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• Migraine miracle jab 'could be approved by NHS next year'

  29-11-2017 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The monthly injection, called erenumab, prevents nearly half of migraine attacks for people who have few other treatment options, scientists found.
  
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• Instagram update lets you draw on your friends photos

  29-11-2017 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Once a friend sends you a photo, you can send them a picture back and the picture they sent to you will be included with the photo you reply with, which you will be able to edit with text or stickers before sending.
  
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• Apple to audit development processes after Mac bug

  29-11-2017 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has pledged to review its software development process a day after a researcher discovered a bug in a new version of its Mac OS that could give hackers total control of machines.
  
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• Hackers could get even nastier in 2018: researchers

  29-11-2017 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After a year marked by devastating cyber attacks and breaches, online attackers are expected to become even more destructive in 2018, security researchers said Wednesday.
  
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• U.S. scientists take step toward creating artificial life

  29-11-2017 22:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The work, published in the journal Nature, brings scientists closer to the development of designer proteins made to order in a laboratory.
  
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• Donald Trump retweets far-right group's anti-Muslim videos

  29-11-2017 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  UK Prime Minister Theresa May condemns the tweets and says Britain First "peddle lies".
  
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• Does Apple have another autocorrect bug?

  29-11-2017 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the latest wave of complaints stemming from Apple’s iOS 11 software, hundreds of users have now found they are unable to correctly type the word ‘it’. Instead, it changes to 'I.T'.
  
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• Waze app adds new hands free mode

  29-11-2017 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Waze says the update is one the biggest in its history, allowing users to talk to it, use a motorcycle and use carpool lanes.
  
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• Scientists uncover why we cough at this time of the year

  29-11-2017 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from The Hull York Medical School analysed past studies investigating cough. People typically suffer two or three colds a year, with coughing being a common symptom.
  
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• Facebook to give relief groups data on users' needs

  29-11-2017 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook is giving disaster-relief organizations such as the Red Cross access to data on what users need and where they are as part of an expansion of tools for relief and charitable giving.
  
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• Robot automation will 'take 800 million jobs by 2030' - report

  29-11-2017 20:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Up to one fifth of the global work force will be affected by global automation, says McKinsey.
  
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• Motion capture suits for dogs aim to make CGI realistic

  29-11-2017 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From a poodle's strut to a basset hound's lolloping gait, scientists plan to capture the movements of different breeds to make on-screen animated dogs played by humans more authentic.
  
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• Caesar's invasion site 'found': Is this where the Romans landed?

  29-11-2017 20:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Archaeologists believe they may have uncovered the first evidence of Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain.
  
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• #Google is expanding in #Dublin! siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…

  29-11-2017 20:45 via twitter.com
  #Google is expanding in #Dublin! siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…
  
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• Hidden history of prehistoric women's work revealed

  29-11-2017 20:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Prehistoric women's manual work was tougher than rowing in today's elite boat crews, say scientists.
  
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• Google finally fixes its burger and beer emoji 

  29-11-2017 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google is the only tech company whose emoji shows cheese below the patty. Now, Android's upcoming 8.1 release shows that the emoji has been corrected along with the beer and cheese emoji.
  
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• GM tests self driving car on San Francisco streets

  29-11-2017 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The self driving GM Bolt drove more than two milesin its media debut, but double-parked cars and orange traffic cones tripped up the computer driver, and a taco truck stumped the machine entirely.
  
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• Neolithic women were stronger than today's top rowers

  29-11-2017 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manual grinding of grain between large stones to make flour may have helped Neolithic women growpowerful biceps, University of Cambridge researchers believe.
  
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• #Facebook’s Irish subsidiary sees a major revenue boost in new account filings. siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…

  29-11-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  #Facebook’s Irish subsidiary sees a major revenue boost in new account filings. siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…
  
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• Facebook reports progress in removing extremist content

  29-11-2017 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook has faced pressure both in the United States and Europe to tackle extremist content and is now using artificial intelligence to tackle extremist content (stock image).
  
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• Snailfish found living five miles beneath the surface

  29-11-2017 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The translucent, scaleless fish exist at such depths that the water pressure is the equivalent of an elephant standing on your thumb. The discovery was made by Washington University.
  
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• Scientists from the @BristolUni and @VCU has developed a new nano-mapping microscope #medtech siliconrepublic.com/machines/dna-m…

  29-11-2017 19:20 via twitter.com
  Scientists from the @BristolUni and @VCU has developed a new nano-mapping microscope #medtech siliconrepublic.com/machines/dna-m…
  
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• Teenage brains aren't wired to respond to punishment

  29-11-2017 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adolescent brains are 'not wired for high stakes' and are less likely to respond to incentives - however appetising they may seem, found researchers from Harvard University (stock image).
  
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• NASA reveals 'honeycomb' terrain on Mars

  29-11-2017 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to NASA, with evidence suggesting the honeycombs and the surrounding landscape in Mars northwestern Hellas Planitia may still be undergoing activity today, shaping the landscape.
  
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• Russian prison guard dogs cloned from 'Korea's best'

  29-11-2017 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tom and Jack are part of a 500-strong brood of guard dogs produced at the world's first cloning factory in South Korea, and have now gone to work overseeing prisoners in Russia.
  
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• Is Apple getting sloppy?

  29-11-2017 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  A security bug in the new Mac operating system has raised concerns that the firm's standards are slipping.
  
