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• Facebook calls out Google, Amazon and Twitter for also harvesting user data

  17-04-2018 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a recent blog post, the firm described in depth all the ways it gathers information on you around the web -- even if you're not a Facebook member or are logged out of your account.
  
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• Nasa's chief astronaut trainer: 1st person on Mars should be a woman

  17-04-2018 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Allison McIntyre, the chief of astronaut training at Nasa's Johnson Space Center in Houston says that the first human being to walk on Mars (artist's impression) should be a woman.
  
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• Apple is planning to launch a subscription news service within a year

  17-04-2018 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is reportedly planning to launch an upgraded version of its News app that will include a premium service offering access to dozens of subscription magazines for a single monthly fee.
  
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• Nazi sub which 'smuggled Hitler to South America' found off Denmark

  17-04-2018 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  U-3523 was one of Hitler's advanced submarines and was able to sail non-stop to South America. Pictured is U-3008, another Type XXI submarine and sister vessel of the U-3523.
  
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• Did an extinct civilisation pre-date mankind on Earth? Scientists say signs would be 'easy to miss'

  17-04-2018 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Adam Frank of the University of Rochester teamed up with fellow physicist Gavin Schmidt, director of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, for a new study (stock image).
  
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• Ireland, Korea and Taiwan are the main beneficiaries of the #smartphone boom, according to @IMFNews. siliconrepublic.com/companies/ipho…

  17-04-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  Ireland, Korea and Taiwan are the main beneficiaries of the #smartphone boom, according to @IMFNews. siliconrepublic.com/companies/ipho…
  
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• Study finds NYC mice may be hotbeds of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

  17-04-2018 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apartment-dwelling rodents all over the city carry treatment-resistant C. difficile, E. coli, Shigella and Salmonella that can be transmitted to residents, the team found.
  
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• Is a life on another planet possible? #space #mars siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ter…

  17-04-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  Is a life on another planet possible? #space #mars siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ter…
  
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• .@EntIrl wants to back up to 20 women entrepreneurs leading early stage start-ups. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/comp…

  17-04-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  .@EntIrl wants to back up to 20 women entrepreneurs leading early stage start-ups.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/comp…
  
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• Hack attack at Ikea-owned TaskRabbit app sees software taken offline

  17-04-2018 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Software firm TaskRabibt, based in San Francisco, says it is working with a specialist computer security firm and law enforcement to determine what happened.
  
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• Men after higher status will step over peers to advance interests

  17-04-2018 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The finding is the result of research at Chapman University in Orange, California, which measured gender differences in cooperation and punishment behaviour.
  
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• Nasa astronaut posts image of the Aurora Borealis mixing with sunrise

  17-04-2018 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa, based in Washington DC, has re-posted the Instagram post of American astronaut Ricky Arnold who witnessed the Aurora Borealis over Earth from the International Space Station.
  
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• The standing-up seats that'll let airlines cram in more passengers

  17-04-2018 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Italian seat manufacturer has unveiled seating that’s so upright passengers using it will practically be standing up.
  
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• Tesla pauses Model 3 production (again) to fix bottlenecks

  17-04-2018 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla said late Monday that it's temporarily halting production for four or five days 'to improve automation'. It marks the second time this year that Tesla has hit pause on production of the Model 3.
  
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• ‘Science communicators belong on the frontline of diversity issues in STEM.’ - @shaunoboyle #diversityinSTEM… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-04-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  ‘Science communicators belong on the frontline of diversity issues in STEM.’ - @shaunoboyle #diversityinSTEM… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• NASA's Orion capsule will contain over 100 3D-printed parts

  17-04-2018 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 100 parts for NASA's deep-space capsule Orion will be made by 3D printers, using technology that experts say will eventually become key to efforts to send humans to Mars.
  
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• 'Distinct human species' may have lived in Indonesia 50,000 years ago

  17-04-2018 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Griffith University have found an ancient population of 'Ice Age' hunter-gatherers got to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi at least 50,000 years ago.
  
