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• Bank tellers believe AI will take their jobs in 3 years

  28-03-2017 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A survey has found that a majority of bankers feel they will be replaced with AI in the next three years. More than three quarters of respondents said the technology will create simple users interfaces.
  
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• Twitter found to block certain words in search engine

  28-03-2017 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter has blockedcertain terms in its search engine, reports claim. Words like ‘nsfw’ and 'sex’ have been censored from the 'Latest' tab - but users can search racial slurs.
  
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• Tesla 'autopilot' car strikes police motorcycle in Arizona

  28-03-2017 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A person driving a Tesla Model X, reportedly in autopilot mode, struck a police motorcycle in Phoenix on March 21, but the off-duty cop was able to jump out of the way escaping injury.
  
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• Early marijuana use can increase negative health impacts 

  28-03-2017 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study, from Concordia University in Canada, has found that teens who start smoking marijuana early have impaired cognitive development and even respiratory diseases.
  
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• Indonesian villagers find man swallowed inside python

  28-03-2017 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The lifeless body of Akbar Salubiro, 25, was found inside the body of a seven-metre long python's stomach in his own back garden on the island of west Sulawesi, Indonesia.
  
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• Sex may have evolved as a way to fight disease

  28-03-2017 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sexual reproduction evolved because of the presence of disease and the need to constantly adapt to resist co-evolving pathogens, researchers at the University of Adelaide have theorized.
  
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• Saturn's largest moon Titan has electric SAND

  28-03-2017 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As particles on Titan collide in 15mph winds, they become frictionally charged, like a balloon rubbed against hair. This causes them to clump together, according to Georgia Tech researchers.
  
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• Heat waves will hit even if climate change targets are met

  28-03-2017 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool John Moores University warns more than 350 million people living in 'megacities' will be hit with deadly heat waves every year, regardless if nations reach climate change targets.
  
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• World's first 'menstrual cycle on a chip' created

  28-03-2017 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new device, created at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, hailed as the world's first 'menstrual cycle on a chip' has been created to develop individualized treatments for women.
  
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• New population of rare tigers found in eastern Thailand

  28-03-2017 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Camera traps caught images of the critically endangered Indochinese tigers in eastern Thailand.
  
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• Flies detect diseases in animals before they reach humans

  28-03-2017 18:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Montpellier, France analyzed the blood meals of flies to find out what disease they carry.
  
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• Menstrual cycle recreated 'in a dish'

  28-03-2017 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists have made a mini working replica of the female reproductive tract to experiment on.
  
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• Amazon tests grocery pickup service in Seattle

  28-03-2017 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon is testing a grocery pickup service in Seattle. Eventually, members of Amazon'sPrime program will be able to order groceries online and drive to a pickup location.
  
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• American Gods is coming to TV - here are the first pictures

  28-03-2017 18:28
  
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• US Air Force could retire F-15 fleet in a bid to cut costs

  28-03-2017 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US Air Force has proposed retiring 'the undisputed king of the skies' in a bid to cut costs. The agencysuggested replacing the F-15 Eagle fighter with an upgraded F-16.
  
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• Children perform better when their father lives at home

  28-03-2017 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, carried out by three researchers from the London School of Economics, checked on reports of the health, intelligence and social skills of the children up to the age of seven.
  
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• Meet the winner of the WIRED Health 2017 Startup Stage

  28-03-2017 18:11
  
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• Worm-like robot could crawl through intestines

  28-03-2017 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The robot, known as the single actuator wave-like robot (SAW) was developed by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel.
  
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• Sensitive documents leaked online by Microsoft

  28-03-2017 17:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A security researcher from Liverpool was the first to raise the alarm, after he discovered that highly sensitive documents were publicly visible via Microsoft's Docs.com document sharing service.
  
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• ExoMars: Rover scientists to study Mawrth Vallis option

  28-03-2017 17:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Europe is going to investigate a second site on Mars - called Mawrth Vallis - as a possible destination to send its 2021 rover.
  
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• The female menstrual cycle has been replicated in an organ-on-a-chip

  28-03-2017 17:00
  
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• AI to dominate banking, says report

  28-03-2017 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  AI can help banks create a human experience even as more and more services are automated, says report.
  
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• Clue CEO says Apple should design a period-tracking device

  28-03-2017 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new interview, Ida Tin, CEO of Berlin-based Clue, said that she hopes Apple will soon make a device that women can put inside their bodies to track their menstrual cycle (stock image).
  
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• Asteroid may have triggered devastating tsunamis on Mars

  28-03-2017 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research into strange marks on the planet's surface from Washington-based Nasa found that an asteroid triggered tsunamis billions of years ago, digging out a 'thumbprint-like' crater.
  
