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• Do YOU have a bromance? Scientists reveal how men express their feelings

  10-05-2023 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Conventional wisdom says friendships between men are cold and less nurturing. But researchers say, 'Men demonstrate closeness less obviously, in coded ways'
  
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• Google reveals AI updates as it vies with Microsoft

  10-05-2023 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The internet search giant is rolling out generative artificial intelligence to its core engine.
  
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• Google finally launches its first FOLDABLE smartphone

  10-05-2023 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google's new Pixel Fold, which costs an eyewatering £1,749, is the 'very thinnest foldable' on the market according to the tech giant.
  
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• Is Elon Musk morphing Twitter into WhatsApp?

  10-05-2023 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Even before he bought Twitter for $44 billion (£38 billion) last year, Elon Musk had long discussed his plans to create a mysterious 'everything app' or 'X' for users worldwide.
  
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• Athletes with taller, leaner physiques perform better in warmer conditions, study claims 

  10-05-2023 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study looking at the performance of professional triathletes found men who are taller, with longer limbs, are faster when temperatures are higher.
  
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• Pork roll sandwich-sized meteorite that smashed into New Jersey home could've come from a comet

  10-05-2023 19:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officials believe the pork roll sandwich-sized meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home on Monday may have originated from a cosmic snowball more than three billion miles from Earth.
  
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• This is how to 'spring clean' your iPhone: Hack lets you delete multiple contacts at once 

  10-05-2023 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New job? Syncing up a new email client on your phone? Or simply looking to free up extra space? Here's how to make your little digital 'spring cleaning' a little easier
  
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• Wendy’s Debuts Google-Powered Chatbot For Drive-Thru

  10-05-2023 18:54 via technocracy.news
  
  There will be a tidal wave of layoffs in the fast food industry over the next few years, as customer interaction will be increasingly handled by AI instead of people. Entry-level jobs like this are critical to properly induct young people into the workforce. Other customer-facing jobs in jeopardy? Bank tellers, tax preparers, lawyers, financial advisors.⁃ TN EditorWendy’s is reportedly developing an artificial intelligence chatbot powered by Google’s natural-language softw
  
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• Health officials guidance for hot weather contains top tips like turning off the heating

  10-05-2023 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Turn your heating off, check your fridge still works and turn off the lights. They're three key techniques to keeping cool at home, according to Britain's top health experts.
  
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• AI Here, AI There, AI Everywhere

  10-05-2023 18:37 via technocracy.news
  
  Dangerous or not, Pandora’s Box of AI is fully opened and it is spreading everywhere, into every nook and cranny of civilization. Every service job, every paper pushing job, every intellectual job will be flattened in a country minute. In just 6 months since ChatGPT was released, hundreds of thousands of companies and apps have integrated it into core processes. ⁃ TN EditorDo you remember when drones were first released to the commercial market? There was a lot of talk about the priv
  
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• New ‘Foreign Malign Influence Center’ To Oversee Disinformation Orgs

  10-05-2023 18:25 via technocracy.news
  
  The Federal government will not give up on crushing Free Speech and the First Amendment. This new agency will have sweeping powers to oversee other “disinformation” organizations in the government. Although focused on things like election interference from foreign sources, any American who repeats such things will be on the radar for legal action.⁃ TN EditorWithin the federal government, offices dedicated to fighting foreign disinformation are springing up like daisies, from th
  
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• Vodafone 3G turn-off sparks internet access fears

  10-05-2023 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The network is to begin a UK-wide shutdown of its 3G network in June so it can invest more in 4G and 5G.
  
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• Opposites really DO attract: Couples with clashing personalities are no less likely to last

  10-05-2023 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a study of almost 1300 couples, experts at Michigan State University took a closer look at how five big personality traits affected levels of relationship satisfaction.
  
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• WhatsApp engulfed in privacy firestorm as users report app recording them while they SLEEP

  10-05-2023 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WhatsApp has come under fire for privacy issues after a user found the Meta-owned app activated his microphone while he was asleep. Similar reports have been around for years.
  
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• Finally an iPad beater? DailyMail.com tests the OnePlus Pad

  10-05-2023 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad in 2010, it marked the start of almost a decade and a half of total dominance of the tablet market for Apple. The new OnePlus Pad gives the iPad a run for its money.
  
