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• NASA reveals first targets for James Webb 'megatelescope'

  16-06-2017 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to NASA, the initial observations of the James Webb Telescope will explore a broad spectrum of the universe’s mysteries, including the first light and the birth of stars and planets.
  
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• Genome pioneer John Sulston enters elite club

  16-06-2017 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir John Sulston is elevated to the Companion of Honour in the Queen’s birthday list.
  
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• Leaked images claim to be of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7

  16-06-2017 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A series of leaks claiming to be the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 have surfaced, showing a dual lens camera, an S Pen stylus inside and the same edge-to-edge screen as the Galaxy S8 family.
  
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• Game of Thrones reveals crazy pre-CGI footage of dragons

  16-06-2017 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Game of Thrones released a new clip discussing the extreme special effects that go into the fantastical show. The video shows what dragons, ships, and explosions look like before visual effects artists transform them.
  
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• Amazon to buy Whole Foods for $13.7bn

  16-06-2017 22:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The deal marks the biggest push yet by Amazon into traditional bricks and mortar retailing.
  
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• Experts warn e-cigs can be altered to hack computers 

  16-06-2017 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts have found electronic cigarettes pose a risk that doesn't involved your health. By adding a hardware chip to the device, hackers can interfere with traffic or prompt it to do commands.
  
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• As you head off to space with Li-ion batts, don't forget to inject that liquefied gas into them

  16-06-2017 21:57 via go.theregister.com
  
  What could go wrong? In 1991, Sony launched the world’s first commercial lithium-ion battery... and since then the design hasn’t changed all that much.…
  
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• Russian pirates pictured hunting for mammoth tusks

  16-06-2017 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Photographer Amos Chapple has revealed a glimpse into the grueling, vodka-soaked lives of the poachers who mine illegally for mammoth remains in the Siberian permafrost.
  
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• Key to happiness is having 7 hours and 6 minutes sleep

  16-06-2017 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Perfectly happy' people get 7 hours and 6 minutes sleep, while those having just six minutes less were less happy and 18 minutes less made them miserable, shows a fromArizona.
  
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• E-commerce giant Amazon is going local brick and mortar, pouring $13.7bn into US grocery chain Whole Foods siliconrepublic.com/companies/whol…

  16-06-2017 21:15 via twitter.com
  E-commerce giant Amazon is going local brick and mortar, pouring $13.7bn into US grocery chain Whole Foods siliconrepublic.com/companies/whol…
  
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• The #US is pumping $258m into six firms including @IBM, @intel and @HPE siliconrepublic.com/machines/super…

  16-06-2017 21:00 via twitter.com
  The #US is pumping $258m into six firms including @IBM, @intel and @HPE siliconrepublic.com/machines/super…
  
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• Saab's Gripen F-35 competitor takes off on maiden flight

  16-06-2017 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During the 40-minute flight over the eastern parts of Östergötland, the latest Gripen executed a series of maneuvers to test its systems, including extending and retracting its landing gear.
  
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• Dr France A Córdova will be speaking at #Inspirefest next month siliconrepublic.com/innovation/fra…

  16-06-2017 20:35 via twitter.com
  Dr France A Córdova will be speaking at #Inspirefest next month siliconrepublic.com/innovation/fra…
  
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• Following Plynk's impressive Series A, our editor @MrJohnFKennedy caught up with the P2P start-up's CEO siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/char… @plynkapp

  16-06-2017 20:20 via twitter.com
  Following Plynk's impressive Series A, our editor @MrJohnFKennedy caught up with the P2P start-up's CEO siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/char… @plynkapp
  
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• Is your business prepared for #Brexit? siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/brex…

  16-06-2017 20:05 via twitter.com
  Is your business prepared for #Brexit? siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/brex…
  
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• Korean pharma making debut in Ireland following big #investment in former BMS Dublin plant siliconrepublic.com/companies/bms-…

  16-06-2017 19:50 via twitter.com
  Korean pharma making debut in Ireland following big #investment in former BMS Dublin plant siliconrepublic.com/companies/bms-…
  
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• Some handy #motivation tips from @NetCredit siliconrepublic.com/advice/motivat…

  16-06-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  Some handy #motivation tips from @NetCreditsiliconrepublic.com/advice/motivat…
  
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• Incredible pictures reveal the harsh of MAMMOTH pirates

  16-06-2017 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Photographer Amos Chapple has revealed a glimpse into the grueling, vodka-soaked lives of the poachers who mine illegally for mammoth remains in the Siberian permafrost.
  
