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• NASA Mars rover discovers weird string-like object that goes viral - Fox News

  21-07-2022 23:58 via news.google.com
  
  NASA Mars rover discovers weird string-like object that goes viral  Fox NewsForget string theory, NASA Mars rover has just discovered this mystery object  HT TechMysterious "String" Spotted by Mars Rover Suddenly Disappears  The DebriefMysterious bundle of string on Mars' surface found by Perseverance rover  CNN PhilippinesWhat's a bundle of string found by Perseverance rover doing on Mars  Euro Weekly NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• How Nick Saban salary compares to Kirby Smart’s new contract - AL.com

  21-07-2022 23:41 via news.google.com
  
  How Nick Saban salary compares to Kirby Smart’s new contract  AL.comRich Eisen Reacts to Georgia Rewarding Kirby Smart with a Massive $112 Million Extension  The Rich Eisen ShowUGASports - The Daily Recap: 'The best is yet to come'  rivals.comGeorgia Bulldogs, Kirby Smart agree to new $112.5 million contract  First Coast NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Changing How You Talk Could Help You Lose More Weight

  21-07-2022 23:19 via scitechdaily.com
  
  According to new research, persons who used analytical language saw greater weight reduction and a lower dropout rate Millions of people throughout the globe struggle...
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• Facebook gives users new way to see all their friends' posts

  21-07-2022 22:43
  
  Facebook is rolling out an update that enables its 2 billion daily users to more easily view their friends’ posts in chronological order
  
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• YouTube to remove videos with instructions for unsafe abortions

  21-07-2022 22:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  YouTube said Thursday it would take a tougher line on abortion-related misinformation, as the video app and other social media platforms become a battleground
  
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• Neopets says its website was hacked

  21-07-2022 21:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  Neopets, a website where users take care of virtual made-up species of “pets," was hacked this week.
  
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• 5 Lifestyle Factors Linked to Dementia

  21-07-2022 21:11 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new study finds that inequality-related dementia risk is correlated with diet and other modifiable lifestyle factors New research indicates that lifestyle aspects like diet,...
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• The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partly funded an Omicron variant study with a surprising conclusion about boosters - Yahoo News

  21-07-2022 20:35 via news.google.com
  The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partly funded an Omicron variant study with a surprising conclusion about boosters  Yahoo NewsA different approach to build a more durable, broadly effective COVID-19 vaccine  News-Medical.NetNasal sprays will be essential to tackle Covid-19 variants, study says  Times of IndiaCOVID Booster Plus Flu Shot Ups Reactions, but Most Are Mild  MedscapeView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Apple releases macOS Monterey 12.5, watchOS 8.7, and iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS 15.6 - Ars Technica

  21-07-2022 20:16 via news.google.com
  Apple releases macOS Monterey 12.5, watchOS 8.7, and iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS 15.6  Ars TechnicaiOS 15.6 Is Here: All the Updates That Hit Your iPhone  CNETiOS 15.6: Should you update? It fixes these annoying issues  Laptop MagApple iOS 15.6 Release: Should You Upgrade?  ForbesApple urges users to download the new iOS 15.6 that fixes 39 security vulnerabilities  Daily MailView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• YouTube will start removing misinformation related to abortion

  21-07-2022 19:36 via cnn.com
  
  YouTube on Thursday said it will no longer allow misinformation related to abortion on its platform, including false claims about the safety of the procedure and potentially unsafe instructions about how to self-induce an abortion.
  
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• U.S. charges ex-Coinbase manager in first crypto insider trading case

  21-07-2022 19:36 via cnn.com
  
  A former product manager at Coinbase Global and two others have been charged with wire fraud in the first insider trading case involving cryptocurrency, U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan said on Thursday.
  
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• Russian and European astronauts conduct rare joint spacewalk

  21-07-2022 19:36 via cnn.com
  
  Two astronauts — one European and one Russian — exited the airlock on the International Space Station for a spacewalk on Thursday, marking the first time in more than 20 years such a joint endeavor has taken place.
  
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• Here's where you can preorder Google's Pixel 6A and Pixel Buds Pro - The Verge

  21-07-2022 19:30 via news.google.com
  
  Here's where you can preorder Google's Pixel 6A and Pixel Buds Pro  The VergeGoogle Pixel 6a review  EngadgetGoogle Pixel 6a review: Regression is the better part of value  Android PoliceGoogle Pixel 6A review: Tensor makes it a smart choice for $449  The VergeGoogle Pixel 6a review: this mid-range master is a true bargain  The GuardianView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Amazon to buy primary health care provider for $3.9B

  21-07-2022 19:28
  
  Amazon announced Thursday it will acquire the primary care organization One Medical in a deal valued roughly at $3.9 billion, marking another expansion for the retailer into health care services
  
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• Russian and European astronauts conduct rare joint spacewalk - CNN

  21-07-2022 19:17 via news.google.com
  
  Russian and European astronauts conduct rare joint spacewalk  CNNSpacewalkers configure new space station robotic arm on rare Russian-European EVA  Space.comRussian cosmonaut, European astronaut complete joint spacewalk – Spaceflight Now  Spaceflight NowWatch Live as ISS Crew Members Perform a Spacewalk to Install New Robotic Arm  GizmodoWatch a Russian cosmonaut and 1st European female spacewalker work outside the International Space Station today&n
  
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• Italian, Russian share rare spacewalk amid Ukraine tensions

  21-07-2022 19:13
  
  An Italian astronaut has teamed up with a Russian cosmonaut in a rare spacewalking show of unity
  
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• Lawsuit: Chicago police misused ShotSpotter in murder case

