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• NASA 'quiet' supersonic jet is nearly ready for flight

  07-07-2023 20:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  If it works, the X-59 could enable a new era of commercial supersonic travel that doesn't shatter windows NASA's mission to create a supersonic aircraft that doesn't rattle windows and vibrate teeth is one step closer to reality as the experimental X-59 aircraft dubbed the "Son of Concorde" may soon be ready for its first test flights.…
  
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• Threads hits 70 MILLION users in less than two days as celebs flock to site

  07-07-2023 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meta's new Twitter rival Threads continues to soar, hitting 50 million users and seeing big celebrity names flock to the platform..
  
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• Humans aren't the only ones to strip off before lovemaking! Spider mite males also 'undress' females

  07-07-2023 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Vienna have identified that we're not the only species to partake in pre-coital undressing.
  
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• All the rumored Apple iPhone 15 changes and new features

  07-07-2023 15:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is likely to unveil the new iPhone 15 in September, but tech experts and patents have shared predictions of what users could expect, including new colors and even a higher price.
  
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• C.S. Lewis Foresaw Dystopian Technocracy Based On Scientism

  07-07-2023 15:10 via technocracy.news
  
  Several people in the 1900s foresaw where society was headed. C.S. Lewis was one of them. His book, That Hideous Strength, describes “a literal pact with the devil at the highest reaches of the technocracy, but at the same time a mechanism whereby the larger system remains defiantly bland and normal-seeming, and only a crazy person would ever think there’s anything hidden at the heart.” ⁃ TN EditorRecently, I reread C.S. Lewis’ 1945 novel, “That Hideous Streng
  
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• Wind Industry Blackmails U.K., Demands Huge Increase In Subsidies

  07-07-2023 15:08 via technocracy.news
  
  Now Britain is finding out that investing in windmills for power was the stupidest thing ever.  The very companies that they gave birth to are demanding higher and higher subsidies to bail them out of red ink. In fact, the industry has never been profitable and has only pushed electric rates into the stratosphere. ⁃ TN EditorIn a move that gives the lie to years of propaganda claiming falling costs, the wind industry’s leading lobbyists have written to the Government t
  
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• Meta Launches Twitter Clone, Harvests All Your Data, Immediately Starts Censoring

  07-07-2023 15:00 via technocracy.news
  
  For all of Zuckerberg’s bluster about his Twitter-killing clone called Threads, it may end up being a nothing-burger if users figure out how much personal data is being sucked out of their mobile devices used to access the platform. Zuck is a consummate Technocrat who sees no issue with hoovering up your data in return for using his free app.⁃ TN EditorMeta claims that over 10 million people had signed up for its Twitter competitor, Threads, in what CEO Mark Zuckerberg framed as a &l
  
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• Is this the key to beating jet lag? England Lionesses wear special glasses on flight to Australia

  07-07-2023 14:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England Lionesses Keira Walsh, Ellie Roebuck and Georgia Stanway were seen flaunting the sunglasses to help save them from sleep exhaustion.
  
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• Bizarre sex toy uses ChatGPT to narrate sexual fantasies - and it even vibrates in time

  07-07-2023 13:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lovense has announced that it has integrated ChatGPT in a sex toy, dubbed the ChatGPT Pleasure Companion.
  
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• Why People Stop Using Drugs Like Ozempic

  07-07-2023 13:00
  
  Drugs like semaglutide—better known as Ozempic or Wegovy—could be lifelong treatments for obesity, but what little data scientists have suggests that people don't stick with them for long.
  
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• Trans People’s Mental Health Is Being Weaponized Against Them

  07-07-2023 13:00
  
  A proposed "emergency rule" in Missouri directly attacked the medical autonomy of trans adults.
  
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• How 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' De-Aged Harrison Ford

  07-07-2023 13:00
  
  Industrial Light & Magic developed a new suite of tools to reincarnate the Indy of the 80s. The effect is haunting—and raises more questions about the use of AI in Hollywood.
  
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• Climate change: Shipping agrees net-zero goal but critics chide deal

  07-07-2023 12:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Countries have agreed to limit carbon from shipping by 2050 but green groups say the pact is flawed.
  
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• World records hottest day for third time in a week

  07-07-2023 11:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One group of scientists reported a third global high calculated with satellites and computer models.
  
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• Meta Threads users are shocked they can't delete their account without deleting their Instagram

  07-07-2023 11:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While a Threads profile can be temporarily deactivated on the app, deleting it permanently requires users to rid of their Instagram account too - with both platforms intertwined.
  
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• Threads: Twitter threatens legal action over Meta's new app

  07-07-2023 11:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Its owner Elon Musk says "competition is fine, cheating is not" a day after the rival app launched.
  
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• Martin Lewis says deepfake scam of him is 'frightening'

  07-07-2023 11:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The consumer finance expert said he has been the subject of fake adverts for years, but this was the first in video.
  
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• Women find jokes less funny than men - so do these gags make YOU chuckle? 

  07-07-2023 11:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Wurzburg tested 20 jokes on 200 participants and found that women tend to find jokes less funny than men.
  
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• Amazon's 2nd Generation Echo Buds now 50% off in early Prime Day sale

  07-07-2023 08:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SHOPPING: Amazon's 2nd Generation Echo Buds, equipped with Alexa integration, are now on sale with a 50 per cent discount, selling for just £54.99, thanks to this early Prime Day deal.
  
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• How playing board games can make YOUR child perform better at school, according to scientists 

  07-07-2023 06:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Games based on numbers - like Monopoly or Snakes and Ladders - can also help boost math ability in young children, research from Pontificia Universidad Católica in Chile suggests.
  
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• India's space agency set to launch lunar lander, rover

  07-07-2023 05:56 via go.theregister.com
  
  On a shoestring budget, Chandrayaan-3 aims to observe Luna, Earth, even exoplanets India's Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will next week launch Chandrayaan-3, a mission that aims to land on the moon and deploy a rover.…
  
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• Are wildfires in the US getting worse?

  07-07-2023 03:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Record temperatures and smoke-filled skies have shown that the threat of wildfires can impact millions of people.
  
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• Theatres tempt new audiences with virtual reality

  07-07-2023 01:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A virtual reality service hopes to attract a new audience to theatre performances.
  
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