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• Why we trust a stranger who looks the part

  29-01-2018 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study at New York University suggests looking like Mother Teresa might make people willing to give us money, while any resemblance to Ponzi scheme swindler Bernie Madoff is best avoided.
  
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• Is the world headed toward an AI-fueled Cold War?

  29-01-2018 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Jeremy Straub, a researcher at North Dakota State University, software now poses a threat reminiscent to the Cold War nuclear weapons scares.
  
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• Facebook to promote local news in drive for 'trusted' content

  29-01-2018 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  The company says an update allowing users to select community news will encourage civic engagement.
  
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• Average Brit's DNA is 60% European

  29-01-2018 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study by AncestryDNA reveals that Britons, on average, glean 60 per cent of their ancestry from Europe (including Ireland).
  
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• NSA Doles Out Massive $112 Billion In High-Tech Contracts Over Last Two Years

  29-01-2018 21:18 via technocracy.news
  Just in the last two years, the NSA has granted over $112 billion in high-tech contracts to private industry representing just over $400 for every man, woman and child in America. This is ten times more than their own basic budget, so the question is, how do these contracts get funded? The second question is, Is the NSA forming outright Fascist relationships with private industry? ⁃ TN EditorFollowing a resolved bid protest, the National Security Agency can now begin work with telecom
  
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• Adelaide study finds an afternoon nap as good as caffeine

  29-01-2018 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  By having a snooze instead of a coffee you can get similar benefits but without side effects such as disrupted night time sleep, Dr Nicole Lovato, from Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health explains.
  
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• Orange cave crocodiles may be mutating into a new species

  29-01-2018 20:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers discovered the 1.5-metre-long (5 ft) crocodiles in 2008 in a remote cave in Gabon, western Africa, where the reptiles fed only on bats and crickets.
  
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• London Tube is as loud as a 'rock concert'

  29-01-2018 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University College London researchers have mapped the 10 loudest journeys on the network in zones one and two, with the Victoria line shown to be the worst offender.
  
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• Facebook teaches you how to keep data private after EU law

  29-01-2018 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Starting today, Facebook is rolling out educational videos to users worldwide showing them how to manage the data Facebook collects on them and how to delete old posts.
  
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• Motivational music does NOT improve athletic performance

  29-01-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Germany have found that listening to motivational music does not improve overall performance during sports activities or exercise, despite its common use in these scenarios.
  
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• SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sells 7,000 flamethrowers in 24 hours

  29-01-2018 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The LA-based billionaire also posted a video to his Instagram account in which he is seen firing up one of the $600 (£430) weapons and charging toward the person filming him.
  
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• An afternoon nap is as good as a caffeine boost

  29-01-2018 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  By having a snooze instead of a coffee you can get similar benefits but without side effects such as disrupted night time sleep, Dr Nicole Lovato, from Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health explains.
  
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• Still catching up on #Davos18? Here are some of the key #career takeaways from this year's @wef siliconrepublic.com/careers/career…

  29-01-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  Still catching up on #Davos18? Here are some of the key #career takeaways from this year's @wef siliconrepublic.com/careers/career…
  
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• Tech start-ups from outside UK can apply to the @IgniteAccelNI for first time. #startups #funding #NI siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/igni…

  29-01-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  Tech start-ups from outside UK can apply to the @IgniteAccelNI for first time. #startups #funding #NI siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/igni…
  
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• The world in 2384: Is it possible to achieve immortality?

  29-01-2018 19:13
  
  Set in 2384, Netflix series Altered Carbon depicts a world where humans have finally achieved immortality.WIRED explores this possible future and how we will get there, and asks if immortality could truly become reality.
  
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• Millennials 'can be split into four distinct groups'

  29-01-2018 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers form the University of Sussex have found four distinct categories to describe young people on social media: geek, lurker, victim and internet celeb (stock).
  
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• Bus-sized veggie dinosaur travelled across the Sahara

  29-01-2018 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Named Mansourasaurus shahinae (artist's impression), the dinosaur was discovered by Carnegie Museum of Natural History and was dug up on a coastline of western Egypt.
  
