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• Lyft expands tools that help patients get to and from appointments

  05-03-2018 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lyft announced that it's adding another healthcare provider to its growing roster of partnerships that aims to help doctors hail a ride for patients who may have trouble getting to and from appointments.
  
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• Boffins discover chemistry that could have produced building blocks of life in space

  05-03-2018 22:26 via go.theregister.com
  My god, it's full of hydrocarbons A team of researchers carried out a series of experiments to study how complex hydrocarbons, an important class of molecules needed to create the building blocks for life, formed in space.…
  
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• Elon Musk shares hilarious photo with his tunnel-digging machine

  05-03-2018 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The billionaire shared a post on Instagram this weekend from inside a hole dug by his boring machine. Musk captioned itwith lyrics from Dan Hill’s ballad 'Sometimes When We Touch.'
  
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• VW unveils new fully electric, self-driving car

  05-03-2018 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Passengers can interact with the digital chauffeur, which is being unveiled in Geneva this week, using voice and hand gestures while the AI host caters to each person's preferences.
  
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• SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will embark on its 50th launch on Tuesday

  05-03-2018 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Falcon 9 rocket will blast off on Tuesday with the launch window opening at 12:33pm (EST). If all goes according to plan, it will mark the rocket's 50th mission since its first launch in 2010.
  
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• Check out the latest #Inspirefest speakers and find out how you can get 25pc off your ticket to celebrate #IWD2018 siliconrepublic.com/companies/insp…

  05-03-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Check out the latest #Inspirefest speakers and find out how you can get 25pc off your ticket to celebrate #IWD2018 siliconrepublic.com/companies/insp…
  
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• Research sheds light on how HIV virus 'hides' from treatments

  05-03-2018 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of California San Francisco say they've discovered one of the ways HIV lurks in the bloodstream, and it couldbring medicine closer to a cure
  
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• Confused about the #H1Bvisa? Our Careers reporter @evadiminutive spoke to @envoyglobal's Richard Burke about how t… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-03-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  Confused about the #H1Bvisa? Our Careers reporter@evadiminutive spoke to @envoyglobal's Richard Burke about how t… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Google expansion plans helping to turn NYC into tech hub

  05-03-2018 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google is reportedly close to a reaching a $2.4 billion deal to add a landmark Meatpacking District building to its already substantial New York campus.
  
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• The #FutureofWork belongs to the #freelancers according to @cherylcran #FoW siliconrepublic.com/careers/freela…

  05-03-2018 19:10 via twitter.com
  The #FutureofWork belongs to the #freelancers according to @cherylcran #FoW siliconrepublic.com/careers/freela…
  
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• Trevor Baylis: Wind-up radio inventor dies aged 80

  05-03-2018 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Trevor Baylis developed the wind-up radio for people who had no access to electricity or batteries.
  
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• Driverless AI cars could use lasers to see around corners

  05-03-2018 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new laser technology developed by researchers at Stanford University could soon allow driverless cars to see objects around corners and avoid potentially dangerous situations.
  
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• Medieval bloodletting bowls and beer mugs found in Oxford

  05-03-2018 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Uncovered at a site once run by Franciscan friars, the finds are helping scientists understand what life at the University of Oxford in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Reports of first IPv6 DDoS attack spark serious fear for IoT future ow.ly/OBTI30iLrmW

  05-03-2018 18:24 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Reports of first IPv6 DDoS attack spark serious fear for IoT future ow.ly/OBTI30iLrmW
  
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• #MostRead Today: Is Valentia Island’s UNESCO World Heritage status finally within reach? ow.ly/eukY30iLrl1

  05-03-2018 18:24 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Is Valentia Island’s UNESCO World Heritage status finally within reach? ow.ly/eukY30iLrl1
  
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• #MostRead Today: 8 of the most exciting organisations hiring in software development ow.ly/qmvV30iLrie

  05-03-2018 18:24 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 8 of the most exciting organisations hiring in software development ow.ly/qmvV30iLrie
  
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• #MostRead Today: National Broadband Plan hits another speed bump ow.ly/k3hU30iLrek

  05-03-2018 18:23 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: National Broadband Plan hits another speed bump ow.ly/k3hU30iLrek
  
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• #MostRead Today: State Street tech chief: ‘Blockchain is one of my biggest investment areas’ ow.ly/O68a30iLrbW

  05-03-2018 18:22 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: State Street tech chief: ‘Blockchain is one of my biggest investment areas’ ow.ly/O68a30iLrbW
  
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• Amazon mulling checking-account like product with big...

