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1 year ago+22 22 0The meat industry blocked the IPCC’s attempt to recommend a plant-based diet
It’s no secret that climate change discourse is shrouded in obfuscation, disinformation, greenwashing and lies, both outright and of omission. But a recent leak of a draft of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released on Mar ...
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1 year ago+11 11 0US Space Force wants to test how to build satellites in orbit with $1.6 million Arkisys deal
The U.S. Space Force has inked a deal to build satellites in orbit in a bid to boost space infrastructure. Under the Space Force agreement, the U.S. defense agency's innovation division SpaceWERX has awarded a $1.6 million Direct-to-Phase II SBI ...
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1 year ago+25 25 0A first look at using iMessage from a PC with Microsoft’s Phone Link app
Microsoft is gradually rolling out an updated Phone Link app that finally lets you couple an iPhone to a Windows PC. I got access to the new Phone Link version yesterday and immediately paired my iPhone 14 Pro with my PC to send and receive messages ...
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1 year ago+22 22 0Jack Dorsey's fintech company Block is being accused of facilitating criminal activity
Hindenburg Research, a prolific short-seller, has claimed that Block, once known as Square, is committing widespread fraud
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1 year ago+4 4 0Scientists solve mystery behind strange comet that some thought was alien spacecraft
Scientists have a new explanation for the odd behaviour of the mysterious comet
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1 year ago+21 21 0ChatGPT-owner OpenAI fixes 'significant issue' exposing user chat titles
ChatGPT-owner OpenAI said on Wednesday it had fixed a bug that caused a "significant issue" of a small set of users being able to see the titles of others' conversation history with the viral chatbot.
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1 year ago+21 21 0The Cure’s Robert Smith Got Ticketmaster To Promise Partial Refunds Due To “Unduly High” Fees
We apparently now live in a world — OK, a country — where artists have to stay in an active dialogue with Ticketmaster to ensure that their fans don’t get priced out of shows. Today, the Cure’s Robert Smith tweeted that Ticketmaster would promise par ...
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1 year ago+25 25 0Uh Oh, OpenAI's GPT-4 Just Fooled a Human Into Solving a CAPTCHA
OpenAI's brand new GPT-4 AI has managed to ask a human on TaskRabbit to complete a CAPTCHA code via text message — and it actually worked.
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1 year ago+15 15 0Grey hair and wrinkles at an early age led researchers to new treatment for rare cancer
Sarcomas are cancer tumours found in e.g. the bones, muscles or fatty tissue. It is a rare type of cancer seen in only one per cent of cancer patients. It is complex and difficult to treat. However, a new study may have found a new treatment that can ...
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1 year ago+14 14 0New TikTok channel highlights rise of North Korea content on the short-video app | NK News
A morning walk through the streets of Kaesong. An idyllic drive through the North Korean countryside. An ordinary resident playing a mobile game on a modern smartphone.
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1 year ago+20 20 0Japan destroys new rocket in space after second-stage engine failure
Japan said it had destroyed a new medium-lift rocket it launched into space on Tuesday after the vehicle's second-stage engine failed to ignite, in a blow to its efforts to expand access to space and remain competitive in a launch market roiled ...
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1 year ago+22 22 0Katy Perry accused of bullying ‘American Idol’ contestant: ‘Not gonna go far’
“American Idol” fans are scrutinizing Katy Perry, 38, for how she treated contestant Sara Beth Liebe, a happy-go-lucky 25-year-old mother of three, on Sunday’s episode of the sing…
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1 year ago+17 17 0London falcons ate fewer pigeons during lockdowns
The study by King’s researchers suggests that predatory birds in urban spaces are vulnerable to changes in human activities that support prey populations.
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1 year ago+24 24 0Russia bans government officials from using most foreign words
Russian government officials will be banned from using most foreign words when carrying out their duties, according to an amended law on the formal use of Russian that President Vladimir Putin signed on Tuesday.
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1 year ago+21 21 0Why are eggs so expensive? Because an avian flu killed 43 million hens | Gene Baur
A global pandemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza is driving deaths in the egg industry. And factory farming is largely to blame
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1 year ago+15 15 0China could launch 13,000 satellites to "suppress" and spy on Starlink
The South China Morning Post reports that researchers claim China is planning to build a massive satellite network, codenamed GW, in near-Earth orbit. According to a team led by associate professor Xu Can with the People's Liberation Army's ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0Texas is planning to make a huge public investment in space
Everything is bigger in Texas, or so the saying goes. When it comes to investing in commercial space, it just might be true. As part of the state's biennial budget process, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has called on the state legislature to provid ...
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1 year ago+20 20 05th person confirmed to be cured of HIV
Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.
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1 year ago+23 23 0Japan aims to raise age of consent from 13 to 16 in sex crime overhaul
The current age of consent is the third lowest worldwide and has remained unchanged since 1907.
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1 year ago+13 13 0Death Of a Programmer. Life Of a Farmer
Finding and figuring out which is which is not the easiest thing to do, and many people spend all of their days being content with not knowing the difference. For me, it took a lot of death to find what keeps me alive.