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• 250-year-old kitchen of enslaved chef James Hemings found

  10-01-2018 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have uncovered the 250-year-old kitchen of Thomas Jefferson's enslaved chef, James Hemings, who introduced mac and cheese into US culture.
  
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• CES plunged into darkness as power goes out in Las Vegas

  10-01-2018 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The power has gone out at the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, leaving major brands in the dark, and forcing organisers to shut the show's main hall for two hours.
  
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• CES 2018: Power cut at Vegas tech show blamed on rain

  10-01-2018 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Attendees were evacuated from an area hosting Samsung, LG and Sony at the giant Las Vegas trade fair.
  
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• CES 2018: Boxer Floyd Mayweather ducks crypto-controversy

  10-01-2018 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Floyd Mayweather is keen to discuss virtual reality but not to discuss his promotion of crypto-cash.
  
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• Crackdown forces Apple to pay extra £137m tax

  10-01-2018 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The iPhone maker handed over the cash after an investigation into how much it paid the taxman from 2011 to 2015. New accounts show it was in line for a tax credit of £7.3m over this period.
  
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• Giant burrowing BAT fossil found in new zealand

  10-01-2018 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The extinct bat was about three times the size of an average bat today. The fossilized remains of the 19 million year old burrowing bat were found in New Zealand.
  
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• Warning: UN Building Geospatial Data Ecosystem To Achieve Sustainable Development Goals

  10-01-2018 21:52 via technocracy.news
  Geospatial technology tracks things that move (ie, people, vehicles, etc.) in the context of why they move and for what purpose. Technocrats seek to track everything in the world, all of the time, for the purpose of command and control over those things. This is the essence of the Science of Social Engineering that Technocracy purports to implement.  ⁃ TN EditorIn today’s age of globalization, countries are economically and socially entwined in unimaginable ways and technology l
  
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• Rural women start having sex younger than city dwellers

  10-01-2018 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The CDC released the findings of a survey this month, showing the differences in sexual activity between rural and urban women.
  
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• One Year On: Is Finland’s Universal Basic Income Experiment Working?

  10-01-2018 21:43 via technocracy.news
  The only people who think that Finland’s UBI experiment has any value, are the ideologues who dreamed it up in the first place. Technocrats from Big Tech companies are pushing UBI around the world as a say to mollify displaced workers who have been pushed out of the workforce by robots. ⁃ TN EditorA routine trip to check the mail took an unexpected turn for Mika Ruusunen in November 2016.
  “I opened it and I didn’t understand it at all, so I gave it to my wife and asked he
  
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• US Border Patrol Conducted Record 30,000 Phone Searches In 2017

  10-01-2018 21:32 via technocracy.news
  The number of forced phone searches will continue to skyrocket in the future because Technocrats never have enough data and will always seek more. This is a such a flagrant violation of the Fourth Amendment that no one can even recognize it as such. ⁃ TN EditorWhile civil-libertarian minded lawmakers and the ACLU push to tighten restrictions on phone searches of American citizens, particularly when leaving or entering the US, the Customs and Border Protection Agency reported that the numbe
  
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• BTYSTE 2018 day 1: Positive thinking about robots, nature and lawnmowers siliconrepublic.com/innovation/bty…

  10-01-2018 20:57 via twitter.com
  BTYSTE 2018 day 1: Positive thinking about robots, nature and lawnmowers siliconrepublic.com/innovation/bty…
  
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• Demand for the high-end #iPhoneX exceeded expectations in #China. siliconrepublic.com/companies/best…

  10-01-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Demand for the high-end #iPhoneX exceeded expectations in #China. siliconrepublic.com/companies/best…
  
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• Cloud companies consider Intel rivals after security...

  10-01-2018 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Intel's data center customers, whose thousands of computers run cloud networks, are exploring using microchips from the market leader's rivals after the the bugs were revealed.
  
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• Essential compounds for life found in two meteors

  10-01-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Open University and Nasa have found the molecules needed to support life in crystals that came to Earth twenty years ago on two 4.5 billion year old meteorites.
  
