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• F-150 is going electric: Ford announces plan for all-electric pickup

  17-01-2019 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At the Deutsche Bank Global Auto Industry Conference, company execs revealed a plan for an all-electric version of the F-150 – which was initially pegged to be hybridized by 2020.
  
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• Saturn's spectacular rings are 'very young'

  17-01-2019 21:30 via bbc.co.uk
  One of the most distinctive features in the Solar System is no more than 100 million years old.
  
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• Slack users slam firm for changing its logo to design that looks like a 'swastika made of d**ks'

  17-01-2019 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In place of the colorful hashtag, the popular workplace chat app debuted a confusing new logo that some users went as far as saying it resembled a 'swastika made of d**ks.'
  
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• Summer on Titan: Cassini image reveals huge rainstorm covering 46,000 square miles

  17-01-2019 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have spotted a reflective feature in a Cassini image of Titan’s northern hemisphere that’s thought to be a massive rainstorm, signalling the start of summer, albeit delayed.
  
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• Saturn hasn't always had rings!

  17-01-2019 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of researchers used Cassini data from 2017 and found Saturn's rings may have formed as recently as 10 million years ago.
  
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• Number of asteroids striking Earth has soared since the age of dinosaurs

  17-01-2019 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts also believe the cosmic collisions are to blame for the demise of dinosaurs 66 million years ago when a particularly large meteor landed in Mexico and formed the Chicxulub crater.
  
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• Oxford University suspends Huawei donations and sponsorships

  17-01-2019 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The institution suspends donations from the Chinese telecoms giant amid continuing spying controversy.
  
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• Careers editor @Jenny_Darmody spoke to @VoltedgeHR's Joyce Rigby Jones and @drjuliashaw about how to deal with work… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-01-2019 20:00 via twitter.com
  Careers editor @Jenny_Darmody spoke to @VoltedgeHR's Joyce Rigby Jones and @drjuliashaw about how to deal with work… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• YouTube suspends ads on Tommy Robinson channel

  17-01-2019 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The suspension has been imposed because the channel had broken rules governing adverts, YouTube says.
  
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• Renowned security researcher @troyhunt has discovered a monster #DataLeak involving hundreds of millions of email a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-01-2019 19:30 via twitter.com
  Renowned security researcher @troyhunt has discovered a monster #DataLeak involving hundreds of millions of email a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• It isn’t just the cloud; it will be a cloud of clouds enabled by #5G, edge computing and #AI. siliconrepublic.com/companies/voda…

  17-01-2019 19:00 via twitter.com
  It isn’t just the cloud; it will be a cloud of clouds enabled by #5G, edge computing and #AI. siliconrepublic.com/companies/voda…
  
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• Children had milk teeth 100,000 years ago, just like they do today

  17-01-2019 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The East Asian archaic hominin fossil is known as the Xujiayao juvenile and was found in the 70s in Xujiayao. Analysis of the remains found growth lines in the teeth were well preserved.
  
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• Largest ever great white shark ‘Deep Blue’ spotted in Hawaii

  17-01-2019 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The enormous predator, known as 'Deep Blue', was first seen by diver and photographer Mark Mohler and Kimberly Jeffries on Sunday last week nine miles from the coast off the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
  
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• New satellite system could end aviation mysteries like MH370 and ensure it will NEVER happen again

  17-01-2019 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new network of satellite from the US could spell end of missing aircraft like the missing Malaysian flight MH370 as it will be able to track all planes in the future in real time,
  
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• Apple CEO Tim Cook calls for creation of privacy bill that lets users delete their data 'on demand'

  17-01-2019 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple CEO Tim Cook has doubled down on his calls for consumer data privacy. He called on lawmakers to pass a privacy bill that would let users to see and delete any online data collected on them.
  
