Sci-Tech news

• Microsoft pushes 'mixed reality' in Windows 10 update

  01-09-2017 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft will update its operating system next month so that the latest generation of Windows 10 devices can tap into augmented and virtual reality technologies, executives said on Friday.
  
  Read more

• Using your face to buy your lunch

  01-09-2017 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  China's Alibaba unveils the first facial recognition system to pay for shopping - at a fast food restaurant.
  
  Read more

• Hubble Space Telescope spies possibility of liquid water in TRAPPIST-1

  01-09-2017 22:10 via go.theregister.com
  First time boffins have detected water in the planetary system The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted possible signs of water on the outer planets of TRAPPIST-1, the system with the most exoplanets in a star’s habitable zone.…
  
  Read more

• New York is OVERDUE an earthquake

  01-09-2017 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to geologist Dr Charles Merguerian, New York City has been hit by major quakes in the past, along roughly 150-year intervals, and the region could be overdue for the next event.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Need to catch up with the world of sci-tech? We've got you covered ow.ly/oBaO30eQBIH

  01-09-2017 21:25 via twitter.com
  Need to catch up with the world of sci-tech? We've got you covered ow.ly/oBaO30eQBIH
  
  Read more

• Secret Ohio base hides living and dead aliens from Roswell

  01-09-2017 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Raymond Szymanksi saysaliens from the infamous crash were bought to the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) in Dayton, Ohio for inspection.
  
  Read more

• Data of 6M Instagram users is being sold on the dark web

  01-09-2017 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'Doxagram' hackers claim to be selling the email and phone numbers of six million users ranging from celebrities to average users for $10 an accounton the dark web.
  
  Read more

• How can the #DigitalSingleMarket be made a successful reality? siliconrepublic.com/companies/iiea…

  01-09-2017 21:01 via twitter.com
  How can the #DigitalSingleMarket be made a successful reality? siliconrepublic.com/companies/iiea…
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Police warn residents of infected ‘zombie’ coyotes

  01-09-2017 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hanover Park Police Department in Illinois have warned residents about the rise of the 'zombie' coyote. Police have told citizens to beware of these creatures who are infected.
  
  Read more

• .@CoolPlanetExp is looking for 26 Cool Planet Champions around Ireland. Could one of them be you? ow.ly/1p5r30eQz8y

  01-09-2017 20:40 via twitter.com
  .@CoolPlanetExp is looking for 26 Cool Planet Champions around Ireland. Could one of them be you?ow.ly/1p5r30eQz8y
  
  Read more

• Harry McCann founded the Digital Youth Council to bring together the brightest young minds in #STEM #Ireland siliconrepublic.com/people/harry-m…

  01-09-2017 20:15 via twitter.com
  Harry McCann founded the Digital Youth Council to bring together the brightest young minds in #STEM #Ireland siliconrepublic.com/people/harry-m…
  
  Read more

• 400-year-old tomb of 'China's Shakespeare' is found

  01-09-2017 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists at the city of Fuzhou in east China's Jiangxi Province have announced the discovery of Tang Xianzu's tomb, where the playwright was believed to be buried with his third wifein 1616.
  
  Read more

• Fossil footprints could shake up human evolution timeline

  01-09-2017 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers discovered a trail of 5.7 million-year-old human-like footprints in Crete. But, at the time they were made, it's thought human ancestors were still in Africa, and had ape-like feet.
  
  Read more

• FCC closes virus upload loophole on its website

  01-09-2017 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Digital defences on the site have been improved after users found it was possible to upload malware.
  
  Read more

• #Microsoft remains the overall leader in terms of enterprise #SaaS revenues siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ent…

  01-09-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  #Microsoft remains the overall leader in terms of enterprise #SaaS revenues siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ent…
  
  Read more

• Aerial photo shows polar bear as a tiny speck in Canada

  01-09-2017 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  French photographer Florian Ledoux, 28, has captured phenomenal photographs of a polar bear from above with his drone.
  
  Read more

• Last July, Dr Niamh Shaw regaled the @InspirefestHQ audience with her Martian ambitions siliconrepublic.com/people/niamh-s…

  01-09-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  Last July, Dr Niamh Shaw regaled the @InspirefestHQ audience with her Martian ambitions siliconrepublic.com/people/niamh-s…
  
  Read more

• Missing #GameofThrones? Get your fix with a trip to Northern Ireland. siliconrepublic.com/life/game-of-t…

  01-09-2017 19:20 via twitter.com
  Missing #GameofThrones? Get your fix with a trip to Northern Ireland. siliconrepublic.com/life/game-of-t…
  
  Read more

• Multiple waterspouts spotted in Sochi

  01-09-2017 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Footage of a number of waterspouts in Russia has emerged.
  
