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• Uber Eats to unleash 2,000 AI-powered robots across the US that will drop off food orders

  30-05-2023 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Your burrito could soon be delivered by a robot. Uber Eats is unleashing 2,000 AI-powered bots on sidewalks across the US, which will autonomous deliver orders placed in the app.
  
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• Nvidia briefly worth $1 trillion thanks to AI boom

  30-05-2023 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Investors excited about the possibilities for artificial intelligence have sent the US chipmaker's value soaring.
  
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• Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes begins 11-year prison sentence

  30-05-2023 21:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Theranos founder, 39, was convicted last year of defrauding investors and wire fraud.
  
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• These are the five BEST looking breasts according to men AND women

  30-05-2023 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For the study, the researchers from New York University used images of the breasts of women who had surgery consultations between 2009 and 2019.
  
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• Elizabeth Holmes has gone to prison. Will she ever pay victims too?

  30-05-2023 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Experts say victims often never get their money back from those who defrauded them.
  
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• The 22 Netflix movies and TV shows set to be axed from TOMORROW

  30-05-2023 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Netflix is set to remove another 22 movies and TV shows from its platform throughout the month of June. Those axe include 'Jerry Maguire' and the rom-com 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.'
  
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• Artificial intelligence could lead to extinction, experts warn

  30-05-2023 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Heads of OpenAI, Google Deepmind and Anthropic say the threat is as great as pandemics and nuclear war.
  
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• Taylor Swift fans are getting AMNESIA at her concerts due to a rare phenomenon 

  30-05-2023 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jenna Tocatilan, 25, from New York, said she had dreamed about seeing the pop star for so long that it was difficult to retain what was happening in her mind.
  
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• Ministers seek to understand more about video games

  30-05-2023 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government wants stronger evidence on psychological impacts of gaming and how the industry works.
  
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• Experts Ramp Up Warnings: AI Now Poses “Extinction Risk” To Humanity

  30-05-2023 18:00 via technocracy.news
  
  Open AI’s ChatGPT is a civilizational disruptor, but it is a forerunner to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) which has not yet appeared on the scene. This is what is freaking out the scientists who are issuing these new warnings. ChatGPT and its siblings serve only to show how quickly and deeply they have penetrated into all areas of society. When AGI arrives, it will do the same.⁃ TN EditorGlobal leaders should be working to reduce “the risk of extinction” from artif
  
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• Musk Goes To China, Plans Tesla Expansion, Parlays Against “Decoupling”

  30-05-2023 17:32 via technocracy.news
  
  As conservatives and libertarians swoon over Elon Musk being a “free speech absolutist”, he cavorts with the world’s first nation to have converted to Technocracy. Musk, an arch-Technocrat himself, finds satisfaction in China because “birds of a feather, flock together.” Musk should be no puzzlement to anyone who grasps this concept, but he is a great danger to everyone else. ⁃ TN EditorAccording to an official government statement, Elon Musk told Chinese Fore
  
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• Gaslighting: The American People Are Trapped In A Textbook Abusive Relationship

  30-05-2023 17:14 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocracy’s prime directive in the 1930s was to master the “Science of Social Engineering”. Without ethical restraints, Pandora’s Box was opened with “anything goes” in the name of technocratic progress. Gaslighting becomes a primary tool in the propagandist’s toolbox when other propaganda techniques become ineffective. The danger with a gaslit population? Don’t light a match. ⁃ TN EditorImagine this.
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• AI should be 'a global priority alongside pandemics and nuclear war',' new letter states

  30-05-2023 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new letter signed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and DeepMind's Demis Hassabis call on policymakers to equate AI at par with risks posed by pandemics and nuclear war.
  
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• CERN spots Higgs boson decay breaking the rules

  30-05-2023 16:45 via go.theregister.com
  
  So much for the Standard Model of particle physics Evidence discovered at CERN of a rare form of Higgs boson decay may be just what scientists need to prove the existence of particles beyond those predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics – indirectly, at least.…
  
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• The 40 Best Shows on Disney+ Right Now

  30-05-2023 16:00
  
  From The Muppets Mayhem to Loki, here's everything you should be watching on Disney+.
  
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• The 38 Best Shows on Disney+ Right Now

  30-05-2023 16:00
  
  From The Muppets Mayhem to Loki, here's everything you should be watching on Disney+.
  
