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• Dog flu outbreak in America

  15-12-2022 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Veterinarians are urging pet owners to get their dogs vaccinated against canine influenza. Symptoms appear about five days after exposure and include a running nose and fever.
  
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• Gold jewelry found on remains of Egyptian woman buried 3,500 years ago

  15-12-2022 22:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The decorated young woman was buried in the Tombs of the Nobles at Amarna, a cemeteryelites of the city formally known as Akhetaten that was built by King Tutankhamun's father.
  
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• Microsoft takes a punt on silicon battery startup

  15-12-2022 20:32 via go.theregister.com
  If electric car ownership keeps going up, they’ll be coining it Microsoft is one of the investors contributing to the latest funding round for Group14 Technologies, a company developing silicon battery technology for applications including electric vehicles.…
  
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• Never-before-seen galaxies sparkle in a new image of James Webb

  15-12-2022 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers are excited to share a new James Webb telescope image that features thousands of never-before-seen galaxies that formed just 200 million years after the big bang.
  
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• The biggest moments of the World Cup so far, according to Twitter

  15-12-2022 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sports betting site Nostrabet has studied tweets from the official @FIFAWorldCup Twitter account since the tournament began on November 20.
  
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• Ofcom report shows growing 5G coverage

  15-12-2022 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  One in five mobile phones is now capable of using 5G, but some consumers say speed is disappointing.
  
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• Prelude to Day 7: China Is The World’s First Technate

  15-12-2022 18:41 via technocracy.news
  This is an in-depth (7,800 word) and must-read analysis of China’s journey from Communism to Technocracy, a much more natural system for China’s history and culture. Misreading China’s current state of existence is to misread the greatest threat the world has ever seen, yet is the least-spoken of. No, China isn’t the threat, our own governments are striving to recreate the China experience, especially in the U.S. ⁃ TN EditorIn Part 1, we discussed the historica
  
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• Father Christmas' carbon footprint would release just 10g of carbon per child

  15-12-2022 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from TRACK have worked out that Santa's journey is made as eco-friendly as possible, taking the shortest route possible to spread Christmas cheer.
  
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• Drought encouraged Attila's Huns to attack the Roman empire, says study

  15-12-2022 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hunnish territory experienced dry summers and 'severe drought' in the 430s and 450s, which led to 'inexplicable violence', University of Cambridge experts say.
  
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• Sharing people's locations on Twitter is now BANNED

  15-12-2022 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter updated its Privacy Information policy to include a ban on sharing individual's live location. Posts with this information will be removed and the account that created it suspended.
  
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• London Underground is polluted with METALLIC particles small enough to end up in the bloodstream

  15-12-2022 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The London Underground is polluted with ultrafine metallic particles, small enough to enter the human bloodstream, according to a Cambridge University study.
  
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• Is laughing gas craze fading out? Use of hippy crack fell last year, official data shows

  15-12-2022 16:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Office for National Statistics (ONS) data show 3.9 per cent of 16- to 24-year-olds in England tried nitrous oxide at least once in the year up to June. It was down from 8.7 per cent the year before.
  
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• Digital Eternity Is Just Around the Corner

  15-12-2022 15:00
  These past few years have been visceral reminders of our mortality. But new technologies can offer a way for us and our loved ones to live on.
  
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• Gig Workers Are Getting Crushed by the Review Mill

  15-12-2022 13:42
  A wave of freelancers say they are losing income because of algorithmic decisions, and they can’t fight back.
  
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• Bizarre new study proposes living inside asteroids

  15-12-2022 13:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new paper, University of Rochester scientists suggest hollowing out an asteroid, increasing its spin to create artificial gravity and filling it with buildings.
  
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• Panini's ancient puzzle is finally solved... after 2500 years

  15-12-2022 13:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rishi Rajpopat, an Indian PhD student at the University of Cambridge,has decoded a rule that was taught by 'the father of linguistics' Pāṇini.
  
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• GPS Signals Are Being Disrupted in Russian Cities

  15-12-2022 13:00
  Navigation system monitors have seen a recent uptick in interruptions since Ukraine began launching long-range drone attacks.
  
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• A New EU Rule Can Expose Greenwashers

  15-12-2022 13:00
  Soon, companies will have no place to hide if they fail to deliver on sustainability.
  
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• Sun unleashes at least eight solar flares towards Earth

  15-12-2022 12:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One of the solar flares caused a brief radio blackout over the Atlantic Ocean when it struck Earth at 14:42 GMT (09:42 ET) yesterday (Wednesday), according to SpaceWeather.com.
  
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• Café will open in Dubai next year with an eerily human-like ROBOT cashier

  15-12-2022 12:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An eerily-human like robot cashier who can serve drinks and chit-chat with customers will soon be up and running in Dubai. The robot has been created to look like Eastern European model Diana Gabdullina.
  
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• Soyuz leak puts a stop to planned ISS spacewalk and work on Nauka module

  15-12-2022 07:30 via go.theregister.com
  Королёв, we have a problem … We don't mean to alarm you, but a Russian Soyuz vehicle docked at the International Space Station (ISS) is leaking a "significant" amount of something, resulting in the cancellation of a spacewalk.…
  
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• Elon Musk sells $3.6bn of shares in electric car maker Tesla

  15-12-2022 04:47 via bbc.co.uk
  The sale brings the total of Tesla stocks sold by Mr Musk over the past year to almost $40bn.
  
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• Elon Musk taking legal action over Twitter account that tracks his private jet

  15-12-2022 03:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Twitter's owner says an account tracking his private jet has put his son's safety at risk.
  
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• NASA starts assessing Orion capsule for refurb

  15-12-2022 02:35 via go.theregister.com
  Would you ride to the Moon in a sightly used spaceship? Yeah, it's got some miles on it … NASA's Orion capsule – built to send the first woman and another man to the Moon – has arrived at a US naval base in San Diego, California, and will be dragged ashore for inspection.…
  
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• Ancient grammatical puzzle that has baffled scientists for 2,500 years is SOLVED

  15-12-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rishi Rajpopat, an Indian PhD student at the University of Cambridge,has decoded a rule that was taught by 'the father of linguistics' Pāṇini.
  
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• Alexa, how tall is Rishi Sunak? Amazon reveals Britain's most asked questions to its voice assistant

  15-12-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon has revealed the most common questions British people have asked their Alexa voice assistant in the last year.
  
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• Menopause takes brakes off 'danger protein' behind Alzheimer's, scientists show for first time

  15-12-2022 00:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Scripps Research in San Diego, California studied 40 brains, half of which were from people with Alzheimer's. They said the menopause puts women at higher risk.
  
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