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• SpaceX launches recycled rocket AND a recycled Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station

  02-04-2018 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX has launched yet another recycled rocket.
  This time, the firm is sending a reusable Falcon 9 rocket and a Dragon capsule carrying cargo to the International Space Station.
  
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• United Nations: Global Partnerships Pledge Improved Coordination for Water Security

  02-04-2018 23:43 via technocracy.news
  The five ‘multi-stakeholder’ water partnerships include a rich assortment of public-private partnerships that will give global corporations direct access to this precious resource of life. The UN predicts a 40% shortfall of water availability by 2030, even though the same amount of water has existed sine the creation of the earth. In order to insure Technocracy, shortages must be created to drive the investment. ⁃ TN EditorFive global, multi-stakeholder water partnerships &ndas
  
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• China Completes 5G Autonomous Driving Test In Showcase Tech City

  02-04-2018 23:21 via technocracy.news
  Technocracy in China works like this: President Xi Jinping personally directed the creation of the development zone, then his ‘government’ picked Baidu to conduct the driving tests. In addition, Baidu created a public-private partnership with the Xiongan local government. They are using a 5G wireless network environment for virtually instant communication.  ⁃ TN EditorBaidu, the operator of China’s largest online search engine, has completed the country’s first
  
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• Space junk demo mission launches

  02-04-2018 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  A UK-led project heads to orbit to trial technologies for removing redundant space hardware.
  
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• Grindr under fire for sharing users' HIV status with two other companies

  02-04-2018 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Since last spring, Grindr's 3.6 million users have been able to share their HIV status and last test date on their profiles. Now it's emerged that those details were shared with app-optimization services.
  
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• No chance of flying too close to this: Icarus, the most distant star seen, is 9bn light years away

  02-04-2018 22:05 via go.theregister.com
  And you'll need more than wings to reach it Icarus, a gigantic bright blue star, is the farthest such body yet discovered by astronomers, the Space Telescope Science Institute announced on Monday.…
  
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• DNA reveals thousands of years of social inequality

  02-04-2018 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harvard Professor David Reich wrote a book explaining how social inequities are linked to genetics. Specifically, they could have formed due to biological differences between men and women.
  
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• SpaceX set to launch recycled rocket AND a recycled Dragon spacecraft to the space station

  02-04-2018 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX is launching yet another recycled rocket.
  This time, the firm is sending a reusable Falcon 9 rocket and a Dragon capsule carrying supplies and science experiments to the ISS.
  
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• It will take ‘a few years’ to fix Facebook's privacy issues says Mark Zuckerberg

  02-04-2018 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The comments are the latest by the Facebook chief aimed at blunting the impact of a scandal over the harvesting of personal data on 50 million users by a firm linked to Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.
  
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• What do #womenentrepreneurs need? A problem to solve and a solid network of supportive peers, according to Helen Fu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-04-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  What do #womenentrepreneurs need? A problem to solve and a solid network of supportive peers, according to Helen Fu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Facebook's Zuckerberg fires back at Apple's Tim Cook

  02-04-2018 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Mark Zuckerberg says it is "extremely glib" to suggest Facebook does not care about its users.
  
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• Which #startups are keeping #Ghent at the forefront of tech innovation in #Belgium? siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ghen…

  02-04-2018 19:30 via twitter.com
  Which #startups are keeping #Ghent at the forefront of tech innovation in #Belgium? siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ghen…
  
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• Extinct monitor lizard had FOUR eyes including two on TOP of its head

  02-04-2018 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new analysis of fossils unearthed in Bridger Basin, Wyoming, in the 1870s suggests the metre-long lizard species 'Saniwa ensidens' had two light-sensing organs in the top of its skull.
  
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• NASA's Hubble telescope snaps image of most distant star ever that's 9 BILLION light years away

  02-04-2018 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new photo snapped by NASA 's Hubble Space Telescope has managed to make history. The spacecraft was able to spot a blue 'supergiant' nine billion light years away.
  
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• AI 'poses less risk to jobs than feared' says OECD

  02-04-2018 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Far fewer jobs are at high risk of being lost than had previously been claimed, says an OECD study.
  