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• A whole new generation of space-based missile sensors are to be launched in orbit by the US, fearing a future nucle… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-01-2019 18:30 via twitter.com
  A whole new generation of space-based missile sensors are to be launched in orbit by the US, fearing a future nucle… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Periodic table found in a university lab dating to 1885 is thought to be the world's oldest

  17-01-2019 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dmitri Mendeleev made his famous disclosure on periodicity in 1869, and the University of St Andrews chart bears an inscription identifying a scientific printer who operated in Vienna.
  
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• WIRED Smarter 2018: Retail post-show roundup

  17-01-2019 18:04
  
  A roundup of innovations and ideas for the retail industry at Wired Smarter 2018
  
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• WIRED Smarter 2018: Energy post-show roundup

  17-01-2019 18:04
  
  A roundup of innovations and ideas for the energy industry at Wired Smarter 2018
  
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• WIRED Next Generation post-show roundup

  17-01-2019 18:03
  
  A roundup of speaker highlights, demos and ideas at WIRED Next Generation 2018
  
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• New research from @indeed shows that 65pc of employers have opted not to interview someone who has had short stints… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-01-2019 18:00 via twitter.com
  New research from @indeed shows that 65pc of employers have opted not to interview someone who has had short stints… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• WIRED Smarter 2018: Roundup

  17-01-2019 17:57
  
  A roundup of innovations and ideas for the retail, money and energy industries at Wired Smarter 2018
  
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• WIRED LIVE roundup

  17-01-2019 17:57
  
  A roundup of innovations, demos and ideas at WIRED Live 2018
  
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• #MostRead Today: Who are Ireland’s top 10 venture capital investors? ow.ly/NGlD30nlSFb

  17-01-2019 17:51 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Who are Ireland’s top 10 venture capital investors? ow.ly/NGlD30nlSFb
  
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• #MostRead Today: Enet appoints a new CEO and leadership team ow.ly/YM8m30nlSEu

  17-01-2019 17:51 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Enet appoints a new CEO and leadership team ow.ly/YM8m30nlSEu
  
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• Is facial recognition tech RACIST? Expert says AI assign more negative emotions to black men’s faces

  17-01-2019 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A recent study led by Wake Forest University researcher Lauren Rhue used data set of 400 NBA player photos, because players are similar in their clothing, athleticism, age and gender.
  
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• Swimming with sharks

  17-01-2019 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  The shark, believed to be one known as Deep Blue, weighs 2.5 tonnes and is nearly 20ft long.
  
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• Amazon shareholders demand firm stop selling controversial facial recognition tech to police

  17-01-2019 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon investors are turning up the heat on CEO Jeff Bezos with a new letter demanding he stop selling the company's controversial facial recognition technology to police.
  
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• Boat made entirely of recycled plastic will sail on a two-week expedition across the Indian

  17-01-2019 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The boat made from plastic waste will set sail this week from Lamu to Kenya as part of a two-week expedition - a distance of 500-kilometres. The vessel was designed by Northumbria University.
  
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• Climate change: Is nuclear power the answer?

  17-01-2019 16:57 via bbc.co.uk
  How green is nuclear power and what are the other options?
  
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• Anti-vaxxers are among the top 'threats to global health' in 2019, WHO declares

  17-01-2019 16:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The World Health Organization named 'vaccine hesitancy' as one of the top 10 threats to global health as recent outbreaks of diseases not seen in years have popped up globally.
  
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• Mesmerising slow-motion simulation reveals the stunning life-cycle of a solar flare

  17-01-2019 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado created the animation and hopes to use it on the Sun in future to help predict when they will happen.
  
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• Future of airport security on show in London

  17-01-2019 15:51 via bbc.co.uk
  A shoe scanner that works on passengers queuing at airport security is on show in London.
  
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• Now India Tries Universal Basic Income For 600K Citizens

  17-01-2019 15:20 via technocracy.news
  Failed and abandoned experiments aside, Universal Basic Income continues to be promoted by Technocrats around the world. India’s smallest state, Sikkim, is launching the largest trial ever with 610,577 citizens getting “free” money. ⁃ TN EditorHigh in the Himalayas, Sikkim is one of the tiniest states in India. But it is about to embark on an experiment of global interest.
  Sikkim’s ruling party has announced an ambitious plan to implement a universal basic income fo
  
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• Amphibious supercar allows mega rich owners to beat traffic by going on water in style

  17-01-2019 15:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The concept is the brainchild of Bei Chen Nan, who designed the car as part of his final year industrial design project at Monash University in Melbourne.
  
