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• US map shows where your state rank in UFO sightings

  13-02-2023 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Data shows Americans have seen more than 26,000 unidentified objects in the skies over the US in the past five years. This comes as three UFOs were shot down over the weekend.
  
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• Twitter’s API Crackdown Will Hit More Than Just Bots

  13-02-2023 19:30
  
  By shutting off its free API, the social network will stop researchers from getting access to crucial data to track hate speech and disinformation.
  
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• YOUR mental health data is being sold on the internet for as little as SIX CENTS

  13-02-2023 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Duke University report found telemedicine apps are harvesting and selling on data including patient names, addresses, mental health diagnoses and prescriptions for as little as six cents.
  
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• Your next Apple Watch will make you feel like James Bond

  13-02-2023 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has secured a patent to place a camera on the back of its Apple Watch. The system would allow users to rotate the device or detach it to snap photos and video chat - just like James Bond.
  
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• Bizarre shark-inspired watercraft can zip both along the surface and several feet UNDERWATER

  13-02-2023 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The prototype vessel, dubbed the 'Jet Shark Q Model', has a top speed of 45mph (72kph), but its creator says a market version will approach speeds of 55mph (89kph).
  
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• 'Largest penguin that ever lived' unearthed in New Zealand

  13-02-2023 17:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'largest penguin ever to exist' could match the US basketball star for physical attributes, reveals a new study from experts at the University of Cambridge.
  
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• Joe Allen: Countdown to Gigadeath – From AI Arms Race to Artilect War

  13-02-2023 16:56 via technocracy.news
  
  ChatGPT has not reached the level of  expected Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), but it is close and is expected by 2024. Certainly by 2025. With the exponential explosion of machine-created “intelligence”, human intelligence is at risk of being completely overwhelmed and disrupted on a planetary scale. The domination of man’s mental processes could be final key to full-blown global technocracy.
  Insulating oneself from mind-altering AGI will have to be steadfastly int
  
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• Meta is planning fresh layoffs next month, report says

  13-02-2023 16:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook's parent company Meta has delayed finalizing the budgets of multiple teams as it prepares for a fresh round of job cuts as soon as next month, according to a new report.
  
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• Google Search Chief: AI Chatbots Can Give ‘Convincing But Completely Fictitious’ Answers

  13-02-2023 15:42 via technocracy.news
  
  Google’s capitalization dropped by $100 billion after its ChatGPT competitor Bard failed to give accurate answers. How will anyone know what is true or false? If AI is “mostly true”, will anyone care about the false information that will be unexpectedly consumed? Google is currently operating under “code red” conditions to stay relevant. ⁃ TN EditorGoogle’s search engine boss said AI chatbots can give “convincing” but “fictitious”
  
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• Um, ChatGPT? Bill Gates Turns Attention To Eliminating ‘Misinformation’ With AI

  13-02-2023 15:23 via technocracy.news
  
  First climate change, then world health, then food and water, and now misinformation. Bill Gates wants to dominate everything in the universe. With the advent and use of GPT-4 and ChatGPT at Microsoft, is Gates thinking that its AI can stifle dissent against the Technocrat takeover of the world? This could be the existential end of Free Speech if it is not rejected. ⁃ TN EditorMicrosoft founder and billionaire Bill Gates said AI should be considered as a tool to combat “digital misin
  
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• David Guetta says the future of music is in AI

  13-02-2023 14:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The French DJ recently experimented with AI software to create a vocal that sounded like Eminem.
  
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• UK prepares to go it alone on post-Brexit science plan

  13-02-2023 14:34 via go.theregister.com
  
  Still no deal as new Science and Tech dept head claims Britain has 'global-facing alternative' in the wings Among her public first acts since becoming UK science minister, Michelle Donelan has said Britain is prepared to go it alone on scientific research as it struggles to reach an agreement with the EU on the UK's association with the lucrative Horizon programme.…
  
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• London's skyscrapers could soon be forced to SWITCH OFF their lights at night to save energy

  13-02-2023 14:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The City of London Corporation has drafted documentation which will place 'curfew times' on new developments for when they have to turn off external lighting.
  
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• Could shot down UFO be the infamous 'Tic Tac' caught on video?

  13-02-2023 13:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The shape of two of the objects recalls the famous 'Tic Tac' UFO - a white oblong spotted by the US Navy in 2004.
  
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• The Secret Lives of Neutron Stars

  13-02-2023 13:00
  
  Astrophysicists are using gravitational waves and light to trace the genealogies of dead stars and reveal the history of the universe.
  
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• India’s Government Wants Total Control of the Internet

  13-02-2023 13:00
  
  The Modi administration keeps giving itself new powers, and Big Tech keeps giving in.
  
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• Singletons are more likely to get a date if they feature a DOG in their dating profile 

  13-02-2023 12:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A poll of 1,000 British adults revealed two-thirds of people said they're more likely to match with someone whose dating profile includes a picture of a dog.
  
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• Nike's Vaporfly Racing Shoe Is Getting A Reboot

  13-02-2023 12:00
  The Vaporfly 3 has a new upper and sculpted foam, and it’s designed to return more energy than ever before.
  
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• How 'virtual wards' may only be staffed 12 hours a day

  13-02-2023 09:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The system works by giving patients devices to monitor vital signs like blood pressure at home, with readings sent to their doctors via a smartphone app, freeing up hospital beds.
  
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• Astonishing moment asteroid explodes over the Channel creating a fireball

  13-02-2023 08:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 3ft rock created a shooting star and an 'airburst' that could be seen across southern England and Wales and in parts of northern France as far south as Paris.
  
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• Danger of 'smart' home devices like doorbells and thermostats

  13-02-2023 06:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Smart devices such as thermostats and webcams could offer hackers a way to spy on families through webcams, steal data or money and scream abuse, experts have warned.
  
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• The apps getting your wardrobe back under control

  13-02-2023 01:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New apps are encouraging users to wear their old clothes more or buy second hand.
  
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