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• Scientists devise Men in Black forgetting mechanism for AI

  04-12-2017 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AI researchers have developed a system they’ve likened to the memory-erasing ‘neuralyzer’ from Men in Black films, to interrupt the AI by deleting parts of its memory.
  
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• Astronauts make, fling, float, eat pizzas on space station

  04-12-2017 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fixings flew up last month on a commercial supply ship, and the crew wasted little time pulling out the flatbread, tomato sauce, cheese, pepperoni, olives, olive oil, anchovy paste and pesto.
  
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• Have you subscribed to the #Inspirefest podcast yet? A new episode just went live today! inspirefest.com/#community

  04-12-2017 21:10 via twitter.com
  Have you subscribed to the #Inspirefest podcast yet? A new episode just went live today! inspirefest.com/#community
  
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• Falcons attack prey in the same way as guided missiles

  04-12-2017 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For the study, researchers at Oxford University obtained a birds-eye-view of falcons in flight using miniature video cameras attached to the raptors' backs.
  
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• #Apple has agreed a deal with #Ireland to cough up €13bn in unpaid taxes. siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…

  04-12-2017 20:40 via twitter.com
  #Apple has agreed a deal with #Ireland to cough up €13bn in unpaid taxes. siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…
  
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• 'Urban umbrella' could replace scaffolding in cities

  04-12-2017 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The white sidewalk shed is designed to be ‘modern and harmonious,’ allowing natural light and city views to remain visible. Urban Umbrella has installed one structure in NYC's Flatiron District.
  
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• Trump dramatically SHRINKS Bears Ears National Monument

  04-12-2017 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump unveiled a plan Monday in Utah to dramatically scale back two national monuments – calling it an important move for 'states' rights.'
  
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• Winklevoss twins become world’s first Bitcoin BILLIONAIRES

  04-12-2017 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Winklevoss twins are the world’s first bitcoin billionaires. The twins have invested and reaped a 10,000 per cent rise in the cryptocurrency.
  
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• How 17th century inventors hoped to get to the moon

  04-12-2017 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first technical reckonings of how to travel to the moon can be found in the 17th century, researchers say, inspired by astronomic discoveries.
  
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• Lamborghini reveals its Urus supercar SUV

  04-12-2017 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With the Lamborghini Urus, the Italian exotic car maker has dropped a colossally powerful engine into a 4x4 to create an offroad family vehicle that can beat almost anything in its path.
  
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• Pigeons understand the abstract concepts of space and time

  04-12-2017 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research, from the University of Iowa, adds to growing evidence that that lower-order animal species such as birds, reptiles, and fish are capable of high-level, abstract decision-making.
  
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• Gorillas spontaneously CLEAN their food before eating it

  04-12-2017 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers, led by the University of Birmingham, saw the behaviour in captive gorillas – suggesting that food cleaning is a behaviour that appears spontaneously.
  
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• Is your #Christmas work party coming up? #HR might want to take note. siliconrepublic.com/advice/office-…

  04-12-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Is your #Christmas work party coming up? #HR might want to take note. siliconrepublic.com/advice/office-…
  
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• VW aims at ride-pooling market with all-electric minibus

  04-12-2017 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The all electric minibus willtarget urban customers who prefer to pay for use rather than own a vehicle, furthering the German company's push into new forms of online-controlled personal transport.
  
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• Human brains can tell us what we can expect behind the unseen, such as walls or doors. #neuroscience siliconrepublic.com/innovation/bra…

  04-12-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  Human brains can tell us what we can expect behind the unseen, such as walls or doors. #neuroscience siliconrepublic.com/innovation/bra…
  
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• Experts claim Army is working to make soldiers superhuman

  04-12-2017 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the Science Channel’s What on Earth?, historians claim the government is working to develop drugs that will turn soldiers into ‘superhuman fighting machines’ that don’t feel fear.
  
