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• Do SIMPs hold the key to dark matter?

  05-12-2017 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New evidence suggests there may be another type of particle to consider in the search for dark matter. UC Berkeley researchers say particles known as SIMPs have begun to gain support.
  
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• Apple launches Apple Pay Cash to let you pay friends

  05-12-2017 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple Pay Cash will allow US users to make personal payments over iMessage or make purchases using money stored on a virtual debit card in the Wallet app.
  
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• Instagram rolls out Stories Archives and Highlights

  05-12-2017 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new update will add Stories Highlights and Stories Archive to the app, to automatically save stories once they ‘expire’ and give users the option to resurrect them in a new section.
  
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• 3D printed mask saves puppy after she fractured her skull

  05-12-2017 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Exo-K9 exoskeleton is a 3D printed mask for dogs with injuries to their jaw. It was developed by veterinarians and biomedical engineering students at the University of California, Davis.
  
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• #Medtech entrepreneur Brendan Farrell talks about how @HiberGene can speed up the diagnosis process. #MedtechWeek siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/hibe…

  05-12-2017 21:10 via twitter.com
  #Medtech entrepreneur Brendan Farrell talks about how@HiberGene can speed up the diagnosis process. #MedtechWeek siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/hibe…
  
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• Keyboard app left details of 31m users on unsecured server

  05-12-2017 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The leaked data included everything from owner's name and location to their social media accounts, and for some users, their entire contacts with names and number.
  
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• Aussie internet slows to a crawl after undersea cable cut

  05-12-2017 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An undersea internet cable linking Australia with Asia has been cut, just six weeks after being repaired, and it may not be working again for weeks.
  
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• What does the future hold for #STEM education? @stemceo looks at the emerging trends. siliconrepublic.com/careers/stem-e…

  05-12-2017 20:30 via twitter.com
  What does the future hold for #STEM education? @stemceo looks at the emerging trends. siliconrepublic.com/careers/stem-e…
  
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• Suburban NY police tell residents to avoid hybrid coyote

  05-12-2017 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York residents have been warned to stay away from a coyote-wolf hybrid known as a 'coywolf' (pictured). Experts say the creatures' instincts are to follow humans or pets they see.
  
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• The $10,000 quadrillion asteroid revealed

  05-12-2017 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists think Psyche could be what’s left of an exposed metal core of a planet very similar to Earth., and have calculated that the iron alone, would be worth $10,000 quadrillion.
  
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• Posing as a schoolgirl to expose online groomers

  05-12-2017 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  How going undercover as a 14-year-old revealed the dangers children using streaming apps can face.
  
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• The new build of #AndroidOreo from #Google will be used in devices with limited memory and storage. siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…

  05-12-2017 19:50 via twitter.com
  The new build of #AndroidOreo from #Google will be used in devices with limited memory and storage. siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…
  
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• Giving your children fewer toys will help them to develop

  05-12-2017 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, conducted by experts from the University of Toledo, involved giving children under three either four toys or 16 toys, then observing their play and recorded their habits (stock).
  
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• Mathematicians create a formula for perfect Christmas Day

  05-12-2017 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The formula, which was developed by Cranbrook-based mathematician Dr Tim Wren and children's author Ian Shepherd, is said to be up to 99.9 per cent effective.
  
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• Silicon Valley Techs Turns to Eastern Mysticism To Sooth Their Troubled Consciences

  05-12-2017 19:27 via technocracy.news
  Deep down, Technocrats know that they are sending humanity into a gulag of Scientific Dictatorship, and as a result, their conscience is pained. However, instead of turning to orthodox solutions like counseling, ethical discussion or traditional Western religion, they are turning to Eastern mysticism for answers. They get naked, practice mindfulness and chakra meditation, and meet their ‘inner net’. Many Christian apologists have written that Chakras are a portal to demonic poss
  
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• Elon Musk's Boring Company releases its proposed LA routes

  05-12-2017 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The main stretch of the tunnel could follow roughly the same path as Interstate 405, potentially stretching about 40 miles north to south to connect Sherman Oaks to Long Beach Airport.
  
