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• Facebook shared data from up to 87 MILLION users - almost 40 million MORE than first thought

  04-04-2018 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook Inc said on Wednesday that the personal information of up to 87 million users may have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
  
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• Using astronomy to save a species

  04-04-2018 22:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists have been developing a technique to count animals that is usually used to map stars.
  
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• Not one, but 20,000 black holes hiding in Milky Way's heart

  04-04-2018 21:38 via go.theregister.com
  Thousands of them lie hidden in the dark secretly guzzling gas The Milky Way may be teeming with tens of thousands of black holes lurking at its centre, according to a new study published on Wednesday.…
  
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• Scientists use stem cells to grow a beating human heart

  04-04-2018 20:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Columbia University grewthe first adult-like human heart muscle from stem cells. This is the first time researchers grew cardiac tissue mature enough to be useful for research.
  
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• Dozen black holes found at galactic centre

  04-04-2018 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  A dozen black holes may lie at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way, researchers say.
  
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• Facebook scans the contents of all your private Messenger texts

  04-04-2018 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zuckerberg confirmed the Mountain View firm's policy of checking text and images contained in messages to ensure they are in line with community standards during a podcast interview.
  
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• SpaceX capsule reaches space station with food for NASA

  04-04-2018 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A SpaceX capsule carrying food, experiments and other goods for NASA has arrived at the International Space Station after a two-day journey.
  
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• Birds navigate using eye proteins

  04-04-2018 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Lund University in Sweden looked at zebra finches, while researchers from Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg in Germany studied European robins (stock).
  
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• Thousands of black holes are lurking in the heart of our galaxy

  04-04-2018 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of experts, led by Columbia University in New York, made the find by searching for X-rays emitted by a subgroup of low-mass black holes.
  
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• Experts say internet 'amplifies the rewards of expressing outrage'

  04-04-2018 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Science writer Gaia Vince explains social media's effects on communication. In an essay for Mosaic, Vince explores the reasons trolls are fearless online.
  
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• Scientists in developing nations plan to step up research into 'crazy' technique to dim the sun

  04-04-2018 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twelve scholars, from countries including Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, Jamaica and Thailand, wrote the poor were most vulnerable to global warming and should be more involved.
  
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• Ancient Peru women were powerful monarchs, Maritza Villavicencio claims

  04-04-2018 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maritza Villavicencio from Lima suggests women in pre-Columbian Peru played a vital role in tribal politics and were not 'left out' of governing decisions as some historians believe.
  
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• Chrome’s anti-virus tool now scans private files on your computer 

  04-04-2018 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery was made by Kelly Shortridge, a cybersecurity expert at New York based startup SecurityScorecard, who noticed it was scanning files in a documents folder on her Windows PC.
  
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• iPhone users could control device by hovering finger near the screen

  04-04-2018 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The report found the Cupertino-based company's new gesture technology would take into account the distance between someone's finger and the screen.
  
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• Births of endangered Suffolk punch foals celebrated

  04-04-2018 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Two Suffolk punch horses are being put forward for a charity's breeding programme.
  
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• Even monkeys need a spa day Japan study finds

  04-04-2018 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Kyoto University found that Japanese 'snow monkeys' found in the country's northern Nagano region use warm, natural springs to stay warm and de-stress.
  
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• 'Vacations' from Facebook reduce people's stress levels

  04-04-2018 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Australian Catholic University and the University of Queensland found quitting the site lowers the amount of the stress-hormone cortisol people produce.
  
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• New York overdue for earthquake that could destroy 6,000 buildings

  04-04-2018 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York City is not thought of as a tremor hot spot, but the five boroughs are riddled with fault lines that could bring dozens of buildings down, causing $39 billion damage and 30 billion tons of rubble.
  
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• SpaceX capsule reaches space station with food,...

  04-04-2018 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A SpaceX capsule carrying food, experiments and other goods for NASA has arrived at the International Space Station after a two-day journey.
  
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• Apple hires Google's former AI leader John Giannandrea to boost Siri

  04-04-2018 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Giannandrea, a machine learning expert who joined Google in 2010, will report directly to Tim Cook, CEO of the Cupertino-based company.
  
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• Women in ancient Peru were powerful monarchs, author claims

  04-04-2018 17:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maritza Villavicencio from Lima suggests women in pre-Columbian Peru played a vital role in tribal politics and were not 'left out' of governing decisions as some historians believe.
  
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• Mystery of how birds navigate is solved: Scientists discover proteins in birds' eyes

  04-04-2018 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Lund University in Sweden looked at zebra finches, while researchers from Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg in Germany studied European robins (stock).
  
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• Great white shark follows police off Australian coast

  04-04-2018 16:46 via bbc.co.uk
  They were patrolling off the South Australian coast when they noticed something behind them.
  
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• YouTube shooting: Female suspect 'angry over video postings'

  04-04-2018 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The attacker, Nasim Aghdam, may have been angry with YouTube for filtering some of her videos.
  
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• Facebook's Zuckerberg to testify before US committee

  04-04-2018 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is to testify before the US House Commerce Committee regarding protection of user data.
  
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• Chrome’s built-in anti-virus tool is now scanning private files on your computer 

  04-04-2018 15:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery was made by Kelly Shortridge, a cybersecurity expert at New York based startup SecurityScorecard, who noticed it was scanning files in a documents folder on her Windows PC.
  
