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• Reducing partisan divide alone does not boost support for democracy, study finds

  02-11-2022 23:00 via go.theregister.com
  Ending anti-democratic attitudes not so easy stateside, researchers claim Researchers have found that working to reduce emotional partisan attitudes across the US political divide does not reduce anti-democratic tendencies.…
  
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• Xfinity 500 driver pulls inspiration from NASCAR 2005 video game to secure spot in the championship

  02-11-2022 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ross Chastain said his brother always beat him with the 'wall ride' move, and in a last ditch to avoid elimination, he dropped to fifth gear, hugged the wall and soared from 10th to 5th place.
  
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• TikTok is promoting 'toxic' diet culture in which extreme weight loss is 'glorified'

  02-11-2022 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers warn that poor diet and nutrition advice in being given on TikTok. Poor advice is being given by non-experts on leading hashtags in these communities.
  
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• Magic mushrooms for depression 'on the NHS in a DECADE'

  02-11-2022 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Oxford University researchers found that those given the highest dose of the psychedelic drug psilocybin saw the severity of their depression fall and were most likely to go into remission.
  
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• 21-ton piece of China's rocket that launched into space set to make an uncontrolled reentry Saturday

  02-11-2022 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China's Long March 5B booster, the size of a 10-story building, is set to fall back to Earth on Saturday, but experts are unable to predict where it will make a crash landing when it does.
  
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• Twitter Had a Plan to Fix Social Media. Will Elon Musk Follow It?

  02-11-2022 21:01
  For years, the platform has funded a project that's meant to create a better, decentralized online experience. Now Twitter's new owner will decide its future.
  
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• The Strange Death of the Uyghur Internet

  02-11-2022 18:47
  China's muslim minority used to have its own budding cluster of websites, forums, and social media. Now that's been erased
  
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• Apple store Glasgow workers unionise in UK first

  02-11-2022 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK's first Apple retail workers union has been formed, following US action.
  
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• Tumblr lifts its four-year ban on nudity just before news that Elon Musk plans to charge for videos

  02-11-2022 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tumblr banned nudity in 2018 following an issue with child pornography. The new guidelines, however, is prohibit content with 'visual depictions of sexually explicit acts.'
  
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• Searches for 'How to delete Twitter' surge by 500% since Elon Musk took over the platform

  02-11-2022 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at security firm VPNOverview have used Google Trends to establish search increases over the past week since Musk's $44 billion (£38 billion) takeover.
  
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• Rocket Lab will attempt to launch a rocket into space before catching its booster with a HELICOPTER

  02-11-2022 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rocket Lab's 'Electron' rocket will carry a research satellite into orbit afterseparating from its first stage. This booster will deploy a parachute and then be hooked by a waiting helicopter.
  
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• AI analysis of segments on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC shows females get less airtime

  02-11-2022 16:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AI uncovered disparities in the amount of airtime woman have on FOX NEW, CNN and MSNBC, such as the MSNBC segment when Joy Reid was repeatedly interrupted by male pastor.
  
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• The Control Network: Laundering Money With Total Immunity

  02-11-2022 16:36 via technocracy.news
  Over the years, I have written several papers on global banking, central banks and in particular, about the Bank for International Settlements. Corey Lynn, sponsored by the Solari Report (Catherine Austin Fitts) digs deep into the central bank/monetary world to reveal the largest money laundering machine of all time. To call this monster a giant vampire squid is an understatement.
  Yet, it is these same people who are now preparing to flip the entire world into a dystopian form of neo-Feudalism k
  
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• Manchester Arena's weapon scanning tech questioned

  02-11-2022 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Technology used in the Manchester Arena to find weapons has limitations, according to a report.
  
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• Rishi Sunak is now going to COP27 climate summit

  02-11-2022 15:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Downing Street had argued the prime minister was too busy preparing for the budget.
  
