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• The AI that can tell you when you'll die

  18-01-2018 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stanford researchers have developed an AI that can predict when a patient will die with up to 90 percent accuracy. The team behind the work says it could vastly improve end-of-life care.
  
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• Emily McDaid of @CIConnect found out more about @FoodSafeSystems siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/food…

  18-01-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  Emily McDaid of @CIConnect found out more about @FoodSafeSystemssiliconrepublic.com/start-ups/food…
  
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• Attention #designers and #artists who have a passion for science. This will be right up your street. siliconrepublic.com/innovation/bio…

  18-01-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Attention #designers and #artists who have a passion for science. This will be right up your street. siliconrepublic.com/innovation/bio…
  
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• 'Life detection test' could prove alien life does exist

  18-01-2018 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The system can directly detect and characterize life on other planets. It uses existing technology, and has already been tested in the Canadian high Arctic, which has similar conditions to Mars.
  
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• Kingspan fosters ambition to digitise the entire construction industry. #cloud #smartcities siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/king…

  18-01-2018 20:10 via twitter.com
  Kingspan fosters ambition to digitise the entire construction industry. #cloud #smartcities siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/king…
  
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• Modern-day humans have lost acute sense of smell

  18-01-2018 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Jahai hunter-gatherers living in Malay find odours just as easy to name as colours and unlike most modern humans (stock image) they have not lost their sense of smell.
  
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• Pictures capture phenomenon of snow rollers in Scotland

  18-01-2018 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A field full of the unusual snow rollers was discovered in Glassford, South Lanarkshire, by Eunice Clarke on Tuesday.
  
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• Meteorites brought water to Earth far earlier than thought

  18-01-2018 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rocks that crashed into our planet brought with them crucial elements our world uses to sustain life, but nobody has been sure when it happened.
  
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• Fungus could pave the way for self-healing concrete

  18-01-2018 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  By mixing nutrients and a fungus called Trichoderma reesei, researchers at Binghamton University found that cracking in the concrete would spur production of calcium carbonate.
  
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• Facebook AI boss slams humanoid robot Sophia

  18-01-2018 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a fiery Facebook post, Yann LeCun, director at the social media giant's New York city AI research centre, claimed Sophia is a 'sophisticated puppet' that is not as intelligent as it seems.
  
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• Bryan Adams fans may have more testosterone

  18-01-2018 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Men with high levels of testosterone are likely to enjoy artists like Bryan Adams (pictured) whereas men with less testosterone favour classical music, according to researchers from Nagasaki University.
  
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• Developments from #Vodafone and #Huawei could speed up high-speed #broadband roll-outs. siliconrepublic.com/comms/vodafone…

  18-01-2018 19:35 via twitter.com
  Developments from #Vodafone and #Huawei could speed up high-speed #broadband roll-outs.siliconrepublic.com/comms/vodafone…
  
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• Check out the tech sectors that are expected to ramp up this year. #IoT #AI #blockchain #fintech #agritech siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/iris…

  18-01-2018 19:10 via twitter.com
  Check out the tech sectors that are expected to ramp up this year. #IoT #AI #blockchain #fintech #agritech siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/iris…
  
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• Amazon narrows list of cities for its second HQ to 20

  18-01-2018 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon's current headquarters is in Seattle, Washington, but it has been contemplating a second hub for months.
  
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• Apple and Google buses under fire in Silicon Valley

  18-01-2018 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Buses carrying Apple and Google employees to work have been targeted while en route.
  
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• Regtech player @GECKOgovernance will use the investment to accelerate global expansion. #regtech #fintech siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/geck…

  18-01-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  Regtech player @GECKOgovernance will use the investment to accelerate global expansion. #regtech #fintech siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/geck…
  
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• WhatsApp to start letting business open accounts

  18-01-2018 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Business accounts will allow them to set up automatic greetings, see statistics about their messaging and set up a profile page with hours of operation and other information.
  
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• Modern-day humans have lost their sense of smell

  18-01-2018 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Jahai hunter-gatherers living in Malay find odours just as easy to name as colours and unlike most modern humans (stock image) they have not lost their sense of smell.
  
