Sci-Tech news

• Leaked Google spreadsheet reveals average salaries at the search giant  - where black staff make $20,000 less than whites and the gender pay gap is still very much alive

  07-09-2023 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Googlers of African descent made $20,000 less than White or Asian coworkers. The median total compensation for the average Googler in 2022 was $279,802
  
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• Has Australia cleaned up its act on climate?

  07-09-2023 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Elected last year, PM Anthony Albanese vowed to haul his laggard nation from the "naughty corner".
  
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• Period trackers to be reviewed over data concerns

  07-09-2023 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many women are worried about the information they share, the regulator says.
  
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• The secret to making plant-based meat taste more 'meaty'? Fermented onions, scientists say

  07-09-2023 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Plant-based alternatives often look like the real deal, but lack that meaty flavour after cooking. Now, experts from the University of Hohenheim think they have the solution - fermented onions.
  
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• Musk's mighty missile is ready for launch once FAA says OK

  07-09-2023 16:32 via go.theregister.com
  
  Starship Super Heavy to remain on terra firma until US watchdog ticks off the corrective actions SpaceX supremo Elon Musk has declared that the next fully stacked Starship is primed for blast off. Sadly, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) doesn't see things in quite the same way.…
  
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• UK rejoins EU science research scheme Horizon

  07-09-2023 16:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK-based scientists and institutions will have access to the £85bn fund from today.
  
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• Incredible moment photographer captured 'gigantic jets' of lightning  that are bright red and can reach the edge of SPACE

  07-09-2023 15:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meteorologists say only about five observations of this rare type of lightning occur each year. The bolts were captured while tracking the formation of Hurricane Franklin, Aug 20
  
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• Is your car tracking your SEX LIFE? Popular brands including Nissan and Kia collect 'deeply personal data' including sexual activity and weight, study finds

  07-09-2023 14:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Smart cars from top brands including Nissan, Volkswagen and Elon Musk's Tesla gather data via sensors, microphones, cameras, apps and more, a report claims.
  
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• Google is quietly killing a popular app next month - here's how the change will affect you

  07-09-2023 14:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US internet giant emailed users of Android TV to say the 'Google Play Movies & TV app will no longer be available on your Android TV device from 05 October 2023'.
  
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• UK rejoins the EU's €100B Horizon sci-tech funding program

  07-09-2023 13:03 via go.theregister.com
  
  Two and a half years after Brexit, some cheer for scientists based in Britain. We're... baaaaxit (sorry!) UK scientists can once again pitch for chunks of the EU's £86 billion ($107 billion) Horizon program after the British government negotiated re-entry to the flagship fund following a Brexit-related hiatus.…
  
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• Google: Political adverts must disclose use of AI

  07-09-2023 12:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The announcement follows fears AI-generated images and audio are already infiltrating ads.
  
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• NASA's Perseverance rover spots a 'shark fin' and a 'crab claw' on Mars

  07-09-2023 12:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA shared the discovery on X, prompting a wave of replies from space fans who joked that the crab-like rock was the remains of the 'Almighty Great Cosmic Crab'.
  
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• Love, Loss, and Pig Butchering Scams

  07-09-2023 12:00
  
  Bruce had kind eyes and dressed well. Evelyn fell for him on Hinge, and then he stole $300,000. Now, she’s following the money trail.
  
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• Heatwave health alert: 'Deadly' 30C temperatures to trigger 'hundreds' of fatalities in UK this week, experts warn

  07-09-2023 11:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCL: Britain should brace for hundreds of excess deaths from the ongoing heat wave with people over the age of 65, and those with health conditions among the most at risk.
  
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• Britain's top 10 tech faux pas revealed - so are YOU guilty of any of them?

  07-09-2023 11:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  musicMagpie surveyed 2,000 Britons to reveal the top tech faux pas they'd committed at work or in their personal life.
  
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• A mysterious deep-sea creature that no human has EVER seen may have laid the 'golden egg' that was discovered on the sea bed two miles underwater off the coast of Alaska, experts claim

  07-09-2023 11:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DNA lab tests of the bizarre golden object could reveal an entirely new animal completely unknown to science, experts say.
  
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• Mysterious 'golden egg' discovered on the seafloor off Alaska could belong to a deep sea creature 'unknown to science', experts claim

  07-09-2023 11:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DNA lab tests of the bizarre golden object could reveal an entirely new animal completely unknown to science, experts say.
  
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• Scientists grow artificial embryo model without using sperm, an egg or a WOMB in world-first - and it tested positive on a pregnancy test

  07-09-2023 11:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel made the complete models of human embryos from stem cells generated in the lab.
  
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• The household appliances spying on YOU: How doorbells, smart speakers, TVs and washing machines capture and share private data with firms such as Google and TikTok - so which are worst offenders?

  07-09-2023 10:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research shows that standard household amenities are capturing and sharing private information with big tech firms such as Google, as well as Amazon, Facebook and TikTok.
  
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• Africa proposes global carbon taxes to fight climate change

  07-09-2023 09:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Despite suffering some of the worst impacts of climate change, the continent only gets 12% of financing.
  
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• Scientists turn to mid-20th century tech for low-power underwater comms

  07-09-2023 09:29 via go.theregister.com
  
  Hat tip to the late Lester Clare Van Atta, whose array is behind the system A group of MIT boffins have successfully tested what they said is the first practically useful ultra-low power underwater networking and communication technology, and all it took was some nearly 70-year old technology to get it going. …
  
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• Japan joins Moon race with successful rocket launch

  07-09-2023 06:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  If all goes well, the lunar lander that the rocket is carrying will attempt a Moon landing in February.
  
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• Scientists Grow Human Embryo Without Sperm, Egg or Womb

  07-09-2023 05:50 via technocracy.news
  
  You read it right: a human zygote created without sperm, egg or womb. This author repeats herself for emphasis: “first 14 days”, “first two weeks”, “day-14 embryo”, “14-day mark”. These Transhuman scientists conducting this experiment had to terminate it within 14 days or face termination or worse. ⁃ TN EditorScientists report they have grown the early stages of a human embryo-like entity without using sperm, an egg or a womb.
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• Japan's 'Moon sniper' and its two ejectable landers make it into space

  07-09-2023 05:44 via go.theregister.com
  
  Now for the hard part: testing its ability to pick a safe landing spot Japan's space exploration agency (JAXA) has successfully launched a rocket carrying the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) – an effort to test new technologies that allow spacecraft to pick their own landing locations.…
  
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• How doorbells, smart speakers, TVs and washing machines are spying on you: Research reveals how household appliances are capturing and sharing private data with firms such as Google, Amazon, Facebook and TikTok

  07-09-2023 01:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research shows that standard household amenities are capturing and sharing private information with big tech firms such as Google, as well as Amazon, Facebook and TikTok.
  
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• Swatch x Blancpain Scuba Fifty Fathom: price, availability, specs

  07-09-2023 00:51
  
  Swatch's $400 sequel to the MoonSwatch is inspired by sea slugs and ditches quartz for the budget brand's automatic movement.
  
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