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• These are the craziest secret iPhone tricks

  01-12-2017 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are so many secret iPhone tricks such as clicking the lock button five times to get an SOS signal or turning the Compass app into a spirit level.
  
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• Military identifies 100 killed on battleship in Pearl...

  01-12-2017 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The USS Oklahoma sank after being attacked on December 7, 1941, killing 429 people. All but 35 of the fallen have remained unnamed for 76 years, but DNA analysis is changing all that now.
  
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• NASA fires up Voyager thrusters dormant for 37 years

  01-12-2017 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The spacecraft relies on small devices called thrusters to orient itself so it can communicate with Earth. Now, the Voyager team is able to use a set of four backup thrusters, dormant since 1980.
  
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• All snuggled up for the #LateLateToyShow? We’re watching to see if any of these #STEM gems make the cut! siliconrepublic.com/discovery/stem…

  01-12-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  All snuggled up for the #LateLateToyShow? We’re watching to see if any of these #STEM gems make the cut! siliconrepublic.com/discovery/stem…
  
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• Scan of deep sea pinecone fish reveals its spiky armor

  01-12-2017 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A scab by University of Washington researchers revealed that the armor of the fish is built from smaller bony subsections called scutes that form a series of backward pointing sharp scales on its body.
  
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• Claims Apple will reveal $250 'budget' iPad

  01-12-2017 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While Apple is believed to developing a new version with the same FaceID system as the iPhone X, a new DigiTimes report says it could  also launch a lower price model, sparking a tablet price war.
  
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• Amazing animation of iceberg that calved off Antarctica

  01-12-2017 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Satellite images show behaviour that is ‘both interesting and of concern,’ as the 100-square-mile iceberg is seen getting stuck, before disintegrating into smaller icebergs.
  
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• Looking for something to read this evening? Catch up on the latest sci-tech news and features. #Europe #scitech siliconrepublic.com/business/scien…

  01-12-2017 20:30 via twitter.com
  Looking for something to read this evening? Catch up on the latest sci-tech news and features. #Europe #scitech siliconrepublic.com/business/scien…
  
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• Antonov AN-22 lands at Manchester Airport

  01-12-2017 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Antonov AN-22 is rarely spotted and drew a crowd of aviation enthusiasts to witness it. It flew in from Helsinki, Finland.
  
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• Gift Guide: Choosing a streaming device without overpaying

  01-12-2017 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple, Google, Amazon and Roku are all competing to be your gateway to online video. Which device you need will largely depend on what services you watch and what kind of TV you have.
  
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• According to #Google's @SimonBalfe says #machinelearning is the next big shift for business. siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…

  01-12-2017 19:50 via twitter.com
  According to #Google's @SimonBalfe says #machinelearning is the next big shift for business. siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…
  
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• Check out the latest #IoT news from this week. #Microsoft #Agritech #AI #blockchain siliconrepublic.com/machines/iot-c…

  01-12-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  Check out the latest #IoT news from this week. #Microsoft #Agritech #AI #blockchain siliconrepublic.com/machines/iot-c…
  
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• Satellite images show extent of air pollution worldwide

  01-12-2017 18:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Images taken by a new European satellite show the levels and distribution of air pollutants around the world, including ash spewing from a volcano in Indonesia.
  
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• New York rats have different DNA depending on location

  01-12-2017 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Uptown Manhattan rats were found to be genetically distinct to Downtown rats, and even different neighborhoods like the East and West Village had their own distinct rat populations.
  
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• #Facebook’s advertising systems were found to have potential to be used in a discriminatory way. siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…

  01-12-2017 18:40 via twitter.com
  #Facebook’s advertising systems were found to have potential to be used in a discriminatory way. siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…
  
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• Google's phones and other gadgets have had a bumpy ride

  01-12-2017 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google's Pixel 2 phones, released in October, received complaints about 'burned in' afterimages on their screens, a bluish tint, clicking sounds and occasionally unresponsive touch commands.
  
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• Terrorists 'certain' to get their hands on killer robots

  01-12-2017 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A House of Lords inquiry has been warned that terrorists and rogue states will get their hands on killer robots in the next few years - and could carry out deadly attacks using them.
  