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• 'There is a substantial difference between learning things in college and actually seeing it in the workplace.' - S… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-04-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  'There is a substantial difference between learning things in college and actually seeing it in the workplace.' - S… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police claim they can now unlock any iPhone using a 'GrayKey' box

  17-04-2018 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Federal and local law enforcement officials are increasingly using a dubious technology called GrayKey that makes it easier -- and cheaper -- than ever to break into locked iPhones.
  
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• 'Man with three faces' Jerome Hamon is getting used to new identity

  17-04-2018 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jerome Hamon underwent the world's first full face transplant, including tear ducts and eyelids, in a procedure at a hospital outside the French capital, Paris, in July 2010.
  
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• Great news for #Cork as @rubrikInc is set to create 50 jobs. #Corkjobs #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/jobs/rubrik-co…

  17-04-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  Great news for #Cork as @rubrikInc is set to create 50 jobs. #Corkjobs #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/jobs/rubrik-co…
  
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• Porpoise plucked from shallow waters

  17-04-2018 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The young female porpoise had become stranded at Grange burn near to Grangemouth.
  
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• #MostRead Today: €500m worth of reasons to get broadband policy right ow.ly/MCNU30jxkTo

  17-04-2018 17:41 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: €500m worth of reasons to get broadband policy right ow.ly/MCNU30jxkTo
  
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• #MostRead Today: Unravelling the complexities of drug addiction in the brain ow.ly/nqfF30jxkNY

  17-04-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Unravelling the complexities of drug addiction in the brain ow.ly/nqfF30jxkNY
  
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• #MostRead Today: This is how PwC hires the best and brightest talent ow.ly/1X8730jxkMh

  17-04-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: This is how PwC hires the best and brightest talent ow.ly/1X8730jxkMh
  
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• #MostRead Today: Breakthrough discovery reveals how HIV evades the immune system ow.ly/Y6uX30jxkP6

  17-04-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Breakthrough discovery reveals how HIV evades the immune system ow.ly/Y6uX30jxkP6
  
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• #MostRead Today: 8 of the most exciting medtech organisations hiring right now ow.ly/Gno930jxkQS

  17-04-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 8 of the most exciting medtech organisations hiring right now ow.ly/Gno930jxkQS
  
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• New koala chlamydia treatments could lead to better survival rate

  17-04-2018 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Katherine Dahlhausen, a doctoral student at the University of California, Davis, found that the presence of an unnamed bacterium can determine if a koala will survive its chlamydia treatment.
  
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• Check out the latest speaker announcement for #Inspirefest 2018, including @RefineAIapp CEO @BharatKrish and Alexa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-04-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  Check out the latest speaker announcement for #Inspirefest 2018, including @RefineAIapp CEO @BharatKrish and Alexa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Rare diamonds found in a meteorite are the remains of a lost planet

  17-04-2018 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Almahitta Sitta (fragment, pictured) - named after the place in Sudan where it exploded in the sky - was studied by researchers from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne.
  
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• Did the iPhone account for 25pc of Irish economic expansion in 2017? siliconrepublic.com/companies/ipho…

  17-04-2018 17:08 via twitter.com
  Did the iPhone account for 25pc of Irish economic expansion in 2017? siliconrepublic.com/companies/ipho…
  
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• Twitter goes DOWN: Website and app stop working in a shock outage

  17-04-2018 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Problems with Twitter's website and app appear to have mostly affected users in the UK, Japan and the US east coast.
  
