Tech & Science Daily: Italian police bust fake crypto Covid green pass groups on Telegram App

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Rachelle Abbott10 August 2021

Italian police say they’ve blocked groups on the messaging app Telegram selling fake Covid-19 health passes needed to access services and leisure activities.

Officers say they shut down 32 black market groups offering counterfeit paperwork to thousands of subscribers for up to 500 euros in crypto or online vouchers.

Boeing says it’s looking at dates this month to launch its CST-100 Starliner space capsule bound for the International Space Station.

Last week they postponed the capsule’s launch after finding a glitch in its propulsion system valves during pre-launch checks.

Plans to tap the Cambo North Sea oilfield off the Shetland Islands could be approved this year ahead of the November Cop26 summit in Glasgow, and potentially be in operation as far into the future as 2050.

But, a Government minister is in hot water after refusing to say whether future oil and gas extraction in the United Kingdom sets a bad example to other countries.

The vice chairman of Samsung Electronics has been granted parole, conservationists are growing what they describe as AI “miracle plants” on Europe’s biggest peat bog; Anchovies, herring and pilchard could be facing extinction, research suggests. And, why have designers at the Royal College of Art been tasked to make electric vehicle charge points  “iconic"?

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