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• German Energy Company Takes Down Windmills To Make Room For Coal Mining

  02-11-2022 15:30 via technocracy.news
  Irony is as irony does. Greens in Germany are freaking out as at least one energy company is dismantling windmills to dig for coal. After decades of pushing Europe’s super-state into irrational and destructive green policies, reality has smacked others into figuring out that not dying in the winter is more important than appeasing “mother earth” and its Gaia worshippers. ⁃ TN EditorPresident Joe Biden isn’t the only world leader running his country into a dangerous
  
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• UK Report: Police Use Of Live Facial Recognition Unlawful And Unethical

  02-11-2022 15:11 via technocracy.news
  In the beginning, facial recognition technology was embraced as a tool to promote safety and security; in the end, it has provided neither and civil liberties have been trampled. Now, a few objective studies are surfacing while sounding the alarm that police in particular should be “banned from using live facial recognition technology in all public spaces.” ⁃ TN EditorPolice should be banned from using live facial recognition technology in all public spaces because they are bre
  
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• From floppy disks to cassette tapes: The obsolete technologies that will baffle modern generations

  02-11-2022 15:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fax machine will join a heap of other devices in the great electronic graveyard, including the floppy disk, the pager and the VHS cassette.
  
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• Temperatures in Europe have increased by more than TWICE the global average since 1991

  02-11-2022 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Word Meteorological Organization's 'State of the Climate in Europe Report' provides information on rising temperatures, extreme weather events and melting ice in the continent in 2021.
  
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• Tinder: More pay for dating app despite cost-of-living crisis

  02-11-2022 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The number of paid subscriptions to the dating app rose sharply in July to September.
  
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• Scientists develop a transparent window coating that can cool buildings without using ANY energy 

  02-11-2022 13:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Kyung Hee University in Seoul have developed a window coating that lowers the temperature inside buildings, without expending a single watt of energy
  
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• Haaland or Halland? Fans asked to spellcheck tweets

  02-11-2022 12:30 via bbc.co.uk
  The director of Visit Halland says the region's hashtag is now filled with photos of the footballer.
  
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• The Most Vulnerable Place on the Internet

  02-11-2022 12:00
  Underwater cables keep the internet online. When they congregate in one place, things get tricky.
  
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• Adobe Just Held a Bunch of Pantone Colors Hostage

  02-11-2022 12:00
  Certain Pantone collections now require users to pay $15 a month to access them—with colors turned black unless you pay up.
  
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• What is COP27 and why is it important?

  02-11-2022 11:28 via bbc.co.uk
  This year's climate summit comes amid spiralling energy costs and diplomatic tensions.
  
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• Experts create a playlist for DOGS to calm their nerves amid firework displays 

  02-11-2022 10:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from The Kennel Club have created a Spotify playlist that will help desensitise our pets to firework displays.
  
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• Italian scientists come up with a way to keep pasta fresh for an extra month 

  02-11-2022 09:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A scientific team from the National Research Council in Italy took months developing the perfect technique to make pasta last 30 days longer.
  
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• InSight Mars lander has only 'few weeks' of power left

  02-11-2022 09:26 via go.theregister.com
  Think I got some dust in my eye The Mars InSight lander is preparing to drift off to an eternal slumber beneath a blanket of solar-panel-obscuring Martian dust, as its power is set to run out within the next few weeks. …
  
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• China Covid: Area around world's biggest iPhone plant locked down

  02-11-2022 07:20 via bbc.co.uk
  The move may have an impact on production of the new iPhone 14, which is made at Foxconn's factory.
  
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• Elon Musk says $8 monthly fee for Twitter blue tick

  02-11-2022 02:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Critics say the change could make it harder for people to find reliable sources on the social media site.
  
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• Questions raised about AI weapons-scanning company

  02-11-2022 02:18 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News has seen evidence Evolv, which claims to have the "signatures" of all weapons, has limitations.
  
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• 50% of bread sold in supermarkets now contain at least two pesticides

  02-11-2022 01:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Campaign group Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) found a total of 137 different pesticide residues across all produce, including many linked to serious chronic health effects.
  
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• True north, magnetic north and grid north to combine over Britain for the first time in history

  02-11-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The three norths will make landfall at the village of Langton Matravers just west of Swanage in early November, before slowly travelling up the country, according to Ordnance Survey.
  
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• Want to lose weight? Work out in the EVENING - not the morning, experts say

  02-11-2022 00:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Exercising between noon and midnight was found to cut insulin resistance - which can lead to weight gain - by up to a quarter, Dutch researchers found.
  
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