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• WhatsApp is testing a new ‘Restricted Groups’ feature

  01-12-2017 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WhatsApp is testing a feature called 'Restricted Groups', where the admin can send messages, but other group members can only read them. It is unclear when it will be rolled out globally.
  
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• The one technique to boost your memory

  01-12-2017 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Waterloo in Ontario analyzed four different techniques to assess which method most effectively makes people able to recall information.
  
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• Gravity signals rapidly show true size of giant quakes

  01-12-2017 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Researchers develop a new speedy approach to estimate the true size of very large earthquakes.
  
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• Needles with built-in cameras take images INSIDE patients

  01-12-2017 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University College Londonand Queen Mary University of London researchers have created a cutting edge ultrasound camera small enough to fit inside a single-use needle.
  
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• Elon Musk's 'megarocket' delayed until 2018

  01-12-2017 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell revealed the delay in an email to Aviation Week, but said a static fire test using all of Heavy's 27 Merlin engines at once is still of course for this year.
  
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• Check out our #STEM gift guide for all your little scientists, techies, engineers and maths whizzes #LateLateToyShow siliconrepublic.com/discovery/stem…

  01-12-2017 18:05 via twitter.com
  Check out our #STEM gift guide for all your little scientists, techies, engineers and maths whizzes #LateLateToyShow siliconrepublic.com/discovery/stem…
  
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• Artefacts found in ancient waste dump in Newcastle

  01-12-2017 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have uncovered green-glazed pottery, animal bone and leather, as well as a pit-like oven during excavations of a construction site in Newcastle city centre.
  
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• First World War photographs injected with colour

  01-12-2017 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Among the striking pictures from the cataclysmic war is a fascinating shot capturing the moment German and British troops put down their weapons for the Christmas truce of 1914.
  
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• Twitter Lite launched for use in 24 new countries

  01-12-2017 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  San Francisco-based Twitter has launched it's new lite version in 24 countries, which ithopes will expand its global audience by slashing the amount of data consumed when accessing the site.
  
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• 3D printing may hold the key to cure deafness

  01-12-2017 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Maryland in Baltimore came up with the concept, which would use CT scans of a patient's ear to create a personalised 3D printed prosthetic.
  
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• #MostRead Today: SuperAwesome’s Dylan Collins named Internet Hero for second time ow.ly/hy6M30gX1an

  01-12-2017 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: SuperAwesome’s Dylan Collins named Internet Hero for second time ow.ly/hy6M30gX1an
  
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• #MostRead Today: Irish IoT firm lights up smart San Diego ow.ly/rS0430gX1ca

  01-12-2017 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Irish IoT firm lights up smart San Diego ow.ly/rS0430gX1ca
  
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• #MostRead Today: 15 inspiring gift ideas for clever and curious kids ow.ly/nJhW30gX1eZ

  01-12-2017 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 15 inspiring gift ideas for clever and curious kids ow.ly/nJhW30gX1eZ
  
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• Parts of the River Ouse are turning blue and green

  01-12-2017 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The technicolour waters in Cambridgeshire appear to have a soapy liquid in them that is causing the colour change - although the source remains a mystery.
  
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• 'Longest-lasting rainbow' appears in Taiwan for nine hours

  01-12-2017 17:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A rainbow appeared over Taipei for nine hours continuously yesterday, claimed a meteorology expert. It's said to be the world's longest-lasting rainbow and was visible from 7am to 4pm.
  
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• Bitcoin power, Stephen Hawking: Podcast 346

  01-12-2017 17:24
  
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• Weekend Takeaway: Cosy up with 10 great sci-tech reads siliconrepublic.com/business/scien…

  01-12-2017 16:57 via twitter.com
  Weekend Takeaway: Cosy up with 10 great sci-tech reads siliconrepublic.com/business/scien…
  
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• How is the tech diversity pledge doing, 12 months later? siliconrepublic.com/people/tech-di…

  01-12-2017 16:50 via twitter.com
  How is the tech diversity pledge doing, 12 months later? siliconrepublic.com/people/tech-di…
  
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• December supermoon visible this weekend.

