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• Watch: #AI will make a lifetime of learning critical, predicts #Google chief evangelist Vint Cerf siliconrepublic.com/video/vint-cer…

  05-08-2017 20:05 via twitter.com
  Watch: #AI will make a lifetime of learning critical, predicts #Google chief evangelist Vint Cerf siliconrepublic.com/video/vint-cer…
  
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• #ICYMI: CoderDojo and Aid:Tech receive grants ahead of #Expo2020 in #Dubai siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/aid-…

  05-08-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  #ICYMI: CoderDojo and Aid:Tech receive grants ahead of #Expo2020 in #Dubai siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/aid-…
  
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• Are you in your forever job or just your ‘right now’ job? #jobseekers siliconrepublic.com/careers/career…

  05-08-2017 18:55 via twitter.com
  Are you in your forever job or just your ‘right now’ job? #jobseekers siliconrepublic.com/careers/career…
  
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• Kainos recruitment drive is a boost for local economy. #Belfast #NorthernIreland #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/jobs/kainos-jo…

  05-08-2017 18:25 via twitter.com
  Kainos recruitment drive is a boost for local economy. #Belfast #NorthernIreland #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/jobs/kainos-jo…
  
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• ‘Whatever drives you, take a chance and put it out there because you don’t know what doors will open’ siliconrepublic.com/people/darrin-…

  05-08-2017 17:40 via twitter.com
  ‘Whatever drives you, take a chance and put it out there because you don’t know what doors will open’ siliconrepublic.com/people/darrin-…
  
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• Several major banks in #London are fleeing what’s beginning to look like a sinking ship. #Brexit

  05-08-2017 16:10 via twitter.com
  Several major banks in #London are fleeing what’s beginning to look like a sinking ship. #Brexit
  
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• Journalists Fight Back To Stay Relevant In Age Of Total Surveillance

  05-08-2017 15:39 via technocracy.news
  Ubiquitous surveillance and the imminent threat of discovery has shattered the journalism industry, but journalists have found ways to fight back. The battle between Technocracy and humanity will continue as a war of wits to outfox each other. ⁃ TN Editor1. Introduction
  Many veteran journalists, but not only these, surely noticed that we are all of a sudden bombarded again from all-over with mentions of Watergate. Books like George Orwell’s 1984 are on display at bookstores
  
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• Infographic: #Dogs are for life, not just home. siliconrepublic.com/careers/dog-of…

  05-08-2017 15:30 via twitter.com
  Infographic: #Dogs are for life, not just home. siliconrepublic.com/careers/dog-of…
  
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• Meet Tally: Grocery Stocking Robot About To Axe 1,000s Of Minimum Wage Jobs

  05-08-2017 15:25 via technocracy.news
  Entry-level jobs at grocery stores have been career-starters for millions of teenagers over the decades. The Technocrat solution is to wipe those jobs out with efficiency. ⁃ TN EditorA slender robot named Tally soon will be roaming the aisles at select Schnucks groceries, on the lookout for out-of-stock items and verifying prices.
  Tally doesn’t have limbs but has two blinking eyes on a digital screen to make the robot appear friendly. Its base is 38 inches tall and an extension
  
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• Texas School District Tracking Students With RFID Badge System

  05-08-2017 15:13 via technocracy.news
  Some parents are happy to have their kids tracked every inch of their school day, but the students are being conditioned to accept comprehensive surveillance as normal. This is a Technocracy scheme that may have no concrete reason for its justification. ⁃ TN EditorMidlothian ISD launched a high-tech way for parents and the district to keep track of their kids.
  The new system is called “Smart Tag,” and it’s already been installed in school buses in Midlothia
  
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• #ICYMI: #IBM lets us hold 330TB in the palm of our hand siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ibm…

  05-08-2017 15:00 via twitter.com
  #ICYMI: #IBM lets us hold 330TB in the palm of our hand siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ibm…
  
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• #Apple has sold 1.2bn #iPhones since they first launched in 2007 siliconrepublic.com/companies/ipho…

  05-08-2017 14:15 via twitter.com
  #Apple has sold 1.2bn #iPhones since they first launched in 2007 siliconrepublic.com/companies/ipho…
  
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• Bail of $30,000 set for UK cyber expert Marcus Hutchins

  05-08-2017 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Prosecutors say Marcus Hutchins admitted writing and selling code designed to steal bank details.
  
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• Our start-up of the week is #Funbakers, bringing #AR to the streets of Ireland siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/funb…

  05-08-2017 13:45 via twitter.com
  Our start-up of the week is #Funbakers, bringing #AR to the streets of Ireland siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/funb…
  
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• #CRISPR has been used to correct a mutation that leads to heart conditions siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cri…

  05-08-2017 12:35 via twitter.com
  #CRISPR has been used to correct a mutation that leads to heart conditions siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cri…
  
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• Game of Thrones episode four leaked online confirms HBO

  05-08-2017 12:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Following a separate hack earlier this week HBO confirms unseen episode four of GoT has been leaked online.
  
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• Forget Iran and North Korea. Now there's another uranium source

  05-08-2017 12:03 via go.theregister.com
  Yeah, try slapping some sanctions on black holes Astronomers have proposed that heavy elements in the universe may have been forged when small, primordial black holes swallowed neutron stars.…
  
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• WATCH: Design thinking creates value for society siliconrepublic.com/video/design-t…

  05-08-2017 12:00 via twitter.com
  WATCH: Design thinking creates value for society siliconrepublic.com/video/design-t…
  
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• What is the Kronos malware Marcus Hutchins is accused of creating?

  05-08-2017 11:00
  
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• Extreme weather 'could kill up to 152,000 a year' in Europe by 2100

  05-08-2017 10:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Weather-related deaths could surge by 2100 if nothing is done to curb climate change, scientists say.
  
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• Organic solar cell glasses could charge your phone

  05-08-2017 01:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Made by researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the glasses use organic solar cells to generate power, displaying illumination intensity levels and temperature on two of its displays.
  
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• YouTube child protection mechanism 'failing'

  05-08-2017 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Only a small fraction of public reports about child endangerment receive a response from the online video site.
  
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• U.S. military rumored to be developing 'mini nukes'

  05-08-2017 01:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Air Force may develop 'mini nukes' that target and blow up a specific neighborhood. With a low yields of 20 kilotons, an explosion wouldn't touch an area a mile from the detonation.
  
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• Weather-related disasters in Europe could increase 50 fold

  05-08-2017 00:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre in Italy analysed disaster records to predict a 50 fold increase in climate change related deaths between 2071 and 2100.
  
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• Apple rumored to be giving iPhone SE a major speed boost

  05-08-2017 00:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The boost would come from swaping out the A9 chip from 2015 (which is used in the iPhone 6s and the SE) for the newer A10 chip from 2016 (which is used in the iPhone 7.)
  
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• NASA releases stunning timelapse of 75,000 mile sunspot

  05-08-2017 00:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It shows AR2665 a 75,000-mile-wide active region, an area of intense and complex magnetic fields, as it produced several solar flares, a coronal mass ejection and a solar particle event.
  
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