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• Digital pound likely this decade, Treasury says

  06-02-2023 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Treasury and Bank of England will formally start a consultation for the digital currency, on Tuesday.
  
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• Seat by seat, scientists reveal your risk of dying on an airplane if it crashes

  06-02-2023 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The odds of dying in a plane crash are low, but scientists reveal there are specific seats in economy that have lower fatality rates in the event an airplane does experience an incident.
  
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• Listen to AI-generated Donald Trump read 'The Three Little Pigs'

  06-02-2023 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DailyMail.com asked a developer to replicate the voices of Donald Trump and Tom Hanks using a new AI tool that works in connection with the Microsoft's ChatGPT system.
  
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• Google launches its ChatGPT competitor called Bard

  06-02-2023 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google officially announced its ChatGPT competitor called Bard. This conversational AI service will first be available to testers, but will be accessible to the public in a few weeks.
  
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• Could 2023 be the year SpaceX's Starship finally reaches orbit?

  06-02-2023 20:00 via go.theregister.com
  
  Meanwhile, no one is thinking of the horrible emissions coming out of all these rockets, say scientists SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said over the weekend that, despite nearly two years since a successful launch, Starship will be flying again this March – with orbital ambitions.…
  
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• Bard: Google launches ChatGPT rival

  06-02-2023 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tech giant says its new Artificial Intelligence-powered chatbot will roll out in the coming weeks.
  
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• 'Singing' ice: Listen to the 'alien' sounds at Earth's poles

  06-02-2023 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientistshave used underwater microphones to capture new audio from living species and geological processes inthe Arctic and Antarctic.
  
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• America's extinction crisis: Data shows more than 33% of biodiversity could disappear

  06-02-2023 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A shocking report reveals 40% of animals and 34% of plants are on a path to extinction. And 41 percent of the ecosystems are at risk of collapse. This is due to climate change and habitat degradation.
  
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• Transhumanism, Eugenics And Faking The Singularity

  06-02-2023 18:15 via technocracy.news
  
  In the Transhumanist mind, the only way for Transhumanism to succeed is to take over the entire health care delivery system in order to practice their twisted practice of modern eugenics. For anyone who thought that Nazi Germany was an isolated and localized incidence of eugenics, it is now global, pervasive and insidious. America and the world must forcefully reject this entire ideology and its practitioners.
  This writer firmly believes that the Transhuman goal of immortality will never be achi
  
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• Turkey earthquake map: Where in Syria and Turkey did the quake hit?

  06-02-2023 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two huge earthquakes have caused devastation Turkey today (Mon). But what caused these disasters, and where exactly did they strike? MailOnline answers all the key questions.
  
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• What are spy balloons, how do they work and why wouldn't China use a satellite?

  06-02-2023 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Here's what we know about China's 'spy balloon', which was shot down Saturday off the coast of South Carolina by an F-22 fighter jet.
  
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• World's shark attack hotspots REVEALED: Map shows the areas with the most encounters in 2022

  06-02-2023 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Data from the University of Florida has revealed that there were 57 unprovoked shark bites worldwide in 2022, with only five of them fatal, while there were 73 in 2021 with nine deaths.
  
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• UK’s ‘Nudge Unit’ Manipulates People Toward ‘Net Zero Society’

  06-02-2023 17:34 via technocracy.news
  In an earlier report, the “nudge unit” recommended that banks track carbon footprint of financial transactions and social interactions to reward “sustainable behaviors”. The nudge theory was created by Technocrat economists Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein in their book, 2008 as a new tool of social engineering.  The theory has been applied to COVID-19, medical care, climate change, etc. ⁃ TN Editor
  The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) – started by th
  
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• Shar Pei, Basinji and Pekingese dog breeds are more likely to howl like wolves

  06-02-2023 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest played the sounds of a howling wolf to 68 dogs which differed in their genetic 'distance' from wolves.
  
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• US Venture Capital Seeds Chinese Artificial Intelligence Development

  06-02-2023 17:01 via technocracy.news
  Just like days gone by, Western capital is seen funding our enemies. (See Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution and Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler by Antony C. Sutton) In the AI world, Technocrat “birds of a feather flock together.” AI offers the greatest tool of social control that the world has ever seen, and it is an absolute necessity for Technocracy to succeed. ⁃ TN EditorU.S. companies were involved in at least 37 percent of the total investment transactions in&nbs
  
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• Raphael Saadiq Found the Perfect Sound for Marvel’s New Show

  06-02-2023 15:00
  
  The legendary R&B musician rooted the music of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur in classic New York—just like the show itself.
  
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• Private company set up to oversee UK's prototype fusion reactor

  06-02-2023 15:00 via go.theregister.com
  
  STEP won't be complete until 2040, but here's a 'delivery body' in the meantime The UK government has set up a delivery body tasked with building a prototype fusion energy plant to be sited at West Burton in Nottinghamshire.…
  
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• Elon Musk's Starship is set to make its maiden orbital flight next month

  06-02-2023 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk said SpaceX was targeting March for the eagerly-anticipated Texas launch of his Starship - a vehicle that could be a game-changer for long-distance space travel.
  
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• 'Google killer' ChatGPT sparks AI chatbot race

  06-02-2023 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The future of internet search could be transformed by this new tech, writes BBC tech editor Zoe Kleinman.
  
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• Field trip! European Space Agency sends astronauts abroad to learn about rocks

  06-02-2023 13:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Astronauts need better autonomy as ground control gets further away While astronauts are often engineers or scientists, they usually aren’t geologists, which is why the European Space Agency (ESA) is investing in training to make sure its next mission crew can accurately identify rocks and geological features.…
  
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• The Taliban Can’t Stop TikTok

  06-02-2023 13:00
  
  Despite an economic crisis, political chaos, and the regime’s ban, TikTok influencers are still thriving in Afghanistan.
  
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• The Original Joel on 'The Last of Us' Was Skeptical of the Show

  06-02-2023 13:00
  
  Then he read the script and was blown away.
  
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• Full Snow Moon will light up the skies tonight

  06-02-2023 12:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This year's Full Snow Moon will appear up to 14 per cent smaller than a supermoon, although most observers across the world won't be able to tell this difference with the unaided eye.
  
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• Earth's biggest EVER dinosaur touches down in Britain ahead of its Natural History Museum unveiling

  06-02-2023 11:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Patagotitan mayorum skeleton - also known as a titanosaur - has been relocated from Argentina to London via two Boeing 787-9 aircraft to be showcased at the Natural History Museum.
  
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• Britishvolt: UK battery start-up set to be bought by Australian firm

  06-02-2023 11:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Recharge Industries is named preferred bidder for collapsed battery firm Britishvolt.
  
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• Tech lay-offs: Dell to cut workforce

  06-02-2023 10:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dell adds to the growing list of technology companies cutting jobs as consumer and corporate spending shrinks.
  
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• 'Investing in the artist makes me feel more involved in the song'

  06-02-2023 10:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Swedish company Corite allow fans to invest in the music of their favourite artists.
  
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• Digital cameras back in fashion after online revival

  06-02-2023 02:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Analysts say the huge interest on eBay, Etsy and TikTok is driven by young people wanting old technology.
  
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• Scrub away those extra pounds! Cleaning the kitchen uses up more calories than dancing, study shows

  06-02-2023 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scrubbing may be a chore you might be tempted to put off. But blitzing the kitchen for 50 minutes burns more calories than an hour-long cycle ride or cleaning any other room, new research has found.
  
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• The Antarctic and Arctic sounds rarely heard before

  06-02-2023 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The poles are not known for being noisy but a project reveals their weird and wonderful sounds.
  
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