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• Parents who praise their children too easily are panned

  08-12-2017 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anthropologist David Lancy has warned that mothers and fathers praise their children too readily in the West, which does not adequately prepare them for modern life.
  
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• Bitcoin: 'I'm part of a crazy wave'

  08-12-2017 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Three people share their experiences of buying Bitcoin.
  
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• Security experts hack toucan toy to say profanities

  08-12-2017 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Security researchers at Pen Test Partners have demonstrated how the Teksta Toucan manufactured by Genesis can easily be taken over by hackers to play audio and even snoop.
  
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• Catch up on #MedtechWeek with our weekend takeaway! siliconrepublic.com/innovation/med…

  08-12-2017 20:40 via twitter.com
  Catch up on #MedtechWeek with our weekend takeaway! siliconrepublic.com/innovation/med…
  
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• Starving polar bear struggles to walk on land in Canada

  08-12-2017 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'soul-crushing' footage was taken by photographer Paul Nicklen and filmmakers from conservation group Sea Legacy after they arrived on northern Canada's Baffin Island.
  
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• "Our cloud transformation programme not only reduces our infrastructure footprint, but greatly simplifies it, too." "siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/erg…

  08-12-2017 20:05 via twitter.com
  "Our cloud transformation programme not only reduces our infrastructure footprint, but greatly simplifies it, too." "siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/erg…
  
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• .@NiceHashMining, a Slovenian #bitcoin mining exchange, fell victim earlier this week to a major hacking incident siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/nic…

  08-12-2017 20:05 via twitter.com
  .@NiceHashMining, a Slovenian #bitcoin mining exchange, fell victim earlier this week to a major hacking incident siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/nic…
  
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• Footage shows mid-air collision between flocks of birds

  08-12-2017 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The clip, captured at Martin Mere nature reserve in Tarlscough, Lancashire, shows a mesmerising starling murmuration being rudely interrupted by incoming geese.
  
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• Catch up on what you missed in the world of #IoT this week. #medtech #autotech siliconrepublic.com/machines/iot-m…

  08-12-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  Catch up on what you missed in the world of #IoT this week. #medtech #autotech siliconrepublic.com/machines/iot-m…
  
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• Spotify and Tencent Music buy stake in each other

  08-12-2017 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Two of the world's most popular online music streaming services are buying shares in one another.
  
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• A question remains as to the type of border which will be put in place. #Brexit siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/bor…

  08-12-2017 19:10 via twitter.com
  A question remains as to the type of border which will be put in place. #Brexit siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/bor…
  
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• There were many #databreaches in 2017, but which one topped the list. #infosec #cybersecurity siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/big…

  08-12-2017 18:50 via twitter.com
  There were many #databreaches in 2017, but which one topped the list. #infosec #cybersecurity siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/big…
  
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• 8 cool gift ideas for a grown-up geek siliconrepublic.com/discovery/gift…

  08-12-2017 18:50 via twitter.com
  8 cool gift ideas for a grown-up geek siliconrepublic.com/discovery/gift…
  
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• World's smallest Mona Lisa made from DNA origami

  08-12-2017 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the California Institute of Technology have made the world's smallest Mona Lisa which is only 0.5 square micrometres, about the size of an e-coli bacterium.
  
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• SpaceX launch will refly a used rocket and spacecraft

  08-12-2017 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a post shared on Instagram today, the SpaceX CEO revealed the upcoming launch this Tuesday will involve both a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft for the first time.
  
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• .@UlsterBank’s customers can now access their accounts using their faces. #iPhoneX #fintech #banking siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/fac…

  08-12-2017 18:30 via twitter.com
  .@UlsterBank’s customers can now access their accounts using their faces. #iPhoneX #fintech #banking siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/fac…
  
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• Chinese Didi Chuxing could be coming to North America

  08-12-2017 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Didi Chuxing, China's ride-hailing behemoth, plans to expand into Mexico next year, intensifying its global rivalry with Uber, according to two sources familiar with the plans.
  
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• Facebook expands poke and hello features with greetings

  08-12-2017 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook has introduced a new feature to let users send a variety of 'greetings'. It is available to users in the UK, Thailand, Australia, Canada, Columbia and France.
  
