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- Update frequency
- every day
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- 1331
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Beirut explosion: What is ammonium nitrate and what makes it dangerous? | Wednesday, August 5 2020
The likely cause of a devastating explosion in Beirut appears to be thousands of tonnes of ammonium nitrate that Lebanon’s prime minister says was left lying unsecured in a warehouse for six years. T…
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Wed 05 Aug 2020
Donald Trump demands ‘substantial portion’ of US TikTok sale | Tuesday, August 4th 2020
Donald Trump is demanding a cut from the sale of TikTok’s US unit if Microsoft - or any other American firm - buys it. The President also warned if there’s no deal then he’s banning the app from next…
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Tue 04 Aug 2020
"Thanks for flying SpaceX." How Nasa's astronauts returned to Earth in the first splashdown in 45 years |Monday 3rd August 2020
We hear about the astronauts' 19-hour journey from the International Space Station and what was so different about this landing. Also how it's left Nasa optimistic about the future of human spaceflig…
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Mon 03 Aug 2020
More massive growth in Lockdown for tech titans | Friday 31st July 2020
Profits for the three months run up to June have been revealed by techs “big four” and after questions of how big is too big came up in congress it has emerged they are doing even better than expecte…
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Fri 31 Jul 2020
Big tech grilled over ‘harmful’ power as Donald Trump ‘watches closely’ | Thursday, July 30 2020
Donald Trump, a long time critic of the big tech companies, says he’s ‘watching closely’ as bosses of Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple are grilled over accusations their companies stifle competitio…
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Thu 30 Jul 2020
The FAANGs are out at the US Congress | Wednesday 29 July 2020
Tech titans Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple all face Congress as questions are raised about "how big is too big"? The quartet have reportedly racked up $5tn dollars between them. Also, the US is …
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Wed 29 Jul 2020
Google's laying nearly 4000 miles of cable underwater to make the internet run faster |Tuesday 28th July 2020
Google's new subsea cable will connect the US, the UK and Spain in a “significant upgrade” to current internet infrastructure. There’s been a discovery of kelp off the coast of Scotland, Ireland and …
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Tue 28 Jul 2020
Twitter users are holding a 48-hour "walkout" over anti-Semitic posts shared by Wiley | Monday 27th July 2020
In protest at Twitter’s alleged “slow” response to anti-Semitic posts by grime artists Wiley, some of the platform’s high profile users are holding a 48-hour protest. Hong Kong’s launched their versi…
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Mon 27 Jul 2020
Pentagon reveals they still have a team of UFO hunters | 24th July 2020
The Pentagon is found to have a team searching the skies for alien life form, despite claiming it was disbanded back in 2012. Also, Microsoft released more than 8 minutes of gameplay from upcoming Ha…
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Fri 24 Jul 2020
Can China's Mars launch see it catch up with the US in the space race? | Thursday July 23rd 2020
China's blasted an unmanned probe towards Mars in its first independent mission to visit another planet. The country’s most ambitious Mars mission yet is a bold attempt to join the United States in s…
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Thu 23 Jul 2020
Can we predict cancer years before symptoms show? Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Chinese researchers say they’ve developed a blood test that can detect cancer mutations years before symptoms appear. Twitter is cracking down on far-right conspiracy theorists. Amazon founder Jeff B…
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Wed 22 Jul 2020
Are new laws needed to stop coronavirus conspiracies on social media? | Tuesday 21st July 2020
MPs say an online harms regulator should be appointed to hold social media platforms to account over misinformation. The US government imposes trade sanctions on 11 companies it says are implicated i…
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Tue 21 Jul 2020
UAE spacecraft blasts off for Mars| Monday 20th July 2020
A United Arab Emirates spacecraft blasts off from a site in Japan on its journey to Mars. The spacecraft named Amal, or Hope, marks the start of the seven-month journey to the red planet.
An experimen…
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Mon 20 Jul 2020
FBI Joins the hunt for the twitter hackers | Friday 17th July 2020
The FBI says it's launching an investigation into a Twitter hack that hit around 130 high profile accounts, including Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Meanwhile, it's reported Donald Trump may have been p…
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Fri 17 Jul 2020
Was the Twitter hack an inside job? |Thursday 16th July 2020
After the Twitter accounts of high profile users like Joe biden, Kanye West and Elon Musk got hacked, questions are being asked as to whether the Bitcoin scam was an inside job?
Plus what are the myst…
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Thu 16 Jul 2020
China says UK banning of Huawei "disappointing and wrong.” | Wednesday 15th July 2020
China has responded after the UK banned Huawei from the 5G network.calling it "disappointing and wrong.” Meanwhile, President Trump's told reporters he was the reason for the UK's decision. Plus a mi…
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Wed 15 Jul 2020
Grant Imahara, former co-host of the TV science show Mythbusters, dies suddenly aged 49 |Tuesday 14th July 2020
Reports suggest Grant Imahara who co-hosted the Discovery Channel science show passed away suddenly following a brain aneurysm. It’s a big day for Halo fans…Microsoft has brought Halo 3 to PC. Boris …
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Tue 14 Jul 2020
Tech boss quits after footage of him hurling racist abuse at Asian family goes viral | Monday, July 13 2020
Silicon Valley CEO Michael Lofthouse has stepped down after footage of him hurling abuse at an Asian family celebrating a birthday at a restaurant in California went viral. After his initial apology …
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Mon 13 Jul 2020
Juice WRLD fans crash Spotify, Apple Music with his new album release | Friday 10 July 2020
A rush for Juice WRLD's new album appeared to break streaming giants Spotify and Apple Music, with fans claiming they couldn't access the tracks shortly after the rapper's posthumous record was relea…
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Fri 10 Jul 2020
The world risks exceeding 1.5C global target | Thursday 9th July 2020
The world is heating up much faster than expected according to a new climate forecast and risks exceeding 1.5C in the next 5 years, Facebook slammed for being “too reactive and piecemeal” when it com…
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Thu 09 Jul 2020
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