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• Colorblind Michigan man sees daughter's eyes

  27-06-2017 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Travis Brindley was able to see red and green colors for the first time on June 17 on Father's Day. The father-of-one from New Hudson, Michigan, was born colorblind.
  
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• Fossil feces from Ice Age hyenas discovered in Spain

  27-06-2017 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have discovered fossilized feces from hyena ‘latrines’ dating back to the Early Pleistocene, in two sites in Spain known to have been inhabited by ancient humans.
  
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• AI is set to trigger a 'global arms war'

  27-06-2017 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An expert at the University of Cambridge discusses how AI can only be prosperous and stable if we work together to ensure there are ways to govern it legally, ethically, and for the social good.
  
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• The 'Willy Wonka' elevator that can move in any direction

  27-06-2017 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The elevator system, which can move sideways using a magnetic levitation system, has finally been unveiled after almost three years of construction at at a test tower in Rottweil, Germany.
  
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• Facebook now has 2 billion monthly active users 

  27-06-2017 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebooknow boasts 2 billion monthly active users. CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared the milestone with his 92M followers noting that the firm is ‘making progress connecting the world’.
  
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• 'Goldeneye' ransomware strikes across the globe

  27-06-2017 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hackers have unleashed a major cyber attack causing huge disruption to companies and governments across the globe including in the UK, US and Russia.
  
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• Beyond Meat signs deal to bring burger to US restaurants

  27-06-2017 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The burger looks very similar to a beefburger but is made with pea protein and made to ‘bleed’ using beetroot. FromJuly 3, it will launch in eight of BurgerFi's 101 locations.
  
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• Google’s fingers have been seriously burned by today’s #EuropeanCommission ruling siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…

  27-06-2017 21:25 via twitter.com
  Google’s fingers have been seriously burned by today’s #EuropeanCommission ruling siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…
  
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• #Ireland is preparing for a post-Brexit world siliconrepublic.com/companies/neri…

  27-06-2017 21:05 via twitter.com
  #Ireland is preparing for a post-Brexit world siliconrepublic.com/companies/neri…
  
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• Viewsnight: 'Scientific research isn't immune to sexism'

  27-06-2017 20:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Journalist Angela Saini argues that it's easy for prejudice to affect scientific research.
  
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• Apes only provide food to those that have helped them 

  27-06-2017 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chimps engage in a type of 'emotional bookkeeping' and make emotionally-based social decisions to signal their desire to form social ties, research by the Max Planck Institute has found.
  
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• #Twitter, #Facebook, #Microsoft and #YouTube join forces against terrorism siliconrepublic.com/companies/twit…

  27-06-2017 20:50 via twitter.com
  #Twitter, #Facebook, #Microsoft and #YouTube join forces against terrorism siliconrepublic.com/companies/twit…
  
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• Alastair Blair of @Accenture_Irl will be speaking at @InspirefestHQ next week siliconrepublic.com/companies/alas…

  27-06-2017 20:35 via twitter.com
  Alastair Blair of @Accenture_Irl will be speaking at @InspirefestHQ next week siliconrepublic.com/companies/alas…
  
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• Facebook hits two billion users

  27-06-2017 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than a quarter of the world's population now use the social network every month.
  
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• What does the future hold for #autonomouscars? siliconrepublic.com/machines/volvo…

  27-06-2017 20:10 via twitter.com
  What does the future hold for #autonomouscars? siliconrepublic.com/machines/volvo…
  
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• NASA's 'son of concorde' plans move closer to reality

  27-06-2017 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In what’s said to be a ‘significant milestone’ for supersonic passenger flight, NASA has completed the preliminary design review of its low-boom X-plane, Quiet Supersonic Transport.
  
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• Uber makes it easier to request a ride for someone else

  27-06-2017 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Uber has made it easier for its users to request rides for a friend or family member.When you request a ride for someone else, they receive the driver's details and route.
  
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• A day in the life of a #SoftwareEngineer siliconrepublic.com/people/ptc-sof…

  27-06-2017 19:20 via twitter.com
  A day in the life of a #SoftwareEngineer siliconrepublic.com/people/ptc-sof…
  
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• Europe is hit by new 'Goldeneye' virus

  27-06-2017 19:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ukraine was the first to be hit by the GoldenEye virus as it shut down government computers including systems at Chernobyl, before spreading through Europe and across the Atlantic.
  
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• #Womenentrepreneurs in #Cork and #Limerick can now benefit from a new €330,000 fund siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/cork…

  27-06-2017 19:01 via twitter.com
  #Womenentrepreneurs in #Cork and #Limerick can now benefit from a new €330,000 fund siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/cork…
  
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• Facebook is deleting 66,000 hate posts a week

  27-06-2017 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook has staffed 4,500 human workers with the task of reviewing posts on the site in order to spot and delete hate speech, which has resulted in the removal of about 66,000 posts a week.
  
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• Google has created a neural network that can multitask

  27-06-2017 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The MultiModel system has been created by researchers from Mountain View, California-based Google Brain. The system  can be taught to do eight tasks at once.
  
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• iPhone 8 'dummy model' leak is posted to Twitter

  27-06-2017 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Famed tech leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer, based in Metz, France, posted images over the weekend of what appears to be a dummy unit of the latest model of the iPhone.
  
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• Purple GM 'super rice' could reduce your risk of cancer

  27-06-2017 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the South China Agricultural University devised the new genetic engineering technique, called TransGene Stacking II.
  
