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• Driverless cars could be stopped in their tracks by solar storms

  16-03-2018 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists say driverless cars, if designed in a way that’s too reliant on GPS, may suffer complications during powerful space weather events, making it difficult to carry out their functions as intended.
  
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• First St. Paddy's parade took place in Florida a century before NY's

  16-03-2018 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Historical documents from 1600-1601 in the Florida city St. Augustine stand as evidence of the first St. Patrick’s Day parade in the US, according to an expert from the University of South Florida.
  
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• Much of the US will see flooding or drought during the spring

  16-03-2018 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted spring weather. The agency said much of the US will experience flooding in the coming months.
  
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• .@Equinix's new IX will enable ISPs and content firms to exchange traffic and expand globally. #telecoms… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-03-2018 21:10 via twitter.com
  .@Equinix's new IX will enable ISPs and content firms to exchange traffic and expand globally. #telecoms… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• What is GDPR as Gaeilge? @WilliamFryLaw is here to help. #GDPRWeek #SnaG18 siliconrepublic.com/companies/gdpr…

  16-03-2018 20:45 via twitter.com
  What is GDPR as Gaeilge? @WilliamFryLaw is here to help. #GDPRWeek #SnaG18 siliconrepublic.com/companies/gdpr…
  
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• Camelot warns of 'low level' National Lottery hack

  16-03-2018 20:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Customers should change their passwords as a precaution, the National Lottery owner says.
  
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• This week in the world of careers, we took a closer look how employers and employees will fare when it comes to… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-03-2018 20:15 via twitter.com
  This week in the world of careers, we took a closer look how employers and employees will fare when it comes to… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• This week in the world of #IoT, a spotlight is on the vulnerability of medical devices. #cyberattacks siliconrepublic.com/machines/iot-m…

  16-03-2018 19:40 via twitter.com
  This week in the world of #IoT, a spotlight is on the vulnerability of medical devices. #cyberattacks siliconrepublic.com/machines/iot-m…
  
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• Kidney disease can be triggered by tiny 'shuttles'

  16-03-2018 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The microscopic exosomes - 1,000 times thinner than hair -transport a damaging enzyme that leads to fibrosis of the kidney, Nottingham Trent University experts found.
  
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• AI that can diagnose prostate cancer as accurately as a doctor

  16-03-2018 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This AI, presented at the European Association of Urology congress in Copenhagen, has shown similar levels of accuracy to a human pathologist (stock image).
  
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• Glorious mud

  16-03-2018 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Meet the "mudlarkers" looking for archaeological artefacts along the banks of the Thames.
  
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• Lifelong learning: Why age should not be a barrier to #education siliconrepublic.com/innovation/lif…

  16-03-2018 19:05 via twitter.com
  Lifelong learning: Why age should not be a barrier to #education siliconrepublic.com/innovation/lif…
  
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• Scientists zap tiny wires with lasers to create mini-nuclear fusion

  16-03-2018 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from Colorado State University's Advanced Beam Laboratory used a compact but powerful laser they built from scratch to heat tiny, invisible wires, known as nanowires.
  
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• Google unveils new Maps feature to show wheelchair accessible routes

  16-03-2018 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google Maps has revealed a new feature to help wheelchair-using commuters as well as people who rely on crutches, other mobility aids, or frequently push strollers.
  
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• Great news for #jobseekers as @Informatica opens its EMEA HQ in Dubin. #Dublinjobs #jobfairy #jobs #hiring siliconrepublic.com/jobs/informati…

  16-03-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  Great news for #jobseekers as @Informatica opens its EMEA HQ in Dubin. #Dublinjobs #jobfairy #jobs #hiring siliconrepublic.com/jobs/informati…
  
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• Bike-sharing companies face an uphill ride in U.S.

  16-03-2018 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many major U.S. cities have pre-empted problems with rules that sharply limit how many dockless-bike companies can operate and how many bikes they can offer to avoid blocking sidewalks.
  
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• NASA study shows Jupiter's 'Great Red Spot' megastorm is shrinking

  16-03-2018 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, show that Jupiter's 'Great Red Spot' is shrivelling at a rate of 140 miles (230km) per year.
  
