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Twitter testing long-awaited edit button – but it won’t be for everyone | Science & Tech News
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Twitter has confirmed that it has begun testing an edit button – but it won’t be available to everyone. The company revealed earlier this year that it was working on a tool to let users edit tweets after they are posted, calling it its “most requested feature to date”. It will allow tweets to be…
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Japan declares ‘war’ on obsolete technology including floppy disk | Science & Tech News
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A Japanese minister has declared “war” on old-fashioned technology, including the humble floppy disk, in a determined bid to drag the government into the digital age. Almost 2,000 government procedures still rely on the business community using the now obsolete storage devices. Minister of Digital Affairs Taro Kono said existing regulations would be updated to…
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New Titanic footage shows wreck in ‘highest-ever quality’ | World News
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New video of the Titanic filmed in the highest quality resolution so far shows an “astonishing level of detail”, according to the company behind the mission. OceanGate Expeditions released the 8K video on its YouTube channel and said it was “first-of-its-kind footage”. It said the ship’s bow, the portside anchor, hull number one, and an…
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Gigabit broadband for all target pledged by Boris Johnson scaled down | Politics News
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The government’s target to bring gigabit broadband to “every home and business across the UK” by 2025 seems to have been scaled back to reach 85% of the country instead. Boris Johnson made the initial pledge as part of his 2019 manifesto, with £5bn of funding behind the scheme. However, in a press release published…
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Musk continues effort to scrap Twitter deal after whistleblower claims | Business News
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Tesla chief Elon Musk has filed more paperwork in an effort to terminate his agreement to buy Twitter. Mr Musk, the world’s richest person, walked away from his $44bn offer for Twitter in July, saying the company had misled him and regulators about the true number of spam accounts on the platform. According to a…
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Faecal transplants to be offered to hundreds with antibiotic-resistant superbug | UK News
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Hundreds of people with a hard-to-treat superbug are to be offered faecal transplants to tackle their infections. A faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) involves taking healthy bacteria “in a mixture of prepared processed stool from a healthy donor” to the intestine of another person. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) says the process…
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False widow spiders 230 times more venomous than native species, scientists find | Science & Tech News
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The bite of a noble false widow spider is up to 230 times more venomous than native Irish spiders, a study has found. A team of researchers at National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) investigated the potency of the spider’s venom to understand why it is so successful at spreading through towns and cities worldwide.…
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Twitter circle: New select tweeting service launched for users nervous about posting to entire Twitterverse | Science & Tech News
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A new Twitter service, which allows users to share their tweets with a small, select audience, has been launched. Twitter Circle – similar to Instagram’s ‘close friends’ feature – only allows up to 150 people to see a tweet. A user can create a different Circle of up to 150 people each time they tweet…
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Drinking at least two cups of tea a day protects your heart and helps you live longer, study suggests | Science & Tech News
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Tea drinkers who consume more than two cups a day are likely to live longer than those who don’t drink any, a new study has suggested. The findings, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, concluded that the positive effects appear unaffected by whether the tea is taken black, with milk, with sugar, the temperature…
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Artemis 1: NASA moon launch postponed after hydrogen leak | Science & Tech News
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The launch of the world’s most powerful rocket on its test flight to the moon’s orbit has been postponed, after scientists discovered a hydrogen leak on board. The Artemis 1 could now lift off from Cape Canaveral on Friday, after missing its launch window today. The launch had been delayed during the fuelling process, just…