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• REVEALED: How to get internet access if hurricane Debby knocks out your power as severe storms prepare to hit the East Coast

  06-08-2024 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hurricane Debby is traveling up the East Coast and is expected to knock out power for thousands of Americans. These four cellular companies reveal how to access the internet.
  
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• Inside the most expensive motorhome in the world that's worth a staggering $2.5 MILLION

  06-08-2024 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Real estate YouTube creator and actor Erik Van Conover gained access to the world's most expensive motorhome, which boasts a spread of lavish features and a $2.5 million price tag to boot.
  
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• Ex-Apple employee's warning about updating new iOS if you have an older iPhone

  06-08-2024 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An ex-Apple employee has warned users with older iPhones that they might want to skip the upcoming iOS 18 update set to launch in September alongside the new iPhone 16.
  
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• Tech Life: Turning the tables on romance scammers

  06-08-2024 21:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We speak to the BBC journalist who exposed an online con.
  
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• Only people with high IQs can solve this banana brainteaser in 7 seconds

  06-08-2024 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This optical illusion will tell determine if you have a high IQ if you can solve it in seven seconds or less. The puzzle requires viewers to select which string is connected to a banana.
  
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• First fatal Tesla Cybertruck crash kills Texas man after EV veered off-road for 'unknown reason'- as cops probe potential safety faults

  06-08-2024 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Texas state officials reported that a raging battery fire has incinerated one Tesla Cybertruck owner alive just east of Houston - in what some say is the EV's first fatality
  
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• If your child picks up one of these in the woods, take them to a doctor immediately

  06-08-2024 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Residents of upstate New York may find small green packets in their backyards this month. They contain an oral rabies vaccine for wildlife, and officials urge people not to touch them.
  
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• Archaeologists discover world's oldest calendar that could rewrite birth of civilization

  06-08-2024 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers uncovered the world's oldest calendar hidden in a 12,000-year-old pillar in Turkey. The calendar is believed to commemorate a comet strike that could rewrite the birth of civilization.
  
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• Map shows the FIVE coastal states facing the worst floods - and the schools and hospitals that will be underwater by 2050

  06-08-2024 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have found the five states along the US coastline that will bear the brunt of sea-level rise and flooding in the coming decades. Do you live in the danger zone?
  
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• Flashback: The Tech Industry’s Asperger’s Problem

  06-08-2024 17:54 via technocracy.news
  
  For many years, I have intentionally studied the mind of a technocrat to determine what makes them tick. Engineers, scientists, and mathematicians certainly have some stereotypical characteristics. However, to my bad, I missed the Asperger’s problem entirely. People inside and outside the industry, including psychologists and psychiatrists, have been writing about it since 2001, and it is troubling. This would be a “nothing burger,” except that these people are making decisions
  
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• Texas man hospitalized from WATER poisoning after drinking 3 gallons too fast sparked health crisis

  06-08-2024 17:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Putnam (left), 74, of Round Rock, Texas, suffered water toxicity after drinking three gallons of water within five hours on a hot summer day. Ashley Summers (right) of Indiana died from the condition.
  
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• Feline sad: Cats show key signs of mourning after one of their friends passes away - including sleeping more, eating less and hiding, study finds

  06-08-2024 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Oakland University have revealed that cats show key signs of grief after the death of another pet in the same household.
  
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• Meet our TINY ancient cousins! Newly-discovered hominin species that lived in Indonesia 700,000 years ago was just 3.2ft tall, study finds

  06-08-2024 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have uncovered the 700,000-year-old fossils of an ancient hominid ancestor of homo floresiensis - a human relative often known as the Hobbits.
  
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• What could Google monopoly ruling mean for you?

  06-08-2024 16:39 via bbc.com
  
  The US government says it wants 'structural relief' after a judge found the search giant broke the law.
  
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• Thousands dead instantly, multiple states showered with lava: What will happen if Yellowstone's supervolcano erupts after 600k-year slumber

  06-08-2024 15:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just before 10am on July 23, a boiling plume of water and rock blasted 600 feet into the air above Black Diamond Pool in Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park
  
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• Flex your mussels! Paris' purple Olympic track is made from ground-up sea shells - and experts say it could be up to 2% faster than the track at the Tokyo 2020 Games

  06-08-2024 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Paris 2024 athletics track could be the fastest track ever as its creators say a new design and improved materials could boost athletes' speed by up to 2 per cent.
  
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• Watching the Olympics on TV can help you to LOSE weight! Viewers burn up to 540 calories every 90 minutes - the equivalent of a 45-minute run, study finds

  06-08-2024 12:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research from Loughborough University has revealed that simply watching the Olympics on TV can help you to lose weight.
  
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• Water firms to be punished for years of sewage leaks

  06-08-2024 12:00 via bbc.com
  
  Thames Water, Northumbrian Water and Yorkshire Water face fines for repeated sewage leaks.
  
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• US state is rocked by fifth earthquake in a WEEK

  06-08-2024 11:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Southern California's Imperial Valley was struck by its fifth earthquake in three days on Sunday. The 3.3 magnitude earthquake was felt as far as 42 miles away, stemming from Salton City.
  
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• Couch potatoes rejoice! Chemical that makes us choose exercise over snacks is discovered - and it could pave the way for a pill that makes us want to go to the gym

  06-08-2024 11:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of researchers from ETH Zurich found that a chemical in our brains called oxerin plays a critical role in making the choice to exercise.
  
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• 'No choice' but to shut X San Francisco office - Musk

  06-08-2024 06:50 via bbc.com
  
  It comes just weeks after the multi-billionaire said he would move X and his rocket firm SpaceX to Texas.
  
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• Is carbon capture an efficient way to tackle CO2?

  06-08-2024 01:02 via bbc.com
  
  In Iceland a new plant is capturing and storing CO2 directly from the atmosphere.
  
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• Google's online search monopoly is illegal, US judge rules

  06-08-2024 00:30 via bbc.com
  
  The decision is a major blow to Alphabet, Google's parent company, and could reshape how technology giants operate.
  
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