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• Scrapbook with Titanic rescue pictures goes up for auction

  24-10-2017 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York socialite Louis M. Ogden's scrapbook is currently up for auction and includes several pictures showing the rescue of survivors of the Titanic sinking.
  
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• Leaders simulated a pandemic and we're not ready

  24-10-2017 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a 90-minute session, ministers from 12 countries as well as the WHO and the CDC tackled 'realistic' scenarios of a deadly disease crossing borders, tracking news and social media.
  
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• 'Bad Rabbit' ransomware strikes Ukraine and Russia

  24-10-2017 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The new strain of computer-locking malware has hit Russian media websites and an airport in Ukraine.
  
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• This feisty #fintech has what it takes to stabilise the #gigeconomy world. #startups siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/trez…

  24-10-2017 22:01 via twitter.com
  This feisty #fintech has what it takes to stabilise the #gigeconomy world. #startups siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/trez…
  
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• Tesla reveals solar project at hospital in Puerto Rico

  24-10-2017 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just weeks after Puerto Rico Ricardo Rosello initiated talks with Elon Musk to help restore electricity, Tesla reveals the first solar project has begun at a children's hospital in San Juan.
  
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• #KasperskyLab is reportedly working on new transparency measures siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/kas…

  24-10-2017 21:45 via twitter.com
  #KasperskyLab is reportedly working on new transparency measures siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/kas…
  
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• ‘Many believe Irish operations of US companies will continue to play a critical role in their global success’ siliconrepublic.com/companies/scal…

  24-10-2017 21:30 via twitter.com
  ‘Many believe Irish operations of US companies will continue to play a critical role in their global success’ siliconrepublic.com/companies/scal…
  
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• Scientists find fossils of lizards linking humans and fish

  24-10-2017 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Scotland discovered the fossil of a small, lizard-like creature called 'Tiny' that is the missing ancestral link between human beings and the fish we evolved from millions of years ago.
  
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• Are you interested in a career in #STEM but worried that your #coding background is not a traditional one? siliconrepublic.com/people/zendesk…

  24-10-2017 21:10 via twitter.com
  Are you interested in a career in #STEM but worried that your #coding background is not a traditional one? siliconrepublic.com/people/zendesk…
  
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• Half of plastic bottles that are recycled end up as waste

  24-10-2017 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Environmental Audit Committee at Westminster has branded the use of unrecyclable plastic wrappers on drinks bottles‘an absurdity’, with 700,000 plastic bottles going to waste each day.
  
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• Scientists discover Alzheimer's disease in dolphins

  24-10-2017 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of researchers examined the bodies of dolphins who had died after washing ashore on the Spanish coast. And, for the first time, they found 'clear evidence' of Alzheimer's.
  
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• China Now Amassing Huge Voice Recognition Database To Track Citizens

  24-10-2017 20:52 via technocracy.news
  China is perfecting Technocracy and Scientific Dictatorship through massively intrusive citizen identification that also records  political predispositions and psychological profiles. What would China do with such a system? Anything they want! You can run, but you cannot hide. ⁃ TN EditorThe Chinese government is collecting “voice pattern” samples of individuals to establish a national voice biometric database, Human Rights Watch said today.
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• The creators of #bitcoingold intend to fundamentally change how #bitcoin works on #blockchain siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/bit…

  24-10-2017 20:50 via twitter.com
  The creators of #bitcoingold intend to fundamentally change how #bitcoin works on #blockchain siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/bit…
  
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• Australian travel agency is set to create 30 new jobs in Dublin. #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/jobs/flight-ce…

  24-10-2017 20:25 via twitter.com
  Australian travel agency is set to create 30 new jobs in Dublin. #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/jobs/flight-ce…
  
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• How AI Helps Intel Agencies Find Needles In The Haystack

  24-10-2017 20:19 via technocracy.news
  With untold masses of data being collected by government and Big Tech, only AI provides the kind of tool to precisely pull particles of data and turn it into actionable intelligence. Technocracy vacuums and analyzes data in order to perfect social engineering schemes dreamed up by them. ⁃ TN Editor
  Last July, more than two dozen people were hurt during a shooting at a nightclub in Little Rock, Arkansas, an incident that was gang-related, according to local and national media
  
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• #Snap had expected hundreds of thousands of users to buy the €149.99 device siliconrepublic.com/companies/snap…

