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• Carbon emissions from buildings hit ALL-TIME high last year as COVID construction pause ended

  09-11-2022 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carbon emissions hit an all-time high last year as construction rebounded from the Covid-induced lockdowns - putting efforts to decarbonize by 2050 at risk - according to a new United Nations report.
  
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• NASA's James Webb telescope captures stunning image of an 'lonely' galaxy

  09-11-2022 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has used its powerful instruments to look back billions of years and captured the most detailed image of a galaxy that sits three million light-years from Earth.
  
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• Female octopuses are caught on video launching shells at males attempting to mate with them 

  09-11-2022 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Sydney recorded 102 instances of gloomy octopuses throwing debris using their siphon - a tube-shaped structure that can draw water in an out of its body.
  
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• Facebook-owner Meta to cut 11,000 staff

  09-11-2022 19:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said it was one of the most difficult changes in Meta's history.
  
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• What the Hell Happened to FTX?

  09-11-2022 19:29
  The collapse of crypto exchange FTX opens opportunities for rival exchange Binance—and raises questions about the sector’s sustainability.
  
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• Twitter lays off staff at its only Africa office in Ghana

  09-11-2022 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The staff tell the BBC they are insulted after receiving an email about the need for cost cutting.
  
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• TikTok slashes revenue targets by $2BN amid global online advertising slump hitting tech firms

  09-11-2022 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TikTok slashed its revenue target for this year by $2 billion as the popular video-sharing app is dealing with the same global online advertising slump that's impacting all major tech firms.
  
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• Apple is watching you! Tech giant collects data about users from built in apps, study reveals 

  09-11-2022 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An independent test found Apple is recording your every move while using the App Store, Apple Music, Apple TV, Books and Stocks. The data collected is also enough for device fingerprinting.
  
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• Melting Greenland ice sheet could cause sea levels to rise by 0.5 INCHES by the end of the century

  09-11-2022 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The flow rate of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream has increased since 2012, and experts from theTechnical University of Denmark modelled how this affects ice loss on the sheet.
  
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• Oman’s Energy Minister: It’s Foolish To Assume Renewables Can Meet Global Demand

  09-11-2022 16:07 via technocracy.news
  The late Professor Antony Sutton wrote Energy: The Created Crisis in 1977, which coincided with the beginning of the alternative energy industry. The object was to control energy and hence, the economy. Now we know that controlling the economy meant destroying it and replacing it with Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy.⁃ TN EditorThe world’s energy needs will only grow, and it would be “foolish” to think that rising demand can be met with renewables alone, Oman&rsqu
  
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• MailOnline reveals the most weird and wonderful VR gadgets 

  09-11-2022 16:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MailOnline reveals the most weird VR gadgets including a headset with three extra screens and a bizarre device that blasts sexual smells up your nose as you watch porn.
  
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• Cybercrooks target Twitter users with scam emails - as Musk plans to charge $8/month for blue tick

  09-11-2022 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cybercrooks are taking advantage of Elon Musk's rapid changes to Twitter, and are targeting unsuspecting users with phishing emails.
  
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• Facebook-owner Meta to cut 13% of its workforce

  09-11-2022 15:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said it was one of the most difficult changes in Meta's history.
  
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• Kerry, Podesta, Macron: Technocrats Openly Hostile Toward Capitalism

  09-11-2022 15:31 via technocracy.news
  Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy, must destroy Capitalism and free market economics in order to control all production and consumption. Global hostility is rising with national leaders saying Capitalism ‘No longer works”. Fools who buy this tripe will soon learn what this means: “You will own nothing and be happy.” ⁃ TN EditorThe World Economic Forum’s ‘First Movers Coalition’ climate change agenda was “modelled” off the effort
  
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• Reject Technocratic Overlords, Demand Paper Ballots!

