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• 'A lunar photobomb!': ISS spotted flying by the supermoon

  01-02-2018 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA tweeted a photo of Tuesday night's super moon being 'photobombed' by the ISS. The space station can be seen crossing in front of it, traveling at five miles a second.
  
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• Venice's famous canals dry up due to low tides

  01-02-2018 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cold winter weather and little rain have caused the storied waterways to drop by up to 23in in some cases. Photographs taken this week show the Queen of the Adriatic looking a shadow of her normal self.
  
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• Archaeologists reconstruct weapons used 14,000 years ago 

  01-02-2018 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of Washington recreated three types of weapons used by hunter-gatherers in Alaska 14,000 years ago. They say each projectile point was used for a different animal.
  
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• Byzantine-era pools and fountain uncovered in Israel

  01-02-2018 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have discovered a system of pools and a fountain from the Byzantine Era in Jerusalem's Ein Hanya, which is the second-largest spring in the Judean Hills.
  
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• Dengue fever may strike large parts of Europe

  01-02-2018 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Jing Helmersson, an epidemologist at Umea University, Sweden, warns rising temperatures are encouraging killer mosquitos that carry the incurable disease to spread north.
  
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• Polar bears captured on collar cams

  01-02-2018 21:33 via bbc.co.uk
  High-tech tracking collars on polar bears reveal a growing Arctic struggle, say scientists.
  
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• Celebrities lose followers as Twitter rids fake accounts

  01-02-2018 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Celebrities Clay Aiken, Lisa Rinna and John Leguziamo, as well as chef Paul Hollywood are losing millions of Twitter followers after it was revealed they pay for fake accounts to follow them.
  
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• .@IrishResearch announced details of a funding call valued at €3.8m, benefiting employers and #postgraduates alike. siliconrepublic.com/innovation/iri…

  01-02-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  .@IrishResearch announced details of a funding call valued at €3.8m, benefiting employers and #postgraduates alike. siliconrepublic.com/innovation/iri…
  
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• Russia to start offering spacewalks on ISS for tourists

  01-02-2018 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russia is planning to send paying tourists on the International Space Station out on spacewalks for the first time, an official from the country's space industry said Thursday.
  
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• Polar bears 'running out of food'

  01-02-2018 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Tracking collars on female polar bears measure the animals' struggle to find food on diminishing Arctic ice.
  
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• A new survey from @Sophos reveals the #ransomware anxieties of IT professionals around the globe. #infosec siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sop…

  01-02-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  A new survey from @Sophos reveals the #ransomware anxieties of IT professionals around the globe. #infosec siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sop…
  
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• Discoveries show Ancient Greeks loved beer as much as wine

  01-02-2018 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki found sprouted cereal grains (pictured) in Bronze Age settlements that could have been used for making beer.
  
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• Dwarf satellites orbit galaxy in bizarre 'ordered fashion'

  01-02-2018 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts led by the University of California, Irvine, have found a synchronised cluster of galaxies that uproots fundamental models of the universe.
  
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• San Francisco residents can soon rent bikes via Uber

  01-02-2018 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  San Francisco residents will soon be able to rent bikes using the Uber app. They can select a nearby electric bike and return it to any public bike rack near their destination.
  
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• Is the food we’re putting into our bodies fit for human consumption? @CIConnect's Emily McDaid reports. #foodsafety siliconrepublic.com/innovation/foo…

  01-02-2018 19:45 via twitter.com
  Is the food we’re putting into our bodies fit for human consumption? @CIConnect's Emily McDaid reports. #foodsafety siliconrepublic.com/innovation/foo…
  
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• #Microsoft’s newest operating system is now its most popular. #Windows10 siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/win…

  01-02-2018 19:10 via twitter.com
  #Microsoft’s newest operating system is now its most popular. #Windows10 siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/win…
  
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• Amazon patent reveals designs for ultrasonic wristbands

  01-02-2018 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to the patent by the Seattle-based company, data about the position of a worker's hands is sent to the company in real-time to reveal if they are slacking,
  
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• 3 in 4 parents say internet not a safe place for children

  01-02-2018 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new report, experts surveyed 2,000 British parents, finding that less than a quarter believe it is safe for young people to go online without adult supervision. (Stock image)
  
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• Curiosity rover reveals a stunning panorama of Mars

  01-02-2018 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, released the panorama, which gives an overview of much of the rover's 11 mile (18 km) path along the crater's outer edge.
  
