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• 'Shhlack' encryption tool lets you send private messages your boss can't see

  03-05-2018 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Called 'Shhlack,' the tool allows you encrypt and decrypt messages 'on the fly' so that only the sender and the receiver are able to read them. It's available either as a web extension or a patch to the app.
  
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• Change your Twitter password NOW: Firm admits glitch exposed 'substantial' number of its users'

  03-05-2018 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter is urging its more than 330 million users to change their passwords now, after discovering a bug that left passwords exposed in plain text. 'We are very sorry this happened,’ Twitter said.
  
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• How migration gave Europeans the migraine gene due to the cold

  03-05-2018 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study has found that a common genetic variant linked to migraine headaches may have proliferated because it helped early humans adapt to cold weather from migrating from Africa.
  
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• Humans who migrated 50,000 years ago had genetic mutation from cold predisposing them to headaches

  03-05-2018 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study has found that a common genetic variant linked to migraine headaches may have proliferated because it helped early humans adapt to cold weather from migrating from Africa.
  
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• British scientists are 'growing' diamonds cheaper and greener

  03-05-2018 21:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At a laboratory in Cardiff one-carat diamonds are cultured in a matter of days using just methane and hydrogen gas. (Stock image)
  
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• Stress really DOES turn your hair grey!

  03-05-2018 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Alabama, Birmingham found the ‘surprising’ link between genes that control hair colour and genes that signal to our bodies it is time to fight off bugs.
  
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• Tesla says Model 3 production on track after Model 3 bottlenecks

  03-05-2018 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla is standing by its production targets for the Model 3. On Wednesday, the firm assured investors that its key new vehicle was on track, and sought to downplay increased wariness over its finances.
  
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• Intel drones may help save the crumbling Great Wall of China

  03-05-2018 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Intel is sending Falcon 8+ drones to the famous Jiankou section of the Great Wall of China to identify areas that have been destroyed by weather erosion and are in need of repair.
  
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• Elon Musk: No 'bonehead' analyst questions please

  03-05-2018 21:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Tesla boss snubs "boring" questions from analysts after the electric car maker's latest results.
  
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• Can you trust workplace #wearables? Are they a friend or a foe? Careers reporter @evadiminutive investigates.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-05-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  Can you trust workplace #wearables? Are they a friend or a foe? Careers reporter @evadiminutive investigates.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• #Facebook has terminated an employee who was allegedly using his #data privileges to track women down online.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-05-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  #Facebook has terminated an employee who was allegedly using his #data privileges to track women down online.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Google's Larry Page slams Elon Musk's concerns over killer robots

  03-05-2018 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a book by an MIT professor, details have emerged of a spat between the billionaire bosses of Tesla and Google at a 2015 party in Napa valley California.
  
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• Adorable owl family with TWO mums and a dad stuns Scientists

  03-05-2018 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Theoffices of the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada, became home a mating pair of the nocturnal birds in late February, who were later joined by a second female to complete their family.
  
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• Are you relocating for work? Make sure you run through this checklist first! #relcoating #movingtips siliconrepublic.com/advice/relocat…

  03-05-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  Are you relocating for work? Make sure you run through this checklist first! #relcoating #movingtips siliconrepublic.com/advice/relocat…
  
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• Cheap paint technique turns walls into interactive touch screens

  03-05-2018 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Disney and Carnegie Mellon University have developed a cheap paint treatment turning walls in houses into giant interactive touch sensors.
  
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• The #drones failed to spell out exactly what it was supposed to, leading to much confusion as to what happened.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-05-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  The #drones failed to spell out exactly what it was supposed to, leading to much confusion as to what happened.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Forty years of spam email

  03-05-2018 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  It is 40 years since the first spam e-mail was sent, by Gary Thuerk.
  
