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• Microsoft closes on $16 billion acquisition of Nuance

  04-03-2022 23:57
  
  Microsoft has closed on its approximately $16 billion acquisition of speech recognition company Nuance
  
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• Apple investors urge company to undergo civil rights audit

  04-03-2022 23:57
  
  Apple’s shareholders have approved a proposal urging the iPhone maker to undergo an independent audit assessing its treatment of female and minority employees
  
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• Twitter bans over 100 accounts that pushed #IStandWithPutin

  04-03-2022 23:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  Twitter has banned more than 100 accounts that pushed the pro-Russian hashtag #IStandWithPutin for participating in “coordinated inauthentic behavior."
  
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• Deer Likely Transmitted Coronavirus to a Human

  04-03-2022 23:15 via discovermagazine.com
  
  The first case of deer-to-human transmission has been found. Does that mean another COVID-19 variant is coming?
  
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• Milk May Exacerbate MS Symptoms – Cow’s Milk Protein Triggers Autoimmune Response

  04-03-2022 22:35 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New study: Cow’s milk protein triggers autoimmune response in mice that damages neurons. The prompt for the study came from MS patients: “We hear again...
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• Military Action In Radioactive Chernobyl Could Be Dangerous For People And The Environment

  04-03-2022 22:30 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Much of the region around Chernobyl has been untouched by people since the nuclear disaster in 1986.
  
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• California Fire Led To Spike in Fecal Bacteria in Coastal Waters

  04-03-2022 21:25 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists analyzed coastal water quality in the months following a major Southern California wildfire. Their results were eye-opening. The November 2018 Woolsey Fire in Southern...
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• Russia says it's blocking access to Facebook

  04-03-2022 20:46 via cnn.com
  
  Russia is blocking Facebook in the country, according to its communications regulator.
  
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• Single DNA Test for Over 50 Genetic Diseases Will Cut Diagnosis From Decades to Days

  04-03-2022 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Validating genetic diagnosis of neurological and neuromuscular diseases using faster, smaller, cheaper sequencing technologies. A new DNA test, developed by researchers at the Garvan Institute...
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• Russia's version of Google warns it may not be able to pay its debts

  04-03-2022 19:46 via cnn.com
  
  Russia's biggest search engine could collapse as financial fallout from the invasion of Ukraine spreads.
  
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• Russia says it will block access to Facebook for restricting Russian media

  04-03-2022 19:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Russia said Friday it would block access to Facebook, adding to the country's growing isolation during the invasion of Ukraine and closing another avenue for Ru
  
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• Beeple Is Trying His Hand at Artwork for Walls

  04-03-2022 19:31 via nytimes.com
  
  The digital artist known for NFTs is showing paintings and prints IRL at a Manhattan gallery. Will the art establishment finally take notice?
  
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• COVID Infects Penis, Testicles and Prostate – Causes Pain, Erectile Dysfunction, Reduced Sperm Count

  04-03-2022 18:55 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Testicular pain, erectile dysfunction, reduced sperm count and quality, decreased fertility are direct consequence of infection, new study shows. Multiple tissues of the male genital...
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• Ukraine fights back on TikTok, where war is fought with memes and misinformation

  04-03-2022 18:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ukrainians are providing a firsthand look at the Russia-Ukraine war on TikTok, but they are starting to get drowned out by misinformation and propaganda.
  
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• ‘Fact-Checkers’ Are Technocracy’s Digital Brownshirts

  04-03-2022 17:23 via technocracy.news
  
  Fact-checkers are the ‘useful idiots’ of Technocrats; often low-pay, entry-level jobs filled by inexperienced partisans who know little to nothing about the topics they fact-check. Yet, these become the undisputed ‘experts’ who can dictate the narrative that you must believe – lest you be also fact-checked and cancelled for not marching in compliance. ⁃ TN EditorWe are under siege. A nihilistic fanaticism is running free among us thanks to the emergence of a j
  
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• Combination Treatment Is Effective for Treating Smokers Who Drink Alcohol Heavily

  04-03-2022 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  One in five people who smoke also drink heavily, but they show worse outcomes than non-heavy drinkers in quitting smoking and are often excluded from...
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• Google halts all advertising in Russia

  04-03-2022 16:47 via cnn.com
  
  Google has suspended all advertising in Russia, the company confirmed to CNN Friday.
  
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• Predicting Semiconductor Solar Cell Performance From Terahertz and Microwave Spectroscopy

  04-03-2022 16:40 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Many semiconducting materials are possible candidates for solar cells. In recent years, perovskite semiconductors in particular have attracted attention, as they are both inexpensive and...
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• Ukraine Trigger: New Energy Order, Digital Transformation, Health Architecture

  04-03-2022 16:18 via technocracy.news
  
  I have said that Technocracy’s coup d’état started in 2020 with the COVID pandemic and that there would be other “shoes” to drop in the near future: War in Ukraine fits the criteria because  a new energy order is emerging, as well as a digital security state. Increased cyber attacks will generate calls for a universal identity to gain access to the Internet and basic necessities such as food, transportation, etc. ⁃ TN EditorThe war in Ukraine may have a
  
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• Engineers Create Tiny Robot “Bugs” That Can Go Just About Anywhere

  04-03-2022 15:50 via scitechdaily.com
  
  University of Pittsburgh Engineers Create Insect-Inspired Robots That Can Monitor Hard-to-Reach Spots. These ancient creatures can squeeze through the tiniest cracks, fit snugly into tight...
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• How Mark Zuckerberg is trying to reduce his exposure to public scrutiny

  04-03-2022 15:37 via cnn.com
  
  When Russia moved to "partially restrict" Facebook access in the country last week, drawing the social network deeper into an international conflict, it prompted a defiant response from the company's most visible representative on the world stage.
  
