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• PinMe can track your location even if you turn GPS off

  30-11-2017 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Called PinMe, it mines information such as data from gyroscopes and accelerometers, to work out where the user is - even if they don't give the app access to location services.
  
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• China Pressuring Foreign Companies To Set Up Communist Party Cells Within Their Factories

  30-11-2017 23:46 via technocracy.news
  Chinese Technocrats are exporting their autocratic dogma by requiring foreign companies to setup Communist Part Cells within their plants and offices. Also, this is obviously an attempt to keep an eye on Chinese citizens who are employed by these companies. Germany is considering pulling out of China completely. ⁃ TN EditorA trade group has warned that members of the German business community in China are concerned about a request from the ruling Communist Party to set up c
  
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• Fossilised eggs shed light on reign of pterosaurs

  30-11-2017 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  A collection of 200 eggs gives new insights into the development of the extinct flying reptiles.
  
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• Scientists: Smartphone Addiction Creates Imbalance in The Brain

  30-11-2017 22:30 via technocracy.news
  This study is from the Radiological Society of North America, and is as authoritative as it can get: Cell phones are addictive to young brains! Technocrats like Bill Gates and the late Steve Jobs knew full well that this was the case since they prohibited phone/screen use for their own children! There are serious adverse effects on adults as well. ⁃ TN EditorResearchers have found an imbalance in the brain chemistry of young people addicted to smartphones and the internet, according t
  
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• Pictures of North Korea's new missile reveal its huge size

  30-11-2017 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Based on photographs released by North Korea, analysts have determined the Hwasong-15 - an ICBM launched yesterday - is taller, wider and capable of carrying a much bigger payload.
  
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• Jim Beam bourbon dispenser pours a shot when you ask it

  30-11-2017 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The dispenser, priced at $35, is available for pre-order for shipping by December 15 in time for Christmas - though the Jim Beam website has listed the product as temporarily out of stock.
  
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• What AI analysis of Google Street View images reveals

  30-11-2017 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The car you drive really does reveal your politics, researchers have found. Researchers at Stanford used AI to analyse 50 million images in 200 cities across the US.
  
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• Users take to Twitter to vent as Whatsapp crashes

  30-11-2017 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The problem, which appear to be centred around the UK, has forced users to take to Twitter to vent their frustration. The issues began after 6:37PM GMT (1:37 PM EST), according to Down Detector.
  
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• Prolego Scientific has won the #VentureLaunch17 Accelerator programme at @UCDdublin siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ucd-…

  30-11-2017 21:05 via twitter.com
  Prolego Scientific has won the #VentureLaunch17 Accelerator programme at @UCDdublin siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ucd-…
  
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• How to impress someone with poetry, according to science

  30-11-2017 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research from New York University looked at the factors that explain why we find particular poems aesthetically pleasing in order to understand 'why we like what we like' (stock image).
  
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• Climate skeptics under fire for new paper

  30-11-2017 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have slammed a new paper by researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville that claims there has been no acceleration in warming over the last two decades.
  
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• If you work hard and you work well, @VoxproGroup will reward you. #techjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/voxpro-te…

  30-11-2017 20:30 via twitter.com
  If you work hard and you work well, @VoxproGroup will reward you. #techjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/voxpro-te…
  
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• Pterosaurs couldn't fly when they hatched

  30-11-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from he Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing analysed 215 eggs of the pterosaur species Hamipterus tianshanensis.
  
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• Deadly tsunamis could be spotted sooner by reading GRAVITY

  30-11-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Paris Institute of Earth Physics say earthquakes could be detected using tiny shifts in gravity that fire through the atmosphere at 185,000 miles per second.
  
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• Tom Wehmeier of @atomico said Europe is "killing it" when it comes to tech. #Slush17 siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/euro…

  30-11-2017 19:50 via twitter.com
  Tom Wehmeier of @atomico said Europe is "killing it" when it comes to tech. #Slush17 siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/euro…
  
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• Supreme Court: Should Police Need A Warrant To Track Your Cell Phone?

