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• Notebooks of the future could be made from recycled elephant poo

  21-03-2018 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elephant, horse and cow feces could be used to make paper one day. A report from the American Chemical Society details how this could work.
  
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• Guiyang, China: Real-Time Facial Recognition From Cameras In 10,000 Public Areas Catch Suspects In 2 Minutes

  21-03-2018 23:59 via technocracy.news
  Americans think, “Haha, look at what China is doing”, not realizing that this very same technology is coming to America and will enable a Scientific Dictatorship at which even Huxley or Orwell would recoil. Well, Americans had better wake up the the real and present danger of Technocracy! ⁃ TN EditorAn expansive facial recognition network in the southwestern Chinese city of Guiyang have reportedly enabled police to detect and apprehend criminals in as little as two minutes.
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• Robot wrangler

  21-03-2018 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  As we build more robots, more people will be needed to manage them, and they may not all be advanced engineers.
  
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• New York Post: The World Is Descending Into Tyranny

  21-03-2018 23:41 via technocracy.news
  The author of this story recognizes the obvious descent into tyranny, but not that the tyranny itself is Technocracy, aka Sustainable Development.  Jinping, Putin, Erdogan and other dictators are head-over-heels in support of Sustainable Development. China is most clearly a Technocracy. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President in 1933, one year after Technocracy was founded at Columbia University, early Technocrats called for him to declare himself dictator in order to implement
  
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• Facebook can still track you even after you delete your account

  21-03-2018 21:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook uses a controversial advertising strategy that means brands can serve up ads targeted to your interests and demographic info even when you're not on the site.
  
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• World's most expensive SUV the Karlmann King goes on sale for £1.56m

  21-03-2018 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Only ten Karlmann Kings will ever be built, according to its Chinese maker, and when looking at the outside, the black four-wheel drives seem to have come straight out of a DC comic book.
  
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• US-Russian crew blasts off for International Space Station

  21-03-2018 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A rocket carrying two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station has blasted off successfully. They're expected to reach the orbiting station Friday.
  
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• Are you #relocating for work? It can be a big adjustment, but here's how to make it easier. #careeradvice… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-03-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  Are you #relocating for work? It can be a big adjustment, but here's how to make it easier. #careeradvice… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The melting Greenland icecap could shut down the jet stream

  21-03-2018 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A European team of researchers are urging the EU to change climate change policies as studies show that extreme weather events have increased in frequency drastically since 1980.
  
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• “This is a system where everything is upside down.” #physics #materialscience #research #superconductor siliconrepublic.com/innovation/tru…

  21-03-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  “This is a system where everything is upside down.” #physics #materialscience #research #superconductor siliconrepublic.com/innovation/tru…
  
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• UK self-driving car trials to continue despite US pedestrian death

  21-03-2018 19:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britain's biggest carmaker, Jaguar Land Rover, pushed ahead with trials of its autonomous vehicles in the Midlands yesterday.
  
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• Tesla shareholders approve CEO Musk's $2.6 billion compensation plan

  21-03-2018 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The proposed compensation award for the Silicon Valley billionaire, valued at up to $2.6 billion, involves no salary or cash bonus but sets rewards based on Tesla's market value.
  
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• Study warns glacier melting already passed the point of no return

  21-03-2018 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Human actions cannot limit glacier melting for the next 100 years, a report says. The new report says more than 30 percent of glacier ice will melt regardless.
  
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• Great news for #Dublin! siliconrepublic.com/careers/dublin…

  21-03-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  Great news for #Dublin! siliconrepublic.com/careers/dublin…
  
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• The savagery of Vladimir Putin, and how to defeat it: UpVote 25

  21-03-2018 19:08
  
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• Man-made humanity 'STAR' will plummet back down to Earth TOMORROW

  21-03-2018 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The glittering satellite, referred to by some as a 'beacon for humanity,' was launched into orbit in January and slated to orbit the Earth for about nine months. Now, the object is making an early exit.
  