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• Biochemists from @Cambridge_Uni has revealed a new algae-powered fuel cell concept that goes above and beyond what… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-01-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  Biochemists from @Cambridge_Uni has revealed a new algae-powered fuel cell concept that goes above and beyond what… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• U.S. senator wants answers from Apple over slow iPhones

  10-01-2018 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The chairman of a U.S. Senate committee overseeing business issues asked Apple Inc to answer questions about its disclosure that it slowed older iPhones with flagging batteries.
  
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• Light shed on mystery space radio pulses

  10-01-2018 19:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Astronomers have fresh insight on a mysterious source of recurring radio pulses from space.
  
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• Aussie flu is more severe than the Swine flu, expert warns

  10-01-2018 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The warning from Professor Peter Horby at Oxford University comes after grandmother Wendy Waite, 47, from Wiltshire, was left suicidal from the killer virus.
  
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• How can businesses prepare for the #FutureofWork? By investing in #skills according to @skillnetcourses Paul Healy siliconrepublic.com/careers/skilln…

  10-01-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  How can businesses prepare for the #FutureofWork? By investing in #skills according to @skillnetcourses Paul Healy siliconrepublic.com/careers/skilln…
  
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• ‘Fast radio burst’ alien signal source may have been found

  10-01-2018 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at Breakthrough Listen used the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia to study the only known repeating FRB ever discovered (artist's impression).
  
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• ‘No way, that can’t be right’: Possible answer to strange fast radio bursts siliconrepublic.com/innovation/fas…

  10-01-2018 19:01 via twitter.com
  ‘No way, that can’t be right’: Possible answer to strange fast radio bursts siliconrepublic.com/innovation/fas…
  
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• Secret spy satellite plummets in botched SpaceX mission

  10-01-2018 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A top secret billion-dollar spy satellite plummeted into the Indian Ocean after a botched SpaceX mission over the weekend, but Elon Musk's company has insisted they are not to blame.
  
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• Find out how tech and healthcare can come together for the greater good from @PwCIreland's Dennis Brown #health #AI… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-01-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  Find out how tech and healthcare can come together for the greater good from @PwCIreland's Dennis Brown #health #AI… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Can this Cool Planet Experience change the conversation on climate change? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cli…

  10-01-2018 18:39 via twitter.com
  Can this Cool Planet Experience change the conversation on climate change? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cli…
  
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• Google unveils £220 Mirage Camera with 180-degree VR video

  10-01-2018 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lenovo, a Chinese technology company with headquarters in Beijing, has teamed with Google to create the 'Mirage Camera', which uses two fish-eye cameras to record 180-degree video.
  
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• Facebook kills virtual assistant M

  10-01-2018 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The social media company says the text-based service that operates with human input, was an experiment.
  
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• #CarphoneWarehouse are in hot water. #cybersecurity #infosec #databreach siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/car…

  10-01-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  #CarphoneWarehouse are in hot water. #cybersecurity #infosec #databreach siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/car…
  
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• How to choose the best password to stay safe online

  10-01-2018 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Passwords are what keep us safe from those who may want to hack into our accounts. Having a secure password is one of the ways users can protect their information online.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Startup Banking champions new early-stage funding model for European founders ow.ly/w6rq30hHbpH

  10-01-2018 17:33 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Startup Banking champions new early-stage funding model for European founders ow.ly/w6rq30hHbpH
  
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• #MostRead Today: Russia admits airbase came under attack from 13 armed drones ow.ly/5qdX30hHbtO

  10-01-2018 17:33 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Russia admits airbase came under attack from 13 armed drones ow.ly/5qdX30hHbtO
  
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• #MostRead Today: How to fight against loneliness in the workplace ow.ly/asfe30hHbs6

  10-01-2018 17:33 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: How to fight against loneliness in the workplace ow.ly/asfe30hHbs6
  
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• #MostRead Today: Everything you need to know about online networking ow.ly/WPfE30hHbva

  10-01-2018 17:33 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Everything you need to know about online networking ow.ly/WPfE30hHbva
  
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• #MostRead Today: What to do if you want to take a sick day from work for your mental health ow.ly/AWd230hHbne

  10-01-2018 17:32 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: What to do if you want to take a sick day from work for your mental health ow.ly/AWd230hHbne
  
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• Warren Buffett says Bitcoin will end in disaster

  10-01-2018 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Omaha-based investor Warren Buffett (pictured) – known as the Sage of Omaha for his incredible moneymaking skills – has warned cryptocurrencies will end in disaster.
  