  30-11-2017 19:46 via technocracy.news
  The Supreme Court will soon determine if a search warrant is required to access your cell phone tracking data held and owned by your cell service provider. It is a hot debate and critically important to the future of surveillance in the U.S. Technocrats want to track everything, everywhere, without legal constraints, and claim that for anything that leaves your phone, you have no expectation of privacy. This is bunk, and we can hope that the Supreme Court will uphold privacy laws in the digital
  
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• Rehabilitated penguins released back into the sea

  30-11-2017 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ten penguins were taken to Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, to be released into the ocean after having been kept in rehabilitation. They were cheered on by supporting crowds.
  
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• There could be two million species in the sea

  30-11-2017 19:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have used a variety of methods to estimate the global number of marine species and each has its limitations. Current common estimates still vary between around 0.3m and 2m marine species.
  
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• How are banks adapting to #blockchain? @CIConnect's Emily McDaid sat down with @Barclays' Anthony Macey to find out siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/bar…

  30-11-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  How are banks adapting to #blockchain? @CIConnect's Emily McDaid sat down with @Barclays' Anthony Macey to find out siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/bar…
  
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• Hope for an HIV vaccine as two US-funded trials launch

  30-11-2017 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Although modern HIV drugs have turned the disease from a death sentence into a chronic condition, a vaccine is still seen as critical in rolling back the pandemic.
  
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• Google’s new Android app Datally could save you money

  30-11-2017 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new Google app for Android has been released globally, which lets people to restrict how much data they use by controlling background apps and showing where and when data is used.
  
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• Dialog shares tank on report Apple to design own power

  30-11-2017 18:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is working on its own battery-saving chip to replace Dialog's power-management integrated circuits, or PMICs, it has been claimed.
  
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• Humans may have descended from sponges, analysis suggests

  30-11-2017 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Bristol have waded into the debate with a new study, suggesting that the humble sponge may be our earliest ancestor.
  
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• Elon Musk to bid to build a Hyperloop in Chicago

  30-11-2017 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The project is designed to create a new 'express' option that would take travelers between downtown and O'Hare in '20 minutes or less,' cutting travel times in half.
  
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• Stressed newborn babies feel pain much more but don't cry

  30-11-2017 18:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research led by University College London found stress was an important factor in influencing how babies perceive and react to pain (stock image).
  
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• Millions of people in the #UK could be entitled to compensation from #Google due to unlawful #data harvesting siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…

  30-11-2017 18:40 via twitter.com
  Millions of people in the #UK could be entitled to compensation from #Google due to unlawful #data harvesting siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…
  
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• #MostRead Today: Strencom reveals 20 jobs for Dublin and Cork, announces €6m investment ow.ly/BjK630gVmOE

  30-11-2017 18:36 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Strencom reveals 20 jobs for Dublin and Cork, announces €6m investment ow.ly/BjK630gVmOE
  
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• #MostRead Today: US fintech giant Equifax to create 150 new jobs in Dublin ow.ly/XC8N30gVmJM

  30-11-2017 18:35 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: US fintech giant Equifax to create 150 new jobs in Dublin ow.ly/XC8N30gVmJM
  
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• #MostRead Today: Synthetic cannabis-like drug reduces effects of sleep apnoea ow.ly/CGZy30gVmL8

  30-11-2017 18:35 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Synthetic cannabis-like drug reduces effects of sleep apnoea ow.ly/CGZy30gVmL8
  
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• #MostRead Today: 12 terrific Tallinn start-ups to watch in 2018 ow.ly/U0PL30gVmME

  30-11-2017 18:35 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 12 terrific Tallinn start-ups to watch in 2018 ow.ly/U0PL30gVmME
  
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• #MostRead Today: This is why you should learn the Elixir programming language ow.ly/HqEE30gVmDE

  30-11-2017 18:34 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: This is why you should learn the Elixir programming language ow.ly/HqEE30gVmDE
  
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• How bad dreams reflect our daily frustrations

  30-11-2017 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A psychologist at the University of Cardiff found that people who are frustrated with their daily lives tend to have recurring dreams in which they were falling, failing or being attacked.
  
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• Most-Instagrammed cities and locations of 2017 revealed

  30-11-2017 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When it comes to popularity on Instagram, New York rules the roost. It's the most Instagrammed city and dominates the location rankings, too, with Times Square and Central Park at No2 and No3.
  
