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A UK robotics firm Elon Musk must sent viral on the weekend, now wants to work on his Tesla Bot project. Elon retweeted a video by Engineered Arts, showing off their hyper-realistic robot ‘Ameca’. We speak to Will Jackson from the company about their plea to Elon for a collaboration. Peleton have responded AGAIN to Sex and the City’s recent bombshell with their own parody advert. Crypto news: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi hacked on Twitter, and how maxnaut missed out on thousands of dollars selling his NFT. Asthma patients experience worse symptoms at night, scientists say. Robots will soon be cleaning train carriages, and all you need to know about the Geminid meteor shower. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An asteroid over 1,000ft tall is due to pass Earth this weekend at over 14,700mph. Omicron: masks are back almost everywhere indoors in England. Elon Musk: influencer? Botox jabs cheating row leads to bans at Saudi ‘Crufts for camels’ pageant. Squashed in space...how sleeping bags could stop damage to astronauts’ eyeballs. Species relying on hydrothermal ‘lungs of the deep sea’ at extinction risk from mining, study finds. And just like that, Peleton responds to SATC storyline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The World Health Organisation reports the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has now spread to 57 countries. UCL Professor Andrew Hayward, a member of the government’s SAGE advisory group, warns the strain's doubling time of two to three days is “very fast” and we can expect “a very large peak”. Game Awards 2021: what game has impressed you for its technical capabilities? And why the computer scientist who claims he invented Bitcoin will get to keep crypto billions.Plus: Literally hotter than the Sun...a two-star space system has been discovered. We reveal Twitter's annual report on 2021, British archaeologists discover a crucifixion victim from nearly 1,900 years ago when Romans ruled Britain. And finally, the boss who sacked 900 staff on a Zoom call apologises. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Research by the University of Westminster and University College London suggests patients will more likely reveal delicate health conditions such as STIs to an AI chatbot, but still want an IRL doctor to discuss cancer. Matrix Resurrections title to be released at Game Awards, but is that really Keanu in trailer? Halo Infinite set for release - how much free storage space will you need? No digital romance for Tinder lovers after Amazon AWS cloud outage. Omicron: could UK reproduction rate be higher than thought? Would you shop on TikTok? App unveils first live e-commerce event. Ctrl>Alt>Delete...Hubble space telescope’s been rebooted. Life imitating art as hacker Gary Bowser hit with $10 million Nintendo fine in piracy case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is a new Sonic the Hedgehog game called Frontiers on the horizon? speculation for an announcement is around the Game Awards this week. Mina Smallman, the mother of murdered sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman, has spoken out after two police officers were jailed for taking pictures of her dead daughters and sharing them on WhatsApp. Omicron: South Africa data ‘suggests variant results in less severe illness’. Coroner urges social media firms to make internet safer after schoolgirl death. The US Space Force is eyeing a base on the Moon to beat China. Has Trump’s new social media venture really raised $1 billion? Covid booster is Gold for Spandau Ballet’s Kemp as Santa in vaccine push.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, one of the inventors of the coronavirus Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, urges governments not to squander preparedness learning to fight future pandemics. We speak to TikTok on Year of 2021 who reveal the popularity of Nathan Evans and PinkPantheress...but is this a career option? Bitcoin bloodbath: crypto limps into Monday after weekend crash. Nasa approves $400 million funding, including human ‘space reef” after ISS dies. Is that a garden shed on the Moon? Chinese rover spots “mystery hut”. Plane powered by liquid hydrogen planned for transatlantic flights. Singer Grimes releases cold break-up track packed with digs at her ex Elon Musk.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SpaceX has broken its own record for the number of rockets sent to space in a single year. The latest Starlink launch from Florida marks the 27th for Elon Musk’s private space firm in 2021 - beating the 26 it achieved last year. Experts say booster jabs can offer a good level of protection against the new Omicron variant of coronavirus - a new study suggests it may provide protection from hospital admission and death.Meanwhile Germany introduces new restrictions for unvaccinated people - they’ll be barred from non-essential shops and public events. Scientists have found cooling after volcanic activity more than 400 million years ago ‘may have triggered a mass extinction event’. The battery design breakthrough that could make electric cars safer, cheaper and more sustainable, and Reddit reveals new ‘live features’ like voting and comment counts. Also, researchers use gene editing to create single-sex mice litters and how plastic pollution is creating new communities of life in our oceans. And - Microsoft Windows tells off users if they try to download Chrome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta has reversed its ban on cryptocurrency ads across its platforms - creating a huge boost for the crypto economy. Jack Dorsey’s Square is changing its name to ‘Block’ and major cryptocurrency firms will be questioned by the US Congress for the first time. Scientists believe they’ve found ‘the trigger’ which causes extremely rare blood clots with the AstraZeneca vaccine and Pfizer boss says annual covid vaccinations will be a thing for years to come. Spotify Wrapped is here - and don’t we all know it - plus Christmas shoppers are warned about fake online reviews. Match settles a legal fight with the founders of Tinder for $441million, thousands of e-scooters are seized by the Met and an injured sea turtle has become the first of its kind in the UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The scientist behind the Pfizer jab has told the public not to ‘freak out’ over Omicron. Dr Ugur Sahin, the co-founder of BioNTech, stressed that it is likely vaccines will still provide protection against the variant. Women’s safety campaigners have launched a petition to bolster the UK Online Safety Bill. Seyi Akiwowo, CEO of Glitch - a UK charity that aims to end online abuse particularly for women and girls - tells us why more needs to be done. It comes as twitter announces it will remove images tweeted without consent. Elon Musk has made a controversial joke about whistleblowers whilst promoting Tesla’s new ‘Cyberwhistle’. The worst street in the UK for broadband is revealed and Twitch gets a new tool to detect people evading bans. Plus why the builders of Stonehenge had a bit of a sweet tooth and good news for iRobot Roomba owners… it now knows how to avoid your Christmas tree. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Markets have fallen after the Moderna chief executive said that existing covid vaccines will struggle with Omicron. WHO Covid-19 special envoy for vaccine research, Dr Samba Sow, tells us what we know so far about the variant. We find out about the new Twitter boss - Parag Agrawal - after the departure of the tech giant’s co-founder Jack Dorsey. The mystery of ‘where the Earth’s water comes from’ might’ve been solved by a team of researchers at the University of Glasgow. MI6 say that more help is needed from the tech world to combat potential threats and how you get your hands on a 170ft yacht - for the right amount of crypto. Plus, why algorithms used in UK government decision-making are about to be revealed, Meta is ordered to sell Giphy and a new human support robot by Toyota gets its first trial in a UK home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.