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• Portrait of an 8-year-old Neanderthal boy who lived more than 30,000 years ago is REVEALED

  18-01-2023 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the first three-dimensional restoration of a Neanderthal skull fossil. The eight-year-old boy was buried in a ritual fashion when he died more than 30,000 years ago.
  
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• How Covid pandemic led to a boom in young women freezing their eggs over body-clock concerns

  18-01-2023 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The number of women freezing their eggs surged during the Covid pandemic, with many fearing they were running out of time to have a baby, figures show.
  
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• Twitter's bird statue sells for $100,000 at auction

  18-01-2023 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After axing staff and scrapping perks, Twitter offloads surplus supplies
  
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• Bitzlato crypto founder charged with $700m financial crimes

  18-01-2023 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bitzlato co-founder Anatoly Legkodymov is accused of helping to process $700m in illicit funds.
  
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• Meta WILL 'free the nipple': Facebook and Instagram are lifting ban on bare breasts

  18-01-2023 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meta's decision to life the ban on bare breasts follows its Oversight Board's recommendation that prohibiting nipples hindered expression for women, transgender and non-binary people.
  
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• Eating foods with less than FIVE ingredients key for dieting and weight-loss

  18-01-2023 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trying to work out what foods are healthy is so complicated these days - especially with the rise of buzzwords like 'organic', and'all-natural'. But experts say the 'rule of five' works in most cases.
  
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• Forget lullabies! Study reveals that listening to upbeat songs can help you to fall asleep 

  18-01-2023 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Analysis of more than 225,000 tracks from sleep-related Spotify playlists by researchers at Aarhus University found 31 per cent of songs are unexpectedly energetic and faster in tempo.
  
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• Scientists discover over 250 fossilised dinosaur eggs - suggesting they nested together like birds

  18-01-2023 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in New Delhi found 92 nesting sites that once belonged to titanosaurs - a family of long-necked dinosaurs that included some of the largest to ever exist.
  
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• Twitter users bombarded by MORE spam messages than ever - despite Elon's pledge to cull bots

  18-01-2023 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter users are seeing more spam messages in their Direct messages that are offering free nude pics, cryptocurrency opportunities and job positions. And they say Elon Musk is to blame.
  
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• Microsoft to cut 10,000 jobs as spending slows

  18-01-2023 18:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chief executive Satya Nadella says cuts will cost $1.2bn (£972m) as tech firms scale back staff numbers.
  
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• Plugging end-of-life EV batteries into the grid could ease renewables transition

  18-01-2023 18:32 via go.theregister.com
  
  Study says this would give old power units years of useful life once unsuitable for cars EV batteries could help meet short-term electricity grid storage demand by as early as 2030 in most parts of the world, scientists are claiming.…
  
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• Greenland Ice Sheet is hottest it has ever been and will cause sea levels to rise by 20in by 2100

  18-01-2023 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The calculations are based on a reconstruction of central-north Greenland temperatures from 1100 to 2011 undertaken by experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute.
  
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• Google Images was created because of Jennifer Lopez

  18-01-2023 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jennifer Lopez's green Versace gown had such an impact that it sparked the creation of one of the most widely used tools on the internet - Google Images.
  
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• Scientists are testing a wireless charger for TAXIS

  18-01-2023 16:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nottingham is hosting a new trial of electric vehicle charging technology that wirelessly passes current from the ground to the car.
  
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• “Demonized” ESG Narrative Is Finally Getting To Blackrock’s Larry Fink

  18-01-2023 16:30 via technocracy.news
  
  Larry Fink will ultimately give up on “ESG investing” or the market will grind him and his Blackrock behemoth into powder. When states like Florida pull all investments worth $2 billion from Blackrock, it hurts. Fink, whose ego is as big as the solar system, views such actions as “demonizing the issues” and “personal attacks”.
  Fink’s complaints, delivered at the current WEF meeting in Davos, highlight a somber mood among global elitists. They are reeling
  
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• The Marvel Movies From Worst to Best—and Where to Stream Them

  18-01-2023 16:00
  
  Here’s our definitive ranking of all 30 films (and counting) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  
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• Technocrats-At-Work: Medical Profession Implements WHO’s Digital Diagnosis Code For The Unvaxxed

  18-01-2023 15:47 via technocracy.news
  
  (Chant) We Will. We Will. Track You! There has been no clear way to identify those who chose to not take the experimental mRNA shots – until now. The US has just approved and adopted the WHO’s new digital diagnosis code for the unvaxxed.
  When you make your next visit to a medical facility, for any reason, you will be asked if you took the “vaccine” and boosters. Your answer will be coded on the spot and the data uploaded to the all-seeing medical cloud. Technocrats lust f
  
