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• DailyMail.com's graphic shows Elon Musk's Starship went from blast-off to blaze in four minutes

  20-04-2023 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX claims that it triggered the flight termination system during the maiden flight of its Starship rocket after the stages failed to separate. This caused the rocket to explode mid-air.
  
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• Buzzfeed News to close as media firm cuts jobs

  20-04-2023 20:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Buzzfeed is reducing its workforce by 15% and shutting its news site.
  
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• 'Extinct' lion spotted in Chad national park

  20-04-2023 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A healthy lioness is caught on camera in a reserve where the big cats have not been seen since 2004.
  
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• Farmers Furious As Environmentalists Escalate War On Food

  20-04-2023 19:22 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocracy’s war on food is persistent, crushing and totally mean-spirited. It has nothing to do with “saving the environment” or preventing global warming, but rather seeks population reduction and subjugation. The EU, an emerging Technocracy itself, is spearheading this assault on food and farmers in general.⁃ TN EditorEuropean farmers are furious over a bullshit plan by the European Union which would force then to be treated as industrial plants, similar to steel
  
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• Facebook $725m settlement fund opens to US claims

  20-04-2023 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Anyone who had a Facebook account in the US between May 2007 and December 2022 can apply.
  
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• Corbett: Your Guide To 5th Generation Warfare

  20-04-2023 18:10 via technocracy.news
  
  James Corbett understands Technocracy and Transhumanism, its actors and its enforcers. When TN declared war on Technocracy in 2015, it was in response to this “5th Generation Warfare” that was being prosecuted against the citizens of the world – not against nation-states, but against the citizens of those states.⁃ TN Editor
  We are in the middle of a world-changing war right now.
  Oh, I don’t mean the war in Ukraine, the one that all the media are asking you to focus
  
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• Worms like to snack on their favourite food when exposed to cannabis, study reveals

  20-04-2023 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Oregon exposed roundworms to cannabinoids and found that they flocked to their favourite food and stayed there for longer.
  
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• SpaceX's second attempt at orbital Starship launch ends in fireball

  20-04-2023 16:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  Yet another 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' of a Musk-brand spaceship SpaceX's second attempt at getting the combined Starship and Super Heavy booster to orbit got further than its try earlier this week, but the two stages failed to separate, leading to yet another explosive end for a Starship flight.…
  
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• Musk's Starship EXPLODES during its attempt at an orbital launch

  20-04-2023 15:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX's $3 billion Starship exploded mid-flight Thursday after the rocket and Super Heavy booster failed to separate after launch. No further details have yet been shared.
  
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• Why did SpaceX's Starship blow up - and was the mission still a success?

  20-04-2023 15:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Starship is due to lift off today from Boca Chica in Texas between 8:28am local time (14:28 BST) and 9:30am (15:30 BST).
  
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• What is My AI on Snapchat - and how do I get rid of it? 

  20-04-2023 15:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Snapchat has announced it's rolling out its ChatGPT-powered AI tool to all its users. Here is everything you need to know about it.
  
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• This clever cat feeder allows you to feed your cats wherever you are - using a mobile app

  20-04-2023 15:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SHOPPING: If you're not going to get home in time to feed your fur baby, this automatic cat feeder from Amazon allows you to feed your kitties from your phone - genius.
  
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• The People Who Still Love Renting DVDs from Netflix

  20-04-2023 15:07
  
  It’s not just people being behind by Netflix’s move to ditch DVDs—it’s tens of thousands of classic films, too.
  
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• What time will Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship launch today?

  20-04-2023 15:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Starship is due to lift off today from Boca Chica in Texas between 8:28am local time (14:28 BST) and 9:30am (15:30 BST).
  
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• What time will Elon Musk's Starship launch - and how can I watch it?

  20-04-2023 14:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Starship is due to lift off today from Boca Chica in Texas between 8:28am local time (14:28 BST) and 9:30am (15:30 BST).
  
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• Bizarre mouthpiece lets you fully control your smartphone or computer using your TONGUE 

  20-04-2023 14:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The device, which was developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, connects to smartphones or computers via Bluetooth, and allows the user to select buttons by sweeping their tongue.
  
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• Twitter will remove 'legacy' verified blue ticks today

  20-04-2023 11:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Numerous blue ticks are expected to disappear from Twitter accounts today for users who are reluctant to pay £11 a month for the traditional verification badge.
  
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• Hunt for dead NASA satellite as it re-enters Earth's atmosphere

  20-04-2023 11:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US space agency refused to disclose the satellite's re-entry location but it is thought to have come down between 00:50 BST and 02:50 BST this morning (19:50 ET and 21:50 ET yesterday).
  
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• Blinding flash over Kyiv was probably meteor, says Ukraine space agency

  20-04-2023 11:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nasa denies the flash which lit up the sky was caused by a satellite falling to Earth.
  
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• Biggest ever study into Britain's bowel habits reveals how long we spend on the toilet

  20-04-2023 10:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 140,000 people took part in The Big Poo Review - in a bid to 'break the poo taboo'. The study revealed that the average Brit poos at least once a day (going 1.66 times on average).
  
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• Elon Musk's Starship is set to launch today after a frozen valve thwarted earlier attempt 

  20-04-2023 09:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX's $3 billion (£2.4 billion), 395ft-tall Starship is due to lift-off from Boca Chica in Texas between 8:28am local time (14:28 BST) and 9:30am (15:30 BST) today.
  
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• Chinese company claims it's built batteries so dense they can power electric airplanes

  20-04-2023 07:26 via go.theregister.com
  
  But Dr Rachid Yazami, one of the key minds behind lithium-ion batteries, thinks this could be hot air The world’s top EV battery maker, China's Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL), announced on Wednesday a battery it believes boasts sufficient energy density to power electric airplanes.…
  
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• Solar eclipse: Thousands flock to remote Australian town for rare celestial event

  20-04-2023 07:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tourists and scientists swell the population of a Western Australia town to view a rare solar eclipse.
  
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• Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft over Twitter data

  20-04-2023 06:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The multi-billionaire was responding to the tech giant's plan to drop Twitter from its advertising platform.
  
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• US imposes $300m penalty over hard disk drive exports to Huawei

  20-04-2023 05:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is the latest move by the US government to stop sales of sophisticated technology to China.
  
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