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• Massive WhatsApp outage left users worldwide unable to communicate with friends and loved ones - but the issue was fixed one hour after hitting the platform

  19-07-2023 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If your WhatsApp was down, you are not alone. An outage plagued users worldwide, leaving them unable to send or receive messages or photos. DownDetector shows issues appeared at 4pm.
  
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• WhatsApp is DOWN: Massive outage is impacting users worldwide who cannot send or receive messages

  19-07-2023 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If your WhatsApp is down, you are not alone. An outage is plaguing users worldwide, leaving them unable to send or receive messages or photos. DownDetector shows issues appeared at 4pm.
  
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• UK amends encrypted message scanning plans

  19-07-2023 22:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Extra oversight for powers to scan encrypted messages for child abuse images passed by peers.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Parents who upload photos of their young children to social media are handing their likeness over to pedophiles and sick digital pranksters... these families found out about the dark side of 'sharenting' the hard way

  19-07-2023 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DailyMail.com spoke with several mothers who revealed the dark side of 'sharenting'- their children were digitally kidnapped, turned into a meme and preyed on by a 'pedophile' pretending to be a kid.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: The dark side of 'sharenting': Parents who upload photos of their young children to social media are handing their likeness over to pedophiles and sick digital pranksters... and these families found out the hard way

  19-07-2023 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DailyMail.com spoke with several mothers who revealed the dark side of 'sharenting'- their children were digitally kidnapped, turned into a meme and preyed on by a 'pedophile' pretending to be a kid.
  
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• Rocket Lab wants to dry off and reuse Electron booster recovered from the ocean

  19-07-2023 20:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  Appears to have given up the idea of catching the component midair with a helicopter Rocket Lab has successfully launched seven satellites into space and recovered the booster for its Electron rocket from the Pacific Ocean.…
  
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• Wood you believe it? Early humans were woodwork experts and fashioned double-pointed weapons 300,000 years ago (but launched them like boomerangs rather than spears!)

  19-07-2023 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Analysis of a 300,000-year-old hunting weapon by a team from the University of Reading shows our ancestors were woodwork experts and created personal tools.
  
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• Kamala Harris: “When We Invest in Clean Energy And Electric Vehicles And Reduce Population…”

  19-07-2023 19:56 via technocracy.news
  
  After Harris stuck her foot in her mouth, the White House immediately backpedaled and said she meant to say “pollution”, not “population,” It may well have been “pollution” on her teleprompter, but here eyes and mind were trained to think “population.” This means somebody is discussing population reduction behind the scenes and the word got stuck in her mind. Meanwhile, we have documented population control for over 50 years. ⁃ TN Editor
  
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• The not-so-secret iPhone setting that millions of social media users are only now learning can make their battery last longer

  19-07-2023 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has tucked away a feature on your iPhone's settings that improves battery life. Users are now just discovering it, even though the smart feature was released to iOS last year.
  
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• Disposable vapes should be restricted like tobacco in order to clamp down on UK's kid e-cig epidemic, senior Tory MP claims

  19-07-2023 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steve Brine, chair of the committee, said 'decisive action is needed' from the UK Government and industry to 'tackle an alarming trend in the number of children vaping'.
  
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• Moonchester United! The moon could host its first competitive FOOTBALL match by 2035, scientists claim - but a game will look very different than here on Earth

  19-07-2023 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has rewritten the rulebook on the nation's favourite sport amid predictions that lunar football matches could take off in just 15 years.
  
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• Mining Cobalt Sacrifices African Children On The Green Altar Of Technocracy

  19-07-2023 18:59 via technocracy.news
  
  The utter hypocrisy of Technocrats is astounding. The UN’s SDGs promise to save the world’s children and yet actual policies do just the opposite. Children are the most vulnerable group on earth because they are not able to defend themselves. Thus, they are trafficked, sexually exploited, injected, marginalized and in Africa, forced to work in harsh mining operations, such as cobalt mines. The depravity of man has no limits. ⁃ TN EditorCOBALT is essential to modern technol
  
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• The Australian climate protesters cast as extremists

  19-07-2023 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Counter-terror police have raided the homes of a swathe of Australian environmental activists.
  
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• Are aliens trying to contact Earth? Scientists discover a mysterious stellar object that emits a five-minute pulse every 22 minutes - and they have no idea what it is

  19-07-2023 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of astronomers led by Australia's Curtin University aren't 100 per cent sure what the object is, but think it could be an ultra-long period magnetar - an extremely rare type of star.
  
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• Are sharks getting hungrier for humans? Experts reveal whether you should be extra cautious in the water this summer

  19-07-2023 17:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MailOnline has spoken to experts to see if shark attacks really are on the rise, following high profile fatalities in recent years.
  
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• Netflix officially kills its $10 Basic plan in the US and UK - here is what it means for YOUR account

  19-07-2023 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Netflix is hoping to get more sign ups for its ad-supported plan and has now done away with the $10 Basic tier for people in the US and UK. At least 5 million people worldwide use this option.
  
