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Elon Musk is living in a prefab house that sells for just under $50,000

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Ridgewood NJ, Elon Musk’s primary home is a $50,000 prefabricated home manufactured by housing startup Boxabl. Boxabl specializes in easy-to-construct housing modules. Musk’s home is roughly 400-square-foot and located near SpaceX’s launch facility in Texas. He rents the house from SpaceX. Musk also owns a house in the Bay Area.

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South Korean 20-Mile Solar Subterranean ‘Bike Highway’ Generates Electricity

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South Korea, South Korea has a bike highway running between two cities that stretches for 20 miles, shields cyclists from the sun, and generates power. Cyclists use subterranean tunnels to enter and exit the path and they are protected from traffic on each side by barriers. The solar panels on the bike highway produce more than enough electricity to power the lighting of the highway and the electric vehicle charging stations.

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Google Health app providing a portal to manage your personal medical records, leaked

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Ridgewood NJ, Screenshots from the upcoming Google Health app have been leaked online. The app is designed to provide a portal to manage personal medical records, with the ability to add contacts to share the data. Users will have to link existing online healthcare accounts to take advantage of the app. The app is still in its very early stages of development.

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Cyber Security Experts Warn Over Spam Text Message Campaigns

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Ridgewood NJ, SMiShing is a social engineering tactic used to send spam or malicious text messages to deceive victims into believing the message came from a trusted person or organization and convince them to perform an action, such as revealing account credentials, downloading malware, or sending money. SMiShing messages may come from random phone numbers or email addresses and often use a sense of urgency to convince the target to take a desired action quickly. In addition, robotexts, which are automated text messages sent to mobile devices, are increasingly taking the spotlight as the federal government and telecom companies are trying to crackdown on this activity.

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The Federal Aviation Administration has given Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic the green light to begin flying customers to the edge of space

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Ridgewood NJ, Virgin Galactic has received approval to begin flying customers to the edge of space. The approval follows a successful test flight last month. It is valid through to July 2022 for missions launching from Spaceport America in New Mexico or the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. Virgin Galactic is still planning three more test flights with its employees. Richard Branson plans to be onboard one of the test flights.

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Electric Vehicles May Not be the Next Big Thing After All

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Paramus NJ, as far as eclectic cars go electric cars  everyone  in Washington is for them , but car buyers are still not turning to electric vehicles .

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Summit Health Debuts First Mobile App

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BERKELEY HEIGHTS NJ, offering its patients ready access to primary, specialty and urgent care in the palm of their hands, Summit Health announced today the launch of its first mobile app, known as My Summit Health. Currently available to Summit Health patients through the Apple App Store® (iOS), and the Google Play Store (Android), the new app is essential to an enhanced digital experience for patients and a convenient means for patients to easily connect with Summit Health and CityMD providers and manage their health care needs whenever and wherever they are.

“For Summit Health, it’s all about the patient – improving access to care and providing better care for the patient,” said Jeffrey Le Benger, MD, CEO, Summit Health. “The My Summit Health app is at the heart of our patient-centered focus and in delivering on Summit Health’s uniquely connected kind of care.”

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Brave’s Non-tracking Search Engine Takes on the Surveillance State

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Ridgewood NJ, Brave’s search engine has been launched in global beta. The non-tracking search engine is built on top of an independent index and is marketed as a privacy-safe alternative to products like Google search. Brave will make Brave Search the default search for its browser later this year. Pro-privacy consumer tech has been building momentum over the last few years as the public is becoming more educated on surveillance-based business models.

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Toyota Announces New Capabilities for Domestic Service Robots to Aid Seniors

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Ridgewood NJ, the Toyota Research Institute has developed new capabilities for its line of domestic robots, including the ability to recognize and manipulate transparent objects and to wipe down counters and tables. Japanese robot manufacturers have made it clear that they plan to create robots that will serve as domestic helpers. Japan has one of the oldest populations in the world. Robots will be able to perform tasks that people find more challenging as they get older.

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Genetically Engineered ‘Supertrees’ Capture More Carbon

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Ridgewood NJ, Living Carbon is a San Francisco-based startup that is genetically engineering trees to capture and store more carbon. Its goal is to combat the effects of climate change without needing to take up land that could otherwise be used for agriculture. Fewer trees would need to be planted if they were able to absorb and retain more carbon.

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The Fountain of Youth, Maybe not : Stress study shows Graying Hair is Reversible

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Ridgewood NJ, Scientists from Columbia University have identified the proteins in hair that drive the process of graying and demonstrated how graying might be reversed. The scientists measured hair color changes over several weeks along with the study participants’ stress levels. They found a high correlation between stress levels and hair color, including cases where hair graying reversed after an individual’s stress was alleviated. Mitochondria play a key role in the process.

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Former Chief Operating Officer of Philadelphia Technology Start-Up Charged with Securities Fraud and Embezzlement

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Linwood NJ, an Atlantic County, New Jersey, man has been charged with orchestrating a long-running securities offering fraud while simultaneously embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from his employer’s bank account, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.

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Man Charged for Using Social Media To Threaten Girl, 14, Forcing Her To Send Him Sexually Explicit Images

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Keansburg NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that a New Jersey man was indicted today on charges that he used social media to manipulate and threaten a 14-year-old girl from another state, forcing her to send him pictures of herself performing sexual acts. 

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NASA Plots Reentry to the Lunar Surface

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Washington DC, As NASA continues plans for multiple commercial deliveries to the Moon’s surface per year, the agency has selected three new scientific investigation payload suites to advance understanding of Earth’s nearest neighbor. Two of the payload suites will land on the far side of the Moon, a first for NASA. All three investigations will receive rides to the lunar surface as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, initiative, part of the agency’s Artemis approach.

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