  05-03-2018 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon.com Inc is in talks to create a checking-account-like product with big banks such as JPMorgan Chase the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
  
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• Humans frozen by cryogenics could be revived using stem cells

  05-03-2018 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Dennis Kowalski, President of the Michigan-based Cryonics Institute, has claimed scientists could revive a frozen human corpse by using stem cells to help repair damaged cells.
  
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• Incredible ‘flying superyacht'

  05-03-2018 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Customers wishing to purchase Foiler, createdby Enata Marine in Sharjah, the third largest and third most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, will have to wait a year for delivery.
  
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• More than 44,000 patients affected by an IT glitch

  05-03-2018 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pathology results, vaccine uptake and read codes have been lost at around 2,500 surgeries across England. It comes at a time when doctors have warned they are overwhelmed.
  
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• Storm Emma aftermath: Dead fish washed up on Yorkshire beach

  05-03-2018 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Big tides and gale force winds from Storm Emma are believed to have caused the huge dump of animals along the East Yorkshire coast, with tonnes seen at Fraisthorpe beach near Bridlington.
  
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• The Oscar-winning special effects of Blade Runner 2049

  05-03-2018 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Click meets one of the people responsible for the movie's award winning special effects.
  
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• Check out four fantastic visionaries added to the Inspirefest 2018 line-up siliconrepublic.com/companies/insp…

  05-03-2018 17:06 via twitter.com
  Check out four fantastic visionaries added to the Inspirefest 2018 line-up siliconrepublic.com/companies/insp…
  
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• Incredible footage shows a headless toad hopping around

  05-03-2018 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Footage of a terrifying 'headless' toad found in a forest in Connecticut has left scientists baffled. Theories range from its face being eaten by rats to it being a victim of flesh-eating toad fly larvae
  
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• How are US companies coping with Trump’s H-1B visa crackdown? siliconrepublic.com/careers/h1b-vi…

  05-03-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  How are US companies coping with Trump’s H-1B visa crackdown? siliconrepublic.com/careers/h1b-vi…
  
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• Baidu's creepy new AI can accurately mimic your voice

  05-03-2018 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Beijing-based company Baidu who created this technology say it could also be used to create automatic speech translation services (stock image).
  
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• Apple could be releasing a cheaper 13-inch MacBook Air

  05-03-2018 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ming-Chi Kuo from Bangkok-based firm KGI Securities said the company would be releasing a MacBook Air 'with a lower price tag' in the second quarter of 2018.
  
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• The #NationalBroadbandPlan ought to be clear-cut and decisive. Instead, it has become a tangled web of intrigue, pr… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-03-2018 16:10 via twitter.com
  The #NationalBroadbandPlan ought to be clear-cut and decisive. Instead, it has become a tangled web of intrigue, pr… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 'Clean meats' could be on sale by the end of this year

  05-03-2018 15:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Josh Tetrick, CEO of San Francisco-based 'clean meat' firm JUST, says lab-made sausages, chicken nuggets and foie gras could be servedin Asia and the US 'before the end of 2018'.
  
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• A whopping 600 new jobs up for grabs in the mid-west. #Limerick #Shannon #lifesciences #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/jobs/edwards-l…

  05-03-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  A whopping 600 new jobs up for grabs in the mid-west. #Limerick #Shannon #lifesciences #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/jobs/edwards-l…
  
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• Nasa is hiding proof of alien life on Mars, claims Barry DiGregorio

  05-03-2018 15:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The findings were made by Barry DiGregorio from the University of Buckingham, who specialises in studies of microscopic life in the soil of our planet.
  
