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• While USA is distracted by its President's antics, China is busy breaking another fusion record

  06-07-2017 23:53 via go.theregister.com
  
  Tweet a GIF about that, Donald Chinese boffins say they have smashed yet another world fusion record using their EAST contraption – aka the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak.…
  
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• Microsoft to slash sales jobs in reorganisation

  06-07-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft said Thursday it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs amid reports the US tech giant was reorganizing its global sales operations.
  
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• Simulation reveals how Earth's magnetic field is created

  06-07-2017 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New supercomputer simulations show the flow of liquid metals in Earth’s outer core, where temperature and pressure differences give rise to electric currents and the magnetic field.
  
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• Jellyfish invasion stirs debate over Egypt's Suez Canal

  06-07-2017 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Swarms of jellyfish have descended on Egypt's northern coast, keeping vacationers out of the water and stirring debate over a recent expansion of the Suez Canal.
  
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• Has Apple's facial recognition been revealed?

  06-07-2017 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Bloomberg, Apple is currently testing a facial recognition system for its iPhone 8, set to be unveiled in September.
  
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• Lego's new campaign urges kids to 'build the future'

  06-07-2017 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tagline for the new campaign is 'Build the future'. Kids are seen inside adult-sized work uniforms, which they are still in the process of building themselves.
  
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• Musk warns 'the world is accelerating towards collapse'

  06-07-2017 21:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Responding to a recent article which argues the world may soon hit ‘peak person’ as fertility rates drop, Musk warned the global population is ‘accelerating towards collapse.’
  
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• Microsoft to cut 'thousands' of jobs

  06-07-2017 21:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The firm is focusing on its cloud computing division, which has shown strong growth in recent months.
  
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• Mercury mission: BepiColombo gets ready to launch

  06-07-2017 20:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A mission to Mercury is getting closer to the launch pad.
  
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• Dr Pimple Popper squeezes pus from 50 year old cyst

  06-07-2017 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The unnamed patient had an epidermoid cyst since he was five years old. The lump resembles a baby's face, observes Dr Sandra Lee, aka Dr Pimple Popper.
  
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• Thank you, Kate Dempsey! A beautiful poem inspired by one of our articles 😄 We are touched! @PoetryDivas #inspirefest

  06-07-2017 20:27 via twitter.com
  Thank you, Kate Dempsey! A beautiful poem inspired by one of our articles 😄 We are touched! @PoetryDivas #inspirefest
  
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• New AI can read body language in real time

  06-07-2017 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute have developed a new code that could provide robots the capabilities to better understand the humans around them
  
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• #inspirefest is all about tying in with the arts, here we have @PoetryDivas with some sci-tech poetry! #STEAM https://t.co/43UGwuxfMg

  06-07-2017 20:17 via twitter.com
  
  #inspirefest is all about tying in with the arts, here we have @PoetryDivas with some sci-tech poetry! #STEAM https://t.co/43UGwuxfMg
  
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• And now for some #Inspirefest Fringe fun at Facebook's Dublin HQ, with Majella welcoming us 😄 https://t.co/jyd8l5MO53

  06-07-2017 20:15 via twitter.com
  
  And now for some #Inspirefest Fringe fun at Facebook's Dublin HQ, with Majella welcoming us 😄 https://t.co/jyd8l5MO53
  
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• You have to check out this year's Researchfest winner @nuigalway researcher, @joshuatkchao! #research ow.ly/3Ath30dpegk

  06-07-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  You have to check out this year's Researchfest winner @nuigalway researcher, @joshuatkchao! #researchow.ly/3Ath30dpegk
  
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• Google funds automated news project

  06-07-2017 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Computers will write thousands of local news stories every month in the Press Association project.
  
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• Smog Free Bicycle could help purify major cities

  06-07-2017 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Beijing could be among the first major Chinese city to benefit from a new bike designed to clean up the air of major cities by removing carbon and other pollutants from the atmosphere.
  
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• Nasa satellite spots two mystery objects on Mars

  06-07-2017 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ArtAlienTV, a Bristol-based YouTube channel that regularly posts alleged alien and UFO sightings, posted a vido online showing the structures on Nasa satellite images.
  
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• ESA reveals 2018 mission to Mercury and BepiColombo probe

  06-07-2017 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BepiColombo will be the European Space Agency'sfirst mission to the closest rock to the Sun, and will study the peculiarities of Mercury's internal structure and magnetic field generation.
  
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• Director of @NSF France A Córdova shares her phenomenal career journey at Inspirefest #WomeninSTEM ow.ly/eHed30dp9Ag

  06-07-2017 19:20 via twitter.com
  Director of @NSF France A Córdova shares her phenomenal career journey at Inspirefest #WomeninSTEM ow.ly/eHed30dp9Ag
  
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• Vertical bike Vycle means you can pedal up a building

  06-07-2017 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Designed by Elena Larriba, from London's Royal College of Arts, the Vycle resembles the front half of a bike fixed to a rail. She believes it's a practical alternative to lifts and stairs.
  
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• Sexual intimidation may be more widespread than realised

  06-07-2017 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse studied the behaviour of chacma baboons living in Namibia over a four-year period.
  
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• Using smart cities sensing tech, @BellLabs created music from movement of fish. #Inspirefest about to get a live demo w/@SouthWind_Blows

  06-07-2017 19:06 via twitter.com
  Using smart cities sensing tech, @BellLabs created music from movement of fish. #Inspirefest about to get a live demo w/@SouthWind_Blows
  
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• Skype backlash: 'Worst update ever'

  06-07-2017 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new version of Skype is receiving very poor reviews on app stores.
  
