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• Amazon's Alexa could soon let users send money using their voice

  14-03-2018 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Biometric software company Daon has developed a way for users to send money to friends using Alexa. The feature could arrive on Amazon's Alexa in the next nine to 18 months.
  
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• Twitter could be launching a 'camera-first' feature, report claims

  14-03-2018 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter may be preparing to take on Snapchat with a new 'camera-first' photo and video feature. The tool would combine location-based photos and videos with Moments during newsworthy events.
  
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• New AI can tell if you're male or female from the way you smile 

  14-03-2018 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research from the University of Bradford
  details the differences between male and female smiles. The research gave way to AI that can predict a person's sex based on their smile.
  
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• Doctors are using iPhones for brain surgery

  14-03-2018 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of São Paulo in Brazil found that smartphones are useful in performing minimally invasive brain surgeries.
  
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• BBC game challenges young people to spot "fake news"

  14-03-2018 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Young people can play the role of a newsroom journalist, making their own decisions on what is true or false in the new BBC iReporter interactive game.
  
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• How did Stephen Hawking live so long with ALS?

  14-03-2018 22:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite being confined to a wheelchair since his early 20s, that didn't hold back the esteemed theoretical physicist, who earned comparisons to Albert Einstein for his research on the cosmos.
  
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• Mysterious aurora called Steve is finally identified by scientists

  14-03-2018 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steve is created by a process formally known as a subauroral ion drift,researchers who studied the vibrant ribbon of purple light in the night sky of Alberta have found.
  
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• “We have the Air Force, we’ll have the space force.” #Trump #US #space siliconrepublic.com/innovation/tru…

  14-03-2018 21:20 via twitter.com
  “We have the Air Force, we’ll have the space force.” #Trump #US #spacesiliconrepublic.com/innovation/tru…
  
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• Boffins build 'body-on-a-chip' for drugs tests

  14-03-2018 21:15 via go.theregister.com
  Buffet of 10 organ types to check for reactions Boffins from the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, Northeastern University, and several bio-oriented companies have developed a chip that can be loaded with cells from up to 10 organs for testing how drugs affect the human body.…
  
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• Gorilla cuddles her newborn baby in the Republic of Congo

  14-03-2018 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Conservationists from the WCS Congo Program have captured footage of a western lowland gorilla cuddling her baby, who was thought to be just a week old when the pair was spotted.
  
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• #WhatsApp publicly commits to not share personal #data with #Facebook following ICO investigation. siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…

  14-03-2018 21:10 via twitter.com
  #WhatsApp publicly commits to not share personal #data with #Facebook following ICO investigation. siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…
  
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• Can open data hackers bring new perspective to B2B and consumer? #hackathon #fintech #Outlay2018 siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/out…

  14-03-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  Can open data hackers bring new perspective to B2B and consumer? #hackathon #fintech #Outlay2018 siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/out…
  
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• Stephen Hawking's three great contributions to science

  14-03-2018 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The physicist will be remembered mainly for three things, says fellow scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock.
  
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• As part of our #GDPRWeek, we're looking at what exactly organisations can expect. #GDPR #data #EU siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/gdp…

  14-03-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  As part of our #GDPRWeek, we're looking at what exactly organisations can expect. #GDPR #data #EU siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/gdp…
  
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• YouTube is cracking down on videos that promote conspiracy theories

  14-03-2018 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  YouTube is adopting a new strategy to counter the spread of conspiracy theories, fake news and other disinformation. The firm will display information from Wikipedia on certain videos.
  
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• ‘Nearly half of business leaders agree that job descriptions are already obsolete.’ - @Accenture_IRL's Ryan Shanks… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-03-2018 20:05 via twitter.com
  ‘Nearly half of business leaders agree that job descriptions are already obsolete.’ - @Accenture_IRL's Ryan Shanks… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Earth's nearest dwarf planet Ceres is still evolving

  14-03-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ceres, which is being studied by Washington, DC-based Nasa's Dawn probe, is of particular interest to scientists because it may hold some of the ingredients for alien life.
  
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• Wells Fargo AI platform says Amazon's HQ2 will be in Boston

  14-03-2018 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A robot made by Wells Fargo predicted Boston will be the site of Amazon's HQ2. Amazon's second headquarters will cost $5 billion and come with 50,000 jobs.
  
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• Irish software solutions and #AI provider @GlantusLTD acquires New York’s Hedgehog Analytics. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/glan…

  14-03-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  Irish software solutions and #AI provider @GlantusLTD acquires New York’s Hedgehog Analytics. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/glan…
  
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• Michelangelo included hidden caricature of himself in his sketches

  14-03-2018 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The findings were made by Dr Deivis DeCampos, a researcher in human anatomy at the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre in Brazil.
  
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• Great news for #Cork as @RockleyPhotonic has signed a deal with @scienceirel to create a new R&D centre based at… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-03-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  Great news for #Cork as @RockleyPhotonic has signed a deal with @scienceirel to create a new R&D centre based at… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Rising carbon dioxide levels impair coral growth

  14-03-2018 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  A new study shows that the atmospheric carbon levels projected by 2060 will affect coral reefs.
  
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• Aliens will be dead when their messages reach us, claim scientists 

  14-03-2018 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If an alien sitting on a distant planet has sent a message it would take a minimum of 100,000 years to reach us, according to researchers from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland.
  
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• Irish tech companies had a great year, raising €994m in venture capital #funding. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/vent…

  14-03-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  Irish tech companies had a great year, raising €994m in venture capital #funding.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/vent…
  
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• Stephen Hawking: Tributes pour in for 'inspirational' physicist

  14-03-2018 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists, politicians and celebrities say the physicist's death leaves an "intellectual vacuum".
  