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• Calling all #researchers! Have you got what it takes? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/res…

  21-03-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  Calling all #researchers! Have you got what it takes? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/res…
  
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• Facebook 'lost sight' of data accessed by apps, insider tells MPs

  21-03-2018 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Sandy Parakilas tells MPs the site did not have adequate ways of detecting data misuse by app developers.
  
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• Researcher captures striking Antarctic video of minke whale swimming

  21-03-2018 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A researcher at the University of Canterbury captured the footage while in the Ross Sea to study orcas. Their observations of minke whales could shed new light on their feeding patterns.
  
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• Facebook shock as users find thousands of spying apps using data

  21-03-2018 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook, based in Menlo Park, California allows you to connect plugin apps specially designed to work with the social network, ranging from games and entertainment to fast-food delivery.
  
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• £3m restoration of Lindisfarne Castle reveals ancient wall paintings

  21-03-2018 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery sheds light on the history of the 16th Century castle which started as a fort above the North Sea off the Northumberland coast.
  
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• Tesla shareholders approve CEO Musk's $2.6 bln...

  21-03-2018 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla Inc shareholders approved a compensation package potentially worth as much as $2.6 billion for CEO Elon Musk in a test of their confidence in the leader of the electric car company.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg would have known about Facebook data breaches

  21-03-2018 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tech giant's former operations manager Sandy Parakilas said the media giant handed over 'highly personal' data on its users to app developers.
  
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• Credit card #data and personal information leaks in Orbitz data breach. #infosec siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/orb…

  21-03-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  Credit card #data and personal information leaks in Orbitz data breach. #infosec siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/orb…
  
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• Triceratops used its terrifying horns to attract sexual partners

  21-03-2018 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Queen Mary University of London found the elaborate frills and horns (pictured) seemed to evolve at a much faster rate than other traits and were highly desirable.
  
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• Oregon scientists discover the secret to the perfect cup of coffee

  21-03-2018 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Christopher Hendon, a chemistry professor at the University of Oregon, says caffeine-lovers should avoid drip-brew pots and resist grinding their beans too finely as this may ruin the flavour.
  
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• EU unveils digital tax targeting Facebook, Google and Amazon

  21-03-2018 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  European Union officials unveiled Wednesday proposals for the levy which could heap more problems on Facebook after revelations over misused data of 50 million users shocked the world.
  
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• Underwater 'fountain' of magma found beneath Yellowstone

  21-03-2018 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found a column of hot volcanic ash known as a magma 'plume' beneath Yellowstone volcano in Wyoming that stretches all the way from Mexico.
  
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• Passengers may be taken to planes at Gatwick on driverless buses

  21-03-2018 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The West Sussex airport is trialling 'electric-powered autonomous vehicles' (pictured) for workers and says that if it's successful it could lead to driverless transport buses.
  
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• Many species of unknown fish found in water around the Caribbean

  21-03-2018 17:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Biologists from the Smithsonian tropical Research Institute were studying the deep-water reefs off the coast of Curaçao when they named a new zone of ocean called the rariphotic.
  
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• Glacier melting has already passed the point of no return

  21-03-2018 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Human actions cannot limit glacier melting for the next 100 years, a report says. The new report says more than 30 percent of glacier ice will melt regardless.
  
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• #MostRead Today: What is it like to research terrorism in a post-9/11 world? ow.ly/s0BD30j52J6

  21-03-2018 17:41 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: What is it like to research terrorism in a post-9/11 world? ow.ly/s0BD30j52J6
  
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• #MostRead Today: This one person in your office could be jeopardising your productivity ow.ly/eGJV30j52Ho

  21-03-2018 17:41 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: This one person in your office could be jeopardising your productivity ow.ly/eGJV30j52Ho
  
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• #MostRead Today: These 9 cybersecurity firms are all recruiting right now ow.ly/hwl730j52Ep

