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• Tech giants will testify to Congress about Russia

  30-10-2017 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lawyers for Facebook, Google and Twitter will kick off two days of Congressional testimony starting tomorrow, as they speak to lawmakers about how Russia used their platforms.
  
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• SpaceX racks up another rocket launch, its 16th this year

  30-10-2017 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The TV link of the touchdown was lost, but SpaceX confirmed success despite the choppy seas and some flames shooting from the landed booster.
  
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• North Korea nuclear test risks radiation leak at test site

  30-10-2017 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Seoul detected several earthquakes near North Korea's nuclear test site in the country's northeast after its sixth and most powerful bomb explosion in September making it unsafe for any more.
  
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• Take a holiday on the 'flying bum' Airlander 10

  30-10-2017 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 20-tonne Airlander 10 is set to be tested by luxury travel firm Henry Cookson Adventures next year, and will be fitted with a luxury interior meaning it can stay aloft for weeks at a time.
  
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• Lim Choo How photographs wasps blowing bubbles of water

  30-10-2017 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The beautiful photos were taken by a photographer Lim Choo How in a warehouse in Kedah, Malaysia. The curious behaviour is used by wasps to remove excess moisture from their nests.
  
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• Lynx escapes from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom

  30-10-2017 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Eurasian lynx, escaped from  Borth Wild Animal Kingdom, near Aberystwyth, and the park's owner is setting baited traps as the animal could attack members of the public if threatened.
  
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• Neanderthals and humans evolved to have similar noses

  30-10-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Centro Nacional Patagónico in Chubut, Argentina looked at how the noses of Neanderthals and modern humans compared.
  
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• Forget dreams of eternal life!

  30-10-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Everlasting life will only ever be science fiction, a study by the University of Arizona suggests. Researchers say it is impossible to stop the march of time even with a drugs breakthrough.
  
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• Ford reveals Robutt created to make car seats comfortable

  30-10-2017 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pictured is the Robutt, which Ford developed to help engineers study the wear and tear used car seats endure. It mimics the effect of a person sitting on a car seat 25,000 times in just three weeks.
  
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• Apple touches record high on iPhone X demand

  30-10-2017 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Earlier this week Apple said Apple said pre-orders for the 10th anniversary phone were 'off the charts'. However, it has been claimed the firm had faced major production problems leaving it with shortages.
  
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• WIRED Next Generation 2017 Workshops

  30-10-2017 19:15
  
  Interactive workshops and 30+ exciting demos to inspire the next leading innovators and disruptors – view the full programme and brochure for the WIRED Next Generation 2017 youth festival, hosted with headline partner Accenture.
  
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• NASA reveals record setting tests of radical ion engine

  30-10-2017 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Known as a Hall Thruster, it is one of three Mars engine prototypes currently in development, and uses electric and magnetic fields to ionize gases like xenon and expels the ions to produce thrust.
  
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• Drink Montmorency tart cherry juice to sleep for longer

  30-10-2017 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Analysis revealed the Montmorency tart cherry juice stopped the build-up of brain chemicals linked to poor chemicals. The findings were made by researchers at Louisiana State University.
  
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• ‘My degree in computer science is an educational adaptor plug – you can stick it in any vocational socket.’ #STEM siliconrepublic.com/people/voxpro-…

  30-10-2017 19:00 via twitter.com
  ‘My degree in computer science is an educational adaptor plug – you can stick it in any vocational socket.’ #STEM siliconrepublic.com/people/voxpro-…
  
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• Coffee and breakfast and Wi-Fi, oh my! #IconicOffices siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/icon…

  30-10-2017 18:30 via twitter.com
  Coffee and breakfast and Wi-Fi, oh my! #IconicOffices siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/icon…
  
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• EPA Cancels Scientist Discussion Of Climate Change

  30-10-2017 18:04 via technocracy.news
  The EPA’s new bias against Global Warming and Obama’s Clean Energy plan has angered Technocrats who are pushing for control over all energy. In this report, a New York Times reporter is interviewed by NPR to jointly bash industry and the new direction of the EPA. ⁃ TN EditorNew York Times reporter Lisa Friedman talks with Melissa Block about EPA administrator Scott Pruitt’s latest moves to curb his agency’s regulations and shift the focus away from climate
  
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• Meet the #drone that can propel itself out of water and safely land at a moment’s notice siliconrepublic.com/machines/robob…

  30-10-2017 18:00 via twitter.com
  Meet the #drone that can propel itself out of water and safely land at a moment’s notice siliconrepublic.com/machines/robob…
  
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• Dubai Vs. Smart City – The Future Of Happiness?