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• “This could greatly speed up the drug discovery progress and potentially reap huge rewards.” #AI #pharma #medicine siliconrepublic.com/machines/ai-sc…

  18-01-2018 18:20 via twitter.com
  “This could greatly speed up the drug discovery progress and potentially reap huge rewards.” #AI #pharma #medicine siliconrepublic.com/machines/ai-sc…
  
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• Facebook tests 'Watch Party' tool see videos with friends

  18-01-2018 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Watch Party could make watching videos more intimate as comments will not get lost, according to Palo Alto-based Facebook engineer Fidji Simo who announced the new feature.
  
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• Monkey with moustache is entirely new species

  18-01-2018 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A scientist from Virginia-based conservation experts the Primate Specialist Group has identified a monkey with a striking white moustache as a new species.
  
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• Fossils really DO live in Buckingham Palace

  18-01-2018 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study led by the Australian National University has found the building blocks of Buckingham Palace (pictured) and many other iconic buildings were made by microbes.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Top tips to avoid burnout in a new job ow.ly/om2d30hRwcR

  18-01-2018 18:07 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Top tips to avoid burnout in a new job ow.ly/om2d30hRwcR
  
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• #MostRead Today: ‘The National Broadband Plan is vital to Pure Telecom’ ow.ly/Atrh30hRw8x

  18-01-2018 18:07 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: ‘The National Broadband Plan is vital to Pure Telecom’ ow.ly/Atrh30hRw8x
  
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• #MostRead Today: Here’s why you need to prioritise mobile app development this year ow.ly/LvRj30hRwbv

  18-01-2018 18:07 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Here’s why you need to prioritise mobile app development this year ow.ly/LvRj30hRwbv
  
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• #MostRead Today: Google working on a fix for Home and Chromecast network issues (updated) ow.ly/veGY30hRw5p

  18-01-2018 18:07 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Google working on a fix for Home and Chromecast network issues (updated) ow.ly/veGY30hRw5p
  
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• #MostRead Today: Accountants don’t sit in an office with a calculator all day ow.ly/B9jl30hRwa1

  18-01-2018 18:07 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Accountants don’t sit in an office with a calculator all day ow.ly/B9jl30hRwa1
  
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• Last year was the hottest on record without an El Nino 

  18-01-2018 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Met Office found that global temperatures for 2017 were 1°C (1.8°F) warmer than pre-industrial levels, and 0.38°C (0.78°F) warmer than the long term average.
  
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• Computer software as accurate as untrained people

  18-01-2018 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire have cast doubt on more than a million decisions made in court based on the likelihood of a criminal reoffending.
  
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• Employees who share space are dissatisfied with their work

  18-01-2018 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from CTF, Service Research Centre at Karlstad University in Sweden have found that open plan offices are counter-productive and bad for staff morale (stock).
  
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• Two teenage boys saved from rip off Lennox Head by a drone

  18-01-2018 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Monty Greenslade, 16 and Gabe Vidler, 17, were pulled out to sea by a riptide off Lennox Head, in New South Wales, on Thursday morning but were saved when a drone dropped an inflatable.
  
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• Irish computer genius ‘Scorpion’ lands AI drone deal with US Army siliconrepublic.com/machines/scorp…

  18-01-2018 17:31 via twitter.com
  Irish computer genius ‘Scorpion’ lands AI drone deal with US Army siliconrepublic.com/machines/scorp…
  
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• Scientist Flip-Flop: Worst-Case Global Warming Scenarios Are Not Credible

  18-01-2018 17:25 via technocracy.news
  Some global warming scientists are back-peddling on their most extreme predictions on global warming, but still refuse to abandon the premise that man is is the primary cause of global warming, or that the earth is most likely headed into a cooling cycle. This Technocrat position is essentially anti-human because humans always end up taking the blame for whatever happens. ⁃ TN EditorEarth’s surface will almost certainly not warm up four or five degrees Celsius by 2100, according to
  
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• Food Shortages At Whole Foods Caused By Over-Zealous Technocrat Managers

  18-01-2018 17:20 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats love efficiency and just-in-time supply chains to deliver products to consumers, but Whole Foods has gone overboard, resulting in empty shelves for shoppers. Employees describe the inventory system as ‘militaristic’, sending morale into the doldrums. The fact that retail disrupter Amazon recently bought Whole Foods has only exacerbated the problem. ⁃ TN EditorWhole Foods is facing a crush of food shortages in stores that’s leading to empty shelves, furious cus
  
