious intent to destroy America. ⁃ TN Editor“The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory, destroy its books, its culture, and its history.Then have somebody write new books,
  
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• Instagram bug tells some users accounts are suspended

  31-10-2022 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Some have received a message saying their account has been stopped for 30 days.
  
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• AI can speak to ANIMALS in a breakthrough that 'breaches the barrier of interspecies communication'

  31-10-2022 16:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have taught AI to speak with bees, allowing the system to control the insect's movements within a hive. However, one researcher fears humans could misuse the technology.
  
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• Signs of sediment-rich ocean lend direction to Mars life search

  31-10-2022 16:13 via go.theregister.com
  3D models and maps show similarities in how the planet and earth share sediment strategies If new 3D models of Mars's surface are accurate, we finally possess the most convincing evidence to date that much of the northern hemisphere of Mars was once an ocean.…
  
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• BIS Tests mBridge: Successful Pilot Of Cross-Border CBDC Platform

  31-10-2022 16:13 via technocracy.news
  According to the BIS, the mBridge ledger is a “new native blockchain”, “custom-designed and developed by central banks for central banks, to serve as a specialized and flexible platform implementation for multi-currency cross-border payments.” This expansive blockchain technology will tie the world’s central bank system into a monolithic structure of financial control. ⁃ TN Editor
  Twenty banks in Hong Kong SAR, Thailand, mainland China and the United Arab Emir
  
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• How air fryers can shave up to 260 calories off your favourite dinners

  31-10-2022 15:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Air fryers are the must-have kitchen gadget of the moment in the UK due to their cash-saving ability. But this website found they can also shave hundreds of calories from mealtimes.
  
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• UK battery firm Britishvolt near collapse as it seeks funding

  31-10-2022 15:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Britishvolt could run out of money after the government refused to advance £30m in funding.
  
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• UK watchdog warns of emotion-analysis tech risks

  31-10-2022 15:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Immature biometric technologies are as unscientific as the magic sorting hat in Harry Potter., the ICO warns.
  
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• Shuttered U.S. Oil Refineries May Never Restart

  31-10-2022 15:27 via technocracy.news
  As refineries close due to obsolescence or sabotage, the policy war against them virtually assures that they will never be reopened; and there hasn’t been a new refinery built in 50 years. The multi-generational war on oil will eventually force combustion engines into oblivion as prices of remaining products continue to rise. ⁃ TN EditorU.S. energy executives told Jennifer Granholm that shuttered crude oil refineries won’t restart, Valero’s Chief Executive Joe Gorder said
  
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• Halloween: Experts warn the public not to dump pumpkins in the woods

  31-10-2022 15:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thousands of tonnes of pumpkin get thrown away after Halloween, many of which get discarded in nearby woodland, according to Woodland Trust.
  
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• Instagram is DOWN: Users report their accounts being suspended amid mystery outage 

  31-10-2022 14:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to DownDetector, the problems started at around 13:08 GMT and are affecting users globally.
  
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• Halloween: European Southern Observatory shares spooky photo of the remains of an exploded star

  31-10-2022 14:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released an image of the ghostly remains of a star that exploded 11,000 years ago, known as the Vela supernova remnant.
  
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• Twitter users react to Elon Musk's plans to charge $20/month for verification 

  31-10-2022 13:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The controversial plan, leaked by Twitter employees at the weekend, will force users to pay $20 a month to have a blue tick next to their account name.
  
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• Elon Musk says Twitter blue tick to be revamped

  31-10-2022 12:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Reports suggest the firm could charge users almost $20 per month to be verified.
  
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• You Need to Update Google Chrome, Windows, and Zoom Right Now

  31-10-2022 12:00
  Plus: Important patches from Apple, VMWare, Cisco, Zimbra, SAP, and Oracle.
  
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• The Push to Scale Plant-Based Plastics

  31-10-2022 12:00
  FabricNano says it has found an affordable way to swap petrochemicals for plants and proteins.
  
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• Mathieu Flamini Has a Plan to Decarbonize the Chemical Industry

  31-10-2022 12:00
  The former soccer player is working to turn agricultural waste into a fossil fuel replacement, reducing emissions and harmful byproducts.
  
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• Spooky Pillars of Creation snap reveals a dark side

  31-10-2022 11:34 via go.theregister.com
  Latest James Webb Space Telescope photos looks positively haunting The James Webb Space Telescope team has released its latest snap of the Pillars of Creation that strikes a perfect eerie, dusty tone for Halloween. …
  
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• Designers create a $135,000 version of iPhone 14 Pro Max with a Rolex WATCH on the back 

  31-10-2022 11:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Designers from UAE-based Caviar unveiled the luxurious smartphone this week, featuring a yellow gold Rolex Cosmograph Daytona watch, complete with eight diamonds.
  
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• Your next job interview could take place in virtual reality

  31-10-2022 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Job interviews can now take place in VR worlds with a computer asking the questions.
  
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• NASA uses space station dust sensor to map Earth's 50 methane 'super-emitters'

  31-10-2022 00:52 via go.theregister.com
  Oh, we don't think we needed science to pinpoint biggest windbags Instruments installed on the International Space Station to examine Earth's atmospheric dust have been found to have another useful purpose: detecting airborne methane plumes contributing to greenhouse gas emissions.…
  
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• NASA uses space station dust sensor to map 50 methane 'super-emitters' on Earth

  31-10-2022 00:52 via go.theregister.com
  Oh, we don't think we needed science to pinpoint biggest windbags Instruments installed on the International Space Station to examine Earth's atmospheric dust have been found to have another useful purpose: detecting airborne methane plumes contributing to greenhouse gas emissions.…
  
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