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• Facebook says selfies are used to make Instagram's AI smarter

  02-05-2018 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook dove into artificial intelligence and virtual reality on day two of its F8 developer conference on Wednesday, unveiling new AI tools and a prototype VR headset.
  
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• Population that led to Native Americans consisted of just 250 people

  02-05-2018 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Kansas analyzed DNA from along the path of migration into the Americas, including samples from China, Siberia, and 10 Native American groups.
  
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• Cambridge Analytica to close down in wake of Facebook scandal

  02-05-2018 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The move comes after the company admitted making mistakes over the misuse of data harvested from Facebook accounts. Cambridge Analytica said a media 'siege' had driven away its clients.
  
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• Astronomers discover traces of helium in an exoplanet's atmosphere

  02-05-2018 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of astronomers, led by a PhD student from the University of Exeter, discovered evidence of the inert gas on exoplanet WASP-107b 200 light years away.
  
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• Cambridge Analytica: Facebook data-harvest firm to shut

  02-05-2018 21:48 via bbc.co.uk
  The political consultancy at the centre of a data-harvesting scandal says it is shutting down.
  
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• Children could make parents spend hundreds on Fortnite add-ons

  02-05-2018 21:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Every few months the games creators Epic Games, based in Cary, North Carolina, releases limited edition content for Fortnite, with Season Four now live and soon available to play.
  
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• Researchers say class clowns begin to lose friends at age eight

  02-05-2018 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study by the University of Illinois has found that kids dubbed 'class clowns' are the most popular in first and second grade, but by third grade their social standing plummets down.
  
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• Availability is the biggest thing people lie about on dating sites

  02-05-2018 21:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Study from Stanford analyzed more than 3,000 messages on mobile dating apps from over 200 participants. It found that lying about availability on dating apps is most common deception.
  
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• Ford reveals a car with an electric motorcycle stored inside it

  02-05-2018 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ford could soon make the futuristic Batmobile a reality. The firm recently patented a concept vehicle that has a detachable motorcycle stored in between the driver and passenger seats.
  
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• Parents urged to listen to Drake to get closer to their children

  02-05-2018 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When teenagers and parents listen to one another's music together, they feel more in 'sync,' improving their relationships, a new University of Arizona research found.
  
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• Wet wipes flushed down toilet are 'changing the shape of riverbeds'

  02-05-2018 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A charity found more than 5,000 wet wipes on a small portion of the Thames bank in London as wipes become a rising concern and cause millions of pounds worth of damages every year (file photo).
  
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• Ancient rhino bones suggest humans lived in Philippines 709,000 years ago

  02-05-2018 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from France's National Museum of Natural History in Paris, report the discovery of more than 400 ancient animal bones on the Philippine island of Luzon.
  
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• First space travel agent launches through bark.com

  02-05-2018 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UK-based travel service will arrange flights, accommodation and even entertainment packages for passengers who want to travel in zero gravity.
  
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• A superconductor has a wealth of potential applications ranging from the development of powerful smart grids for ci… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-05-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  A superconductor has a wealth of potential applications ranging from the development of powerful smart grids for ci… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Tinder shades Facebook dating tool: 'Great for US/Russia relationships'

  02-05-2018 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook on Tuesday launched a new dating feature to help users find love on its platform. But online dating apps aren't sitting idly by as the firm makes its big leap into the virtual dating world.
  
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• Stephen Hawking's final Big Bang theory claims universe is finite

  02-05-2018 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Borrowing points from the holographic universe theory, the late Stephen Hawking and colleague Thomas Hertog argue that our universe and other ‘pocket universes’ are not the infinite structures.
  
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• Early Mars was 'similar to Earth' with occasional rainfall'

  02-05-2018 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While some have suggested it was a freezing, icy place, a new study says it may have actually been warm, although prone to rain - much like some parts of Earth.
  
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• Scholar claims Frenchman helped write King James bible in 17th century

  02-05-2018 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Letters from the British Library and Bodleian Libraries in Oxford show the French scholar Isaac Casaubon helped with the book, according to Dr Nicholas Hardy from the University of Birmingham.
  