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• Singapore researchers' 'Manta Ray' underwater robot

  04-12-2017 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Singapore have built an underwater robot that looks and swims like a manta ray, using only single motors and flexible fins to propel it through water.
  
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• Under-5s should be BANNED from using tech on their own

  04-12-2017 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New guidelines and advice on the use of technology by children have been released in a report led by researchers at the University of Southampto (stock image). .
  
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• Is this Amazon's new delivery drone?

  04-12-2017 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The drone prototype was seen being lowered up and down by a huge crane as tests are carried out in the Cambridgeshire countryside to ensure the drone can avoid obstacles and land safely in gardens.
  
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• Scientists pinpoint the key brain mechanism for timing

  04-12-2017 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggest that timekeeping may rely on the neurons responsible for producing a specific action, such as swinging a racket.
  
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• #Facebook Messenger Kids previews in the US today siliconrepublic.com/gear/facebook-…

  04-12-2017 19:00 via twitter.com
  #Facebook Messenger Kids previews in the US today siliconrepublic.com/gear/facebook-…
  
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• Anglo Saxon treasure found in Norfolk valued at £145,000

  04-12-2017 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thomas Lucking's discovery of a gold necklace and pendants in Winfarthing, Norfolk has been valued at a staggering £145,000 ($195,000).
  
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• Sunken Roman city now lies beneath the waves off of Italy

  04-12-2017 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Baiae was the Las Vegas for the super-rich of the 1st Century's ancient Rome, covered in sprawling mansions and synonymous with luxury and wickedness, historians claim.
  
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• Elon Musk says he 'made up' plan to send Tesla to Mars

  04-12-2017 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Musk made the announcement he'll blast the car into space via Twitter on Friday, but hassince told The Verge he 'totally made it up.'
  
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• Earth bombarded by small planets after moon was formed

  04-12-2017 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado found these objects brought gold, silver and platinum to our young planet and substantially contributed to its overall mass.
  
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• Snake perfectly camouflaged amongst greenery in Melbourne

  04-12-2017 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While this greenery near Hazel Glen College in Melbourne appears to show off the healthy effects of Victoria's recent rainfall, it also hides a deadly secret - in the form of a venomous snake.
  
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• Application security can no longer be an afterthought, according to Srini Vemula of @senecaglobal. #infosec #appsec siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/app…

  04-12-2017 18:35 via twitter.com
  Application security can no longer be an afterthought, according to Srini Vemula of @senecaglobal. #infosec #appsec siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/app…
  
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• Skiers capture a rare sun halo over mountains in Sweden 

  04-12-2017 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The breathtaking clip was captured by skier Ludvig Lundin at the Vemdalen resort in central Sweden, who shared it to Facebook, where over five million visitors viewed the eye-catching distortion.
  
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• Facebook launches parent-controlled Messenger app for kids

  04-12-2017 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook is launching a messaging app for children to chat with their parents and friends approved by their parents. The app is aimed at kids under 13, who can't yet have their own accounts.
  
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• .@technology_irl report outlines potential obstacles and opportunities for #Ireland as #Brexit negotiations continue siliconrepublic.com/companies/brex…

  04-12-2017 18:05 via twitter.com
  .@technology_irl report outlines potential obstacles and opportunities for #Ireland as #Brexit negotiations continue siliconrepublic.com/companies/brex…
  
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• #MostRead Today: International Space Station snaps amazing picture of Dublin ow.ly/WR8a30h07M6

  04-12-2017 17:53 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: International Space Station snaps amazing picture of Dublin ow.ly/WR8a30h07M6
  
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• #MostRead Today: 12 terrific Tallinn start-ups to watch in 2018 ow.ly/EnKr30h07Ql

  04-12-2017 17:53 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 12 terrific Tallinn start-ups to watch in 2018 ow.ly/EnKr30h07Ql
  
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• #MostRead Today: Which second language is most valuable to your career? ow.ly/FVin30h07HS

  04-12-2017 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Which second language is most valuable to your career? ow.ly/FVin30h07HS
  