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• Scientists reveal most detailed simulation of the universe

  01-02-2018 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Named IllustrisTNG, the computer model boasts never-before-seen levels of details about the forces at work in the universe. It was created by a team led by the New York-based Flatiron Institute and MIT.
  
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• The rise of @SlackHQ has prompted some competition to emerge. siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ent…

  01-02-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  The rise of @SlackHQ has prompted some competition to emerge. siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ent…
  
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• Apple to respond to US probes into slowdown of old iPhones

  01-02-2018 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is cooperating with U.S. government inquiries into its secret slowdown of older iPhones, further complicating its efforts to move past an issue that irked customers whose devices bogged down.
  
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• 'Udelv' self-driving delivery van tested in California

  01-02-2018 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The vehicle, built by Burlingame, California, company Udelv, completed a 2.5-mile (4 km) loop from Draeger's Market in San Mateo to two nearby customers.
  
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• Swedish ISP forced to give names of customers who pirate

  01-02-2018 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A court ruling in Sweden orders one of Sweden's key internet service providers, Bahnhof, to provide the names of customers using its services to download pirated content.
  
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• Population Control? Sustainable Development IS The Proven Solution

  01-02-2018 18:22 via technocracy.news
  Dr. Tim Ball makes an important correlation that development drives population down, not up. This was likely well-understood by the creators of Agenda 21 in 1992, when they called for a reduced global population in order to achieve Sustainable Development. In other words, the concept of population reduction is implicit in the concept of Sustainable Development. ⁃ TN EditorThe claim of anthropogenic global warming (AGW) was the final strategy used to bully the world into accepting that the
  
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• #Berlin #startups are leading the way in Europe with their global vision: @n26 @lofelt @mimihearing @moeco_io… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-02-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  #Berlin #startups are leading the way in Europe with their global vision: @n26 @lofelt @mimihearing @moeco_io… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ancient Greeks loved beer as much as wine

  01-02-2018 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki found sprouted cereal grains (pictured) in Bronze Age settlements that could have been used for making beer.
  
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• #MostRead Today: The perfect pivot: KonnectAgain rebrands as Talivest and expands globally ow.ly/t1aG30i8Mz7

  01-02-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: The perfect pivot: KonnectAgain rebrands as Talivest and expands globally ow.ly/t1aG30i8Mz7
  
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• #MostRead Today: Irish Government vows to press ahead with National Broadband Plan ow.ly/ccC030i8MAW

  01-02-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Irish Government vows to press ahead with National Broadband Plan ow.ly/ccC030i8MAW
  
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• #MostRead Today: Be a better programmer in 6 easy steps ow.ly/p8I530i8MxG

  01-02-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Be a better programmer in 6 easy steps ow.ly/p8I530i8MxG
  
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• #MostRead Today: What were the most common dodgy apps flagged by Google in 2017? ow.ly/ak9O30i8Mts

  01-02-2018 17:49 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: What were the most common dodgy apps flagged by Google in 2017? ow.ly/ak9O30i8Mts
  
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• #MostRead Today: Dublin’s FIRE1 raises €40m to bring heart monitoring tech global ow.ly/YEU930i8MvY

  01-02-2018 17:49 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Dublin’s FIRE1 raises €40m to bring heart monitoring tech global ow.ly/YEU930i8MvY
  
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• Two studies from @tcddublin have independently achieved major chemistry breakthroughs #chemistry #medicine siliconrepublic.com/innovation/pig…

  01-02-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  Two studies from @tcddublin have independently achieved major chemistry breakthroughs #chemistry #medicine siliconrepublic.com/innovation/pig…
  
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• What will become of the H-1B visa under Trump? siliconrepublic.com/careers/h1b-vi…

  01-02-2018 17:14 via twitter.com
  What will become of the H-1B visa under Trump? siliconrepublic.com/careers/h1b-vi…
  
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• Super Bowl Will Be Monitored By Thousands Of Security Cameras

  01-02-2018 16:56 via technocracy.news
  Total surveillance is the goal at the Super Bowl providing a unique human and technology laboratory to refine social engineering skills. Fans will dutifully submit to security screening, pat-downs and purse searches. ⁃ TN EditorYes, the Super Bowl public safety team is watching you.
  And not just with the 2,000 fixed cameras throughout downtown Minneapolis and neighboring areas.
  About 2,000 of the 3,000 officers working the Super Bowl have an app that allows them to broadcast any video they
  
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• Apple removes Telegram from app store

  01-02-2018 16:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Inappropriate content available via the app was the reason it was removed, Telegram says.
  
