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• Spacecraft spots Earth and moon from 40 million miles away

  14-02-2018 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new image shared by NASA, Earth and its only natural satellite are the two brightest specks in the sky. Osiris-Rex spacecraft snapped the incredible photo as it flew by at 19,000 miles per hour.
  
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• Layers of slime lining the sea floor can trigger tsunamis

  14-02-2018 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found that the remains of microscopic organisms can cause tsunamis. A layer of ooze produced by the remains can give way to a submarine landslide.
  
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• FDA approves first ever blood test to diagnose concussion

  14-02-2018 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scott Gottlieb, director of the FDA, said the test could save a significant amount of money for the healthcare system. It couldalso save many soldiers and football players from unnecessary radiation.
  
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• Jason Tetro reveals how to flu-proof your home

  14-02-2018 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jason Tetro, a visiting professor of immunology at the University of Guelph, breaks down how bacteria festers at home and keep communal areas virus-free.
  
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• Apple's HomePod speakers leave white marks on wood

  14-02-2018 22:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The tech firm has said owners may have to re-oil surfaces if the ring marks do not fade.
  
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• Risk of extreme weather higher if Paris Agreement not met

  14-02-2018 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Stanford University have found that if global warming increases by 1°C more than the Paris agreement target, there could be more extreme weather.
  
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• FBI Director: The Whole Of Chinese Society Is A Threat To The US

  14-02-2018 20:56 via technocracy.news
  China is completely intentional about everything it does to gain foreign influence, and its whole national apparatus is focused solely on gaining foreign influence. Espionage, hacking, Confucius Institutes, trade (companies like Huawei), etc. To a Technocrat mind, efficiency and persistence are supreme and every action has a purpose. ⁃ TN EditorFBI director Christopher Wray reiterated a commonly held view on Tuesday that China is seeking to become a global superpower through unconventional
  
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• Punked: Google Tests Robot To Chat With Friends For You

  14-02-2018 20:41 via technocracy.news
  If you are tired of all the texting you are doing, then Technocrat–minded Google has the perfect answer: use the AI robot to talk to your friends instead. The logical end of this (which Technocrats seldom worry about) is that humans will get pushed out and robots will talk to robots while we just watch the parade float by. ⁃ TN EditorAre you tired of the constant need to tap on a glass keyboard just to keep up with your friends? Do you wish a robot could free you of your constant com
  
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• Quantum computers 'one step closer'

  14-02-2018 20:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Quantum computing has taken a step forward with the recent development of a silicon-based programmable quantum processor.
  
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• Last year @Entirl supported 181 start-ups. We meet eight of them. @coroflobaby @FoodCloud @GirlCrewHQ… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-02-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  Last year @Entirl supported 181 start-ups. We meet eight of them. @coroflobaby @FoodCloud @GirlCrewHQ… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Face of Saint Valentine revealed in new scans of his skull

  14-02-2018 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A graphic artist from Brazil has used the skull of what is thought to be Saint Valentine from remains kept at the Santa Maria of Cosmed in Rome, Italy.
  
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• Artist says UK government recognises his cyborg status

  14-02-2018 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neil Harbisson (pictured) spoke to journalists at the World Government Summit in Dubai, held in the north-eastern United Arab Emirates capital city, this week.
  
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• Google raises price of YouTube TV, adds sports, Turner

  14-02-2018 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google is raising the price of its YouTube TV service for new customers as it adds channels from Time Warner Inc's Turner, National Basketball League and Major League Baseball.
  
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• Site of the 1066 Battle of Fulford to be a housing estate

  14-02-2018 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologist Charles Jones says that a cache of weapons including axes, arrows, and swords found during a dig proves that the 1066 Battle of Fulford was fought at Germany Beck near York.
  
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• Find out how @joonkoHQ is solving #diversity challenges for #HR using #AI siliconrepublic.com/careers/joonko…

  14-02-2018 19:45 via twitter.com
  Find out how @joonkoHQ is solving #diversity challenges for #HR using #AI siliconrepublic.com/careers/joonko…
  
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• The bizarre 'warming hole' that defies climate change 

  14-02-2018 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Dartmouth College have found that a jet stream is causing a 'warming hole' in some regions. The 'hole' causes lower than average temperatures depending on the season.
  
