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• Urgent warning to millions of iPhone users as Apple automatically turns on 'dangerous' feature

  30-01-2025 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple just rolled out iOS 18.3 for iPhones , but a new default setting hiding in the software update automatically enables a 'dangerous' feature Here's how you can turn it off.
  
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• How Black Hawk safety faults were a ticking time bomb

  30-01-2025 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While Republicans pointed to DEI and Democrats blamed President Donald Trump , reports show that warnings about the helicopter's 'systemic failures' have been ignored for years.
  
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• Millions across 10 US states bracing for severe thunderstorms, flooding and tornadoes

  30-01-2025 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 17 million people from eastern Texas to the lower Mississippi Valley are facing severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. Dallas, Texas has already faced flooding.
  
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• No targets for aviation or farming in UK climate plan

  30-01-2025 21:02 via bbc.com
  
  The UK has set an ambitious goal to radically reduce carbon emissions by 2035.
  
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• Gen Z ‘Ready To Embrace Dictatorship In Britain After Losing Trust In Democracy’

  30-01-2025 18:51 via technocracy.news
  
  It is the young adults who will readily embrace Technocracy over Democracy or other forms of representative government. In Britain’s case, the citizenry has been wracked with political corruption, crime, a failing legal system, and multiculturalism. The problem concerns trust: Gen Z is “accepting radicalism and authoritarianism amid ‘growing uncertainty’ on who to trust.” Britain leads the world in societal breakdown, and we see the same symptoms in America. ⁃
  
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• Texas rocked by two earthquakes in less than 24 hours with up to 4.5 magnitude

  30-01-2025 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A magnitude 4.5 earthquake rocked the US heartland, spreading shock waves that were felt 200 miles away from the epicenter.
  
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• Mexico asks Google Maps not to rename Gulf of Mexico

  30-01-2025 17:39 via bbc.com
  
  US President Donald Trump has ordered that the body of water be renamed the Gulf of America.
  
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• Whatsapp users sent urgent warning over popular feature as messaging app issue security update

  30-01-2025 16:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If you use the View Once tool, there's bad news, as WhatsApp has uncovered a glitch. Worryingly, that means any pictures you've sent with View Once could still be saved on the recipient's phone.
  
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• Simple blood test detects colon cancer with 90% accuracy as researchers hone in on new treatment

  30-01-2025 15:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If the blood test - from California-based biotechnology company Freenome - was approved for market, it would be one of the most accurate tests of its kind available.
  
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• Urgent warning to WhatsApp users as glitch allows recipients to see 'View Once' photos MULTIPLE times - here's how to fix it

  30-01-2025 15:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If you use the View Once tool, there's bad news, as WhatsApp has uncovered a glitch. Worryingly, that means any pictures you've sent with View Once could still be saved on the recipient's phone.
  
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• You're probably related to Charlemagne too! Scientist explains how 'literally' everyone in Europe has a direct lineage to the king - as Sharon Stone is left stunned at her ancestry

  30-01-2025 15:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Are you also related to Charlemagne, described as 'one of the most important people in history'? Well, according to scientists, it's not difficult to find out.
  
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• The mystery of the 'Burning River' that is so hot it BOILS its victims alive

  30-01-2025 13:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The river, Shanay-Timpishka, is in the Mayantuyacu region of Peru, and can reach temperatures of up to 100°C.
  
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• Ancient papyrus is deciphered after 1,900 YEARS: Mysterious scroll is the 'best-documented Roman court case from Judaea apart from the trial of Jesus'

  30-01-2025 13:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The scroll, found in the Judean desert, has been painstakingly translated to reveal a record of a Roman court case.
  
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• Tim Peake reveals what life is REALLY like for NASA's astronauts stuck in space - and warns dirty laundry and cramped conditions are the least of their concerns

  30-01-2025 12:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Tim Peake, Britain's first astronaut to live on the ISS, says that NASA's stranded astronauts will be 'looking forward to coming home.'
  
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• A good kind of disorder: Boffins boost capacitor tech by disturbing dipoles

  30-01-2025 12:03 via go.theregister.com
  
  Breakthrough could – eventually – impact smartphone and mobile computing A new approach to materials engineering promises to overcome the limitation of capacitors commonly used in smartphones, displays and electric vehicles, according to a study published in Nature.…
  
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• Best proof of the Loch Ness Monster yet: Hunter is stunned as a double-humped creature emerges from the water - and says 'the only possibility is Nessie'

  30-01-2025 11:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eoin O'Faodhagain was watching Loch Ness via webcam when he spotted something rising and sinking in the water, estimated to be up to 20 feet long.
  
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• And now something fun for a change: Building blocks of life in Bennu asteroid samples

  30-01-2025 08:34 via go.theregister.com
  
  It's a 65-million-year-old space rock stuffed with amino acids, DNA bases, and more, boffins report Scientists analyzing samples from asteroid Bennu have found something remarkable: Despite being a cold, lifeless rubble pile that formed around 65 million years ago, it holds a rich inventory of organic molecules - key ingredients for life.…
  
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• Why is Britain's nightingale population declining?

  30-01-2025 03:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mystery of why our nightingale population has plummeted far below our neighbours in Europe may have been explained.
  
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• Meta to pay $25m to settle Trump lawsuit over ban

  30-01-2025 03:21 via bbc.com
  
  The president sued the firm in 2021 over the suspension of his accounts after the 6 January Capitol riots.
  
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• How sled dogs and pets respond when the clocks change

  30-01-2025 02:04 via bbc.com
  
  The breeds show different reaction to clocks going back and forward, a study suggests.
  
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• Leaving X can be a tricky decision for brands

  30-01-2025 01:18 via bbc.com
  
  Many companies have left X but it's not always a simple decision.
  
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