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• Scientists discover what happens seconds before you die

  01-05-2023 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michigan researchers found people experience a jump in brain activity in an area of the brain responsible for consciousness, dreaming, and hallucinations just before death.
  
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• Photo of penis-shaped ice off Canadian coast goes viral

  01-05-2023 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The iceberg, which is about 30-foot tall and bares a striking resemblance to part of the male anatomy, was snapped as it bobbed past the east coast of Newfoundland.
  
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• How Sandia hopes to accelerate US hypersonic weapons development

  01-05-2023 22:44 via go.theregister.com
  
  You want this to go faster? OK, send in the contractors. That'll do the trick The US government's hypersonic weapons programs may have been lagging behind international rivals, but at Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico, there's a plan to accelerate the process by opening its doors to hundreds of contractors who've previously not been allowed inside the secure facility. What could possibly go wrong?…
  
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• Scientists discover what happens seconds after you die

  01-05-2023 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michigan researchers found people experience a jump in brain activity in an area of the brain responsible for consciousness, dreaming, and hallucinations just before death.
  
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• Boffins claim to create the world's first wooden transistor

  01-05-2023 19:08 via go.theregister.com
  
  But don't toss out your silicon chips quite yet Talk about branching out: Swedish researchers have built what they claim is the world's first wooden transistor.…
  
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• Godfather of AI resigns from Google and is filled with regret

  01-05-2023 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geoffrey Hinton, 75, who lives in Toronto, Canada, said a part of him regrets helping to make technology that has led to the emergence of ChatGPT and similar systems.
  
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• Scientists can now read your MIND: AI turns people's thoughts into text in real-time

  01-05-2023 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A University of Texas team developed AI model that can read people's thoughts. They hope it can assist people who are paralyzed or suffer disability.
  
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• Space: The final frontier, or the next venture capital gold rush

  01-05-2023 17:09 via go.theregister.com
  
  Ashlee Vance's When the Heavens Went on Sale paints an inside view of orbital startups Book review  First, a disclaimer: Ashlee Vance worked for The Register in the early noughties. But he's also the chap who literally wrote the book on Elon Musk and has a new tome on the private space industry, When the Heavens Went on Sale, that's definitely food for thought.…
  
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• ‘Everybody’s So Creative!’ and the Rise of the Recipe Reactions

  01-05-2023 17:00
  
  The sheer volume of horrendous recipes on TikTok has led to the emergence of a whole new brand of influencer.
  
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• Do YOU live in one of the UK's UFO hotspots? Experts reveal the cities with the most sightings

  01-05-2023 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Edinburgh has been named the top city in the UK for UFO sightings, as 18 per cent of residents claim to have spotted something otherworldly, a National Geographic survey has found.
  
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• Space tourism firm reveals plans for zero-gravity gigs this year -- but tickets will cost $9,000

  01-05-2023 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Florida-based Zero-G, which has been offering microgravity flights since 2004, has already put on a rave flight, but now wants to host performances by DJs, rap artists and pop stars.
  
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• California Sets ‘Zero Emissions’ For Passenger and Freight Trains

  01-05-2023 15:42 via technocracy.news
  
  The current fleet of locomotives will the outlawed by 2030 and all new models must meet zero-emissions thereafter. This will likely get struck down in court because other states will not allow California to dictate the terms and conditions of interstate commerce. Nevertheless, California’s shadow government is totally technocratic.⁃ TN EditorThe California Air Resources Board (CARB) has enacted new regulations that will require “zero emissions” trains to be introduced aft
  
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• Big Tech Companies More Powerful Than Nation-States?

  01-05-2023 15:30 via technocracy.news
  
  The article notes. “The world’s biggest tech companies are now richer and more powerful than most countries.’ Technocracy and democracy (or any other system of government) are like matter and anti-matter to each other. Technocracy will eventually remove all forms of political structures to simply run the world by fiat, ie, their algorithms.⁃ TN EditorA few years ago, I was having dinner with a friend who worked at Google. As we were discussing the ins and outs of the tech
  
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• New York State To Be First To Ban Natural Gas In New Construction

  01-05-2023 15:11 via technocracy.news
  
  The environmental movement to electrify everything refuses to die out even as the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals this month overturned the California city of Berkeley’s ban on natural gas. The nation already does not have enough reliable production of electricity to power the explosion of electric vehicles. Nevertheless, Technocrats are bent on controlling all energy production and consumption.⁃ TN EditorNew York is on the cusp of becoming the first state in the nation to pass a law ba
  
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• Rare 2,800-year-old mummified ancient Egyptian head is up for sale

  01-05-2023 13:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The artefact, which was stuffed away in a cupboard in Oxfordshire for decades because 'it is not everyone's cup of tea', has been carbon dated to between 750 and 800BC.
  
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• Inside the Secretive Life-Extension Clinic

  01-05-2023 13:00
  
  Longevity evangelists are injecting people with experimental gene therapies. There are no guarantees—and no refunds.
  
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• The gemology of King Charles' coronation crown

  01-05-2023 12:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MailOnline takes a closer look at the precious and semi-precious stones that feature in the King's sparkly new headgear and where they came from.
  
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• AI is being used to transform real photos of children into sexualised images

  01-05-2023 12:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The images were found on the US AI image generator Midjourney, which much like ChatGPT uses prompts to deliver an output, although these usually consist of pictures rather than words.
  
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• The out-of-control rockets and spacecraft that could become deadly

  01-05-2023 11:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The European Space Agency estimates there is more than 10,800 tonnes of space junk currently orbiting the Earth. MailOnline takes a look at the biggest debris and when it could come down.
  
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• Twitter hack brings back legacy blue ticks - but there's a huge catch 

  01-05-2023 11:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If you had a legacy blue tick and are missing seeing it on your profile, you'll be happy to hear that there's a sneaky hack to bring it back.
  
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• Are you storing your vacuum cleaner in the right place?

  01-05-2023 09:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brits have a habit of hoovering up bits of food from the floor - but this can make your machine smelly and reduce its lifespan.
  
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• UK chip giant Arm files for blockbuster US share listing

  01-05-2023 08:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In a blow to the London stock market, the firm said in March that it would not list shares in the UK.
  
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• The people turning time into a currency

  01-05-2023 02:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  So-called "time-banking" schemes are letting people get paid in time credits for the work they do.
  
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• China's Mars rover finds signs of 'modern' water

  01-05-2023 02:15 via go.theregister.com
  
  AWS adds Korean support; Singtel targets; Philippines SIM registration drive extended Asia In Brief  China's Zhurong rover may have succumbed to dusty solar panels, but while the robot explorer was operational it found potential evidence of water on Mars.…
  
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