  Read more

• Would you measure everything you ate?

  01-09-2017 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC's Joe Miller checks out smart scales and sleep sensors at Ifa in Berlin.
  
  Read more

• Acquiring #Toshiba would enable #Apple to keep the price of its #iPhone down, and reduce its dependence on #Samsung siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…

  01-09-2017 19:00 via twitter.com
  Acquiring #Toshiba would enable #Apple to keep the price of its #iPhone down, and reduce its dependence on #Samsung siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…
  
  Read more

• Panasonic reveals robotic fridge that moves autonomously

  01-09-2017 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Panasonic revealed what it believes is the fridge of the future – a device on wheels that can navigate its way around your kitchen autonomously – at the IFA conference in Berlin.
  
  Read more

• Apple's radical new handset won't be the iPhone 8

  01-09-2017 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple will also unveil an iPhone 8 and 8 plus at the event - but these will be lower specced models that were previously expected to be called the 7s and 7s plus.
  
  Read more

• This week in #IoT, a start-up with big bags major funding, vunerable pacemakers and the US expands its #5G network ow.ly/ZlqF30eQxky

  01-09-2017 18:50 via twitter.com
  This week in #IoT, a start-up with big bags major funding, vunerable pacemakers and the US expands its #5G network ow.ly/ZlqF30eQxky
  
  Read more

• Dating apps fuelling rise in cancer-causing STI HPV

  01-09-2017 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The British Dental Association has hit out at the JCVI's decision to not recommend the HPV jab for boys, saying it has not factored in rise of dating apps which is spreading the virus through oral sex.
  
  Read more

• The awards are backed by @BOIcorporate @Entirl @IDAIRELAND and @ByrneWallace siliconrepublic.com/companies/tech…

  01-09-2017 18:35 via twitter.com
  The awards are backed by @BOIcorporate @Entirl @IDAIRELAND and @ByrneWallace siliconrepublic.com/companies/tech…
  
  Read more

• Gary Robinson, founder and CEO of @uleska_sec discusses the problems faced by the #infosec industry ow.ly/CJW530eQuyZ

  01-09-2017 18:20 via twitter.com
  Gary Robinson, founder and CEO of @uleska_sec discusses the problems faced by the #infosec industry ow.ly/CJW530eQuyZ
  
  Read more

• Workers discover old well-preserved corpse in China

  01-09-2017 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Construction workers in China were shocked to discover a centuries old coffin containing a well-preserved male corpse. The discovery was made in China's Hunan province.
  
  Read more

• Tech Tent: cars, drones and the voice-controlled fridge

  01-09-2017 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  This week's Tech Tent checks out gadgets great and small.
  
  Read more

• Mass & Slim weight loss shorts can 'eat your skin'

  01-09-2017 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Mass & Slim Leggings, which are only available in grey, were revealed by Lanaform at the IFA conference in Berlin today.
  
  Read more

• £100 FridgeCam helps you do your weekly shop

  01-09-2017 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  FridgeCam was revealed at the IFA conference in Berlin.It connects to the ‘Smarter’ app, letting you see what food you have from your smartphone or tablet.
  
  Read more

• Alcatel reveals £220 IDOL 5 handset for social media

  01-09-2017 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alcatel has revealed the new IDOL 5 phone as part of its low-cost IDOL series at the IFA conference in Berlin today.
  
  Read more

• Robots learns how to write convincing Yelp reviews

  01-09-2017 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Chicago got 40 volunteers to see if they could tell the difference between real and fake reviews for forty restaurants (stock image).
  
  Read more

• Review: Inhumans is Marvel's first major misstep

  01-09-2017 17:50
  
  By: Matt KamenContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• .@Google has come under fire recently for allegedly quashing dissenting voices. ow.ly/9EBm30eQu74

  01-09-2017 17:50 via twitter.com
  .@Google has come under fire recently for allegedly quashing dissenting voices. ow.ly/9EBm30eQu74
  
  Read more

• Putin says whoever cracks AI will 'rule the world'

  01-09-2017 17:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin says that whoever reaches a breakthrough in developing artificial intelligence will come to dominate the world.
  
