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• Social media firms could be made to use facial recognition technology to check children's ages

  23-12-2024 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Millions of children could have their online profiles banned under Ofcom plans, with social media executives warned they could face fines and even jail time if they do not follow guidance.
  
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• Mystery of Peru's' 'alien mummies' deepens after two more corpses are found with slanted eyes and hair

  23-12-2024 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers claimed they found two more 'alien mummies' in Peru. Paloma and Antonio share the same three fingers as previous mummies, but feature small, slanted eyesand one has hair.
  
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• America's spies hold a Christmas ornament competition every year... and some have a 'cloak and dagger' theme

  23-12-2024 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ever since 2004, the NSA has held an internal design competition among its employees to craft each year's annual NSA holiday ornament, including tiny satellite dishes and working encryption 'disks.'
  
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• Morrisons apologises after discount and delivery issues

  23-12-2024 20:53 via bbc.com
  
  The supermarket has been advertising cheap deals, including 10p vegetables, ahead of Christmas.
  
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• Shocking video shows how the 'Cave of Death' kills everything that ventures inside

  23-12-2024 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new video has surfaced of visitors to Costa Rica's infamous 'Cave of Death,' each person marveling at its deceptively deadly entrance - which kills local wildlife on a regular basis.
  
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• CIA docs claim life did exist on Mars... and it was a population of 'very large people' who built pyramids

  23-12-2024 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The report, 'Mars Exploration May 22, 1984,' details how the agency used astral projection to transport a 'subject' to Mars approximately one million years BC.
  
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• Scientists unveil 50,000-year-old baby mammoth remains

  23-12-2024 19:24 via bbc.com
  
  "Yana" is the latest pre-historic discovery in a crater in a remote region of Russia.
  
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• New forecast map predicts only 18 US states will have a white Christmas

  23-12-2024 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With Christmas just around the corner, Americans are all asking the same question: will there be snow? Meteorologists have released an early forecast, take a look at YOUR state.
  
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• Ruins of ancient palace found at site where Biblical prophet wrestled with God

  23-12-2024 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stone blocks with carvings of lions and lavish feasts were uncovered at the site of Tulul ed-Dhahab in Transjordan, which researchers believe 'may be the biblical Mahanaim.'
  
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• NASA probe enters 'uncharted territory' to become closest human-made object to the sun on Christmas Eve

  23-12-2024 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A NASA probe is set to make history this Christmas Eve as it becomes the closest human-made object to the sun and sets the record for the fastest object ever created.
  
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• Urgent recall for smartphone accessory sold on Amazon due to fire and burn hazards

  23-12-2024 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An urgent warning has been issued for a smartphone accessory sold exclusively on Amazon. The recall is fornearly 500,000 units and cites fire and burn hazards.
  
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• Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts with lava gushing to the surface

  23-12-2024 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hawaii's Kilauea volcano began erupting early Monday morning, prompting a code red from the The US Geological Survey at 7:41am ET. Footage captured lava gushing to the surface.
  
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• How to spot 'Santa' in the sky tomorrow as the International Space Station passes over the UK on Christmas Eve

  23-12-2024 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA has revealed the best times to spot 'Santa's sleigh', also known as the International Space Station, as it makes two passes above the UK on Christmas Eve.
  
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• The world's 'best-preserved' baby woolly mammoth is found after 50,000 years in the 'Mouth of Hell'

  23-12-2024 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Of seven baby woolly mammoths found in the world - six of them in Russia - Yana is the most intact, with her trunk clearly visible and 'uniquely preserved'.
  
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• Parker Solar Probe set for blisteringly hot date with the Sun on Christmas Eve

  23-12-2024 16:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Ho-ho-holy heatshield! NASA's Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to make its closest approach yet to the Sun, approximately 3.8 million miles from the star's surface, on Christmas Eve.…
  
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• Holiday forecast predicts only 18 US states will have a white Christmas

  23-12-2024 15:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With Christmas just around the corner, Americans are all asking the same question: will there be snow? Meteorologists have released an early forecast, take a look at YOUR state.
  
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• BIS Proposes Hybrid RETAIL CBDC Model

  23-12-2024 15:34 via technocracy.news
  
  The BIS is still pursuing a retail version of CBDC, where your cash (crypto, not dollars) is held on account directly by the Central Banks, bypassing the commercial banks. Who would not keep cash there? This could wipe out the existing bank system worldwide and put everyone’s fate into the hands of the BIS – the global bank for a global Technocracy. ⁃ TN EditorThe proposed hybrid model combines central bank authority with private sector roles to optimize CBDC deployment and use
  
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• Leak reveals iPhones set to become obsolete - only newer Apple devices will get latest software update

  23-12-2024 15:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A leak by an Apple insider has revealed which devices will be able to access the latest software updates - and it could be disappointing for some iPhone and iPad users.
  
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• Germany's wind power push blamed for SOARING energy bills - and Britain's 'obsession' could mean the same happens here, experts warn

  23-12-2024 13:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts warn that a growing dependence on wind power could mean rising energy bills for all as a lack of grid capacity creates crippling power bottlenecks.
  
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• Huge 'Christmas Eve asteroid' the size of a 10-story building will skim past Earth at 14,743mph tonight, NASA warns

  23-12-2024 11:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA has warned that the massive asteroid 2024 NX1 will skim past Earth tonight - reaching its closest point at 02:56 am GMT in the early hours of Christmas Eve.
  
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