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• Looks like the #Apple data centre project in #Athenry has hit yet another snag. siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…

  05-12-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  Looks like the #Apple data centre project in #Athenry has hit yet another snag. siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…
  
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• Storytelling promoted moral behaviour before religion 

  05-12-2017 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery was made by UCL researchers who studied the Agta tribe (pictured), descendants of the first people to colonise the Philippines 35,000 years ago.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt hits out at Facebook kids' app

  05-12-2017 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  The health secretary told the social network to "stay away from my kids" with its app for under-13s.
  
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• Volocopter says flying taxi service will be up by 2020

  05-12-2017 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Volocopter, based near Frankfurt, Germany, has claimed a commercial service powered by the electric vertical-take-off-and-landing aircraft could be running before 2020.
  
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• Arctic sea ice melt to exacerbate California droughts...

  05-12-2017 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Melting Arctic sea ice could render California vulnerable to a recurrence of the severe drought suffered in recent years by causing pressure systems that push away rain-bearing storms.
  
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• Researchers reveal plan to create infertile GM rats

  05-12-2017 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Edinburgh says within two years rats could be made infertile by tweaking their genes, or made to have only male offspring.
  
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• How the weather affects your baby's future SALARY

  05-12-2017 18:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A controversial new study from the University of California, Berkeley claims that for each day spent in 32°C heat or more an unborn baby's future earnings fall by 0.1 per cent (stock image).
  
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• Millions caught in virtual keyboard app data breach

  05-12-2017 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Researchers claim to have found millions of customer names, phone numbers and keystroke activity.
  
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• Researchers from @UL believes they might have found a sustainable power source from a tiny molecule. #energy siliconrepublic.com/machines/elect…

  05-12-2017 18:40 via twitter.com
  Researchers from @UL believes they might have found a sustainable power source from a tiny molecule. #energy siliconrepublic.com/machines/elect…
  
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• The Rise Of Smart Machines Puts Spotlight On ‘Robot Rights’

  05-12-2017 18:36 via technocracy.news
  Should robots have ‘rights’? Do they deserve moral consideration? Will be a crime to interfere with their ‘evolution’? Technocrat-minded people are on a slippery slope in suggesting human-like qualities for their creations.⁃ TN EditorYou probably wouldn’t have any qualms about switching off Apple’s virtual assistant, Siri — or Amazon’s Alexa or Microsoft’s Cortana. Such entities emulate a human assistant but plainly aren’t human a
  
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• New AI Robots Gain Visual Foresight To See Their Future

  05-12-2017 18:27 via technocracy.news
  AI will never be able to see into the future, but it can make statistical predictions based on what it knows and intends to do. Robot development will not stop because Technocrats are compelled to invent whether they have a good reason to do so or not. ⁃ TN EditorUC Berkeley researchers have developed a robotic learning technology that enables robots to imagine the future of their actions so they can figure out how to manipulate objects they have never encountered before. In the futur
  
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• New robots see into the future and learn just like babies

  05-12-2017 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from UC Berkeley have created the prototype for a smart robot that can learn simple manual skills entirely from autonomous play.
  
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• A low calorie diet reversed diabetes in half of patients

  05-12-2017 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eating between 825 and 850 calories a day for three to five months put the disease into remission in almost half of patients in a new study led by Newcastle University scientists.
  
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• #Google’s Safe Browsing team wants to stop apps from collecting information they don’t need. #data #apps #safety siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…

  05-12-2017 18:05 via twitter.com
  #Google’s Safe Browsing team wants to stop apps from collecting information they don’t need. #data #apps #safety siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…
  
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• Little-known rocky exoplanet is a 'scaled-up Earth'

  05-12-2017 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts led by the University of Montreal, Canada, found that the exoplanet K2-18b (artist's impression) is mostly made up of rock, just like our own planet.
  
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• Lawrence of Arabia’s ‘war-weary’ sandals up for auction

  05-12-2017 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A pair of 'war-weary' sandals that belonged to TE Lawrence are going on auction among a collection of the British Army officer's keepsakes that are expected to sell for £3,000.
  
