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• Silicon Valley Bank's demise disrupts the disruptors in tech

  14-03-2023 23:17
  
  Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse has rattled the technology industry that had been the bank’s backbone
  
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• Senators seek answers from Pinterest after NBC News investigation

  14-03-2023 22:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  Pinterest added safety measures following an NBC News report that revealed men used the site to find photos of young girls. Senators are also seeking answers.
  
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• How this little see-through fish gets its rainbow shimmer

  14-03-2023 22:47
  
  Scientists have figured out what makes a small see-through fish sometimes shimmer in the light
  
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• Two Canadian motorists unknowingly open wrong Teslas and are allowed to drive away

  14-03-2023 22:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  A pair of Canadian Tesla owners accidentally climbed into the wrong cars before their apps allowed them to drive away in lookalike vehicles, they said Tuesday.
  
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• NASA Wants to Build a Special Spacecraft to Destroy the ISS - Futurism

  14-03-2023 22:05 via news.google.com
  
  NASA Wants to Build a Special Spacecraft to Destroy the ISS  FuturismNASA wants 'space tug' to bring International Space Station safely down  Fox NewsNASA Planning To Destroy The International Space Station?  Giant Freakin RobotAnyone want an International Space Station? Slightly used  The RegisterNASA Wants $1 Billion to Build 'Tug' to Deo...  ExtremeTechView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• DOJ and SEC launch probes into Silicon Valley Bank after collapse

  14-03-2023 21:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission have opened investigations into last week's collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
  
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• Bees Communicate With Secret Dance Moves

  14-03-2023 21:50 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Honeybees possess one of the most complicated, non-human forms of communication: the waggle dance.
  
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• NASA Webb telescope captures star on cusp of death

  14-03-2023 21:32
  
  NASA released the picture at the South by Southwest conference in Austin.
  
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• The technology behind ChatGPT is about to get even more powerful

  14-03-2023 20:35 via cnn.com
  
  Nearly four months after OpenAI stunned the tech industry with ChatGPT, the company is releasing its next-generation version of the technology that powers the viral chatbot tool.
  
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• A 2nd wave of layoffs at Meta; 10,000 jobs are cut

  14-03-2023 18:32
  
  Facebook parent Meta will slash another 10,000 jobs and will not fill 5,000 open positions as the social media pioneer cuts costs
  
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• Google is shoving generative AI into Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Meet, Chat and Slides - Engadget

  14-03-2023 17:18 via news.google.com
  Google is shoving generative AI into Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Meet, Chat and Slides  EngadgetGoogle shows off what ChatGPT would be like in Gmail and Google Docs  Ars TechnicaGoogle announces AI features in Gmail, Docs, and more to rival Microsoft  The VergeGoogle is flirting with ChatGPT-like capabilities for Docs and Gmail  Android PoliceGoogle Cloud Turbocharges Generative AI Revolution  Acceleration EconomyView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• JPMorgan Chase, Charles Schwab & 8 Other Banks Drop in Market Value After SVB Crash — Is Your Money Safe? - Yahoo Finance

  14-03-2023 16:09 via news.google.com
  JPMorgan Chase, Charles Schwab & 8 Other Banks Drop in Market Value After SVB Crash — Is Your Money Safe?  Yahoo FinanceBank stocks bruised off initial SVB contagion fears  ReutersWall Street bounces back as some beaten-down bank stocks recover  FOX 5 New YorkNervous at UMB Bank’s credit rating? Relax. Kansas City isn’t Silicon Valley | Opinion  Kansas City StarWhere to put cash amid bank jitters? The same rules apply, financial advis
  
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• Guidelines Warn Against Racial Categories in Genetic Research

  14-03-2023 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A new report from the National Academies of Science noted that race was a poor proxy for genetic diversity.
  
