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• Burger-making robot 'Flippy' gets fired from his job after one day

  09-03-2018 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The robot attracted so much national interest that the CaliBurger was forced to take Flippy offline, as it was too slow to keep up with the crowds. Now, a sign reads that Flippy will be 'cooking soon.'
  
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• Skeletons could rewrite the timeline of early Pacific settlers 

  09-03-2018 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists pieced together the history of migration to Vanuatu using modern DNA samples and DNA from ancient skeletons. . The island nation was first inhabited by the Lapita people.
  
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• Costco sells $6,000 doomsday food kits that feed you for a year

  09-03-2018 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Costco is selling kits that range in price from about $1,000 to as much as $6,000. Shelling out a couple grand will get you up to 600 cans, which amounts to more than 36,000 servings of food.
  
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• Rare ice reveals evidence of water 400 miles beneath Earth's surface

  09-03-2018 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crystals in diamonds spewed from volcanoes and other processes in China and Africa indicate the presence of water pockets in the boundary where the upper and lower mantle meet.
  
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• A mutant goat with two heads and four eyes is filmed in Pakistan

  09-03-2018 21:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The baffling two-headed creature is shown suckling on a milk bottle in the strange footage taken in Rawalpindi in Pakistan.
  
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• Curling up for some Friday night reads? Check out our weekend takeaway, including 100 women who are changing the wo… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-03-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  Curling up for some Friday night reads? Check out our weekend takeaway, including 100 women who are changing the wo… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Alien atmospheres recreated on Earth

  09-03-2018 19:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Research shows that planets orbiting distant stars may be surprisingly colourful.
  
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• Drones are helping to clear up Britain's beaches

  09-03-2018 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Beaches all around Great Britain are being cleared of plastic thanks to a citizen-science led project that is being led by The Plastic Tide charity.
  
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• Alex Ferreira is digital enterprise practice lead at @StormTechLtd. #microsoft siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sto…

  09-03-2018 19:20 via twitter.com
  Alex Ferreira is digital enterprise practice lead at @StormTechLtd. #microsoft siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sto…
  
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• Apple files patent for crumb and dust-resistant MacBook keyboard

  09-03-2018 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California tech giant Apple has filed a patent detailing mechanisms to prevent things from entering keyboards, including bellows that blast particles away from keys with forced gas.
  
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• Snapchat will soon let you tag anyone in your Stories posts

  09-03-2018 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To tag someone, type out a username in the text field and then swipe up on the 'more' option located at the bottom of the screen, which will open a section titled 'People,' displaying the user's information.
  
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• Act of building Stonehenge was a sacred ceremony

  09-03-2018 18:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The construction of the Wiltshire monument drew people from long distances to take part and ceremonial feasts were held for all who attended, experts at English Heritage said.
  
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• Incredible ribbon-like ice formations captured in Peak District

  09-03-2018 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wildlife photographer Gerald Robinson captured the striking ribbon-like ice formations under the water at Ladybower Reservoir in the Peak District National Park on Wednesday night.
  
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• Catch up on this week's #IoT news, from vulnerable devices to attacks on driverless cars. #autotech #infosec siliconrepublic.com/machines/iot-d…

  09-03-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  Catch up on this week's #IoT news, from vulnerable devices to attacks on driverless cars. #autotech #infosec siliconrepublic.com/machines/iot-d…
  
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• 70 jobs are headed for Cork as Pilz opens new development centre siliconrepublic.com/jobs/pilz-cork…

  09-03-2018 18:34 via twitter.com
  70 jobs are headed for Cork as Pilz opens new development centre siliconrepublic.com/jobs/pilz-cork…
  
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• #MostRead Today: 70pc of Netflix subscribers view content on their TV ow.ly/8dWC30iRfso

  09-03-2018 18:20 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 70pc of Netflix subscribers view content on their TV ow.ly/8dWC30iRfso
  
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• #MostRead Today: 33 women educating the next generation of STEM talent ow.ly/yd3930iRfqQ

  09-03-2018 18:20 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 33 women educating the next generation of STEM talent ow.ly/yd3930iRfqQ
  
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• #MostRead Today: 12 storytellers shining a spotlight on women in STEM ow.ly/Ct0o30iRftA

  09-03-2018 18:20 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 12 storytellers shining a spotlight on women in STEM ow.ly/Ct0o30iRftA
  
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• #MostRead Today: Irish entrepreneur Dr Pearse Lyons who built Alltech empire has died ow.ly/Z3eZ30iRfnc

  09-03-2018 18:19 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Irish entrepreneur Dr Pearse Lyons who built Alltech empire has died ow.ly/Z3eZ30iRfnc
  
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• #MostRead Today: 12 magnificent start-ups from Montpellier to watch ow.ly/cbQE30iRfpR

  09-03-2018 18:19 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 12 magnificent start-ups from Montpellier to watch ow.ly/cbQE30iRfpR
  
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• Celebrating female innovators: Podcast 359

  09-03-2018 18:08
  
  Coming up today: why the UN’s biometric database of refugees might be a bad idea; we work out the likelihood of you getting hit on the head by China’s out of control space station, and celebrate International Women’s Day.
  