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• Global tributes pour in

  14-03-2018 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists, politicians and celebrities say the physicist's death leaves an "intellectual vacuum".
  
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• Stephen Hawking on God, artificial intelligence and mankind's future

  14-03-2018 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Listen to five thought-provoking perspectives from world renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, who has died at the age of 76.
  
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• #YouTube will introduce a new information tool to help fight its severe conspiracy problem. #Wikipedia siliconrepublic.com/companies/yout…

  14-03-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  #YouTube will introduce a new information tool to help fight its severe conspiracy problem. #Wikipedia siliconrepublic.com/companies/yout…
  
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• Uber changes app following TfL concerns over licensing

  14-03-2018 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  The revamped taxi-hailing app will "make it clearer" drivers are licensed by Transport for London.
  
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• Deadly lakes in Greenland could cause the ice sheet to COLLAPSE

  14-03-2018 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge have looked at the lakes that form on the ice sheets of Greenland. As the temporary lakes drain away they melt the ice.
  
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• #MostRead Today: GDPR will change the rules of marketing forever ow.ly/hGDY30iWFnd

  14-03-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: GDPR will change the rules of marketing forever ow.ly/hGDY30iWFnd
  
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• #MostRead Today: What can be done about the data science skills gap? ow.ly/3Yx930iWFiV

  14-03-2018 17:39 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: What can be done about the data science skills gap? ow.ly/3Yx930iWFiV
  
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• #MostRead Today: Mystery of the ‘phantom’ footprint solved with fossil rediscovery ow.ly/crqE30iWFgX

  14-03-2018 17:39 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Mystery of the ‘phantom’ footprint solved with fossil rediscovery ow.ly/crqE30iWFgX
  
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• #MostRead Today: Moving to Belfast? Here are 10 people you need to know ow.ly/zLXs30iWF4n

  14-03-2018 17:39 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Moving to Belfast? Here are 10 people you need to know ow.ly/zLXs30iWF4n
  
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• #MostRead Today: ‘Extremely unconscious bias’ leading to underfunding of women tech founders ow.ly/6gpJ30iWFkj

  14-03-2018 17:39 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: ‘Extremely unconscious bias’ leading to underfunding of women tech founders ow.ly/6gpJ30iWFkj
  
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• NASA names icy world 1 billion miles beyond Pluto 'Ultima Thule'

  14-03-2018 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The spacecraft that explored Pluto is now headed toward a New Year's Day encounter with this mysterious object or two, 1 billion miles farther, on the fringes of our solar system.
  
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• Instagram denies it's planning to bring back the chronological feed

  14-03-2018 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rumors began swirling earlier this week that the Facebook -owned app was testing a chronological feed among a select group of users. But now the firm has flat out denied that it's bringing back the feature.
  
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• Mow your lawn less to save bees, say scientists

  14-03-2018 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leaving a fortnight's gap between trims rather than mowing every week helps to grow pollinating plants that bees need to survive, researchers at the University of Massachusetts found.
  
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• Renowned beatboxer @Reeps1 will grace Dublin’s #Inspirefest stage in June for a world-first siliconrepublic.com/machines/reeps…

  14-03-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  Renowned beatboxer @Reeps1 will grace Dublin’s #Inspirefest stage in June for a world-first siliconrepublic.com/machines/reeps…
  
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• Did Trump actually suggest creating a militarised ‘space force’? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/tru…

  14-03-2018 17:14 via twitter.com
  Did Trump actually suggest creating a militarised ‘space force’? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/tru…
  
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• Diamond-coated titanium a dazzling breakthrough for implants siliconrepublic.com/machines/diamo…

  14-03-2018 17:11 via twitter.com
  Diamond-coated titanium a dazzling breakthrough for implants siliconrepublic.com/machines/diamo…
  
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• Nuke 200 times Hiroshima bomb would stop asteroid hitting Earth

  14-03-2018 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The finding was made by experts at Rosatom, the Russian state's atomic corporation, and three physicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
  
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• Piers Morgan: Stephen Hawking showed self-pity is a waste of life

  14-03-2018 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
   A year ago, I askedStephen Hawking how he would like to spend his last day alive. ‘Being with my family,’ he replied, ‘listening to Wagner, while sipping Champagne in the summer sun.’
  
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• Richard Dawkins claims we should eat lab-grown human meat

  14-03-2018 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Oxford-based biologist and renowned atheist envisions human flesh becoming a form of 'clean meat' - a product created using stem cells that could help feed the world without slaughtering any creatures.
  
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• AI assistants are sexist and understand men better

  14-03-2018 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Delip Rao, CEO and co-founder of R7 Speech Sciences based in San Francisco, has revealed that digital AI assistants are better at understanding male voices over female speech.
  
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• Passenger's responses to Waymo’s fully driverless minivans revealed

  14-03-2018 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The footage was released to coincide with a talk given by Waymo CEO John Krafcik at the SXSW festival, currently being held in Austin, Texas.
  
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• Facebook-WhatsApp data-sharing plan blocked by UK watchdog

  14-03-2018 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Privacy watchdog rules that an information-sharing plan would breach UK data protection laws.
  
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• Stephen Hawking: Visionary physicist dies aged 76

  14-03-2018 14:48 via bbc.co.uk
  The British scientist who explained the Universe to millions died peacefully at home aged 76.
  
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• Paul Kavanagh of @CiscoUKI is focused on reinventing networking and unlocking the power of #data siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/cis…

  14-03-2018 14:40 via twitter.com
  Paul Kavanagh of @CiscoUKI is focused on reinventing networking and unlocking the power of #data siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/cis…
  
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• Dublin tech firm Glantus acquires New York company Hedgehog Analytics siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/glan…

  14-03-2018 14:40 via twitter.com
  Dublin tech firm Glantus acquires New York company Hedgehog Analytics siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/glan…
  
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