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Rachelle Abbott

Tech & Science Daily: ‘Illegal weapons sold on Amazon, eBay, AliExpress and Wish’ in Which? probe

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A Which? investigation has found illegal weapons are being sold on sites like Amazon, eBay, AliExpress and Wish by third party sellers.

Lisa Webb, a Consumer Law expert at Which?, told Tech & Science Daily the sellers were using symbols or different words to sneak them onto the sites.

All four platforms told Which? they have removed the listings and took action.

As the heatwave continues, it’s not just ourselves we need to keep cool - it’s our beloved pet dogs.

Tech & Science Daily spoke to Dogs Trust vet Aideen OConnor who explained the dangers from the extreme temperatures, such as severe burns to their paws. Aideen also explained the life-threatening risks of poisonous blue-green algae, which has been reported to have harmed more dogs in recent weeks.

A new study looking at rocks in Australia has turned the scientific explanation for how the continents were formed on its head.

Experts from Curtin University’s School of Earth and Planetary Sciences believe they have the first physical evidence to suggest the continents were created by meteorite impacts in the first billion years of the planet’s history.

Plus, Samsung told Tech & Science Daily about the new Galaxy Fold 4 and Flip 4, the ‘Butterfly Galaxies’ entangled and dancing around each other 60 million light years away, a study of Twitter shows the rise in young adults talking about the cost of living crisis online, and, Disney Plus is bringing a new lower cost subscription service that comes with adverts.

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