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• “If we succeed, the world’s energy systems will be transformed. We’re extremely excited about this.” #nuclearfusion… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-03-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  “If we succeed, the world’s energy systems will be transformed. We’re extremely excited about this.” #nuclearfusion… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Europe is living in the past (by nearly six minutes) thanks to Serbia and Kosovo

  09-03-2018 17:57 via go.theregister.com
  Continental electric clocks go TITSUP* Electric timekeepers in Europe have been losing minutes due to power frequency deviations arising from a dispute between Serbia and Kosovo.…
  
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• Daylight saving time boosts your risk of heart attack

  09-03-2018 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Even an hour of sleep lost to daylight saving time may be life threatening, professor David Wagner says. Loss of sleep after DST attributed to heart problems and mechanical injury at work
  
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• Nasa invites public to include names on its Parker Solar Probe

  09-03-2018 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Park Solar Probe is due to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in July, and will fly closer to the sun than any spacecraft before it to collect vital information about the life of stars.
  
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• That blue tick on your #Twitter page could be closer than you think. siliconrepublic.com/companies/twit…

  09-03-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  That blue tick on your #Twitter page could be closer than you think. siliconrepublic.com/companies/twit…
  
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• Google Providing AI Technology To Defense Department’s Algorithmic Warfare

  09-03-2018 17:15 via technocracy.news
  Google censors everyone not sympathetic to its Technocrat ideology, but has no problem working with fellow Technocrats at the Department of Defense. In his farewell speech, President Dwight Eisenhower warned America about the Military-Industrial Complex and then about the Scientific Elite exerting power over society. This story indicates that they have merged together quite naturally. ⁃ TN EditorGoogle has quietly secured a contract to work on the Defense Department’s new algori
  
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• Don't worry about forgetting your childhood memories

  09-03-2018 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to experiments by Paul Frankland, a neuroscientist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto the growth of new neurons in the hippocampus is essential for memory (stock image).
  
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• Sir John Sulston human genome pioneer dies

  09-03-2018 16:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Sir John Sulston, a key figure in the race to decode the human genome, has died at the age of 75.
  
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• 'Sperm magnets' filter out deformed semen before women undergo IVF

  09-03-2018 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE Used at the IVF Cube in Prague, the approach has already helped two women become pregnant when used to select 'healthy' sperm prior to them undergoing IVF.
  
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• Women are still underrepresented in entrepreneurship. #diversity #entrepreneurs siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/peer…

  09-03-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Women are still underrepresented in entrepreneurship. #diversity #entrepreneurs siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/peer…
  
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• Smart Grid, Smart Structures Key To Lifting World Out Of Poverty

  09-03-2018 16:40 via technocracy.news
  The Technocrat’s solution to every problem known to man is technology and more technology. This is a false premise from the start because there is no demonstrable evidence that it is true. In other words, dreamers who imagine the future do not create reality merely because they imagine it. ⁃ TN EditorIt is a truth universally acknowledged that billions of people around the world live in poverty. But does it have to be that way? Today’s technological progress means that tomorrow
  
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• Scientists: Now Using Pig Organs For Transplants Into Humans

  09-03-2018 16:16 via technocracy.news
  Technocrat scientists see no risk to humans when substituting pig organs for human organ transplants, which they claim are ‘functionally similar’. To qualify, the pigs must first be tested for 40 different kinds of viruses to prevent unwanted infections. There will be no widespread testing before this practice becomes routine. ⁃ TN EditorA team of scientists says it has created a pig that can be used in transplantations in humans.
  According to the team, which includes researche
  
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• It was a whopper week for #jobs in Ireland! #medtech #infosec #pharma #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/careers/jobs-i…

  09-03-2018 16:10 via twitter.com
  It was a whopper week for #jobs in Ireland! #medtech #infosec #pharma #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/careers/jobs-i…
  
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• Storm’s Alex Ferreira: ‘Focused workers are key to digital transformation’ siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sto…

