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Humanitarian aid guided by satellite data may harm marginalised groups

Humanitarian aid guided by satellite data may harm marginalised...

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Policy-makers can use satellite data to quickly identify areas of the world in need...

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Land-dwelling turtles from the Cretaceous period had extra-tough eggs

Land-dwelling turtles from the Cretaceous period had extra-tough...

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The first known example of an ancient fossilised turtle embryo preserved inside...

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Enormous lasers have created the highest-pressure conditions on Earth

Enormous lasers have created the highest-pressure conditions...

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The immense lasers at the US National Ignition Facility have created the highest-pressure...

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Tiny human brain grown in lab has eye-like structures that 'see' light

Tiny human brain grown in lab has eye-like structures that...

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Small blobs of human brain grown in a dish have been coaxed into forming rudimentary...

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Male chimps with more friends are more likely to have offspring

Male chimps with more friends are more likely to have offspring

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Male chimpanzees with stronger social bonds have higher reproductive success, probably...

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VPNs could be vulnerable to attacks that send you to fake websites

VPNs could be vulnerable to attacks that send you to fake...

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Virtual private networks (VPNs), which have seen a rise in use as more people work...

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Covid-19: Lockdown not enough to stop Australia’s delta variant crisis

Covid-19: Lockdown not enough to stop Australia’s delta...

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After being relatively untouched by the pandemic, Sydney, Australia, is now in the...

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Birds get angry when their favourite snacks are swapped in magic trick

Birds get angry when their favourite snacks are swapped...

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Eurasian jays squawk and fly away when shown a cups-and-balls-style magic trick...

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Male woodpeckers that share mates with brothers live longer lives

Male woodpeckers that share mates with brothers live longer...

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Male acorn woodpeckers that share mates with their brothers live longer lives, have...

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Seismic, which offers automated tools to help with sales and marketing, raises $170M Series G at a $3B valuation, bringing its total raised to $440M (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Seismic, which offers automated tools to help with sales...

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Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:Seismic, which offers automated tools to help with sales...

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Research shows pro-Trump social network GETTR has no content moderation besides user reporting and reached 1.5M users in August, not July as claimed (David Gilbert/VICE)

Research shows pro-Trump social network GETTR has no content...

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David Gilbert / VICE:Research shows pro-Trump social network GETTR has no content...

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DistroKid, which has helped 2M+ musicians upload music to streaming services, says it is valued at $1.3B after a recent raise from Insight Venture Partners (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

DistroKid, which has helped 2M+ musicians upload music...

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:DistroKid, which has helped 2M+ musicians upload music to...

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A look at Camera Switches in the Android 12 beta, an accessibility feature that lets users control their devices using only facial movements (Mishaal Rahman/XDA Developers)

A look at Camera Switches in the Android 12 beta, an accessibility...

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Mishaal Rahman / XDA Developers:A look at Camera Switches in the Android 12 beta,...

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Norwegian startup Gelato, a marketplace for printing services for everything from mugs to clothing, raises $240M led by Insight Partners at a $1B+ valuation (Charles Daly/Bloomberg)

Norwegian startup Gelato, a marketplace for printing services...

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Charles Daly / Bloomberg:Norwegian startup Gelato, a marketplace for printing services...

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Tropic, which helps streamline software procurement, raises $25M Series A, says it passed $250M in managed spend, and processed transactions for 1,200+ vendors (Christine Hall/TechCrunch)

Tropic, which helps streamline software procurement, raises...

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Christine Hall / TechCrunch:Tropic, which helps streamline software procurement,...

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A look at Coinbase Ventures, which has backed 150+ companies over three years, writes mostly seed checks of $50K to $250K, and does not have any full-time staff (Alex Konrad/Forbes)

A look at Coinbase Ventures, which has backed 150+ companies...

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Alex Konrad / Forbes:A look at Coinbase Ventures, which has backed 150+ companies...