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• NASA's James Webb captures once-hidden beginnings of a young star that is only 100,000 years old

  16-11-2022 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the first image showing the moment a young star is forming. This protostar is just 100,000 years old - compared to most that range in one billion to 10 billion years old.
  
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• Netflix adds feature that lets users kick out devices remotely without having to change the password

  16-11-2022 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The feature, called Manage Access and Devices, lives in Account Settings and displays all the deviceslinked to the account, allowing the paying consumer to log them out with a click.
  
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• Plastic pollution: Waste from across world found on remote British island

  16-11-2022 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  A tide of plastic debris from all over the world has washed up on Ascension Island, say researchers.
  
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• Apple will use chips made in AMERICA in 2024 - once its supplier's new Arizona plant comes online

  16-11-2022 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple will start to use chips from a factory that's under construction in Arizona in the coming years - as it diversifies where it gets this crucial component that's primarily produced in Asia.
  
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• Rimac's Nevera earns the title of world's fastest electric car after hitting a top speed of 256mph

  16-11-2022 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rimac's $2.1 million Nevera record-breaking speed of 256 miles per hour means it was travelling at a third of the speed of sound when it earned the title of world's fastest electric vehicle.
  
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• Over a million are owed money by failed crypto exchange

  16-11-2022 20:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Experts and watchdogs warn UK investors that when crypto firms fail, getting money back is unlikely.
  
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• What is behind the big tech companies' job cuts?

  16-11-2022 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Thousands of redundancies have been announced by some of the largest firms in the industry.
  
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• Climate change is 'driving the spillover of pathogens from bats', study says

  16-11-2022 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international research team have presented a stark warning for humanity if we want to avoid another viral pandemic similar to Covid.
  
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• A Lab-Grown Meat Startup Gets the FDA's Stamp of Approval

  16-11-2022 18:35
  The US regulatory body has signed off on Upside Foods' cultivated meat—but the company is still figuring out how to make enough of it to sell.
  
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• NASA's Orion snaps a stunning 'blue marble' image of Earth as it heads to the moon

  16-11-2022 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's Artemis mission is on the right path, as Orion shared its first picture of Earth as it heads to the moon at more than 5,000 miles per hour. The capsule launched at 1:47am ET.
  
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• TikTok goes DOWN: Video app crashes for frustrated users again

  16-11-2022 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to DownDetector, the problems started at around 15:00 GMT and affected users across the world.
  
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• Most US coastlines could see average sea level rise of ONE foot by 2050, new NASA study reveals

  16-11-2022 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sea level along contiguous U.S. coastlines could rise as much as one foot about today's waterline by 2050, according to a new analysis of three decades of satellite observations.
  
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• Honda develops a hands-free wheelchair that can be steered by leaning

  16-11-2022 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Named 'UNI-ONE', the robotic chair being developed by the Japanese manufacturer is intended to allow those with mobility issues to use their hands for other things while in motion.
  
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• Scientists create a mathematical model to help avoid spattering squeezy sauce bottles

  16-11-2022 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team from the University of Oxford has created a mathematical model to help avoid spattering squeezy sauce bottles.
  
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• Divers remove 53 TONS of human trash from reefs and beaches surrounding Hawaii islands

  16-11-2022 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A nonprofit organization has spent the last two years cleaning up human trash around a World Heritage site located in Hawaii, which is home to 7,000 species - and many are endangered.
  
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• Mass Exodus Of Doctors And Nurses May Lead To Total Collapse Of The U.S. Medical System

  16-11-2022 16:37 via technocracy.news
  Medical Technocrats have succeeded in destroying the medical system in America as a mass exodus of seasoned doctors and nurses flee the industry. This destruction started long before COVID with “evidence-based” medicine where unseen Technocrats dictated treatment for patients they had never seen or cared about. When the COVID plandemic hit, ethical medical personnel were forced out. ⁃ TN EditorI’m a practicing ER nurse of 25 years. The amount of blood clots, strokes, card
  
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• TikTok is DOWN: Video app crashes for frustrated users around the world

  16-11-2022 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to DownDetector, the problems started at around 15:00 GMT and are affecting users across the world.
  
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• Celebrities embracing the metaverse - including Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg and Prince Harry

  16-11-2022 16:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to reports, Harry and Megan will join Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg and Justin Bieber by embracing the metaverse - a virtual space online with avatars of real people.
  
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• Beyond Censorship: Destroying Dissenters Through Cyberwarfare

  16-11-2022 15:56 via technocracy.news
  When a military grade cyberwarfare attack is leveled at globalist narrative dissenters, it is comparable to a Predator  drone striking out of nowhere. The result can be not only devastating but existential. Technocrats are quietly training the big guns of cyberwarfare on citizens to dare to question globalist policies, objectives and players. Answer: speak up, speak out. ⁃ TN Editor
   
  STORY AT-A-GLANCE> Estimates suggest China has stolen between $200 billion and $600 billion i
  
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• Microsoft launches a $75 'ugly Christmas jumper' featuring its iconic cartoon paperclip Clippy

  16-11-2022 15:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Clippy, a smiling paperclip, was introduced as a 'virtual office assistant' inMicrosoft Office programmes in 1997, periodically offering advice and tutorials, but was scrapped in 2007.
  
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• Hinge 'Relationship Type' tool lets daters specify if they're looking for polyamorous partners 

  16-11-2022 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hinge's new tool allows users to specify the type of commitment they're looking for, whether it's monogamous or polyamorous.
  
