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• Inventor creates a 'ghost phone' that can only be seen using smart glasses

  22-06-2016 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An inventor from Diyarbakir in Turkey created the 'ghost phone' after travelling on crowded public transport and feeling strangers looking at his business messages over his shoulder.
  
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• Doomsday Clock ticks forward... moving humanity closer to annihilation than ever before

  27-01-2026 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The infamous clock which is said to count down to the end of the world has taken an ominous turn closer to doomsday.
  
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• Technocracy Roundtable: The Technocratic War on Food

  27-01-2026 17:14 via technocracy.news
  This is the Technocracy Roundtable as summarized by Courtenay Turner. Regulatory capture, tokenization, and synthetic biology converge into a programmable food system. Most Americans won’t see it coming until their plate is empty. We need food to survive. Technocrats are replacing our God-given food produced in the soil of the earth with lab-grown substitutes. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.
  The Invisible War
  While European farmers block roads with tractors and storm government centers, Amer
  
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• Humanity edges closer to annihilation as Doomsday Clock lurches forward because of new global threats

  27-01-2026 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The infamous clock which is said to count down to the end of the world has taken an ominous turn closer to doomsday.
  
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• Used electric cars now offer buyers the LOWEST lifetime cost of ownership, study claims

  27-01-2026 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Used electric vehicles (EVs) now offer buyers the best value over the entire lifetime of the car, a study claims.
  
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• Deadly bat-borne virus sparks pandemic fears in Asia as countries bring back Covid-era border controls

  27-01-2026 15:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus, a rare bat-borne pathogen, in India has sparked concern as officials introduce pandemic-like screening measures at a number of airports.
  
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• US military 'war room' jet spotted leaving Washington DC as unrest grips the nation

  27-01-2026 14:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US Air Force's airborne 'war room' was spotted making a mysterious cross-country journey on Tuesday amid national unrest.
  
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• NASA begins formal anomaly review after MAVEN probe lost in space

  27-01-2026 14:24 via go.theregister.com
  Communication attempts ongoing for stricken spacecraft NASA is setting up an anomaly review board to look into the fate of its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft, which was last heard from on December 6.…
  
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• Japan doubles down on Trump's Genesis AI supercomputing effort

  27-01-2026 13:43 via go.theregister.com
  RIKEN links up with Argonne, Fujitsu, and Nvidia to build next-gen infrastructure Japan's RIKEN scientific research institute and Fujitsu are working with America's Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and Nvidia to build and operate next-gen compute infrastructure for AI and high-performance computing (HPC), in line with President Trump's Genesis Mission.…
  
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• Boiling Britain: Number of 'uncomfortably hot' days in the UK is set to increase by 150% by 2050, study warns

  27-01-2026 12:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Oxford modelled what the weather will look like if the world warms by 2°C.
  
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• NASA confirms command error temporarily felled TESS planet hunter

  27-01-2026 11:58 via go.theregister.com
  In space, no one can hear you bork NASA has confirmed that its planet hunter, TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), entered safe mode due to a command error that inadvertently left the spacecraft's solar arrays angled away from the Sun.…
  
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• How AI cops will be used to patrol Britain's streets: From live facial recognition to virtual chatbots - the Orwellian technologies that are set to tackle crime

  27-01-2026 11:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britain's police forces will be getting a high-tech upgrade as Orwellian artificial intelligence ( AI) tools are rolled out to tackle crime.
  
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• Voyager 2's close encounter with Uranus wasn't in the original plan

  27-01-2026 11:15 via go.theregister.com
  40 years later, mission boffin recalls being told to pronounce it correctly It is 40 years since Voyager 2 performed the first and, so far, only flyby of the planet Uranus. The resulting trove of data, however, was a bonus that almost didn't happen.…
  
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• The footprints that rewrite the evolution of flight: Ancient tracks suggest birds could be 60 MILLION years older than thought

  27-01-2026 11:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An AI app, developed by researchers from the University of Edinburgh, has been used to analyse footprints made by dinosaurs more than 200 million years ago.
  
