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• NYPD unveils three new high-tech ROBOTS to fight crime in New York City

  11-04-2023 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NYPD proudly unveiled three new robocops that will patrol streets and subways and help with hostages. However, New Yorkers are in an uproar, calling them dystopian surveillance technologies.'
  
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• Theranos founder Holmes ordered to jail after appeal snub

  11-04-2023 21:00 via go.theregister.com
  
  Decade or so in the clink begins April 27 Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' attempt to stave off her time behind bars has been rejected, with a federal judge denying her request to remain free on bail pending appeals and reaffirming the court's order for her to report for incarceration later this month. …
  
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• Hidden Bible chapter written 1,500 years ago by using UV light 

  11-04-2023 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The biblical text was written 1,500 years ago in ancient Syrian. It is the chapter 11 through 12 in Matthew and believed to be one of the oldest translations of the Gospels.
  
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• TikTok claims this fruit cures constipation and stomach problems - so is it really a superfood?

  11-04-2023 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Videos that have amassed more than 110 million views claim that eating yellow dragon fruit could cure constipation - because the fruit acts as a natural laxative due to its high fiber content.
  
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• Facebook is back online after a outage left users unable to search for friends and events in the app

  11-04-2023 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook went down for tens of thousands of users worldwide. Issue reports surfaced around 11:20am ET, but the platform seemed to be operating properly about one hour later.
  
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• Expert: Anti-Aging Pills To Hit Shelves In 2028

  11-04-2023 18:29 via technocracy.news
  
  Leading billionaires who fund transhumanism research include Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Jeff Bezos, and so on. These are also Technocrats, bent on bringing their Technocracy Utopia into reality. Will breakthroughs be sold to the masses or only consumed by the billionaire class? ⁃ TN EditorPills that can help a person reverse the effects of aging could be on the market in the next five years, according to an expert.
  Sam Altman, 37, was revealed to have funded biotech startup Retro
  
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• Poultry to be allowed outside as bird flu eases

  11-04-2023 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The mandatory housing order for England and Wales will lift on April 18
  
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• Facebook is DOWN: Tens of thousands of users worldwide hit with outage

  11-04-2023 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook is down for users worldwide. Reports of an outage surfaced around 11:30 am. Users report problems with the social media app and website.
  
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• Fly to Mars with animation from Elon Musk's SpaceX

  11-04-2023 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ahead of Starship's maiden orbital launch from Texas later this month, Elon Musk's SpaceX revealed a new animation that provides a glimpse into how he plans to reach Mars with the spacecraft.
  
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• WhatsApp is set to launch a secret tool that makes 'zombie groups' EXPIRE

  11-04-2023 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WhatsApp users will soon have the option of setting an expiry date for their group chats, a leaker has claimed. When this date has been reached, they will be prompted to clear up older messages.
  
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• Is THIS the iPhone 15? Dummy unit for Apple's next flagship smartphone leaks online

  11-04-2023 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Footage of an iPhone 15 Pro 'dummy' surfaced on the Chinese version of TikTok yesterday, allowing prospective buyers to take a sneak peek of what's in store.
  
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• 'It looks like a hot pile of rusted garbage': Onlookers slam snap of Tesla Cybertruck in the wild

  11-04-2023 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Tesla Cybertruck was spotted cruising around California recently and an image of it in a parking lot is making waves online. Viewers are slamming the truck for its 'ugly' appearance.
  
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• Mysterious fur ball found frozen in Canada turns out to be a mummified squirrel

  11-04-2023 15:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fossilised Arctic ground squirrel was found in 2018 by miners near Canada's Hester Creek in the Klondike gold fields, close to the former goldrush outpost Dawson City.
  
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• Eruption of Mount Vesuvius turned its victims' brains to GLASS

  11-04-2023 15:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Inhabitants of Herculaneum in Italy were swiftly reduced to piles of charred bones and ash when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, experts at University of Roma Tre report.
  
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• Meet the world's SHORTEST dog! Chihuahua claims the record - standing at just 3.59 INCHES tall

  11-04-2023 15:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meet the world's smallest living dog; Pearl, a Chihuahua who measures just 3.59 inches tall (9.14 cm).
  
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• How many uses for a FORK can you think of? ChatGPT comes up with more ideas than 90% of humans

  11-04-2023 14:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Artificial intelligence and humans went head-to-head in startling researchby experts at Humboldt University and the University of Essex.
  
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• Is Jupiter's icy moon home to ALIENS? ESA will launch a spacecraft to Europa this week

  11-04-2023 12:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Juice will blast off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 13:15 BST on Thursday - piggybacking on an Ariane 5 rocket similar to the one that launched the James Webb telescope in 2021.
  
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• Apple issues security update after discovering a flaw that could let hackers take over iPhones

  11-04-2023 12:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple deployed iOS 16.4.1 to all compatible handsets, including the iPhone 8 and newer models, which fixes two vulnerabilities that appeared within the previous software.
  
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• Starlink opens final frontier for radio astronomers

  11-04-2023 10:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Is it wrong to wish on space hardware? Opinion  There isn’t an astronomer on the planet who isn’t in two minds about modern technology. The same advances in material science, computers and radio technology that have given humanity spectacular new views of the universe also clutter the skies and deafen the radio bands with swarms of noisy, shiny, satellites. Now, though, the worst offenders are opening up one of astronomy’s final frontiers in unexplored space.…
  
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• Why robotic worms could one day dig beneath your feet

  11-04-2023 09:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Simulating an earthworm's movement is difficult, but could have very useful real-world applications.
  
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• The World’s Longest Suspension Bridge Is History in the Making

  11-04-2023 08:00
  
  After 2,000 years of political and technical hitches, Italy says it’s finally ready to connect Sicily to the mainland.
  
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• AI: China tech giant Alibaba to roll out ChatGPT rival

  11-04-2023 07:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In recent months, technology firms around the world have unveiled their own generative AI chatbots.
  
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• SpaceX calendar marked with big red circle for 'first Starship launch' this month

  11-04-2023 03:12 via go.theregister.com
  
  Waits for pen-pushers to sign off debut orbital mission SpaceX has pushed back the first-ever orbital test flight of its largest and most powerful rocket, the Starship, to wait for regulatory approval from America's Federal Aviation Administration.…
  
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• World Startup Convention: The India start-up gala that exploded into a scandal

  11-04-2023 00:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An event in India billed as the “world’s biggest funding festival” has been accused of duping entrepreneurs.
  
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