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• Gay people are more likely to have trouble sleeping

  13-12-2017 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the National Center for Health Statistics in Atlanta build on past research that found gay or bisexual people are more likely to suffer from insomnia due to severe psychological stress.
  
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• Pollution may tamper with brains making teens behave badly

  13-12-2017 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Exposure to tiny particles of air pollution may damage the developing brains of teens in ways that makethem more likely to act out growing up, a new studyfrom the University of Southern California says.
  
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• Sea reptile fossil gives clues to life in ancient oceans

  13-12-2017 22:19 via bbc.co.uk
  A new fossil is shedding light on the marine reptiles that swam at the time of the dinosaurs.
  
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• Christmas decorations make you feel better and fight less

  13-12-2017 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many elements of holiday decor appeal to our senses in ways that mimic our evolutionary sense of safety, comfort and closeness, and a Chicago design psychologist explains how.
  
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• China Gathering DNA, Iris Scans For Massive Database Of Millions In Muslim Province

  13-12-2017 22:03 via technocracy.news
  Technocracy at work: China’s massive surveillance operation masquerades as ‘free healthcare’ but collects DNA, blood samples and iris scans from everyone in the Xinjiang province.  ⁃ TN EditorChinese police have started gathering blood types, DNA samples, fingerprints and iris scans from millions of people in its Muslim-majority Xinjiang province to build a massive citizen database, according to report by activist group Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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• Greenland sharks can develop parasites on their eyes

  13-12-2017 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Recent research found that Greenland sharks can live upwards of 300 years. But, they're slow-moving, plagued by parasites and on rare occasions, have been known to eat rotting polar bear carcasses.
  
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• Bitcoin: Evidence Points To The NSA As Its Original Engineer

  13-12-2017 21:43 via technocracy.news
  While some will say that the following article is somewhat speculative (TN included), how speculative is Bitcoin itself as people mortgage their homes to buy it? Regardless, the fact remains that the NSA did write a major paper on cryptocurrency a full 20 year ago, long before Bitcoin was formally released, and this is alarm enough that things are not as they appear.  ⁃ TN EditorI’m going to assume the readers who make it to this article are well informed enough that I don&rsquo
  
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• T-Mobile unveils plans for US pay TV service

  13-12-2017 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US wireless carrier T-Mobile said Wednesday it would launch a pay TV service in 2018, aiming to disrupt the dominant cable and satellite providers. The firm has acquired startup Layer3 TV.
  
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• Magma drone concept tests 'flapless' flight control

  13-12-2017 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The craft has been developed by BAE Systems, in conjunction with the University of Manchester, who has announced the successful completion of the first phase of flight trials.
  
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• Geminids meteor shower to peak with shooting stars today

  13-12-2017 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA says the Geminids are one of the best and most reliable meteor showers. At its peak, 120 meteors can be seen per hour under perfect conditions.
  
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• Deep State’s Merry Christmas To America: Surveillance That Never Ends

  13-12-2017 21:09 via technocracy.news
  Technocracy is the ‘science of social engineering’ that depends on an exhaustive data collection and a monitoring system to enforce rules and get feedback. While Whitehead details the many layers of surveillance that currently blanket us, the groundswell of technology about to invade from China will make today’s surveillance look like a kindergarten exercise. ⁃ TN Editor“He sees you when you’re sleeping
  He knows when you’re awake
  He knows when you’
  
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• Virgin Mary vision appears in algae growing under pipe

  13-12-2017 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of devout Catholics have flocked to Nobsa, Colombia, to see what has been called an apparition of the Virgin Mary in the form of algae growing where water leaks out of a pipe.
  
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• Great news for jobseekers in #Belfast as @cayan is hiring! #fintech #jobfairy #Belfastjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/cayan-bel…

  13-12-2017 21:00 via twitter.com
  Great news for jobseekers in #Belfast as @cayan is hiring! #fintech #jobfairy #Belfastjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/cayan-bel…
  
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• Apple backs iPhone X FaceID chipmaker Finisar with $390m

  13-12-2017 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Finisar will use the money to reopen a 700,000-square-foot plant in Sherman, Texas to ramp up production of laser chips called vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, or VCSELs.
  