  01-12-2017 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The best time to see the supermoon will be at 08:45 GMT (03:45 EST) on December 4, at which point the moon will be just 222,135 miles (357,492 kilometres) away from Earth.
  
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• Waterford welcomes launch of NDRC@ArcLabs accelerator programme siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/wate…

  01-12-2017 16:44 via twitter.com
  Waterford welcomes launch of NDRC@ArcLabs accelerator programme siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/wate…
  
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• Dinosaur known as nodosaur used its spiky armour to flirt

  01-12-2017 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Canada suggest that the armored plating of the dinosaur fossil may have helped it attract mates, as well as to ward off challengers.
  
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• .@airwire is the latest @SIROIreland partner #broadband siliconrepublic.com/comms/siro-air…

  01-12-2017 16:35 via twitter.com
  .@airwire is the latest @SIROIreland partner #broadband siliconrepublic.com/comms/siro-air…
  
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• Is Google Translate sexist?

  01-12-2017 16:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google Translate can translate over 100 languages. But issues with translating gender-netural languages including Turkish and Finnish have been noticed this week.
  
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• Lisa Looney of @DublinCityUni talks about the importance of bringing more women to engineering. #womeninSTEM siliconrepublic.com/careers/lisa-l…

  01-12-2017 16:10 via twitter.com
  Lisa Looney of @DublinCityUni talks about the importance of bringing more women to engineering. #womeninSTEM siliconrepublic.com/careers/lisa-l…
  
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• Google’s Simon Balfe: ‘Machine learning is the next big shift for business’ siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…

  01-12-2017 16:00 via twitter.com
  Google’s Simon Balfe: ‘Machine learning is the next big shift for business’ siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…
  
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• Could #stellarwinds dash our hopes of finding #alienlife? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ali…

  01-12-2017 15:45 via twitter.com
  Could #stellarwinds dash our hopes of finding #alienlife? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ali…
  
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• WATCH: Do your parents know what your job entails? siliconrepublic.com/video/linkedin…

  01-12-2017 15:30 via twitter.com
  WATCH: Do your parents know what your job entails? siliconrepublic.com/video/linkedin…
  
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• The #Glasnevin Trust claimed that a #Twitter user made a serious of defamatory statements siliconrepublic.com/companies/twit…

  01-12-2017 15:25 via twitter.com
  The #Glasnevin Trust claimed that a #Twitter user made a serious of defamatory statements siliconrepublic.com/companies/twit…
  
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• Autonomous Cars: Why Big Tech Wants You To Text And Drive

  01-12-2017 15:18 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats want your drive time focused on your cell phone, which is most profitable for them. Driving your car is completely non-tech, ‘dead air’ time, which drives them nuts. The answer: either get you out of your car completely or force you into a self-driving car or public transportation. ⁃ TN EditorAs self-driving cars come closer to being common on American roads, much of the rhetoric promoting them has to do with safety. About 40,000 people die on U.S. ro
  
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• A bumper evening for Ireland as the European @adaawards hit Brussels. #CoderDojo #girlsinSTEM #womeninSTEM siliconrepublic.com/innovation/dig…

  01-12-2017 15:10 via twitter.com
  A bumper evening for Ireland as the European @adaawards hit Brussels. #CoderDojo #girlsinSTEM #womeninSTEM siliconrepublic.com/innovation/dig…
  
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• Nasa 'oil painting' image reveals raging storms on Jupiter

  01-12-2017 15:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa's Juno spacecraft captured the image while only 11,700 miles (19,000 km) from the tops of Jupiter’s clouds — roughly the distance between New York City and Perth, Australia.
  
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• Meet the world's first virtual politician in New Zealand

  01-12-2017 14:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Sam' was created by Nick Gerritsen, a self-proclaimed 'impact entrepreneur' from Marlborough, New Zealand (stock image).
  
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• 'Snoopers' charter' changes put forward

  01-12-2017 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The government says it accepts the Investigatory Powers Act is "inconsistent with EU law".
  
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