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• Didi shares gain 1% after early jump in Wall Street debut

  30-06-2021 23:50
  
  Didi Global, a Chinese ride-hailing service, rose 1% after making its U.S. stock market debut
  
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• Branson mum on when he'll launch to space on Virgin Galactic

  30-06-2021 23:45
  
  Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson won't say when he'll ride his rocket ship to space
  
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• 'Tucker Carlson has never been an intelligence target': NSA dismisses Fox News host's claim

  30-06-2021 23:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  "Tucker Carlson has never been an intelligence target of the Agency and the NSA has never had any plans to try to take his program off the air,” the NSA said.
  
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• Branson's Virgin Orbit launches 7 satellites from 747 plane

  30-06-2021 23:03
  
  Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has delivered satellites from three countries into space
  
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• Instagram adds "Black-owned" label option to business profiles

  30-06-2021 23:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Instagram has been key to customers finding Black-owned businesses to support and for those businesses to get new customers. And now the platform is strengthening that relationship.
  
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• What Language Did the Vikings Speak?

  30-06-2021 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An extinct language called Old Norse connected the Viking age, but linguistic remnants of their common tongue live on today.
  
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• First Report of a New Navigational Supersense That Birds Use to Find Their Way Home

  30-06-2021 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Fluorescent atoms in pigeon retinas provide an entirely new mechanism for navigation, says Chinese physicists.
  
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• World Wide Web source code NFT sells for $5.4 million at Sotheby's

  30-06-2021 21:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  A blockchain-based token representing the original source code for the World Wide Web written by its inventor Tim Berners-Lee sold for $5.4 million at Sotheby's.
  
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• Amazon says FTC should take new chair off its cases

  30-06-2021 21:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amazon filed a petition on Wednesday asking for Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan to be recused on antitrust matters related to the online retailer.
  
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• Facial recognition tech has been widely used across the US government for years, a new report shows

  30-06-2021 20:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  As George Floyd's death sparked protests in cities across the country, six federal agencies turned to facial-recognition software in an effort to identify people in images of the civil unrest, according to a new report from a government agency.
  
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• Amazon wants FTC Chair Lina Khan recused from all its cases

  30-06-2021 20:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Amazon has formally requested that newly appointed Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan be recused from all Amazon-related antitrust cases before the agency.
  
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• Microsoft exec: Targeting of Americans’ records ‘routine’

  30-06-2021 19:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Federal law enforcement agencies secretly seek the data of Microsoft customers thousands of times a year, according to congressional testimony Wednesday by a Microsoft exec.
  
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• Virgin Orbit launches rocket off 747 aircraft over Pacific Ocean

  30-06-2021 19:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A 70-foot rocket blasted off from beneath the wing of a Boeing 747 over the Pacific Ocean Wednesday, marking the second successful orbital flight for rocket startup Virgin Orbit.
  
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• Alleged Capital One hacker faces 20 years in prison for stealing 100 million customers' data

  30-06-2021 17:57 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The US Justice Department has filed additional charges against the hacker accused of illegally accessing more than 100 million Capital One customers' accounts and credit card applications in 2019.
  
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• International law enforcement take down DoubleVPN service allegedly used by ransomware gangs

  30-06-2021 17:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A group of international law enforcement agencies have taken down DoubleVPN, a virtual private networking service allegedly used by ransomware gangs to hide their online tracks, in a coordinated operation aimed at disrupting cyber criminals.
  
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• Technocracy Exposed: Pseudopandemic Designed To Terrorize The Public

  30-06-2021 17:22 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocracy’s coup d’etat is now clearly seen and elucidated by other international authors and investigative journalists. Davis reveals exactly what I have been saying since day one of The Great Panic (pandemic) of 2020, namely, that it is a sham designed to transform the world. ⁃ TN EditorCovid 19 was and is a pseudopandemic. It was the gross exaggeration of the threat posed by a low mortality respiratory illness, comparable to influenza.
  The pseudopandemic was a psychologica
  
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• Delta Variant: ‘Panic Porn Dressed Up As Science’

  30-06-2021 17:04 via technocracy.news
  
  Forget COVID-19. Now it’s the Delta Variant. Be scared. Be very scared. Well, here we go again for round two of medical tyranny brought by Technocrats everywhere. What the world really needs is herd immunity from ‘panic porn’. ⁃ TN EditorEquity futures are in the red Wednesday morning as Dr. Anthony Fauci’s warnings about the supposedly “dire threat” posed by the Delta variant continue to be dramatically amplified by the American media.
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• Life As A Service: ‘You’ll Own Nothing And You’ll Be Happy’

  30-06-2021 16:38 via technocracy.news
  
  According to Technocrats at the World Economic Forum, life as a service will be offered for your happiness. Does anyone else really think they care if you are happy? Who will own all the stuff they want to ‘rent’ to you? Them, of course! ⁃ TN EditorThe title of this article projects an ominous future where the masses are controlled by a few. Over the years I have written several articles covering the elite gathering in Davos. The global elites see the World Economic Forum&
  
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• Fox News agrees to $1 million fine as part of human rights investigation settlement

  30-06-2021 16:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  Fox News has agreed to pay a $1 million fine for repeated violations of the New York City Human Rights Law following a three-year investigation.
  
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• COVID-19 vaccines reduce viral load, severity in breakthrough cases, studies find - Fox News

  30-06-2021 15:41 via news.google.com
  
  COVID-19 vaccines reduce viral load, severity in breakthrough cases, studies find  Fox NewsVaccinated People Who Get Infected Carry Less Covid-19 Virus, CDC Researchers Say  The Wall Street JournalPrevention and Attenuation of Covid-19 with the BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccines | NEJM  nejm.orgUS Researchers Decode How COVID-19 Variants Turn More Infectious and Resistant to Antibodies | The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com  T
  
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• The Future of Satellites Lies in the Constellations

  30-06-2021 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Numerous companies are planning to launch and operate swarms of small satellites in coming years. Earth orbit is about to get crowded.
  
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• Russian cargo ship lifts off for International Space Station

  30-06-2021 13:30
  
  An uncrewed Russian cargo ship has blasted off on a mission to deliver supplies to the International Space Station
  
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• UN official warns digital technologies open areas for attack

  30-06-2021 06:18
  
  The U.N. disarmament chief is warning that digital technologies are lowering barriers to malicious intrusions and opening potential areas for governments, armed groups, terrorists and criminals to carry out attacks, including across international borders
  
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• Japan's SoftBank says Pepper robot remains 'alive' and well

  30-06-2021 05:19
  
  Japanese technology company SoftBank denies it’s pulling the plug on its friendly, bubble-headed Pepper robot
  
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• Are We Missing Other Earths? Dramatic New Evidence Uncovered by Astronomers

  30-06-2021 02:10 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Astronomers studying stellar pairs uncover evidence that there could be many more Earth-sized planets than previously thought. Some exoplanet searches could be missing nearly half...
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• Scientists Can Now Design Single Atom Catalysts for Important Chemical Reactions

  30-06-2021 01:04 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using fundamental calculations of molecular interactions, they created a catalyst with 100% selectivity in producing propylene, a key precursor to plastics and fabric manufacturing. Researchers...
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• Are European Sunscreens Better Than Those in the U.S.?

  30-06-2021 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  How the glamorous process of FDA regulation determines what kinds of sunblocks are available and where.
  
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• Border Controls, Restricted Entry, and Quarantine Essential for Curbing COVID-19 and Future Pandemics

  30-06-2021 00:30 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Comprehensive case finding, repeat testing, and apps for contact tracing and self-isolation also key. Border controls, restricted entry, and quarantine for inbound travelers are essential...
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