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Author: Brianna Mcilraith

A Martin Jetpack prototype that is no longer operational has sold for $158,200 on Trade Me.

The aircraft was listed on November 1 with a $1 reserve, and received 179 bids before the listing closed at 7.52pm on Tuesday.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/127080389/martin-jetpack-prototype-sells-for-158200-on-trade-me
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Author: Assosiated Press

Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people amid growing concerns about the technology and its misuse by governments, police and others.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/11/03/facebook-to-shut-down-face-recognition-system-delete-data/
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Author: Greg Fleming

OPINION: Yes, you read that right – it may take a decade or so – but I’m calling it.

Facebook – the social media platform du jour for many, the one that helped bring us Trump, drove Brexit, live streamed Christchurch’s Mosque killings, the one that helped fuelled an attempted insurrection in Washington and brought traditional media to its knees while feeding us countless cat videos and so much more – is on the downward slope.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/thebit-nz/300443847/were-witnessing-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-facebook
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Author: Reuters

A booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE restored efficacy to 95.6 percent against the virus, including the Delta variant, data released by the companies from a large study showed on Thursday.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/10/covid-19-pfizer-biontech-say-booster-shot-showed-high-efficacy-in-large-study.html
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Author: Lana Andelane

New analysis suggests unvaccinated people could be reinfected with COVID-19 every 16 months on average. 

A recent study at the Yale School of Public Health in Connecticut, US, published in The Lancet Microbeanalysed immunological data from close viral relatives of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to determine how long natural immunity from infection lasts for unvaccinated individuals - indicating when they should expect to become reinfected with COVID-19.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/10/covid-19-unvaccinated-individuals-should-expect-to-be-reinfected-with-coronavirus-every-16-17-months-research.html
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Author: Dan Satherley

Mysterious signals unlike anything ever seen before have been detected coming from the direction of the galactic centre, baffling astronomers. 

The signal "switches on and off apparently at random" and the object it's coming from is invisible, according to a new paper published this week.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/10/astronomers-discover-something-invisible-near-the-centre-of-the-galaxy-that-s-blasting-out-mysterious-signals.html
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Author: Samson Amore

Rocket Lab has been building rockets in Long Beach for more than a decade, competing with the likes of SpaceX in a less talked-about area of the space industry: satellite launches. But growing interest in space exploration made CEO Peter Beck rethink his strategy.

"What we're trying to build is a new breed of space company," Beck said.

Article: https://dot.la/rocket-lab-favorite-rocket-launcher-2655221007.html
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Author: 7 News

An unidentified flying object that was seen in Sydney's skies had some fearing it was an alien invasion or a missile attack. 

But no, it wasn't a meteor, missile, or a nuke - it turns out it was an unmanned Chinese rocket launch shrouded in secrecy.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/09/ufo-spotted-over-sydney-revealed-as-unmanned-secret-chinese-rocket.html
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