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• The 'Ted Lasso' Fandom’s Push for Polyamory Just Makes Sense

  10-05-2023 17:07
  
  Admit it: There’s something satisfying and titillating about the idea of Roy, Keeley, and Jamie getting together.
  
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• Updated DNA map better reflects human diversity

  10-05-2023 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers produce a new version of the human genome that could improve medical treatments.
  
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• World's first human PANGENOME is released: Enormous genetic database combines genomes of 47 people

  10-05-2023 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium have created the world's first human pangenome - a database of all of the genes and genetic variations present within our population.
  
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• Cool video shows how Hyundai's new 'crab driving' electric car drives sideways

  10-05-2023 16:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hate parallel parking? WellHyundai could soon release tech that does the job for you. The South Korean carmaker shared a video of a vehicle 'crab-walking' into a narrow parking space.
  
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• Robert De Niro had a baby at 79 but the world's oldest confirmed father was NINETY-TWO

  10-05-2023 15:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Oscar award winner has not revealed the name of his child or the gender, nor shared the identity of the baby's mother. But the Godfather actor is not the oldest man to become a dad.
  
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• Stone Age road is uncovered underwater off Croatian island after 7,000 years

  10-05-2023 15:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists made the surprising find after going diving around the now submerged Neolithic site of Soline, which was discovered in 2021 off the coast of the Croatian island of Korčula.
  
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• Explore the GIGAMOON: Incredible interactive image stitched together from 280,000 individual photos

  10-05-2023 14:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Photographer Andrew McCarthy from Arizona, US, has pulled together a pin-sharp shot of the Moon, illuminating the Apollo landing sites and famous craters.
  
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• EuroFISHion! Scientists pay homage to the song contest with a track comprised of sounds made by FISH

  10-05-2023 13:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from SEA LIFE London Aquarium have created a song comprised entirely of sounds made by fish from competing countries.
  
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• Lab-grown meat 'up to 25 times WORSE for the climate than beef'

  10-05-2023 13:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lab-grown or 'cultured' meat is up to 25 times worse for the climate than real beef, report experts at University of California, Davis.
  
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• Twitter’s Purge of Old Accounts Will Be Pure Chaos

  10-05-2023 13:00
  
  Elon Musk’s plan to reclaim accounts—including those of dead celebrities or failed brands—could start a free-for-all with dangerous and upsetting consequences.
  
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• Scientists SOLVE mystery of 'runaway supermassive black hole' barrelling through the universe

  10-05-2023 12:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study by experts at an astrophysical research institute in the Canary Islands challenges a previous theory by Yale University scientists that the mysterious object is a 'runaway' black hole.
  
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• Uber to launch flight-booking feature on its app this summer for UK users

  10-05-2023 11:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new functionality - powered by online travel agent Hopper - will be available to all UK users this summer and will allow them to book domestic and international flights from the app.
  
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• Is the curse of the mummy REAL? Archaeologist suffers mystery illness after opening Egyptian tomb

  10-05-2023 11:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ramy Romany was filming the TV show 'Mummies Unwrapped' for the Discovery Channel when he entered the crypt, which had been untouched for 600 years.
  
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• Could The Meg REALLY have eaten a T.Rex? MailOnline reveals who would win in a battle

  10-05-2023 10:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Megalodon sharks are known to be the most powerful predators in vertebrate history. But would it have been able to eat a T. rex? MailOnline reveals all.
  
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• This European Satellite Giant Is Coming for Starlink

  10-05-2023 08:00
  
  To compete with American rivals, Eutelsat’s Eva Berneke first has to navigate Russia’s war in Ukraine, Brexit politics, and jamming attacks by Iran.
  
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• Briton pleads guilty in US to 2020 Twitter hack

  10-05-2023 07:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It was probably the most high-profile hack in social media history, hitting dozens of famous accounts.
  
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• Halt AI research? Doctors, public health experts call unchecked AI 'existential threat to humanity'

  10-05-2023 00:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doctors and health policy experts from across four continents have called for a halt to unchecked AI research, which they believe could 'bypass any constraints in its code'
  
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