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• Manufacturers must meet strict criteria to make organic claim on packaging

  19-01-2023 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US Department of Agriculture has tightened the definition of organic, meaning makers will now need to meet much stricter manufacturing criteria in order to put the health claim on their label.
  
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• 'Smart patch' detects Alzheimer's in 6 MINUTES

  19-01-2023 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new 'smart patch' detects Alzheimer's in just six minutes using an array of sensor-packed needles that lightly pierce the skin to analyze chemicals for biomarkers associated with the disease.
  
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• Visibility of stars at night is DECLINING by 10% per year thanks to light pollution, study warns

  19-01-2023 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the National Science Foundation revealed that the night sky has increased in brightness from artificial light by roughly 7 to 10 per cent per year.
  
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• New FTX boss John Ray could bring back bankrupt crypto firm

  19-01-2023 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  John Ray said he may restart the platform to try to recover "value" for customers who lost money.
  
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• Scientists reveal the surprisingly simple task that could reignite the spark in your relationship 

  19-01-2023 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologists at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in the US have discovered a surprisingly easy way to reignite the passion in your relationship, and all you need is a photo.
  
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• UV nail polish drying devices can cause cancer-causing mutations, study warns 

  19-01-2023 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Portable lamps emit rays of ultraviolet (UV) light to quickly dry nail polish - but experts at University of California San Diego say they damage human skin cells.
  
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• Snyder: Has The WEF Just Reached “Peak Creepy”?

  19-01-2023 17:43 via technocracy.news
  
  Insanity, deceit, corruption, hypocrisy, perversion and debauchery. What part of the story line is missing? On the whole, the World Economic Forum has maximized its “creepy factor” and its on display for the whole world to see.
  The whole gathering is a microcosm of Instagram influencers: hollow people saying hollow things while begging to be accepted and enshrined by their peers. ⁃ TN EditorWhy do people think that it is creepy that a group of “select human beings”
  
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• Russia, Iran Eye Issuance Of Stablecoin Backed By Gold

  19-01-2023 16:39 via technocracy.news
  After the decoupling of gold from the dollar in 1971, central banks decried “Gold is dead”, “Gold is not money”, Gold is obsolete”; and thus, the war on gold began, even though those same central banks were quietly accumulating vast stores of gold. Now, suddenly, gold is resurrecting as the most important monetary asset in the world.
  According to the WEF itself, gold demand increased 28% in 2022: “Central banks globally have accumulated gold reserves this year
  
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• Cartier Beams That Diamond Ring Right to Your Finger

  19-01-2023 16:35
  
  The luxury brand embraces augmented reality retail with an in-store gadget that renders pieces of jewelry on your hands in 4K.
  
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• WEF On Disinformation: Top “Global Risk”, “Most Existential Problem” Facing The World

  19-01-2023 16:19 via technocracy.news
  
  Meanwhile at the WEF meeting, New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger spoke at the panel, “Clear & Present Danger of Disinformation”, and claimed that disinformation is the “Most Existential Problem” facing the planet today. In fact, it is the WEF’s own narrative that is the biggest threat. ⁃ TN EditorThe World Economic Forum (WEF) has published a report, citing, as part of its annual meeting, “misinformation and disinformation”
  
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• What are Meta's Quest Pro and HTC’s Vive XR Elite like to use?

  19-01-2023 15:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News technology editor Zoe Kleinman tries two new headsets that can transport you to virtual worlds.
  
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• A Sneaky Ad Scam Tore Through 11 Million Phones

  19-01-2023 15:31
  
  Some 1,700 spoofed apps, 120 targeted publishers, 12 billion false ad requests per day—Vastflux is one of the biggest ad frauds ever discovered.
  
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• Britain should eat bread made with BROAD BEANS because it's more sustainable, scientists say 

  19-01-2023 15:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Reading have announced the 'Raising The Pulse' project that seeks to create feasible, tasty baked products made with broad bean flour.
  
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• Instagram's new 'Quiet Mode' mutes notifications and sends auto-replies to DMs 

  19-01-2023 15:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instagram's new 'Quiet Mode' aims to reduce the amount of time spent looking at smartphones, helping users and fight smartphone addiction.
  
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• Dartmoor wild camping agreement reached

  19-01-2023 14:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dartmoor landowners to be paid by national park in return for letting people wild camp on their land.
  
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• Cyber-crime gangs' earnings slide as victims refuse to pay

  19-01-2023 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New research points to a positive trend with ransomware gangs' profits dropping 40% in 2022.
  
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• Could ChatGPT be the next Agony Aunt? MailOnline asks the AI bot for help with dating dilemmas

  19-01-2023 14:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: After a woman from South London decided to take the advice from ChatGPT to divorce her husband, MailOnline asks the AI chatbot for help with dating dilemmas.
  
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• Meta is told 'free the nipple': Facebook and Instagram are lifting ban on bare breasts

  19-01-2023 13:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Following naked protests outside Facebook's HQ, and campaigns to desexualize images of bare breasts, the social media giant's parent company is told to allow nip pics.
  
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• The Battery That Never Gets Flat

  19-01-2023 13:00
  
  Your body generates enough energy to power wearables, medical sensors, and implanted devices—and tech designers are plugging in.
  
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• Fungi Are Humble Heroes in the Climate War

  19-01-2023 13:00
  
  These common microorganisms excel at sucking carbon out of the atmosphere. And they’re about to make an appearance on your plate and in your closet.
  
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• Easily Distracted? You Need to Think Like a Medieval Monk

  19-01-2023 13:00
  
  Focusing wasn’t much easier in the time before electricity or on-demand TV. In fact, you probably have a lot in common with these super-distracted monks.
  
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• Astronomers release a 'gargantuan' survey of our Milky Way galaxy

  19-01-2023 12:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The awe-inspiring view was captured by the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) instrument on a telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, which sits at an altitude of 7,200ft.
  
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• Bizarre cloud over Bursa resembles female genitalia 

  19-01-2023 12:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The cloud was photographed over the Gokmen Aerospace Training Center (GUHEM) in Bursa in the early hours of this morning.
  
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• Boston Dynamics robot helps with construction in new video

  19-01-2023 11:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New footage from Boston Dynamics shows Atlas laying wood over scaffolding, holding and carrying a tool bag and performing an extravagant mid-air flip.
  
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• How much will YOUR broadband go up in price? Calculator shows how 14.4% price hike may affect bills

  19-01-2023 11:14 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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• 'I use Call of Duty to speak to my family in Iran'

  19-01-2023 07:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Iranians in Birmingham reveal how turmoil in their homeland affects their health and livelihoods.
  
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• Government falling 'far short' on environmental targets

  19-01-2023 03:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An independent watchdog warns that England is facing a 'deeply concerning decline in biodiversity'.
  
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• Climate change: Invest in technology that removes CO2 - report

  19-01-2023 02:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Emission cuts must be accompanied by greater efforts to remove CO2 from the atmosphere a new report says.
  
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