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• Trump falsely implies Taylor Swift endorses him with AI images

  19-08-2024 23:58 via bbc.com
  
  Taylor Swift has yet to weigh in on the 2024 election, but endorsed the Biden-Harris ticket in 2020.
  
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• Scientists make startling discovery after analyzing cloth 'Jesus was buried in'

  19-08-2024 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists recently took another look at the Shroud of Turin with hopes of placing it in the time of Jesus. They found the linin could be older than the Middle Ages as suggested from another study.
  
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• Nvidia's latest AI climate model takes aim at severe weather

  19-08-2024 23:10 via go.theregister.com
  
  That tornado warning couldn't possibly be a hallucination... could it? While enterprises struggle to quantify the return on investment of AI, the technology continues to show promise in bolstering weather forecasting and climate models.…
  
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• NASA spots mysterious object moving 1million mph through space

  19-08-2024 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This rogue, hyper-speed object - over 27,306 times the size of Earth - is hurtling so fast through our galaxy that it might break free of the Milky Way, according to NASA
  
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• Only people with high IQs can solve 'bridge brainteaser' in 30 seconds

  19-08-2024 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new mathematical IQ test requires readers to solve it within 30 seconds or less. The question asks people to solve how all four individuals can cross a bridge in the least amount of time.
  
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• Study: All AI Large Language Models Lean Left

  19-08-2024 19:23 via technocracy.news
  
  AI is rapidly leading the world into a woke, left-wing sinkhole. The study concludes: “This shift in information sourcing [search engines vs. AI] has profound societal implications, as LLMs can shape public opinion, influence voting behaviors, and impact the overall discourse in society.” I can personally testify to this from my own experience with AI at several levels.
  The study speaks for itself. There are two possible causes. First, the programmers are intentionally or unintention
  
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• Rare Blue Moon set to rise over the US TODAY - here's how you can spot the celestial wonder

  19-08-2024 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A rare supermoon, which will appear bigger and brighter than the average, is set to appear in the sky on Monday. And it is the first of four set to be visible over the next few months.
  
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• iPhone 16 Pro will come in four colours including a brand NEW shade, leak suggests - here are the stunning hues we expect Apple to bring out

  19-08-2024 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a fresh leak, the tech giant is preparing a brand new colour for one of its iPhone 16 Pro models.
  
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• Original Anonymous member blows the lid on the international cyber group's secrets for the first time

  19-08-2024 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anonymous member spoke in a tell-all documentary about the organization's humble beginnings and how it rose in popularity. Anonymous has gone up against scientology and neo-nazis.
  
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• Good news for gamers! Playing video games BENEFITS mental health, study claims - but only if you play for less than three hours a day

  19-08-2024 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study of more than 97,000 people indicates that owning a video game console and playing games can actually have a positive effect on mental well-being.
  
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• Rare supermoon set to rise over the US TODAY - here's how you can spot the celestial wonder

  19-08-2024 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A rare supermoon, which will appear bigger and brighter than the average, is set to appear in the sky on Monday. And it is the first of four set to be visible over the next few months.
  
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• Lucid dreaming: The bizarre ability to control your DREAMS - and the three tricks that could allow you to try it

  19-08-2024 16:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Depicted in films such as 'Inception', lucid dreaming could provide a useful link between the real world and the dream world.
  
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• 'Exceedingly rare' BLUE supermoon will light the skies tonight - here's the best time to see the stunning lunar display

  19-08-2024 15:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This lunar display is even rarer than a standard supermoon, as it coincides with the first blue moon since August last year and will appear dark red due to wildfire ash in the atmosphere.
  
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• ESA's Juice probe dances with Earth and Moon before shooting off to Jupiter

  19-08-2024 13:45 via go.theregister.com
  
  Gravity assist flybys planned for tonight and tomorrow The European Space Agency's Juice probe is to thread the needle this week with a first for a space mission – swings around the Moon and Earth that will result in the spacecraft coming approximately 700 km from the lunar surface.…
  
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• Who set the sky on fire? Britons are baffled as the skies over the UK turn RED - but there's a simple explanation

  19-08-2024 13:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Across the UK, people watched in confusion as the sky, sun, and moon all turned a deep blood red this weekend.
  
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• People are using DNA test results to try to claim citizenship of other countries, report reveals

  19-08-2024 12:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Becoming a citizen of another country traditionally requires documents like birth certificates, photographs and tax records. But now DNA ancestry tests are being used too.
  
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• Brian May argues for better farm hygiene to protect badgers

  19-08-2024 11:05 via bbc.com
  
  The Queen guitarist has led a 10-year study to combat bovine TB spread and help end badger culling.
  
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• Japan's Astroscale wins contract for space junk harvesting robotic arm

  19-08-2024 08:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  The plan is to do away with an H-IIA rocket upper stage – and prove it's possible Japanese space debris cleaning outfit Astroscale revealed on Monday that it will enter a ¥12,000 million ($81.4 million) five-year contract with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to remove the upper stage of the space org's H-IIA rocket from orbit using a newly developed satellite.…
  
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• Japan's Astroscale gets contract for space junk harvesting robotic arm

  19-08-2024 08:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  $81 million to retrieve H-IIA rocket – and prove it's possible Japanese space debris cleaning outfit Astroscale revealed on Monday that it will enter a ¥12 billion ($81.4 million) five-year contract with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to remove the upper stage of the space org's H-IIA rocket from orbit using a newly developed satellite.…
  
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• Regularly eating small fish whole - such as whitebait - can prolong life expectancy in women, scientists say

  19-08-2024 01:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A research team from Nagoya University in Japan analysed data on 80,000 people aged between 35 and 69.
  
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