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• NASA reveals plan for spectacular 2019 Orion abort test

  10-11-2017 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The space agency revealed it will conduct the test in April 2019, to assess the rocket-powered tower’s ability to get astronauts to safety in the event of an emergency during ascent.
  
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• Driverless cars are at 'real risk' of being hacked

  10-11-2017 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The connected nature of these vehicles could make them a ‘target’ for hackers, according to evidence submitted to Parliament.
  
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• Climate change could poison Earth's lakes with pathogens

  10-11-2017 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Miami study found increasing organic runoff as a result of climate change may be reducing the penetration of pathogen-killing ultraviolet sunlight in inland lakes, rivers, and coastal waters.
  
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• AMBER and CRANN are working on exciting new directions in #nanoscience and materials science, such as #3Dprinting siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cra…

  10-11-2017 21:30 via twitter.com
  AMBER and CRANN are working on exciting new directions in #nanoscience and materials science, such as #3Dprinting siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cra…
  
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• This week, we saw new job opportunities open up in #Dublin and #Galway siliconrepublic.com/careers/new-op…

  10-11-2017 21:10 via twitter.com
  This week, we saw new job opportunities open up in #Dublin and #Galway siliconrepublic.com/careers/new-op…
  
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• iPhone X screen unresponsive if temp drops suddenly

  10-11-2017 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While Apple recommends using its devices in temperatures above the freezing point, the issue so far appears to be occurring within described range, causing the screen to be unresponsive.
  
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• Cyber chief Jeanette Manfra warns that the opt-in nature of #cybersecurity is the weakest link. #infosec siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/hom…

  10-11-2017 20:55 via twitter.com
  Cyber chief Jeanette Manfra warns that the opt-in nature of #cybersecurity is the weakest link. #infosec siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/hom…
  
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• Coffee puzzle leaves Twitter totally stumped

  10-11-2017 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The brainteaser, which was shared on Twitter by user @Purp, shows a pot of coffee being poured into a funnel connected to a maze of pipes that lead to four different cups. Which will fill up first?
  
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• #Twitter is reviewing its verification process in the wake of fresh controversy siliconrepublic.com/companies/twit…

  10-11-2017 20:40 via twitter.com
  #Twitter is reviewing its verification process in the wake of fresh controversy siliconrepublic.com/companies/twit…
  
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• Kitesurfer stranded reveals Apple Watch saved him

  10-11-2017 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Zilles, 49, was stranded in waters off Ventura where great white sharks have been spotted, and used his Apple Watch to call coastguards - and was even able to direct them towards him.
  
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• A #Dublin start-up has received $100,000 in funding after being named as a finalist in a #NewYork accelerator siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/thin…

  10-11-2017 20:25 via twitter.com
  A #Dublin start-up has received $100,000 in funding after being named as a finalist in a #NewYork accelerator siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/thin…
  
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• A boost for the mid-west as #Shannon Free Zone incubation facility officially launches siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/shan…

  10-11-2017 20:05 via twitter.com
  A boost for the mid-west as #Shannon Free Zone incubation facility officially launches siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/shan…
  
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• Twitter rolls out longer names as users ask to 'ban Nazis'

  10-11-2017 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter has now revealed it is extending the length of display names, allowing up to 50 characters. But, many are not happy. Angry users have begun to change their names, asking firm to 'ban Nazis.'
  
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• Are we at the start of a new paradigm for how European #startups fund themselves? #blockchain siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ico-…

  10-11-2017 19:40 via twitter.com
  Are we at the start of a new paradigm for how European #startups fund themselves? #blockchain siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ico-…
  
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• DPC cracks down on policy of #eReceipts siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/dat…

  10-11-2017 19:20 via twitter.com
  DPC cracks down on policy of #eReceipts siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/dat…
  
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• How DID a transplant cure this man of HIV?

  10-11-2017 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Timothy Brown, the 51-year-old American man known as the 'Berlin patient', was declared HIV-free in 2008 after two bone marrow transplants at a hospital in Berlin.
  
