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• Tech bosses could face jail after Tory MPs revolt on bill

  17-01-2023 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government has conceded after nearly 50 Conservative MPs rebelled over the Online Safety Bill.
  
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• World's largest aircraft completes record-breaking six-hour test flight  

  17-01-2023 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Stratolaunch Roc carrier plane, the largest aircraft in history, completed a six-hour test flight for a new record. Roc has a 383-foot wingspan and can reach speeds of 530 miles per hour.
  
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• The Collapse of the UK’s Electric Vehicle Champion

  17-01-2023 19:41
  
  Britishvolt promised investors it would be the cornerstone of the country’s battery industry. Now it faces bankruptcy.
  
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• Japanese scientists develop an electric spoon that zaps your tongue to enhance food's salty taste

  17-01-2023 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Meiji University in Japan have developed an electric spoon that zaps your tongue to enhance the salty taste of bland food.
  
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• From Taylor Swift to David Bowie and Elvis Presley: AI technology creates new songs for musicians

  17-01-2023 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amid Nick Cave's scathing review of ChatGPT, MailOnline tasked the server with replicating the style and prose of some of the most renowned artists of all time.
  
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• Apple launches new MacBook Pros with the world's fastest laptop chip

  17-01-2023 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple launched two new MacBook Pros - a 14-inch and 16-inch. The computers feature the tech giant's in-house chips, making them six times faster than previous models with Intel chips.
  
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• Why watching The Traitors before bed could help you to fall asleep FASTER

  17-01-2023 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland have found that watching suspenseful TV before bed helps you to fall asleep faster than a less exciting documentary does.
  
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• Fat for fame: Social media stars sacrifice their health and waistlines for clicks and money

  17-01-2023 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mukbang videos have become popular online for their monster portions. But the trend reflects a growing obesity crisis in the US that is not helped by images of eating to excess, doctors say.
  
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• How to survive a nuclear explosion: Scientists reveal the safest places to take shelter

  17-01-2023 17:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using computer modelling, researchers at the University of Nicosia have studied the effects of a nearby nuclear blast for people inside a concrete building.
  
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• Nearly two-thirds of coral reef shark and ray species are at risk of EXTINCTION

  17-01-2023 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The report, carried out by researchers at the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, found that 59 per cent of all coral reef sharks and rays are at risk of becoming extinct.
  
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• Britain and Saudi Arabia are working on 'solar panels in SPACE' to beam power to the North Sea

  17-01-2023 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The project by UK-based Space Solar Ltd involves putting solar panels into Earth's orbit, assembled by robots, that convert electricity into high-frequency radio waves transmitted to the surface.
  
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• Elon Musk begins trial over Tesla tweet that cost him $20m

  17-01-2023 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shareholders are suing the Tesla CEO over a 2018 tweet saying he had the funds to take the firm private.
  
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• The Blink Video Doorbell is on sale for just £39.99 - plus 10 more smart home deals up to 45% off

  17-01-2023 14:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SHOPPING: Want to maximise your home security or have remote control of your heating and lights? You're in luck. Amazon has a selection of smart home devices on sale.
  
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• WSJ: Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Coming, Ready Or Not

  17-01-2023 13:55 via technocracy.news
  This is a must-read article to understand one point: CBDCs will allow citizens to bypass commercial banks in order to hold digital currency accounts directly with the Federal Reserve. This is profound because it risks driving all peripheral banks, S&Ls and credit unions out of business; it also takes Constitutional authority away from the Senate to regulate currency and coinage. Few are talking about this, but the WSJ has just put it in your face! ⁃ TN EditorThe game-changing developme
  
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• Why IS it so cold in the UK? Northerly flow is bringing cold air from the Arctic

  17-01-2023 13:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Met Office has confirmed that the dropping of temperatures to -9.8°C last night is the result of ablast of northerly air blown in from the Arctic. This has picked up moisture in its travels over the sea.
  
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• ‘A New System’: Inside DAVOS Summit 2023

  17-01-2023 13:45 via technocracy.news
  The Agenda at this year’s WEF Summit in Davos was set prior to arrival of guests: it’s all about a “new system”. Of course, this is the intended system to be produced by the WEF’s highly-prized Great Reset, aka Sustainable Development, Fourth Industrial Revolution and Technocracy. Never mind that the “new system” will turn all economic activity on its ear; or civilization on its head. Brainwashing is as brainwashing does. ⁃ TN EditorThe World Econo
  
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• Brits Are Protesting 15-Minute Cities To Avoid Becoming Prisoners Of The State

  17-01-2023 13:12 via technocracy.news
  A 15-minute city means everything you have to (or can do) exists within 15 minutes from where you live. People are seeing it as a virtual gulag where confinement is monitored with geo-fencing, smart phones and panopticon-style surveillance. Also perceived is the inability (or great difficulty) to escape from your assigned 15-minute neighborhood. Globalists and Technocrats are thrilled at the prospect. ⁃ TN EditorFifteen-minute cities are popping up everywhere, and the World Economic Forum
  
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• Boffins say their protective satellite paint job could harvest power from the Sun

  17-01-2023 13:02 via go.theregister.com
  How does Multifunctional Nanobarrier Structure sound for the bathroom wall? Researchers say they have developed a coating that can protect spacecraft and satellites from solar radiation while also allowing possible harvesting of heat energy from sunlight.…
  
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• Quantum Computing Has a Noise Problem

  17-01-2023 13:00
  Today’s devices can be thrown off by the slightest environmental interference. Algorithmiq is developing ways to counteract this and harness quantum’s power.
  
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• Mini Power Plants—on Wheels

  17-01-2023 13:00
  As the heart of a distributed energy network, EVs will be hard at work, even when they’re stationary.
  
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• Lasers Are Mapping Scotland’s Mysterious Iron Age Passages

  17-01-2023 13:00
  Digitized archaeology is making souterrains—subterranean passages in the Highlands—accessible in a way Indiana Jones could only dream of.
  
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• Nick Cave says ChatGPT's AI attempt to write Nick Cave lyrics 'sucks'

  17-01-2023 12:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The musician responds after a popular chatbot produces lyrics "in the style of Nick Cave".
  
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• Thermoelectric device zaps Japanese knotweed at the roots

  17-01-2023 12:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A British startup is trying to tackle the UK's Japanese Knotweed problem by using a thermoelectric treatment to effectively boil the root of the plant and prevent regrowth.
  
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• The secret to good health? Try meditating like a Buddhist monk

  17-01-2023 12:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in China assessed the gut microbiome and blood samples of Tibetan monks and compared them to locals who followed a similar diet but didn't meditate.
  
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• Twitter allows Taliban members to get blue ticks

  17-01-2023 11:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two officials and four prominent supporters of Afghanistan's militant political movement have been given blue checkmarks, according to the BBC report.
  
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• Teachers should channel Miss Honey rather than Miss Trunchbull if they want to control a classroom

  17-01-2023 11:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from the University of Essex has found strict-sounding teachers are worse at inspiring their pupils compared to their colleagues who use a kinder tone.
  
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• Wikipedia criticises 'harsh' new Online Safety Bill plans

  17-01-2023 09:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The legislation shouldn't treat community-run sites like big tech firms its foundation says.
  
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• Eating one freshwater fish a YEAR is equal to drinking water with PFAS for a month, study warns

  17-01-2023 06:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Environmental Working Group analysed samples of fish from bodies of water across the USA, and found they have a median level 9,500 nanograms of toxic chemicals per kilo.
  
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• 'It had just vanished' - the shock when tech fails

  17-01-2023 01:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cloud computing is a popular way for firms to buy computing but, when it fails, chaos ensues.
  
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