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• Great news for jobseekers today! #jobfairy #jobs #Dublinjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/aptiv-aut…

  02-05-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Great news for jobseekers today! #jobfairy #jobs #Dublinjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/aptiv-aut…
  
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• NASA lunar rover trundles to a meeting with Doctor Hacksaw and Mister Axe

  02-05-2018 20:27 via go.theregister.com
  Bits of doomed Resource Prospector may survive on commercial moon buggies NASA has hinted that its Lunar Resource Prospector rover won’t be going to the Moon anytime soon. Not in one piece at any rate.…
  
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• 100-million-year-old Ichthyornis fossil shows how birds evolved beaks

  02-05-2018 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team led by scientists from the universities of Bath and Yale discovered a complete skull, as well as two previously overlooked cranial elements house at Yale since the 1870s.
  
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• Skilled Neanderthals were using symbolism as long as 35,000 years ago

  02-05-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The delicate flint flake (pictured) dated to the Middle Paleolithic period and was found in the cave site of Kiik-Koba in Crimea.
  
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• Plants inspire neighbours to grow through a series of underground signals

  02-05-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala found that corn seedlings exchange messages withnearby plants via chemical signals fired into the soil from their roots.
  
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• Have you been inundated with privacy policy emails lately? EU data chief @Buttarelli_G isn't happy at their tactics… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-05-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  Have you been inundated with privacy policy emails lately? EU data chief @Buttarelli_G isn't happy at their tactics… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Lying about how available we are is the biggest falsehood people tell on dating sites

  02-05-2018 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Study from Stanford analyzed more than 3,000 messages on mobile dating apps from over 200 participants. It found that lying about availability on dating apps is most common deception.
  
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• China's bungled drone display breaks world record

  02-05-2018 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The display has been called an "epic fail" by Chinese media.
  
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• Wet wipes flushed down the toilet are 'changing the shape of riverbeds'

  02-05-2018 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A charity found more than 5,000 wet wipes on a small portion of the Thames bank in London as wipes become a rising concern and cause millions of pounds worth of damages every year (file photo).
  
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• Hulu has 20m US subscribers and finally lets users downloads shows

  02-05-2018 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Revealing its plans for 2018, the streaming giant also said it now has over 20 million subscribers in the US, up from 17 million in January.
  
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• Can you spot the X on the moon? Optical illusion captured

  02-05-2018 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Known as the 'Lunar X', it appears on the terminator line between the light and dark side of the moon every 4 hours during the first quarter phase of the moon - but you have to look closely to see it.
  
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• Stephen Hawking's final theory claims the universe is finite and far simpler than was thought

  02-05-2018 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Borrowing points from the holographic universe theory, the late Stephen Hawking and colleague Thomas Hertog argue that our universe and other ‘pocket universes’ are not the infinite structures.
  
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• 12 sinkholes appear in Florida town forcing homes to be evacuated

  02-05-2018 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The sinkholes began appearing around a retention pond in the Wynchase neighborhood of Ocala on the night of April 25, and have carried on appearing over the last two weeks.
  
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• Apple Watch saved Florida girl's life by detecting kidney failure

  02-05-2018 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Deanna Recktenwald, 18, from Florida said her Apple Watch alerted her to 'seek medical attention' because her heart rate was spiking, leading to the discovery that she had kidney failure.
  
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• Is Ford planning to build a real-life Batmobile? New patent shows a car with a MOTORCYCLE inside it

  02-05-2018 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ford could soon make the futuristic Batmobile a reality. The firm recently patented a concept vehicle that has a detachable motorcycle stored in between the driver and passenger seats.
  