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• The tattoo electrodes can be applied to the skin like temporary transfers and can hardly be felt by the wearer.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-04-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  The tattoo electrodes can be applied to the skin like temporary transfers and can hardly be felt by the wearer.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Scientists who claimed Crispr caused mutations now admit they CAN'T replicate their results 

  02-04-2018 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Columbia University found in 2017 that Crispr can cause genetic mutations and they have now been forced to accept their study was wrong and Crispr is harmless.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg hits back at Tim Cook after Apple CEO's comments

  02-04-2018 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zuckerberg defended his company's advertising model, which Cook criticized last week as 'trafficking in users' personal lives'.
  
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• Does your company make the cut? #bestplacetowork siliconrepublic.com/careers/indeed…

  02-04-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  Does your company make the cut? #bestplacetowork siliconrepublic.com/careers/indeed…
  
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• Warming oceans are melting Antarctica from beneath

  02-04-2018 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In just six years, the Southern Ocean has melted 564 m2 (1,463 km2) of Antarctica's underwater ice - an area the size of Greater London.
  
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• New app uses crime data from the police to show people which streets are safest in their area

  02-04-2018 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new app called Safe & The City allows users not only to find the quickest way to get to their destination, but the safest one. It compiles police crime data and users' first-hand accounts.
  
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• Terrifying image of a Pacific spiny lumpsucker reveals its bony skeleton in incredible detail 

  02-04-2018 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bizarre image was posted on Twitter by Leo Smith, an associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Kansas.
  
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• What does it really mean to give students an equal STEM education? siliconrepublic.com/careers/stem-e…

  02-04-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  What does it really mean to give students an equal STEM education? siliconrepublic.com/careers/stem-e…
  
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• Brit holidaymakers can now watch pay-TV subscriptions in Europe

  02-04-2018 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As of today, broadcasters including Sky, ITV and Amazon are allowing Britons in Europe to access their pay-TV subscriptions via online TV services (stock).
  
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• The new plaster design is based on the Japanese paper-folding art known as kirigami. #MaterialsScience #3Dprinting siliconrepublic.com/machines/plast…

  02-04-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  The new plaster design is based on the Japanese paper-folding art known as kirigami. #MaterialsScience #3Dprinting siliconrepublic.com/machines/plast…
  
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• Elon Musk says Tesla has 'gone bankrupt' in April Fool's Day prank

  02-04-2018 15:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Musk told his 20million Twitter followers that attempts to raise money for the loss-making company, including a mass sale of Easter Eggs, had failed and it was so broke 'you can't believe it'.
  
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• Here’s how to reduce the risk of #data loss siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/dat…

  02-04-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  Here’s how to reduce the risk of #data loss siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/dat…
  
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• WATCH: Sanofi SVP Brendan O’Callaghan on the road to personalised medicine siliconrepublic.com/video/sanofi-b…

  02-04-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  WATCH: Sanofi SVP Brendan O’Callaghan on the road to personalised medicine siliconrepublic.com/video/sanofi-b…
  
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• Elon Musk says Tesla has 'gone bankrupt' in April 1 prank

  02-04-2018 14:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Musk told his 20million Twitter followers that attempts to raise money for the loss-making company, including a mass sale of Easter Eggs, had failed and it was so broke 'you can't believe it'.
  
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• Google and Amazon patent Big Brother-style systems to spy on you

  02-04-2018 14:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They patents suggest the firms' Google Home and Amazon Echo devices could know intimate details about their users and target global advertising based on this data.
  
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• Lasers uncover a long-lost Bronze Age site on Ramsey Island

  02-04-2018 14:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The beauty spot - about a mile off the coast of St David’s Head in Pembrokeshire - will now be studied by experts to understand how humans once used the island.
  
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• Our understanding of tectonic movement and a quick look at a map of the globe shows us that our continents can neve… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-04-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  Our understanding of tectonic movement and a quick look at a map of the globe shows us that our continents can neve… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Calling all researchers! Get your entries in to #Researchfest for your chance to present on the #Inspirefest main s… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-04-2018 13:30 via twitter.com
  Calling all researchers! Get your entries in to #Researchfest for your chance to present on the #Inspirefest main s… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Explore Rothwell’s eerie BONE STORE in 3D

  02-04-2018 13:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The chamber lies beneath the Holy Trinity church in Northamptonshire, and is thought to be one of only two medieval charnel houses in England that still have original human remains.
  
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• China's Tiangong 1 space station smashes to Earth at 17,000mph

  02-04-2018 13:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chinese space authorities say its defunct Tiangong 1 space station re-entered the earth's atmosphere and burnt up over the middle of the South Pacific on Monday.
  