  Read more

• How Shakespeare's plays would have really sounded

  01-09-2017 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Today's Shakespeare productions sound very different to how they were recited in the late 16th and early 17th centuries at the playwright's original Globe Theatre in London.
  
  Read more

• The Incredible Legacy Of Antony Sutton: Persecuted But Never Prosecuted

  01-09-2017 17:25 via technocracy.news
  Antony Sutton uncovered and exposed the globalist cabal and subsequently got kicked out of UCLA and Stanford as his books were blacklisted. I am proud to have co-authored Trilaterals Over Washington, Volumes I and II with Sutton, which was also blacklisted and suppressed. Your support to raise awareness of Technocracy News and Trends, which continues in his memory, is critical to the future of liberty and freedom! ⁃ Patrick WoodThe prodigious author and researcher, Antony Sutton
  
  Read more

• A busy CV filled with short-term jobs might look bad, but it doesn't have to. #careeradvice #jobfairy #CVtips ow.ly/7ElA30eMUFF

  01-09-2017 17:20 via twitter.com
  A busy CV filled with short-term jobs might look bad, but it doesn't have to. #careeradvice #jobfairy #CVtips ow.ly/7ElA30eMUFF
  
  Read more

• KFC China introduces new way to pay

  01-09-2017 17:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Diners at a KFC store in theeastern Chinese city of Hangzhou will have a new way to pay for their meal using a 3D camera and then a 'live-ness detection algorithm'.
  
  Read more

• Google To Conservative Website: Remove ‘Hateful’ Article Or Lose Ad Revenue

  01-09-2017 17:15 via technocracy.news
  Google is not just censoring content; apparently, it is now compiling a list of individuals who it will censor wherever they post, and on whichever website. Thus, websites will be punished for running stories by those banned writers. Google has gone completely rogue, having completely flip-flopped on its original motto, “Don’t be evil.” They are revealing the heart and soul of Technocracy – are you alarmed? ⁃ TN EditorOn Tuesday evening, Google sent a conservat
  
  Read more

• Weekend takeaway: Do the impossible siliconrepublic.com/innovation/imp…

  01-09-2017 17:13 via twitter.com
  Weekend takeaway: Do the impossible siliconrepublic.com/innovation/imp…
  
  Read more

• XFEL: Brilliant X-ray laser comes online

  01-09-2017 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  A powerful machine opens in Germany to probe the structure of matter to help make new drugs and materials.
  
  Read more

• Apple goes to Hollywood – company eyes up iconic studios for film and TV projects siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…

  01-09-2017 17:03 via twitter.com
  Apple goes to Hollywood – company eyes up iconic studios for film and TV projects siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…
  
  Read more

• Online gambling is a mammoth industry, and one that clearly needs tighter regulation. #data ow.ly/rgO230eQjYO

  01-09-2017 17:01 via twitter.com
  Online gambling is a mammoth industry, and one that clearly needs tighter regulation. #data ow.ly/rgO230eQjYO
  
  Read more

• New England Aquarium welcomes rare yellow lobster

  01-09-2017 16:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A rare yellow lobster has made its debut at the New England Aquarium. It was donated to the aquarium by a Seafood company after lobsterman, Bill Porter of Marblehead, Massachusetts, caught it.
  
  Read more

• How to be happy at work and get what you want siliconrepublic.com/careers/happy-…

  01-09-2017 16:50 via twitter.com
  How to be happy at work and get what you want siliconrepublic.com/careers/happy-…
  
  Read more

• Have you come up with the best idea ever? Make sure you sell it to your boss properly. #careeradvice ow.ly/vPRm30eQjPe

  01-09-2017 16:45 via twitter.com
  Have you come up with the best idea ever? Make sure you sell it to your boss properly. #careeradvice ow.ly/vPRm30eQjPe
  
  Read more

• Have a million-dollar smile? Well, now you can pay with it in China siliconrepublic.com/machines/smile…

  01-09-2017 16:40 via twitter.com
  Have a million-dollar smile? Well, now you can pay with it in China siliconrepublic.com/machines/smile…
  
  Read more

• Adrian Mullett of @BOIbusiness talks about the importance of IT services. ow.ly/QK4N30eQjDB

  01-09-2017 16:30 via twitter.com
  Adrian Mullett of @BOIbusiness talks about the importance of IT services. ow.ly/QK4N30eQjDB
  
  Read more

Follow @scitech_UK on Twitter!