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• World's first road that recharges electric trucks in Sweden

  27-04-2018 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 1.25 miles (2km) road runs between Stockholm Airport and a logistics site hopes to be the start of electrifying the country's 12,400 miles (20,000km) of highways
  
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• 3D-printed house is built by a portable robot in just 48 hours

  27-04-2018 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Architects used a 3D concrete printer mounted on a movable base to construct the building, named '3D Housing 05', in Piazza Cesare Beccaria in Milan, Italy.
  
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• Pompeii skeleton of a child caught in Mt Vesuvius eruption uncovered

  27-04-2018 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The skeleton was found during work in February to shore up the main ancient baths in the sprawling archaeological site, located on the south west coast of Italy, just outside Naples.
  
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• YouGov: Two thirds of children don't know what a floppy disk is

  27-04-2018 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Millennials are already unfamiliar with the retro technology of the 1990s, including video cassettes, Ceefax and floppy disks, according to market research by London-based YouGov.
  
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• Facebook develops arm cast that lets you read emails on your skin

  27-04-2018 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook has developed a device that allows users to read emails and text messages with their skin. The cast-like wearable is strapped onto a user's arm and transmits poke-like waves to their arm.
  
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• What travelling on Hyperloop would be like: BMW reveals its vision

  27-04-2018 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Passengers can personalise their entertainment through built-in displays, according to the designs which are being presented at City Walk in Dubai for UAE Innovation Month.
  
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• California could be hit by deadly megafloods before end of the century

  27-04-2018 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new UCLA study has warned that California could soon see dramatic shifts between extreme dry and wet weather, in a phenomenon known as ‘climate whiplash.’ It could also see extreme flooding.
  
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• Facebook launches 'sleep mode' in Messenger Kids

  27-04-2018 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook is adding fresh parental control features to its popular Messenger Kids app. A new 'sleep mode' tool lets parents limit when their kids can and can't use the app, which is targeted for kids.
  
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• US Army using AI to try and give soldiers super-learning capabilities

  27-04-2018 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The AI system would allow American troops to analsye new information up to 13 times faster than they can at the moment, and could be mounted in tanks and other battlefield vehicles.
  
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• Emperor penguin smashes world record for longest dive in Antarctica 

  27-04-2018 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Antarctic have observed the longest ever dive from an Emperor question which lasted more than half an hour after being tagged with satellite transmitters.
  
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• It's not rocket science! Actually it is, and it's been a busy frickin week

  27-04-2018 20:29 via go.theregister.com
  Russia and China light blue touch-paper, stand well back Russia and China celebrated a pair of successful launches this week, with a Rockot booster placing Sentinel-3B into orbit while China's Long March 11 lobbed five imaging sats into space.…
  
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• Ancient atlases could fetch millions at auction

  27-04-2018 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: A collection of ancient maps and atlases will go on sale next month in London as part of a multi-million pound auction featuring the first ever printed maps of the world.
  
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• Satellite images reveals a clear view of Europe in incredible detail 

  27-04-2018 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The view stretches from Iceland in the northwest across to Scandinavia and Russia in the northeast, and from the northern tips of Norway and Finland to as far south as Algeria, Libya and Egypt.
  
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• Ethics debate as pig brains kept alive without a body

  27-04-2018 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists raise ethical concerns as the brain cells of decapitated pigs are kept alive for 36 hours.
  
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• #Snapchat is changing its policy prior to #GDPR to retain its crucial young user base. siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sna…

  27-04-2018 19:30 via twitter.com
  #Snapchat is changing its policy prior to #GDPR to retain its crucial young user base. siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sna…
  
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• Microsoft 'focus assist' for Windows lets you switch off email and social media

  27-04-2018 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft says the update is inspired by research showing office workers are being interrupted or having to switch tasks about every three minutes - and says it takes 23 minutes to get back in focus.
  
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• Abandoned tin mines in Devon and Cornwall could be reopened

  27-04-2018 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The English county of Cornwall and the surrounding area boast one of the world's largest tin deposits yet their centuries-old mines have lain abandoned since the 1990s.
  