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• Eric Holder’s Old Law Firm To ‘Advise’ Facebook On Anti-Conservative Bias

  03-05-2018 18:45 via technocracy.news
  The radical left is swarming Facebook to help protect its liberal bias and censorship of conservative thought. Facebook has achieved what left-wing politicians could not accomplish in over 40 years of attempts to stamp out conservative thought in the media. ⁃ TN EditorFacebook has enlisted a team from law firm Covington and Burling to advise them on combating perceptions of bias against conservatives. One minor detail: Covington and Burling is the firm of Barack Obama’s left-wing for
  
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• Eric Holder’s Law Firm To ‘Advise’ Facebook On Anti-Conservative Bias

  03-05-2018 18:45 via technocracy.news
  The radical left is swarming Facebook to help protect its liberal bias and censorship of conservative thought. Facebook has achieved what left-wing politicians could not accomplish in over 40 years of attempts to stamp out conservative thought in the media. ⁃ TN EditorFacebook has enlisted a team from law firm Covington and Burling to advise them on combating perceptions of bias against conservatives. One minor detail: Covington and Burling is the firm of Barack Obama’s left-wing for
  
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• Want to know what #Limerick has to offer in the world of sci-tech? #medtech #IoT #pharma #Limerickjobs @UL siliconrepublic.com/careers/sci-te…

  03-05-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  Want to know what #Limerick has to offer in the world of sci-tech? #medtech #IoT #pharma #Limerickjobs @ULsiliconrepublic.com/careers/sci-te…
  
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• Baby Alfie Evans Was A Victim Of The Technocracy

  03-05-2018 18:40 via technocracy.news
  In due time, Technocracy in healthcare will touch everyone personally. The case of baby Alfie is a sign of things to come as Technocrats make sterile, ‘science-based’ decisions about who lives and dies, and what treatments you are allowed to receive. ⁃ TN EditorThe death of Alfie Evans, forced off life support by doctors, bioethicists, and judges — strangers — and denied the right to have his care decisions made by his parents, brings health care to a crossroad
  
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• What’s YOUR risk of lung cancer? Take this online calculator

  03-05-2018 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The handy calculator, which tests have shown is nearly 90 per cent accurate, has been branded a 'great idea' by charities. It was developed by a team of Norwegian and Greek researchers.
  
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• Facebook Creates Special Ethics Team To Examine Bias In AI Software

  03-05-2018 18:30 via technocracy.news
  AI programs inherit the biases of their creators. Thus, the censorship programs that Facebook has created already contain the seeds of technocrat thought and ethics. Are those same people capable of examining their own creations? ⁃ TN EditorMore than ever, Facebook is under pressure to prove that its algorithms are being deployed responsibly.
  On Wednesday, at its F8 developer conference, the company revealed that it has formed a special team and developed discrete software to ens
  
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• Cambridge Analytica: Will data scandal firm return from the dead?

  03-05-2018 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  The role of two London-registered operations - Emerdata and Firecrest Technologies - is questioned.
  
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• .@xiaomi’s debut on the #HongKong stock exchange could be the biggest IPO since @AlibabaGroup’s $25bn debut four ye… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-05-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  .@xiaomi’s debut on the #HongKong stock exchange could be the biggest IPO since @AlibabaGroup’s $25bn debut four ye… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Watch out, Amazon: Google Assistant can now control more than 5,000 smart home devices

  03-05-2018 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google said on Thursday that its artificial intelligence-infused voice assistant now works with more than 5,000 smart home devices. That's up from 1,500 smart home devices in January.
  
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• British scientists are 'growing' diamonds that are cheaper and greener than natural stones

  03-05-2018 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At a laboratory in Cardiff one-carat diamonds are cultured in a matter of days using just methane and hydrogen gas. (Stock image)
  
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• #MostRead Today: Russia’s tsunami-proof ‘nuclear Titanic’ takes to the open seas ow.ly/eniR30jOMJI

  03-05-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Russia’s tsunami-proof ‘nuclear Titanic’ takes to the open seas ow.ly/eniR30jOMJI
  
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• #MostRead Today: UK parliamentary committee to push for Zuckerberg testimony ow.ly/yWeg30jOMG9

  03-05-2018 17:49 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: UK parliamentary committee to push for Zuckerberg testimony ow.ly/yWeg30jOMG9
  
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• #MostRead Today: Surprising superconductor discovery could be the best one yet ow.ly/HH8u30jOMIE

  03-05-2018 17:49 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Surprising superconductor discovery could be the best one yet ow.ly/HH8u30jOMIE
  
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• #MostRead Today: Study finds this personality trait is linked to an earlier death ow.ly/67Gv30jOMx9

