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• New research shows that elite athletes who brush their teeth twice a day are still succumbing to oral diseases, likely due to the consumption of sports drinks and energy gelshttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/oral-health-athletes-poor-explained&nb

  23-08-2019 19:00 via twitter.com
  New research shows that elite athletes who brush their teeth twice a day are still succumbing to oral diseases, likely due to the consumption of sports drinks and energy gelshttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/oral-health-athletes-poor-explained …
  
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• Coming up on @drivetimerte, @CriticalRedPen has news on a widespread Instagram hoax , a Russian spacebot , 3D-printed pills from @AthloneIT and more! Tune in on @RTERadio1.

  23-08-2019 18:30 via twitter.com
  Coming up on @drivetimerte, @CriticalRedPen has news on a widespread Instagram hoax , a Russian spacebot , 3D-printed pills from @AthloneITand more! Tune in on @RTERadio1.
  
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• Massive Fake News Campaign Targets Brazil’s Amazon Fires

  23-08-2019 18:08 via technocracy.news
  Seemingly everybody has heard about the fires burning in the Amazon, creating smoke and haze events in cities as far away as Sao Paulo. The question is, who is spreading the alarm and is it real or fake?
  The hysteria over Brazil’s “lungs of the earth” has even become a central contention at the G7 meeting in Europe, with global leaders calling for intervention to save the Amazon jungle.
  The problem is that most pictures being circulated on social media are NOT of this year&rsqu
  
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• This week in our Careers section, we looked at internships, graduate programmes and keeping remote workers motivatedhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/graduates-internships-remote-working-jobs-ireland …

  23-08-2019 17:00 via twitter.com
  This week in our Careers section, we looked at internships, graduate programmes and keeping remote workers motivatedhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/graduates-internships-remote-working-jobs-ireland …
  
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• “We need to stop picturing our relationship with nature as a war,” researchers saidhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/managed-retreat-coasts-climate-crisis …

  23-08-2019 16:30 via twitter.com
  “We need to stop picturing our relationship with nature as a war,” researchers saidhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/managed-retreat-coasts-climate-crisis …
  
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• Elite athletes have poor oral health, likely due to love of sports drinkshttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/oral-health-athletes-poor-explained …

  23-08-2019 16:29 via twitter.com
  Elite athletes have poor oral health, likely due to love of sports drinkshttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/oral-health-athletes-poor-explained …
  
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• Elite athletes have poor oral health, likely due to love of sports drinks https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/oral-health-athletes-poor-explained …

  23-08-2019 16:29 via twitter.com
  Elite athletes have poor oral health, likely due to love of sports drinks https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/oral-health-athletes-poor-explained …
  
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• CRISPR Horror: Scientists To Edit DNA In Human Sperm

  23-08-2019 16:17 via technocracy.news
  Technocrat purist Gianpiero Palermo states, “If we can wipe out a particular gene, it would be incredible… theoretically, in principal, this would be a major, major benefit to society.” Um, like wiping out humanity? ⁃ TN Editor
  First it was human embryos. Now scientists are trying to develop another way to modify human DNA that can be passed on to future generations, NPR has learned.
  Reproductive biologists at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City are attemp
  
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• VMware is spending a total of $.4.8bn to acquire @CarbonBlack_Inc and @pivotal https://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/vmware-carbon-black-pivotal …

  23-08-2019 16:00 via twitter.com
  VMware is spending a total of $.4.8bn to acquire @CarbonBlack_Inc and @pivotal https://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/vmware-carbon-black-pivotal …
  
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• Detroit’s Project Green Light: Battle Line Over Facial Recognition

  23-08-2019 15:40 via technocracy.news
  High-tech facial recognition systems are fostering a total-surveillance police state across America and citizens may not have much time left to declare it un-American, un-Constitutional and a violation of their Civil Rights.  ⁃ TN EditorWhen the Detroit police department proposed a network of high-definition surveillance cameras that would stream live video from gas stations, liquor stores and other all-night businesses to a central police command center, Nasser Beydoun was one of the
  
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• New research suggests that it is possible there are planets more hospitable than our ownhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/exoplanets-oceans-biodiversity-alien-life …

  23-08-2019 15:30 via twitter.com
  New research suggests that it is possible there are planets more hospitable than our ownhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/exoplanets-oceans-biodiversity-alien-life …
  
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• Instagram is trialling back-to-back ads on Storieshttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/instagram-stories-advertisements …

  23-08-2019 14:25 via twitter.com
  Instagram is trialling back-to-back ads on Storieshttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/instagram-stories-advertisements …
  
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• Struggling with productivity? Here's a list of tips from some of the top tech foundershttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/advice/productivity-tips-leaders-infographic …

  23-08-2019 14:00 via twitter.com
  Struggling with productivity? Here's a list of tips from some of the top tech foundershttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/advice/productivity-tips-leaders-infographic …
  
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• 5 questions about tech careers we asked this weekhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/graduates-internships-remote-working-jobs-ireland …

  23-08-2019 13:30 via twitter.com
  5 questions about tech careers we asked this weekhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/graduates-internships-remote-working-jobs-ireland …
  
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• ‘Managed retreat’ from coasts our best option to tackle climate crisishttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/managed-retreat-coasts-climate-crisis …

  23-08-2019 13:06 via twitter.com
  ‘Managed retreat’ from coasts our best option to tackle climate crisishttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/managed-retreat-coasts-climate-crisis …
  
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• VMware acquiring Carbon Black for $2.1bn and Pivotal for $2.7bnhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/vmware-carbon-black-pivotal …

  23-08-2019 12:52 via twitter.com
  VMware acquiring Carbon Black for $2.1bn and Pivotal for $2.7bnhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/vmware-carbon-black-pivotal …
  
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• Futurist Amy Webb envisions how AI technology could go off the railshttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/futurist-amy-webb-envisions-how-ai-technology-could-go-off-the-rails …

  23-08-2019 11:00 via twitter.com
  Futurist Amy Webb envisions how AI technology could go off the railshttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/futurist-amy-webb-envisions-how-ai-technology-could-go-off-the-rails …
  
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• YouTube cuts off 210 channels for spreading Hong Kong protest disinformationhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/hong-kong-protests-youtube-china …

  23-08-2019 10:19 via twitter.com
  YouTube cuts off 210 channels for spreading Hong Kong protest disinformationhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/hong-kong-protests-youtube-china …
  
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• 15 lessons in productivity to set you up for successhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/advice/productivity-tips-leaders-infographic …

  23-08-2019 09:50 via twitter.com
  15 lessons in productivity to set you up for successhttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/advice/productivity-tips-leaders-infographic …
  
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• 15 lessons in productivity to set you up for success https://www.siliconrepublic.com/advice/productivity-tips-leaders-infographic …

  23-08-2019 09:50 via twitter.com
  15 lessons in productivity to set you up for success https://www.siliconrepublic.com/advice/productivity-tips-leaders-infographic …
  
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• Facebook and the grand challenge of digital ethicshttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/facebook-media-currency-digital-ethics …

  23-08-2019 09:00 via twitter.com
  Facebook and the grand challenge of digital ethicshttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/facebook-media-currency-digital-ethics …
  
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