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• Setting the record straight: 4 cloud-based communications myths siliconrepublic.com/comms/cloud-co…

  02-04-2018 12:50 via twitter.com
  Setting the record straight: 4 cloud-based communications myths siliconrepublic.com/comms/cloud-co…
  
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• Tesla rebuked by death crash investigators

  02-04-2018 12:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The agency probing a fatal crash says it is "unhappy" the firm made public details of the collision.
  
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• WATCH: What makes Belfast’s sci-tech scene so successful? siliconrepublic.com/video/belfast-…

  02-04-2018 12:30 via twitter.com
  WATCH: What makes Belfast’s sci-tech scene so successful? siliconrepublic.com/video/belfast-…
  
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• Quest for Quality: Reinventing quality assurance in the era of machines siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/que…

  02-04-2018 12:00 via twitter.com
  Quest for Quality: Reinventing quality assurance in the era of machines siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/que…
  
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• 'More than half' of UK households face broadband problems

  02-04-2018 11:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Households have seen slow internet speeds, dropouts and router issues in the last year, says Which.
  
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• One job for life? Not if automation has its way siliconrepublic.com/jobs/automatio…

  02-04-2018 11:00 via twitter.com
  One job for life? Not if automation has its way siliconrepublic.com/jobs/automatio…
  
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• Google and Amazon patent creepy Big Brother-style systems to spy on you

  02-04-2018 10:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They patents suggest the firms' Google Home and Amazon Echo devices could know intimate details about their users and target global advertising based on this data.
  
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• Universe will end in a collision with a bubble of negative energy

  02-04-2018 10:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Harvard University made the startling discovery by studying what we already know about the masses of particles and how they interact.
  
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• 'They loathe Christians': Google is accused of ignoring Easter after not creating a 'Doodle'

  02-04-2018 10:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Several prominent right-wing profiles, including Hollywood actor James Woods, took to Twitter to attack the search engine for being 'anti-Christian' over the lack of an Easter Doodle.
  
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• Chinese space station hurtling towards Earth set to re-enter atmosphere in the next few hours

  02-04-2018 08:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chinese space authorities say its defunct Tiangong 1 space station re-entered the earth's atmosphere and burnt up over the middle of the South Pacific on Monday.
  
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• FantasyTote takes a sporting bet on fans’ football odds siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/fant…

  02-04-2018 07:52 via twitter.com
  FantasyTote takes a sporting bet on fans’ football odds siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/fant…
  
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• Showdown In Europe: Tech Giants Brace For Sweeping EU Privacy Law

  02-04-2018 07:21 via technocracy.news
  Big Tech is facing a perfect storm of political resistance, but there are many cross-currents and hidden motives. TN expects that anti-trust legislation will ultimately be invoked to break up several of the largest semi-monopolies like Google and Facebook. What the EU is doing at this point it cut off the free consumer data that is the lifeblood of the industry. Expect a lot of chaos, lobbying, back-stabbing and corruption to follow. ⁃ TN EditorFacebook and other internet companies are rac
  
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• Mind-Reading Machine Can Translate Thoughts And Display Them As Text

  02-04-2018 06:59 via technocracy.news
  This technology is the result of President Obama’s so-called ‘BRAIN Initiative’ (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) that was launched in 2013 with a $100 million budget for grants to spur public-private partnerships. In the same light as the mapping the human genome project, the BRAIN Initiative intended to map the human brain and figure out how it works. ⁃ TN EditorScientists have developed an astonishing mind-reading machine which can tr
  
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• The Dark Side Of Disruption: ‘The Gig Economy’ Is The New Term For Serfdom

  02-04-2018 06:40 via technocracy.news
  As Free Enterprise and Capitalism crumble at the disruptors of Technocracy, a very real human cost emerges and it isn’t pretty. Technocracy will lead the world back into the dark ages, with serfdom being the norm and property ownership reserved for a very few. ⁃ TN EditorA 65-year-old New York City cab driver from Queens, Nicanor Ochisor, hanged himself in his garage March 16, saying in a note he left behind that the ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft had made it impossible for him
  
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• Tiangong-1: Defunct China space lab comes down over South Pacific

  02-04-2018 04:22 via bbc.co.uk
  China's defunct Tiangong-1 space lab mostly burnt up on re-entering the Earth's atmosphere.
  
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