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• One in three American pet dogs and cats are now overweight

  27-06-2017 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The internet may delight in pictures of fat cats and pudgy puppies, but veterinarians aren't so tickled by the fact that one in three American pets is now obese, according to a new study.
  
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• Here's why getting fired isn't the end of the world siliconrepublic.com/advice/fired-m… #careeradvice

  27-06-2017 18:35 via twitter.com
  Here's why getting fired isn't the end of the world siliconrepublic.com/advice/fired-m… #careeradvice
  
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• Decaf coffee chemical may have damaged the ozone layer

  27-06-2017 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Lancaster University found that dichloromethane, a solvent used to decaffeinate drinks in the 1970s, has delayed the recovery of the ozone.
  
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• Jeff Bezos to build Alabama rocket engine factory

  27-06-2017 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jeff Bezos rocket firm Blur Origin plans to build a powerful new rocket engine in Alabama for space flight, the company and state officials have announced.
  
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• Dubai is unveiling driverless miniature police cars

  27-06-2017 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The cars, due to hit the streets of the Middle East emirate by the end of the year, will be fitted with special biometric software that can identify wanted suspects.
  
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• Working night shifts raises life-threatening disease risk

  27-06-2017 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A University of Washington study has discovered that staff doing unsociable hours get rid of five times less disease-causing chemicals in their urine.
  
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• Texas-based @Bazaarvoice will be making a multimillion-pound investment in a new office in #Belfast siliconrepublic.com/jobs/bazaarvoi…

  27-06-2017 18:05 via twitter.com
  Texas-based @Bazaarvoice will be making a multimillion-pound investment in a new office in #Belfast siliconrepublic.com/jobs/bazaarvoi…
  
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• The future iPhone: what the seminal device will look like on its 20th birthday

  27-06-2017 18:04
  
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• New island appears off the coast of North Carolina

  27-06-2017 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The crescent-shaped landmass off the tip of Cape Point in Buxton started surfacing in spring and now it measures around one-mile in length and 400 feet across.
  
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• Google's giant penalty: The internet reacts

  27-06-2017 17:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 2.4bn euro fine is celebrated by Google's critics but others view the punishment as misjudged.
  
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• The European Commission’s decision to fine Google a record €2.42bn provoked a swift response siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…

  27-06-2017 17:45 via twitter.com
  The European Commission’s decision to fine Google a record €2.42bn provoked a swift response siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…
  
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• #MostRead today: Facebook’s latest tactic? Copy Snapchat again, of course siliconrepublic.com/companies/face… #Facebook

  27-06-2017 17:27 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: Facebook’s latest tactic? Copy Snapchat again, of course siliconrepublic.com/companies/face… #Facebook
  
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• #MostRead today: NI tech firm @Novosco lands £10m Notting Hill #cloud deal in UK siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/nov…

  27-06-2017 17:26 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: NI tech firm @Novosco lands £10m Notting Hill #cloud deal in UK siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/nov…
  
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• #MostRead today: 7 mental obstacles to changing careers and how to overcome them siliconrepublic.com/advice/mental-… #careeradvice

  27-06-2017 17:26 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: 7 mental obstacles to changing careers and how to overcome them siliconrepublic.com/advice/mental-… #careeradvice
  
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• #MostRead today: @IDAIRELAND scouts for new greenfield data centre locations across Ireland siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/dat…

  27-06-2017 17:25 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: @IDAIRELAND scouts for new greenfield data centre locations across Ireland siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/dat…
  
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• Robot that can rotate a fidget spinner invented

  27-06-2017 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Spidget Finner, a cloud-connected robot that is activated via smartphone, was created by a pair of scientists as part of the 'Boston Stupid Hackathon.'
  
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• Fossilised 'alien bones' spotted on Mars by Curiosity

  27-06-2017 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Curiosity images, which were spotted by Los Angeles-based group Martian Archaeology, appear to show thigh and hip bonesprotruding from the red planet's surface.
  
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• Extinct South American mammal joins Tree of Life

  27-06-2017 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ancient mammal weighed 400-500 kilograms and had baffled biologists since the first fossil was discovered by Charles Darwin in Uruguay in 1834.
  
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• What is the Petya ransomware spreading across Europe? WIRED explains

  27-06-2017 16:43
  
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• There's another 'worldwide' ransomware attack and its spreading quickly

  27-06-2017 16:43
  
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• Amazon's Echo now doubles up as an intercom

  27-06-2017 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon, which is based in Seattle, has rolled out an intercom feature for Echo speakers (pictured) in the US that can be activated by users saying 'Alexa call the sitting room' or 'Alexa drop in on the bedroom'.
  
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• 'Sword Scroll' reveals top tips for becoming a samurai

  27-06-2017 16:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Sword Scroll was translated into modern Japanese by Fumio Manaka, a master in the Japanese martial art of Kobudo, and then into English by Eric Shahan, a Japanese translator.
  
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• #Google faces a whopping €2.42bn fine siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…

  27-06-2017 16:30 via twitter.com
  #Google faces a whopping€2.42bn fine siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…
  
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• Torus nuclear fusion project gets Brexit funding pledge

  27-06-2017 16:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government pledges to pay its "fair share" towards an EU backed nuclear project after Brexit.
  
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• Scientists have created drones that can fly and drive

  27-06-2017 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Massachusetts say the drone could lead to machines that fly intodisaster zones.
  
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• Samsung is working on putting AI voice assistant Bixby in your TV and fridge

  27-06-2017 16:18
  
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