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• It's Tax Day... and scammers are out to steal your money. Here's how to spot fake IRS messages

  18-04-2023 22:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scammers are gearing up to unleash fake texts, phone calls and emailsthat appear to be from the IRS, but US officials reveal tips on how to avoid being duped into handing over money.
  
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• Florida mermaid collects trash and breaks records

  18-04-2023 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  'Mermaid Merle' swam 30 miles all while collecting 35lb of trash in Biscayne Bay.
  
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• The dangerous social media challenges putting our children at risk

  18-04-2023 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victims of the latest social media trends include 13-year-old Jacob Stevens (bottom left), nine-year-old Arriani Arroyo (top middle), and 14-year-old Ahjanae Harper (bottom right).
  
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• Fastest internet speeds across the US ranked: Where does YOUR provider place?

  18-04-2023 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Not all internet services are equal, according to a new report that shows the fastest to slowest services. The report used data collected from millions of people using a speed test tool.
  
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• Specialists recover 930-year-old Native American canoe from a North Carolina lake

  18-04-2023 19:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The boat was originally stumbled across by a group of 13-year-old boys in 2021, according to local media reports, with authorities notified and its location marked for it to be safely removed.
  
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• Now Rice Farming Is Being Targeted For Carbon Reductions

  18-04-2023 19:13 via technocracy.news
  
  The war on agriculture and food is expanding to the most widely-consumed food on the planet: Rice. It cannot end well. Further genetic manipulation of rice will follow, as well cuts in fertilizer and mandated changes in farming practices. This alone could cause massive global famine.⁃ TN Editor
  Now it is firmly ensconced among the climate change cult that eating meat is killing the planet and you must ‘eat ze bugs’, the same people have a new target, rice.VIDEO: Rice is to blam
  
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• T. rex skeleton sells for more than $6m

  18-04-2023 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The "spectacular" skeleton, sold to a private buyer, is nearly 12m long and 4m tall.
  
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• Rectenwald On Transhumanism: Hacking Humanity

  18-04-2023 18:49 via technocracy.news
  
  When I started to lecture on Transhumanism in 2010, it was a lonely podium. Today, there are hundreds of top scholars warning about the dangerous cult of Transhumanism, that posits evolution is theirs to control via genetic manipulation. This is warmed over eugenics from Nazi Germany and, further back, to the California State government.⁃ TN Editor[This piece is an excerpt from The Great Reset and the Struggle for Liberty.]
  The notion that the world can be replicated and replaced by a
  
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• Elon Musk's most bizarre invention yet? SpaceX unveils a Starship rocket-shaped BLOWTORCH

  18-04-2023 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk announced the pre-sale of his new collectable torch yesterday, designed for numerous purposes such as melting cheese and lighting candles.
  
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• Dead NASA satellite weighing 600lbs will crash back to Earth TOMORROW

  18-04-2023 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A NASA craft that collected data on solar flares is set to fall back to Earth Wednesday. Experts said it is too early to know where it will fall, but some pieces are expected to survive the descent.
  
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• The Latest TikTok Trend? Shoplifters and Vigilantes

  18-04-2023 17:00
  
  These accounts claim they’re warning people about alleged pickpockets and thieves, but they’re also stoking fear and hate.
  
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• Vikings were in the Americas 500 years before Christopher Columbus, study claims 

  18-04-2023 15:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists from the University of Iceland analysed wood samples from Norse sites in Greenland, and found they came from tree species that were grown in North America.
  
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• Woman whose washer and dryer had broken for two YEARS uses ChatGPT to write a letter to her landlord

  18-04-2023 15:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A woman in New York successfully used ChatGPT to encourage her landlord to fix a washer and dryer that had been out of order for over two years.
  
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• WhatsApp and other messaging apps oppose 'surveillance'

  18-04-2023 14:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  WhatsApp and messaging apps unite to urge the UK government to rethink the Online Safety Bill.
  
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• Scientists confirm the best way to make swings go HIGHER 

  18-04-2023 13:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Jumonji University in Japan worked out equations that accounted for a person being able to lean forwards or backwards at any point during a swing's arc.
  
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• Twitch: Kai Cenat banned from streaming platform

  18-04-2023 13:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The streamer holds the record for most subscriptions, with more than 300,000 at its peak.
  
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• Can you tell the real photos from the fake AI ones in this celebrity lineup?

  18-04-2023 13:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's the fast-growing technology that continues to fool millions of social media users around the world - but how adept are YOU at spotting a fake AI photo?
  
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• Britain's first UFO TOUR is launched in Suffolk forest where 17 sightings were reported in 1980

  18-04-2023 12:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ex-detective Gary Heseltine is to take Brits on a tour around Suffolk's curious Rendlesham Forest as part of a limited two-day event this summer.
  
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• Sony World Photography Award 2023: Winner refuses award after revealing AI creation

  18-04-2023 11:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boris Eldagsen said he used the image to test the competition and to create an "open discussion".
  
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• Apple in Mumbai: Tim Cook inaugurates first store in India

  18-04-2023 10:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Apple CEO greeted customers who visited the store and posed for selfies with some of them.
  
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• Wild birds at risk even as avian flu measures end

  18-04-2023 10:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Poultry can now be kept outdoors in the UK but experts are on alert for a new influx in wild birds.
  
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• So which genius thought it was a good idea to terrify the whole country at 3pm on a Sunday?

  18-04-2023 08:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UK-wide test of the official emergency alarm system will see smartphones and tablets issue a siren-like sound and vibrate for ten seconds at 3pm on Sunday.
  
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• A Peter Thiel-Backed Startup City Wants to Be Africa’s Delaware

  18-04-2023 08:00
  
  Nigeria’s Itana partnered with Binance and the Charter Cities Institute to build a physical tech hub near Lagos, but the plan has sparked controversy.
  
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• Hikvision: Chinese surveillance tech giant denies leaked Pentagon spy claim

  18-04-2023 07:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A leaked US government document alleged that Hikvision was likely enabling Chinese espionage.
  
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• Stem cells to be made on orbiting space station to test micrograv manufacturing

  18-04-2023 02:25 via go.theregister.com
  
  Kinda feels like living in the future we thought we'd have, for a change Stem cells could be manufactured in laboratories floating in space one day if, as is suspected, experiments show they're easier to grow in microgravity conditions than here on Earth.…
  
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• How LinkedIn is changing and why some are not happy

  18-04-2023 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  LinkedIn's reputation for being dry and corporate is changing but not all users like the more personal tone.
  
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• TUC: Government failing to protect workers from AI

  18-04-2023 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Union group claims using artificial intelligence to hire and fire staff could lead to greater discrimination.
  
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