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• Twitter users say iPhone X is too good to use for selfies

  07-11-2017 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  iPhone X users can use its Portrait Mode and Portrait Lighting features to take a selfie, and some Twitter users have revealed that they are wary of the smartphone's camera highlighting their flaws.
  
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• Snap's shares tumble as user growth fall short

  07-11-2017 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm posted a net loss of $443.2m, compared with a loss of $124.2 m a year earlier. Speigel said it was focusing on augmented reality and improving its app in the coming year.
  
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• No safety driver in Waymo's self-driving car taxi fleet

  07-11-2017 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Self-driving car company Waymo says it is ditching the human safety driver.
  
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• Twitter to roll out 280 character tweets to everyone

  07-11-2017 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter's trial of a 280-character limit is to be expanded to users globally, The social network said it hoped the move would stop people having to 'cram' their thoughts into 140 characters.
  
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• Quark fusion makes ten times as much energy as nuclear

  07-11-2017 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Tel Aviv University and University of Chicago found quarks release staggering amounts of energy when fused, far surpassing that of individual processes in hydrogen bombs.
  
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• Israeli start-up says Apple copied its camera technology

  07-11-2017 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Israeli startup has sued Apple, accusing the iPhone maker of copying its patented smartphone camera technology.
  
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• Twitter to expand 280-character tweets

  07-11-2017 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Longer tweets to be rolled out more widely as Twitter attempts to attract new users.
  
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• Cloudflare uses lava lamps to keep the internet secure

  07-11-2017 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Internet firm Cloudflare's San Francisco office analyses the movement of lava in the lamps to create truly random numbers for its encryption system.
  
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• Oldest map to use word 'America' up for sale

  07-11-2017 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The two-dimensional globe was created in 1507 by pioneering German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller and could fetch £900,000 ($1.2 million) at auction.
  
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• Tesla adds 'chill' acceleration mode for smoother rides

  07-11-2017 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla has released a new software update with two new features: One gives the option to reduce the Model S and X's acceleration, and the other makes it easier to exit Tesla's vehicles.
  
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• Manufacturer hints collaboration with Apple for AR glasses

  07-11-2017 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's reported that Catcher Technology, a Taiwanese company that manufactures metal casings for Apple products, may also make parts for Apple's AR glasses.
  
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• This ethnographic study will evaluate the effect of #VR technology on children’s health siliconrepublic.com/machines/zeeko…

  07-11-2017 21:00 via twitter.com
  This ethnographic study will evaluate the effect of #VR technology on children’s health siliconrepublic.com/machines/zeeko…
  
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• Apple launches its own payment system with Apple Pay Cash

  07-11-2017 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm rolled out Apple Pay Cash today for those enrolled in its public beta program, and it’s set to arrive to all customers once iOS 11.2 and watchOS 4.2 become available.
  
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• Amazing Nat Geo Nature Photographer of the Year entries

  07-11-2017 20:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One of the standout shots is of a juvenile sea lion playing with a starfish in isolated Los Lobos, La Paz, in Mexico. The grand-prize winner will receive $10,000.
  
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• Digicom intends to almost double its workforce over the next three years. #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/jobs/digicom-j…

  07-11-2017 20:35 via twitter.com
  Digicom intends to almost double its workforce over the next three years. #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/jobs/digicom-j…
  
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• How are you doing in the war for #talent? AppVault's @Liamocallaghan is here to help. siliconrepublic.com/advice/appvaul…

  07-11-2017 20:20 via twitter.com
  How are you doing in the war for #talent? AppVault's @Liamocallaghan is here to help. siliconrepublic.com/advice/appvaul…
  
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• This #EV will, for all intents and purposes, be a giant #RenewableEnergy battery siliconrepublic.com/machines/lambo…

  07-11-2017 20:05 via twitter.com
  This #EV will, for all intents and purposes, be a giant #RenewableEnergy battery siliconrepublic.com/machines/lambo…
  
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• NASA seeks nickname for New Horizons' flyby target

  07-11-2017 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While NASA plans to choose a formal name once its true nature is uncovered, the space agency is now seeking suggestions from the public to nickname the target in the meantime.
  
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• Say adios to #KRACK siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…

  07-11-2017 19:40 via twitter.com
  Say adios to #KRACK siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…
  
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• North Korea nuke tests 'have caused deformities in babies'

  07-11-2017 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of defectors said springs have run dry while 80 per cent of newly planted trees have withered and died at Punggye-ri in North Korea.
  
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• Mammoth tooth found in Dover could have been sacred item

  07-11-2017 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The prehistoric find was dug up during excavations of Dover's waterfront and docks. It is not clear how old the tooth is, but the last mammoths walked in Britain over 14,000 years ago.
  
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• Electric delivery vans set to come to California and Ohio

  07-11-2017 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Workhorse Group Inc said on Tuesday it will test its new lightweight N-Gen electric van in cities in Ohio and California as race to develop mass-market electric delivery vehicles heats up.
  
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• Germany's Daimler unveils new "Ask Mercedes" chatbot

  07-11-2017 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Ask Mercedes is a new cognitive assistant available any time to support customers in exploring all the functions of their Mercedes-Benz vehicles,'the firm said at the Lisbon Web Summit.
  
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• Mysterious disk-shaped cloud seen hovering in China

  07-11-2017 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Villagers in China were left baffled by a strangely shaped cloud that appeared in the sky last week. Incredible footage captured on phone shows the orange-hued cloud floating in a clear sky.
  
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• Could a baseball cap stop you falling asleep at the wheel?

  07-11-2017 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Ford in South America developed a hat, aimed at truckers in Brazil, that warns them they are falling asleep by lighting up, vibrating and letting off a warning sound.
  
