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• Meet the #startups keeping the entrepreneurial scene buzzing in #Limerick siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/lime…

  12-05-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  Meet the #startups keeping the entrepreneurial scene buzzing in #Limerick siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/lime…
  
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• ICYMI: #Archaeologists are turning to human waste as a means to track population changes siliconrepublic.com/innovation/toi…

  12-05-2018 19:30 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: #Archaeologists are turning to human waste as a means to track population changes siliconrepublic.com/innovation/toi…
  
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• #ICYMI: Here's the latest on the #H1Bvisa siliconrepublic.com/careers/h1b-vi…

  12-05-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  #ICYMI: Here's the latest on the #H1Bvisa siliconrepublic.com/careers/h1b-vi…
  
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• ‘I could try to seek the high moral ground and justify this research on the basis of a strong ethical rationale in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-05-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  ‘I could try to seek the high moral ground and justify this research on the basis of a strong ethical rationale in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• CEO John Byrne reflects on his 20-plus years of experience in the #fintech world siliconrepublic.com/companies/corl…

  12-05-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  CEO John Byrne reflects on his 20-plus years of experience in the #fintech world siliconrepublic.com/companies/corl…
  
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• DARPA Multi-Domain Battlefield Management Program To Focus On ‘Kill Webs’

  12-05-2018 17:00 via technocracy.news
  The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is readying a new start this summer that will focus on cross domain battle management.
  Craig Lawrence, program manager in DARPA’s Strategic Technology Office, speaking Thursday at the annual C4ISRNET Conference, couldn’t offer many details on the project given it is still awaiting final signature.
  What he did say was that the program would focus on helping develop “kill webs” for targets across all five domains of battle.&ldqu
  
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• Boston Dynamics Creates “Terrifying” Robot That Can Run, Jump And Climb

  12-05-2018 16:44 via technocracy.news
  The results of Boston Dynamics inventions are fed back to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to be used in creating super-soldiers that can dominate the battlefield. What could go wrong with that? It will also result in the complete domination of civilian populations as well. Both Boston Dynamics and DARPA are filled with Technocrats who invent because they can, not because there is an ethical reason for doing so. ⁃ TN EditorThe robot uprising is right on schedule as evi
  
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• We’re All Trespassers Now In The Face Of Government Land Grabs

  12-05-2018 16:27 via technocracy.news
  TN has long claimed that the real end-game of Technocracy is the global elite capturing the major resources of the planet, all of which is represented by land: mining, forestry, agriculture, coal, oil, natural gas, etc. Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy, is 100% anti-property rights and would have all people owning nothing. ⁃ TN EditorThink about it.
  That house you live in, the car you drive, the small (or not so small) acreage of land that has been passed down through your family o
  
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• Kung fu #DNA? siliconrepublic.com/machines/cartw…

  12-05-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  Kung fu #DNA? siliconrepublic.com/machines/cartw…
  
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• Count to 10. Still not calm? Try these top tips to #destress siliconrepublic.com/advice/stress-…

  12-05-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  Count to 10. Still not calm? Try these top tips to #destress siliconrepublic.com/advice/stress-…
  
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• Infographic: How to prepare for a #cybersecurity emergency siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/cyb…

  12-05-2018 14:30 via twitter.com
  Infographic: How to prepare for a #cybersecurity emergency siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/cyb…
  
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• ‘You don’t want to populate your platform with old-school PowerPoints or one-hour videos. No one even wants to watc… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-05-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  ‘You don’t want to populate your platform with old-school PowerPoints or one-hour videos. No one even wants to watc… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• A handy guide for employers on the appropriate periods for #data retention under #GDPR siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/gdp…

  12-05-2018 13:30 via twitter.com
  A handy guide for employers on the appropriate periods for #data retention under #GDPR siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/gdp…
  
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• WATCH: NIBRT partnership to train scientists to make life-saving drugs siliconrepublic.com/video/nibrt-je…

  12-05-2018 13:00 via twitter.com
  WATCH: NIBRT partnership to train scientists to make life-saving drugs siliconrepublic.com/video/nibrt-je…
  
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• Cuckoo bee species 'hiding in plain sight'

  12-05-2018 04:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Researchers identify 15 new species of sneaky bees hidden in museum collections and in an ancient thesis.
  
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• Stephen Hawking service: Possibility of time travellers 'can't be excluded'

  12-05-2018 03:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Anyone born in the next 20 years is eligible to apply for a seat at the Westminster Abbey service.
  
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• The beer you can drink in SPACE: Radical new design could let astronauts enjoy alcohol in orbit

  12-05-2018 01:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Indiegogo campaign by Vostok Space Beer in Australia is raising money to fund a new design that will let astronauts enjoy the alcoholic beverage in space.
  
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• Privacy concerns over Amazon 'Echo babysitter' smart speaker that records children's voices

  12-05-2018 01:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon's Echo Dot Kids Edition, which starts at $80, was released last month. Lawmakers are raising privacy concerns because it records children's voices and stores them online.
  
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• Scientists reveal plan to grow genetically engineered Neanderthal mini-BRAINS in the lab

  12-05-2018 01:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The lab-grown mini brains will only be about the size of a lentil, and cannot achieve thoughts or feelings – but, they could reveal key differences in how their nerve cells function compared to ours.
  
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• Australia's 'sexually suicidal' marsupials placed on Endangered list

  12-05-2018 01:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have warned that the black-tailed dusky antechinus and silver-headed antechinus are at risk, and now, the two have officially been placed on Australia's Endangered list.
  
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• NASA reveals project to find out what food can be grown in orbit

  12-05-2018 01:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Miami-based Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden has identified 106 plant varieties that might do well in space, including hardy cabbages and leafy lettuces.
  
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• First SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket lobs comms sat into orbit

  12-05-2018 01:08 via go.theregister.com
  One small step for Musk, one giant leap for Bangladesh After a day's delay, Bangladesh's first satellite was today successfully launched atop the first SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket.…
  
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• Nasa will send helicopter to Mars to test otherworldly flight

  12-05-2018 00:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The space agency says it will be the first test of a heavier-than-air aircraft on another planet.
  
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• National park surrounding Hawaii volcano closed for fear it will erupt explosively

  12-05-2018 00:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The national park surrounding the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has been closed to visitors as officials warn it could soon spew ash, steam and boulders the size of refrigerators.
  
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• SpaceX's 'Block 5' Falcon 9 rocket blasts off in maiden voyage carrying Bangladesh's first satellite

  12-05-2018 00:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX has launched its powerful Block 5 Falcon 9 rocket for the first time, after aborting the maiden voyage just 58 seconds before liftoff yesterday.
  
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