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• The @amazonecho might have just met its match. ow.ly/YPwD30dozzj

  06-07-2017 19:01 via twitter.com
  The @amazonecho might have just met its match. ow.ly/YPwD30dozzj
  
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• Put a @BellLabs technologist on stage at a sci-tech conf and hand him a fiddle. Sure where would you get it? Only a… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  06-07-2017 18:56 via twitter.com
  Put a @BellLabs technologist on stage at a sci-tech conf and hand him a fiddle. Sure where would you get it? Only a… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Dish, Amazon chiefs discuss wireless partnership - WSJ

  06-07-2017 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dish Network Corp Chief Executive Charlie Ergen and Amazon's Jeff Bezos have discussed a partnership to enter the wireless business, the Wall Street Journal has claimed.
  
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• Victorian steam train is back on mountain track in Wales

  06-07-2017 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The locomotive, which first launched in 1896,is carrying passengers 3,500ft up to the summit of Mount Snowdon in Wales, after a £60,000 renovation returned the engine to its former glory.
  
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• Glasgow scientists discover new type of charming particle

  06-07-2017 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers, led by the University of Glasgow discovered the Xi-cc++ particle at the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment (LHCb) at CERN near Geneva.
  
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• Video shows carnivorous hammerhead worm in Malaysia

  06-07-2017 18:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Danish Ho was hiking with his family in Malaysia's southern state of Johor when he saw the monstrous 'hammerhead worm' (Bipalium) - the world's largest flatworm species (pictured).
  
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• Woman sets up iMac computer on train to London

  06-07-2017 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A bemused passenger David Hill captured the photograph of the woman using the large iMac as she travelled on the Virgin service from Darlington to Kings Cross.
  
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• Milky Way may have more than 100 billion brown dwarfs

  06-07-2017 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study led by researchers from University of Lisbon and University of St Andrews found brown dwarfs are abundant in star clusters. They estimate there are 25 billion to 100 billion.
  
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• For those in the #inspirefest audience during the last sessions on AI and data science, this could come in handy... twitter.com/portershed/sta…

  06-07-2017 18:42 via twitter.com
  For those in the #inspirefest audience during the last sessions on AI and data science, this could come in handy... twitter.com/portershed/sta…
  
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• "Fine-tune it, strengthen it up and ask for what you think you deserve" – @cowensny #inspirefest

  06-07-2017 18:42 via twitter.com
  "Fine-tune it, strengthen it up and ask for what you think you deserve" – @cowensny #inspirefest
  
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• Here, @dormamae talks about how #PayPal gives to Irish charities ow.ly/ttKl30doqN9

  06-07-2017 18:40 via twitter.com
  Here, @dormamae talks about how #PayPal gives to Irish charities ow.ly/ttKl30doqN9
  
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• .@cowensny advises women working in a man's world to be confident in their energy and instincts. #inspirefest

  06-07-2017 18:39 via twitter.com
  .@cowensny advises women working in a man's world to be confident in their energy and instincts. #inspirefest
  
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• UV pictures show 10% face missed when applying sun cream

  06-07-2017 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Liverpool found people fail to put sun cream on a tenth of their face – even though more than 90% of skin cancer cases occur on the head or neck in the UK.
  
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• BBC Earth’s One Amazing Day trailer released

  06-07-2017 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wildlife fans hoping to catch a sneak preview of a BBC wildlife film, which goes on general release in UK and US cinemas this autumn, can see some of the highlights in a world epic trailer.
  
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• Artist @cowensny discusses the fusion of #3D with the arts on #U23D. #inspirefest

  06-07-2017 18:33 via twitter.com
  Artist @cowensny discusses the fusion of #3D with the arts on #U23D. #inspirefest
  
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• One year on, who still plays Pokémon Go?

  06-07-2017 18:32
  
  By: Victoria TurkContinue reading...
  
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• Chinese scientists 'can now breed super dogs via cloning'

  06-07-2017 18:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chinese team say they have cloned a puppy from a genetically modified dog. The technology is said to allow them to create stronger and faster dogs then make copies.
  
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• Instagram lets you reply to Stories with photos and videos

  06-07-2017 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Users can now reply to Instagram Stories with a photo or video, as well as the traditional text response. The update is being rolled out to Instagram users worldwide today.
  
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• Three customers can now stream without losing data

  06-07-2017 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mobile network provider Three launches new tariff that lets customers use multiple streaming sites without data charges.
  
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• Find & Pay app could speed up your search for parking

  06-07-2017 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stockholm based firm Easy Park claims it could slash your search for a spare spot in half by using real time crowd sourced data to create an accurate parking probability map of every city block.
  
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• Scientists discover chemicals on Mars that DESTROY cells

  06-07-2017 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Edinburgh detected perchlorates on the surface of Mars, raising questions about the habitability of the planet.
  
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• You're about to get lots more control over your Facebook and Google data

  06-07-2017 16:48
  
  By: Matt BurgessContinue reading...
  
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• Listening to music changes your brain structure

  06-07-2017 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Edinburgh University hopes that future studies will determine whether music can help with special kinds of motor rehabilitation programmes, such as after a stroke.
  
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• Use of WhatsApp in NHS 'widespread', say doctors

  06-07-2017 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Internet-based messaging apps are a key way for doctors to send patient information, the BBC has learned.
  
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• Cheryl Yeoh: 'It was sexual harassment at the highest level'

  06-07-2017 16:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tech entrepreneur Cheryl Yeoh on speaking out against a high profile Silicon Valley investor.
  
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• Nokia rekindles its partnership with Zeiss

  06-07-2017 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  HMD Global, which owns Nokia phones, announced the long-term agreement with Oberkochen, Germany-based Zeiss today.
  
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