  24-10-2017 20:05 via twitter.com
  #Snap had expected hundreds of thousands of users to buy the €149.99 device siliconrepublic.com/companies/snap…
  
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• KRACK: Huge Wi-Fi Vulnerability Threatens Internet Armageddon

  24-10-2017 20:05 via technocracy.news
  The IoT is predicated on Wi-Fi connectivity; whatever security flaws existed previously pale in comparison to a flaw discovered in the Wi-Fi security protocol itself. Hundreds of millions of existing Wi-Fi devices are at risk, and most will never be patched. Undoubtedly, this will raise calls for a new security protocol, like quantum encryption currently being perfected by China. ⁃ TN EditorSecurity researchers have discovered weaknesses in the WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access II), the se
  
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• Time-lapse video of the world's longest steel arch bridge

  24-10-2017 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Hutong Yangtze River Bridge, crossing the greatest river in China, measures a whopping 11,072 metres in length (6.8 miles), which is nearly 10 times longer than the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
  
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• #Facebook is trialling the News Feed change in six countries, including Sri Lanka and Cambodia siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…

  24-10-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  #Facebook is trialling the News Feed change in six countries, including Sri Lanka and Cambodia siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…
  
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• As the #cloud grows, so too does ‘Big Brother’ snooping siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/mic…

  24-10-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  Asthe #cloud grows, so too does ‘Big Brother’ snooping siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/mic…
  
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• Sony set to unveil robo-dog that connects to home devices

  24-10-2017 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sony is set to release a new robot dog which could allow users to control home appliances, in a similar way to Amazon's Echo. It doesn't have a name nor a price tag as yet, but it's set to go on sale in 2018.
  
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• Most people would sacrifice one person to save a group

  24-10-2017 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Plymouth found that while most people struggle to make moral decisions, psychopaths are cut-throat about making choices for the greater good.
  
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• Are you following these #datascience role models? @BarryOSullivan @ruchowdh @asmeaton @mrogati @dpatil siliconrepublic.com/people/data-sc…

  24-10-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  Are you following these #datascience role models?@BarryOSullivan @ruchowdh @asmeaton @mrogati @dpatil siliconrepublic.com/people/data-sc…
  
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• The world’s oldest #trees would have looked a lot different to what we see today siliconrepublic.com/innovation/fos…

  24-10-2017 19:00 via twitter.com
  The world’s oldest #trees would have looked a lot different to what we see today siliconrepublic.com/innovation/fos…
  
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• Paul Weitz, who piloted NASA's orbiting 'Skylab,' dies

  24-10-2017 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Weitz, a retired NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and also piloted in the early 1970s, has died. Weitz died at his retirement home.
  
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• Adobe Cloak AI automatically removes objects from video

  24-10-2017 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adobe released a sneak peak of an experimental machine learning tool at the Adobe MAX Creativity Conference held in Las Vegas that lets uses select and delete objects from moving footage.
  
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• #BioAmbition will bring together global speakers in #biopharma and the research community – @BioAmbition siliconrepublic.com/innovation/bio…

  24-10-2017 18:50 via twitter.com
  #BioAmbition will bring together global speakers in #biopharma and the research community – @BioAmbitionsiliconrepublic.com/innovation/bio…
  
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• Detection technique could be used to locate MH370

  24-10-2017 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The method, developed by researchers from Cardiff University, usesmicrophones, known as hydrophones, to listen for underwater sound waves that are emitted when an object hits the sea surface.
  
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• The lack of an #IT subject in secondary schools continues to be a major issue, widening the #skillsgap siliconrepublic.com/careers/it-ski…

  24-10-2017 18:35 via twitter.com
  The lack of an #IT subject in secondary schools continues to be a major issue, widening the #skillsgap siliconrepublic.com/careers/it-ski…
  
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• Crying babies push same 'buttons' in mothers' brains

  24-10-2017 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers analyzed videotapes of 684 mothers in 11 countries as they interacted with their infants, who were around 5 months old. They found that mothers tend to react the same way.
  
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• Saudi Arabia announces plans for £380 billion city 'Neom'

  24-10-2017 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The project, dubbed Neom, will be built on untouched land along the country's Red Sea coastline near Egypt and Jordan.
  