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• Prehistoric skull belonging to an extinct giant buffalo found

  17-01-2019 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fossil hunters have found an extremely rare prehistoric buffalo skull in a quarry in Cambridgeshire. The ancient remains are estimated to be around 150,000 years old.
  
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• Biggest EVER collection of breached data including more than a BILLION email addresses and passwords

  17-01-2019 14:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The largest data breach has been discovered which exposed 1,160,253,228 unique combinations of email addresses and passwords to hackers.
  
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• Quick, make a wish!: Artificial meteor showers are becoming a real thing

  17-01-2019 14:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tokyo-based company Ale hopes to launch space meteor showers next year which can be ordered for a specific time in a specific place for several million pounds (artist's impression).
  
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• Today's featured employer is @BofAML. Find out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/JRNJapOmpN

  17-01-2019 14:30 via twitter.com
  
  Today's featured employer is @BofAML. Find out more about the company here:siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/JRNJapOmpN
  
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• Fake BBC News page used to promote Bitcoin-themed scheme

  17-01-2019 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  The public is warned of an email-based campaign that uses a fake BBC News article to seek funds.
  
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• At least Slack’s new logo doesn’t look like artful genitals

  17-01-2019 14:18
  
  It's simpler and it's flatter – and Slack's new logo follows a well-trodden path of startups finally realising the importance of elegant design
  
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• Russian company wants to put advertisements in SPACE so they can be seen in the night sky

  17-01-2019 14:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  StartRocket is a Russian company hoping to use Cubesats - briefcase sized spacecrafts - in low-Earth orbit and arranging them in a particular way based on the demands of the paying customer.
  
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• #Inspirefest founder and Silicon Republic CEO @AnnODeaSR will share her expertise at an event with @IrishChamberHK… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-01-2019 14:00 via twitter.com
  #Inspirefest founder and Silicon Republic CEO @AnnODeaSR will share her expertise at an event with @IrishChamberHK… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Collection #1 is the world's biggest data dump. Check your passwords

  17-01-2019 13:58
  
  Troy Hunt's Have I Been Pwned? now lists the world's biggest data dump, Collection #1. Here's how to check if your email and password was included in the breach
  
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• Software player @Autodesk has officially opened its EMEA headquarters at 1 Windmill Lane. siliconrepublic.com/companies/auto…

  17-01-2019 13:41 via twitter.com
  Software player @Autodesk has officially opened its EMEA headquarters at 1 Windmill Lane. siliconrepublic.com/companies/auto…
  
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• Tiny stringy scale insects are the first new garden pest discovered in 2019

  17-01-2019 13:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Royal Horticultural Society said the cotton stringy scale (takahashia japonica) was found on a magnolia in Berkshire, which is thought to have been imported.
  
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• Not-so-deadly ‘Celtic curse’ has been hiding a much darker secret siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cel…

  17-01-2019 13:30 via twitter.com
  Not-so-deadly ‘Celtic curse’ has been hiding a much darker secret siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cel…
  
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• “In order for workplaces to be more inclusive in terms of greater female participation, better supports for women i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-01-2019 13:30 via twitter.com
  “In order for workplaces to be more inclusive in terms of greater female participation, better supports for women i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Facebook tackles Russians making fake news stories

  17-01-2019 13:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The pages campaigned for months creating and sharing stories that were fake, said Facebook.
  
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• How has talent acquisition changed in recent years? #HR @Liberty_IT siliconrepublic.com/careers/talent…

  17-01-2019 12:30 via twitter.com
  How has talent acquisition changed in recent years? #HR @Liberty_IT siliconrepublic.com/careers/talent…
  
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