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• Amazon says unwanted sex toys are being mailed to users

  14-02-2018 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People in the US and Canada were mailed random Amazon packages by strangers. The internet giant says it's investigating the issue, but has yet to determine who or why the items are being sent.
  
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• Swan struggles to eat amid waves of pollution in Thames

  14-02-2018 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Horrifying pictures of a swan struggling to sift its way through rubbish has once again highlighted the problem of pollution in the River Thames, London.
  
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• For the CEO of @Entirl Julie Sinnamon, 35pc is still not good enough #diversity siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ente…

  14-02-2018 19:10 via twitter.com
  For the CEO of @Entirl Julie Sinnamon, 35pc is still not good enough #diversity siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ente…
  
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• Six U.S. intelligence agencies Warn Against Using China’s Huawei phones

  14-02-2018 18:38 via technocracy.news
  As a Technocracy, China is prosecuting its campaign for global domination through the use of technology, data collection and the application of artificial intelligence. It has been working its campaign since at least 1978, and the results are just now catching the attention of intelligence agencies. ⁃ TN EditorSix top U.S. intelligence chiefs told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday they would not advise Americans to use products or services from Chinese smartphone maker Huawei.
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• Roses are red, chocolate is sweet. There's 10,000 #bacteria lying just beneath your feet. #microbiology #medicine siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ant…

  14-02-2018 18:35 via twitter.com
  Roses are red, chocolate is sweet. There's 10,000 #bacteria lying just beneath your feet. #microbiology #medicine siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ant…
  
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• Astonishing WWI film shows a German counter-offensive

  14-02-2018 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the moment German soldiers rushed through trenches and over No Man's Land during the Battle of the Somme as the Kaiser's men launched a counter-offensive against British troops.
  
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• Beauty of science revealed by EPSRC photo contest winners

  14-02-2018 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This year's winner shows a single atom captured through the window of a vacuum chamber in an Oxford University laboratory, using an ordinary digital camera on a long exposure shot.
  
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• AI does grunt work on China's pig farms

  14-02-2018 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Alibaba rolls out a system that analyses pig squeals and coughs to improve pork production.
  
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• Researchers design robo-roaches that can climb walls

  14-02-2018 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, designed a small, high-speed, palm-sized robot with six legs which has the ability to collide into walls and transition up vertically.
  
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• A dispute between one of #Russia’s richest businessmen and an opposition leader could mean no access to #YouTube an… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-02-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  A dispute between one of #Russia’s richest businessmen and an opposition leader could mean no access to #YouTube an… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• People kept bunnies as pets before the 1st century 

  14-02-2018 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from Oxford University compared the genomes, or complete genetic codes, of modern domestic and wild rabbits to see how long it had taken them to diverge.
  
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• The five tricks you need to beat sleep anxiety

  14-02-2018 17:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a special report on sleep in the latest issue of Women's Health magazine experts have revealed the rather quirky ways to melt away the worries that keep you up in the night, including getting intimate.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Why have 700,000 people signed a petition against the new Snapchat update? ow.ly/spiD30ioUg4

  14-02-2018 17:34 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Why have 700,000 people signed a petition against the new Snapchat update? ow.ly/spiD30ioUg4
  
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• #MostRead Today: How to curb your procrastination habit and get stuff done ow.ly/5aqL30ioUhF

  14-02-2018 17:34 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: How to curb your procrastination habit and get stuff done ow.ly/5aqL30ioUhF
  
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• #MostRead Today: 8 tips to master your to-do list ow.ly/GRWE30ioUj1

  14-02-2018 17:34 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 8 tips to master your to-do list ow.ly/GRWE30ioUj1
  
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• #MostRead Today: Google spreads to the suburbs as it reaches 7,000 workers in Dublin ow.ly/I6ZM30ioUar

  14-02-2018 17:33 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Google spreads to the suburbs as it reaches 7,000 workers in Dublin ow.ly/I6ZM30ioUar
  
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• #MostRead Today: Autodesk to open Irish office and bring 200 jobs to Dublin ow.ly/hLtY30ioUc6

  14-02-2018 17:33 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Autodesk to open Irish office and bring 200 jobs to Dublin ow.ly/hLtY30ioUc6
  
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• Facebook ‘Protect’ software installs spyware on iOS

  14-02-2018 17:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Onavo Protect, bought by the Menlo Park, California, social networking company back in 2013 is now being promoted to users of the iOS version of its app.
  
