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• “People themselves need to think what skills they will need five years, or even two years, from now” #FutureofWork ow.ly/7QJ230fQOEl

  21-10-2017 17:45 via twitter.com
  “People themselves need to think what skills they will need five years, or even two years, from now” #FutureofWork ow.ly/7QJ230fQOEl
  
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• Gone fishing: Know any #angelinvestors? siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/john…

  21-10-2017 16:55 via twitter.com
  Gone fishing: Know any #angelinvestors? siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/john…
  
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• Cisco follows its March acquisition of AppDynamics with another data-led purchase siliconrepublic.com/companies/cisc…

  21-10-2017 16:30 via twitter.com
  Cisco follows its March acquisition of AppDynamics with another data-led purchase siliconrepublic.com/companies/cisc…
  
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• Put your maths skills to the test! #MathsWeek siliconrepublic.com/discovery/math…

  21-10-2017 16:05 via twitter.com
  Put your maths skills to the test! #MathsWeek siliconrepublic.com/discovery/math…
  
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• ICYMI: Alphabet's Capital G investment arm leads a $1bn investment in Lyft, bringing the company's value to $11bn siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/lyft…

  21-10-2017 15:30 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: Alphabet's Capital G investment arm leads a $1bn investment in Lyft, bringing the company's value to $11bn siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/lyft…
  
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• ICYMI: Scientists discover a tiny discrepancy in the eyes of people with #dyslexia, potentially making it treatable siliconrepublic.com/innovation/dys…

  21-10-2017 15:10 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: Scientists discover a tiny discrepancy in the eyes of people with #dyslexia, potentially making it treatable siliconrepublic.com/innovation/dys…
  
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• #Fintech tsar Brian Norton: ‘It’s easier to start up in Dublin than NYC’ ow.ly/qzB530fPvDP

  21-10-2017 14:30 via twitter.com
  #Fintech tsar Brian Norton: ‘It’s easier to start up in Dublin than NYC’ ow.ly/qzB530fPvDP
  
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• Want to win 6 months’ free #hotdesking membership? All it takes is a few clicks! #IconicOffices siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/icon…

  21-10-2017 13:25 via twitter.com
  Want to win 6 months’ free #hotdesking membership? All it takes is a few clicks! #IconicOffices siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/icon…
  
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• WATCH: How our behaviour in the workplace is changing siliconrepublic.com/video/sandra-h…

  21-10-2017 13:01 via twitter.com
  WATCH: How our behaviour in the workplace is changing siliconrepublic.com/video/sandra-h…
  
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• The third season of Mr. Robot skewers our view of technology

  21-10-2017 13:00
  
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• Step inside the lab where Microsoft made the Xbox One X

  21-10-2017 12:00
  
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• Check out our list of #startups to watch in #HongKong, featuring @odd_up, @bioserie, @anx_intl, @uhooair and more siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/hong…

  21-10-2017 10:15 via twitter.com
  Check out our list of #startups to watch in #HongKong, featuring @odd_up, @bioserie, @anx_intl, @uhooair and more siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/hong…
  
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• Plants in SPAAAAAAACE are good for you

  21-10-2017 10:12 via go.theregister.com
  A splash of green stops astronauts feeling blue Living in space is grueling. The repetitiveness of daily exercise, experiments, crappy food, and claustrophobia can chip away at an astronaut’s psychological well-being, but scientists have suggested a preventative measure: plants.…
  
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• The best office furniture to smarten up your workplace

  21-10-2017 09:00
  
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• In Amman, Syrian entrepreneurs are fighting for a second chance

  21-10-2017 09:00
  
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• Big data meets Big Brother as China moves to rate its citizens

  21-10-2017 09:00
  
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• Google parent turns on internet balloons in Puerto Rico

  21-10-2017 01:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google's parent Alphabet Inc. says its stratospheric balloons are now delivering the internet to remote areas of Puerto Rico where cellphone towers were knocked out by Hurricane Maria.
  
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• How to deal with your partner cheating on you

  21-10-2017 01:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Norwegian University of Science and Technology research found that men have less of a need to distance themselves from their partner than women do in the context of emotional cheating.
  
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• The place spacecraft go to die

  21-10-2017 01:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Why one of the Earth's most remote places is the preferred place to dump space junk.
  
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• Ocean graveyard

  21-10-2017 01:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Why one of the Earth's most remote places is the preferred place to dump space junk.
  
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• Caribbean oceans are choked by plastic bottles and rubbish

  21-10-2017 01:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In one photograph taken near Roatan, an island off the coast of Honduras, a diver grimaces as he prepares to enter the water almost completely covered by waste.
  
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• Researchers reveal patterns that giveaway a liar over text

  21-10-2017 01:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Cornell University have discovered the patterns in a text message that indicate a person isn’t telling the truth. The study analyzed hundreds of conversations.
  
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• Fear of spiders and snakes is deeply embedded from birth

  21-10-2017 01:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers based at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences found that the fear of spiders and snakes could have been embedded in the brain for an evolutionarily long time.
  
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• Buyers warned about massive shortages of Apple's iPhone X

  21-10-2017 00:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has faced production issues with the handset, leading one leading analyst to claims the firm may only have two million handsets available for sale when it goes on sale on November 3rd.
  
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• Star Wars-themed parody animation shows sperm cell and egg

  21-10-2017 00:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two biologists at Harvard University created a Star Wars-themed parody animation that somewhat surprisingly led to the discovery of how energy in a sperm cell spurs it toward an egg.
  
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• Prozac in sea water causing crabs to take dangerous risks

  21-10-2017 00:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Portland State University found that Oregon shore crabs exposed to Prozac, an anti-depression drug, exhibit behaviors that make it easier for predators to catch them.
  
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• Netflix reveals its most binge-watched shows

  21-10-2017 00:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Popular series Gilmore Girls topped the list of the most regularly binge-watched shows, while Fuller House came in second.
  
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