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• Experts on red alert for mega-earthquake off US coast - after analyzing a hole on a fault line

  13-04-2023 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A gaping hole on a 600-mile-long fault line in the Pacific is spewing chemically distinct liquid that experts fear is fault lubricant - and less lubricant could trigger a mega-earthquake.
  
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• Yellow dust: Sandstorms bring misery from China to South Korea

  13-04-2023 22:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sandstorms are an annual ordeal in north-east Asia but that does not make it easier for millions.
  
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• Apple to use 100% recycled cobalt by 2025 -after being accused of using child labor to mine

  13-04-2023 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's African mining practices are shrouded in controversy due to claims mines are 'modern-day slavery hubs' and use child workers to collect cobalt in Democratic Republic of Congo.
  
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• Apple is copying Amazon's Alexa with a MAJOR change to Siri, leak claims 

  13-04-2023 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The change to Siri is set to be implemented across multiple Apple operating systems, including iOS for iPhones, as well as iPadOS, watchOS, macOS and more.
  
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• The Hacking of ChatGPT Is Just Getting Started

  13-04-2023 18:08
  
  Security researchers are jailbreaking large language models to get around safety rules. Things could get much worse.
  
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• One in 10 frazzled Britons have considered leaving their partner over their SNORING, study finds

  13-04-2023 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Almost one in 10 people have considered leaving their partner because they snore, a survey of 2,000 people in long-term relationships found.
  
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• NASA's Curiosity rover spots a strange bone-like rock on Mars

  13-04-2023 16:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Images snapped by the NASA's Curiosity rover appear to show spikes protruding from a rock lying at the base of the 96 mile-long (154 km) Gale Crater on Mars.
  
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• Britain's birds are in CRISIS - with numbers declining by 12% since 1970

  13-04-2023 15:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest Department for the Environment figures show British wild bird species have fallen by 12 per cent between 1970 and 2021.
  
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• Boffins rewrite the book on how Earth's oceans developed

  13-04-2023 15:22 via go.theregister.com
  
  You don't need alien asteroids, you just need a hydrogen-rich atmosphere and liquid hot magma A new research model shows that Earth's oceans could have formed from interactions between a hydrogen-rich early atmosphere and oxygen within the planet's magma.…
  
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• ESA's Juice launch is POSTPONED due to poor weather

  13-04-2023 14:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Juice satellite had been undergoing final preparations at the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana and was just minutes away from launching when operations were halted.
  
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• ESA's Juice mission: Watch live as spacecraft is launched to Jupiter and its moons

  13-04-2023 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  You can watch live here as the countdown moves towards zero, at which point Europe's six-tonne Juice satellite will blast into orbit from a spaceport in French Guiana at 13:15 BST today.
  
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• Astronomers detect FIVE fast radio bursts from over 4 billion light years away

  13-04-2023 13:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fast radio bursts have perplexed experts for years, appearing as fleeting signals from the distant universe that can't be fully explained. Now, experts have detected five more of them.
  
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• The most USELESS keys on a QWERTY keyboard - and the sneaky shortcuts you're not using

  13-04-2023 13:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MailOnline has compiled a list of the more mysterious buttons on the QWERTY keyboard and whether they can do anything for you.
  
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• Supermassive black hole: First EVER full resolution photo is revealed

  13-04-2023 13:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'orange donut', as it has been dubbed, sits at the heart of the Messier 87 galaxy 55 million light-years from Earth and in 2019 became the first black hole to be directly imaged by astronomers.
  
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• Meet the workers using ChatGPT to take on multiple full-time jobs - and their employers have NO idea

  13-04-2023 11:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Overemployed' workers say that ChatGPT allows them to complete their workload in at least half the time, so they can pick up a second job simultaneously.
  
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• North Sea oil spills exceed safe level - activists

  13-04-2023 11:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Data and satellite images show oil spills over five years that threaten species like orca whales.
  
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• Diseases Didn’t Just Shape History, They Control the Future

  13-04-2023 11:42
  
  A new book explores the far-reaching impact of germs and viruses on human society.
  
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• Do YOU have road rage? Scientists reveal the key behaviours of aggressive drivers 

  13-04-2023 10:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of Warwick have identified key behaviours of aggressive drivers. These could help self-driving vehicles spot and react appropriately to those with road rage.
  
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• Launching today: ESA's Juice spacecraft to probe Jupiter's moons for life signs

  13-04-2023 09:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  We speak to professor deeply involved in multi-year, billion-plus-euro mission Feature  On December 4, 1973, NASA's Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to observe Jupiter up close, zipping by at a distance of 82,000 miles above its swirling clouds. Its twin probe, Pioneer 11, followed a year later, and got three times closer to the gas giant. Now the European Space Agency is about to try for an even closer look at the biggest planet in our locale.…
  
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• Launching soon: ESA's Juice to probe Jupiter's moons for signs of possible life

  13-04-2023 09:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  We speak to professor deeply involved in multi-year, billion-plus-euro mission Feature  On December 4, 1973, NASA's Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to observe Jupiter up close, zipping by some 82,000 miles above the alien world's swirling clouds. Its twin probe, Pioneer 11, followed a year later, coming within a third of that distance to the gas giant.…
  
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• Launching soon: ESA's Juice to probe Jupiter's moons for signs of life

  13-04-2023 09:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  We speak to professor deeply involved in multi-year, billion-plus-euro mission Feature  On December 4, 1973, NASA's Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to observe Jupiter up close, zipping by some 82,000 miles above the alien world's swirling clouds. Its twin probe, Pioneer 11, followed a year later, coming within a third of that distance to the gas giant.…
  
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• Launching soon: ESA's Juice spacecraft to probe Jupiter's moons for life signs

  13-04-2023 09:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  We speak to professor deeply involved in multi-year, billion-plus-euro mission Feature  On December 4, 1973, NASA's Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to observe Jupiter up close, zipping by at a distance of 82,000 miles above its swirling clouds. Its twin probe, Pioneer 11, followed a year later, coming closer still to the gas giant.…
  
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• ESA's Juice mission: How to watch as spacecraft is launched to Jupiter and its moons

  13-04-2023 09:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MailOnline breaks down everything you need to know about the Juice satellite, which will lift off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 13:15 BST today.
  
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• NPR quits Twitter over 'government-funded' label

  13-04-2023 03:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The not-for-profit news outlet says the description is misleading and undermines its credibility.
  
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• Twitter and hate speech: What's the evidence?

  13-04-2023 02:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some studies show abuse on the platform is increasing - but Elon Musk has pushed back.
  
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• Nasa-JPL snake robot explores extreme terrain

  13-04-2023 01:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nasa-JPL is developing a snake robot surveyor to search for signs of life in our universe
  
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• Gig Workers Are Being Stabbed, Stoned, and Abused in India

  13-04-2023 01:00
  
  An Uber driver was mugged. An Ola driver was beaten and left in a coma. Platform workers say tech companies are doing little to protect them.
  
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