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• Mark Zuckerberg grovels in written statement to Congress

  09-04-2018 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify that he's 'sorry' and that his firm 'didn't do enough' to protect the sites' users from having their personal information compromised.
  
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• Want to become a #cybersecurity expert? Here are the skills you need. #techjobs #careeradvice #infosec siliconrepublic.com/advice/cyberse…

  09-04-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  Want to become a #cybersecurity expert? Here are the skills you need. #techjobs #careeradvice #infosec siliconrepublic.com/advice/cyberse…
  
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• Researcher warns that sex robots could ‘change humanity forever’

  09-04-2018 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Computer scientist Noel Sharkey is warning of the dangers of sex robots. Sharkey says that the robots will have negative consequences for society.
  
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• Elon Musk shows off massive 'main body tool' used to build his BFR interplanetary spaceship

  09-04-2018 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk shared a photo on Instagram late Sunday that shows off the main body tool, or turning mandrel, that's used to build SpaceX's 'Big F***ing Rocket' (BFR).
  
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• .@MaynoothUni professor Peter Thorne has been appointed as a coordinating lead author at the @IPCC_CH.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-04-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  .@MaynoothUni professor Peter Thorne has been appointed as a coordinating lead author at the @IPCC_CH.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 205 million-year-old jaw bone of ichthyosaur found in Somerset

  09-04-2018 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts led by the University of Manchester say a bone found at Lilstock, Somerset in May 2016, belonged to a creature approaching the size of a blue whale.
  
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• Chinese AI startup SenseTime valued at £3.2 billion

  09-04-2018 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Technology created by Hong Kong firm SenseTime can identify an individual recorded on surveillance cameras, as well as enabling shoppers to pay for goods with their face print.
  
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• Rats 68% better at sniffing out tuberculosis than FDA-approved test

  09-04-2018 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When trained to detect the disease in spit samples, the rats spotted 68 percent more cases than the microscopy test which doctors use, researchers in Tanzania discovered.
  
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• Can't keep up with the latest in #cyberattacks and #GDPR? Check out @incogellen's pick of enterprise stories. siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/rus…

  09-04-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  Can't keep up with the latest in #cyberattacks and #GDPR? Check out @incogellen's pick of enterprise stories. siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/rus…
  
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• A consortium led by French billionaire Xavier Niel finalises its purchase of a majority stake in #Eir. siliconrepublic.com/companies/xavi…

  09-04-2018 19:20 via twitter.com
  A consortium led by French billionaire Xavier Niel finalises its purchase of a majority stake in #Eir. siliconrepublic.com/companies/xavi…
  
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• Uber buys electric cycle-sharing startup Jump Bikes

  09-04-2018 19:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JUMP is a dockless bike service that rolled out in San Francisco, where it has 250 bikes, and Washington. About 100 JUMP employees will join Uber, an Uber spokeswoman said.
  
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• Zuckerberg meets lawmakers in secret before Congress showdown

  09-04-2018 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was to meet privately Monday with some of the lawmakers who will question him on the firm's privacy scandal later this week.
  
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• Twitter thinks it can stop abuse by better explaining its policies

  09-04-2018 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter is launching a study in collaboration with Harvard and Princeton Universities to study online abuse and 'improve civility' by better showing the rules of its site to all users.
  
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• The puffin’s most notable feature is its colourful beak, but did you know it also hides a secret that could reveal… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-04-2018 18:50 via twitter.com
  The puffin’s most notable feature is its colourful beak, but did you know it also hides a secret that could reveal… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• It’s not enough for employers to simply say they want to help you upskill. They have to take action. We heard from… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-04-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  It’s not enough for employers to simply say they want to help you upskill. They have to take action. We heard from… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Scientists create new sticky patch to read blood sugar levels

  09-04-2018 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The device, developed by Bath University researchers, works by assessing sugar levels in sweat - not blood. The patch, if proven in larger trials, could replace the current method.
  
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• How evolving expressive eyebrows helped our ancestors survive

  09-04-2018 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mobile eyebrows - like those of Sir Roger Moore (pictured) - meant we could communicate with a large social network, according to researchers from the University of York.
  
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• XPrize select finalists in competition to transform carbon emissions

  09-04-2018 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  XPrize hopes that the competition will unlock new technologies that can cut back on the world's CO2 emissions -- long considered a major catalyst for climate change.
  
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• Child safety advocates push for an investigation of #YouTube data collection process. #data #childsafety siliconrepublic.com/companies/yout…

  09-04-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  Child safety advocates push for an investigation of #YouTube data collection process. #data #childsafety siliconrepublic.com/companies/yout…
  
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• Tasmanian devil cancers targeted by human drugs

  09-04-2018 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Cambridge University researchers find human cancer drugs could halt the extinction of the marsupial.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Xavier Niel completes bid for majority stake in Eir ow.ly/BSJ930joAbZ

  09-04-2018 17:56 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Xavier Niel completes bid for majority stake in Eir ow.ly/BSJ930joAbZ
  
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• #MostRead Today: Moove is a hot property to watch for the future of real estate ow.ly/Iixn30joAeZ

  09-04-2018 17:56 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Moove is a hot property to watch for the future of real estate ow.ly/Iixn30joAeZ
  
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• #MostRead Today: 9 top finance firms recruiting right now ow.ly/SlNc30joAdE

  09-04-2018 17:56 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 9 top finance firms recruiting right now ow.ly/SlNc30joAdE
  
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• #MostRead Today: Puffin beak’s invisible secret now revealed with UV light ow.ly/27Ys30jozKF

  09-04-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Puffin beak’s invisible secret now revealed with UV light ow.ly/27Ys30jozKF
  
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• #MostRead Today: 3 steps to optimise your CV for algorithms ow.ly/rmWV30joA9V

  09-04-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 3 steps to optimise your CV for algorithms ow.ly/rmWV30joA9V
  
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• 85,000-year-old human finger found in Saudi Arabia rewrites history

  09-04-2018 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History made the discover of the the three inch long middle finger at Al Wusta, in the Nefud Desert.
  
