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• Human children are quicker to imitate than bonobos

  25-07-2017 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Birmingham and Durham University found that human children tend to spontaneously imitate the actions they observe around them, while bonobos do not.
  
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• Google teaches self-driving cars to see emergency vehicles

  25-07-2017 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Waymo's vehicles — equipped with a powerful suite of sensors — observed police cars, motorcycles, ambulances, firetrucks, and even a few undercover vehicles as part of the Arizona test.
  
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• Experts begin West Bank excavation for biblical tabernacle

  25-07-2017 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have completed the first in a series of excavations at the site of the ancient city Shiloh, on the West Bank,in hopes to uncover evidence of a biblical structure.
  
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• Dragonfly's brains can predict the movement of their prey

  25-07-2017 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Sweden and Australia discovered that dragonflies have brain cells that allow them to predictively pursue and catch their flying prey, based on the path along which the object moves.
  
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• NASA images show A-68 iceberg is breaking up

  25-07-2017 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Landsat 8 shots show that the main berg, A-68, has already lost several smaller pieces, and reveals a group of three small, not yet released icebergs at the north end of the embayment.
  
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• Trump's tweets reveal he's a 'neurotic' 'rule-breaker'

  25-07-2017 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers used software to study the language and text of 3,200 Trump tweets from a psychological perspective. The results revealed he has 'neurotic' tendencies' and is a rule-breaker
  
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• Tesla regains top Consumer Reports safety rankings

  25-07-2017 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In April, the magazine lowered its rating on the Model S, noting that Tesla's last software update for the emergency braking system was not adequate.
  
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• DARPA reveal project to develop gene editing system 

  25-07-2017 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DARPA's Safe Genes program plans to invest $65 million in seven teams that will collect data and develop gene editing tools to support bio-innovation and combat bio-threats such as invasive species.
  
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• Ransomware victims paid hackers $25 MILLION in two years

  25-07-2017 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Targets of ransomware attacks shelled out a combined $25 million in ransoms over the last two years alone, according to a study by Google and university researchers.
  
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• New #Google SOS alert capabilities will show you maps, top stories and authoritative local information in a crisis ow.ly/htlO30dTKQJ

  25-07-2017 21:01 via twitter.com
  New #Google SOS alert capabilities will show you maps, top stories and authoritative local information in a crisis ow.ly/htlO30dTKQJ
  
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• Western lifestyle 'is making men infertile'

  25-07-2017 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers claim the Western lifestyle has more than halved the sperm count of men in the US, Europe and Australia since the 1970s and could cause human extinction if not addressed.
  
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• Doodlers and amateur artists, rejoice! #MSPaint siliconrepublic.com/gear/ms-paint-…

  25-07-2017 20:30 via twitter.com
  Doodlers and amateur artists, rejoice! #MSPaint siliconrepublic.com/gear/ms-paint-…
  
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• NFL brain study diagnoses CTE in 99% of ex-players' brains

  25-07-2017 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boston University's famed CTE team, which is analyzing Aaron Hernandez's brain, has released major findings from post-mortems on 202 players' brains, which were donated to research.
  
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• NASA set to test supersonic flight off Florida coast

  25-07-2017 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA will begin flight tests from Kennedy Space Center in Florida next months. While they're taking steps to minimize sound, locals could hear anything from distant rumble to a startling boom.
  
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• Are #dresscodes becoming a thing of the past? #companyculture #hr ow.ly/vhc730dTP5s

  25-07-2017 20:05 via twitter.com
  Are #dresscodes becoming a thing of the past? #companyculture #hr ow.ly/vhc730dTP5s
  
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• Which of these #Brexit banks has a ticket to ride? siliconrepublic.com/companies/brex…

  25-07-2017 19:40 via twitter.com
  Which of these #Brexit banks has a ticket to ride? siliconrepublic.com/companies/brex…
  
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• Giphy now lets you create GIFs on mobile without an app 

  25-07-2017 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Giphy has introduced a new tool, called GIF Maker that allows users worldwide to make their own GIFs from their mobile, directly from their web browser, without the need to download an app.
  