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• Millions of people around the world are ‘invisible’ with no form of identity, but #blockchain could be the answer siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/dig…

  13-12-2017 20:20 via twitter.com
  Millions of people around the world are ‘invisible’ with no form of identity, but #blockchain could be the answer siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/dig…
  
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• Humanoid robot carried the Olympic torch in South Korea

  13-12-2017 20:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During the 41st day of the relay in the lead-up to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea, a humanoid robot carried the torch.
  
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• Plesiosaurs emerged 50 million years earlier than thought

  13-12-2017 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Bonn discovered the skeleton of the new species buried in a clay pit near the village of Bonenburg, Germany.
  
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• UN warns that waste from discarded electronics piling up

  13-12-2017 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UN has urged nationsworldwide to improve the way they recycle the often hazardous rubbish, which can leak hazardous chemicals like lead and cadmium into soil, water and food.
  
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• Amazon Alexa cannot be relied on for Christmas shopping

  13-12-2017 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alexa, the assistant inside Amazon's smart speakers and other gadgets, is really good at reordering stuff you've already bought on Amazon.But asking it to order new items is much trickier.
  
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• Digital freight forwarder @freighthub_com has raised a $20m Series A round just a year and a half into its existenc… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-12-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  Digital freight forwarder @freighthub_com has raised a $20m Series A round just a year and a half into its existenc… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Cyborgs may be powered by batteries inspired by eels

  13-12-2017 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The breakthrough was made by an international team of researchers, including scientists from the University of Michigan and University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
  
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• Greek yogurt could be a sustainable jet plane fuel

  13-12-2017 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists led by Cornell University have found a way to turn waste products from yogurt production into a raw material for biofuel and livestock feed additives (stock image).
  
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• Volcanic eruptions can be predicted by magma chemistry

  13-12-2017 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Bristol have found that changes in the chemistry of magma could allow them to predict how explosive a volcanic eruption will be.
  
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• Norway becomes the first to shut down FM radio

  13-12-2017 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As scheduled, the country's most northern regions and the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic switched to Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) this morning.
  
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• Attention all #medtech innovators! siliconrepublic.com/machines/medte…

  13-12-2017 19:10 via twitter.com
  Attention all #medtech innovators! siliconrepublic.com/machines/medte…
  
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• Mirai botnet: Three admit creating and running attack tool

  13-12-2017 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Three men admit creating and running Mirai, a botnet used to block access to much of the web.
  
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• SpaceX delays launch of recycled rocket and capsule again

  13-12-2017 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX has revealed it is pushing back the flight of a recycled Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule a third time, after finding particles in the fuel system. If successful, it will be a historic first.
  
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• Nasa expert blasts hypocrisy among climate campaigners

  13-12-2017 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Peter Kalmus took aim at some of the 25,000 scientists who flew to New Orleans for the annual American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting, the world's largest Earth and space science meeting.
  
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• Google opens AI centre in China as competition heats up

  13-12-2017 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google says it will open a new artificial intelligence research centre in Beijing, tapping China's talent pool in the promising technology despite the US search giant's exclusion from the country's internet.
  
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• With #databreaches on the increase, this new tool could be useful for companies and organisations. #infosec #data… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-12-2017 18:40 via twitter.com
  With #databreaches on the increase, this new tool could be useful for companies and organisations. #infosec #data… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The Super Early Bird catches the worm! Get your half-price #inspirefest tickets before 24 December!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-12-2017 18:35 via twitter.com
  The Super Early Bird catches the worm! Get your half-price #inspirefest tickets before 24 December!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• New Harry Potter chapter written by a computer program

  13-12-2017 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter users are going wild for the funny chapter by Botnik Studios, in which Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the Death Eaters say and do very odd things.
  