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• #MostRead Today: ‘I consider myself really lucky at Zendesk’ ow.ly/gTBr30h1WC6

  05-12-2017 17:53 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: ‘I consider myself really lucky at Zendesk’ ow.ly/gTBr30h1WC6
  
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• #MostRead Today: 12 terrific Tallinn start-ups to watch in 2018 ow.ly/qDob30h1WF1

  05-12-2017 17:53 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 12 terrific Tallinn start-ups to watch in 2018 ow.ly/qDob30h1WF1
  
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• #MostRead Today: Our brains let us ‘see’ around walls using smart visual tricks ow.ly/3cGC30h1WyF

  05-12-2017 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Our brains let us ‘see’ around walls using smart visual tricks ow.ly/3cGC30h1WyF
  
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• #MostRead Today: ‘The biggest challenge is figuring out what you want to do’ - Ida Tin ow.ly/uCX530h1WAb

  05-12-2017 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: ‘The biggest challenge is figuring out what you want to do’- Ida Tin ow.ly/uCX530h1WAb
  
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• #MostRead Today: How to bring diversity and inclusion to the workplace ow.ly/KZgK30h1WvG

  05-12-2017 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: How to bring diversity and inclusion to the workplace ow.ly/KZgK30h1WvG
  
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• CryptoKitties craze slows down transactions on Ethereum

  05-12-2017 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  A new craze for "crypto-collectibles" slows down transactions on the popular blockchain.
  
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• Is the US Navy set to kill off the railgun?

  05-12-2017 17:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Task & Purpose says the 'game changing' project may not get the funding it needs to become a reality after over a decade of development.
  
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• Creepy Bronze Age cave is brought to life in a 3D model

  05-12-2017 17:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists from the University of Bradford have braved the mystery site in Moray, Scotland to create a walk-through digitalisation of it.
  
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• It's not brain surgery! Oh wait... #careeradvice #STEM #medtech #brainsurgery siliconrepublic.com/advice/neurosu…

  05-12-2017 17:15 via twitter.com
  It's not brain surgery! Oh wait... #careeradvice #STEM #medtech #brainsurgery siliconrepublic.com/advice/neurosu…
  
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• Huge ancient Chinese waterway system found

  05-12-2017 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The newly-found dam system was used by the Liangzhu society, a mysterious Neolithic group based along China's Yangtze Deltathat is known for its stunning jade artefacts.
  
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• Drone collisions 'worse than bird strikes for planes'

  05-12-2017 17:09 via bbc.co.uk
  A US study has offered a comprehensive look at the damage a drone colliding with an aeroplane could do.
  
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• HiberGene diagnoses the roots causes of success in medtech siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/hibe…

  05-12-2017 16:58 via twitter.com
  HiberGene diagnoses the roots causes of success in medtech siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/hibe…
  
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• What’s driving STEM education? Emerging trends on the road ahead siliconrepublic.com/careers/stem-e…

  05-12-2017 16:50 via twitter.com
  What’s driving STEM education? Emerging trends on the road ahead siliconrepublic.com/careers/stem-e…
  
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• Boom Supersonic plane gets a $10 million investment

  05-12-2017 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As part of the deal, Japan's number two carrier, based in Tokyo, has the option to purchase up to 20 Boom aircraft and will provide its knowledge and experience as an airline to hone the aircraft's design.
  
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• Doncaster man, 71, sentenced in 'revenge porn' case

  05-12-2017 15:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Rikki Chew admitted two offences of disclosing a private photo with intent to cause distress.
  
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• Asian dolphins among species at risk of extinction

  05-12-2017 15:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Cambridge-based IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species has been updated today, revealing thousands of species now at risk of extinction.
  
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• The local government of #Moscow is to test a new #eVoting system built on #blockchain siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/mos…

  05-12-2017 15:25 via twitter.com
  The local government of #Moscow is to test a new #eVoting system built on #blockchain siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/mos…
  
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• Why some people can hear this silent gif

  05-12-2017 15:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Why are some people able to hear this gif even though it is silent?
  
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