  09-11-2022 15:13 via technocracy.news
  Technocracy seeks to destroy the political layer of society in favor of direct scientific dictatorship. Think China. Paper ballots and hand counting is easy but not for Technocrats who are compelled to complicate everything with technological solutions that don’t work and cannot be trusted. ⁃ TN Editor“Democracy is on the ballot” was the constant henpecking refrain by the Democrat Party and the corporate media in the run-up to the “most important election of our lif
  
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• FTX: Cryptocurrency market rocked by near-collapse of exchange

  09-11-2022 13:15 via bbc.co.uk
  FTX struck a bailout deal with larger rival Binance as it faced a "significant liquidity crunch".
  
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• Twitter Users Have Caused a Mastodon Meltdown

  09-11-2022 13:00
  The network’s servers are overrun by almost half a million new sign-ups, as Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has thrust it into the spotlight.
  
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• The Great Crypto-Cop Brain Drain

  09-11-2022 13:00
  Hunting down crypto criminals is a dying art as law enforcement officers jump in-house.
  
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• Brace Yourself for a Triple Wave of Seasonal Viruses

  09-11-2022 13:00
  Many people haven’t been exposed to common respiratory viruses following the pandemic, meaning they might be more vulnerable to getting ill this year.
  
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• How many private jets were at COP27?

  09-11-2022 12:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Demonstrators in Amsterdam stopped private jets taking off ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference.
  
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• Southern Water discharged 'five MONTHS' worth of sewage at bathing beaches so far in November' 

  09-11-2022 12:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The water company discharged sewage at 83 bathing beaches, almost all of those under its jurisdiction, in 493 separate releases, some of which are still ongoing.
  
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• The best and worst iPhone alarms to wake up to - with Apple's default Radar BOTTOM of the list

  09-11-2022 11:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research has shown that alarms can influence how groggy we feel in the morning. Music analysts at Startle have used science to rank the 28 iPhone alarms, and found that 'Sencha' is the best.
  
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• This ancient quasar may be the remains of the first-gen star that started us all

  09-11-2022 08:35 via go.theregister.com
  Ah, so now we know who to blame for all of this Scientists taking a look at the second-most distant observed quasar believe it's actually the remnants of one of the universe's earliest stars – the so-called Population III stars that seeded the early universe with material that eventually formed life. …
  
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• 3,700-year-old ivory comb is discovered in Israel, inscribed with a plea to eradicate BEARD LICE

  09-11-2022 05:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The comb was excavated from Tel Lachish in Israel in 2017 but the letters were only noticed earlier this year by an archaeologist.
  
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• Elon Musk sells almost $4bn of Tesla shares

  09-11-2022 03:22 via bbc.co.uk
  It comes less than two weeks after the world's richest man completed his $44bn takeover of Twitter.
  
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• COP27: Can India really adopt a climate-friendly lifestyle?

  09-11-2022 02:20 via bbc.co.uk
  India wants to embrace an environment-friendly lifestyle to fight climate change - but what about its economy?
  
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• Why Kenya is turning to genetically modified crops to help with drought

  09-11-2022 02:15 via bbc.co.uk
  The government sees them as a way to lessen the impact of a lack of rain but some farmers are wary.
  
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• 3D printed guns: Warnings over growing threat of 3D firearms

  09-11-2022 02:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Police say they are seizing 3D printed weapons in greater numbers in the UK.
  
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• COP27: What is the climate impact of private jets?

  09-11-2022 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Demonstrators in Amsterdam stopped private jets taking off ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference.
  
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• With potential hurricane approaching, NASA leaves mega-rocket on launch pad

  09-11-2022 00:06 via go.theregister.com
  Just call it the Sad Launch System NASA's plans to launch its Space Launch System (SLS) super rocket this November from the Kennedy Space Center may be foiled yet again if a tropical storm continues gaining strength on its predicted path toward Florida.…
  
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• National Park Service warns against licking frogs to get a high

  09-11-2022 00:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The National Park Service is warning against licking toads to get high of bufotonin. Use of the psychedelic has emerged in recent years after being popularized by Mike Tyson and Hunter Biden.
  
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