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• Images reveal what happen to baby's head during birth

  16-06-2017 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Florida-based photographer Kayla Reeder documented the Valentine's Day birth of Chris and Nikki's son Graham, who was welcomed into the world with a misshapen head.
  
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• Funding success for #startups @hardware_club, @conviva and @Codota_ siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/tenc…

  16-06-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  Funding success for #startups @hardware_club, @conviva and @Codota_ siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/tenc…
  
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• iPhone app tracks your typing to know if you are depressed

  16-06-2017 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BiAffect tracks typing speed, how hard keys are pressed and the use of backspace and spellcheck -all of which can reveal if the user is experiencing depression or manic episode.
  
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• Key to happiness is having seven hours six minutes sleep

  16-06-2017 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Perfectly happy' people get 7 hours and 6 minutes sleep, while those having just six minutes less were less happy and 18 minutes less made them miserable, shows a fromArizona.
  
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• Google faces €1bn-plus fine after 7-year EU investigation

  16-06-2017 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brussels is preparing to make the first of three antitrust decisions on the company's actions, the first from a leading competition regulator on the way Google operates.
  
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• #Slack is understood to be in the midst of raising $500m siliconrepublic.com/companies/slac…

  16-06-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  #Slack is understood to be in the midst of raising $500m siliconrepublic.com/companies/slac…
  
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• A profit point is proving elusive for #Spotify siliconrepublic.com/companies/spot…

  16-06-2017 19:00 via twitter.com
  A profit point is proving elusive for #Spotify siliconrepublic.com/companies/spot…
  
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• Archaeologists uncover a 12th century city in Ethiopia

  16-06-2017 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Exeter discovered the forgotten city, including a mosque, pottery and jewellery, in Harlaa, Eastern Ethiopia.
  
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• Users take to Twitter mocking the redesign

  16-06-2017 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many users have taken to Twitter to mock the global redesign that was announced yesterday,sparking the phrase 'Old Twitter vs New Twitter.'
  
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• Microsoft's Modern Keyboard has a fingerprint scanner

  16-06-2017 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft is launching a new keyboard to its global users that could make logging in to your PC and websites that support fingerprint ID, as well as making online payments, a lot more secure.
  
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• After years of squabbling, The ECJ has found that The Pirate Bay does infringe on #copyright. ow.ly/OFAM30cCqP6

  16-06-2017 18:20 via twitter.com
  After years of squabbling, The ECJ has found that The Pirate Bay does infringe on #copyright. ow.ly/OFAM30cCqP6
  
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• Amazon buys Whole Foods in $13.7billion deal

  16-06-2017 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon is buying Austin-based Whole Foods in a $14billion deal. Shares of the grocery store chain were halted for the pending news.
  
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• Nasa resurrects a 50-year-old idea to recycle rockets

  16-06-2017 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Washington-based agency has signed an estimated $10 million (£7.8 million) contract to investigate turning used rocket tanks into space labs with support for a functioning crew.
  