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• Paul Ehrlich’s ‘Population Bomb’ Deceived Millions About Certainty Of Eco-Doom

  18-01-2018 17:15 via technocracy.news
  Ehrlich peddled his eco-doom snake-oil to millions but not one of his bombastic predictions have come to pass in the last 50 years. In short, Ehrlich demonstrated a Technocrat mindset by claiming his ‘science’ was the only truth of the matter and all other ‘deniers’ would pay a big price for rejecting his warnings. Nevertheless, he became an academic rock star even as global demographic trends rolled over into a steep nose-dive. ⁃ TN EditorThis year marks the 5
  
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• Watch a thought race across the brain in under a second

  18-01-2018 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the University of California, Berkeley, tracked the path of singular thoughts through people's minds as they underwent open brain surgery.
  
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• Chrissy Chambers: Revenge porn almost killed me

  18-01-2018 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Singer Chrissy Chambers describes how her life changed when her ex posted an explicit video online.
  
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• 2017 'warmest year without El Niño'

  18-01-2018 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Even with no natural climate boost, last year was the second or third hottest on record.
  
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• New Apple iOS update will let users stop battery slowdowns

  18-01-2018 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tim Cook, CEO of the Cupertino-based firm, says that the slowdown feature was introduced to prevent unexpected shutdowns and not to force users to upgrade, as has been suggested,
  
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• Video shows humans were used to test vehicles in Germany

  18-01-2018 15:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The clip, which shows German car crash tests, aired on ABC's television program 'Ripleys Believe It Or Not' in 1985 to highlight the importance of wearing one's seat belt during a car crash.
  
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• Vodafone and Huawei claim virtualised fibre breakthrough siliconrepublic.com/comms/vodafone…

  18-01-2018 15:39 via twitter.com
  Vodafone and Huawei claim virtualised fibre breakthrough siliconrepublic.com/comms/vodafone…
  
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• Norwegian Dreamliner sets transatlantic speed record

  18-01-2018 15:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE Monday's DY7014 service from JFK to London Gatwick shaved 53 minutes off the expected flight duration thanks to strong tailwinds over the Atlantic.
  
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• WATCH: BT Young Scientist: Bitcoin, FOMO and sticky snail gel siliconrepublic.com/video/bitcoin-…

  18-01-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  WATCH: BT Young Scientist: Bitcoin, FOMO and sticky snail gel siliconrepublic.com/video/bitcoin-…
  
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• New research from @techireland reveals data across sectors such as #AI, #blockchain, #fintech, #agritech and… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-01-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  New research from @techireland reveals data across sectors such as #AI, #blockchain, #fintech, #agritech and… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• #Apple CEO addresses battery throttling controversy in TV interview siliconrepublic.com/companies/ipho…

  18-01-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  #Apple CEO addresses battery throttling controversy in TV interview siliconrepublic.com/companies/ipho…
  
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• Die-off of saiga antelopes triggered by high temperatures

  18-01-2018 14:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research suggests that unusually high temperatures and levels of humidity in Kazakhstan in 2015 led to an outbreak of a bacterial disease, causing a mass die-off of 200,000 saiga antelope.
  
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• ‘Climate sensitivity is high enough to demand action, but not so high that it is too late to avoid dangerous global… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-01-2018 14:40 via twitter.com
  ‘Climate sensitivity is high enough to demand action, but not so high that it is too late to avoid dangerous global… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Which Irish tech sectors are absolutely killing it right now? siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/iris…

  18-01-2018 14:34 via twitter.com
  Which Irish tech sectors are absolutely killing it right now? siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/iris…
  
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• How can we avoid the ‘antibiotic apocalypse’? #AntibioticResistance @dundeeuni siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ant…

  18-01-2018 14:20 via twitter.com
  How can we avoid the ‘antibiotic apocalypse’? #AntibioticResistance @dundeeuni siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ant…
  
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• Gecko Governance raises $1m seed investment to speed up expansion siliconrepublic.com/companies/geck…

  18-01-2018 14:20 via twitter.com
  Gecko Governance raises $1m seed investment to speed up expansion siliconrepublic.com/companies/geck…
  
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