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• Rare genetic defect helped butterflies disguise themselves

  07-11-2017 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Chicago analysed genetic data from a group of swallowtail species to find out how mimicry first evolved around two million years ago.
  
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• The £71m round values @monzo at £280m siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/monz…

  07-11-2017 19:20 via twitter.com
  The £71m round values @monzo at £280m siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/monz…
  
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• Burial pit containing 2,400-year-old horse remains found

  07-11-2017 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists made the discovery near the city of Xinzheng, in central China's Henan Province, which was ruled over by the Zheng State intermittently between 770 and 221 BC.
  
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• Experts are genetically engineering new beers

  07-11-2017 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers, from VIB, a research institute in Flanders, Belgium, have partnered with a Belgian brewery to test their sweeter yeast strains with several batches of beer. (Stock image)
  
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• Stingrays spotted off coast of Pensacola, Florida

  07-11-2017 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A massive group of stingrays was spotted on the side of a pier in Pensacola, Florida. The group, known as a fever, was in search of a meal of minnows.
  
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• #Salesforce and #Google are teaming up as competition in the #cloud grows more fierce siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…

  07-11-2017 19:00 via twitter.com
  #Salesforce and #Google are teaming up as competition in the #cloud grows more fierce siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…
  
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• Lamborghini's Terzo Millennio electric hypercar revealed

  07-11-2017 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lamborghini already builds some of the most extreme cars you can drive on the road today, but its vision for the hypercar of tomorrow is on a whole new level.
  
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• Waymo launching driverless ride-hailing service in Phoenix

  07-11-2017 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alphabet's Waymo self-driving unit is launching a ride-hailing service for the general public with no human driver behind the steering wheel. The firm has been testing on public roads in Arizona.
  
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• Sinéad O’Doherty completed an internship while studying #softwaredevelopment at @LimerickIT siliconrepublic.com/people/sinead-…

  07-11-2017 18:35 via twitter.com
  Sinéad O’Doherty completed an internship while studying #softwaredevelopment at @LimerickIT siliconrepublic.com/people/sinead-…
  
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• Xbox One X: Microsoft 'not leaving current players behind'

  07-11-2017 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  The world's most powerful console, the Xbox One X, has hit the shelves but will set you back £450.
  
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• Asteroid-tracking effort reveals insight on object TC4

  07-11-2017 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of astronomers has gathered enough data to determine the shape and rotation speed of asteroid 2012 TC4, along with new insight on its composition.
  
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• WhatsApp: How the supermarket voucher scam works

  07-11-2017 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Scammers are using WhatsApp to send fake supermarket vouchers to trick people into revealing their details.
  
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• Angry and bruised Apple dismisses allegations in #ParadisePapers siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…

  07-11-2017 18:05 via twitter.com
  Angry and bruised Apple dismisses allegations in #ParadisePapers siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…
  
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• Workhorse to test electric vans in California, Ohio

  07-11-2017 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Workhorse Group Inc said on Tuesday it will test its new lightweight N-Gen electric van in cities in Ohio and California as race to develop mass-market electric delivery vehicles heats up.
  
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• Attention women entrepreneurs: Enterprise Ireland wants you! siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/goin…

  07-11-2017 17:50 via twitter.com
  Attention women entrepreneurs: Enterprise Ireland wants you! siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/goin…
  
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• Daimler unveils new "Ask Mercedes" chatbot

  07-11-2017 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Ask Mercedes is a new cognitive assistant available any time to support customers in exploring all the functions of their Mercedes-Benz vehicles,'the firm said at the Lisbon Web Summit.
  
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• #MostRead today: Good news for #Dublin! siliconrepublic.com/jobs/digicom-j…

  07-11-2017 17:28 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: Good news for #Dublin! siliconrepublic.com/jobs/digicom-j…
  
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• #MostRead today: What role will #millennials play in the #futureofwork?siliconrepublic.com/people/millenn…

  07-11-2017 17:27 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: What role will #millennials play in the #futureofwork?siliconrepublic.com/people/millenn…
  
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• #MostRead today: Is Ireland’s housing crisis more severe than elsewhere or is it part of a global epidemic? siliconrepublic.com/companies/acco…

  07-11-2017 17:25 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: Is Ireland’s housing crisis more severe than elsewhere or is it part of a global epidemic? siliconrepublic.com/companies/acco…
  
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• #MostRead today: Latest funding round will help Scurri to reach the next level of growth siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/scur…

  07-11-2017 17:24 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: Latest funding round will help Scurri to reach the next level of growth siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/scur…
  
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• #MostRead today: Say hello to the new #Lamborghini concept car siliconrepublic.com/machines/lambo…

  07-11-2017 17:23 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: Say hello to the new #Lamborghini concept car siliconrepublic.com/machines/lambo…
  
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• It looks like the #UK will be the first non-US country Messenger Payments will be rolled out in #Facebook siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…

  07-11-2017 17:20 via twitter.com
  It looks like the #UK will be the first non-US country Messenger Payments will be rolled out in #Facebook siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…
  
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• “We need to send a message loud and clear to the institutions.” #diversity #gendergap siliconrepublic.com/innovation/gen…

  07-11-2017 17:00 via twitter.com
  “We need to send a message loud and clear to the institutions.” #diversity #gendergap siliconrepublic.com/innovation/gen…
  
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• Menstrual disc Flex is 'most comfortable sanitary product'

  07-11-2017 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Flex's menstrual disc, which launches in the UK this week, is designed to sit at the base of a woman's cervix and can be worn for up to 12 hours. It costs on average £13 a month.
  
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• Here’s how you can trust your intuition and reap the rewards siliconrepublic.com/advice/intuiti…

  07-11-2017 16:50 via twitter.com
  Here’s how you can trust your intuition and reap the rewards siliconrepublic.com/advice/intuiti…
  
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