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• Burger-flipping robot begins first shift

  05-03-2018 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Flippy can handle 12 burgers at once, and is destined to replace human fast-food workers.
  
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• Professor Stephen Hawking explains what happened before the Big Bang

  05-03-2018 15:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new interview, the Cambridge University physicist says that 'nothing was around before the Big Bang' - the point 13.7 billion years ago when our universe sprang into existence.
  
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• It's ALIIIIIVE: Boffins detect slow-moving zombie star

  05-03-2018 15:23 via go.theregister.com
  Red giant revives a nearby corpse through the emission of cosmic wind The European Space Agency's INTEGRAL space observatory has captured an unusual piece of stellar voodoo: the moment when a dead star was brought back to life by a nearby red giant.…
  
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• Prehistoric baby bird fossil sheds light on avian evolution

  05-03-2018 15:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fossil was found in a famous palaeontological site named 'Las Hoyas' in central Spain, which dates back to the Early Cretaceous, about 127 million years ago.
  
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• Elephant shows baby one how to roll around in the mud in Thailand

  05-03-2018 15:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Filmed at the Elephant Nature Park in Thailand by Save the Asian Elephants volunteer, Steph Snowdon, the video shows the little beast walking towards the mud patch after the elderly elephant has roamed off.
  
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• WIRED Health 2018: The Startup Showcase

  05-03-2018 15:08
  
  Come join us at the EY WIRED Health Access Stage and see the Startup Showcase. You'll meet some of the companies you'll be reading about for years to come.
  
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• WhatsApp's 'delete for everyone' time limit extended

  05-03-2018 14:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cupertino-based WhatsApp has extended its 'Delete for Everyone' option from seven minutes to over an hour. Users will now be able to unsend any messages within a 68 minute window.
  
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• Diver captures incredible footage of a comb jelly

  05-03-2018 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jorge Moreno Mendoza, 20, was diving at a marine reserve in the Canary Islands when he captured the footage of the creature, which shrinks infear at the biologist.
  
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• We heard from Mary O’Brien of @IBMSecurity about the world of #infosec and how she leads her team in the battle aga… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-03-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  We heard from Mary O’Brien of @IBMSecurity about the world of #infosec and how she leads her team in the battle aga… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Lassa fever

  05-03-2018 13:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Since the beginning of the year, Nigeria has been gripped by an outbreak of the deadly Lassa fever.
  
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• Sound of speed

  05-03-2018 13:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The Bloodhound supersonic car will produce a huge amount of noise when it starts running later this year.
  
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• ‘The man who decided he was going to put a cable across the Atlantic was the kind of a person who had a vision’… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-03-2018 13:35 via twitter.com
  ‘The man who decided he was going to put a cable across the Atlantic was the kind of a person who had a vision’… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Iceland police arrest suspected Bitcoin server thieves

  05-03-2018 13:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Police in Iceland arrest 11 people suspected of stealing more than 600 computers used to mine crypto-currencies.
  
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• Meet our Start-up of the Week: @parrot_one siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/parr…

  05-03-2018 13:05 via twitter.com
  Meet our Start-up of the Week: @parrot_one siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/parr…
  
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• Freelancers will have the majority of jobs in the future siliconrepublic.com/careers/freela…

  05-03-2018 12:50 via twitter.com
  Freelancers will have the majority of jobs in the future siliconrepublic.com/careers/freela…
  
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• National Broadband Plan hits another speed bump siliconrepublic.com/comms/national…

  05-03-2018 11:46 via twitter.com
  National Broadband Plan hits another speed bump siliconrepublic.com/comms/national…
  
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• Reports of first IPv6 DDoS attack spark serious fear for IoT future siliconrepublic.com/machines/ipv6-…

  05-03-2018 11:43 via twitter.com
  Reports of first IPv6 DDoS attack spark serious fear for IoT future siliconrepublic.com/machines/ipv6-…
  
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