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• Was the #iPhone8 launch dented by people holding out for the #iPhoneX? siliconrepublic.com/companies/ipho…

  10-11-2017 19:00 via twitter.com
  Was the #iPhone8 launch dented by people holding out for the #iPhoneX? siliconrepublic.com/companies/ipho…
  
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• Nasa is building a super-efficient turboelectric plane

  10-11-2017 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An early concept of the STARC-ABL plane which uses air to generate propulsion is going to be tested in the next few months at Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio.
  
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• Russia's Brexit influence, future tennis: Podcast 343

  10-11-2017 18:53
  
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• .@Zendesk made George's move from Ukraine very easy. siliconrepublic.com/people/zendesk…

  10-11-2017 18:50 via twitter.com
  .@Zendesk made George's move from Ukraine very easy. siliconrepublic.com/people/zendesk…
  
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• iPhone X owners can now create 360-degree selfie scenes

  10-11-2017 18:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has released a global update to Clips app that makes use of the iPhone X's TrueDepth camera system, which also enables the handset's Face ID facial recognition system.
  
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• Infographic: How to turn #meetings from something you dread into the highlight of your work week siliconrepublic.com/advice/meeting…

  10-11-2017 18:35 via twitter.com
  Infographic: How to turn #meetings from something you dread into the highlight of your work week siliconrepublic.com/advice/meeting…
  
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• The first Singles’ Day sale at @AlibabaGroup took place in 2009, and this year’s looks set for massive growth. siliconrepublic.com/companies/alib…

  10-11-2017 18:20 via twitter.com
  The first Singles’ Day sale at @AlibabaGroup took place in 2009, and this year’s looks set for massive growth.siliconrepublic.com/companies/alib…
  
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• 'Project Loon' balloons help 100k Puerto Ricans get online

  10-11-2017 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm is working with AT&T and T-Mobile to successfully deliver basic internet to remote areas of Puerto Rico where cellphone towers were knocked out by Hurricane Maria.
  
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• Video shows Caribbean sea 'choked to death by human waste'

  10-11-2017 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Footage of waters near Roatan, an island off the coast of Honduras, shows a massive heap of plastic waste floating around the Caribbean sea.
  
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• Rare footage of China's £5 million hypersonic wind tunnel

  10-11-2017 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A secretive £5 million hypersonic wind tunnel, nicknamed 'Hyper Dragon', is helping the experts 'reveal many facts that Americans have not found out', one Chinese researcher said.
  
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• Zombie fungal parasites invade ants through their muscles

  10-11-2017 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Penn State University suggest that the zombie ant fungus surrounds and invades muscle fibres throughout the ant's body, allowing it to control the host's behaviour.
  
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• Trained hawks scare off smaller birds, draw stares in LA

  10-11-2017 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Husband-and-wife falconers Alyssa and Mike Bordonaro are 'The Hawk Pros,' just one of a number of Southern California bird-abatement businesses.
  
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• Coconut crab crushes and kills a bird in Chagos Islands

  10-11-2017 17:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The deadly coconut crab climbed a tree and crept up on a sleeping sea bird in its nest on the remote Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean.
  
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• Catch up on this week's latest news in the world of #IoT, from traffic to #connectedcars siliconrepublic.com/machines/iot-p…

  10-11-2017 17:20 via twitter.com
  Catch up on this week's latest news in the world of #IoT, from traffic to #connectedcars siliconrepublic.com/machines/iot-p…
  
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• Scientists create music using data from Nasa's Voyager I

  10-11-2017 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge have created a three-minute piece of music using data beamed back from the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
  
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• Russia’s New Robot Tank Will Outperform Humans

  10-11-2017 17:16 via technocracy.news
  Once standardized, these robots could roll off assembly lines like automobiles; their application on the battlefield will automate the killing of humans by an order of magnitude over WWI and WWII. Technocrats invent because they can, not because there is a need. ⁃ TN EditorThe Russian military will field a new armed tank-like robot that “outperformed” manned platforms in recent exercises at the Alabino proving grounds outside Moscow.
  That’s what Col. Oleg P
  
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• Infertility diagnosis found on 4000yo marriage contract

  10-11-2017 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tablet, found by archaeologists in central Turkey, stipulates the hired slave, known as a hierodule, be freed after the birth of the first boy.
  
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• Uber loses court appeal against drivers' rights

  10-11-2017 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The firm's drivers should get workers' rights including holiday and sick pay, a tribunal rules.
  
