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• Facebook to alert users when a person uploads snap of them

  19-12-2017 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook will start using artificial intelligence to alert users when photos of them are uploaded to the social media site. Facebook says the feature will allow people to protect their privacy.
  
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• Samsung unveils hypnosis site to make you forget TV shows

  19-12-2017 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung's Swedish site is offering a 23-minute online hypnotherapy tool dubbed Unspoil Me. It's designed to make you forget your favourite shows, to re-watch them as if they were new.
  
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• NASA planning a 2069 mission to Alpha Centauri

  19-12-2017 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team hope the radical mission hope it could blast off on the 100th anniversary of Apollo 11's in 2069 - but say technology such as laser sails still needs to be created.
  
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• U.S. lifts funding ban on studies that enhance...

  19-12-2017 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The U.S. government has lifted the 2014 ban on funding research involving the flu and other pathogens in which scientists deliberately make them more transmissible or more deadly.
  
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• Techy Christmas gifts could raise children's CANCER risks

  19-12-2017 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Popular holiday gifts like cell phones and smart toys emit radio energy that may increase brain cancer risks, according to today's warnings from experts including a former NIH toxicologist.
  
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• A Christmas Carol inspired by Dickens' Cornwall trips

  19-12-2017 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Historian Barry West, 56, says the tormented ghost Jacob Marley - Scrooge's former business partner - was inspired by Dickens' time spent in Cornwall in the 1800s. Physician Dr Miles Marley died in 1854.
  
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• Cornell study says retiring early could kill you

  19-12-2017 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US Census figures reveal a clear correlation between premature death and those who took retirement before 65, according to an analysis by Cornell University.
  
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• 94pc of employers across Ireland will raise wages in 2018. #jobs #salary siliconrepublic.com/careers/pay-ri…

  19-12-2017 21:05 via twitter.com
  94pc of employers across Ireland will raise wages in 2018. #jobs #salary siliconrepublic.com/careers/pay-ri…
  
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• Stunning invisible heat images show how bees pick flowers

  19-12-2017 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study led by scientists from the University of Bristol found that flowers produce different heat patterns, which mimic the colors we can see. These act as 'sensory signposts' for bees.
  
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• Can you spot the bear hidden among the Christmas reindeer?

  19-12-2017 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The festive scene is the latest creation from Hungarian artist Gergely Dudas, better known as Dudolf, who is responsible for a string of viral brainteasers.
  
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• Samsung's folding 'Galaxy X' phone revealed

  19-12-2017 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dubbed the 'Galaxy X' it is expected to be unveiled at the CES show in Las Vegas in January. The new patent drawings show a book-like handset that can be opened to transform into a tablet.
  
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• YouTube signs Universal Music deal amid subscription plans

  19-12-2017 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  The deal with Universal, whose artists include Taylor Swift, will fuel debate about YouTube's music ambitions.
  
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• Why we can't help overspending over Christmas

  19-12-2017 20:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Paul Harrison from the Deakin University Business School in Victoria, Australia reveals the secrets behind how we are forced to spend more than we want to. (stock)
  
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• #Bitcoin fever shows little sign of abating as gambling with the #cryptocurrency launches. siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ire…

  19-12-2017 20:35 via twitter.com
  #Bitcoin fever shows little sign of abating as gambling with the #cryptocurrency launches. siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ire…
  
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• Charles Darwin book sells for world record £788,000

  19-12-2017 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A copy of Charles Darwin's 'Origin of Species' with handwritten notes has sold for a world record £780,000. It was sold by descendants of Darwin's correspondent, a German palaeontologist.
  
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• UFO lights mesmerise Mexican crowds who stop and stare

  19-12-2017 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In startling footage five white circles were seen above the Mexican capital. Hundreds of people gathered on the pavements - pointing and chatting excitedly about the unexplained dots.
  
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• Turkey bones evidence of the UK's first Christmas dinner?

  19-12-2017 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Exeter have analysed two turkey thigh bones and part of a wing bone, which were found alongside Spanish, German and Italian pottery and glassware.
  