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• 8 start-ups to watch at the Enterprise Ireland Start-up Showcase 2018 siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ente… via @siliconrepublic

  14-02-2018 17:23 via twitter.com
  8 start-ups to watch at the Enterprise Ireland Start-up Showcase 2018 siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ente… via @siliconrepublic
  
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• Could #NI be at the forefront of a #transport revolution? @CIConnect Emily McDaid spoke to Richard Kirk of the Inst… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-02-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  Could #NI be at the forefront of a #transport revolution? @CIConnect Emily McDaid spoke to Richard Kirk of the Inst… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Can Joonko do away with HR-related disasters forever? siliconrepublic.com/careers/joonko…

  14-02-2018 17:09 via twitter.com
  Can Joonko do away with HR-related disasters forever? siliconrepublic.com/careers/joonko…
  
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• Money really does buy you happiness say scientists

  14-02-2018 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Purdue University in Indiana found that once the threshold was reached, further increases in income tended to be associated with reduced life satisfaction (stock).
  
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• Search tool accesses firms' documents in the cloud

  14-02-2018 16:42 via bbc.co.uk
  A website lets people freely look for sensitive data stored on servers at Amazon Web Services.
  
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• #Google is the latest company to adopt the now ubiquitous ‘Stories’ format. siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…

  14-02-2018 16:42 via twitter.com
  #Google is the latest company to adopt the now ubiquitous ‘Stories’ format. siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…
  
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• How to digitally disentangle after a break up

  14-02-2018 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor of Digital Living Wendy Moncur and Daniel Herron from the University of Dundee give tips including changing your passwords and turning off notifications that may remind you of your ex.
  
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• eSports' Overwatch League announces its first female player

  14-02-2018 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Kim "Geguri" Se-Yeon is the first female player in the history of the eSports Overwatch League.
  
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• Demanding Valentine's gifts could doom your relationship

  14-02-2018 16:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If your Valentine's Day is more about the gifts you give and get than about spending time with the one you love, your relationship may be in trouble, new Brigham Young University research suggests.
  
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• WIRED Health 2018: The Full Programme

  14-02-2018 16:15
  
  Read the full agenda for the WIRED Health 2018 event – with the main conference taking place on March 13 and the Workshop for Startups running on March 14 at the Crick in London.
  
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• Songbirds have brains designed to find mates for life

  14-02-2018 16:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Columbia University in New York have found that male and female zebra finches both learn their father's song at a young age, but analyse the tune differently to find a mate.
  
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• Google tests bot that will chat to your friends for you

  14-02-2018 15:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google's Area 120, a workshop for experimental products under development at the Mountain View firm, is currently testing the new system.
  
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• 2017 was hardly a banner year for #Uber, but the business did see some growth siliconrepublic.com/companies/uber…

  14-02-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  2017 was hardly a banner year for #Uber, but the business did see some growth siliconrepublic.com/companies/uber…
  
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• YouTube and Instagram face Russian bans

  14-02-2018 15:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Russia's internet watchdog has ordered videos and images on the services to be blocked by end of day.
  
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• Could the city of Belfast become a transport utopia? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/bel…

  14-02-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  Could the city of Belfast become a transport utopia? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/bel…
  
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• Some insights into the world of #cloud computing from Tim Murphy of @Strencom siliconrepublic.com/companies/tim-…

  14-02-2018 14:40 via twitter.com
  Some insights into the world of #cloud computing from Tim Murphy of @Strencom siliconrepublic.com/companies/tim-…
  
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