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Twitter rolls out feature that allows you to just remove a follower instead of blocking them

Twitter has fully launched a new feature on its web version that lets users remove a follower without blocking them. The option prevents a chosen user from seei... read more

AI-generated deepfake voices can fool both smart assistants and humans with 5 seconds of training

Easily available software can imitate a person’s voice with such accuracy that it can fool both humans and smart devices, according to a new report. Resea... read more

William Shatner is ‘deeply disappointed’ by the one day delay of the Blue Origin mission

William Shatner, 90, who was set to become the oldest person in Space Tuesday shared his disappointment on the Good Morning Show after hearing the missions is n... read more

Facebook is willing to open its algorithms to regulators

A top Facebook executive said Sunday that the tech giant is willing to let regulators access its algorithms ‘to ensure its algorithms are performing as in... read more

Archaeologists discover remains of Nazi V2 rocket that can travel faster than the speed of sound

A team of archaeologists have discovered the remains of the first supersonic weapon, a Nazi V2 rocket, in a field in southeastern England. Experts at H.E. Servi... read more

Boston Dynamic’s robot canine Spot has a future as a guard dog that can boost safety and efficiency

Boston Dynamics is ready to see its eye-catching robots take the market in a big way, Right now, the focus is on Spot, the versatile quadruped first made comme... read more

Elon Musk tells shareholders he wants to build Tesla factories on Mars in the next 40 years

Jeff Bezos in front of Blue Origin’s space capsule Dubbed the ‘NewSpace’ set, Jeff Bezos, Sir Richard Branson and Elon Musk all say they were ... read more

ITV is DOWN: TV channel crashes for frustrated viewers across the UK  

ITV is DOWN: TV channel crashes leaving users across the UK with pixelated video and bad sound quality According to DownDetector, ITV has been having issues sin... read more

Airbus’ solar-powered aircraft Zephyr completes two 18-day flights

Aerospace firm Airbus has completed two 18-day stratospheric flights of its solar-powered aircraft, called Zephyr, 76,100 feet above the Earth.   Zephyr’... read more

Huge 1,500-year-old WINE FACTORY discovered in Israel

A massive wine factory, dating 1,500 years, has been discovered in Israel, and is the largest known winery ever discovered from the Byzantine period. The sophis... read more

World’s most powerful radio antenna detects mysterious signals from 19 distant stars

Signals coming from 19 distant stars suggest they may have hidden planets orbiting them, according to astronomers using the world’s most powerful radio an... read more

Archaeology: Burnt seeds from an ancient fireplace in Utah show humans used tobacco 12,300 years ago

The discovery of four charred seeds in an ancient fireplace in Utah has revealed that humans were using tobacco 12,300 years ago — 9,000 years earlier than th... read more

Older people are kinder than younger people and are more willing to give to charity

Older people really are kinder! Elderly are more likely than youngsters to do things that benefit others – including social distancing and giving to chari... read more

Lone beluga whale is spotted swimming 1,500 miles from the nearest population

They are known to be extremely social creatures that thrive in the freezing waters of the Artic. So the discovery of a lone beluga whale off the coast of Seattl... read more

Solar storm is due to hit Earth TODAY and could cause havoc for power grids

A powerful solar storm is due to hit Earth today and could cause havoc for power grids, weather agencies have warned.  The UK’s Met Office and the USR... read more

Art: AI recreates painting of a hidden nude that lies beneath one of Picasso’s existing masterpieces

A hidden Picasso painting of a naked, crouching woman that lies underneath one of his other works has been reconstructed by scientists using artificial intelli... read more

Mars: Six astronauts are spending four weeks on a fake ‘Red Planet’ in Israel’s Negev Desert

Half a dozen astronauts will spend the next four weeks pretending to be on Mars, living in a fake version of the Red Planet in Israel’s Negev Desert. The ... read more

Experts identify oldest footprints of pre-humans in Crete

The oldest footprints made by pre-humans are more than six million years old, scientists have revealed. Around 50 of the track marks were identified near the vi... read more

NASA photos show rich history of astronauts snapping themselves hundreds of miles above the Earth

Selfies in space! NASA photos show the rich history of astronauts snapping themselves out on spacewalks hundreds of miles above the Earth Published: 02:00 BST, ... read more

What is cloud mining?

The crypto industry exists through mining, but regular mining is associated with a decent financial investment. A compromise option would be cloud mining. It al... read more

What risks should be paid attention to when buying and selling miners?

At present, various miners such as Bitcoin miners and ETH miners are already in short supply. As a result, the demand for virtual currency miners and transactio... read more

Hybrid sweet corn planted at high densities has steadily increased its yield since the 1930s 

Sweet corn planted at high densities has increased in yield steadily since the 1930s, according to a new study,  ‘Over time, steady improvement in plant-... read more

Nearly 30,000 coffee pods end up in landfills every month – and one takes 500 years to decompose

New research finds 29,000 discarded coffee pods end up in landfills every month, which amounts to nearly 350,000 a year. Some companies market their pods as rec... read more

Astronomers accidentally discover new galaxy 11 billion light-years from Earth

Astronomers have accidentally discovered a new galaxy 11 billion light-years from Earth, thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope. Astronomers were looking at anoth... read more