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• How 'green' can #datacentres be? @interxion's Tanya Duncan is here to fill us in. siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/gre…

  16-03-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  How 'green' can #datacentres be? @interxion's Tanya Duncan is here to fill us in. siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/gre…
  
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• AI spots craters on the moon which could host future colony

  16-03-2018 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The finding was made by a team of researchers led by Ari Silburt at Penn State University and Mohamad Ali-Dib at the University of Toronto, who fed 90,000 images of the moon's surface into the AI.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Siro to bring 1Gbps broadband to 35,000 more homes in Ireland’s south-east ow.ly/HZhS30iZweD

  16-03-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Siro to bring 1Gbps broadband to 35,000 more homes in Ireland’s south-east ow.ly/HZhS30iZweD
  
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• #MostRead Today: Moving to Belfast? Here are 10 people you need to know ow.ly/4zcp30iZwdv

  16-03-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Moving to Belfast? Here are 10 people you need to know ow.ly/4zcp30iZwdv
  
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• #MostRead Today: Irish neighbours may soon be able to sell each other electricity via blockchain ow.ly/PSbV30iZwcc

  16-03-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Irish neighbours may soon be able to sell each other electricity via blockchain ow.ly/PSbV30iZwcc
  
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• #MostRead Today: 16 brilliant Belfast start-ups to watch ow.ly/ha3V30iZwaK

  16-03-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 16 brilliant Belfast start-ups to watch ow.ly/ha3V30iZwaK
  
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• #MostRead Today: Lasers fired at ‘invisible’ wires achieve record efficiency in fusion reactor ow.ly/9rJD30iZw7X

  16-03-2018 17:51 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Lasers fired at ‘invisible’ wires achieve record efficiency in fusion reactor ow.ly/9rJD30iZw7X
  
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• Ancient shoreline of warm sea unearthed in west London

  16-03-2018 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samples taken from up to 33 metres (108ft) below the surface in Ruislip have revealed a strange black clay that suggests the area once had densely wooded marshes on the edge of a sub-tropical sea.
  
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• MacBook bug allows hackers to access your account without a password

  16-03-2018 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A bug has been found in the Mac version of the Google Chrome Remote Desktop app by San Carlos-based Checkpoint Security. It allows hackers to access an admin account on Macs.
  
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• World's biggest puppy in Utah stands six feet tall

  16-03-2018 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A nine-month-old dog named Euphrates in Salt Lake City, Utah, that weighs 12 stone (180lb) and stands six-foot-tall is the world's biggest puppy, according to its owner.
  
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• #Google says it has closed its #gendergap. Has it really, though? siliconrepublic.com/careers/google…

  16-03-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  #Google says it has closed its #gendergap. Has it really, though? siliconrepublic.com/careers/google…
  
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• Uber and Toyota in talks to join forces on self-driving technology

  16-03-2018 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Uber is discussing the possibility of installing its self-driving system in Toyota vehicles as the U.S. ride-hailing firm seeks to sell its autonomous driving technology to outside companies.
  
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• Neural networks whip fleshbag butt at identifying craters

  16-03-2018 16:35 via go.theregister.com
  Yeah, well... can they do it on a cold rainy night in Stoke? A neural network can wipe the floor with fleshy researchers at that most tedious of cosmic tasks – spotting craters.…
  
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• Remembering Stephen Hawking: Podcast 360

  16-03-2018 16:27
  
  Britain First gets banned from Facebook, the UK threatens to unleash cyber on Russia, and we remember the life of Stephen Hawking through his own words.
  
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• World's biggest jet engine GE9X takes to the skies on a Boeing 747

  16-03-2018 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A special Boeing 747 test aircraft flew from Victorville, California, with the new GE9X engine mounted under its left wing, dwarfing the plane's three other engines.
  
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• Hope for millions after life-saving AI is revealed

  16-03-2018 15:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This AI, presented at the European Association of Urology congress in Copenhagen, has shown similar levels of accuracy to a human pathologist (stock image).
  
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• #NASA is preparing for life without one of its space telescopes siliconrepublic.com/innovation/kep…

  16-03-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  #NASA is preparing for life without one of its space telescopes siliconrepublic.com/innovation/kep…
  
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• Jupiter's 'Great Red Spot' megastorm is SHRINKING

  16-03-2018 15:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, show that Jupiter's 'Great Red Spot' is shrivelling at a rate of 140 miles (230km) per year.
  
