Spotify shares fall as Apple and Amazon give subscribers free access to ‘lossless music’ services
Apple and Amazon both announced on Monday they’re offering millions of perfect-quality songs to subscribers at no additional charge. The
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Neuroscientist proposes AI-inspired theory for why we dream
Why we dream is one of science’s most perplexing mysteries, but a neuroscientist thinks he finally has the answer. Erik
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CIA’s 1960s experiments to create ‘remote control’ dogs by implanting electrodes into their brains
Documents of the CIA’s 1960s ‘remote controlled’ dog experiments were declassified in 2018, but images of the canines fitted with
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TikTok vulnerability left users’ personal data at risk of being hacked
A flaw was identified in the popular video-sharing app TikTok that would have let hackers scrape personal information from users’
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Empty football stadiums have made players, and coaches more polite
Football matches in empty stadiums during the current pandemic have made players and coaching staff engage in fewer altercations on
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Fort constructed by native Alaskans to hold off Russians discovered after more than 200 years
The site of a fort inhabited by native Alaskans has been discovered more than 200 years after it was built
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Wristband that tracks your emotional state lets bosses monitor employees’ wellbeing in lockdown
A £50 wristband created by a British health technology firm is helping people track the wellbeing of their friends, family
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Seagrass ‘Neptune balls’ may be key to clearing oceans of plastic
Every year, an estimated eight million tons of plastic is dumped into our oceans, threatening the lives of fish, seabirds
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UK rocket firm creates space tug to move satellites and clear debris
British firm Skyrora Is a step closer to launching a space tug that could tow satellites into different orbits, replace old
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Instagram is back up and running after worldwide outage
Instagram is back up and running after worldwide outage that left thousands unable to access the desktop site or smartphone
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