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• Trump defends U-turn on China's ZTE ahead of trade talks

  14-05-2018 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  The President says the Chinese tech firm buys from the US amid criticism over his decision.
  
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• Decades-old data reveals shows Jupiter’s moon sprayed alien juice over Galileo probe

  14-05-2018 23:58 via go.theregister.com
  Plume pinpointing means the Europa Clipper is going surfing Space scientists have just figured out that an unusual anomaly from over 20 years ago was the equivalent of a space probe being squirted in the face.…
  
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• Self-cleaning airplane seats could soon become a reality

  14-05-2018 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Recaro Aircraft Seating GmbH is developing a self-cleaning airplane seat. The seats are infused with a disinfectant that destroys germs. They will inform passengers how well they do their job.
  
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• Learning a second language can alter sensory perception, study finds

  14-05-2018 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bilingual people are better at combining sight and hearing to interpret speech. A study found a bilingual and a monolingual listening to the same speaker can hear two different sounds.
  
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• There's usually little we can do when we're hit with a common cold. But could that be about to change? #medicine siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cur…

  14-05-2018 21:10 via twitter.com
  There's usually little we can do when we're hit with a common cold. But could that be about to change? #medicine siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cur…
  
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• Mystery hominid species with a 'pint-sized' brain existed alongside the first humans

  14-05-2018 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, analysed the brains of early humans that lived alongside a similar hominid species which had a 'pint sized' brain.
  
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• AG600 amphibious craft will arrive by 2022 say Chinese firm

  14-05-2018 20:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China, based in Beijing, has spent about eight years developing the aircraft, which is roughly the size of a Boeing 737.
  
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• Water plume on Europa could be the best evidence yet of life

  14-05-2018 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 20-year-old data was captured on Nasa's now-expired Galileo spacecraft's closest encounter with Jupiter's moon and has now been examined by a team led by the University of Michigan.
  
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• Google Pixel smartwatches running Android set to be unveiled

  14-05-2018 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google already makes Pixel handsets, but has left watches to other manufacturers - until now. It is believed three watches are in the prototype stage.
  
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• A bad leader could be a hindrance to your career success, but only if you let them, according to @CyWakeman.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-05-2018 20:15 via twitter.com
  A bad leader could be a hindrance to your career success, but only if you let them, according to @CyWakeman.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Boston Dynamics to begin selling its robot dog Spot next year

  14-05-2018 20:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boston Dynamics will begin selling its SpotMini robo-dog as early as next year. They have 10 prototypes currently and plan to build 100 more this year.
  
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• John Lewis forced to apologise after gift list website disappeared

  14-05-2018 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Visitors to the London-based retailer's site were presented with an error message saying its domain registration had expired. Some couples were prompted to renew the lease themselves.
  
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• .@NDRC_HQ’s autumn 2018 investment programme for Dublin is seeking a few good start-ups. #funding #startups siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ndrc…

  14-05-2018 19:45 via twitter.com
  .@NDRC_HQ’s autumn 2018 investment programme for Dublin is seeking a few good start-ups. #funding #startups siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ndrc…
  
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• #AIB says viewing social media accounts helps it understand customer behaviour. #privacy #socialmedia siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/aib…

  14-05-2018 19:45 via twitter.com
  #AIB says viewing social media accounts helps it understand customer behaviour. #privacy #socialmedia siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/aib…
  
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• Elderly people in care homes will be kept company by robots

  14-05-2018 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Chris Papadopoulos, a public health expert at the University of Bedfordshire said the robots (pictured) could help take some pressure off over-burdened health workers.
  
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• Science fiction becomes reality: Researchers 'transfer memories' between animals

  14-05-2018 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the University of California in Los Angeles gave sea slugs a electric shocks,transferring their RNA into un-shocked sea slugs - who reacted to the touch of a wire as if it was live.
  
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• 'Memory transplant' achieved in snails

  14-05-2018 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Memories are transferred from one snail to another in a laboratory.
  
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• The first cave artists were autistic

  14-05-2018 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  York researchers say the ability to focus on detail, a common trait among people with autism, allowed realism to flourish.
  
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• .@MathesonLaw experts discuss new rules around consent under #GDPR for employers. siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/con…

  14-05-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  .@MathesonLaw experts discuss new rules around consent under #GDPR for employers. siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/con…
  
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• Worried about #AI taking jobs away? Check out the kind of jobs that are already being created at @bankofireland's r… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-05-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  Worried about #AI taking jobs away? Check out the kind of jobs that are already being created at @bankofireland's r… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• UK ups the ante on Galileo sat-nav project

  14-05-2018 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  London warns Brussels that it is prepared to block Galileo technologies from leaving the UK.
  
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• #MostRead Today: What just happened with the H-1B visa? ow.ly/gIUt30jZugu

  14-05-2018 18:20 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: What just happened with the H-1B visa? ow.ly/gIUt30jZugu
  
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• #MostRead Today: Mysterious force could determine whether life exists in multiverse ow.ly/5lAW30jZuhD

  14-05-2018 18:20 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Mysterious force could determine whether life exists in multiverse ow.ly/5lAW30jZuhD
  
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• #MostRead Today: Want a job in AI? Check out these 9 companies hiring right now ow.ly/MzKf30jZufa

  14-05-2018 18:19 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Want a job in AI? Check out these 9 companies hiring right now ow.ly/MzKf30jZufa
  
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• #MostRead Today: Is digital transformation just a fad? ow.ly/80Co30jZudz

  14-05-2018 18:19 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Is digital transformation just a fad? ow.ly/80Co30jZudz
  
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• #MostRead Today: 15 super start-ups from Limerick to watch ow.ly/BIjz30jZubO

  14-05-2018 18:19 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 15 super start-ups from Limerick to watch ow.ly/BIjz30jZubO
  
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• Why your social media is covered in gammon

  14-05-2018 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Comparing ham to the complexion of angry middle-aged white men is the latest internet culture battle.
  