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• Russia is hacking our energy grid and nuclear facilities, FBI warns

  16-03-2018 15:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FBI and Department of Homeland Security have issued an unprecedented warning that 'Russian government cyber actors' have planted malware and spear phished in critical systems.
  
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• GDPR as Gaeilge: William Fry explains the new data rules in Irish siliconrepublic.com/companies/gdpr…

  16-03-2018 15:34 via twitter.com
  GDPR as Gaeilge: William Fry explains the new data rules in Irish siliconrepublic.com/companies/gdpr…
  
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• #Microsoft is offering hundreds of thousands of dollars for the discovery of ‘speculative execution’ vulnerabilities siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/mic…

  16-03-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  #Microsoft is offering hundreds of thousands of dollars for the discovery of ‘speculative execution’ vulnerabilities siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/mic…
  
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• Virtual cash helps cyber-thieves launder money, research suggests

  16-03-2018 15:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Virtual cash and digital payment systems are becoming embedded in cyber-crime, suggests research.
  
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• Great white sharks demolish a 28ft humpback whale carcass to shreds

  16-03-2018 15:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Video clips and photos captured by biologists from Georgia in the U.S. show the large carcass floating in the sea and attracting a swarm of ravenous predators.
  
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• Smart Cities: Fulfilling The Promise Of Technology In Local & State Government

  16-03-2018 15:11 via technocracy.news
  As economic uncertainty and turmoil spread throughout the world, Technocrats call for the demise of Free Enterprise and Capitalism and salvation through implementation of technology and Technocracy. Virtually all underlying assumptions are flawed, if not altogether false. ⁃ TN EditorThe global economy is in constant turmoil, governments are challenged to provide levels of service that typically only private businesses can provide and disruptive technologies are transforming industry a
  
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• As the GDPR deadline looms, is your company ready? siliconrepublic.com/careers/gdpr-j…

  16-03-2018 15:10 via twitter.com
  As the GDPR deadline looms, is your company ready? siliconrepublic.com/careers/gdpr-j…
  
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• ‘The best advice for many organisations is to keep calm and carry on’ #GDPR #GDPRWeek siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/gdp…

  16-03-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  ‘The best advice for many organisations is to keep calm and carry on’ #GDPR #GDPRWeek siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/gdp…
  
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• Report warns IoT medical devices are far too vulnerable to cyberattacks siliconrepublic.com/machines/iot-m…

  16-03-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  Report warns IoT medical devices are far too vulnerable to cyberattacks siliconrepublic.com/machines/iot-m…
  
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• Does grey matter when it comes to education? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/lif…

  16-03-2018 14:51 via twitter.com
  Does grey matter when it comes to education? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/lif…
  
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• 5G Rollout Will Unlock Smart Cities, Internet Of Everything

  16-03-2018 14:50 via technocracy.news
  Urban planners intend to hardwire 5G into the fabric of smart cities in order to achieve maximum efficiency, environmental sustainability and cost savings. Sensors everywhere will collect real-time data on everything that moves or functions, providing real-time modeling with artificial intelligent algorithms. ⁃ TN EditorFor years mobile connectivity has been touted as a clean technology. The dematerialisation of telecommunications networks, the digitalisation of the workplace, and the pote
  
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• London wheelchair travellers get Google Maps help

  16-03-2018 14:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Users will be able to filter for "wheelchair accessible" advice when planning journeys in the capital.
  
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• Informatica to increase Dublin staff numbers to 250 as EMEA HQ opens siliconrepublic.com/jobs/informati…

  16-03-2018 14:40 via twitter.com
  Informatica to increase Dublin staff numbers to 250 as EMEA HQ opens siliconrepublic.com/jobs/informati…
  
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• 9 tips to help you overcome your #perfectionist tendencies siliconrepublic.com/advice/perfect…

  16-03-2018 14:40 via twitter.com
  9 tips to help you overcome your #perfectionist tendencies siliconrepublic.com/advice/perfect…
  
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• Stephen Hawking Supported Globalism And Technocracy

  16-03-2018 14:35 via technocracy.news
  Stephen Hawking is seen as a Technocrat after he is dead, but the markers were always visible. Hawking’s radical atheism masked his deep belief in Scientism, which is Technocracy’s religion. ⁃ TN EditorAs the world mourns deceased physicist Stephen Hawking, it is important to remember his legacy. Celebrated for decades as a hero by the mainstream media, he used that influential position to frequently promote globalism and technocracy to the masses.
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