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• Inside the 'UFO cult' led by a 'sex maniac': Netflix's new documentary reveals how journalist who claimed he was an 'alien prophet' used his power to 'bed thousands of women'

  08-02-2024 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sex, scandal and human cloning. Claude Vorilhon, who adopted the name 'Raël' as his UFO ministry began in the 1970s, is under scrutiny again in a four-part docuseries premiering on Netflix
  
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• America's AI takeover: New map reveals US cities DOOMED to lose the most jobs to tech... is YOUR hometown at risk?

  08-02-2024 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A report revealed that some cities in the U.S. are more susceptible to AI takeover than others and recommends relocation. AI-related jobs have more than doubled in the last two years.
  
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• AI-generated voice calls are made ILLEGAL in US - and FCC says ruling 'takes effect immediately'

  08-02-2024 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Federal Communications Commission hopes to stop scams and misinformation. 'We're putting the fraudsters behind these robocalls on notice,' said FCC chair
  
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• 'Beyond our wildest dreams': 2.34 BILLION metric tons of rare earth minerals discovered in Wyoming that could make US 'world leader'

  08-02-2024 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US could soon take the title as the world's top rare earth mineral supplier after 2.34 billion metric tons were found in Wyoming. China currently processes the most - up to 95 percent.
  
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• Chinese 'spy' arrested in California for 'stealing nuclear secrets that could detect missile launches from SPACE' - and sending them to the CCP

  08-02-2024 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chenguang Gong is a China-native who moved to the US around 1993 and became a citizen in 2011. He allegedly stole blueprints for technologies used by US military. He faces 10 years in prison.
  
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• US makes AI-generated robocalls illegal

  08-02-2024 19:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The moves comes as concerns grow around misinformation and artificial intelligence ahead of the US election.
  
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• Microsoft denies it went back on its word over layoffs

  08-02-2024 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Regulators claim the firm broke a pledge when it axed 1,900 jobs after buying Activision Blizzard.
  
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• Ring Doorbell hikes its prices for millions of UK customers: Basic plan jumps by 42% to £49.99 - and furious users say it's 'outrageous'

  08-02-2024 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ring has announced that its Basic Plan is increasing in price by a whopping 42 per cent next month.
  
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• Europe's deepest mine to become Europe's deepest battery

  08-02-2024 17:45 via go.theregister.com
  
  2 MWh of energy storage using dirt, winches, and cables set to be installed in Finland The deepest metal mine in Europe, unused since 2022, is set to host a giant underground gravity battery.…
  
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• Battle Lines Are Forming As Populist Revolt Spreading Across the West

  08-02-2024 17:38 via technocracy.news
  
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• The ultimate gaming marathon! Man plays 'World of Warcraft' for nearly 60 hours to break the world record - but admits he started to experience 'mild hallucinations' from the 45-hour mark

  08-02-2024 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One gamer has pushed himself to the limit after playing nearly 60 continuous hours of 'World of Warcraft' to break the world record.
  
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• Dead European satellite weighing 5,000lbs will crash back to Earth this month - and experts still don't know where it will land

  08-02-2024 16:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the European Space Agency say the satellite will reenter the planet's atmosphere 'mid-February', although exactly when or where it will land is as yet unknown.
  
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• Mathematician reveals the formula for the perfect proposal - and claims you should spend 2.5 months' salary on the ring

  08-02-2024 15:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Tom Crawford, a mathematician from Oxford University, believes his method can boost the chances of a Happy Ever After.
  
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• Revealed: What the length of your fingers says about you, according to science

  08-02-2024 14:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists say the difference between your ring finger and your index finger might just hold the secrets to understanding your personality and your future career.
  
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• Meet the 'world's first AI child': Chinese scientists develop a creepy entity dubbed Tong Tong that looks and acts just like a three-year-old kid

  08-02-2024 13:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chinese scientists from the Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence have unveiled the world's first AI child, a creepy entity which they have dubbed Tong Tong.
  
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• Alaskan bear cubs found more than 3,600 miles away from home in FLORIDA were 'crammed into a 200-square-foot chain-link enclosure' by exotic animal smuggler who faces 11 charges

  08-02-2024 13:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shae Hensley was housing the bears in a 'crammed into a 10- by 20-foot chain-link enclosure,' when he forgot to lock the gate one evening. The Alaskan cubs are now at a local zoo.
  
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• iPhone 16 could be foldable: Apple is developing 'at least two' smartphones that fold horizontally, report claims

  08-02-2024 12:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is reportedly working on at least two prototypes for a folding iPhone that opens like a classic flip phone.
  
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• Saturnian moon Mimas: Crunchy on the outside, sub-surface ocean on the inside

  08-02-2024 11:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Data from Cassini suggests hidden depths beneath crater-ridden body Mimas, a moderate-sized moon orbiting Saturn, is likely to possess liquid oceans hidden under its icy surface, according to a research paper published this week.…
  
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• World breaches 1.5C warming threshold for full year

  08-02-2024 11:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The last 12 months were the hottest on record, temporarily sending the world past a deeply symbolic mark.
  
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• January was officially the hottest on RECORD, figures reveal - as concerned climate scientists warn 'rapid reductions' in greenhouse gas emissions are the only way to curb global warming

  08-02-2024 10:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Last month was officially the hottest January on record, experts from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (CS3) have confirmed.
  
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• CERN is training robot dogs to spot radiation hazards at Large Hadron Collider

  08-02-2024 07:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  CERNquadbot can go off the rails – unlike science org's existing inspector bots Vid  A four-legged robot dog has successfully performed a radiation protection test at CERN by patrolling and inspecting equipment in a small section of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).…
  
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• Romans may have used a poisonous plant as a hallucinogenic drug 2,000 years ago, study finds

  08-02-2024 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have discovered hundreds of black henbane seeds in a hollowed bone at the rural Roman settlement of Houten-Castellum in the Netherlands.
  
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