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• I'm a neurologist... here are three simple tricks to help you kick any bad habit

  26-01-2026 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From doom scrolling, biting nails and smoking, we all seem to have at least one bad habit that seems impossible to break. Now, an expert has shared three tips to end these cycles.
  
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• Prophecy from apocalyptic 'messiah' warns of death so widespread 'even birds won't escape'

  26-01-2026 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A prophet from 120 years ago is believed to have predicted the end of the world, which could involve a fiery war with Russia.
  
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• What daydreaming REALLY means... and why it can be harmful

  26-01-2026 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Nicole LePera, who touts herself as a holistic psychologist, shared why some people daydream more than others, and how it can impact your everyday life.
  
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• Being a grandparent is good for your brain and may stave off a decline in thinking skills and memory, study suggests

  26-01-2026 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study on adults in England found grandparents who provided care for their grandchildren tended to show better cognitive functioning than those who did not.
  
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• Map reveals 23 US states under hypothermia warnings as historic deep freeze grips millions

  26-01-2026 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Life-threatening temperatures are expected to blanket the US for days following Winter Storm Fern, making it dangerous to go outside for just 10 minutes.
  
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• When will 'Q-Day' arrive? Scientists predict the date when quantum computing will crack all of Earth's digital encryption - with terrifying consequences

  26-01-2026 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Daily Mail has asked six experts on cybersecurity and quantum computing to give their prediction for when Q-Day might arrive.
  
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• See dark matter like NEVER before: NASA reveals one of the most detailed maps of the elusive substance yet - confirming its vital influence on the universe

  26-01-2026 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Taken by the James WebbSpace Telescope, the map suggests the elusive substance acts as a hidden framework on which entire galaxies are built.
  
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• Map reveals where stepping outside could be deadly as historic deep freeze grips millions

  26-01-2026 16:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Life-threatening temperatures are expected to blanket the US for days following Winter Storm Fern, making it dangerous to go outside for just 10 minutes.
  
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• European airline becomes the latest to launch free Wi-fi on board

  26-01-2026 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A European airline has become the latest to offer free Wi-Fi on board its flights.
  
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• Mystery of Egypt's Giza pyramids deepens as hidden megastructure 4,000 feet below is revealed

  26-01-2026 16:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of scientists have shared a complete model of a hidden megastructure deep below Egypt's Giza pyramids, which they suggested was built by a lost civilization.
  
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• Noah Yuval Harari Wonders If AI Will Become Betsy Wetsy 2.0 Or Chucky 2.0

  26-01-2026 15:00 via technocracy.news
  It is easy to criticize Harari, even to lampoon him, but the disturbing reality is that all of the attendees at the World Economic Forum hang on his every word as if they are hearing from God himself. Harari is a master of fear-driving understatement when he routinely turns wisdom into foolishness: if the Bible is just a collection of words, then AI becomes the High Priest. ⁃ Patrick Wood Editor.Transhumanist Yuval Noah Harari delivered a deeply unsettling speech at the World Economic
  
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• Lab-grown LIFE takes a major step forward - as scientists use AI to create a virus never seen before

  26-01-2026 13:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lab-grown life has taken a major leap forward as scientists use AI to create a new virus that has never been seen before.
  
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• The picture-perfect Alpine village waging war on tourists: Italian hamlet installs barriers to stop hordes of selfie-hunting holidaymakers after fed-up locals started attacking visitors

  26-01-2026 13:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Once a quiet, picturesque mountain village, Funes in South Tyrol has been taken over by crowds of tourists after going viral on social media.
  
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• Is humanity doomed? Doomsday Clock will be updated TOMORROW to determine our fate - here's how scientists think the hands will move

  26-01-2026 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Is humanity doomed? We're about to find out - as scientists prepare to update the Doomsday Clock tomorrow.
  
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• The science of Trump's mysterious 'Discombobulator': How sonic weapons use inaudible sounds to disorient or injure targets

  26-01-2026 12:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  What could Trump's Discombobulator be? Here's the science of how sound can be used as a weapon.
  
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• Are your memories merely illusions? Scientist claims recollections arise from random fluctuations rather than your actual past

  26-01-2026 11:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of leading physicists now argue that all of your memories could merely be an illusion.
  
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