  30-10-2017 17:46 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats claim that convenience makes you happy, and in Dubai, its Smart City technology makes everything convenient. However, Dubai is an Islamic dictatorship, where creating a Smart City bypasses all direct input from citizens who must live under it. Scientific Dictatorship promises the moon, but the realization of it will be a dark moon rising, indeed. ⁃ TN EditorEvery day Dubai is one step closer to becoming a fully-fledged smart city, as an increasing number of devices become
  
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• Researchers confirm how black hole relativistic jets form

  30-10-2017 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of experts led by the University of Southampton has moved a step closer to understanding relativistic jets by measuring how quickly they 'switch on' and start shining brightly.
  
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• Meet the tech #startups lighting up the city of #Lisbon siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/14-e…

  30-10-2017 17:30 via twitter.com
  Meet the tech #startups lighting up the city of #Lisbon siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/14-e…
  
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• Hordes of octopuses walk out of sea on Welsh coast

  30-10-2017 17:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts suspect the strange behaviour in New Quay, Ceredigion could be related to a change in atmospheric pressure caused by the recent storms, Ophelia and Brian.
  
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• Tech firms must do more on extremism: World Economic Forum

  30-10-2017 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The World Economic Forum's human rights council warns tech companies risk government regulation that would limit freedom of speech.
  
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• The mystery of Jupiter's southern lights deepens

  30-10-2017 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from University College London found that high-energy X-ray emissions at Jupiter's south pole consistently pulse every 11 minutes.
  But pulses at the north pole are erratic.
  
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• Brain scans can spot suicidal thoughts with 91% accuracy

  30-10-2017 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While suicide is the second-leading cause of death among young people in the US, it is notoriously difficult to predict. But this study by Carnegie Mellon has shown it can be spotted.
  
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• Amazon’s basic Kindle will get Audible support

  30-10-2017 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new Kindle Oasis will play Audible audiobooks but now it appears the feature will soon be available on the basic $79 (£59) Kindle too, according to Seattle-based Amazon.
  
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• Saturn's mysterious hexagonal storm gets moment in the sun

  30-10-2017 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Saturn's North pole basks in full sunlight in the latest image from Cassini, showing the planet's mysterious giant 'hexagon' storm in unprecedented detail.
  
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• Want to be a #datascientist? siliconrepublic.com/advice/data-sc…

  30-10-2017 17:00 via twitter.com
  Want to be a #datascientist? siliconrepublic.com/advice/data-sc…
  
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• Nintendo doubles profit outlook on Switch sales

  30-10-2017 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Demand for the hybrid home-portable Switch has led to a near-doubling of Nintendo's stock price to nine-year highs since the device's March launch
  
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• The New Religions Obsessed with AI

  30-10-2017 16:30 via technocracy.news
  Over the millennia, mankind has worshipped the sun, molten and carved idols, other men, animals and rocks; now, AI enters as the latest contender for man’s worshipful attention, and it’s growing in stature.  ⁃ TN EditorWhat has improved American lives most in the last 50 years? According to a Pew Research study reported this month, it’s not civil rights (10 percent) or politics (2 percent): it’s technology (42 percent).
  And yet, according to 
  
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• How much would you pay for Einstein’s theory of happiness? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/alb…

  30-10-2017 16:30 via twitter.com
  How much would you pay for Einstein’s theory of happiness? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/alb…
  
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• Rubik´s Cube records broken in 4.59 seconds

  30-10-2017 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Korean SeungBeom Cho solved the cube in his first round of the day at the World Cube Association's ChicaGhosts 2017 event in Chicago, smashing his previous personal best of 6.54 seconds.
  
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• Stunning images show wasps blowing bubbles of water

  30-10-2017 16:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The beautiful photos were taken by a photographer Lim Choo How in a warehouse in Kedah, Malaysia. The curious behaviour is used by wasps to remove excess moisture from their nests.
  