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• Adobe to kill off Flash plug-in by 2020

  25-07-2017 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Once the go-to plug-in for video, the technology has been usurped by more reliable and secure apps.
  
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• NASA Cassini image reveals the 'ringbow' on Saturn

  25-07-2017 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A breathtaking image taken 680,000 miles from Saturn shows the banded arc of rings stretching into the blackness of space, in a scene reminiscent of the stunning rainbows seen here on Earth.
  
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• You can’t be what you can’t see ... #womeninSTEM siliconrepublic.com/people/women-i…

  25-07-2017 19:20 via twitter.com
  You can’t be what you can’t see ... #womeninSTEM siliconrepublic.com/people/women-i…
  
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• Amazonian witch doctor training up his new apprentice

  25-07-2017 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rare pictures show a Shaman introducing his new apprentice to the sacred and hallucinogenic brew, Ayahuasca, before being left by a sacred waterfall to meditate and visualise in Ecuador.
  
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• Adobe to pull plug on Flash, ending an era

  25-07-2017 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adobe Systems Flash, a once-ubiquitous technology used to power most of the media content found online, will be retired at the end of 2020, the software company announced Tuesday.
  
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• B-Secur uses an individual’s unique heartbeat pattern to authenticate identity. #Belfast #startups siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/b-se…

  25-07-2017 19:01 via twitter.com
  B-Secur uses an individual’s unique heartbeat pattern to authenticate identity. #Belfast #startups siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/b-se…
  
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• Technocracy: Wake Up To The Rockefeller Movie Of Political Reality

  25-07-2017 18:56 via technocracy.news
  Utopia is the promise but slavery is the end of the matter. If you believe the con, you will pay with your life and soul. If you don’t believe the con, you will fight the scammers until they no longer have any control. Technocracy would never survive if Technocrats told the truth about their intentions. ⁃ TN EditorThe key document here is the 2010 Rockefeller Foundation brainstorming exercise, “Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development&rdquo
  
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• Inbound marketing giant @HubSpot has acquired Kemvi, an #AI and #machinelearning ow.ly/URKW30dTOZo

  25-07-2017 18:50 via twitter.com
  Inbound marketing giant @HubSpot has acquired Kemvi, an #AI and #machinelearning ow.ly/URKW30dTOZo
  
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• Nielsen to count Hulu and YouTube views in U.S. TV ratings

  25-07-2017 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nielsen will begin including Hulu Live TV and Google's YouTube TV viewing in its TV ratings in the United States in an effort to capture the shift from traditional broadcast.
  
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• Experts say the hope of finding alien life helps society 

  25-07-2017 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to researchers at University College London, even if alien life is never discovered, searching for it will yield societal benefits because astrobiology is a multidisciplinary subject.
  
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• #Alphabet has reported Q2 sales of $26bn, up 21pc on last year siliconrepublic.com/companies/alph…

  25-07-2017 18:35 via twitter.com
  #Alphabet has reported Q2 sales of $26bn, up 21pc on last year siliconrepublic.com/companies/alph…
  
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• Stunning Cassini image reveals the 'ringbow' on Saturn

  25-07-2017 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A breathtaking image taken 680,000 miles from Saturn shows the banded arc of rings stretching into the blackness of space, in a scene reminiscent of the stunning rainbows seen here on Earth.
  
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• 15 life sciences start-ups to watch at RebelBio Demo Day 2017 siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/rebe…

  25-07-2017 18:24 via twitter.com
  15 life sciences start-ups to watch at RebelBio Demo Day 2017 siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/rebe…
  
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• Astronaut shares 'burrito of awesomeness' aurora video

  25-07-2017 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Nasa's Jack Fischer gives his take on this aurora time-lapse from the International Space Station.
  
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• Facebook will release a speaker in 2018, rumours suggest

  25-07-2017 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The rumours come from a new report from Taipei-based Digitimes, which claims its source works in the upstream supply chain.
  