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• Irish tech entrepreneur @PauldKenny is back with plans to revolutionise retail in the Middle East. #ecommerce siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/paul…

  19-12-2017 20:10 via twitter.com
  Irish tech entrepreneur @PauldKenny is back with plans to revolutionise retail in the Middle East. #ecommerce siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/paul…
  
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• Dr. Tim Ball: The Disastrous Economic Impact of CO2 Reduction Policies

  19-12-2017 19:52 via technocracy.news
  Ontario, a Province in Canada, a country with almost unlimited energy resources and the same population as California, has exorbitantly high electricity bills. So high, that people march in protest. How did this happen? It is hard to believe, but it is primarily the result of deliberate energy policies recommended by the UN to world leaders.
  A definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. It is true of socialism. It fails every time, but socialists
  
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• A team of engineers from @dartmouth has developed a new technology that promises to revolutionise applications that… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-12-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  A team of engineers from @dartmouth has developed a new technology that promises to revolutionise applications that… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Yale says superhumans immune to cold could be a reality

  19-12-2017 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Yale University in Connecticut have found that a mechanism in the brain of all mammals could hold the key to cold immune superhumans in the future.
  
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• Cyber-attack: US and UK blame North Korea for WannaCry

  19-12-2017 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The WannaCry malware hit hospitals, banks and businesses across the world last May.
  
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• Cosmic rays from exploding stars change Earth's weather

  19-12-2017 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Danish researchers claim the discovery helped fill in a mysterious gap in our knowledge of our climate and may help to explain unusual periods of warmth and cold during the past 2,000 years.
  
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• The @Comreg fine comes after #Three failed to comprehensively notify customers about contractual changes. siliconrepublic.com/companies/thre…

  19-12-2017 19:10 via twitter.com
  The @Comreg fine comes after #Three failed to comprehensively notify customers about contractual changes. siliconrepublic.com/companies/thre…
  
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• Facebook grilled on Britain First page by MPs

  19-12-2017 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  MPs have been grilling Facebook, Twitter and Google on hate speech on their platforms.
  
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• The robot wheelchair that can give you a 'piggyback' ride

  19-12-2017 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Rodem electric wheelchair is positioned in a way that allows a person to pull their body straight onto the seat, simplifying the process of moving from a bed or sofa onto the wheelchair.
  
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• Boeing reveals drone that can refuel jets in midair

  19-12-2017 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The small, unnamed craft will be carried on warships and catapulted into the air in the same way fighter jets are. It it will allow the range of jets to be radically improved.
  
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• Forget medication, try hip hop: Study asks how music heals

  19-12-2017 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Musicians, therapists and neuroscientists are collaborating on a new US National Institutes of Health study to discover just what music does to the brain, and how sound might be harnessed for healing.
  
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• A team of researchers led by @QUBelfast has looked even closer at this mysterious organic material to reveal someth… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-12-2017 18:30 via twitter.com
  A team of researchers led by @QUBelfast has looked even closer at this mysterious organic material to reveal someth… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Igniting the start-up spark for 2018 #SciTech100 @TrueWealthVC @smlyne @Nish67 @niamhf @ArlanWasHere @AriHorie… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-12-2017 18:00 via twitter.com
  Igniting the start-up spark for 2018 #SciTech100 @TrueWealthVC @smlyne @Nish67 @niamhf @ArlanWasHere @AriHorie… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Scientist: Robots And Humans Can Make Babies, Create Hybrid Species

  19-12-2017 17:45 via technocracy.news
  Shades of Huxley’s Brave New World where all embryos are created artificially and then incubated in mechanical wombs until ‘birth’. In Brave New World, sex was purely recreational and everybody ‘owned’ everybody else; human pregnancy was forbidden. Technocrats invent because they can, not because there is any reason for it. ⁃ TN EditorDr. David Levy, a world leading artificial intelligence researcher, will explain how the genetic information of cells can be ma
  
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• Samsung's folding 'Galaxy X' revealed

  19-12-2017 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dubbed the 'Galaxy X' it is expected to be unveiled at the CES show in Las Vegas in January. The new patent drawings show a book-like handset that can be opened to transform into a tablet.
  