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• New York Federal Reserve To Test Digital Dollar With Big Banks

  16-11-2022 14:58 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats within the central bank network around the world have developed working technology for Central Bank Digital Currency and are now testing their inventions. For the NY Fed to call this a “digital dollar” and “distributed blockchain” are misnomers: they should be a CBDC and centralized bank transactions. Big banks are eagerly cooperating with the Fed. ⁃ TN EditorThe Federal Reserve Bank of New York and major banks will launch a three-month test of a digital
  
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• Dangers of driving while under the influence of 'hippy crack' laid bare

  16-11-2022 14:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dutch officials claimed the crackdown was prompted by a surge in road accidents caused by drivers using the mind-bending drug, with 1,800 recorded over the last three years.
  
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• Watch parties get a privacy focus with BBC trial

  16-11-2022 14:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Individual users will be able to decide how much personal data they want to share with the service.
  
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• Life really CAN flash before your eyes when you're dying!

  16-11-2022 13:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Sam Parnia, an associate professor for the Department of Medicine at NYU Lagone Health, has spent 25 years studying the moment a patient's heart stops.
  
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• Spent Chinese Long 6A rocket spews over 50 pieces of space junk

  16-11-2022 13:30 via go.theregister.com
  Tiangong, ISS, and SpaceX satellites will not be affected, according to China's Foreign Ministry The spent Long 6A rocket launching China's Yunhai-3 satellite has broken up, scattering over 50 different chunks into low-Earth orbit after it failed to disintegrate completely upon reentry in the atmosphere.…
  
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• NASA shares footage of Earth taken from the Orion spacecraft during its launch

  16-11-2022 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 24-second clip shows the outline of our planet slowly shrinking away in the distance, as the Space Launch System rocket carried the Orion capsule at speeds of up to 12,000 mph (19,000 kph).
  
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• MrBeast overtakes PewDiePie as most-subscribed YouTuber

  16-11-2022 13:14 via bbc.co.uk
  PewDiePie's almost 10 years of dominance have come to an end, as MrBeast reaches 112 million subscribers.
  
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• Artemis launch video: NASA shoots for the moon with $4 billion mission

  16-11-2022 10:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Third time became the charm for NASA's attempt to launch the Artemis I mission - the rocket was successfully launched just before 2.00am EST (7:00am GMT) Wednesday morning.
  
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• AI analysis of dinosaur tracks suggests 'predator' may have been a herbivore

  16-11-2022 10:30 via go.theregister.com
  Human scientists can't agree, but computers … uh … find a way Palaeontologists believe they have shed new light on a debate over what kind of dinosaur may have created the ancient tracks at the Lark Quarry Conservation Park in Australia – by analyzing the footprints using AI.…
  
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• Nvidia investigates melting graphics card cable reports

  16-11-2022 10:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Social-media users share photos appearing to show damage to the cable supplied with the Nvidia RTX 4090.
  
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• Nasa's Artemis Moon rocket lifts off Earth

  16-11-2022 09:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Nasa launches the most powerful rocket in its history as it kick-starts efforts to get humans back to the Moon.
  
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• Artemis launch: NASA shoots for the moon with $4 billion mission

  16-11-2022 09:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Third time became the charm for NASA's attempt to launch the Artemis I mission - the rocket was successfully launched just before 2.00am EST Wednesday morning.
  
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• Amazon's Echo Dot and Meross Smart Plug bundle is 64% off thanks to an early Black Friday deal

  16-11-2022 09:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SHOPPING: If you've been holding off investing in the best smart home devices, Amazon has dropped tons of epic deals ahead of Black Friday, including 64 per cent off this smart home bundle.
  
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• Deliveroo: UK-based food delivery firm quits Australia

  16-11-2022 08:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The firm struggled to compete with rivals as well as facing pressure to improve workers' conditions.
  
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• NASA shoots for the moon! $4 billion Artemis launches on a 25-day mission around the moon

  16-11-2022 08:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Third time became the charm for NASA's attempt to launch the Artemis I mission - the rocket was successfully launched just before 2.00am EST Wednesday morning.
  
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• Amazon staff laid off as tech giants cut costs, according to LinkedIn posts

  16-11-2022 04:57 via bbc.co.uk
  This week it was reported that the firm is planning to cut 10,000 jobs, around 3% of its office staff.
  
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• People still booking Ubers in UK despite downturn

  16-11-2022 03:47 via bbc.co.uk
  The boss of Uber UK says just as many people are using the app, despite the cost-of-living crisis.
  
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• UK zoonotic research site left to deteriorate - MPs

  16-11-2022 02:30 via bbc.co.uk
  A lack of government investment in an animal disease lab is a threat to safety, a report says.
  
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• COP27: Lack of women at negotiations raises concern

  16-11-2022 02:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Women barely feature in negotiations in Egypt despite bearing the brunt of climate change.
  
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• Oil pollution: Investigation reveals Egypt’s 'super coral' at risk

  16-11-2022 01:34 via bbc.co.uk
  A climate-change resistant Red Sea reef is being flooded with toxic wastewater, leaked documents show.
  
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• COP27: Oil pollution in Egypt threatens one of world's few thriving coral reefs

  16-11-2022 01:34 via bbc.co.uk
  A climate-change resistant Red Sea reef is being flooded with toxic wastewater, leaked documents show.
  
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• Byjus, Meta, Twitter: India tech workers fight back amid mass layoffs

  16-11-2022 01:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Many young Indians who've lost their jobs are looking for ways to air their frustration and build support.
  
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