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• Popular Android app is secretly SPYING on users - what to do if you have it installed 

  30-05-2023 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cybersecurity experts at Slovakia-based ESET warn that a popular Android app known as iRecorder is secretly spying on users as part of a potential espionage campaign.
  
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• Britain's 'ghost signs' revealed: Instagrammer reveals faded adverts from yesteryear around the UK

  30-05-2023 15:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lucy Meyer-Hubner has catalogued more than 460 ghost signs everywhere from Wales to Glasgow on the Instagram page 'Ghost Signs From Bygone Times'.
  
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• Toxic caterpillars that cause rashes are spreading across England - how to spot them

  30-05-2023 14:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts say the 'oak processionary' caterpillar is most active during the summer months, so the public should be on the lookout for their huge communal nests of white silk.
  
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• How to Polish Your LinkedIn Profile

  30-05-2023 14:00
  
  While other networks sputter, LinkedIn is growing. Here’s how to use the professional social network to highlight your accomplishments and skills.
  
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• How a mine in YORKSHIRE could hold the key to life on Mars: Scientists are recreating the Red Planet

  30-05-2023 12:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Birmingham are using the Boulby potash mine near Staithes, Yorkshire, to see what it takes to survive and thrive on other planets.
  
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• The most AGGRESSIVE dog breeds revealed - so is YOUR pooch on the list? 

  30-05-2023 12:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Somewhat unsurprisingly, researchers from the University of Helsinki found that fighting dogs are the most aggressive.
  
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• Titanic remains reveal lost gold necklace made from the tooth of a megalodon

  30-05-2023 11:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The stunning artefact - which has not been worn since the ship's sinking in April 1912 - was identified in footage taken last summer by Guernsey-based firm Magellan Ltd.
  
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• Watch rocket launch first Chinese civilian into space

  30-05-2023 08:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  China has sent three astronauts to its Tiangong Space Station, putting a civilian into orbit for the first time.
  
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• Seaweed washing ashore in Florida has high amounts FLESH EATING bacteria leaky gut syndrome

  30-05-2023 08:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Massive amounts of seaweed is washing up on the beaches of Florida potentially carrying pathogens that cause a condition known as 'leaky gut syndrome'.
  
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• The Company Where Every Employee Earns the Same

  30-05-2023 08:00
  
  With the pandemic weakening the case for location-based pay, maybe it’s time to pay everyone an equal salary.
  
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• Molly White Tracks Crypto Scams. It’s Going Just Great

  30-05-2023 08:00
  
  In 2021, software engineer Molly White launched a cautionary Web3 blog to pour cold water on cryptocurrency's dumpster fires
  
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• Fintech Unicorn Revolut Needs a Plan B

  30-05-2023 08:00
  
  The company wants a UK banking license to move beyond payments and crypto. Regulators aren’t playing along.
  
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• Foxconn: iPhone maker hikes pay ahead of new model launch

  30-05-2023 07:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Foxconn's move comes ahead of the expected launch of Apple's iPhone 15 later this year.
  
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• See how police carefully freed a bear trapped inside a car

  30-05-2023 06:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The careful operation required a long piece of rope to open the car door from a distance.
  
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• Amazon to offer parents term-time-only working

  30-05-2023 04:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The online giant is offering a flexible contract but the GMB union says workers want higher pay.
  
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• Man prises crocodile's jaws off his head at Australian resort

  30-05-2023 04:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 51-year-old has a narrow escape from the animal while snorkelling off a luxury island.
  
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• Mars Helicopter went silent for six Sols, imperilled Perseverance rover, too

  30-05-2023 02:29 via go.theregister.com
  
  Ingenuity’s still setting records, but waking it up and chatting are getting harder NASA has detailed a six-day stretch during which it could not contact its Ingenuity Mars helicopter.…
  
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• Mars helicopter went silent for six sols, imperilled Perseverance rover

  30-05-2023 02:29 via go.theregister.com
  
  Ingenuity's still setting records, but waking it up and chatting are getting harder NASA has revealed a six-day stretch during which it could not contact its Ingenuity Mars helicopter.…
  
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• The 'exploding' demand for giant heat pumps

  30-05-2023 01:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Whole towns in Europe are being heated by huge, energy efficient heat pumps.
  
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• Talk about a blast from the past: Nokia unveils a new hot pink FLIP PHONE - and it still has Snake!

  30-05-2023 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nokia has launched a new, hot pink flip phone called the Nokia 2660 Flip. Its launch comes exactly 25 years on from the launch of Nokia's first ever flip phone in 1998.
  
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