  09-03-2018 16:01 via twitter.com
  Storm’s Alex Ferreira: ‘Focused workers are key to digital transformation’ siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sto…
  
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• Blaming bots for the spread of #fakenews may not be an accurate assumption siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/twi…

  09-03-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  Blaming bots for the spread of #fakenews may not be an accurate assumption siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/twi…
  
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• A total of 72,643 applications were submitted to the #CAO by this year’s closing date in February, marking a year-o… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-03-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  A total of 72,643 applications were submitted to the #CAO by this year’s closing date in February, marking a year-o… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• WATCH: Ireland has plenty of BioPharma Ambition siliconrepublic.com/video/biopharm…

  09-03-2018 15:17 via twitter.com
  WATCH: Ireland has plenty of BioPharma Ambition siliconrepublic.com/video/biopharm…
  
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• Ministers question 'latte levy' on cups

  09-03-2018 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The government says it is better for coffee shops to offer discounts to those who bring their own cups.
  
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• .@Lana_Salmon of @ucddublin is gazing at galaxies to calculate the probability of #gravitationalwaves occurring siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ucd…

  09-03-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  .@Lana_Salmon of @ucddublin is gazing at galaxies to calculate the probability of #gravitationalwaves occurring siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ucd…
  
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• Warning: China Is Close To Complete Domination Over 5G And Internet Of Things

  09-03-2018 15:04 via technocracy.news
  China’s Technocrats are playing chess with a far-reaching strategy to dominate the system of Globalization, while America plays checkers, worrying only about the next ‘hop’. If the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) does not block the Qualcomm takeover, China will move into the vacuum and dominate the industry. ⁃ TN EditorAccording to Chang, Broadcom — a Singapore-based semiconductor manufacturer — will likely break up Qualcomm into c
  
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• Twitter verification to get a re-boot and will be available to all

  09-03-2018 15:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  San Francisco based social media app Twitter is redesigning its verification process and will launch it for the 2020 US presidential election. The system has been paused since November 2017.
  
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• The truth is, most IoT devices can be turned into botnets siliconrepublic.com/machines/iot-d…

  09-03-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  The truth is, most IoT devices can be turned into botnets siliconrepublic.com/machines/iot-d…
  
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• Paralympics 2018 are celebrated by Google Doodle

  09-03-2018 14:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Google Doodle for March 9, 2018 celebrates the start of the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics 2018 games. Over 600 athletes will vie for 80 medals at the Paralympics 2018.
  
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• China Providing ‘Strings Attached’ Academic Financing To Force Censorship In America

  09-03-2018 14:46 via technocracy.news
  The Chinese are very clever to weaponize capital in order to achieve devious ends. In this case, the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) funds selected academic institutions or projects in order to coerce them into self-censorship according to Chinese policies. Congress should block such funding. ⁃ TN EditorThe CIA has issued a classified report detailing China’s far-reaching foreign influence operations campaign in the United States, which imparts financial incentives as leverage to perme
  
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• Dodging a deadline? Get to work! #productivity siliconrepublic.com/advice/deadlin…

  09-03-2018 14:40 via twitter.com
  Dodging a deadline? Get to work! #productivity siliconrepublic.com/advice/deadlin…
  
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• CatClaw gives flat tyres to cars that mount kerbs

  09-03-2018 14:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When a car drives over a CatClaw, its weight pushes a button down, exposing a sharp steel tube that punctures the tyre. Catclaw's London-based inventor says it may prevent terror attacks.
  
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• Men are four times more likely to get cancer from oral sex

  09-03-2018 14:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Ashish Deshmukh, from the University of Florida, stated infected men struggle to rid their bodies of the cancer-causing human papillomavirus, causing them to harbour the pathogen.
  
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• First Artificial Meat, Now Artificial Milk- All Without Cows

  09-03-2018 14:21 via technocracy.news
  Lab-produced milk will soon become a ubiquitous part of the food chain without labeling requirements because it is already declared to be GMO-fee. However, the yeast that makes the milk proteins is tricked into doing so because of clever genetic modification. There is no guarantee that the resulting milk protein is 100% identical to a cow’s milk. ⁃ TN EditorThree young entrepreneurs in their mid-twenties sat nervously in the Hong Kong office of Solina Chau, one of the world&rsqu
  
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• A research team at @ambercentre has revealed a new biomaterial that actually ‘grows’ healthy tissue, with a little… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-03-2018 14:20 via twitter.com
  A research team at @ambercentre has revealed a new biomaterial that actually ‘grows’ healthy tissue, with a little… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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