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• How very British! When we need to deal with stress we let off steam... with a cuppa (while the more extreme of us scream into a pillow!)

  20-07-2023 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When you've reached boiling point because of all life's troubles, there's one way of letting off steam - brewing yourself a cuppa. A poll found that sitting down with a tea is one of our favourite remedies.
  
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• Japan to deploy eerie 'behavior detection' technology to snare criminals BEFORE they commit crime - similar to that in Minority Report

  20-07-2023 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Japan's National Police will test AI cameras in the hope of protecting high profile VIPs, a plan that comes one year after the killing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
  
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• Google Is Developing AI To Write News Stories

  20-07-2023 19:45 via technocracy.news
  
  With the advent of ChatGPT, consumers of news rejected thoughts of AI-generated news stories. Now, Technocrats at Google have officially institutionalized the practice as it has already developed a product to write news and is currently testing it.
  ChatGPT is already being used to write emails, blog posts, comments on articles, abstracts on scientific papers and more. If it now becomes standard practice to write general news stories, the Internet may be finished.
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• The sound of MOOSIC! Clever herd of cows has been enlisted to protect an ancient hill fort in Herefordshire from invaders - by associating music with a virtual fence

  20-07-2023 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Woodland Trust have turned to a herd of six Dexter cows to help protect and restore Little Doward Hill Fort - as well as the 82 hectares of woodland around it.
  
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• Fifa esports World Cup finalists respond to penalty row

  20-07-2023 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of gaming's biggest contests is marred by a row over a penalty shootout in its grand final.
  
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• Eating less meat 'like taking 8m cars off road'

  20-07-2023 17:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new Oxford University study pinpoints for the first time how high- and low-meat diets impact the planet.
  
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• Orca mothers keep 5-tonne sons out of trouble

  20-07-2023 17:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Post-menopausal killer whales protect their adult sons from fights, research shows.
  
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• Talk about a mummy's boy! Older female killer whales protect their sons from fights (but let their daughters fend for themselves!), study finds

  20-07-2023 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new study by the universities of Exeter and York, and the Center for Whale Research adds to growing evidence that post-menopausal females boost the life chances of offspring, especially males.
  
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• World will miss 1.5C warming limit - top UK expert

  20-07-2023 16:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former head of the UN climate science body told the BBC's Today programme he was very pessimistic.
  
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• Congressman says three 'dynamite witnesses' will testify under oath next week that they've got firsthand knowledge of UFOs

  20-07-2023 16:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rep. Burchett, who serves on the House Oversight committee, will lead next week's UFO hearing. The congressman accused the 'Intelligence Community' of blocking some witnesses
  
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• How hot is TOO hot? As extreme heatwaves sweep across Europe, experts reveal the upper temperature limit for human safety - and it's much lower than we thought

  20-07-2023 15:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, which was carried out by experts at Penn State University, saw healthy men and women put under heat stress in a controlled environmental chamber.
  
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• Ultra rare APPLE trainers from the 1990s designed for some of Steve Jobs' first employees are up for auction for $50,000

  20-07-2023 15:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A pair of ultra-rare Apple trainers made exclusively for Steve Jobs' very first employees is up for auction at the New York-based Sothebys.
  
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• I was terrified of RED food after freak rocking horse accident - but now I've beaten phobia that ruined my life and can finally eat pizza and ketchup

  20-07-2023 14:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  FRED KELLY: Although I eat a hugely varied and healthy diet of fresh vegetables, grains, proteins and fats - I don't eat anything red. It sounds absurd, but it's true.
  
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• Mobile roaming charges: Ofcom proposes new rules to curb fees

  20-07-2023 14:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ofcom says mobile networks would have to tell people when they are going to be charged.
  
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• Huge asteroid the size of the Leaning Tower of Pisa flew closer to Earth than the MOON this month - and scientists didn't notice until two days later

  20-07-2023 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An asteroid called 2023 NT1 reached around 62,000 miles from Earth - about a quarter the distance between Earth and the moon - on July 13. Here's why it went by unnoticed.
  
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• Apple slams UK surveillance-bill proposals

  20-07-2023 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The technology giant says it could remove services such as FaceTime from the UK over potential changes
  
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• Albert Einstein letter where great physicist said God could not have created the universe and science 'replaces and supersedes' religion goes on sale for £100,000

  20-07-2023 13:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Einstein was responding to a letter sent by a teacher, who had asked him if it was possible for a scientist to reconcile the 'idea of the creation of the world by God' with his 'scientific knowledge.'
  
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• Satellites Are Rife With Basic Security Flaws

  20-07-2023 13:00
  German researchers gained rare access to three satellites and found that they're years behind normal cybersecurity standards.
  
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• NASA enters the 'home stretch' in its mission to reach a $10,000 QUADRILLION asteroid that's packed full of precious metals

  20-07-2023 12:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers and technicians at Cape Canaveral, Florida, are now working almost around the clock as preparations for lift off enter the 'home stretch'.
  
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• Indestructible Terminator-style killer robots move one step closer to reality as scientists discover self-healing metals

  20-07-2023 12:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories and Texas A&M University have witnessed metal healing itself for the first time without any human intervention.
  