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• German hacker gets into smart gun with just $15 of magnets

  25-07-2017 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A hacker who goes under the pseudonym Plore has showed in a Colorado firing range that he could hack Munich-based company Armatix's IP1 'smart' gun (pictured).
  
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• Wolf shot dead near Cotswold Wildlife Park after escaping

  25-07-2017 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ember was shot as a 'last resort', to protect the public, by concerned keepers after escaping from her enclosure at Cotswold Wildlife Park in Burford, Oxfordshire on Friday.
  
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• With @Backstage_Cap, Arlan Hamilton is spearheading a new wave of diversity in Silicon Valley siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/arla…

  25-07-2017 18:05 via twitter.com
  With @Backstage_Cap, Arlan Hamilton is spearheading a new wave of diversity in Silicon Valley siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/arla…
  
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• Orcas have always eaten great white sharks, expert claims

  25-07-2017 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  George Burgess, from the Florida Museum of Natural History claims the murders have always happened, but are now more obvious as shark management programmes have led to rising populations.
  
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• Uncharted: Moving on from Nathan Drake

  25-07-2017 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The creative director of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy tells Newsbeat about making a game without the franchise's lead character Nathan Drake.
  
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• Snapchat vs the Humanities: should the arts take cues from Silicon Valley?

  25-07-2017 17:30
  
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• Electric Mini to be built in Oxford

  25-07-2017 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  A fully electric version of the Mini is to be built at the Cowley plant in Oxford, BMW says.
  
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• Javier Rupérez takes close up photos of spiders

  25-07-2017 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  These eerily intimate shots, largely of the arachnid's psychedelic eyes in a Spanish town, make the jumping spiders look more like an alien species than a creature here on earth
  
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• Range Rover Velar review: a huge design success despite a few cost-cutting niggles

  25-07-2017 16:56
  
  By: Jeremy WhiteContinue reading...
  
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• Everything you need to know about dress codes these days siliconrepublic.com/careers/work-d…

  25-07-2017 16:50 via twitter.com
  Everything you need to know about dress codes these days siliconrepublic.com/careers/work-d…
  
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• Supercomputer predicts 10 years of record rain in England

  25-07-2017 16:48
  
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• Robots could 'threaten our existence', experts claim

  25-07-2017 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The chilling warning comes from experts speaking in Hyper Evolution: Rise of the Robots – a BBC documentary that will air in the UK on Wednesday.
  
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• HubSpot acquires AI player Kemvi to sharpen sales peoples’ game siliconrepublic.com/machines/kemvi…

  25-07-2017 16:36 via twitter.com
  HubSpot acquires AI player Kemvi to sharpen sales peoples’ game siliconrepublic.com/machines/kemvi…
  
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• Increasing marijuana use with age is linked to depression

  25-07-2017 16:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh found that dramatically increasing cannabis use from the age of 15 to 19 significantly affects a person's ability to experience pleasure.
  
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• Nokia 8 may be released on 16 August in London

  25-07-2017 16:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Finnish company HMD Global could be unveiling the Nokia 8 at an event in London on 16 August, according to clues provided in a mystery invite.
  
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• Emily McDaid of @CIConnect spoke to #Belfast company Titan IC about their #infosec solution. ow.ly/W2fj30dTbhn

  25-07-2017 16:15 via twitter.com
  Emily McDaid of @CIConnect spoke to #Belfast company Titan IC about their #infosec solution. ow.ly/W2fj30dTbhn
  
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• S-Town and My Dad Wrote a Porno on way to Dublin for podcast fest siliconrepublic.com/play/dublin-po…

  25-07-2017 16:14 via twitter.com
  S-Town and My Dad Wrote a Porno on way to Dublin for podcast fest siliconrepublic.com/play/dublin-po…
  
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• Psychopaths are better at learning how to lie than others

  25-07-2017 16:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Hong Kong said psychopaths might find it easier to lie because their brains do not have to work so hard at resolving moral conflicts.
  
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