  21-03-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: These 9 cybersecurity firms are all recruiting right now ow.ly/hwl730j52Ep
  
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• #MostRead Today: Star that ‘grazed’ solar system 70,000 years ago threw objects off course ow.ly/x13h30j52B0

  21-03-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Star that ‘grazed’ solar system 70,000 years ago threw objects off course ow.ly/x13h30j52B0
  
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• #MostRead Today: Bank of Ireland’s Startlab NYC wants seven more good Irish start-ups ow.ly/GDDr30j52Gb

  21-03-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Bank of Ireland’s Startlab NYC wants seven more good Irish start-ups ow.ly/GDDr30j52Gb
  
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• Why the genetic makeup of cockroaches makes them so hard to kill

  21-03-2018 17:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shui Zhan, who works at the Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology in Shanghai, has worked out the genes that make this creature so difficult to destroy (stock image).
  
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• How to adjust to your new home after relocating for work siliconrepublic.com/advice/relocat…

  21-03-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  How to adjust to your new home after relocating for work siliconrepublic.com/advice/relocat…
  
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• Teenager hacks crypto-currency wallet

  21-03-2018 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Firm disputes significance after a 15-year-old hacks into a hardware wallet used to securely store crypto-currency.
  
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• Truly weird superconductor is actually a whole lot stranger than we thought siliconrepublic.com/innovation/tru…

  21-03-2018 16:37 via twitter.com
  Truly weird superconductor is actually a whole lot stranger than we thought siliconrepublic.com/innovation/tru…
  
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• Great news this morning from @Guidewire_PandC! #jobfairy #jobs #Dublinjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/guidewire…

  21-03-2018 16:35 via twitter.com
  Great news this morning from @Guidewire_PandC! #jobfairy #jobs #Dublinjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/guidewire…
  
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• Technology giants face European 'digital tax' blow

  21-03-2018 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Firms such as Facebook and Google may be forced to pay 3% of their EU digital revenues.
  
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• Snap up your Early Bird tickets to #Inspirefest while you still can! inspirefest.com/#tickets https://t.co/TWAI7XFtT6

  21-03-2018 16:29 via twitter.com
  
  Snap up your Early Bird tickets to #Inspirefest while you still can! inspirefest.com/#tickets https://t.co/TWAI7XFtT6
  
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• #Astronomers from @unicomplutense and @Cambridge_Uni have analysed nearly 340 solar system objects with hyperbolic… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-03-2018 16:10 via twitter.com
  #Astronomers from @unicomplutense and @Cambridge_Uni have analysed nearly 340 solar system objects with hyperbolic… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Dublin dubbed top city for quality of life in UK and Ireland siliconrepublic.com/careers/dublin…

  21-03-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  Dublin dubbed top city for quality of life in UK and Ireland siliconrepublic.com/careers/dublin…
  
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• Mini-Concorde Baby Boom plane on track for take-off this year

  21-03-2018 15:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CEO Blake Scholl revealed that Boom Supersonic's XB-1 engines are ready and will shortly arrive at Boom's hangar at Centennial Airport in Denver, Colorado.
  
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• 'Face stealing' cap uses infrared to fool facial recognition systems

  21-03-2018 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The identity-stealing hat, developed by a Chinese and US team led by experts at Shanghai's Fudan University projects infrared light onto your face to trick AI systems.
  
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• Researchfest 2018: Can you impress us with your research in just three minutes? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/res…

  21-03-2018 15:46 via twitter.com
  Researchfest 2018: Can you impress us with your research in just three minutes? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/res…
  
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• The #GoogleNewsInitiative intends to be a global expansion of the company’s existing media industry supports siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…

  21-03-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  The #GoogleNewsInitiative intends to be a global expansion of the company’s existing media industry supports siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…
  
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• Surgeon David Nott: Hack led to Syria air strike

  21-03-2018 15:25 via bbc.co.uk
  David Nott had helped Syrian surgeons via the internet - weeks later, their hospital was destroyed.
  
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