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• .@MSF has put tech to work in crisis situations and they’re looking for Irish tech firms who can help them do more siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/msf-…

  08-12-2017 18:10 via twitter.com
  .@MSF has put tech to work in crisis situations and they’re looking for Irish tech firms who can help them do more siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/msf-…
  
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• #MostRead Today: Ireland’s biggest medtech players scoop awards at IMA event ow.ly/dCOj30h6nSp

  08-12-2017 18:00 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Ireland’s biggest medtech players scoop awards at IMA event ow.ly/dCOj30h6nSp
  
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• Bitcoin bubble, Google Pixel Buds: Podcast 347

  08-12-2017 18:00
  
  Coming up today: we review Google’s Pixel Bud headphones and explore why the bitcoin bubble keeps on growing and growing...
  
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• NASA didn't notice asteroid that skimmed past Earth

  08-12-2017 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The asteroid, named 2017 VL2, was just 73,000 miles (117,480 km) from our planet. It has now emerged that experts at Washington D.C.-based Nasa did not find out about it until a day later.
  
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• The successful trial is the result of an ongoing partnership between @SIROIreland and @Huawei. #Broadband siliconrepublic.com/comms/siro-hua…

  08-12-2017 17:50 via twitter.com
  The successful trial is the result of an ongoing partnership between @SIROIreland and @Huawei. #Broadband siliconrepublic.com/comms/siro-hua…
  
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• Spacesuit with ‘Take Me Home’ button could save astronauts

  08-12-2017 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 'Take Me Home' button could provea life-saver for confused astronauts, according to space systems engineer at Draper which is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  
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• Cybersecurity is vital as #medtech progresses. Here's why. #infosec #MedtechWeek siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/med…

  08-12-2017 17:15 via twitter.com
  Cybersecurity is vital as #medtech progresses. Here's why. #infosec #MedtechWeek siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/med…
  
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• Diamond film, double-glazed solar panels could offer serious power siliconrepublic.com/machines/doubl…

  08-12-2017 17:10 via twitter.com
  Diamond film, double-glazed solar panels could offer serious power siliconrepublic.com/machines/doubl…
  
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• Japanese drone plays music at employees to make them leave

  08-12-2017 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'T-Frend', built by Nagoya-based firm Taisei, buzzes over late workers, blasting out the strains of 'Auld Lang Syne', a Scottish tune used in Japan to announce that a store is closing.
  
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• Earth's eerie hum captured in the ocean for the first time

  08-12-2017 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Previous recordings of the signal have come from land-based equipment, but scientists at France's Paris Institute of Earth Physics have finally captured it deep under the sea.
  
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• Are you taking part in the #HourofCode? Make sure you're following these top tweeters. #coding #programming #java siliconrepublic.com/people/coder-p…

  08-12-2017 16:45 via twitter.com
  Are you taking part in the #HourofCode? Make sure you're following these top tweeters. #coding #programming #java siliconrepublic.com/people/coder-p…
  
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• Researchers led by @RCSI_Irl and @GenSocIreland have created the first #genetic map of the people of Ireland siliconrepublic.com/innovation/fir…

  08-12-2017 16:25 via twitter.com
  Researchers led by @RCSI_Irl and @GenSocIreland have created the first #genetic map of the people of Ireland siliconrepublic.com/innovation/fir…
  
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• Weekend takeaway: Make way for the future of medtech siliconrepublic.com/innovation/med…

  08-12-2017 16:13 via twitter.com
  Weekend takeaway: Make way for the future of medtech siliconrepublic.com/innovation/med…
  
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• This week, we focused on the #FutureofWork, #CSR at @Amgen and how #medtech has changed life sciences careers. siliconrepublic.com/careers/future…

  08-12-2017 16:05 via twitter.com
  This week, we focused on the #FutureofWork, #CSR at @Amgen and how #medtech has changed life sciences careers. siliconrepublic.com/careers/future…
  
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• Ergo’s Steve Blanche keeps the edge in an ‘everything connected’ world siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/erg…

  08-12-2017 16:00 via twitter.com
  Ergo’s Steve Blanche keeps the edge in an ‘everything connected’ world siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/erg…
  