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• Facebook refuses to promise European-style privacy protections for US users

  04-04-2018 15:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Zuckerberg said in a phone interview that the Menlo Park firm was working on a version of the law that would work globally, bringing some European privacy guarantees worldwide.
  
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• Scientists discover most people can't pick out the right G

  04-04-2018 15:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The lowercase 'looptail g' is used in most novels and newspapers yet a new study from John Hopkins University in Baltimore shows a surprising number of adults don't know what it looks like.
  
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• Astronomers baffled after detecting 72 ‘extremely bright’ explosions

  04-04-2018 15:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Miika Pursiainen of the University of Southampton, who is leading the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Programme, presented the baffling findings at a recent conference in Liverpool.
  
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• Why you should mind your language: People who swear are seen as dishonest and less intelligent

  04-04-2018 15:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Southern Connecticut State University found that a greater amount of profanity can give the impression of being less intelligent and more aggressive.
  
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• Facebook under fire for rejecting crucifixion of Jesus ad

  04-04-2018 15:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Franciscan University in Ohio complained that Facebook rejected its ad of the crucifixion of Jesus saying it was 'shocking, sensational and excessively violent'.
  
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• Brain back-up firm Nectome loses link to MIT

  04-04-2018 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  MIT severs ties with a start-up attempting to copy people's memories when they die.
  
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• Incredible X-rays show how a 44-year-old woman’s bones VANISHED

  04-04-2018 14:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The patient, whose name is unknown, had the scans taken at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh over a period of 18 months. She was diagnosed with Gorham-Stout disease.
  
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• Google search chief hired by Apple after Siri set-backs

  04-04-2018 14:10 via bbc.co.uk
  John Giannandrea will report directly to CEO Tim Cook, according to reports.
  
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• Scientists discover most people can't pick out the right G despite seeing it millions of times 

  04-04-2018 13:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The lowercase 'looptail g' is used in most novels and newspapers yet a new study from John Hopkins University in Baltimore shows a surprising number of adults don't know what it looks like.
  
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• Super Cali upstart's new rocket test approaches, even though the size of it won't launch a Tesla motor

  04-04-2018 13:22 via go.theregister.com
  Alaskan skies cleared for Astra Space Inc's 12m craft Secretive Californian upstart Astra Space Inc. looks set to conduct the first test flight of its creatively named "Rocket 1" launcher from Alaska's Pacific Spaceport Complex in the next couple of days days.…
  
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• Mystery Stingray devices discovered in Washington

  04-04-2018 13:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Unauthorised phone tracking devices, which mimic mobile tower to gather information, found in US.
  
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• Facebook finally lets you remove third-party 'vampire apps' in bulk

  04-04-2018 13:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new change is part of a series of sudden changes the Cupertino social media giant is making to mitigate fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
  
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• Alien signals? Astronomers baffled after detecting 72 ‘extremely bright’ explosions

  04-04-2018 12:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Miika Pursiainen of the University of Southampton, who is leading the Dark Energy Survey Supernova Programme, presented the baffling findings at a recent conference in Liverpool.
  
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• Men really do think they are more intelligent than their peers

  04-04-2018 12:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) made the discovery after asking college students enrolled in a 250 strong biology course about their intelligence (stock image).
  
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• HTC's Tom Daley swimming pool selfie advert banned

  04-04-2018 12:32 via bbc.co.uk
  HTC's own instructions for the phone said it should not come into contact with pool water.
  
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• YouTube shooter was Iranian activist with vendetta against site

  04-04-2018 10:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The woman who shot three people before killing herself with a handgun at YouTube's California headquarters on Tuesday has been identified as 39-year-old Nasim Aghdam.
  
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• Why Neanderthals had protruding faces

  04-04-2018 10:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists led by the University of New England in Armidale, Australia, applied a range of sophisticated computer simulations to investigate the benefits of the Neanderthal skull shape.
  
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• Trump asks Peter Thiel how to hit Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Google

  04-04-2018 10:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Trump is having dinner Tuesday night with his biggest Silicon Valley backer, Peter Thiel, DailyMail.com has confirmed.
  
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• Pentagon's 5MILLION stealth boat parks up at Virginia dock 

  04-04-2018 09:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An unusual Navy vessel docked in Norfolk Virginia on Monday had passerby wondering about the $5million space age marine curiosity.
  
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• How Vikings used sunstones to navigate while crossing the high seas

  04-04-2018 09:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study by physicists from Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary has shown the Vikings used 'sunstones' to navigate the high seas on their longboats. They tested 1,000 trips using computer simulation.
  
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• Galaxy-hunting technology used to stop poachers hunting endangered animals

  04-04-2018 09:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In an early field trial in South Africa, the new drone system was used to detect elusive riverine rabbits, one of the most endangered mammals in the world.
  
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• Are YOU smart enough to pass this IQ test?

  04-04-2018 09:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This 10-question IQ test, which was shared on Playbuzz, combines word puzzles with general knowledge questions, covering topics ranging from maths to art.
  
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• Scientists say bowhead whales have a repertoire of 184 songs

  04-04-2018 02:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A three-year study has discovered that bowhead whales, found in the Arctic Ocean, have a repertoire of 184 songs. They sing in a freeform way that involves improvising around one of the tunes.
  
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• The whales who love to sing in the dark

  04-04-2018 02:36 via bbc.co.uk
  A new study reveals the surprising complexity of bowhead whale song.
  
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