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• #MostRead Today: New proposal could mean five years’ jail time for spreading fake news in Ireland ow.ly/BCQl30h07JI

  04-12-2017 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: New proposal could mean five years’ jail time for spreading fake news in Ireland ow.ly/BCQl30h07JI
  
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• #MostRead Today: Microsoft partners with start-up to launch IoT cryptocurrency market ow.ly/eSKX30h07Fm

  04-12-2017 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Microsoft partners with start-up to launch IoT cryptocurrency market ow.ly/eSKX30h07Fm
  
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• Facebook wants to mentor small UK firms at its new London headquarters

  04-12-2017 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Newsbeat gets a tour of the new Facebook HQ as they launch their mentoring scheme for small businesses.
  
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• Scientists share £16.3 MILLION Breakthrough Prize

  04-12-2017 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Breakthrough Prizes were awarded at a ceremony in Silicon Valley last night. Pictured are British winners Professor James McKernana and Christopher Hacon.
  
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• Beyonce 'unlikely' to use burner email

  04-12-2017 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The claim was made half in jest by Ed Sheeran during a media interview.
  
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• Do you want aliens to be real?

  04-12-2017 17:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologists from Arizona State University looked at people's responses to five key 'alien' announcements in the last fifty years and found people would like aliens to be real.
  
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• Face ID for iPhone X stopped working with iOS 11.2 update

  04-12-2017 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A global rollout by Apple created to fix a bugthat was causing phones to constantly crash has leftsome iPhone X users unable to activate the handset's Face ID facial recognition feature.
  
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• Conspiracy theorists claim to spot a UFO over Russia

  04-12-2017 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video was posted on YouTube by UFO Today, a Belgium-based channel that regularly posts videos of alleged sightings.
  
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• My favourite audiobook: WIRED's Matt Burgess

  04-12-2017 16:41
  
  WIRED's Matt Burgess chooses The Circle by Dave Eggers as his favourite audiobook
  
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• Scientist finds the formula for the perfect Christmas song

  04-12-2017 16:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The song was created by Dr Joe Bennett, a Boston Conservatory musicologist who studied more than 200 Christmas tunes to fine the formula for the perfect festive song.
  
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• Silent animation you can 'hear' baffles internet users

  04-12-2017 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Gif posted to Twitter by a University of Glasgow psychologist shows an electricity pylon jumping over power lines like a skipping rope, causing the screen to 'shake' each time it lands.
  
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• The flying machines of WWII brought back to life in photos

  04-12-2017 16:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The vivid images, colourised by Paul Reynolds, of Birmingham, show crashed aircraft engulfed in flames, captured Nazi prototype planes, and military troops working on bombs.
  
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• #Venezuela is to create a new #cryptocurrency called ‘petro’ siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ven…

  04-12-2017 16:00 via twitter.com
  #Venezuela is to create a new #cryptocurrency called‘petro’ siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ven…
  
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• How secure coding can help prevent damaging data breaches siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/app…

  04-12-2017 16:00 via twitter.com
  How secure coding can help prevent damaging data breaches siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/app…
  
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• Some nuggets of career advice from Ida Tin, founder and CEO of popular app @clue #MedtechWeek siliconrepublic.com/people/ida-tin…

  04-12-2017 15:45 via twitter.com
  Some nuggets of career advice from Ida Tin, founder and CEO of popular app @clue #MedtechWeek siliconrepublic.com/people/ida-tin…
  
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• UK MPs take to Twitter to reveal questionable practices around #cybersecurity protocol. #infosec siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/uk-…

  04-12-2017 15:25 via twitter.com
  UK MPs take to Twitter to reveal questionable practices around #cybersecurity protocol. #infosec siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/uk-…
  
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• #Data is the best medicine, writes @MrJohnFKennedy #MedtechWeek siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/medt…

  04-12-2017 15:10 via twitter.com
  #Data is the best medicine, writes @MrJohnFKennedy #MedtechWeek siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/medt…
  
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