  03-05-2018 17:48 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Study finds this personality trait is linked to an earlier death ow.ly/67Gv30jOMx9
  
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• #MostRead Today: Scientists find hint of ‘time crystal’ in the unlikeliest of places ow.ly/pELY30jOMAe

  03-05-2018 17:48 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Scientists find hint of ‘time crystal’ in the unlikeliest of places ow.ly/pELY30jOMAe
  
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• How should you feel about workplace wearables? siliconrepublic.com/careers/workpl…

  03-05-2018 17:37 via twitter.com
  How should you feel about workplace wearables? siliconrepublic.com/careers/workpl…
  
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• Why does this spinning arrow optical illusion ALWAYS point right?

  03-05-2018 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The illusion is the creation of Professor Kokichi Sugihara, an engineering expert at Meiji University in Tokyo who has a long history of designing mind-bending objects that seem to defy the laws of physics.
  
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• Google Pay is being rolled out on the web for desktop and iOS

  03-05-2018 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The iPhone and desktop roll-out is happening in all of the 20 countries where Google Pay is currently available, including the US and UK.
  
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• #Porto is a vibrant tech hub with impressive start-ups such as: @MindProberLabs @swordhealth @youbeep and… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-05-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  #Porto is a vibrant tech hub with impressive start-ups such as: @MindProberLabs @swordhealth @youbeep and… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Elon Musk's concerns about killers robots are 'speciesist', according to Google founder Larry Page

  03-05-2018 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a book by an MIT professor, details have emerged of a spat between the billionaire bosses of Tesla and Google at a 2015 party in Napa valley California.
  
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• Ancestral remains 'people not objects'

  03-05-2018 16:48 via bbc.co.uk
  A collective of scientists recommends that human ancestors be respected as individuals.
  
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• Facebook fires engineer accused of using data access to stalk women siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…

  03-05-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Facebook fires engineer accused of using data access to stalk women siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…
  
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• Inside the heart of Fukushima's deadly reactor

  03-05-2018 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The scenes were captured by a camera attached to a 50ft rod and inserted into reactor 2 at the doomed Fukushima power plant, on Japan's north east coast.
  
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• Fortnite chat raises stranger danger fears from NSPCC

  03-05-2018 16:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Poor controls on who can talk to whom could mean children are contacted by strangers, it warns.
  
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• Customers of @CommBank in #Australia are receiving messages about major #data loss at the financial institution.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-05-2018 16:30 via twitter.com
  Customers of @CommBank in #Australia are receiving messages about major #data loss at the financial institution.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Aerial mapping project shows how much American cities have changed

  03-05-2018 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Historic Aerials, a mapping project based in Tempe, Arizona, has collected more than a million aerial maps from as far back as the 1920s. Las Vegas is pictured in 2013 (main) and 1950 (inset).
  
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• Scientists create an embryo from stem cells without egg or sperm

  03-05-2018 16:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Maastricht University combined two different kinds of stem cells in a dish to create an early form of an embryo.This could create an unlimited supply for research.
  
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• Seal avoids 'slow and painful death' by air vent filter

  03-05-2018 16:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Vets who treated the seal, which had a deep neck wound, had "never seen anything as severe".
  
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• Solar spy drone can fly for a year without maintenance or fuel

  03-05-2018 15:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers from Farnborough-based Prismatic and London firm BAE Systems announced Thursday they would collaborate on the development of the UAV.
  
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• 'Mind-reading' AI can predict your personality by studying your eyes

  03-05-2018 15:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by Tobias Loetscher from the University of South Australia used machine learning to understand how eye movements and personality are related.
  
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• Scientists find hint of ‘time crystal’ in the unlikeliest of places siliconrepublic.com/innovation/tim…

  03-05-2018 14:08 via twitter.com
  Scientists find hint of ‘time crystal’ in the unlikeliest of places siliconrepublic.com/innovation/tim…
  
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• Tesla loses $2 BILLION after Elon Musk calls analyst 'boring'

  03-05-2018 13:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The awkward exchanges were among a number of unusual moments that took place during the teleconference call, held by the South African born entrepreneur in California yesterday.
  
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• Exeter University student explains racist message revelation

  03-05-2018 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Several law students have been expelled after a fellow student revealed their "vile" comments.
  
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