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• Urgent recall for 160,000 pounds of ground beef sold in restaurants across US after testing positive for E Coli

  21-11-2024 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wolverine Packing Co ., a Detroit, Michigan establishment, is recalling approximately 167,277 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli.
  
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• Mysterious 'orb' spotted over New York City days after Pentagon revealed near-miss between plane and UFO

  21-11-2024 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A mysterious 'orb' was spotted soaring over New York City's Hudson River. The footage was part of a morning news broadcast that was aired locally on Monday morning.
  
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• BPA-free water bottles linked to fertility issues after being touted as 'safer' alternative

  21-11-2024 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts have long touted BPA-free plastic water bottles as safer for human health. But a new study warns that might not be the case. It found that these alternatives behave identically to BPA.
  
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• Audit reveals eye-watering amount the Pentagon spends on miscellaneous items like soap dispensers

  21-11-2024 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Pentagon audit has uncovered that aerospace giant Boeing has overcharged the US Air Force nearly 4.3 million for spare parts on its C-17 cargo planes
  
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• Alarming new forecasts reveal how America's iconic coastal cities could soon be swallowed by the ocean

  21-11-2024 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California is sinking from increased water demands across the US. Nationwide droughts have forced the San Joaquin Valley to redistribute its groundwater, causing aquifers to collapse.
  
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• Bomb cyclone leaves mangled cars and decimated homes in its wake after ripping through Washington and killing two

  21-11-2024 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Washington residents are waking up to devastation wrought by a deadly bomb cyclone after the storm battered the state Tuesday and Wednesday. Photos and videos show extensive damage.
  
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• WhatsApp makes a MAJOR change that will save users hours

  21-11-2024 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  We all have that one friend who insists on flooding our phone with three-minute voice notes. But the days of digging out your headphones to listen to these messages are finally a thing of the past.
  
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• Scientists create the world's thinnest SPAGHETTI - with each strand measuring 200 times thinner than a human hair

  21-11-2024 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team from University College London (UCL) have made strands of spaghetti about 200 times thinner than a human hair.
  
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• Mysterious signal heard minutes before the most powerful eruption ever recorded

  21-11-2024 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This mysterious sudden movement of Earth's crust sent vibrations through the seafloor that were picked up by distant earthquake monitoring stations 15 minutes before the blast
  
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• NYC Expands Use Of Drones To Respond To Crimes

  21-11-2024 16:51 via technocracy.news
  
  The genie is out of the bottle, granting wishes to the Technocrats of the world. Like a “Person of Interest” episode, drones can use high-resolution facial recognition cameras to harvest images and conversations of all people along the flight path. The constant use of drones puts a blanket of fear on citizens who don’t want to be caught in a surveillance dragnet. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.The New York Police Department has launched a new program that will send drones&nb
  
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• Is Reddit down? How to check if social media platform is not working and how to fix it

  21-11-2024 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Reddit has gone down , leaving tens of thousands of social media users unable to access the site. Here, MailOnline explains how to check if the site is not working.
  
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• Thousands of PayPal customers report brief outage

  21-11-2024 14:41 via bbc.com
  
  The online payment company says a brief technical issue has now been resolved.
  
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• PayPal is back online following a 2-hour outage that left thousands around the world unable to access their accounts

  21-11-2024 14:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PayPal is back online after a two-hour outage which left thousands of users unable to log into the popular payment service.
  
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• PayPal is DOWN: Payment platform crashes for thousands of users around the world

  21-11-2024 14:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PayPal is down for thousands of users around the world as the popular payment platform unexpectedly crashes.
  
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• Scientists take the first EVER close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy - and it looks just like the Eye of Sauron

  21-11-2024 14:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'Behemoth Star' WOH G64 is located a staggering 160,000 light-years from Earth in a neighbouring galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud.
  
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• Revealed: How to tell if your phone is eavesdropping on your conversations

  21-11-2024 13:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Take this simple four-step test to see if your smartphone is really eavesdropping on your conversations.
  
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• World's oldest ALPHABET is discovered: Ancient 4,400-year-old text is found on clay cylinders from a tomb in Syria - and it upends everything we thought we knew about the origin of writing

  21-11-2024 13:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland say small cylinders made out of clay have the oldest known alphabetic text engraved on them.
  
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• Bluesky chief doesn't know age limit for platform

  21-11-2024 12:27 via bbc.com
  
  Jay Graber wrongly said you needed to be 18 to use Bluesky, when the actual age limit is 13.
  
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• Fury at climate talks over ‘backsliding’ on fossil fuels

  21-11-2024 12:06 via bbc.com
  
  Countries are split at UN climate summit over funding and commitments to reducing fossil fuel use.
  
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• Terrifying study predicts exactly how many people will DIE from climate change by 2100

  21-11-2024 11:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry used advanced numerical simulations to estimate the mortality attributable to air pollution and extreme temperatures.
  
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• Sell Chrome to end search monopoly, Google told

  21-11-2024 11:40 via bbc.com
  
  The tech giant is resisting fiercely, calling the proposal "wildly overbroad" and claiming it will hurt consumers.
  
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• 'Photos that capture the wonders of our world': National Geographic reveals the best pictures its photographers took in 2024, from a rare tiger to a penguin leaping off a cliff

  21-11-2024 09:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For a special edition of the magazine, an astounding 2.3million photographs were whittled down to 20 images that will provoke thoughts and drop jaws. Here we present a visual feast like no other.
  
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• Is nuclear power gaining new energy?

  21-11-2024 01:03 via bbc.com
  
  Countries around the world are building new nuclear power stations.
  
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