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February 04, 2021 Breast cancer is now the world’s most prevalent form of the disease
Scientists say breast cancer is now the world’s most prevalent form of the disease, and urge people to get a check-up if they’re worried after staying away from the doctor’s surgery during the pandemic. Mysterious streaks on the surface of Mars could be caused by Martian landslides, say Nasa scientists. New anti-cheat software rolled out by Call of Duty’s publisher Activision amid gamer anger over ‘aimbots’ hacking scandal. TikTok says users who cannot prove they are aged over 13 years old will be blocked in Italy after girl dies using the video platform. AI spy cameras will monitor Amazon delivery drivers to cut crashes and ‘improve behaviour’. Thrifty locked-down shoppers are trading second hand goods like never before as eBay profits soar. German sniffer dogs detect ‘odour’ of Covid-19 with 94 per cent accuracy.
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February 03, 2021 SpaceX Starship in fireball crash after launch fail
Another SpaceX Starship super-rocket ends up in a fireball after a spectacular landing fail. Jeff Bezos steps aside from leading Amazon hands reins to cloud computing boss amid record sales. GameStop party’s over: Shares nosedive as regulators called in to investigate Reddit’s amateur investor army. Childhood exposure to pollution linked to decline in thinking skills in older age, according to University of Edinburgh research - we speak to Jemima Hartshorn, founder of Mums for Lungs. Boston Dynamics’ robodog Spot fitted with arms and grabber to pick things up via remote control. Low-tech problems for high-tech art...manga and anime art at risk in Japan amid critical artists’ pencil shortage.
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February 02, 2021 Call of Duty rocked by ‘aimbots’ cheat scandal as top gamer quits
Call of Duty hit by allegations of cheating in online tournaments, including the use of unfair ‘aimbots’, now a top player has very publicly quit its Warzone contest. WHO experts visit Wuhan animal disease centre in probe examining Covid-19 origins. Pandemic mental health alert: children as young as eight being treated by accident and emergency for self-harm. For wellbeing tips: childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk. Mask-wearing iPhone users will soon be able to unlock their screen using an Apple Watch. Shares app Robinhood raises $2.4 billion from venture capital amid Reddit amateur investor boom. Bomb-sniffing spinach programmed to send alerts to scientists. Passion killer...research finds traffic noise drowns out crickets’ courtship songs.
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February 01, 2021 Silver is new GameStop in Reddit war on Wall Street wolves
Wall Street silver rush as Reddit’s amateur investor army moves on precious metal to dent Wall Street after GameStop victory. Voice-changing headset aims to beat internet child predators as mother warns how abuser befriended and murdered her 14-year-old son. Megarocket has a new date for Nasa’s ‘hot fire’ test to check Moon-worthiness after launchpad fail. With just a word and a hashtag, Elon Musk sends Bitcoin rocketing amid claims cryptocurrency is ‘on the verge’ of mainstream. Doorbell surveillance row: Now 2,000 US police departments are linked into Amazon’s Ring network. The 48,000-year-old teeth revealing ancestral links between Neanderthals and modern humans after Natural History Museum research.
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January 29, 2021 Novavax vaccine 89.3% effective against Covid, including new strains
TikTok’s Dr_Will6, better known to Imperial College London colleagues as Dr Will Budd, has been educating the world about Covid vaccines on the social network – and he says ‘very happy” about the Novax injection shown to be 83.9 percent effective in trials, including against the ‘Kent’ and ‘South African’ variants. Plus, Apple boss Tim Cook hits out at those seeking to make a profit from personal data, PlayStation 5 exclusive Returnal release date pushed back, and naked mole-rats found to speak in different dialects
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January 28, 2021 How Redditors gamed the stock of Gamestop
Across most of America, GameStop is just a place to buy a video game. But on Wall Street the troubled retailer has become a battleground where swarms of smaller investors see themselves making an epic stand against the 1%. Plus, Apple is to roll out a new privacy feature to stop iPhone apps secretly shadowing users. Marking Data Privacy Day McAfee’s 2021 Consumer Security Mindset report shows how many had not used any cybersecurity solutions last year. Nintendo sued over ‘systemic problems’ with Switch controllers and, the Doomsday Clock remains at its closest point ever to midnight.

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January 27, 2021 Covid-19: Another Disease X 'could be around the corner’
A leading scientist says another pandemic-causing ‘Disease X’ could be around the corner. Mark Woolhouse from the University of Edinburgh says it's a matter of when, not if and this pandemic might be a virus they don’t even know about yet. Plus, there were signals on Twitter that Covid-19 was circulating before it was officially announced, earning more than $75K a year could buy you happiness, and scientists have created two more embryos of the world’s most endangered mammal.

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January 26, 2021 Twitter launches Birdwatch where users can flag ‘false’ content
Twitter is turning to its users to help combat fake news. The platform has launched Birdwatch, where people can flag tweets they believe to be misleading, provide evidence to the contrary and discuss them with others, on a separate site. Plus, Facebook News, featuring the Evening Standard, launches in the UK, regular naps are linked to better mental agility, and take a walk with Dolly Parton as Apple launches celebrity-guided workouts.

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January 25, 2021 SpaceX breaks world record for most satellites sent into space
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has launched a record 143 small satellites into a polar orbit from Florida, beating the previous record of 104. It's also the firm's first dedicated ‘rideshare’ mission, where it offers to transport packages to orbit for $1m. Plus, creators of humanoid robot Sophia plan to mass produce the AI robots by the end of the year, scientists believe there’s a new homegrown strain of Covid-19 in California, we speak to the professor working on a laser to remove cancers; and, Cyberpunk 2077's latest patch creates more problems for players.

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January 22, 2021 Facebook encryption child abuse warning from NSPCC
Children’s charity the NSPCC is warning a move to encrypt Facebook Messenger and Instagram chats will mask online predators. Security expert Brian Higgins on malware discovered inside government-issued laptops used by children to home-school during Covid-19 pandemic, which reportedly connected to Russian servers. SpaceX now has a ‘constellation’ of 1,000 internet-beaming satellites orbiting Earth after launching 60 at once. Lockdown loneliness: Neuroscientist Dr Byron Creese talks about a University Exeter and King’s College London study revealing how over-50s are suffering anxiety and depression. And, a Black Mirror-style chatbot being developed by Microsoft aims to digitally resurrect deceased loved ones.
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