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Daily bulletins reporting the latest news from the world of science and technology, from the Standard.

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Twitch hack: why is the word ‘pizza’ everywhere in leaked files? Oct 15, 2021

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An investigation by Motherboard finds an intriguing explanation about all the fast food references in the Amazon owned e-sports platform’s 125GB data dump. Nasa’s asteroid hunter Lucy is ready for launch, first stop: Jupiter. Pollution expert on how billionaires’ space tourism rockets are contributing to killing Earth. Climate crisis: rich countries forecast to belch more pollution into air this year despite eco pledges. Avicii: late EDM icon’s father confirms tribute concert to support young mental health. Universal Soldiers...US troops to get Microsoft’s futuristic augmented reality goggles. Rude awakening for Canadian woman as plunging meteorite smashes on to her bed.

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Prince William: tech tycoons should ditch space tourism to save Earth Oct 14, 2021

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Heir to throne's broadside against space race to colonise new planets. Feel awkward haggling for a discount with a salesperson? Do it with AI. Earth 2100: forecast materials will run out to make phones, solar panels and heart pacemakers. Cheat death with healthy heart diet rich in nuts, seeds and tofu, says study. Spike in child Covid infections but drop for older teens and young to middle-aged adults. Astronomers spy new Jupiter-sized gas-giant planet in our Milky Way galaxy. Where’s Wally...mission to count walruses from space. Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert picks up a tribute for her vaccine work by meeting penguin namesake.

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Shatner in space & EVE online's boss on 'The Metaverse' Oct 13, 2021

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We’re at Retail Week Live in London’s North Greenwich, kicking off by meeting CCP Games boss Hilmar Pétursson, maker of space quest EVE, to talk about the increasingly blurred lines between our real and digital worlds. William Shatner’s due to blast off from a Texas launch pad in a Blue Origin rocket. Global chip shortage: It might be a bit harder to get your hands on Apple’s shiny new iPhone 13 soon. There’s a strange radio signal coming from the centre of our galaxy and scientists don’t know what it is. Who remembers that time Elon Musk broke the “unbreakable” window of his Cybertruck during a public demo?

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How this futuristic broadband spy plane ‘can fly for six months’ Oct 12, 2021

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Inventors behind the Zephyr reckon the solar-powered military spy plane could stay airborne for incredibly long period to beam down civilian broadband into hard-to-reach parts of the world. Shetland’s rocket dram...Scotland’s most northern whisky islands seals space deal. Floating alien jellyfish and smell of Black Death takeover Tate Modern to explore art and science. Carcass of supersonic WWII Nazi V2 rocket blasted from Germany discovered in English field. Facebook wants to alert users when Instagram is down rather than rely on third parties. Pub offers drinkers pints and crisps in exchange for gadget e-waste. Humans 2.0 as exoskeletons boost walking skills for amputees.

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Did Russia steal the plans for the Oxford Covid vaccine? Oct 11, 2021

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Did Russia steal the plans for the Oxford-Astra Zeneca Covid vaccine and clone it to create their own Sputnik V version? Expectant mums are being urged to get a jab as it’s revealed nearly a fifth of all critically ill patients with Covid in England are pregnant women. Blue Origin’s released footage of William Shatner getting ready to become the oldest human to ever fly into space. Brace yourselves… the Earth’s about to get hit by an enormous solar flare. OceanX reveals more about a “massive” mysterious creature filmed during a search of a shipwreck in the Red Sea. The first lunar rocks brought back to Earth in more than 40 years appear to have revealed a secret. Nuclear and particle physicists are working on an Electron-Ion collider that will let them see the quarks and gluons found inside protons. And finally, will electric cars ever appear in the Fast and Furious franchise?

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Chernobyl: robot dogs help scientists clean radiation fallout Oct 08, 2021

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Interview with Tom Scott, professor of Nuclear Materials at the University of Bristol, who’s returned from his fourth site visit in Ukraine. Twitch data hack: now Amazon blames ‘configuration error’ for data leak. Well done, Britain - you’re eating less meat and it’s helping save our planet. China Moon shot: Chang’e-5 robot has collected ‘youngest lava’ from lunar surface. Major discovery as Nasa’s Perseverance rover finds evidence of Martian lake. Elon Musk says he’ll move Tesla from California to Texas after California Covid row. Listen up, Apple! Microsoft to study your right to repair Windows computers and Xboxes.

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Twitch data heist: Amazon probes 'source code hack' Oct 07, 2021

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The tech giant’s engineers are scrambling to discover how a hacker found a way into its e-sports streaming platform to apparently post the valuable source code online. Now British MPs ask Facebook whistleblower to ‘break wall of secrecy’ in evidence. Have digital art-lovers been scammed for thousands in NFT ‘Evolved Apes’ sale? Suggestive jokes, dodgy character names and flirting removed from World of Warcraft. Interview with Ireland rugby star Brian O’Driscoll on how data’s deployed to analyse ‘big hits’ in contact sport. Better protection from Covid if you’ve had virus and been jabbed, study finds. Fetch the lemon mayo...crayfish among invasive species ‘pushing lakes to ecosystem collapse’

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TikTok and Snapchat told to ‘ban harmful content’ Oct 06, 2021

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Twitch and OnlyFans also told to ensure footage linked to child abuse, terrorism and racism does not appear on their platforms - or face fines. Senator says Facebook faces “Big Tobacco moment” after whistleblower’s user safety bombshell. Kanye West wearables: rapper ‘plans Donda-branded smart watches and activity monitors’. Amazon opens Lidl-style British bricks-and-mortar department store. Scientists win Nobel Chemistry Prize for molecule-mirroring work. Real Welsh dragon - a 215-million-year-old dinosaur the size of a chicken is world’s oldest carnivore. More time spent exercising helps children think better, study finds. ‘Genius’ dogs are experts at memory recall tasks - can they beat internet-addled humans?

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What caused the Facebook outage? Oct 05, 2021

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What caused the Facebook outage? Mark Zuckerberg has apologised for the global outage that took the entire company offline. Climate change wins the Nobel prize in Physics awarding the three researchers with nearly a million dollars. Drones free-fall from the sky during a light show in China. Electric brain implants have the world abuzz after being found to cure one woman’s depression. 2035 is the year Boris Johnson believes all UK electricity will come from clean energy sources. A UAE satellite is destined for the asteroid belt. COP26 will showcase art created from South Pole snowfall – from over two centuries ago. Also, it’s a trip into outer space for one Russian movie crew.

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2021 Nobel Prize winners, plus an inspiring space Barbie Oct 04, 2021

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The Nobel prize has been awarded jointly to two US scientists who figured out the mysteries of how people feel touch and temperature. A whistleblower who leaked a trove of Facebook's secret files has revealed her own identity. Could this be the first launch of a hypersonic missile from a nuclear submarine? A top climate scientist has quit the Science Museum in London’s board over fossil fuel sponsorship. Music prescriptions for people with neurologic injuries and diseases like Alzheimers. The original voice of Siri joins the campaign for a more accessible web. Plus, Barbie inspires young girls with zero-gravity flight.

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