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• Massive credit card breach hits 1.7 MILLION people after hackers access payment processing service -how to find out if you were affected

  10-09-2024 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A massive credit card breach was discovered this summer, but the company is just now notifying the 1.7 million consumers who may have been impacted,
  
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• The 'Harvard University' brainteaser that 90% of people fail - can YOU solve it?

  10-09-2024 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A viral brain teaser asks Harvard University interviewees to solve a mathematical question. The post reported that 90 percent of people who were asked the question were eliminated.
  
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• Tech Life: X in Brazil

  10-09-2024 21:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What do social media users do when their preferred platform is banned ?
  
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• Former Apple employee reveals what he thinks of new iPhone 16: 'It's just s***'

  10-09-2024 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has debuted their iPhone 16 lineup, the AirPods 4, Apple Watch Series 10 and Apple Intelligence. A former Apple employee weighs in on the 'disappointing' new products.
  
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• The potentially deadly risks of Billionaire-funded civilian spacewalk launched by Elon Musk

  10-09-2024 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX finally launched its Polaris Dawn mission, which is expected to make history by executing the world's first commercial spacewalk. Experts weigh in on the risks of such an ambitious endeavor.
  
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• Genesis Or Simulacra? Kissinger’s Reach Beyond The Grave

  10-09-2024 18:40 via technocracy.news
  
  Two members of the Trilateral Commission, Henry Kissinger and Eric Schmidt, team up to explain how AI is the beginning of a new stage of human evolution. Amazon’s summary: “Charting a course between blind faith and unjustified fear, Genesis outlines an effective strategy for navigating the age of AI.”
  The book will be released on November 19, 2024, after the momentous U.S. election. Kissinger, of course, is dead, having passed his mantle and baton to fellow Trilateral Commissio
  
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• Sony reveals much more expensive and powerful PlayStation 5 Pro

  10-09-2024 17:54 via bbc.com
  
  UK gamers will have to shell out £699.99 when the upgraded console launches on 7 November.
  
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• Chinese phonemaker Huawei unveils its answer to Apple's iPhone 16 - the world's first Z-shaped foldable (but it doesn't come cheap!)

  10-09-2024 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chinese phonemaker Huawei seems poised to steal Apple's thunder as it unveils the world's first Z-shaped folding phone just a day after the iPhone 16 is launched.
  
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• Apple's new iPhone 16 button is dubbed 'incredible' and the 'coolest feature ever' - but some fans are worried it won't work with a case

  10-09-2024 16:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  iPhone 16's new button is getting a mixed reception from Apple fans - with some concerned that it won't work with a case.
  
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• iPhone 16 hands-on: MailOnline's Shivali Best is one of the first people to test the all-new iPhone 16 and Apple Watch 10 at Apple Park - so, is it worth upgrading your devices?

  10-09-2024 15:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shivali Best, Executive Science and Technology Editor at MailOnline, was at the launch event at Apple's headquarters in California and was one of the first people to get her hands on them.
  
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• We finally have blast off! Four astronauts leave Earth for private spacewalk after weeks of delays due to bad weather

  10-09-2024 14:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX 's Crew Dragon capsule - carrying four non-professional astronauts - launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 05:25 local time (10:25 BST).
  
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• Apple told to pay Ireland €13bn in tax by EU

  10-09-2024 14:08 via bbc.com
  
  The European Court of Justice upheld a 2016 decision that said Apple received unlawful aid from Ireland.
  
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• Billionaire takes off for first ever private spacewalk

  10-09-2024 13:55 via bbc.com
  
  The mission is the first of three funded by payments processing business founder Jared Isaacman.
  
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• SpaceX aims high with Polaris Dawn mission

  10-09-2024 13:44 via go.theregister.com
  
  Altitude record within grasp and in-house spacesuits to be put through their paces SpaceX has launched the Polaris Dawn mission, which is set to surpass the altitude record set by Gemini 11 and feature a commercial spacewalk using SpaceX-designed Extravehicular Activity (EVA) spacesuits.…
  
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• Apple earphones will turn into hearing aids with new software update - here's how it works

  10-09-2024 13:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A software update to the firm's £229 AirPods Pro 2, first released in 2022, will let wearers use them as a clinical-grade hearing aid.
  
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• SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission blasts off

  10-09-2024 12:48 via bbc.com
  
  The expedition, funded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, will attempt the world's first private spacewalk.
  
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• What is Apple Intelligence? Tech giant's AI platform for the new iPhone 16 is coming to the US next month - but UK users will have to wait

  10-09-2024 12:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As Apple announces that Apple Intelligence will arrive in the US in October and the UK in December, MailOnline takes a look at what to expect from the tech giant's AI features.
  
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• EU court rules Google must pay €2.4bn fine

  10-09-2024 11:10 via bbc.com
  
  Google loses its appeal against the fine, handed down for its shopping comparison service.
  
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• Cap-tivating! Scientists teach a MUSHROOM to crawl by fitting it with adorable robotic legs and harnessing its natural electrical signals

  10-09-2024 11:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Cornell University in New York have taught a mushroom to pilot an adorable starfish-shaped robot by harnessing the fungi's natural electrical signals.
  
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• The Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be gone in ten years – for chump change

  10-09-2024 08:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  $7.5 billion needed, the kind of cash Apple makes without trying Video  After six years of sea trials, environmental group The Ocean Cleanup claims it has proved that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – a floating mass of plastic waste twice the size of Texas – could be cleaned up in ten years using current technology, at a cost of a mere $7.5 billion.…
  
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• Could powerful lasers unlock cheap fusion power?

  10-09-2024 01:07 via bbc.com
  
  A Denver-based start-up plans to use powerful lasers to spark a fusion reactor.
  
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