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• Equation could help pinpoint people at risk of depression

  24-10-2017 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at University College London used a formula to identify signals in the human brain that explain why self-esteem goes up and down when we learn other people's judgements of us (stock).
  
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• Ice sheets melt rapidly in response to distant volcanoes

  24-10-2017 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Volcanic eruptions have been known to cool the global climate, but they can also speed up the melting of ice sheets, according to research from Columbia University (stock image).
  
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• This will be Cisco’s 201st acquisition. #cloud #futureofwork siliconrepublic.com/companies/cisc…

  24-10-2017 18:05 via twitter.com
  This will be Cisco’s 201st acquisition. #cloud #futureofwork siliconrepublic.com/companies/cisc…
  
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• Expect some super insights in coming days from our own @Jenny_Darmody, careers editor, attending #HRTechWorld in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  24-10-2017 18:04 via twitter.com
  Expect some super insights in coming days from our own @Jenny_Darmody, careers editor, attending #HRTechWorld in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• TV news 'hack' sees bitcoins snatched

  24-10-2017 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  A pair of hackers managed to reconstruct a code blurred out on TV and claim $1,000 (£760).
  
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• Bletchley Park ‘listener’ Alison Robins dies

  24-10-2017 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alison Robins, 97, taught herself Morse code and German during the WWII and stayed up all night eavesdropping messages from U-boats around Britain's coast.
  
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• WIRED Health 2018: Challenging the health industry to transform

  24-10-2017 17:53
  
  Learn more about WIRED Health 2018 and how you can tap into the fascinating trends revolutionising this industry.
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• Paul Weitz: Skylab and shuttle astronaut dies aged 85

  24-10-2017 17:51 via bbc.co.uk
  US astronaut Paul Weitz, who helped save a Nasa space station after it was damaged during launch, has died aged 85.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Who are the best #datascience people to follow on Twitter? #DataScienceWeek siliconrepublic.com/people/data-sc…

  24-10-2017 17:32 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Who are the best #datascience people to follow on Twitter? #DataScienceWeek siliconrepublic.com/people/data-sc…
  
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• #MostRead Today: What is #bitcoingold and why was it created? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/bit…

  24-10-2017 17:31 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: What is #bitcoingold and why was it created? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/bit…
  
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• #MostRead Today: Your average window can now be turned into an efficient solar heater siliconrepublic.com/machines/windo…

  24-10-2017 17:30 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Your average window can now be turned into an efficient solar heater siliconrepublic.com/machines/windo…
  
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• #MostRead Today: #GoogleEarth is contributing new archaeological discoveries in #SaudiArabia siliconrepublic.com/innovation/goo…

  24-10-2017 17:29 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: #GoogleEarth is contributing new archaeological discoveries in #SaudiArabia siliconrepublic.com/innovation/goo…
  
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• #MostRead Today: Fossils from the oldest known trees reveal a complex biology siliconrepublic.com/innovation/fos…

  24-10-2017 17:28 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Fossils from the oldest known trees reveal a complex biology siliconrepublic.com/innovation/fos…
  
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• .@trezeohq is victorious at @NDRC_hq Investor Day siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/trez…

  24-10-2017 17:20 via twitter.com
  .@trezeohq is victorious at @NDRC_hq Investor Day siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/trez…
  
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• ‘We’ve nothing to hide’ #Kaspersky siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/kas…

  24-10-2017 17:15 via twitter.com
  ‘We’ve nothing to hide’ #Kaspersky siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/kas…
  
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• Shedding new light on Europe's oldest battlefield

  24-10-2017 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists from the Lower Saxony State Office for Cultural Heritage have analysed skeletal remainsfound in the Tollense Valley in Germany to learn more about the people who fought in the battle.
  
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• Searches, notifications & emoji: What data reveals about people siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sea…

  24-10-2017 16:56 via twitter.com
  Searches, notifications & emoji: What data reveals about people siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sea…
  
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• Incredible technique could be used to locate MH370

  24-10-2017 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The method, developed by researchers from Cardiff University, usesmicrophones, known as hydrophones, to listen for underwater sound waves that are emitted when an object hits the sea surface.
  
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• Elephants walk for miles in search of water in Kenya

  24-10-2017 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During periods of drought, elephants such as these in a Kenyan national park, are able to walk long distances in their search of a water source.
  
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