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• Rare 200 million-year-old fossil of a marine reptile found

  01-02-2018 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The find, originally uncovered in a quarry in northern Somerset in 1996, was made by Manchester University palaeontologist, Dean Lomax and Dr Mark Evans.
  
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• It Begins: First-Ever Self-Driving Delivery Truck Seen On Public Roads

  01-02-2018 16:45 via technocracy.news
  Early adopters will have plenty of issues to deal with, but the rapid increase of automous vehicles will be totally disruptive to society and the labor market as a new class of ‘unemployables’ develops. This is the reason behind calls for “Universal Basic Income.” ⁃ TN EditorA Bay Area tech company is claiming the world’s first delivery of goods by a self-driving car on public roads, after its electric cargo truck carried groceries from the posh Draeger’
  
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• Scientists appeal to the public to excavate dino fossil

  01-02-2018 16:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jamie Jordan and Sarah Moore discovered the skeleton in Ewhurst, Surrey last February and are now seeking volunteers to help them uncover its secrets.
  
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• Annual air pollution limits breached in London

  01-02-2018 16:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Data from London Air Quality Network at King's College London show that Brixton Road in Lambeth was the first location in the UK to exceed annualnitrogen dioxide (NO2) limits on January 31.
  
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• UK plans a 200-mile 'country roads' driverless trial

  01-02-2018 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international collaboration is set to put driverless cars on the roads of the UK by the end of 2019 to test their safety and capabilities.
  
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• Elon Musk says Boring Co. has sold out of flamethrowers

  01-02-2018 15:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm sold 20,000 of its flamethrowers retailing at $500 (£351) each. The Boring Company is a firm Elon Musk founded to dig tunnels under Los Angeles to relieve traffic congestion.
  
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• YouTube could be forced to stop free music streaming

  01-02-2018 15:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook-owned streaming giant YouTube (main) is coming under fire from a group of rightsholders that have appealedto the European council for tougher regulations.
  
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• Paris court hears Facebook 'censorship' case over nude art

  01-02-2018 15:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Parisian teacher Frederic Durand-Baissas is taking Facebook to court because he says they wrongly suspended his accountin 2016 when he posted a nude image from an 1866 oil painting.
  
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• Deepfake porn videos deleted from internet by Gfycat

  01-02-2018 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  The Gyfcat video clip hosting service says the computer-generated clips are objectionable.
  
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• If #data decoding is successful, #NASA will seek to switch back on the scientific payload siliconrepublic.com/innovation/nas…

  01-02-2018 14:45 via twitter.com
  If #data decoding is successful, #NASA will seek to switch back on the scientific payload siliconrepublic.com/innovation/nas…
  
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• Thinking big: Slack surpasses 150 Enterprise Grid customer milestone siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ent…

  01-02-2018 14:35 via twitter.com
  Thinking big: Slack surpasses 150 Enterprise Grid customer milestone siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ent…
  
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• ‘We made changes to show fewer viral videos to make sure people’s time is well spent’ #Facebook #MarkZuckerberg siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…

  01-02-2018 14:30 via twitter.com
  ‘We made changes to show fewer viral videos to make sure people’s time is well spent’ #Facebook #MarkZuckerberg siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…
  
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• eBay drops PayPal as first choice for payments

  01-02-2018 14:26 via bbc.co.uk
  The online marketplace says the move will benefit both sellers and buyers.
  
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• 'Hi I'm Matt Hancock' - culture secretary launches own app

  01-02-2018 14:17 via bbc.co.uk
  The culture secretary becomes the first MP to launch his own smartphone app.
  
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