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• eBay reveals AI image search that finds item look-alikes

  26-07-2017 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new feature uses two types of artificial intelligence - computer vision and deep learning - to automatically sift through over 1.1 billion listings for pictured items or similar products.
  
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• Snopes on brink as founder accused of fraud and lying

  26-07-2017 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Snopes.com, the 'fact- checking' website, has a GoFundMe asking for cash, claiming it is being 'held hostage' by a contractor. In fact it is in a bitter legal battle with its CEO accused of fraud.
  
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• Google's new Pixel XL handset will dump headphone socket

  26-07-2017 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The images, created by @onleaks and MySmartPrice, show the handset's new look, and most notably, its lack of a headphone socket.
  
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• Russian Dmitry Donskoy is world's biggest active submarine

  26-07-2017 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Dmitry Donskoy, one of the most feared vessels of the Cold War era, arrived today at Kronstadt Navy base, close to St Petersburg, ahead of the Naval Military Parade on Sunday.
  
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• North Korea's elite use the internet for porn & Facebook

  26-07-2017 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Intelligence firm Recorded Future has found that high ranking North Korean officials engage in many of the behaviours you'd expect from Westerners, from checking social media to watching porn.
  
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• Uber drivers, riders butt heads over new $15 lost item fee

  26-07-2017 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some riders are calling the fee 'highway robbery' and extortion,' but drivers are happy to be paid for their time and gas after always having to do this for free and hoping for tips.
  
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• Australian researchers are using vibrators to sex turtles

  26-07-2017 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers based at James Cook University in Australia used vibrators to determine the gender of turtles because other methods, for example cutting the turtle to examine it, are harmful.
  
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• Steve Jobs' widow holidays with her boyfriend in Croatia

  26-07-2017 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Laurene Powell Jobs was seen on a sightseeing in Dubrovnik, Croatia with partner Adrian Fenty and with her 19-year-old daughter Eve, who had an iPhone tucked into her waistband.
  
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• 'Hater' map shows what people hate most in each state

  26-07-2017 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The map was created by Hater, an app that recommends romantic matches based on shared hatred of the same things. They figured out which topic most people said they hated in every state.
  
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• Amazon plans to hire 50,000 people on the spot in ONE WEEK

  26-07-2017 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon's 'Jobs Day' fairs will take place across 12 states on August 2, and hand out jobs to qualified candidates in a number of packing, sorting, customer service and managerial positions.
  
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• Could out-of-body experiences be caused by EAR damage?

  26-07-2017 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research by neuroscientists in France offers an explanation: it is caused by a disconnect between our normal visual system and damaged vestibular (ear) system.
  
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• Scientists create the world's first BLUE chrysanthemum

  26-07-2017 21:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the National Agriculture and Food Research Organisation in Japan grew the blue chrysanthemums from the DNA of three plants.
  
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• Furries fandom could boost mental health, expert says

  26-07-2017 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a blog post for Psychology Today, social psychologist Dr. Courtney Plante says the furry fandom has been linked to a need to belong, and desire for a distinct sense of self.
  
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• TSA expands new procedure for inspecting large electronics

  26-07-2017 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers will order travelers to take all devices larger than a cellphone out of their bag and put them in a bin by themselves.
  
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• New shark species glows in the dark and has a huge nose 

  26-07-2017 21:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The shark, found 1,000 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean and identified by Florida Atlantic University researchers, has a large and bulgy snout to sniff out prey in the dark depths of the ocean.
  
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• Humans and mammals share universal language for arousal 

  26-07-2017 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Humans can recognize emotions across all vocalizing land animals, a study led by a University of Aix-Marseille researcher found. Humans do this by mainly by interpreting sounds frequency.
  