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• Cyclist Leigh Timmis reveals how he became the fastest person to ride across Europe, from a daily 11,000-calorie diet (that included Haribo) to clocking up 240 miles every day

  20-07-2023 11:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Timmis pedalled 3,956 miles from Cabo da Roca in Portugal to Ufa, Russia. It took him 16 days - and he passed through 10 countries along the way. He spoke to MailOnline Travel about the feat...
  
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• Taylor Swift's concerts can be seen from SPACE! Satellite photos reveal the sheer extent of the crowd at her sold-out Denver show - complete with 7,200 cars in the parking lot

  20-07-2023 11:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virginia-based company BlackSky used a satellite to snap a series of photos of Denver's Empower Field at Mile High, before and after Taylor Swift took to the stage last week.
  
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• Always on the Horizon, UK must wait for megabucks EU science deal

  20-07-2023 11:25 via go.theregister.com
  
  Rishi Sunak fails to secure place in €95.5B program before Parliament packs up for holiday After taking years to get to the point where it could rejoin the EU's €95.5 billion Horizon science program, the UK now seems to want more time to think about its options en route to becoming a global science superpower.…
  
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• Meet the two-faced star! Bizarre white dwarf has one side made of hydrogen and the other made of helium - and astronomers are absolutely baffled

  20-07-2023 11:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nicknamed Janus after the two-faced Roman god of transition, its helium side has a grainy or 'bubbly' appearance, while the hydrogen side is smoother and brighter.
  
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• Look up tonight! How and when to see the Northern Lights from Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of northern England as a 'cannibal' solar storm hits Earth

  20-07-2023 10:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lucky Britons will have the chance to view the Northern Lights this evening, in the midst of a 'cannibal' solar storm.
  
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• Biden Admin Looking To Outlaw Almost All Portable Gas Generators

  20-07-2023 09:32 via technocracy.news
  
  There is no end to the lunacy of climate-crazed Technocrats. After going after bans on gas stoves and heaters, the Biden Administration is now looking at regulations that would wipe out almost all portable gas generators. Contractors? Emergency power? Bug out safe havens? Forget it.  ⁃ TN EditorJust months after a Biden-appointed regulator teased a ban on gas stoves, the administration is working to enact a rule that would prohibit the manufacturing of nearly all portable gas generato
  
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• Ultimate world sleep rankings: Finns top charts at 8 hours every night - 70 minutes MORE than the Japanese (so how does Britain and the US fare?)

  20-07-2023 09:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Korea and the UK monitored the sleeping habits of more than 30,000 people across 11 countries through smartwatches and surveys.
  
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• Robots for Elders: A Trojan Horse?

  20-07-2023 09:12 via technocracy.news
  
  Children have no practical value in production, so Technocrats have no problem allowing them to be exploited for slave labor to create value. Elders cannot be exploited because they become too weak, too mentally unstable, etc. Elders are thus a complete drag on economic activity and therefore can be sacrificed just like children, ⁃ TN Editor
  According to Our World in Data, in 2017, for the first time in history, the number of people older than 64 surpassed the number of children under
  
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• Spain’s Elections Pit Gig Workers Against the Far Right

  20-07-2023 08:00
  A coalition including the right-wing Vox party wants to dismantle protections for workers on Glovo and Uber Eats. If they’re elected, they could change the gig economy across Europe.
  
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• A Battlefield AI Company Says It’s One of the Good Guys

  20-07-2023 08:00
  
  Helsing AI is building an operating system for warfare and says it’ll only ever sell to democracies.
  
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• Netflix ends password sharing in 'big market' India

  20-07-2023 07:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Only users from a single household will be able to use an account, the streaming giant has said.
  
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• AI: Digital artist's work copied more times than Picasso

  20-07-2023 07:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Greg Rutkowski is among the artists calling for more protection from artificial intelligence tools.
  
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• Elon Musk: Tesla may cut prices again in 'turbulent times'

  20-07-2023 06:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The company reported that its profit margins have been squeezed as it faces tough competition.
  
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• Russia's tiny quantum computer is (probably) nothing to worry about

  20-07-2023 04:35 via go.theregister.com
  
  16 qubit system capable of modeling simple molecules, Kremlin says Scientists at Russia's International Center for Quantum Optics and Quantum Technologies recently presented a new quantum computer to the nation's President Vladimir Putin, proclaiming it to be the "most powerful in Russia today."…
  
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• Kuno cheetah deaths: Could radio collars be killing the big cats in India?

  20-07-2023 02:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Deaths of some of the cheetahs brought to India last year amid much fanfare have been making headlines.
  
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• Artificial intelligence: Experts propose guidelines for safe systems

  20-07-2023 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new voluntary framework has the backing of hundreds of experts around the world.
  
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• AI: Workers need more protection, says TUC

  20-07-2023 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The warning comes as Octopus Energy's boss says customers prefer emails written by AI over humans.
  
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• Why your electric car is nowhere near as green as you think: the hidden eco-pitfalls of the NetZero cause's pin-up

  20-07-2023 01:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An electric car is only as clean as the electricity used to charge it. In 2022 - the latest year for which official figures are available - Britain still derived 40.3 per cent of its electricity from fossil fuels.
  
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• The sound of MOOSIC! Clever herd of cows has been enlisted to protect an ancient hill fort in Shropshire from invaders - by associating music with a virtual fence

  20-07-2023 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Woodland Trust have turned to a herd of six Dexter cows to help protect and restore Little Doward Hill Fort - as well as the 82 hectares of woodland around it.
  
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