  21-07-2022 19:02
  
  A federal lawsuit filed Thursday alleges Chicago police misused “unreliable” gunshot detection technology in investigating a grandfather from the city’s South Side and charging him with killing a neighbor
  
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• 10 Easy Ways to Cool Down In a Heatwave

  21-07-2022 19:01 via scitechdaily.com
  
  As we face increasingly hot summers, understanding how to avoid the health dangers associated with high temperatures has become more important than ever. Here are...
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• New lunar rover in the works as NASA moon mission advances

  21-07-2022 18:08
  
  A new lunar rover is under development by Lockheed Martin and Goodyear as NASA gears up for a return to the moon
  
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• Physicists Have Developed a Method for Predicting the Composition of Dark Matter

  21-07-2022 17:41 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new analysis offers an innovative means to predict ‘cosmological signatures’ for models of dark matter. A method for predicting the composition of dark matter...
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• Amazon to buy One Medical for $3.9 billion as it expands healthcare footprint

  21-07-2022 17:11 via cnn.com
  
  Amazon on Thursday said it has entered an agreement to acquire primary healthcare company One Medical in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $3.9 billion.
  
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• Encouraging Tumor Growth: How Breast Cancer Causes Diabetes

  21-07-2022 16:21 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Together, diabetes and breast cancer can pose a serious risk Type 2 diabetes and breast cancer would seem to be very different conditions, sharing nothing but...
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• Automated Killing Machine: Robot Dog Fitted With Machine Gun

  21-07-2022 16:18 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats build because they can, not because there is any good moral or ethical reason to do so. We have repeatedly warned against militarized robots able to use advanced AI, biometric identification and deadly armaments. Now, Technocrats have the ability to fully automate the killing of humans and the destruction of property. ⁃ TN EditorWhile Boston Dynamics show off their robot’s dance moves, others turn similar-looking devices into dystopian killing machines.
  Much like their fl
  
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• Facebook overhauls its feed to be more like TikTok — and adds a throwback chronological option

  21-07-2022 16:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook is borrowing an idea from social media newcomer TikTok and putting more looping videos in its feed, a sign of the growing importance of the medium to
  
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• Amazon to buy primary health care provider One Medical for roughly $3.9 billion

  21-07-2022 16:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amazon is acquiring One Medical for $18 a share, an all-cash deal that values the primary health care provider at roughly $3.9 billion, the companies said Thurs
  
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• Pope Francis: ‘Humanity Must Repent For Abuse Of Mother Earth’

  21-07-2022 16:04 via technocracy.news
  
  The major denominational churches of the world have been coopted and subsumed by Technocracy to actively promote it to their congregations. Pope Francis has turned to worshipping Gaia, the primordial earth goddess in Greek mythology, leaving the trappings of Christianity far behind. ⁃ TN EditorWe humans “must repent and modify our lifestyles” because of our abuse of Mother Earth, Pope Francis states in a message released Thursday.
  In his Message for the Celebration of
  
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• Beloved monarch butterflies now listed as endangered

  21-07-2022 15:59
  
  Monarch butterflies are now listed as endangered because of fast dwindling populations in North America
  
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• Food Wars: ‘The Dark Cult Of Davos Is Trying To Destroy These Farmers’

  21-07-2022 15:54 via technocracy.news
  If Tiananmen Square was a global wake up call on ruthless totalitarianism, then Dutch Farmers are trying to wake up the world on the war against humanity perpetrated by the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, etc. Collectively, the world is facing another Holodomor event where tens of millions could die from starvation. ⁃ TN EditorThose familiar with the most recent farmer protests in the Netherlands are saying that the Dutch government’s climate nitrogen-reduction policie
  
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• Here's what it looks like to ride a Chinese robotaxi with no steering wheel

  21-07-2022 15:31 via cnn.com
  
  Baidu has unveiled plans for an electric self-driving car with a removable steering wheel, marking another step forward in the fast-moving robotaxi race in China.
  
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• Facebook is redesigning the home feed

  21-07-2022 15:31 via cnn.com
  
  Facebook's rumored redesign has arrived.
  
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• Drinking Coffee Can Make You More Impulsive and Cause You To Spend More Money

  21-07-2022 14:45 via scitechdaily.com
  
  According to international research conducted by the University of South Florida, caffeine influences what you purchase and how much you spend when you go shopping...
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• Scientists Unravel the Mystery of “Junk” Genes That Are Key to Brain Development

  21-07-2022 13:36 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists are starting to understand the precise workings of a type of gene that, unlike other genes, does not code for proteins – the building...
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• Russian and European astronauts to conduct rare joint spacewalk

  21-07-2022 12:17 via cnn.com
  
  Two astronauts — one European and one Russian — will put on puffy white spacesuits and exit the airlock on the International Space Station for a spacewalk on Thursday, marking the first time in more than 20 years such a joint endeavor has taken place.
  
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• Farhad Manjoo: I Was Wrong About Facebook

  21-07-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Yes, 13 years ago I was an evangelist for the social media platform.
  
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• Ride-hailing giant Didi fined $1.2 billion for data violations by China’s internet watchdog

  21-07-2022 10:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  China’s internet watchdog on Thursday fined ride-hailing firm Didi Global more than 8 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) following an investigation into the company’s
  
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• China's Didi Global fined $1.2 billion for data violations

  21-07-2022 09:45
  
  China’s internet watchdog has fined ride-hailing firm Didi Global more than 8 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) following an investigation into the company’s cybersecurity practices
  
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• Baidu unveils latest autonomous electric vehicle: Apollo RT6

  21-07-2022 08:41
  
  Baidu is a Chinese search engine and artificial intelligence firm.
  
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