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• Nasa footage shows lightning from ISS

  30-11-2017 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Nasa releases footage captured over China, Korea and Japan of "lightning, city lights and fishing boats".
  
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• Netflix cheating worse than flirty messages says new study

  30-11-2017 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study by London based Bush TV found a quarter of people would be more upset about Netflix cheating than if their loved one had sent flirty messages to someone else.
  
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• #Tallinn is home to some 5-star #startups: @Lingvist @pipedrive @JavaPlumbr @ScoroSoftware @taxifyapp @weps_official siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/tall…

  30-11-2017 18:05 via twitter.com
  #Tallinn is home to some 5-star #startups: @Lingvist @pipedrive @JavaPlumbr @ScoroSoftware @taxifyapp @weps_official siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/tall…
  
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• Looking for the perfect job? Voxpro has roles suited to everyone siliconrepublic.com/jobs/voxpro-te…

  30-11-2017 17:32 via twitter.com
  Looking for the perfect job? Voxpro has roles suited to everyone siliconrepublic.com/jobs/voxpro-te…
  
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• The first day the #US can withdraw from the Paris agreement is the day after the 2020 election - @algore at #Slush17 siliconrepublic.com/innovation/al-…

  30-11-2017 17:15 via twitter.com
  The first day the #US can withdraw from the Paris agreement is the day after the 2020 election - @algore at #Slush17 siliconrepublic.com/innovation/al-…
  
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• Mushrooms from Russia to France have traces of RADIATION

  30-11-2017 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  France has discovered traces of radioactive cesium on mushrooms imported from Russia, according to the head of French nuclear regulator, ASN (stock image).
  
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• Wow, Rovio CEO Kati Levoranta recalls how Rovio had 51 games developed before success of Angry Birds. That's determ… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-11-2017 16:51 via twitter.com
  Wow, Rovio CEO Kati Levoranta recalls how Rovio had 51 games developed before success of Angry Birds. That's determ… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Hipster trend for glitter beards and boobs may lead to ban

  30-11-2017 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Trisia Farrelly, an environmental anthropologist from Massey University, is one of a growing number of experts calling for an end to glittery microplastics.
  
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• NASA scientist creates a video of a liquid sand hot tub

  30-11-2017 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Rober, 37, a former NASA engineer from Orange County, California, has invented a hot tub filled with liquid sand in place of water.
  
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• YouTube rips off Snapchat's Stories with new Reels feature

  30-11-2017 16:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Reels feature is part of a wider effort by YouTube to expand its Community – an area of the site that is only accessible to creators. It is currently being tested on select users.
  
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• Neil Papworth recreates the world's first text with emoji

  30-11-2017 15:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On December 3, 1992, 22-year-old Neil Papworth, from Wokingham, Berkshire, sent the first ever Short Message Service (SMS) from a computer to a colleague, writing 'Merry Christmas'.
  
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• Unravelling the mystery of Egypt's Garrett mummy

  30-11-2017 15:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Northwestern University have been working to unravel some of the mysteries of the mummy girl, known as the Garrett mummy.
  
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• Incredible 360° VR footage of UAE Martian colony

  30-11-2017 15:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video, created by the United Arab Emirates, begins with a greeting from a holographic representative of the United Government of Mars, welcoming you to your second home.
  
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• Drones to deliver rural broadband... huh?

  30-11-2017 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Openreach say they want to start using drones to roll out high-speed broadband.
  
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• Cable-laying drone wires up remote Welsh village

  30-11-2017 14:56 via bbc.co.uk
  A remote Welsh village has superfast broadband after a drone was used to install fibre cables.
  
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• The @IEDR_dot_ie has gotten the go-ahead for domain liberalisation following a successful public consultation siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ied…

  30-11-2017 14:40 via twitter.com
  The @IEDR_dot_ie has gotten the go-ahead for domain liberalisation following a successful public consultation siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ied…
  
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• Al Gore trumps Trump on Paris accord and climate change siliconrepublic.com/innovation/al-…

  30-11-2017 14:40 via twitter.com
  Al Gore trumps Trump on Paris accord and climate change siliconrepublic.com/innovation/al-…
  
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