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• What travelling on Hyperloop would really be like: BMW reveals its vision of a 760mph capsule

  27-04-2018 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Passengers can personalise their entertainment through built-in displays, according to the designs which are being presented at City Walk in Dubai for UAE Innovation Month.
  
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• Catch up on the world of #IoT this week, from #Alexa to #blockchain siliconrepublic.com/machines/alexa…

  27-04-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  Catch up on the world of #IoT this week, from #Alexa to #blockchain siliconrepublic.com/machines/alexa…
  
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• The oldest arachnid: Researchers discover spider in Australian outback that lived for 43 YEARS

  27-04-2018 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A trapdoor spider discovered in Western Australia could be the longest-lived spider ever found. At 43 years old, the spider outlived a 28-year-old Mexican tarantula that held the record.
  
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• ‘I think #digitaltransformation is a loaded term. I understand what it means but every company is going to have the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-04-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  ‘I think #digitaltransformation is a loaded term. I understand what it means but every company is going to have the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Slick dance moves of a new species Bird of Paradise is revealed

  27-04-2018 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Birds-of-Paradise project identified the new species through careful study of hours of recordings, uncovering a new courtship dance.
  
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• Deadline to amend UK surveillance laws

  27-04-2018 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  A High Court judgement calling for changes came out of a legal challenge mounted by rights group Liberty.
  
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• Facebook launches 'sleep mode' in Messenger Kids so parents can control when kids use the app

  27-04-2018 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook is adding fresh parental control features to its popular Messenger Kids app. A new 'sleep mode' tool lets parents limit when their kids can and can't use the app, which is targeted for kids.
  
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• Tech Tent: the technology of pleasure

  27-04-2018 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Meet the British firm making its mark in the sex tech sector.
  
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• .@thejournal_ie is helping #Facebook with fact-checking false news ahead of May’s referendum. siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…

  27-04-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  .@thejournal_ie is helping #Facebook with fact-checking false news ahead of May’s referendum. siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…
  
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• #MostRead Today: WhatsApp and Instagram announce new changes ahead of GDPR ow.ly/83xl30jIpI0

  27-04-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: WhatsApp and Instagram announce new changes ahead of GDPR ow.ly/83xl30jIpI0
  
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• #MostRead Today: Worst-case predictions ruled out by new climate change model ow.ly/OM9x30jIpFi

  27-04-2018 17:54 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Worst-case predictions ruled out by new climate change model ow.ly/OM9x30jIpFi
  
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• #MostRead Today: Astronomers observe a galaxy pile-up unlike anything seen before ow.ly/ZIvE30jIpBd

  27-04-2018 17:54 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Astronomers observe a galaxy pile-up unlike anything seen before ow.ly/ZIvE30jIpBd
  
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• #MostRead Today: Shells found in Scotland rewrite our understanding of climate change ow.ly/GM6A30jIpsP

  27-04-2018 17:53 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Shells found in Scotland rewrite our understanding of climate change ow.ly/GM6A30jIpsP
  
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• #MostRead Today: 10 brilliant Bournemouth start-ups to watch ow.ly/GKpI30jIpze

  27-04-2018 17:53 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 10 brilliant Bournemouth start-ups to watch ow.ly/GKpI30jIpze
  
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• #MostRead Today: Shells found in Scotland rewrite our understanding of climate change ow.ly/DIVj30jIpjg

  27-04-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Shells found in Scotland rewrite our understanding of climate change ow.ly/DIVj30jIpjg
  
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• The birth of the AI supersoldier

  27-04-2018 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The AI system would allow American troops to analsye new information up to 13 times faster than they can at the moment, and could be mounted in tanks and other battlefield vehicles.
  
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• Why China Assigns Every Citizen A ‘Social Credit Score’

  27-04-2018 17:39 via technocracy.news
  China is a fully-engineered Technocracy that is now assigning a social credit score to all 1.4 billion citizens in order to force compliance. Millions of real-time cameras and other censors continuously monitor behavior and thoughts; if they are able to automatically ding you for such small things as smoking in non-smoking areas, then complete oppression is a heart-beat away. This technology is already coming back to America, and Americans should be in full-alarm panic mode to stop it before it
  
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• Two thirds of children don't know what a floppy disk is, claims YouGov 

  27-04-2018 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Children are already unfamiliar with the retro technology of yesteryear, including video cassettes, Ceefax and floppy disks, according to market research by London-based YouGov.
  
