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• Artemis: Nasa's Orion capsule breaks distance record

  28-11-2022 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  The spacecraft travels further from Earth than any previous vehicle built for astronauts.
  
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• Musk feuds with Apple over Twitter advertising

  28-11-2022 21:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Elon Musk says Apple has cut Twitter advertising and has threatened to remove it from the app store.
  
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• Why you SHOULDN'T sprinkle extra salt onto your dinner

  28-11-2022 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shaking less salt on your food could cut your risk of heart disease, according to scientists. Excluding the salt added during cooking, the study tracked how much salt Britons added to their food.
  
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• People without hearing can LISTEN to music with new technology that converts tunes into vibrations

  28-11-2022 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new algorithm converts monophonic music into tangible stimuli that is transmitted to a device worn around the wrist. A portable version is in the works that could be used at concerts.
  
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• Layoffs Have Gutted Twitter’s Child Safety Team

  28-11-2022 20:28
  Just one person remains to enforce the company’s ban on child sexual abuse across Japan and the Asia Pacific region.
  
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• Skeleton of a PREGNANT T-rex will be unveiled to the public for the first time next month

  28-11-2022 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barbara is only one of three pregnant T-rex fossils ever found. The remains were unearthed in the Hell Creek Formation of northwestern Montana and will be unveiled on December 2.
  
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• NASA's Artemis 1 spacecraft breaks a record set by Apollo 13 in 1970 

  28-11-2022 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Artemis 1 Orion capsule smashed the record for the furthest distance travelled from Earth by any craft designed to carry humans - 248,655 miles, set by Apollo 13 in April 1970.
  
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• Best Cyber Monday 2022 Deals Under £50: Still Live Tonight

  28-11-2022 18:54
  Thoroughly decent Cyber Monday discounts on earbuds, fitness trackers, tablets, gifts and more
  
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• ISS resupply drops off experiments for life in deep space

  28-11-2022 18:30 via go.theregister.com
  If we're going to go beyond the Moon, we'll need food, a way to build stuff, and health diagnostic technology SpaceX's 26th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station arrived this weekend, bringing with it a bundle of scientific experiments to further prepare humans for life beyond Earth.…
  
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• Facebook: Meta fined €265m by Irish Data Protection Commission

  28-11-2022 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Phone numbers and email addresses of up to 533m users appeared on an online hacking forum.
  
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• Crypto firm BlockFi files for bankruptcy after FTX collapse

  28-11-2022 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  The collapse of FTX had already forced BlockFi to suspend most activity on its platform.
  
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• Climate change: Wasted methane gas 'a scandal'

  28-11-2022 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Green Alliance says the high price of gas means fossil fuel companies should be capturing more of their methane emissions
  
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• ‘Longtermism’ and ‘Effective Altruism’ Are The New Faces Of Transhumanism

  28-11-2022 17:40 via technocracy.news
  “The lunatics really are running the asylum, and should you dare to call out their madness, they’ll have you put in a straitjacket and injected with tranquilizers. It’s long past time to steal the keys and escape this nuthouse. And if there’s any spirit left in us, we’ll leave the asylum burning behind us.” – Joe Allen ⁃ TN EditorFuturists don’t just predict coming events. They also seek to shape them. Each prediction is framed to bring about
  
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• Twitter hack sees 5.4 MILLION phone numbers and email addresses leaked on the dark web

  28-11-2022 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  News of the data dump was announced by a cybersecurity expert, who posted it on his Twitter account. However, Chad Loder's account was suspended a day after he sounded the alarm.
  
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• Instafest tool creates your dream festival line-up based on your Spotify history - how to try it 

  28-11-2022 17:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new 'Instafest' tool generates your ultimate festival line-up by selecting your top artists based on your Spotify listening history from the last four weeks, the last six months or all time.
  
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• Klaus Schwab Declares China To Be A ‘Role Model’

  28-11-2022 15:53 via technocracy.news
  Klaus, a primo Technocrat, loves China, a whole nation of primo Technocrats. Of course they love each other. “Birds of a feather, flock together.” Most of Silicon Valley loves China. Most global industrialists love China. When you have the power to mold the clay any which way you want, the world is your potter’s studio. ⁃ TN EditorOnce upon a time, the Soviets had a tightly controlled network of internationalists known as the COMINTERN to promote their communist mode
  
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• Scientists genetically modify a tobacco plant to produce COCAINE in its leaves

  28-11-2022 15:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the Kunming Institute of Botany in China altered the Nicotiana benthamiana plant to produce two enzymes that generate cocaine when its leaves are dried.
  