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• .@StartupBoostIRL is already up and running with its first cohort of eight companies worth watching in 2018. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/star…

  13-12-2017 18:05 via twitter.com
  .@StartupBoostIRL is already up and running with its first cohort of eight companies worth watching in 2018. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/star…
  
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• VR assistant 'Vivi' that flirts on request has been pulled

  13-12-2017 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dressed in revealing clothing, the erotic assistant was in beta testing for a virtual reality headset when she was pulled by iQiyi, the streaming unit of Beijing-based company Baidu.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Virgin Media’s Tony Hanway: ‘4m UK and Irish homes to join the GigaWorld’ ow.ly/N6hM30hcHGb

  13-12-2017 17:56 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Virgin Media’s Tony Hanway: ‘4m UK and Irish homes to join the GigaWorld’ ow.ly/N6hM30hcHGb
  
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• #MostRead Today: Is Wall Street heading for a cryptocurrency bubble? ow.ly/U3uu30hcHE1

  13-12-2017 17:55 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Is Wall Street heading for a cryptocurrency bubble? ow.ly/U3uu30hcHE1
  
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• #MostRead Today: Dublin’s Keywords Studios buys games firm Sperasoft for $27m ow.ly/Tftm30hcHBU

  13-12-2017 17:55 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Dublin’s Keywords Studios buys games firm Sperasoft for $27m ow.ly/Tftm30hcHBU
  
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• Waste from discarded electronics piling up, UN warns

  13-12-2017 17:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UN has urged nationsworldwide to improve the way they recycle the often hazardous rubbish, which can leak hazardous chemicals like lead and cadmium into soil, water and food.
  
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• Want to be a #techconsultant? Here's what you need to know about being one in @Deloitte siliconrepublic.com/jobs/deloitte-…

  13-12-2017 17:25 via twitter.com
  Want to be a #techconsultant? Here's what you need to know about being one in @Deloitte siliconrepublic.com/jobs/deloitte-…
  
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• Japanese firm raises $90m to put ads on the moon by 2020

  13-12-2017 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Once Tokyo startup Ispace's lunar craft has touched down on the moon, the firm will offer investors the chance to project a small billboard onto the moon's surface.
  
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• Curious about @NASA's latest announcement? Here's what we know so far. siliconrepublic.com/innovation/nas…

  13-12-2017 17:00 via twitter.com
  Curious about @NASA's latest announcement? Here's what we know so far. siliconrepublic.com/innovation/nas…
  
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• US fintech firm Cayan to add 65 roles by 2019 in Belfast siliconrepublic.com/jobs/cayan-bel…

  13-12-2017 16:40 via twitter.com
  US fintech firm Cayan to add 65 roles by 2019 in Belfast siliconrepublic.com/jobs/cayan-bel…
  
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• Could #Google be on the hunt for #tech talent in China following the announcement of a new #AI facility? siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…

  13-12-2017 16:35 via twitter.com
  Could #Google be on the hunt for #tech talent in China following the announcement of a new #AI facility? siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…
  
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• E-cigarettes shouldn't be used, researcher claims

  13-12-2017 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Stuart Flint, a psychologist at Leeds Beckett University, believes it is premature to call the trendy gadgets a 'healthier alternative' to traditional cigarettes.
  
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• A major #amber discovery has revealed a 99m-year-old tick filled with the blood of a feathered #dinosaur siliconrepublic.com/innovation/amb…

  13-12-2017 16:10 via twitter.com
  A major #amber discovery has revealed a 99m-year-old tick filled with the blood of a feathered #dinosaur siliconrepublic.com/innovation/amb…
  
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• Robot 'police' are used to shoo away homeless people 

  13-12-2017 16:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A San Francisco non-profit organisation has been using robot security guards to shoo homeless people away from it's offices in the city's gentrifying Mission neighbourhood.
  
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• Climate change made Hurricane Harvey's floods more likely

  13-12-2017 16:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hurricane Harvey's catastrophic downpour, which lashed Houston in August, was made 15 per cent more intense by global warming, a new study by the World Weather Attribution found.
  
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• Serval cat spotted on the savanna in Kenya's Masai Mara

  13-12-2017 15:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The African serval cat is known to be highly skilled atsneaking through the savanna unnoticed, and this particular cat managed to make it nigh-on impossible to spot on the Masai Mara in Kenya.
  
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• Changes lie ahead for #advertising protocol at #Facebook siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…

  13-12-2017 15:50 via twitter.com
  Changes lie ahead for #advertising protocol at #Facebook siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…
  
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• Starbucks cafe's wi-fi made computers mine crypto-currency

  13-12-2017 15:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Visitors to an Argentine branch of the coffee chain are targeted with crypto-currency malware.
  
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