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• Watch out! A device that costs just $70 can hack your iPhone and trick you into sharing your information

  18-08-2023 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hackers built the device as a 'proof of concept' to reveal iPhone's Bluetooth weaknesses. Made from cheap and available hardware, it can mimic requests from an Apple TV
  
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• Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature - Musk

  18-08-2023 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk says the feature "makes no sense", but users are concerned about protection from abuse.
  
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• Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature

  18-08-2023 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk says the feature "makes no sense", but users are concerned about protection from abuse.
  
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• Hold the Moon – NASA's buildings are crumbling amid 200-year upgrade cycles

  18-08-2023 21:35 via go.theregister.com
  
  If a facility falls down, 'the microscope inside it is useless to you' While NASA prepares to journey through the unforgiving vacuum of space to the Moon and Mars, it faces a terrestrial threat in the meantime. A vacuum of funding that has left its own buildings crumbling around it. …
  
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• Elon Musk will axe 'block' feature from X despite fears his Twitter overhaul is putting users at risk of stalkers, scammers and spammers

  18-08-2023 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Musk said users will still be able to block unwanted direct messages on the platform. His statements follow Musk's ambitious new plans to turn Twitter into X, the 'everything app'
  
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• Lamborghini Lanzador: Price, Specs, Release Date

  18-08-2023 19:45
  
  Lambo’s 1,341-hp "Ultra GT" is inspired by spaceships and is by a long way the most powerful car the brand has ever made.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Playboy bunny creates world's first AI model based on younger self to relive glory days, reveals 'men love' her digital persona that has been featured on magazine covers across the globe

  18-08-2023 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gina Stewart has long blonde hair, blue eyes and curves, but she was created using AI. However, she has also become the world's first AI model after being featured on magazine covers.
  
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• How bad is YOUR sandwich for the environment? Prawn mayo has the same carbon footprint as driving from London to Brighton - while egg is more climate friendly, study finds

  18-08-2023 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Slashing rainforests and burning coal are among numerous culprits to blame for climate change. But a new study by 100Green claims sandwiches also play a role.
  
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• A terrifying glimpse into the AI world of the future: Eerily realistic humanoids, cyborg dogs and spooky bionic faces are among creepy creations unveiled at the World Robot Conference

  18-08-2023 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From the creepy to the downright bizarre, the world's most ingenuous robotic creations are on display at the eighth World Robot Conference in Beijing this week.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: World's first AI model created by a Playboy bunny reveals how 'men love' her digital persona that has been featured on magazine covers across the globe

  18-08-2023 16:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gina Stewart has long blonde hair, blue eyes and curves, but she was created using AI. However, she has also become the world's first AI model after being featured on magazine covers.
  
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• The 45 Best Series on Netflix Right Now

  18-08-2023 16:00
  
  From Heartstopper to The Chosen One, these are our picks for the best streaming titles to binge this week.
  
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• Apollo 11 astronaut who stayed in orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon opened up about his 'lonely' experience

  18-08-2023 13:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who died in 2021, famously never set foot on the moon despite piloting the first ever successful spaceflight
  
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• Is this proof Mars once had life? Odd patchwork of polygon-shaped mud cracks suggests Red Planet used to have Earth-like conditions 3.6 billion years ago, scientists say

  18-08-2023 12:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's Curiosity rover has detected an unusual pattern of mud cracks within the sediment of Mount Sharp on Mars, according to new France-led research.
  
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• Why Neptune's clouds have VANISHED: Ice giant's overcast conditions are linked to the sun's 11-year cycle, scientists discover

  18-08-2023 12:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study shows Neptune's white clouds have all but vanished - and it may be due to intense ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun, according to scientists at the University of California, Berkeley.
  
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• The eco-friendly glass that's hard to crack

  18-08-2023 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists have developed an extremely strong glass which is less energy intensive to make than regular glass.
  
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• Needs a human touch: People are less likely to swipe right on dating profiles written by AI, although men are more easily fooled than women, study claims

  18-08-2023 00:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New data has revealed that singletons are far more likely to swipe right on a real-life profile compared to one written by ChatGPT
  
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