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• Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger ALL experiencing GLOBAL outages

  16-06-2023 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook owner Meta's full suite of social media apps experienced outages today. DownDetector reports problems with the platform first began to surface at about 14:30 ET
  
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• Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger ALL experiencing GLOBAL outages

  16-06-2023 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook owner Meta's full suite of social media apps experienced outages today. DownDetector reports problems with the platform first began to surface at about 14:30 ET
  
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• How sewer robots helped a Taiwan city kill off disease-carrying mosquitoes

  16-06-2023 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unmanned hunter-droid wired a live feed of mosquitos' sewer breeding grounds to exterminators. Trap metrics suggest the bot cut down mosquito populations by about 69%
  
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• Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger ALL experiencing outages 

  16-06-2023 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook owner Meta's full suite of social media apps experienced outages today. Down Detector reports problems with the platform first began to surface at about 14:30 ET
  
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• I'm a cybersecurity expert - here's how I keep my children safe online

  16-06-2023 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Popular online services harvest huge amounts of data from children, warns Tom Gaffney, Cybersecurity expert at F-Secure.
  
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• We love our dogs and cats because they remind us of BABIES, expert says

  16-06-2023 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With their big eyes and helpless natures, pets may in fact have hijacked our evolutionary impulse to look after infants, according to Dr Dean Burnett.
  
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• I'm a cybersecurity expert - here's the sites and games I would never let my children use

  16-06-2023 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Popular services such as Snapchat and Roblox harvest huge amounts of data from children, warns Tom Gaffney, Cybersecurity expert at F-Secure.
  
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• Google has a secret GAME - here's how to play it

  16-06-2023 16:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google's secret game is based on Katamari - a popular Japanese video game featuring a ball called a katamari that rolls up objects.
  
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• The 50 Best Series on Netflix Right Now

  16-06-2023 16:00
  
  From She-Ra and the Princesses of Power to Black Mirror, these are our picks for the best streaming titles to binge this week.
  
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• Synthetic Human Embryos: No Need For Eggs Or Sperm

  16-06-2023 15:33 via technocracy.news
  At the same time when synthetic wombs are being created, genetic scientists are perfecting synthetic embryos, where traditional eggs and sperm are not required. This scenario is reminiscent of Aldous Huxley’s book, Brave New World, where all babies were created in a test tube and incubated to term in an artificial womb. ⁃ TN EditorScientists have created synthetic human embryos using stem cells, in a groundbreaking advance that sidesteps the need for eggs or sperm.
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• Jack Dorsey: VR Will Turn Us Into WALL-E Blobs Who ‘Drink Food Out Of Straws’

  16-06-2023 15:30 via technocracy.news
  
  The founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, has leveled stark criticism at the end result of virtual and enhanced reality. It is currently very expensive to play, but as prices are brought down and the masses can afford to purchase, the disruptive side-effect could be devastating to society.  ⁃ TN EditorTwitter founder Jack Dorsey has issued a dire warning about the future, saying that we could end up living like the characters in WALL-E once headsets like the Vision Pro become the norm.
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• Is THIS how Tutankhamun died?

  16-06-2023 15:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Award-winning expert, Sofia Aziz has now proposed a controversial new theory, suggesting the Boy King was a 'typical teenager' who may have died in a drink-driving crash.
  
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• Dancing With The Devil: Open AI Boss Calls For Collaboration With China

  16-06-2023 15:05 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats across the world have a naive affinity for each other, regardless of political system at the top. This is partly because Technocrats have no use for political systems, except for the extent that they can be used to further Technocrat goals. Like the U.S. government, China’s governors will grab any technology useful for warfare and try to capitalize on it.  ⁃ TN EditorSam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, called for a collaboration between American and Chin
  
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• 'Rare' 3,000-year-old sword discovered in Germany is so well preserved it SHINES, experts say 

  16-06-2023 13:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have stumbled upon an extremely rare Bronze Age sword at an ancient burial site of three people in Nördlingen, southern Germany.
  
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• The UK Is a Hot Country. It’s Time to Build Like It

  16-06-2023 13:00
  
  The UK's houses are still designed to retain heat. In an age of global warming, that needs to change.
  
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• The Best Websites to Show Off Your Portfolio of Work

  16-06-2023 13:00
  
  Make sure the world at large can see how talented you are.
  
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• Stack Overflow Didn’t Ask How Bad Its Gender Problem Is This Year

  16-06-2023 13:00
  
  The coding hub’s 2022 survey found that 92 percent of its users were men. This time around it simply dropped the question.
  
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• Is THIS how Tutankhamun died? Expert claims the Egyptian King was involved in a DRINK-DRIVING crash 

  16-06-2023 12:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Award-winning expert, Sofia Aziz has now proposed a controversial new theory, suggesting the Boy King was a 'typical teenager' who may have died in a drink-driving crash.
  
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• Pixar Used AI to Stoke the Flames in 'Elemental'

  16-06-2023 12:00
  
  It’s harder to make fire than you might think. But the Pixar team was determined to do the impossible.
  
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• Swollen eyes, a hunchback and claw-like hands: What remote-workers will look like by 2100

  16-06-2023 11:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Furniture at Work have revealed what home-workers will look like by the year 2100 - and it's not a pretty sight.
  
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• Amazon cleared to buy iRobot vacuum cleaner maker

  16-06-2023 11:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK competition watchdog says the online giant can buy iRobot, the maker of Roomba cleaners.
  
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• Climate change: UN to unmask fossil fuel lobbyists at climate talks

  16-06-2023 10:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UN takes steps to ensure that oil and gas industry delegates declare their affiliations at COP28.
  
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• Cairn Terrier which rose to fame as Dorothy's dog in the Wizard of Oz is at risk of EXTINCTION

  16-06-2023 09:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The historic British dog, the Cairn Terrier, could be at risk of disappearing. New statistics, released from the Kennel Club, show a significant fall in numbers for the once-popular breed.
  
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• Harry and Meghan: Spotify ends podcast deal with couple

  16-06-2023 06:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The couple's company and the streaming firm say the Duchess's series Archetypes has been cancelled.
  
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• Isle of Wight: New dinosaur species discovered

  16-06-2023 05:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The giant armoured creature, named Vectipelta barretti, dates back between 66 and 145 million years.
  
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• AI to stop water pollution before it happens

  16-06-2023 03:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A project in England uses sensors, satellites and past spill data to predict future pollution.
  
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• Five potential outcomes of AI in 99 seconds

  16-06-2023 02:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC spoke to various experts about the dangers artificial intelligence could pose.
  
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• The workers already replaced by artificial intelligence

  16-06-2023 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some workers are already finding that they have been replaced by artificial intelligence systems.
  
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• iPhone maker Foxconn to switch to cars as US-China ties sour

  16-06-2023 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Foxconn, which makes over half of the world’s Apple products, seeks its next big growth driver.
  
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• Hacker gang Clop publishes victim names on dark web

  16-06-2023 00:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Criminal hacker group begins posting names of companies to darkweb.
  
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