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• Here is how it might be possible to make barren planets habitable siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ter…

  17-04-2018 16:41 via twitter.com
  Here is how it might be possible to make barren planets habitable siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ter…
  
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• Who's for a game of ping pong? Check out @DrRobinPrice's latest art installation at @TheDigitalHub #thisisnotatable siliconrepublic.com/innovation/rob…

  17-04-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Who's for a game of ping pong? Check out @DrRobinPrice's latest art installation at @TheDigitalHub #thisisnotatable siliconrepublic.com/innovation/rob…
  
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• Brexit: 'Rife misuse' of data by Leave.EU, MPs told

  17-04-2018 16:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Ex-Cambridge Analytica employee tells MPs that UKIP data was received as part of work for Leave.EU.
  
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• Alternative chlamydia treatments in Koalas could lead to better survival rates

  17-04-2018 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Katherine Dahlhausen, a doctoral student at the University of California, Davis, found that the presence of an unnamed bacterium can determine if a koala will survive its chlamydia treatment.
  
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• Men seeking higher status will step over their peers to advance their interests

  17-04-2018 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The finding is the result of research at Chapman University in Orange, California, which measured gender differences in cooperation and punishment behaviour.
  
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• #NASA is set to launch its latest satellite aboard a #SpaceX rocket. Here's what you need to know. #space siliconrepublic.com/innovation/nas…

  17-04-2018 16:15 via twitter.com
  #NASA is set to launch its latest satellite aboard a #SpaceX rocket. Here's what you need to know. #space siliconrepublic.com/innovation/nas…
  
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• .@Liopa_Me to bring visual speech-recognition platform to market. #Belfast #UX siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/liop…

  17-04-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  .@Liopa_Me to bring visual speech-recognition platform to market. #Belfast #UXsiliconrepublic.com/start-ups/liop…
  
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• WIRED Smarter 2018: Turning Disruption into Strategy

  17-04-2018 15:46
  
  WIRED Smarter 2018 brings together senior decision-makers across the retail, energy and finance sectors together to discuss the innovation and trends changing their industries
  
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• WIRED Smarter 2018: Speakers

  17-04-2018 15:45
  
  WIRED Smarter speakers will talk about some of the business world's most exciting innovation and disruption – and how leaders should turn them into strategy.
  
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• Russia's Telegram block hits web users

  17-04-2018 15:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Russia blocks millions of IP addresses in move to shut down Telegram messaging platform.
  
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• Japanese mayoral candidate vows to replace politicians with AI

  17-04-2018 15:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michihito Matsuda, outlining his campaign in Tama New Town, western Tokyo, Japan, insisted machines would be able to crunch data to provide 'clearly defined politics'.
  
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• Do you want to work in the rapidly growing #biopharma industry? We spoke to some of the top companies at the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-04-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  Do you want to work in the rapidly growing #biopharma industry? We spoke to some of the top companies at the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• €1m Competitive Start Fund for Female Entrepreneurs is open for applications siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/comp…

  17-04-2018 15:07 via twitter.com
  €1m Competitive Start Fund for Female Entrepreneurs is open for applications siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/comp…
  
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• What’s it like to be an LGBTQ person in STEM? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/lgb…

  17-04-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  What’s it like to be an LGBTQ person in STEM? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/lgb…
  
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• Rubrik to create 50 roles in Cork at new cloud data management centre siliconrepublic.com/jobs/rubrik-co…

  17-04-2018 14:55 via twitter.com
  Rubrik to create 50 roles in Cork at new cloud data management centre siliconrepublic.com/jobs/rubrik-co…
  
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• ‘I had heard from other graduates that EY was a great firm to work for’ siliconrepublic.com/people/ey-sara…

  17-04-2018 14:51 via twitter.com
  ‘I had heard from other graduates that EY was a great firm to work for’ siliconrepublic.com/people/ey-sara…
  
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• Life of a meme

  17-04-2018 14:45 via bbc.co.uk
  What do pictures of two guys pointing at each other and yelling tell us about how a meme begins and ends?
  
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• Tesla CEO Elon Musk says humans are 'underrated'

  17-04-2018 14:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla has struggled to meet production targets for the £25,000 ($35,000) Model 3 and according to CEO Elon Musk robots at the firm's California factory are to blame.
  
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