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• How Facebook Is Helping China Become A Dystopian Nightmare

  04-06-2017 23:56 via technocracy.news
  
  Virtually all tech moguls like Zuckerberg are a) ethically vacuous and b)believe in a borderless world. Thus, kissing up to China is logical and pragmatic.  ⁃ TN EditorA bad credit score can be quite the hardship in America. But can you imagine a bad social credit score? China is implementing social credit scores that will influence the types of schooling, jobs, and housing available to citizens.
  The population will also have the chance to review and affect their neighbors’ and
  
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• Oxford University: AI Will Outperform Humans In All Tasks In Just 45 Years

  04-06-2017 23:55 via technocracy.news
  
  352 AI experts forecast a 50% chance AI will outperform humans in all tasks within 45 years, and take all jobs from humans within 120 years. A similar study should be done to ask non-AI experts what they forecast.  ⁃ TN EditorIn less than 50 years, artificial intelligence will be able to beat humans at all of their own tasks, according to a new study.
  And, the first hints of this shift will become apparent much sooner.
  Within the next ten years alone, the researchers found AI will out
  
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• Three Months In Jail For Refusing To Give Police His iPhone Passcode

  04-06-2017 23:42 via technocracy.news
  
  Can a person be forced to supply incriminating evidence against themselves? Not according to the Constitution, but judges are taking a different interpretation. Truly, this man could be guilty, but it is up to the state to prove its case and supply its own evidence. The defendant should not be forced to testify against himself. ⁃ TN EditorA Hollywood man must serve 180 days in jail for refusing to give up his iPhone password to police, a Broward judge ruled Tuesday — the latest
  
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• Who should you follow for a career in #lifesciences? siliconrepublic.com/people/role-mo…

  04-06-2017 20:10 via twitter.com
  Who should you follow for a career in #lifesciences? siliconrepublic.com/people/role-mo…
  
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• The recent flood of emerging home assistants isn’t drying up anytime soon. #IoT #smarthome siliconrepublic.com/companies/nest…

  04-06-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  The recent flood of emerging home assistants isn’t drying up anytime soon. #IoT #smarthome siliconrepublic.com/companies/nest…
  
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• What’s the big idea? #LifeSciencesWeek siliconrepublic.com/innovation/big…

  04-06-2017 18:35 via twitter.com
  What’s the big idea? #LifeSciencesWeek siliconrepublic.com/innovation/big…
  
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• The green, green grass of home is crying out for a bigger slice of the #lifesciences pie siliconrepublic.com/innovation/hea…

  04-06-2017 17:00 via twitter.com
  The green, green grass of home is crying out for a bigger slice of the #lifesciences pie siliconrepublic.com/innovation/hea…
  
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• ‘Ireland had brain power and I had a missionary zeal about harnessing that to partake in the #biotech revolution’ siliconrepublic.com/innovation/iri…

  04-06-2017 16:15 via twitter.com
  ‘Ireland had brain power and I had a missionary zeal about harnessing that to partake in the #biotech revolution’ siliconrepublic.com/innovation/iri…
  
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• Opening.io won €30,000 in investment at @NDRC_hq Investor Day ow.ly/F3VR30cbKId

  04-06-2017 15:50 via twitter.com
  Opening.io won €30,000 in investment at @NDRC_hq Investor Day ow.ly/F3VR30cbKId
  
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• Want to catch up on our #LifeSciencesWeek content? ow.ly/dZfy30cg8pS

  04-06-2017 15:25 via twitter.com
  Want to catch up on our #LifeSciencesWeek content? ow.ly/dZfy30cg8pS
  
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• Want to get creative with #robotics? This is your chance! #Inspirefest siliconrepublic.com/machines/soft-…

  04-06-2017 15:10 via twitter.com
  Want to get creative with #robotics? This is your chance! #Inspirefest siliconrepublic.com/machines/soft-…
  
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• ‘I think one of the biggest misconceptions in science and #engineering is that it is not imaginative’ #lifesciences siliconrepublic.com/people/researc…

  04-06-2017 14:40 via twitter.com
  ‘I think one of the biggest misconceptions in science and #engineering is that it is not imaginative’ #lifesciences siliconrepublic.com/people/researc…
  
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• How does cannabis factor into the life sciences and pharma sector? #LifeSciencesWeek ow.ly/TK7l30cbJIT

  04-06-2017 14:15 via twitter.com
  How does cannabis factor into the life sciences and pharma sector? #LifeSciencesWeek ow.ly/TK7l30cbJIT
  
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• Ireland’s #lifesciences industry needs to get better at telling its story, writes @MrJohnFKennedy siliconrepublic.com/innovation/lif…

  04-06-2017 13:50 via twitter.com
  Ireland’s #lifesciences industry needs to get better at telling its story, writes @MrJohnFKennedy siliconrepublic.com/innovation/lif…
  
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• Nest is heading into the #security market with a camera that can tell the difference between you and a stranger. ow.ly/CHAV30cbJjV

  04-06-2017 13:15 via twitter.com
  Nest is heading into the #security market with a camera that can tell the difference between you and a stranger. ow.ly/CHAV30cbJjV
  
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• Do you look at a screen all day long? #startups siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ambr…

  04-06-2017 12:30 via twitter.com
  Do you look at a screen all day long? #startups siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ambr…
  
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• How Gary Gygax's Dungeons & Dragons changed fantasy forever

  04-06-2017 12:00
  
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• Trump 'does believe in climate change', says US ambassador to UN

  04-06-2017 04:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president accepts human activity is partly to blame for global warming, says a top official.
  
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• Who killed Oetzi the Iceman? Italy reopens coldest of cases

  04-06-2017 01:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Did someone get away with murder? A German detective re-examines a case 5,300 years old.
  
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