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• Apple to slash production target for the iPhone X in HALF

  29-01-2018 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple Inc will halve its iPhone X production target for the first three months of the year to around 20 million units, Nikkei reported on Monday, sending its shares down more than 2 percent.
  
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• Successful applicants will receive a grant of €50,000 each to invest in growing their organisation from… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-01-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  Successful applicants will receive a grant of €50,000 each to invest in growing their organisation from… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Editor @MrJohnFKennedy will be on @lstwrd on @TodayFM at 5.20pm talking about digital age of consent and age verif… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-01-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  Editor @MrJohnFKennedy will be on @lstwrd on @TodayFMat 5.20pm talking about digital age of consent and age verif… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Compulsive shopping: A disorder no one is talking about 

  29-01-2018 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Peter Schofield is a professor at Sheffield Hallam University who specializes in consumer decision making and behavior. He reveals the dangers of compulsive buying.
  
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• Astronauts may have to eat a spread made from faeces

  29-01-2018 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Penn State researchers have found a way to turn the solid waste produced by humans on board long-term space flights to Mars into a nutritional food spread, similar to Marmite.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Strava global heatmap might be too hot to handle for the military ow.ly/hJFg30i47SW

  29-01-2018 17:47 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Strava global heatmap might be too hot to handle for the military ow.ly/hJFg30i47SW
  
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• #MostRead Today: 7 good habits that will make you more successful ow.ly/w4Cy30i47UT

  29-01-2018 17:47 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 7 good habits that will make you more successful ow.ly/w4Cy30i47UT
  
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• #MostRead Today: Who are the ones to watch in 2018? #Startup100 ow.ly/iREe30i47Kr

  29-01-2018 17:46 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Who are the ones to watch in 2018? #Startup100 ow.ly/iREe30i47Kr
  
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• #MostRead Today: Stars align for young Irish scientist at International Space University ow.ly/EEtm30i47N9

  29-01-2018 17:46 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Stars align for young Irish scientist at International Space University ow.ly/EEtm30i47N9
  
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• #MostRead Today: $150m NASA satellite left for dead is actually still alive ow.ly/ATtx30i47vW

  29-01-2018 17:45 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: $150m NASA satellite left for dead is actually still alive ow.ly/ATtx30i47vW
  
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• Salt, a solution to winter's dangers, threatens US waters

  29-01-2018 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers cite evidence that tons of sodium chloride crystals - more than 20 million nationwide each year - are increasing the salinity of hundreds of lakes, especially in the Northeast and Midwest.
  
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• Handheld device sequences human genome

  29-01-2018 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Reading human DNA used to take laboratories, a pile of cash and a long time.
  
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• UK's iconic Jodrell Bank Observatory nominated as World Heritage Site

  29-01-2018 17:31 via go.theregister.com
  UNESCO to decide next year Jodrell Bank Observatory has been nominated as the UK's entry for World Heritage status.…
  
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• Spotify, Apple Music and Pandora will have to pay more to artists. #streaming #Spotify #copyright siliconrepublic.com/companies/spot…

  29-01-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  Spotify, Apple Music and Pandora will have to pay more to artists. #streaming #Spotify #copyright siliconrepublic.com/companies/spot…
  
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• Trump Admin Considering Nationalizing Upcoming 5G Wireless Network

  29-01-2018 17:15 via technocracy.news
  The new 5G cellular standard is expected to put real-time communications in place for the Internet of Things; thus, in the hands of the government, all IoT data could be collected and captured directly by the government. It is already known that most cell carriers are already providing massive amounts of data to the government. The misleading rational offered for nationalization is to ‘guard against China’.  ⁃ TN EditorTrump national security officials are considering an
  
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• Stockton, CA Gets Ready To Experiment With Universal Basic Income

  29-01-2018 17:12 via technocracy.news
  With alleged record low unemployment throughout the nation, the reality in Stockton is radically different. The Technocrat idea of Universal Basic Income (UBI) is being explored as the only solution: simply giving money to citizens. ⁃ TN EditorWage stagnation. Rising housing prices. Loss of middle-class jobs. The looming threat of automation. These are some of the problems facing Stockton and its residents, but the city’s mayor, Michael Tubbs, says his city is far from unique.
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• Religious people are less smart than atheists

  29-01-2018 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by Imperial College London surveyed more than 63,000 participants on online tasks that measured planning, reasoning, attention and memory (stock image).
  