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• #Electronics and #3Dprinting are merging to create a flexible and wearable battery siliconrepublic.com/machines/3d-pr…

  30-10-2017 16:00 via twitter.com
  #Electronics and #3Dprinting are merging to create a flexible and wearable battery siliconrepublic.com/machines/3d-pr…
  
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• Smartphone use falls among young for first time

  30-10-2017 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  For the first time, those aged between 16-24 are spending slightly less time on their smart devices.
  
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• CO2 levels grew at a record rate in 2016 UN report reveals

  30-10-2017 15:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The report by the Geneva-based World Meteorological Organisation found atmospheric concentrations of CO2 hit 403.3 parts per million in 2016.
  
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• Exploring the world of #datascience and the importance of #emoji 😊 🚀💸 siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sea…

  30-10-2017 15:30 via twitter.com
  Exploring the world of #datascience and the importance of #emoji 😊 🚀💸 siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sea…
  
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• Facebook exec DENIES that the social network spies on you

  30-10-2017 15:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rob Goldman, VP of ads at Menlo Park-based Facebook took to Twitter to defend Facebook, stating: 'We don't – and have never – used your microphone for ads.'
  
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• ICYMI: Scientists are working on transforming our windows into efficient #solarpower sources siliconrepublic.com/machines/windo…

  30-10-2017 15:00 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: Scientists are working on transforming our windows into efficient #solarpower sources siliconrepublic.com/machines/windo…
  
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• Football Manager 2018 see's first inclusion of gay players

  30-10-2017 14:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For the first time ever, players in Football Manager can come out as gay - as discovered by one player during the newly released beta. Game director Miles Jacobson confirmed the new feature.
  
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• Fish have a sex change in Blue Planet II

  30-10-2017 14:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The best moment of Blue Planet II was probably not one clip of one specific animal but at the beginning, after David Attenborough’s introduction.
  
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• Locals shocked by kitten with two faces in Colombia

  30-10-2017 14:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A farmer shocked locals when he revealed his cat had given birth to a kitten with two faces in the town of Amalfi, in the north-western Colombian department of Antioquia.
  
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• Is your phone listening in? Your stories

  30-10-2017 14:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Facebook has denied using audio to target ads, but many people think it can happen.
  
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• Get to know the science behind popular period-tracking app Clue siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/clu…

  30-10-2017 14:30 via twitter.com
  Get to know the science behind popular period-tracking app Clue siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/clu…
  
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• WATCH: What to expect from BioPharma Ambition 2018 siliconrepublic.com/video/biopharm…

  30-10-2017 14:15 via twitter.com
  WATCH: What to expect from BioPharma Ambition 2018 siliconrepublic.com/video/biopharm…
  
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• Are video game loot boxes encouraging children to gamble?

  30-10-2017 14:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gabe Zichermann, a Los Angeles-based expert onaddiction to technology, said that loot boxes in modern video games like Fifa and Overwatch are 'literally slot machines'.
  
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• CO2 levels grew at a record rate in 2016, report reveals

  30-10-2017 14:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The report by the Geneva-based World Meteorological Organisation found atmospheric concentrations of CO2 hit 403.3 parts per million in 2016.
  
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• If data is “the new oil”, are #datascientists the new oil tycoon? siliconrepublic.com/jobs/companies…

  30-10-2017 14:00 via twitter.com
  If data is “the new oil”, are #datascientists the new oil tycoon? siliconrepublic.com/jobs/companies…
  
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• Google 'drops everything' to fix burger emoji

  30-10-2017 13:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Google's big cheese Sundar Pichai joked the company will 'drop everything' to fix their burger emoji
  
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• Elon Musk shares photo of Boring Company LA tunnel

  30-10-2017 13:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 150-metre (500ft) shaft has been dug under Los Angeles by Elon Musk's tunnel-digging firm The Boring Company. It 'should be 2 miles [3.2km] long in three or four months', he said.
  
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• YouTube tweaks advertising algorithm

  30-10-2017 13:39 via bbc.co.uk
  More videos will get ads as YouTube updates the way it chooses which content gets monetised.
  
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