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• Scientists warn massive US volcano could erupt in WEEKS

  13-03-2025 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists are on high alert after observing signs of unrest in a massive US volcano that sits just miles away from a city home to 300,000 people.
  
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• 'Huawei lobbyists' held in Belgium raids over EU corruption

  13-03-2025 19:40 via bbc.com
  
  The prosecutor's office said it raided 21 addresses in Belgium, according to local media.
  
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• FBI issues warning to all Gmail users over attack hijacking accounts

  13-03-2025 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FBI is warning the more than 1.8 billion people who use Google's Gmail about a dangerous ransomware scheme that could hold your private data hostage.
  
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• Musk’s Colossus In Memphis To Reach 3 Million GPUs, Prepares To Eat The World

  13-03-2025 18:41 via technocracy.news
  
  Musk named Colossus after the 1970 science fiction horror flick, Colossus: The Forbin Project, where the US builds a military supercomputer that takes the US and the world hostage, threatening nuclear annihilation. Watch the movie. Musk is expanding Colossus with another 100 acre purchase in Memphis, TN, to scale Colossus up to 3 million state-of-the-art AI processors. Got power, Memphis?⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.A step-by-step analysis and projection of the xAI’s Colossus supercomputer
  
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• Stranded NASA astronauts' return delayed AGAIN after SpaceX abandons next launch window

  13-03-2025 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's stranded astronauts will have to wait longer to return home to their friends and families after SpaceX canceled the next available launch date.
  
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• Starliner astronauts' stay drags on as Crew-10 launch scrubs

  13-03-2025 17:25 via go.theregister.com
  
  Hydraulic problems stop the countdown clock at T-44 minutes The launch of the next crew to the International Space Station (ISS) was postponed to no earlier than Friday, March 14, due to a hydraulic issue with a group support clamp arm for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during March 12's countdown.…
  
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• Pressure grows to hold secret Apple data privacy hearing in public

  13-03-2025 17:21 via bbc.com
  
  Civil liberties campaigners have joined US politicians and the BBC in saying Friday's hearing should not be secret.
  
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• 'Blood Moon' lunar eclipse visible TONIGHT... here's the best vantage points

  13-03-2025 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A rare 'Blood Moon' will be visible Thursday night and millions throughout the US will have a good chance of seeing it clearly.
  
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• Apple has quietly added a new feature to iPhones which impacts over 300 MILLION users

  13-03-2025 15:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has quietly added a new iPhone feature that could be game-changing for over 300 million users.
  
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• Rare blood moon lunar eclipse will be visible for millions of Britons TONIGHT - here's the best time to see the stunning event

  13-03-2025 14:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If you love skygazing, you won't want to miss the spectacular 'blood moon' set to light up the sky tonight, which makes our lunar neighbour look more like Mars.
  
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• Stranded NASA astronauts suffer another setback as Elon's Musk's SpaceX rocket launch is delayed

  13-03-2025 14:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was supposed to launch from Kennedy Space Center at 7:48pm ET Wednesday.
  
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• Thousands of high-risk toxic sites unchecked due to lack of cash

  13-03-2025 14:01 via bbc.com
  
  BBC investigation finds nine out of ten high-risk contaminated areas have not been tested.
  
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• Mega storm heading for 17 US states  TOMORROW will unleash life-threatening flash floods and tornadoes

  13-03-2025 13:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 100 million people are in the path of a gigantic and dangerous storm system set to barrel through the US this weekend.
  
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• ESA cuts the ribbon on 34,000-core Space HPC center tailored for space workloads

  13-03-2025 13:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  It’s called 'SpaceHPC' and it heats the building it lives in The European Space Agency this week inaugurated its new supercomputing facility built with HPE.…
  
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• 'Blood moon' lunar eclipse to grace pre-dawn sky in the UK

  13-03-2025 13:28 via bbc.com
  
  UK skywatchers will see a partial but still hopefully spectacular eclipse before dawn on Friday.
  
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• The real-life Day After Tomorrow? Britain is set to be battered with cold snaps, floods, and storms by 2100 - as North Atlantic winds reach 'unprecedented' levels thanks to climate change

  13-03-2025 12:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Exeter and the Met Office say 'unprecedented' changes to North Atlantic winds could have major impacts on British weather.
  
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• Europe's deepest garbage dump: Scientists discover plastic bags and cans littered across the Calypso Deep - a trench 16,770ft below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea

  13-03-2025 12:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have captured photos of litter at the bottom of the Calypso Deep, a trench 16,771ft (5,112m) below the surface of the Ionian Sea.
  
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• Oldest human FACE is discovered: Ancient man nicknamed 'Pink' lived in Spain up to 1.4 million years ago, scientists say

  13-03-2025 12:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have discovered the oldest human face in Western Europe, potentially re-writing the story of human evolution.
  
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• Singapore Airlines joins growing list of carriers banning popular travel device

  13-03-2025 12:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The airline announced that during flights after April 1, its customers - and those on its subsidiary Scoot - will not be allowed to charge portable power banks, or use power banks to charge their devices.
  
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• Keep kids off Roblox if you're worried, its CEO tells parents

  13-03-2025 11:03 via bbc.com
  
  The gaming platform is wildly popular, but has been rocked by allegations it exposes children to harmful content.
  
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• AI models hallucinate, and doctors are OK with that

  13-03-2025 08:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  Eggheads call for comprehensive rules to govern machine learning in medical settings The tendency of AI models to hallucinate – aka confidently making stuff up – isn't sufficient to disqualify them from use in healthcare settings. So, researchers have set out to enumerate the risks and formulate a plan to do no harm while still allowing medical professionals to consult with unreliable software assistants.…
  
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• Urgent warning as millions of devices are hacked by vicious malware targeting bank cards and passwords

  13-03-2025 06:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A cyber security expert delivered a stark warning to Apple users amid a new and threatening malware scheme which disguises itself as a fake software update.
  
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• Remember the good old days? People who reminisce are more likely to keep friendships, scientists say

  13-03-2025 05:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Do you often reminisce about the good old days?
  
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• US tech firms feel pinch from China tariffs

  13-03-2025 01:04 via bbc.com
  
  The price of China-made smartphones, TVs and laptops could rise in the US and elsewhere, experts warn.
  
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