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Shock as AirPods Max unveiled, Halo Infinite release plus Google & Facebook could face multi-million $ fines Dec 09, 2020

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Apple has released its first over-the-ear, noise cancelling headphones, the AirPods Max. Their eye-watering price and even the design has been met with a frenzied reaction of shock and ridicule. But if history is anything to go by, Apple will have the last laugh. And, doctors discover patients of mystery illness have traces of lead and nickel in their blood, Google and Facebook could face multi-million dollar fines in Australia and Halo Infinite finally gets a release window.

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‘Millions’ to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in the UK by end of next year Dec 08, 2020

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The UK’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said the coronavirus vaccine is ‘the route out’ as he marked the start of the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine in the UK. 90-year-old Margaret Keenan became the first patient in the world to receive the jab, and Mr Hancock said millions more could receive it by the end of next year. Plus, Donald Trump ‘came close to revealing secrets of an alien Galactic Federation,’ Japan funds AI to boost its tumbling birth rate and, mixed reviews for Cyberpunk 2077.

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How an agony aunt chatbot is helping teenage girls through the pandemic Dec 07, 2020

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In just 25 weeks this year, the Covid-19 pandemic wiped out 25 years of progress in everything from health to the economy, according to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Girl Effect’s Jonathan McKay says for adolescent girls in developing countries the impact is particularly stark, but an agony aunt chatbot is helping them through. Plus, a mystery illness sweeps through a town in southern India, a space mission could reveal clues to the origins of the universe, and how a beer and crisps pairing could help tackle climate change.

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Listen to an exploding star - and see a rare ‘Christmas Star’, & meet the TikTok doctor debunking anti-vaxxers - plus more Dec 04, 2020

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Here’s what the plasma inside a neutron star sounds like, thanks to MIT scientists. Facebook to ban false claims about Covid-19 vaccines after criticism of becoming hotbed for conspiracies. Facebook says it will start removing false claims about Covid-19 vaccines to prevent what the social network calls “imminent physical harm”.

Meet the London doctor who’s using TikTok to fight Covid anti-vax conspiracy theories. Dog owners will need to manage their pet’s post-lockdown ‘separation anxiety’ when they return to work. The two largest planets in our solar system are set to align in a conjunction for the first time in 800 years to create a “Christmas Star”

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Hackers hit COVID vaccine supply chain, Taylor Swift Spotify pages hacked & Amazon cloud spy tech - plus more Dec 03, 2020

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Hackers have tried to infiltrate the coronavirus vaccine distribution chain. Twitter expands hate speech rules to include race and ethnicity. Amazon build cheap cloud spy tech for bosses to make sure workers wear facemasks. Dua Lipa and other Spotify artists’ pages hacked by Taylor Swift ‘fan’ Chinese researchers quit U.S. after spies target Biden team. High-def streaming hurts the planet - drop your resolution to cut pollution, report says Teenager’s £100,000 crowdfunding campaign for statue honouring the ‘mother of palaeontology’

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Covid-19 vaccine set for UK rollout, your Spotify ‘best bits’, Bad Bunny & Fortnite’s Star Wars epic - plus more Dec 02, 2020

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Covid Pfizer vaccine approved for use next week in UK, care home residents and health workers at front of queue. Netflix content given age rating by algorithm for parents to cut sex and violence scenes. Spotify, Apple and Tik Tok release their year-in-review ‘best bits’. Salesforce to buy workplace app Slack in $27 billion deal. China’s Chang’e 5 lands on the moon to collect the first fresh lunar rock samples in decades. Lab-grown fake ‘chicken’ is approved to go on sale. Fortnite’s season 5 gets Star Wars treatment with new characters and weapons.

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World Aids Day: fears for HIV treatment amid Covid crisis Dec 01, 2020

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Microsoft files patent to record and score meetings on body language. World Aids Day: Global solidarity amid concerns for treatment as frontline services stretched. One of biology’s biggest mysteries ‘largely solved’ by DeepMind AI. Astronauts could stop burning underwear in Nasa plans to make first space detergent. Australian telescope maps deep space at record speed. Australia, US to develop hypersonic missiles to counter China. New monolith pops up in Romania - alien or artist?

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Cyber Monday: How to avoid getting stung, Spotify trials Stories & China’s Chang’e 5 moon return Nov 30, 2020

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Cyber Monday ‘deals’: Don’t believe the hype and do your resesearch, says Which? consumer expert. Step into actual Super Mario World in Florida - Nintendo to open experience for fans at Universal Studios next year. Spotify testing new Instagram-esque Stories feature. Huawei ban from UK 5G network brought forward by British government. China’s Chang’e 5 enters lunar orbit for historic attempt to return moon samples. Mysterious monolith that was found in the remote Utah desert has been removed by an ‘unknown party’. Cher has helped move the ‘world’s loneliest elephant’ from a miserable zoo in Pakistan to a Cambodian sanctuary following social media campaign

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Black Friday: Scam warning, #DiaperDon - Trump’s furious; & Minecraft style farming, plus more Nov 27, 2020

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Experts are warning shoppers to be wary of scams as they shop online during what retailers are expecting to be their biggest Black Friday sale yet. Promon’s Tom Lysemose Hanson says not clicking on links in emails and doing your research before downloading store apps are some of the easy ways to stay safe. Plus, Donald Trump’s furious with Twitter as #DiaperDon trends, mink in Denmark are resurfacing from their graves, and Hope's mission to Mars is going so well, its planning to collect some bonus space data.

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TikTok introduces epilepsy feature, Black Friday deals using your voice & space worms? plus more Nov 26, 2020

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After coming under fire earlier this year over a ‘seizure challenge’, TikTok is offering a new feature to its users who have photosensitive epilepsy. The tool will allow people to tailor their profile so that videos that could act as a trigger for a seizure are automatically skipped. Plus, robots could be the next front line workers, voice assistant users get special Black Friday deals and, space worms give an insight into how our genes behave in space.

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Women Tech Charge: interviews with incredible women leading in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths

The Leader: a daily news podcast helping you make sense of the day’s most important stories

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