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• Come on in, the water's lovely! Spain's coastal waters are the warmest ever for July as heatwave hits Europe in time for school holidays (with Germany even considering bringing in siestas for workers)

  19-07-2023 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British tourists across Spain are enjoying record high sea temperatures as the searing heatwave Charon continues to bake the Mediterranean in time of the summer holidays.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: UN warns brain chips like Elon Musk's Neuralink could be used as 'personality-altering' weapons - as FDA approves tech for human trials

  19-07-2023 15:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  UN's International Bioethics Committee called for 'neurorights,' 'data privacy transparency' and strategies to anticipate and prevent neurotech abuses
  
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• A mammoth discovery! Fossil hunters discover a 450,000-year-old tusk in a quarry in Cambridgeshire

  19-07-2023 15:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A gravel quarry in Cambridgeshire was at the unlikely centre of a major discovery last week as a pair of history lovers came across an enormous 450,000-year-old steppe mammoth tusk.
  
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• Astronomers discover an exoplanet 400 light-years away with a 'SIBLING' that shares its orbit

  19-07-2023 15:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of researchers led by experts from Madrid detected a cloud of debris that they say could be the 'sibling' of a planet orbiting a distant star 400 light-years away.
  
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• Look up tomorrow! How and when to see the Northern Lights from Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of northern England as a 'cannibal' solar storm hits Earth

  19-07-2023 15:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lucky Britons will have the chance to view the Northern Lights tomorrow, in the midst of a 'cannibal' solar storm.
  
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• The exoplanet with a SIBLING: Scientists discover a world 400 light-years away that shares its orbit with the building blocks of a new planet

  19-07-2023 14:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of researchers led by experts from Madrid detected a cloud of debris that they say could be the 'sibling' of a planet orbiting a distant star 400 light-years away.
  
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• The Ukraine War Shows the US Military-Industrial Complex Isn’t Battle Ready

  19-07-2023 13:00
  
  Meeting Ukraine’s vast demand for ammunition and weapons means tapping into a web of small manufacturers across America, and rethinking how military supply chains work.
  
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• Almost All Research on the Mind Is in English. That’s a Problem

  19-07-2023 13:00
  
  Language can shape how you think in subtle and profound ways. But most researchers only study English speakers.
  
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• 'Meteorite' that struck a French woman was just a regular Earth rock that either fell from a roof, a plane's wheels or was thrown by BURGLARS to see if anyone was home, experts claim

  19-07-2023 12:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unnamed victim was enjoying a coffee with a friend on the terrace of her home in Schirmeck, north-eastern France, when she 'felt a shock in the ribs'.
  
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• Sex in SPACE: Scientists call for urgent research on the consequences of joining the 'Karman line club' - as they claim intercourse will happen between space tourists within 10 years

  19-07-2023 12:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With the new era of space tourism, David Cullen, Professor of Bioanalytical Technology at Cranfield University, is calling for urgent research into the consequences of sex in space.
  
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• Look up tomorrow! Northern Lights will be visible across the whole of Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of northern England as a 'cannibal' solar storm hits Earth - here's how and when to see them

  19-07-2023 12:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lucky Britons will have the chance to view the Northern Lights tomorrow, in the midst of a 'cannibal' solar storm.
  
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• Neopets is making a comeback! Nostalgic virtual pet game will be re-released tomorrow - 24 YEARS after the original game launched

  19-07-2023 11:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The addictive virtual game let fans adopt and care for virtual pets and play mini-games to earn virtual currency - predating the likes of Bitcoin.
  
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• Nick Clegg: AI language systems are 'quite stupid'

  19-07-2023 11:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir Nick Clegg, who now works for Facebook-owner Meta, has downplayed the risks of the current tech.
  
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• ChatGPT’s Evil Twin ‘WormGPT’ Is Silently Entering Emails And Raiding Banks

  19-07-2023 08:52 via technocracy.news
  
  CharGPT is just one version of advanced AI platforms, but as predictable, it has already fallen into the hands of evil people to do evil things… like emptying your bank account, The broader societal effect of AI will cause grave damage to critical thinking, education, employment and business. Pandoras box has been opened and there will no shutting it down at this point.  ⁃ TN Editor
  A malicious copy of OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been created by a bad actor and its aim is to tak
  
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• Paris 2024 Olympics: Concern over French plan for AI surveillance

  19-07-2023 03:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  CCTV will use algorithms to detect fights and abandoned bags - but not everyone is happy about it.
  
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• Kitchen shrine serpents and other fascinating new Pompeii discoveries

  19-07-2023 01:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New discoveries in the buried ancient city shed fresh light on Roman life before Vesuvius erupted.
  
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• Kitchen shrine serpents and more fascinating new Pompeii discoveries

  19-07-2023 01:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New discoveries in the buried Roman city shed fresh light on life before Vesuvius erupted.
  
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• Former Google chief says AI will soon bring sex dolls to life - as he warns it will 'redesign love and relationships'

  19-07-2023 01:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Past Google X CBO Mo Gawdat (right) said realistic sex could be simulated with Apple's Vision Pro or Quest 3 VR, 'if you really want to take the magic out of it'
  
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• Why some celebrities are embracing Artificial Intelligence deepfakes

  19-07-2023 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Concerns over the impact of AI are partly behind the first Hollywood actors' strike in 43 years.
  
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• Is YOUR home affected? Shocking heat maps reveal how certain areas of English cities can be up to 5C warmer on hot days - and it's all down to the number of TREES

  19-07-2023 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research, put together by Friends of the Earth and mapping experts TerraSulis, looks at five English cities - London, Birmingham, Bristol, Newcastle and Manchester.
  
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• Isro: India space chief says no mystery over rocket debris on Australian beach

  19-07-2023 00:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An object found on an Australian beach led to speculation it may be debris from India's Moon mission.
  
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