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• Lost history of African dinosaurs revealed

  29-01-2018 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  A new species of dinosaur unearthed in the Egyptian desert sheds light on Africa's Age of the Dinosaurs.
  
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• 4 career takeaways from the WEF 2018 Annual Meeting in Davos siliconrepublic.com/careers/career…

  29-01-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  4 career takeaways from the WEF 2018 Annual Meeting in Davos siliconrepublic.com/careers/career…
  
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• Europe-wide call for start-ups to join Belfast’s Ignite NI accelerator siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/igni…

  29-01-2018 16:41 via twitter.com
  Europe-wide call for start-ups to join Belfast’s Ignite NI accelerator siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/igni…
  
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• Men are more attractive if popular with other women

  29-01-2018 16:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Women are attracted to men with partnersbecause they are more likely to faithful - which makes them 'good mates', according to researchers from the University of St Andrews (stock image).
  
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• Fines up to £17m launched for firms with poor cyber-security

  29-01-2018 16:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Companies in the UK that fail to protect themselves effectively from hackers could be fined up to £17m.
  
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• Dairymaster signs €2m R&D deal to bring IoT and AI to the farm siliconrepublic.com/machines/dairy…

  29-01-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  Dairymaster signs €2m R&D deal to bring IoT and AI to the farm siliconrepublic.com/machines/dairy…
  
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• New €1.6m fund to back social enterprises siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/soci…

  29-01-2018 16:14 via twitter.com
  New €1.6m fund to back social enterprises siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/soci…
  
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• Animals worldwide stick closer to home when humans move in

  29-01-2018 16:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study led by Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, found that mammals living in areas with high human activity move three times less far than animals in areas isolated from people.
  
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• Stag do group captures rare white hart deer on camera

  29-01-2018 15:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Damien Zoyo took his mates away to celebrate his forthcoming wedding, it turned into a stag do with a difference, when he and his pals spotted a rare white stag in the Scottish Highlands.
  
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• Conservatives are more attractive than liberals

  29-01-2018 15:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Susquehanna University and Illinois State University have found that attractive people have an easier life and are more likely to be conservative.
  
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• Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch Falcon Heavy on February 6

  29-01-2018 15:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Falcon Heavy 'megarocket' will fire beyond Earth's orbit from the Kennedy Space Centre near Cape Canaveral, Florida, on February 6, according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
  
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• Rare 'super blue blood moon' will be visible on Wednesday

  29-01-2018 15:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 'super blood blue moon' will be visible on 31 January, with western North America, Asia, the Middle East, Russia and Australia getting the best view of the stunning event.
  
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• Fitness app Strava lights up staff at military bases

  29-01-2018 15:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Soldiers have been publicly sharing location information as they log their daily runs.
  
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• #Facebook has published its privacy principles for the first time #GDPR #privacy #data  siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/fac…

  29-01-2018 14:35 via twitter.com
  #Facebook has published its privacy principles for the first time #GDPR #privacy #data  siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/fac…
  
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• Hidden secrets emerge from 'bonkers' Canterbury scroll

  29-01-2018 14:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from New Zealand are working with Nottingham Trent University to reveal the multiple changes made to the scroll (pictured) during the chaos of the 15th century.
  
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• How will Ireland cope with the growing trend of remote working? #broadband #remotework siliconrepublic.com/comms/remote-w…

  29-01-2018 14:10 via twitter.com
  How will Ireland cope with the growing trend of remote working? #broadband #remotework siliconrepublic.com/comms/remote-w…
  
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