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• Tech is transformative to the work of MSF – and the Irish tech community can help siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/msf-…

  08-12-2017 15:48 via twitter.com
  Tech is transformative to the work of MSF – and the Irish tech community can help siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/msf-…
  
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• ‘Cutting #DNA opens the door to introducing new mutations’ #genetics #CRISPR siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cri…

  08-12-2017 15:45 via twitter.com
  ‘Cutting #DNA opens the door to introducing new mutations’ #genetics #CRISPR siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cri…
  
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• Bus-sized asteroid skimmed past Earth

  08-12-2017 15:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The asteroid, named 2017 VL2, was just 73,000 miles (117,480 km) from our planet. It has now emerged that experts at Washington D.C.-based NASA did not find out about it until a day later.
  
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• River Ouse's neon colour mystery is solved

  08-12-2017 15:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Technicolour waters in Cambridgeshire appear to have been caused by a toxic leak from a local business, an investigation has revealed.
  
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• Jordan plans new mega-city to overcome overcrowding

  08-12-2017 15:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A shiny new city is to arise from Jordan's desert over the next three decades, potentially rivaling the kingdom's capital of Amman, a rapidly growing and increasingly unwieldy metropolis of 4 million.
  
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• NI town 'has UK's fastest runners'

  08-12-2017 14:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Fitness app Strava analysed 24.7m runs and 31m bike rides logged across the UK this year.
  
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• Despite Brexit breakthrough experts predict electronic border for Ireland siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/bor…

  08-12-2017 14:32 via twitter.com
  Despite Brexit breakthrough experts predict electronic border for Ireland siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/bor…
  
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• No cash? Dead battery? The @flagtaxis app can help siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/flag…

  08-12-2017 14:30 via twitter.com
  No cash? Dead battery? The @flagtaxis app can help siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/flag…
  
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• Hidden windmill drawing found at Isaac Newton's home

  08-12-2017 14:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The drawings were revealed by researchers from Nottingham Trent University, with technology that uses light to capture the shape and colour of a surface not visible to the naked eye.
  
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• Apple HomeKit flaw left smart gadgets vulnerable

  08-12-2017 14:18 via bbc.co.uk
  The company has fixed a flaw in its HomeKit that let unauthorised people control smart home gadgets.
  
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• Infographic: Here’s a handy guide on improving your #empathy siliconrepublic.com/advice/empathy…

  08-12-2017 14:15 via twitter.com
  Infographic: Here’s a handy guide on improving your #empathy siliconrepublic.com/advice/empathy…
  
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• What were the top 10 largest data breaches of the year? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/big…

  08-12-2017 14:00 via twitter.com
  What were the top 10 largest data breaches of the year? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/big…
  
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• ‘Believe it or not, #Dublin is deemed affordable as digital titans spend money like it is going out of fashion’ siliconrepublic.com/companies/offi…

  08-12-2017 14:00 via twitter.com
  ‘Believe it or not, #Dublin is deemed affordable as digital titans spend money like it is going out of fashion’ siliconrepublic.com/companies/offi…
  
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• Legend of Zelda: wins big at the Game Awards

  08-12-2017 13:59 via bbc.co.uk
  There was also a major reveal for Hideo Kojima's highly anticipated game Death Stranding.
  
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• Ulster Bank reveals new Face ID functionality for iPhone X users siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/fac…

  08-12-2017 13:40 via twitter.com
  Ulster Bank reveals new Face ID functionality for iPhone X users siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/fac…
  
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• .@CURAMdevices takes home the award for Academic Contribution to Medtech in 2017 #IrishMedtech #MedtechRising siliconrepublic.com/companies/iris…

  08-12-2017 13:35 via twitter.com
  .@CURAMdevices takes home the award for Academic Contribution to Medtech in 2017 #IrishMedtech #MedtechRising siliconrepublic.com/companies/iris…
  
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• Huawei and Siro successfully test 10 gigabit broadband in Ireland siliconrepublic.com/comms/siro-hua…

  08-12-2017 13:26 via twitter.com
  Huawei and Siro successfully test 10 gigabit broadband in Ireland siliconrepublic.com/comms/siro-hua…
  
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