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• Weekend takeaway: What is the next big thing? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/nex…

  16-06-2017 18:09 via twitter.com
  Weekend takeaway: What is the next big thing? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/nex…
  
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• .@Accenture aims to have a completely gender-balanced workforce by 2025. #GettingtoEqual #diversity ow.ly/A3ym30cCqb2

  16-06-2017 18:05 via twitter.com
  .@Accenture aims to have a completely gender-balanced workforce by 2025. #GettingtoEqual #diversity ow.ly/A3ym30cCqb2
  
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• How to take the fear out of your job search siliconrepublic.com/careers/job-se…

  16-06-2017 18:03 via twitter.com
  How to take the fear out of your job search siliconrepublic.com/careers/job-se…
  
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• Apple poaches two Sony TV execs to boost video content

  16-06-2017 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has poached Sony Pictures Television executives to lead its own foray into TV-style content. Co-presidents Jamie Erlichtand Zack Van Ambur will work as heads of video programming.
  
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• Accenture’s Omar Abbosh: ‘Be the disrupter, not the disrupted’ siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/oma…

  16-06-2017 17:51 via twitter.com
  Accenture’s Omar Abbosh: ‘Be the disrupter, not the disrupted’ siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/oma…
  
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• Taxidermy owls, monkeys and echidnas are being repaired back to glory at a London museum

  16-06-2017 17:43
  
  By: Victoria TurkContinue reading...
  
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• Michelin unveils its airless Vision concept tyres

  16-06-2017 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michelin has unveiled its vision for the tyres of the future, with an airless design that makes them impervious to flats and blowouts, at the 2017 Movin' On conference being held in Montreal.
  
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• #MostRead today: Everything you need to know about R programming siliconrepublic.com/advice/r-progr…

  16-06-2017 17:28 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: Everything you need to know about R programming siliconrepublic.com/advice/r-progr…
  
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• #MostRead today: Slack wants to stay single and plans to raise $500m siliconrepublic.com/companies/slac…

  16-06-2017 17:27 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: Slack wants to stay single and plans to raise $500m siliconrepublic.com/companies/slac…
  
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• #MostRead today: Digital menu builder Promo Pads to create 60 jobs in Kildare siliconrepublic.com/jobs/promo-pad… #jobfairy

  16-06-2017 17:27 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: Digital menu builder Promo Pads to create 60 jobs in Kildare siliconrepublic.com/jobs/promo-pad… #jobfairy
  
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• #MostRead today: BMS selling up Swords facility as South Korean giant comes to town siliconrepublic.com/companies/bms-…

  16-06-2017 17:26 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: BMS selling up Swords facility as South Korean giant comes to town siliconrepublic.com/companies/bms-…
  
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• #MostRead today: Brexit strategy: 5 first steps for Irish businesses preparing for Brexit siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/brex…

  16-06-2017 17:25 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: Brexit strategy: 5 first steps for Irish businesses preparing for Brexit siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/brex…
  
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• YouTube is down for thousands of users across the world

  16-06-2017 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If you are experiencing issues with YouTube, you are not the only one. One Friday morning, users across the world reported issues with watching and uploading videos and even accessing the site.
  
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• One2One earpiece can translate conversations in SECONDS 

  16-06-2017 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The earpiece is designed by Lingmo International, a technology start-up based in West Gosford, and unveiled last week at the United Nations Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Good Summit in Geneva.
  
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• World's largest diamond finding vessel begins trawling

  16-06-2017 16:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Diamond hunters will be searching for valuable gems at 140 metres below sea level in this state-of-the-art £122 million trawler.
  
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• Masked Julie fish can tell individual faces apart

  16-06-2017 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Osaka City University in Japan placed a group of adult males in a tank with models of fish and found that unfamiliar eye patterns caused the biggest reaction.
  
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• Microsoft Pix update lets your turn your images into art

  16-06-2017 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pix Styles launched on June 15 with 11 artistic style, with more arriving in the coming weeks. The app uses a suite of intelligent algorithms developed by Microsoft to transform photos.
  
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• Nature's worst smells are revealed by scientists

  16-06-2017 15:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from institutions including Auburn University, Alabama, and the University of Washington took to Twitter to reveal the worst smells they've encountered while conducting fieldwork.
  
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• The new Nokia 3310: hip or hype?

  16-06-2017 15:02
  
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