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• Ireland is now a member of the @ESO and @Lana_Salmon from @ucddublin talks about what it means for astronomers. siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ire…

  29-11-2017 18:00 via twitter.com
  Ireland is now a member of the @ESO and @Lana_Salmon from @ucddublin talks about what it means for astronomers. siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ire…
  
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• #MostRead Today: The next generation is coming to the workplace – are you prepared? ow.ly/Fd6X30gTDiV

  29-11-2017 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: The next generation is coming to the workplace – are you prepared? ow.ly/Fd6X30gTDiV
  
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• Classified Pentagon data leaked on the public cloud

  29-11-2017 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  A cyber-security company discovered classified data stored on an unsecured Amazon Web Services cloud.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Is the world ready for a 5G data tsunami? ow.ly/wivT30gTDcT

  29-11-2017 17:51 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Is the world ready for a 5G data tsunami? ow.ly/wivT30gTDcT
  
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• #MostRead Today: Ireland now ranked first globally in supercomputers per capita ow.ly/lDKg30gTDhL

  29-11-2017 17:51 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Ireland now ranked first globally in supercomputers per capita ow.ly/lDKg30gTDhL
  
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• #MostRead Today: How to achieve career success in 6 easy(ish) steps ow.ly/6hVT30gTD6c

  29-11-2017 17:51 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: How to achieve career success in 6 easy(ish) steps ow.ly/6hVT30gTD6c
  
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• #MostRead Today: 20 of Europe’s hottest fintech start-ups to watch in 2018 ow.ly/3XyQ30gTDg8

  29-11-2017 17:51 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 20 of Europe’s hottest fintech start-ups to watch in 2018 ow.ly/3XyQ30gTDg8
  
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• Amazon could be developing a drone that will SELF-DESTRUCT

  29-11-2017 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Filed by Seattle-based company Amazon, the innovative drone patent outlines a release system that includes 'attachment mechanisms, such as clips, latches, hooks'.
  
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• Note found hidden inside rear end of ancient Jesus statue

  29-11-2017 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Restorers of the wooden statue, which is kept at the church of Santa Agueda in the village of Sotillo de la Ribera, Spain, say the note dates back to 1777 and is signed by a priest.
  
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• The Indus Civilisation was built around an extinct river

  29-11-2017 17:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Indus Civilisation was an advanced Bronze Age society that developed mainly in what is now northwest India and Pakistan from 5,300 to 3,300 years ago.
  
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• 800 MILLION workers will be replaced by robots by 2030

  29-11-2017 17:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The report, by New York based firm, McKinsey, claims that as many as 800 million workers could be replaced by machines in just 13 years (stock image).
  
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• Snailfish is found living FIVE MILES beneath the surface

  29-11-2017 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The translucent, scaleless fish exist at such depths that the water pressure is the equivalent of an elephant standing on your thumb. The discovery was made by Washington University.
  
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• 74pc of employers surveyed by @HaysWorldwide are on the hunt for new recruits in the coming year #skills #STEM siliconrepublic.com/careers/skills…

  29-11-2017 17:15 via twitter.com
  74pc of employers surveyed by @HaysWorldwide are on the hunt for new recruits in the coming year #skills #STEM siliconrepublic.com/careers/skills…
  
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• Taco truck halts GM autonomous car's cruise through...

  29-11-2017 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The self driving GM Volt drove more than two milesin its media debut, but double-parked cars and orange traffic cones tripped up the computer driver, and a taco truck stumped the machine entirely.
  
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• Bank deputy warns of Bitcoin bubble risks

  29-11-2017 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Investors should "do their homework", says Bank of England official, as Bitcoin passes $11,000.
  
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• The 'artificial twin' mask that can unlock an iPhone X

  29-11-2017 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mask, made with 2D infrared images glued on the eye area, unlocked an iPhone X in a video demonstration. The firm warns that Apple's Face ID isn't safe enough for business transactions.
  
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• Inside secret Cold War 'bunker' hidden in Swedish mountain

  29-11-2017 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of adventurers called Free Solo has discovered what they say is a bunker used by intelligence agents set in a top-secret spot in the midst of a forest in southern Sweden.
  
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• Uber reveals 2.7m UK users were affected by a data breach

  29-11-2017 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Uber has revealed that 2.7 million UK users of its app were affected by a 2016 data breach that it covered up for more than a year.
  
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• There have been more security slip-ups at the US @NSAGov. #infosec #data siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/nsa…

  29-11-2017 16:40 via twitter.com
  There have been more security slip-ups at the US @NSAGov. #infosec #data siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/nsa…
  
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• Scotland, now is your time… to launch Brexit Britain into SPAAAACE!

  29-11-2017 16:11 via go.theregister.com
  House of Lords members make push for Scottish spaceports During a third reading of the draft bill for space industries at the House of Lords yesterday, peers debated limiting the British government's power and also plumped for Scotland as the venue for a UK spaceport.…
  
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• Google confirms lease of Velasco building to expand Dublin base siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…

  29-11-2017 16:09 via twitter.com
  Google confirms lease of Velasco building to expand Dublin base siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…
  
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• Team builds revolutionary DNA microscope from leftover DVD parts siliconrepublic.com/machines/dna-m…

  29-11-2017 16:01 via twitter.com
  Team builds revolutionary DNA microscope from leftover DVD parts siliconrepublic.com/machines/dna-m…
  
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• Polecats sightings reported in Essex

  29-11-2017 15:57 via bbc.co.uk
  A wildlife trust has asked people to get in touch if they spot the creatures.
  
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• Dr Donal O’Gorman of @DublinCityUni discusses his research into #diabetes siliconrepublic.com/innovation/dia…

  29-11-2017 15:45 via twitter.com
  Dr Donal O’Gorman of @DublinCityUni discusses his research into #diabetes siliconrepublic.com/innovation/dia…
  
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