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• Ouch! What is the right treatment for a lion’s mane #jellyfishsting? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/jel…

  26-07-2017 21:01 via twitter.com
  Ouch! What is the right treatment for a lion’s mane #jellyfishsting? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/jel…
  
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• Looking for a little #Nokia nostalgia? siliconrepublic.com/gear/nokia-331…

  26-07-2017 20:35 via twitter.com
  Looking for a little #Nokia nostalgia? siliconrepublic.com/gear/nokia-331…
  
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• #Ransomware is essentially building a resistance to human endeavours to avoid it siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ran…

  26-07-2017 20:05 via twitter.com
  #Ransomware is essentially building a resistance to human endeavours to avoid it siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ran…
  
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• Instagram crashes for US and European users

  26-07-2017 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instagram went down briefly Wednesday afternoon. Both the mobile app and site crashed around 2 PM EST after experiencing problems earlier around 6 AM.
  
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• Google tests auto-play videos in search results

  26-07-2017 19:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Some users are seeing movie trailers automatically start in their search results.
  
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• Jaguar E-Pace flipped 4 car lengths in Excel Centre

  26-07-2017 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New jeep, the Jaguar E-pace, performed a complicated barrel roll earlier this month. Thestunt took six months of planning. A video has been released detailing how it all came together.
  
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• New #biopharma facility could create hundreds of #Roscommonjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/roscommon…

  26-07-2017 19:40 via twitter.com
  New #biopharma facility could create hundreds of #Roscommonjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/roscommon…
  
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• Schnucks US store to use Tally robots for inventory

  26-07-2017 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While these robo employees don't have limbs and can't physically stock the shelves, they'll be tasked with wondering the isles to check inventory and verify prices.
  
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• China Using AI To Catch Evildoers Before They Commit Crime

  26-07-2017 19:35 via technocracy.news
  China will be the first super-power to implement total surveillance on all of their 1.4 billion citizens, which is a necessary goal in order to perfect their Technocracy. To a Technocrat, actual proof of committing a crime is not necessary for you to deserve punishment. History is riddled with genocidal behavior based on baseless suspicions, physical and mental characteristics and behavior patterns. As China perfects this technology, it will spread to the rest of the world like wildfire. &#
  
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• Brain cells that control ageing have been discovered

  26-07-2017 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City looked at the brains of mice, and pinpointed ageing control to adult stem cells in the hypothalamus.
  
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• NY to study 'textalyzer' use as privacy battle heats up

  26-07-2017 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gov. Cuomo ordered the Traffic Safety Committee to examine the technology that, while months from being ready, has spurred privacy concerns among civil liberties groups
  
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• From #BigBangTheory to #DoctorWho, we round up the best on-screen #womeninSTEM siliconrepublic.com/people/women-i…

  26-07-2017 19:20 via twitter.com
  From #BigBangTheory to #DoctorWho, we round up the best on-screen #womeninSTEM siliconrepublic.com/people/women-i…
  
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• Apple, Cochlear reveal implant to stream sound from iPhone

  26-07-2017 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Implant wearers previously needed an extra Bluetooth device to connect to iPhone, and this is the first time they can pick up the phone normally.
  
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• Scientists create super DNA sunscreen from salmon sperm

  26-07-2017 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Binghamton University developed thin and optically transparent crystalline DNA films and filled them with UV light (stock image).
  
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• Geo-Engineering Exposed: Scientists To Dim Sunlight In Order To Cool Planet

  26-07-2017 19:11 via technocracy.news
  “Barking mad” scientists are intent on restructuring the atmosphere, and have been already conducting field-grade experiments for several years. There has been no disclosure to any political body, but rather just unilateral action because the scientists don’t believe they need public approval when science is concerned. ⁃ TN Editor“If you want to be confident to get to 1.5 degrees you need to have solar geo-engineering,” says one scientist.
  Scientists are
  
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• Gamma ray burst captured in unprecedented detail

  26-07-2017 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of experts, including the University of Bath, captured an explosion that causes jets of gas to spew out across the universe at the speed of light, as it happened.
  
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• Irish #agribusiness gets a #broadband boost siliconrepublic.com/comms/glanbia-…

  26-07-2017 19:01 via twitter.com
  Irish #agribusiness gets a #broadband boost siliconrepublic.com/comms/glanbia-…
  
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• Climate change radical plans to save earth

  26-07-2017 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Backers of the radical geo-engineering plans say the risky, often expensive projects are urgently needed to find ways of meeting the goals of the Paris climate deal to curb global warming.
  