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• Our universe could be one of many capable of sustaining life, say researchers studying dark energy

  14-05-2018 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If a 'multiverse' - where our universe is one of many versions of the cosmos - exists then life could be common throughout it, new research led by Durham University shows.
  
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• With #Inspirefest mere weeks away, check out who has been added to the list of speakers, including: @aimafidon and… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-05-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  With #Inspirefest mere weeks away, check out who has been added to the list of speakers, including: @aimafidon and… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Popular encrypted email standards are unsafe - European...

  14-05-2018 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  European researchers have found that the popular PGP and S/MIME email encryption standards are vulnerable to being hacked, leading them to urge people to disable and uninstall them immediately.
  
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• Cure for the common cold? Incredible molecule shows real promise siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cur…

  14-05-2018 17:01 via twitter.com
  Cure for the common cold? Incredible molecule shows real promise siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cur…
  
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• AIB criticised for monitoring customers’ social media accounts siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/aib…

  14-05-2018 16:52 via twitter.com
  AIB criticised for monitoring customers’ social media accounts siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/aib…
  
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• 3,000 Swedes have electronic tag embedded in their hands

  14-05-2018 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A scientist at the MAX IV Laboratory in the Swedish city of Lund has warned the conveniences gained from the procedure by so-called 'body-hackers'do not outweigh the risks to their private data.
  
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• Apple-Samsung patent battle revived in California court

  14-05-2018 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The jury is being asked to reconsider what Apple's iPhone design patents were worth.
  
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• Facebook suspends 200 apps as part of data investigation

  14-05-2018 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The social network is auditing apps and their data use following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and said 200 have been suspended pending a thorough investigation.
  
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• A HELICOPTER will take to the skies above Mars in 2020

  14-05-2018 16:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab in California plans to launch the first-ever helicopter to Mars in 2020. The miniature, drone-like chopper could boost our understanding of the planet.
  
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• Jason Cohen explains why WP Engine chose #Limerick as a location for overseas expansion siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/wp-…

  14-05-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  Jason Cohen explains why WP Engine chose #Limerick as a location for overseas expansion siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/wp-…
  
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• Is there life in the multiverse? #astrophysics siliconrepublic.com/innovation/mys…

  14-05-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  Is there life in the multiverse? #astrophysics siliconrepublic.com/innovation/mys…
  
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• Fad or the future? @MrJohnFKennedy explores the impact of digital transformation in the age of #automation and #AI.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-05-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  Fad or the future? @MrJohnFKennedy explores the impact of digital transformation in the age of #automation and #AI.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• How to navigate employee consent under GDPR siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/con…

  14-05-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  How to navigate employee consent under GDPR siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/con…
  
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• British scientists are developing truffles that grow twice as fast

  14-05-2018 14:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new technique is being developed which could halve the time it takes to grow truffles from six to three years, according to a scientist from the University of Stirling (Stock).
  
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• Millennials are twice as likely to suffer stress than baby boomers

  14-05-2018 14:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britain's largest ever stress survey has exposed a large generational divide in the mental health of people at work.
  
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• #Facebook may have to add another lawsuit to its list of woes siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…

  14-05-2018 14:40 via twitter.com
  #Facebook may have to add another lawsuit to its list of woes siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…
  
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• Helicopters on #Mars is not as unlikely an idea as we might have thought siliconrepublic.com/machines/helic…

  14-05-2018 14:20 via twitter.com
  Helicopters on #Mars is not as unlikely an idea as we might have thought siliconrepublic.com/machines/helic…
  
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• Who’s hiring in #AI? @Intel_IRL @JLR_News @SAP @Zalando @DeutscheBank @JNJCareers @Mastercard @nokia @Avaya… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  14-05-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  Who’s hiring in #AI? @Intel_IRL @JLR_News @SAP @Zalando @DeutscheBank @JNJCareers @Mastercard @nokia @Avaya… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Want to work at a robotic process automation lab? siliconrepublic.com/jobs/robotic-p…

  14-05-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  Want to work at a robotic process automation lab? siliconrepublic.com/jobs/robotic-p…
  
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• Seven steps to protect yourself against a cyber attack 

  14-05-2018 13:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hackers are always finding new ways to con people out of their money, but there are a number of quick and easy things you can do right now to better protect yourself against them.
  
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• The world's LARGEST amphibious aircraft will arrive by 2022

  14-05-2018 13:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China, based in Beijing, has spent about eight years developing the aircraft, which is roughly the size of a Boeing 737.
  
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• Self-driving cars are NOT safe 'while in the wild', says the co-founder of Google's DeepMind

  14-05-2018 13:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking at the Royal Society in London, Demis Hassabis (pictured), the co-founder of AI specialist DeepMind, said current driverless car programmes could be putting people's lives in danger.
  
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• Good news for #Cork! #jobfairy #Corkjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/nrg-aware…

  14-05-2018 13:35 via twitter.com
  Good news for #Cork! #jobfairy #Corkjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/nrg-aware…
  
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