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• EXCLUSIVE: Are aliens controlling us in a computer game? Leading UFO expert says the theory would explain the different world religions

  27-09-2023 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A leading UFO expert told DailyMail.com that the simulation theory would explain why there are so many different religions that all believe their god had a hand in creating the universe.
  
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• British scientists to build the world's most powerful laser a million, billion, billion times brighter than the sun

  27-09-2023 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The world's most powerful laser, capable of producing a beam a million, billion, billion times brighter than the sun, is set to be built by British scientists.
  
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• ChatGPT can now access up to date information

  27-09-2023 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The chatbot's knowledge previously only included data up to September 2021, but not any more.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Are aliens controlling us in a computer game? Leading UFO expert says the simulation theory would explain why there are a multiplicity of religions

  27-09-2023 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A leading UFO expert told DailyMail.com that the simulation theory would explain why there are so many different religions that all believe their god had a hand in creating the universe.
  
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• Users report iPhone 15 Pros are overheating to more than 100F - and experts blame 'compromises' made in the design

  27-09-2023 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Reports of overheating iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max smartphones have been circulating the web, as users sharing pictures of temperature checks showing devices are heating up past 100F.
  
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• Perseverance rover sets a Martian speed record with software controls

  27-09-2023 21:00 via go.theregister.com
  
  347.7 meters in a day - humans could probably do better NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has set a speed record by traversing a massive boulder field in a third the time it would have taken its predecessor Curiosity.…
  
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• Hollywood Writers Reached an AI Deal That Will Rewrite History

  27-09-2023 20:09
  
  A faction of scribes is putting up guardrails about AI's encroachment on their work. The effects will echo in industries far beyond Hollywood.
  
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• Nature crisis: One in six species at risk of extinction in Great Britain

  27-09-2023 20:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The loss of Britain's wildlife is outpacing efforts to conserve and protect nature, a major report reveals.
  
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• Revealed: What your Zoom background says about YOU, according to scientists

  27-09-2023 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Durham University say that people who sit in front of houseplants or bookcases are deemed the most trustworthy.
  
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• The alternative to stopping climate change is untested carbon capture tech

  27-09-2023 19:15 via go.theregister.com
  
  We could do most of what we need to prevent 1.5°C warming now; reversing it will be nigh impossible The technology the world needs to reach net zero carbon emissions and limit global warming to 1.5°C is increasingly available, but we're still not necessarily on track to meet our 2050 climate change goals, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reports.…
  
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• Warning : Reality Is Escaping Out The Back Door

  27-09-2023 18:49 via technocracy.news
  I wrote this article for my PatrickWood.Substack.com subscribers recently. After more reflection, this needs to be released to the world as a stark warning: The total collapse of reality may be at hand. We have already witnessed mass formation during the Great Panic of 2020, where large swaths of the world seemingly lost touch with reality. That was just a foretaste of what is about to come.
  This is hard to understand, and you might need to read it multiple times. Do it, lest you fall prey to a
  
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• Mysterious black dust found on asteroid sample that crashed to Earth: Canister holding debris from Bennu is covered in an 'unidentifiable' element

  27-09-2023 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA has stopped work on the Bennu asteroid samples after finding strange black dust on the canister that brought back the samples on Sunday. Scientists are baffled by the finding.
  
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• Marvel actor Chris Pratt sparks alarm after revealing he was advised to drink an extreme amount of water that left him 'peeing all day long' and created a 'nightmare' while filming as Star-Lord

  27-09-2023 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US magazine Vanity Fair last week claimed Chris Pratt's nutritionist asked him to drink one glass of water for every pound he weighed. This would be the equivalent of 15 US gallons a day.
  
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• Listen to the 'scariest sound in the world': Scientists recreate the noise of the Aztec Death Whistle that may have accompanied human sacrifices

  27-09-2023 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Aztec Death Whistle makes a sound that's somewhere between a woman howling in pain, a spooky gust of whistling wind and 'the scream of a thousand corpses'.
  
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• Scientists get closer to solving mystery of antimatter

  27-09-2023 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The elusive substance holds the key to discovering how the Universe was formed.
  
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• CERN experiment proves gravity pulls antimatter the way Einstein predicted

  27-09-2023 17:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  Why there is not a lot more of it is yet to be explained though In sci-fi, antimatter is the opposite of all the matter around us. Does that mean it should fall up? Not at all, scientists at Europe's largest sub-atomic physics lab have proved for the first time.…
  
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• The real-life Jetsons! Experts say we're on the cusp of a flying taxi BOOM - with futuristic vehicles set to take to the skies at the Paris Olympics next year

  27-09-2023 14:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Under a year from now, the first commercial air taxi will ferry visitors on trips around Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics, finally heralding the arrival of the technology.
  
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• You can't get an iPhone 15 Pro Max until NOVEMBER: Wait times for Apple's new smartphones are quietly extended by up to 58 days in the UK

  27-09-2023 13:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Estimated delivery times have quietly been extended by up to 58 days for the Pro series of phones with the more expensive 15 Pro Max seeing the longest delays.
  
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• Google turns 25! Tech giant celebrates its birthday with hidden surprises, Easter eggs and its iconic spinner

  27-09-2023 11:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google has packed its site with fun Easter Eggs to celebrate 25 years since it was founded, including a new Google Doodle - a temporary alteration of the search logo.
  
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• Ghostly 'Dumbo' octopus is caught on camera more than 5,500ft underwater off the coast of Hawaii

  27-09-2023 11:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of ocean explorers spotted the rare 'Dumbo' Octopus 5,518ft (1,682 metres) beneath the surface, off the coast of Hawaii .
  
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• Bids for ISS demolition rights are now open, NASA declares

  27-09-2023 11:15 via go.theregister.com
  
  Winning spacecraft will dock with the station at least a year before go time NASA has confirmed it will ask American companies to duke it out for the opportunity to deorbit the International Space Station – quietly releasing a request for proposals last week.…
  
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• Researchers train an AI system to find extraterrestrial life

  27-09-2023 09:31 via go.theregister.com
  
  Machine learning model touted as ideal for finding LGMs on Mars, and beyond Computer scientists have trained a machine learning model to predict whether materials contains biosignatures in the hopes that it can be used to detect life in Martian rocks.…
  
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• The Climate Crisis Is Driving People to Substance Abuse

  27-09-2023 08:00
  
  Extreme weather has decimated crops and incomes in northern India. To soothe their anxiety, agricultural workers are turning to tobacco and alcohol.
  
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• Idris Elba Is Ready to Talk About Crypto

  27-09-2023 08:00
  
  During the crypto gold rush, Idris Elba says he turned down a lot of “mad opportunities.” Now he has partnered with the “crypto-for-good” Stellar Foundation.
  
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• Hollywood writers agree to end five-month strike after studio deal

  27-09-2023 04:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  They can return to work while they vote on whether to approve a three-year deal that offers pay rises.
  
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• Fifa to EA Sports FC: Name change is big gamble for UK's best-selling game

  27-09-2023 03:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Fifa football video games are rebranded after a reported disagreement with the governing body.
  
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• Climate change: Six young people take 32 countries to court

  27-09-2023 02:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  They claim governments' slow action on climate change violates their human rights.
  
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• How Saturn got its rings: Simulations suggest they evolved from the debris of two moons which collided a few hundred million years ago

  27-09-2023 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new series of supercomputer simulations suggests a massive collision between two icy moons a few hundred million years ago could have led to the formation of Saturn's rings.
  
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• Government to delay new environmental building rules

  27-09-2023 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Environmentalists say delaying the implementation of new biodiversity rules is "a hammer blow for nature".
  
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