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• #MostRead Today: What Finland can teach the world about education ow.ly/wArk30hkcxk

  19-12-2017 17:39 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today:What Finland can teach the world about education ow.ly/wArk30hkcxk
  
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• #MostRead Today: Rare Jupiter-sized planet found ‘grazing’ distant star system ow.ly/iVFy30hkcu1

  19-12-2017 17:39 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Rare Jupiter-sized planet found ‘grazing’ distant star system ow.ly/iVFy30hkcu1
  
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• #MostRead Today: 16 standout thought leaders you need to follow in 2018 #SciTech100 ow.ly/HjzQ30hkcmH

  19-12-2017 17:38 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 16 standout thought leaders you need to follow in 2018 #SciTech100 ow.ly/HjzQ30hkcmH
  
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• #MostRead Today: 14 amazing start-ups from Madrid to watch in 2018 ow.ly/4FRe30hkcqY

  19-12-2017 17:38 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 14 amazing start-ups from Madrid to watch in 2018 ow.ly/4FRe30hkcqY
  
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• #MostRead Today: Virgin switches on free public Wi-Fi in Drogheda and Gorey ow.ly/Y9Ju30hkcku

  19-12-2017 17:37 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Virgin switches on free public Wi-Fi in Drogheda and Gorey ow.ly/Y9Ju30hkcku
  
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• UPS pre-orders 125 Tesla electric semi-trucks, largest...

  19-12-2017 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  United Parcel Service Inc said it is buying 125 Tesla Inc all-electric semi-trucks, the largest order for the big rig so far, as the delivery company expands its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles.
  
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• Time spent with friends tumbles 13% amid device obsession

  19-12-2017 17:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The amount of time spent socialising has dropped by nearly 13 per cent over the past 15 years to an average of just six hours.
  
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• Your teenage years are the best time to learn a new skill

  19-12-2017 17:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leiden University in the Netherlands gas discovered increased activity in an area of the brain in 17-20 year-olds, which boosts the way they learn from feedback (stock)
  
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• Self-parking cars to be legalised by UK

  19-12-2017 17:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK wants to modify a ban on using mobile phones to allow drivers to activate self-parking cars.
  
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• Did you know that humour and fun is essential in the workplace? Here's why. #workplace #office #HR siliconrepublic.com/advice/serious…

  19-12-2017 17:20 via twitter.com
  Did you know that humour and fun is essential in the workplace? Here's why. #workplace #office #HR siliconrepublic.com/advice/serious…
  
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• Peter Thiel Bankrolls Floating Startup Nation In South Pacific

  19-12-2017 17:11 via technocracy.news
  Thiel is a Libertarian, Transhuman, Technocrat, Burning Man attendee and steering-committee member of Bilderberg and now creator of his own South-Pacific nation, financed in part by crypto-currency. The smart nation will be the epitome of ‘sustainable’ urban planning.’ There will be no laws or moral codes that constrain technological or social development. ⁃ TN EditorStunning concept images for the world’s first first floating nation have been released as
  
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• Developing solutions for a happy and healthy 2018 #SciTech100 @CAPRISAOfficial @NaturalCycles @infantcentre… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-12-2017 17:00 via twitter.com
  Developing solutions for a happy and healthy 2018 #SciTech100 @CAPRISAOfficial @NaturalCycles @infantcentre… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Barbaric German WW1 armour and weaponry set for auction

  19-12-2017 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The chilling items, set for auction in Ashford, Kent, include a rare German 'sawback bayonet' blade that caused such horrendous wounds it was banned under the 1929 Geneva Convention.
  
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• Can you pass this Playbuzz IQ test?

  19-12-2017 16:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The quiz has left internet users from around the world scratching their heads. The challenging questions test your numerical and linguistic skills, and ability to problem solve.
  
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• Assisted Suicide Laws Are Creating A ‘Duty-To-Die’ Medical Culture

  19-12-2017 16:37 via technocracy.news
  United Nations zealots claim that planet earth can only sustain a population of 600-800 million people, but they never declare how to get rid of the other 6.5 billion. The demographic charts are already in steep decline because of reduced birth-rates, and now assisted suicide is attacking the elder side of the population equation. The proposition is when you are consuming a disproportionate amount of resources during your end-of-life struggles, then it is you duty to die. ⁃ TN EditorDespit
  
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• Apple does slow down older iPhones, study finds

  19-12-2017 16:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In benchmark tests, experts from Toronto firm Geekbench found that on certain versions of the Apple operating system, phones with older batteries achieved much lower performance scores.
  
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• Divers have been sent in to fix HMS Elizabeth

  19-12-2017 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  HMS Queen Elizabeth was launched just weeks ago but the fault was discovered near the propeller shaft - meaning it was taking 200 litres of water every hour.
  
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• Facebook reveals rise in official data requests

  19-12-2017 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Requests to see data on users' accounts are up by 20%, says the site's latest transparency report.
  
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