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• Dead zone bigger than Scotland is 'suffocating' the Arabian Sea

  27-04-2018 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  No fish, marine plants or other animals live in the Gulf of Oman 'dead zone' because climate change and sewage has sucked out all the oxygen, effectively 'suffocating' the ocean.
  
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• As the weather gets a little better, how have the job announcements been in April? #jobfairy #Irishjobs #techjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/april-201…

  27-04-2018 17:10 via twitter.com
  As the weather gets a little better, how have the job announcements been in April? #jobfairy #Irishjobs #techjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/april-201…
  
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• Stunning mosaic of satellite images reveals a clear view of Europe in incredible detail 

  27-04-2018 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The view stretches from Iceland in the northwest across to Scandinavia and Russia in the northeast, and from the northern tips of Norway and Finland to as far south as Algeria, Libya and Egypt.
  
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• How The Globalism Con Game Leads To A ‘New World Order’

  27-04-2018 16:57 via technocracy.news
  This article touches on some important points, but has no awareness of Technocracy, aka Sustainable Development, as the real driver behind globalization. The New World Order is aptly described by Dr. Parag Khanna (a Technocrat) in Connectography: ”We are building this global society without a global leader. Global order is no longer some-thing that can be dictated or controlled from the top down. Globalization is itself the order.”  The outcome of globalization is Scientifi
  
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• Sentinel tracks ships' dirty emissions from orbit

  27-04-2018 16:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The EU's new satellite pollution-tracker will be a powerful tool to monitor vessels' emissions.
  
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• Climate Shock: ‘Greatest Two-Year Cooling Event in a Century’

  27-04-2018 16:43 via technocracy.news
  Global warming alarmist ‘believers’ in global elite circles will ignore this report because it doesn’t fit their agenda, which is to drive people into Sustainable Development. Without this alarm, there is no rationalization to lock up property and resources. ⁃ TN EditorOur planet has just experienced the most extreme two-year cooling event in a century. But where have you seen this reported anywhere in the mainstream media?
  You haven’t, even though the figures are p
  
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• Slack’s Michael Lopp: ‘We are reimagining work’ siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sla…

  27-04-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  Slack’s Michael Lopp: ‘We are reimagining work’ siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sla…
  
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• ICYMI: Modern technology solves mystery of #GoldenStateKiller siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/gol…

  27-04-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: Modern technology solves mystery of #GoldenStateKiller siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/gol…
  
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• GDPR: Your data protection questions answered

  27-04-2018 15:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Deputy Information Commissioner answers questions from BBC Radio 5 live listeners about changes to law.
  
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• ‘We might even be able to design new vaccines to keep the virus at bay in the first place’ #WomenInvent @tcddublin siliconrepublic.com/innovation/hep…

  27-04-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  ‘We might even be able to design new vaccines to keep the virus at bay in the first place’ #WomenInvent @tcddublin siliconrepublic.com/innovation/hep…
  
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• #Intel CEO attributes gains to surge in #datacentre chip business siliconrepublic.com/companies/inte…

  27-04-2018 15:20 via twitter.com
  #Intel CEO attributes gains to surge in #datacentre chip business siliconrepublic.com/companies/inte…
  
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• #Microsoft is reaping the rewards of the #cloud revolution siliconrepublic.com/companies/micr…

  27-04-2018 15:10 via twitter.com
  #Microsoft is reaping the rewards of the #cloud revolution siliconrepublic.com/companies/micr…
  
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• Facebook and TheJournal.ie team up on fact-checking project siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…

  27-04-2018 14:52 via twitter.com
  Facebook and TheJournal.ie team up on fact-checking project siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…
  
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• Jobs round up: No April showers to bring May flowers? siliconrepublic.com/jobs/april-201…

  27-04-2018 14:50 via twitter.com
  Jobs round up: No April showers to bring May flowers? siliconrepublic.com/jobs/april-201…
  
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• Infographic: Are you distracted right now? siliconrepublic.com/advice/focus-c…

  27-04-2018 14:50 via twitter.com
  Infographic: Are you distracted right now? siliconrepublic.com/advice/focus-c…
  
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