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• Apple's TV remote app now works on iPad and uses Siri

  28-03-2017 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The long-awaited global 1.1 update uses Siri, Apple's smart assistant, so viewers can use their voice to select, pause and play media.
  
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• GiveVision improves sight with AR & VR

  28-03-2017 16:38
  
  WIRED Health 2017 startup winner GiveVision’s SightPlus goggles enhance a wearer’s remaining vision.
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• Tinder is now available on your web browser  

  28-03-2017 16:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tinder Online is not yet available in the US or UK, but a global roll-out may take place if testing is successful. Currently the website is available in Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia and Italy.
  
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• Apple iOS update gives you more storage space instantly

  28-03-2017 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's latest iOS software with the 10.3 update was released yesterday to users across the world. The update replaces Apple's 31-year-old filing system with a new storage method.
  
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• Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey launches app Square in the UK

  28-03-2017 16:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  San Francisco firm Square which allows merchants to take card payments using a Bluetooth reader connected to a mobile device has launched in the UK, following successes in four other countries.
  
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• Virtual reality simulator shows effect of house fire

  28-03-2017 16:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The terrifying video was created by the New Zealand Fire Service, in the hopes of raising awareness of the dangers of house fires.
  
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• Facebook has added Snapchat-style Stories to News Feed

  28-03-2017 16:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook has rolled out a global update which includes three new features - Facebook Camera, Facebook Stories and Direct.
  
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• Holy Land: Startup Nations (full documentary)

  28-03-2017 15:44
  
  With the most tech startups and venture capital per capita in the world, Israel has long been hailed as The Startup Nation.
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• Google Chrome has a secret message for 'incognito' users

  28-03-2017 15:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Googl added the global secret 'Easter egg' as a nod to Incognito mode's notoriety as a popular platform for secretly browsing pornography.
  
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• Tinder Online lets you swipe on desktops and laptops

  28-03-2017 15:17
  
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• Uber set to pull out of Denmark

  28-03-2017 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New taxi laws requiring drivers in Denmark to have fare meters have led Uber to withdraw its services.
  
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• Russian rocket has been left abandoned for 20 years

  28-03-2017 14:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The images were taken by photographer Ralph Mirebs in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The rocket was developed in 1970s but has been left in a disused hanger since 1991.
  
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• Google's Wi-Fi router heads to the UK, costs £129

  28-03-2017 14:03
  
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• Public hunt for Solar System's 'ninth planet' opens in Zooniverse

  28-03-2017 13:55
  
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• Fossils reveal mice have been living off humans for years

  28-03-2017 13:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of scientists from the US, Israel, France and Scotland in found that mice began infesting human settlements some 15,000 years ago in the Middle East.
  
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• Welcome to London's urban forest: interactive map plots trees across the capital

  28-03-2017 13:00
  
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• La Gran Ola claims tsunami could hit Spain and Portugal

  28-03-2017 12:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists interviewed in a new documentary have warned that The Gulf of Cadiz is unprepared for a tsunami which could hit the area at any time and could lead to the death of thousands.
  
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• Exposed files on Microsoft's document-sharing site

  28-03-2017 12:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Passwords and sensitive health data are among documents inadvertently shared by Microsoft users.
  
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• Drones size of Boeing 777s could take to the skies by 2020

  28-03-2017 12:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Natilus, a startup firm from Richmond, California, will be putting a prototype cargo drone through its paces this summer, in the hope of launching a version capable of carrying 200,000lbs of cargo.
  
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• 'Fake science used to justify badger culls'

  28-03-2017 12:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A senior researcher claims ministers are using a flawed method for assessing badger numbers in the TB cull.
  
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• Amazon to buy Middle East online retailer Souq

  28-03-2017 12:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The retailer makes its first move into the region after completing a deal for an undisclosed amount.
  
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• Jack Dorsey brings Square payments to UK

  28-03-2017 12:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The founder of Twitter brings his other company - a point-of-sale system for small businesses - to the UK.
  
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• Jack Dorsey's Square comes to the UK

  28-03-2017 12:00
  
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• Jack Dorsey on Square, stress and the secret weapon that will help the UK survive Brexit

  28-03-2017 12:00
  
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• Google Home to be launched in UK in April

  28-03-2017 11:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The search giant promises a degree of Britishness in its smart home assistant, Google Home.
  
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• Facebook's Messenger app to allow live location-sharing

  28-03-2017 11:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The feature, which has been rolled out globally, is designed to help friends find one another and organise meet ups in unfamiliar or crowded places.
  
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