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• Brownstone: Technocratic Dystopia Is Impossible

  18-01-2023 15:12 via technocracy.news
  This author correctly demonstrates that the Utopian dream of Technocracy cannot work, could never work and will never work. The only question is how much of the world will it destroy before everyone else figures this out? ⁃ TN EditorIn the coming technocratic dystopia, life will be grim for most of us. For those who survive the preliminary depopulation, a technological control grid run by AI and robots will keep tabs on our every movement. You notice that your pantry cube is running a bit
  
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• Laser-wielding boffins bend lightning to their will

  18-01-2023 13:32 via go.theregister.com
  
  Discovery could provide better protection for power stations, airports and launchpads Video  Scientists have for the first time demonstrated that a laser can act as a lightning rod to disperse these dangerous atmospheric discharges.…
  
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• Echidnas blow SNOT BUBBLES to stay cool in the Australian outback, study finds

  18-01-2023 13:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Echidnas have found a unique way to keep cool.Researchers in Western Australia have found that the spiny creatures blow wet bubbles of snot out of their noses to prevent overheating.
  
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• People who drink alcohol more than once a week are at higher risk of internet addiction, study finds

  18-01-2023 13:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Semmelweis University in Hungary have identified several genes that each trigger multiple addictive behaviours, including substance use.
  
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• Metaverse Landlords Are Creating a New Class System

  18-01-2023 13:00
  Virtual landowners have found a way to put their investments to work, but with unintended consequences.
  
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• It’s Getting Too Hot to Make Snow

  18-01-2023 13:00
  
  Some ski resorts rely on machines to keep powder on the slopes. But snow guns guzzle water, are energy-intensive, and need cool temperatures to operate.
  
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• Infinite AI Interns for Everybody

  18-01-2023 13:00
  
  These assistants won’t just ease the workload, they’ll unleash a wave of entrepreneurship.
  
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• Cold, hard facts about how freezing winter weather can harm your health

  18-01-2023 12:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Temperatures plunged to as low as -6C (21F) in parts of England on Tuesday night. On top of train cancellations, road closures and power cuts, the cold could also harm your health.
  
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• AI image creator faces UK and US legal challenges

  18-01-2023 12:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Getty Images, one of the worlds biggest picture agencies, is taking action against Stability AI.
  
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• Doomsday Clock will be updated next week to determine our fate

  18-01-2023 12:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With Russia's war on Ukraine waging on, climate disasters wreaking havoc and coronavirus still lingering, it is hard to imagine the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists turning back time.
  
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• Netflix could pay YOU $385,000 to work as a flight attendant on their private jet

  18-01-2023 11:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Netflix will hire a private jet flight attendant, offering compensation of up to $385,000 per year, after struggling with a five-year slump in stock price and significant exec layoffs made last summer.
  
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• Woman decides to divorce her husband and to be with her lover because AI bot ChatGPT TOLD her to

  18-01-2023 11:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Sarah' from South London had been having an affair with a man she met online for six months and decided to asked the AI bot ChatGPT whether or not she should divorce her husband.
  
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• Scientists develop an electronic ALARM that sounds whenever it detects daydreaming

  18-01-2023 10:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from ATR Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group in Japan can identify when someone starts to lose concentration, and sound an alarm when it happens.
  
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• How much will YOUR broadband go up in price? Calculator shows how 14.4% price hike will affect bills

  18-01-2023 10:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts predict broadband providers will increase internet costs by a massive 14.4 per cent in April, as permitted by Ofcom. An online calculator can help predict your new monthly bill.
  
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• Elon Musk trial: Prospective jurors call him narcissistic, smart

  18-01-2023 07:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He could be ordered to pay billions of dollars in damages if he loses the fraud lawsuit over a tweet.
  
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• Artificial pancreas successful in type 2 diabetes tests

  18-01-2023 07:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Cambridge researchers say 89 percent of study patients reported spending less time managing their condition Medical researchers from Cambridge University have completed successful trials of an artificial pancreas that they say is nearly ready for commercial use by outpatients with type 2 diabetes – and it's even automated.…
  
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• Netflix offers pay package of up to $385,000 for flight attendant

  18-01-2023 05:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The role on its private jets requires "discretion and outstanding customer service skills".
  
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• Gamers say goodbye to Google's Stadia as platform shuts

  18-01-2023 04:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  All purchases are being refunded - but there are worries some games will be lost forever.
  
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• FTX: Collapsed crypto exchange says $415m was hacked

  18-01-2023 03:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Last week the company told a bankruptcy judge in Delaware that it had recovered over $5bn in assets.
  
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