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• 10,000 Dutch Farmers Descend On The Hague To Protest Nitrogen Fertilizer Restrictions

  14-03-2023 15:57 via technocracy.news
  
  The UN is attacking farmers by blaming them for up to 1/3 of so-called “greenhouse gasses” that cause global warming. Restricting the use of fertilizers is a direct attack on all of humanity to reduce population while gaining control over those who remain. The perpetrators at the top are eyes-wide-open, Those carrying out their evil schemes are just plain stupid. Welcome to Technocracy. ⁃ TN EditorThousands of Dutch farmers protested on Saturday against the government’s p
  
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• Microsoft inks Xbox game deal with Boosteroid cloud service

  14-03-2023 15:33
  
  Microsoft has struck a deal to make Xbox PC video games available on the Boosteroid cloud gaming platform
  
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• SVB collapse was driven by 'the first Twitter fueled bank run'

  14-03-2023 15:25 via cnn.com
  
  The massive amount of customer withdrawals that led to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank had all the hallmarks of an old-fashioned bank run, but with a new twist befitting the primary industry the bank served: much of it unfolded online.
  
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• Facebook-parent Meta plans to lay off another 10,000 employees

  14-03-2023 15:25 via cnn.com
  
  Facebook-parent Meta plans to lay off another 10,000 workers, marking the second round of significant job cuts announced by the tech giant in four months.
  
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• Becoming One: Futurists Predict Technological Singularity By 2045

  14-03-2023 15:24 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats predict that the Singularity will usher in Nirvana as computers and humans merge. However, it is just as likely, if not more so, that it will end up like the toxic train derailment in Palestine, Ohio. There will be n0 middle ground. Nevertheless, the Technocrat/Transhuman cartel continues to race forward with no ethical or moral constraints, intentionally pouring on more speed. ⁃ TN EditorMost people are familiar with the deluge of artificial intelligence (AI) apps that seem de
  
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• Technocracy Exposed With The World Health Organization’s ‘Pandemic Treaty’

  14-03-2023 14:57 via technocracy.news
  
  Global pubic health is merely the prop for the greater scheme of taking control of the entire planet and all of its resources, including humans. If adopted, the treaty will  doom democracy and republicanism to the dustbin of history. Big Pharma and the biotech industry will sit at the top of the new international Technocracy, directing the transmogrification of Humanity 2.0 . ⁃ TN EditorThe World Health Organization is the One Ring to Rule them All, and its written goal, inscribed in
  
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• Facebook parent Meta to lay off 10,000 workers, won't fill 5,000 open jobs

  14-03-2023 14:40
  
  Facebook parent Meta to lay off 10,000 workers, won't fill 5,000 open jobs
  
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• UK cybersecurity center looking into risks posed by TikTok

  14-03-2023 14:01
  
  Britain’s security minister says he has asked the country’s National Cyber Security Center to review threats posed by TikTok, amid calls for the U.K. to impose a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app
  
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• Scientists say climate change goosed New Zealand storm fury

  14-03-2023 12:17
  
  Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle flooded New Zealand with gigantic amounts of rain last month and scientists say they are sure that climate change is a factor
  
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• Climate Change Could Cause Devastating Mass Exodus of Tropical Plankton

  14-03-2023 06:53 via scitechdaily.com
  The tropical oceans harbor the most varied plankton communities on our planet, which serve as the foundation of marine food webs. However, it may come...
  
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• MIT Engineers Discover a New Way To Control Atomic Nuclei As “Qubits”

  14-03-2023 05:32 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers have discovered a way to control the spin property of nuclei, which can store quantum information, using lasers. Quantum-based devices, including computers and sensors,...
  
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• Sea Monster From Age of Dinosaurs Found on Remote Arctic Island

  14-03-2023 04:15 via scitechdaily.com
  For nearly 190 years, scientists have searched for the origins of ancient sea-going reptiles from the Age of Dinosaurs. Now a team of Swedish and...
  
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• Physicists Create New Model of Ringing Black Holes

  14-03-2023 01:29 via scitechdaily.com
  A new analysis has revealed the presence of “nonlinear” effects contained in gravitational waves. When two black holes merge to form a larger black hole,...
  
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• Signature Bank seized to send banks a message, director says

  14-03-2023 01:17
  
  A regulatory takeover of a New York-based bank was intended to send a message to banks to stay away from the cryptocurrency business
  
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• NASA Space Mission Reveals Carbon Dioxide Emissions for Countries Around the World

  14-03-2023 00:19 via scitechdaily.com
  A pilot project has estimated emissions and removals of carbon dioxide in individual nations using satellite measurements. A NASA Earth-observing satellite has helped researchers track...
  
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