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• Kohler's voice-activated smart loo has an automatic flush

  10-01-2018 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The futuristic WC is the creation of historic firm Kohler, founded in 1873 in the village of Kohler, Wisconsin, and was unveiled at the CES tech conference, being held this week in Las Vegas.
  
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• Netflix is now more popular than iPlayer in Britain

  10-01-2018 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BBC iPlayer's share of Britain's daily viewing figures fell in 2017, despite the broadcaster introducing a host of new features in a bid to keep up with commercial rival Netflix.
  
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• Nasa’s Juno probe captures stunning image of Jupiter

  10-01-2018 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa's Juno spacecraft was a little more than one Earth diameter from Jupiter when it captured this mind-bending view of the planet's tumultuous atmosphere.
  
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• Craig Perry photographs 'fluffy' turtle covered in seaweed

  10-01-2018 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Turtles are not the cuddliest of animals, but this particular reptile seen swimming through Byron Bay, Australia looks like it is covered in a fluffy coat thanks to algae and seaweed covering its shell.
  
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• 5 disruptive technologies we can embrace in healthcare siliconrepublic.com/machines/healt…

  10-01-2018 15:46 via twitter.com
  5 disruptive technologies we can embrace in healthcare siliconrepublic.com/machines/healt…
  
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• The project aims to leverage deep #datascience and #AI expertise. #Samsung @insight_centre siliconrepublic.com/machines/samsu…

  10-01-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  The project aims to leverage deep #datascience and #AI expertise. #Samsung @insight_centre siliconrepublic.com/machines/samsu…
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg's ex-mentor hits out at Facebook

  10-01-2018 15:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roger McNamee, the mentor of Mark Zuckerberg, has hit out at Facebook and demanded that the company change its ways for its role in the 2016 US election, he writes in an essay.
  
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• Carphone Warehouse fined £400,000 over data breach

  10-01-2018 15:31 via bbc.co.uk
  The regulator says its £400,000 fine follows the discovery of rudimentary mistakes by the retailer.
  
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• 1,500 year old find in Peru sheds light on Moche society

  10-01-2018 15:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The finding, which experts hope will provide clues to understanding the Moche, was made at the ruins of the Limon archaeological complex near Lima, in the Lambayeque region of Peru.
  
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• #Kodak is banking on #blockchain siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/kod…

  10-01-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  #Kodak is banking on #blockchain siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/kod…
  
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• Facebook to launch $500 video device 'Portal' this year

  10-01-2018 15:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook, based in San Francisco, is set to release a video chat gadget called 'Portal' that features a laptop-sized touchscreen and smart camera technology boosted by artificial intelligence.
  
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• A portable breast pump that's worn in your bra

  10-01-2018 15:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A portable breast pump created by Willow, based in Mountain View, California, slips into a nursing mother's bra cups and collects milk in a removable internal bag.
  
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• Companies have voiced concerns over the negative impact #smartphones could be having on children and teenagers.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-01-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  Companies have voiced concerns over the negative impact #smartphones could be having on children and teenagers.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Meltdown fix can make some machines slower - Intel

  10-01-2018 14:56 via bbc.co.uk
  The patch for a security hole in its chips may slow down machines but the impact will be limited, it says.
  
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• Noise pollution causes birds to develop PTSD

  10-01-2018 14:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder have found that noise pollution near oil and gas operations can cause birds to suffer with symptoms that resemble PTSD in humans.
  
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• Dr John Regan of @DublinCityUni on #blackholes, #gravitationalwaves and other wonders of the universe siliconrepublic.com/innovation/joh…

  10-01-2018 14:40 via twitter.com
  Dr John Regan of @DublinCityUni on #blackholes, #gravitationalwaves and other wonders of the universe siliconrepublic.com/innovation/joh…
  
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