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• This remarkable device from @Seabin_project is helping clean up the ocean. Read more innovative stories at… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-04-2018 17:49 via twitter.com
  This remarkable device from @Seabin_project is helping clean up the ocean. Read more innovative stories at… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Finger bone points to early human exodus

  09-04-2018 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  A fossil find from Saudi Arabia adds to growing evidence that modern humans left Africa earlier than supposed.
  
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• Apple unveils red iPhone to raise money for HIV testing

  09-04-2018 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The (Product) Red edition iPhone 8 costs $699 and $849 (£699 or £849) for the 64GB and 256GB models respectively, and (Product) Red iPhone 8 Plus is priced at $949 (£949).
  
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• What does the finance and fintech landscape look like across Europe? #FutureFinance #fintech siliconrepublic.com/companies/fina…

  09-04-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  What does the finance and fintech landscape look like across Europe? #FutureFinance #fintech siliconrepublic.com/companies/fina…
  
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• What skills do you need to work in cybersecurity? siliconrepublic.com/advice/cyberse…

  09-04-2018 16:51 via twitter.com
  What skills do you need to work in cybersecurity? siliconrepublic.com/advice/cyberse…
  
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• Chinese AI startup SenseTime valued at £3.2 bn

  09-04-2018 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Technology created by Hong Kong firm SenseTime can identify an individual recorded on surveillance cameras, as well as enabling shoppers to pay for goods with their face print.
  
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• Leading Irish academic joins as key figure in UN climate change group siliconrepublic.com/innovation/un-…

  09-04-2018 16:42 via twitter.com
  Leading Irish academic joins as key figure in UN climate change group siliconrepublic.com/innovation/un-…
  
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• Antarctica’s snowfall has increased 10 per cent in past 200 years

  09-04-2018 16:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have found that the snowfall in Antarctica has drastically increased and ispartly offsetting the melting caused by global warming.
  
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• Uber to buy electric bicycle-sharing firm Jump

  09-04-2018 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Deal to buy Jump Bikes could allow Uber users to be able to hire electric pedal bikes via the app.
  
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• Ottoman Empire sex manual goes on sale for £350,000

  09-04-2018 16:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The manuscript is set to go under the hammer later this month in London.The book contains 85 illustratedscenes showing vigorous sexual exploits of the 'Ottoman playboy'.
  
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• Giraffe caught munching on a bone at South African game reserve

  09-04-2018 16:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stunned onlookers filmeda giraffe picking up and chewing on a piece of skeleton in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve in South Africa, despite the animalbeing a well-known herbivore.
  
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• Apple unveils RED iPhone to raise money for HIV testing and medicine

  09-04-2018 15:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The (Product) Red edition iPhone 8 costs $699 and $849 (£699 or £849) for the 64GB and 256GB models respectively, and (Product) Red iPhone 8 Plus is priced at $949 (£949).
  
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• YouTube is 'illegally collecting data on children under 13'

  09-04-2018 15:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A complaint to the Federal Trade Commission is set to be filed today by a coalition of two-dozen groups. They claim YouTube is in breach of the US Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (stock)
  
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• Big increase in Antarctic snowfall

  09-04-2018 15:40 via bbc.co.uk
  The annual extra now compared with the early 1800s has a water volume twice that of the Dead Sea.
  
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• Belgrade's 'tiny head' Gagarin statue causes dismay

  09-04-2018 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Serbian social media users mock city's tribute to the first man in space.
  
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• Remote control TANKS demonstrated in exercise

  09-04-2018 15:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The exercise was carried out as part of the Robotic Complex Breach Concept demonstration, held at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany.
  
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• Stonehenge's largest rocks 'in place millions of years before humans'

  09-04-2018 15:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mike Pitts specialises in British pre-history and is one of a small number of scientists who have excavated on the site of the ancient monument, on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.
  
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• Durham police criticised over 'crude' profiling

  09-04-2018 15:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Privacy groups said it is dangerous to rely on data when trying assessing offenders' lifestyles
  
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• The @Inter_Trade Seedcorn Investor Readiness competition is kicking off. #startups #entrepreneurs siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/inte…

  09-04-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  The @Inter_Trade Seedcorn Investor Readiness competition is kicking off. #startups #entrepreneurs siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/inte…
  
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• Backpage.com sex advert website seized by FBI

  09-04-2018 15:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Backpage.com's international sites are blocked following the move by the US authorities.
  
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• Chocolate really does melt the heart of loved ones, say researchers

  09-04-2018 14:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chocolate stimulates the same hormones as love-making, according to a new TV series from the New York City-based Food Network (stock image).
  
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• Looking for a job in #finance? @Liberty_IT @StateStreet @FidelityCareers @YapStone @BofAML @stripe @Fidelity… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-04-2018 14:40 via twitter.com
  Looking for a job in #finance? @Liberty_IT @StateStreet @FidelityCareers @YapStone @BofAML @stripe @Fidelity… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 100 years of chemical weapons

  09-04-2018 14:35 via bbc.co.uk
  From chlorine to novichok, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon takes us through the history of chemical weapons.
  
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• BBC climate change interview breached broadcasting standards

  09-04-2018 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  The media watchdog says the ex-chancellor was "not sufficiently challenged" during a radio interview.
  
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