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• Hybrid Warfare: Technocrats Fight With Data, Propaganda

  04-03-2022 15:25 via technocracy.news
  
  Propaganda does not spontaneously generate itself; rather, it is specifically created to deceive the hearers into a belief or action that they would not otherwise entertain. Technocrats weaponize data they collect from society and use it selectively to cause people groups to change direction, adopt new behaviors, think differently, etc. This is information warfare. ⁃ TN EditorSTORY AT-A-GLANCE
  In an interview with Joe Rogan, Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamist revolutionary who became an anti-
  
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• Coinbase, Binance resist calls to kick Russians off crypto platforms

  04-03-2022 15:16 via cnn.com
  
  Two of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinbase Global Inc and Binance, rejected calls on Friday for a blanket ban on all Russian users to stop their platforms from being used as a way round Western sanctions.
  
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• 5 of the World’s Most Intelligent Animals

  04-03-2022 15:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  From using tools to showcasing emotional intelligence, these five animals are among the world's smartest.
  
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• A Solar Illusion: Coronal Loops on the Sun May Not Be What They Seem

  04-03-2022 14:39 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New study challenges long-held assumptions about the structure of the Sun’s atmosphere. Many coronal loops — ropey strands of plasma that scientists have long thought...
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• Coming Out at Work May Impact Productivity

  04-03-2022 14:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  A recent study on queer scientists adds to the mounting evidence that supportive workplaces help LGBT employees (and their colleagues) thrive.
  
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• NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Trains for Upcoming Mission to the International Space Station

  04-03-2022 13:35 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 team – consisting of NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti – have been...
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• Japan's Honda, Sony joining forces on new electric vehicle

  04-03-2022 13:28
  
  Two big names in Japanese electronics and autos are joining forces to make an electric vehicle together
  
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• Pregnant Women Have Lingering Depression, Anxiety – Even With Antidepressant Treatment

  04-03-2022 13:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  First study to show pregnant and postpartum women experience depression, anxiety even with medication. These women need to be continually monitored during pregnancy and postpartum...
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• Australia Is Hiding Giant Dinosaurs Below Its Surface

  04-03-2022 13:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Fossils reveal that a new species of titanosaurian sauropod roamed the Outback around 92 million years ago.
  
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• Russia's answer to Google warns it may not be able to pay its debts

  04-03-2022 12:24 via cnn.com
  
  Russia's biggest search engine could collapse as financial fallout from the invasion of Ukraine spreads.
  
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• New Evidence Uncovered: Women Are More Susceptible to Alzheimer’s Disease

  04-03-2022 12:24 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Epidemiological studies have shown that women are twice as likely as men to develop Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but the cause of this phenomenon has been...
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• EXPLAINER: How dangerous was Russia's nuclear plant strike?

  04-03-2022 11:57
  
  Russian shelling of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant sparked a fire.
  
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• NASA Astronaut Continues Record-Breaking Mission As Spacewalk Preps Continue

  04-03-2022 11:50 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Two NASA astronauts are assembling gear today they will install on the International Space Station during an upcoming spacewalk. The rest of the Expedition 66...
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• More Alcohol, Less Brain: Association Begins With an Average of Just One Drink a Day

  04-03-2022 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The research, using a dataset of more than 36,000 adults, revealed that going from one to two drinks a day was linked with changes in...
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• Fearsome New Species of Stegosaur May Be the Oldest Ever Discovered in the World

  04-03-2022 10:24 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Bashanosaurus primitivus roamed the earth around 168 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic period, suggesting that stegosaurs may have originated in Asia. Relatively small,...
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• Effectiveness of COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccination in Preventing COVID-19–Associated Emergency Department and Urgent Care Encounters and Hospitalizations Among Nonimmunocompromised Children and Adolescents Aged 5–1 - cdc.gov

  04-03-2022 07:16 via news.google.com
  
  Effectiveness of COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccination in Preventing COVID-19–Associated Emergency Department and Urgent Care Encounters and Hospitalizations Among Nonimmunocompromised Children and Adolescents Aged 5–1  cdc.govHere’s how kids’ COVID vaccines are holding up in the real world amid omicron  Ars TechnicaWhat's Holding Up the COVID Vaccines for Children Under 5?  ProPublicaThird vaccine dose boosts Omicron protection,
  
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• “Seeing” Non-Uniformities in 2D Materials May Lead to Tiny New Medical Sensors

  04-03-2022 06:57 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A novel and better approach at detecting non-uniformities in the optical properties of two-dimensional materials could potentially open the door to new uses for these...
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• Endangered Shark Species Secretly Added to Pet Food – Identified by DNA Barcoding

  04-03-2022 06:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Pet owners may unknowingly be feeding their pets with meat from endangered shark species, shows a new study published in Frontiers in Marine Science. The...
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• NASA Begins Assembly of Europa Clipper Spacecraft – Will Search for Alien Life on Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa

  04-03-2022 04:48 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Science instruments and other hardware for the spacecraft will come together in the mission’s final phase before a launch to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa in...
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• Fast Emergence of New COVID Variants Due to Virus’ Capacity for Rapid Burst Evolution

  04-03-2022 01:36 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research led by the Doherty Institute has found the SARS-CoV-2 virus has the ability to momentarily accelerate its evolutionary pace, enabling variants to emerge...
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• Delivery robots with Russian ties pulled from 2 US campuses

  04-03-2022 01:21
  
  Two U.S. university campuses are losing their food-delivery robots for now because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
  
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• Solar Storms Can Easily Destroy Satellites – A Space Weather Expert Explains the Science

  04-03-2022 00:26 via scitechdaily.com
  
  On February 4, 2022, SpaceX launched 49 satellites as part of Elon Musk’s Starlink internet project, most of which burned up in the atmosphere days...
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