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• Greenhouse gas-sniffing satellite to be built and tested in Britain

  10-11-2017 17:05 via go.theregister.com
  By a multinational... But, er, RULE BRITANNIA! The UK Space Agency has made a deal with Thales Alenia Space to assemble and test a carbon-measuring satellite, the government announced yesterday.…
  
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• Homeland Security Warns Of Weaponized Drones And Aviation Threats

  10-11-2017 17:00 via technocracy.news
  Weaponized drones in the hands of terrorists are frightening, but remember that it was the Technocrat-heavy military establishment that developed the technology in the first place. This has sparked a massive arms race throughout the world, and is naturally trickling down to terrorists. ⁃ TN EditorThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an updated terror bulletin on Thursday highlighting the threat of weaponized drones, chemical attacks and the continued targeting of commercia
  
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• A form of Robocop could arrive sooner than you think. #China #AI siliconrepublic.com/machines/wuhan…

  10-11-2017 17:00 via twitter.com
  A form of Robocop could arrive sooner than you think. #China #AI siliconrepublic.com/machines/wuhan…
  
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• Claim: When AI Rules, One Rogue Programmer Could End The Human Race

  10-11-2017 16:51 via technocracy.news
  At the end of the day, it will be tech-saturated human Technocrats, not programs, that create the anti-human policies and outcomes that harm humanity. They will hide behind AI to escape responsibility, and everyone will think that the algorithms did them in.⁃ TN EditorThe idea of small groups of humans having control over some of the most powerful weapons ever to be built is scary, but it’s the reality we live in. In the not-so-distant future, that incredible power and responsibility
  
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• Dublin slips in European rankings as accommodation crisis soars siliconrepublic.com/companies/dubl…

  10-11-2017 16:49 via twitter.com
  Dublin slips in European rankings as accommodation crisis soars siliconrepublic.com/companies/dubl…
  
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• Do you think your phone is listening to your conversations? #Facebook siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/fac…

  10-11-2017 16:48 via twitter.com
  Do you think your phone is listening to your conversations? #Facebook siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/fac…
  
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• How humming a tune in your head could help the speechless talk again siliconrepublic.com/innovation/mus…

  10-11-2017 16:43 via twitter.com
  How humming a tune in your head could help the speechless talk again siliconrepublic.com/innovation/mus…
  
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• Shark dating to 'age of dinosaurs' caught off the Algarve

  10-11-2017 16:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere caught the rare frilled shark while working off the Algarve coast this week.
  
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• The impressive track record of @cranntcd and @ambercentre attracted Dr Lorraine Byrne to the leadership role siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cra…

  10-11-2017 16:30 via twitter.com
  The impressive track record of @cranntcd and @ambercentre attracted Dr Lorraine Byrne to the leadership role siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cra…
  
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• Experts suspect nuclear accident in Russia or Kazakhstan

  10-11-2017 16:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  French authorities say based on weather patterns, the most plausible source of the radioactive pollution lay south of the Ural mountains, between the Urals and the Volga river.
  
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• Diversity and the data-driven workforce siliconrepublic.com/advice/diversi…

  10-11-2017 16:23 via twitter.com
  Diversity and the data-driven workforce siliconrepublic.com/advice/diversi…
  
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• Carpe diem! #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/careers/new-op…

  10-11-2017 16:10 via twitter.com
  Carpe diem! #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/careers/new-op…
  
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• Nasa telescope finds planet 13 times the size of Jupiter

  10-11-2017 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts led by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute in Daejon, South Korea, have reported the discovery of a strange celestial body 22 light years away.
  
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• Remembrance Day: WWI photos are colourised for anniversary

  10-11-2017 16:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Moving photos show smiling British men and boys marching out of the trenches and jumping into trucks to make the long journey home from the battlefields of France. Others mourn the dead.
  
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• US Homeland Security cyber chief warns that too much depends on end users siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/hom…

  10-11-2017 16:00 via twitter.com
  US Homeland Security cyber chief warns that too much depends on end users siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/hom…
  
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• Apple fixes iPhone letter 'i' bug

  10-11-2017 15:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The latest software update fixes an issue that stopped some iPhone users typing the letter "i".
  
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