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• #Vodafone to launch voice over #4G and Wi-Fi in Ireland in early 2018 ow.ly/Admr30dVNJP

  26-07-2017 18:50 via twitter.com
  #Vodafone to launch voice over #4G and Wi-Fi in Ireland in early 2018 ow.ly/Admr30dVNJP
  
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• Scientists Build DNA From Scratch To Alter Life’s Blueprint

  26-07-2017 18:47 via technocracy.news
  Social engineering pales in comparison to building brand new life forms, which is the Technocrat dream in this story. This is not just a slippery slope to ethical and moral oblivion, but more like a sheer cliff with rocks below. ⁃ TN EditorAt Jef Boeke’s lab, you can whiff an odor that seems out of place, as if they were baking bread here.
  But he and his colleagues are cooking up something else altogether: yeast that works with chunks of man-made DNA.
  Scientists have long been a
  
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• Scientists build DNA from scratch to alter life blueprint

  26-07-2017 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of 11 labs on four continents led by a New York team is working to 'rewrite' the yeast genome, following a detailed plan they published in March.
  
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• #AIB decides that a move to #India would be too risky in the present environment siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/aib…

  26-07-2017 18:35 via twitter.com
  #AIB decides that a move to #India would be too risky in the present environment siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/aib…
  
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• Breakthrough Starshot launches world's smallest spacecraft

  26-07-2017 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ‘Sprites,’ which reached low-Earth Orbit on June 23, are the smallest functional space probes ever made, with each built on a single circuit board measuring just 1.4-by-1.4 inches.
  
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• US Navy railgun set for its first tests outside the lab

  26-07-2017 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At the 2017 Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo in Washington DC, an ONR spokesman revealed that the weapon is ready for its first field demonstrations in Virginia.
  
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• #UK moves to ban petrol and diesel cars within 25 years. ow.ly/jW2930dVNDo

  26-07-2017 18:20 via twitter.com
  #UK moves to ban petrol and diesel cars within 25 years. ow.ly/jW2930dVNDo
  
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• Premier League wins anti-piracy court order

  26-07-2017 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Will allow the league to combat the use of illicit devices, such as pre-loaded IPTV and Kodi boxes.
  
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• The end is nigh for #AdobeFlash siliconrepublic.com/gear/adobe-fla…

  26-07-2017 18:05 via twitter.com
  The end is nigh for #AdobeFlash siliconrepublic.com/gear/adobe-fla…
  
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• New Zealand black mega-swans' existence proven 

  26-07-2017 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While a black swan species from Australia still exists today (pictured), a team of researchers led by the University of Otago has proved that the Pouwa was a unique species.
  
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• Diesel and petrol car ban: Clean air strategy 'not enough'

  26-07-2017 17:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The clean air strategy should include a scrappage scheme and clean air zones, campaigners say.
  
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• How petrol and diesel cars ban in 2040 would actually work

  26-07-2017 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The detail of today's new plan to clean up Britain's air reveals they hinge on a Highways England promise to build thousands of new charging points.
  
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• Scientists raise ethics alarm over use of DNA for research

  26-07-2017 17:45
  
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• #Apple has suffered a blow as a US judge ruled against the company in a long-running patent battle ow.ly/XtmG30dVIvp

  26-07-2017 17:45 via twitter.com
  #Apple has suffered a blow as a US judge ruled against the company in a long-running patent battle ow.ly/XtmG30dVIvp
  
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• Fake smiling at work can damage your career

  26-07-2017 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Milda Perminiene from the University of East London reveals the emotional consequences of trying to seem happy to please others (stock image)
  
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• #MostRead Today: Vodafone to launch voice over 4G and Wi-Fi in Ireland in early 2018 ow.ly/rmNZ30dVNoy

  26-07-2017 17:38 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Vodafone to launch voice over 4G and Wi-Fi in Ireland in early 2018 ow.ly/rmNZ30dVNoy
  
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