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• #Telecoms giant @Nokia to sell digital health unit back to Withings co-founder Éric Carreel. #IoT #health #wearables siliconrepublic.com/companies/noki…

  02-05-2018 19:35 via twitter.com
  #Telecoms giant @Nokia to sell digital health unit back to Withings co-founder Éric Carreel. #IoT #health #wearables siliconrepublic.com/companies/noki…
  
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• Ancient rhino bones suggest early humans lived in the Philippines as early as 709,000 years ago 

  02-05-2018 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from France's National Museum of Natural History in Paris, report the discovery of more than 400 ancient animal bones on the Philippine island of Luzon.
  
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• How birds got their beaks - new fossil evidence

  02-05-2018 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists piece together the skull of an ancient bird, which had a primitive beak lined with teeth.
  
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• Astronomers discover traces of helium in an exoplanet's atmosphere for the first time 

  02-05-2018 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of astronomers, led by a PhD student from the University of Exeter, discovered evidence of the inert gas on exoplanet WASP-107b 200 light years away.
  
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• Blighty: If EU won't let us play at Galileo, we're going home and taking encryption tech with us

  02-05-2018 19:00 via go.theregister.com
  UK stomps off in a sulk, mumbling something about its own satellite constellation Britain has warned it would attempt to stop the EU using its encryption tech on the Galileo project while launching its own satellites.…
  
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• A new food and beverage technology cluster – dubbed ‘Irish food tech’ – joining 14 other technological clusters.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-05-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  A new food and beverage technology cluster – dubbed ‘Irish food tech’ – joining 14 other technological clusters.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• First space travel agent launches through bark.com, offering trips from $250k

  02-05-2018 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UK-based travel service will arrange flights, accommodation and even entertainment packages for passengers who want to travel in zero gravity.
  
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• According to @interxion, IT is no longer simply a business necessity for the financial sector – it is the business.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-05-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  According to @interxion, IT is no longer simply a business necessity for the financial sector – it is the business.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Tinder shades Facebook's new dating tool: 'Their product could be great for US/Russia relationships'

  02-05-2018 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook on Tuesday launched a new dating feature to help users find love on its platform. But online dating apps aren't sitting idly by as the firm makes its big leap into the virtual dating world.
  
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• Early Mars was 'similar to Earth' with a warm desert and occasional rainfall'

  02-05-2018 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While some have suggested it was a freezing, icy place, a new study says it may have actually been warm, although prone to rain - much like some parts of Earth.
  
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• People figure how to make Siri swear asking her to define 'mother'

  02-05-2018 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When it comes to any kind of Artificial Intelligence device, swear words are usually off the menu but one Reddit user has revealed a way to get Apple's Siri to say the F word.
  
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• Children could make their parents spend HUNDREDS as Fortnite Season 4 Battle Pass launches 

  02-05-2018 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Every few months the games creators Epic Games, based in Cary, North Carolina, releases limited edition content for Fortnite, with Season Four now live and soon available to play.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Why are publishers unhappy with Google’s GDPR proposal? ow.ly/MOSU30jNqja

  02-05-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Why are publishers unhappy with Google’s GDPR proposal? ow.ly/MOSU30jNqja
  
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• #MostRead Today: UK parliamentary committee to push for Zuckerberg testimony ow.ly/eSBq30jNqfo

  02-05-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: UK parliamentary committee to push for Zuckerberg testimony ow.ly/eSBq30jNqfo
  
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• #MostRead Today: Study finds this personality trait is linked to an earlier death ow.ly/WnEw30jNqgG

  02-05-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Study finds this personality trait is linked to an earlier death ow.ly/WnEw30jNqgG
  
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• #MostRead Today: Russia’s tsunami-proof ‘nuclear Titanic’ takes to the open seas ow.ly/aUA530jNqi2

  02-05-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Russia’s tsunami-proof ‘nuclear Titanic’ takes to the open seas ow.ly/aUA530jNqi2
  
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• #MostRead Today: Worrying discovery shows cancer drug can accelerate tumour growth ow.ly/jz9z30jNqdF

  02-05-2018 17:51 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Worrying discovery shows cancer drug can accelerate tumour growth ow.ly/jz9z30jNqdF
  
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