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• Best Cyber Monday 2022 Deals Under £50: Xbox, Razer, Samsung and More

  28-11-2022 14:44
  Thoroughly decent Cyber Monday discounts on earbuds, fitness trackers, tablets, gifts and more
  
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• Not Happy Thanksgiving: Biden Stuffs America’s 401(k)s With ESG

  28-11-2022 14:10 via technocracy.news
  The Biden Administration has shafted Americans’ 401(k) retirement plans by allowing “woke” fund managers to support ESG investing without threat of legal liability. This allows them to put social impact and “Great Reset” above profit and capital preservation. For many, this will decimate returns on retirement funds. ⁃ TN EditorOn Tuesday, the Department of Labor finalized a rule that provides regulatory cover for retirement plan sponsors who wan
  
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• Cyber Monday sales see a HD Fire TV reduced to $79.99 on Amazon

  28-11-2022 13:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SHOPPING: Watch millions of titles from one central TV with crystal clear picture and sound. Through the Alexa-enabled remote you can ask it to find shows, get weather info and more.
  
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• A mash made in heaven! POTATOES can help you lose weight, scientists say

  28-11-2022 13:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People tend to eat the same weight of food at meal times so they feel full - regardless of how many calories it contains, according to US researchers.
  
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• WhatsApp launches 'Message Yourself' tool that lets you send yourself notes, reminders and updates

  28-11-2022 13:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WhatsApp has launched a new tool called 'Message Yourself', which, as the name suggests, lets you send yourself notes, reminders and updates.
  
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• Patagotitan mayorum: Titanosaur to go on show at Natural History Museum

  28-11-2022 13:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Titanosaurs were a diverse group of gigantic long-necked, plant-eating dinosaurs, found on all continents 100million years ago.
  
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• A Peek Inside the FBI's Unprecedented January 6 Geofence Dragnet

  28-11-2022 13:00
  Google provided investigators with location data for more than 5,000 devices as part of the federal investigation into the attack on the US Capitol.
  
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• Inside the world of VIP hospitality at the Qatar World Cup 2022

  28-11-2022 12:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MailOnline's Ted Thornhill stays at the Hyatt Regency in Doha, the base for the Ecuador team. He hangs out in the hospitality village there and enjoys a beer or two at the England vs USA game. Read on for more...
  
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• Rolls-Royce completes the world's first run of a jet engine using hydrogen fuel

  28-11-2022 11:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rolls-Royce teamed up with easyJet to conduct the ground test of a converted jet engine that runs on hydrogen at the Boscombe Down military site on Salisbury Plain.
  
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• Best Cyber Monday 2022 Deals UK: Apple, Huawei, Anker and More

  28-11-2022 11:18
  Real Cyber Monday discounts on top-class tech, handpicked by WIRED’s Gear team
  
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• Terrifying 6ft-long creature with bone crushing jaws roamed Iowa 340 million years ago

  28-11-2022 11:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from The Field Museum in Chicago have studied the remains of Whatcheeria - a six foot long lake dwelling creature that roamed Iowa 340 million years ago.
  
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• Dinosaur senior: Enormous skeleton will go on show at history museum

  28-11-2022 09:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Titanosaurs were a diverse group of gigantic long-necked, plant-eating dinosaurs, found on all continents 100million years ago.
  
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• The Apple AirPods Pro (2nd generation) ​​​​​​​are at their LOWEST price ever on Amazon

  28-11-2022 09:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SHOPPING: Calling all tech-lovers! Apple's second-generation noise-cancelling earbuds have been reduced to their lowest ever price. But hurry this deal is sure to expire soon.
  
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• The birth pangs of the Grand Theft Auto franchise

  28-11-2022 07:21 via bbc.co.uk
  On its 25th anniversary, an early GTA producer reveals the trials faced by its original developers.
  
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• Japan successfully propels steam-powered spacecraft

  28-11-2022 03:01 via go.theregister.com
  PLUS: Criminal probe of Singapore crypto exchange; Bosch invests in China R&D; $2B APAC datacenter fund formed; and more Asia In brief  Japan's space agency has successfully used water to propel a spacecraft and claimed it represents "the world's first successful orbit control beyond low-Earth orbit using a water propellant propulsion system."…
  
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• Rolls-Royce tests a jet engine running on hydrogen

  28-11-2022 01:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The firm, together with easyJet, is trying out hydrogen instead of jet fuel in a jet engine.
  
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• Health fears as experts find roast dinner can contain up to 230,000 particles 

  28-11-2022 01:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's a meal families traditionally enjoy tucking into at Sunday lunchtime. But experts have now found that a roast dinner can contain a staggering 230,000 microplastic particles.
  
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• Rutland Roman villa complex features 'first barn conversion' boasting steam room and plunge pool

  28-11-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The barn conversion featuring the bathing complex (pictured) was found at a Roman villa complex in Rutland, East Midlands, where a mosaic depicting Homer's Iliad was discovered in 2020.
  
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