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• Twitter trolls will have their content hidden from other users

  15-05-2018 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The San Francisco-based company says this system will help it to spot and demote disruptive content that appears in conversations and search results (stock image).
  
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• Instagram testing feature to tell how much time you spend on app

  15-05-2018 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instagram appears to be testing a new feature called 'Usage Insights' that will show users their time spent on the app. It's unclear if it will be broken down by a particular metric, however.
  
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• A quarter of Americans spend almost all day inside figures reveal

  15-05-2018 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a new study by YouGov and VELUX, a quarter of Americans spend between 21 and 24 hours inside creating a new 'indoor generation', affecting mental and physical health.
  
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• Astroboffins spy the most greedy black hole yet gobbling a Sun a day

  15-05-2018 22:37 via go.theregister.com
  It farts out enough energy to irradiate all life on Earth Astronomers have spotted the greediest supermassive black hole going through the fastest growth spurt some 12 billion years ago.…
  
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• China mocks the US as its teases its H-20 stealth bomber

  15-05-2018 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chinese aviation firm AVIC, based in Beijing, have released a teaser video for the China's new stealth bomber which appears to also troll Virginia-based Northrop Grumman.
  
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• Incredible footage shows a self driving racecar hurtling around the streets of Rome

  15-05-2018 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pro-drifter Ryan Tuerck took of the RoboRace Devbot on a closed road circuit in Rome - and beat it convincingly.
  
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• Using #machinelearning and other #data signals, @Twitter has hatched a plan to stop trolls spoiling healthy debate. siliconrepublic.com/companies/twit…

  15-05-2018 21:30 via twitter.com
  Using #machinelearning and other #data signals, @Twitter has hatched a plan to stop trolls spoiling healthy debate. siliconrepublic.com/companies/twit…
  
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• Exercising while playing video games may help Alzheimer's sufferers

  15-05-2018 21:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Union College, New York, found older people with cognitive impairment, which occurs before dementia, have better 'executive functions' after playing games while riding exercise bikes.
  
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• #Facebook is sharing figures relating to the removal of #hatespeech and other content for the first time. siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…

  15-05-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  #Facebook is sharing figures relating to the removal of #hatespeech and other content for the first time.siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…
  
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• How do our current teaching methods measure up to the changes that are happening around us? @CIConnect's Emily McDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-05-2018 20:40 via twitter.com
  How do our current teaching methods measure up to the changes that are happening around us? @CIConnect's Emily McDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Serving coffee at meetings can focus group discussions and boost involvement

  15-05-2018 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Study examined the effects of caffeine on group performance. Researchers found that coffee can focus discussion, boost involvement and leave members feeling better.
  
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• Could the problems with #wearables be eradicated forever? siliconrepublic.com/machines/chirp…

  15-05-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  Could the problems with #wearables be eradicated forever? siliconrepublic.com/machines/chirp…
  
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• Destruction of Australian forest approved despite warnings it could POISON Great Barrier Reef

  15-05-2018 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A draft report from the Department of Environment has recommended clearances at Kingvale Station in northern Queensland should get the green light (stock image).
  
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• New research shows European news sites have some privacy issues ahead of them. #cookies #GDPR #data siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/eu-…

  15-05-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  New research shows European news sites have some privacy issues ahead of them. #cookies #GDPR #data siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/eu-…
  
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• Internet divided over hearing the word yanny or laurel in recording

  15-05-2018 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new audio recording of a male operator saying one word has the internet completely divided over whether or not he's saying 'yanny' or 'laurel.'
  
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• Facebook shut down 1.3 billion fake accounts in the last six months

  15-05-2018 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook disclosed that it disabled 1.3 billion 'fake accounts' over the past two quarters, many of which had 'the intent of spreading spam or conducting illicit activities such as scams'.
  
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• Two surgeons in China planning world's first human head transplant

  15-05-2018 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Italian scientist Sergio Canavero and Chinese surgeon Xiaoping Ren plan to deliver a jolt of electricity to a body with bolts attaching its head to its neck.
  
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• Asteroid the size of Statue of Liberty will skim past Earth today

  15-05-2018 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  2010 WC9 is moving at almost 29,000 mph (46,500kph) and is 'as big across as a city block,' according to an asteroid expert at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
  
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• Scientists reveal a relationship is defined by the first time a couple sleeps together

  15-05-2018 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research from the University of California, Davis Research has found the first sexual performance is pivotal to long-term relationship success (stock image).
  
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• .@Corrata_co, which has developed a breakthrough technology for protecting smartphones and tablets from… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-05-2018 19:25 via twitter.com
  .@Corrata_co, which has developed a breakthrough technology for protecting smartphones and tablets from… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Tool can predict the color of your eyes, hair, and skin using DNA

  15-05-2018 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A tool can accurately predict eye, hair and skin color from a small sample of DNA. It's designed to be used when standard forensic DNA profiling is not helpful.
  
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• Clues on Earth's first life discovered in Yellowstone's geothermal features

  15-05-2018 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The microbes, named after Mars due to their extreme habitat, were found in water as hot as 176 degrees F and as acidic as grapefruit juice, according to researchers from Montana State University.
  
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• .@IBM’s Alan Cooke says that today’s business leaders need to be reinventors with a vision to integrate #AI with… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-05-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  .@IBM’s Alan Cooke says that today’s business leaders need to be reinventors with a vision to integrate #AI with… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Kaspersky moves operations after spy claims

  15-05-2018 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Cyber-security firm Kaspersky will move infrastructure after it was linked to Kremlin spying.
  
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• .@vitt61 steps down after leading @VodafoneGroup’s transition from 2G to the #5G, #IoT and fibre future. siliconrepublic.com/companies/vitt…

  15-05-2018 18:35 via twitter.com
  .@vitt61 steps down after leading @VodafoneGroup’s transition from 2G to the #5G, #IoT and fibre future. siliconrepublic.com/companies/vitt…
  
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• Lie-detecting computers equipped with artificial intelligence could be future of border security

  15-05-2018 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The system, known as the Automated Virtual Agent for Truth Assessment in Real Time, uses eye-detection software along with an array of sensors to pick up on physiological signs of lying.
  
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• Sharing of school pupils' data put on hold

  15-05-2018 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  The move follows criticism of the handling of personal information in the national pupil database.
  
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• Twitter banishes 'trolls' to the shadows

  15-05-2018 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Tweets from trolls that "distort the public conversation" will now be less visible on Twitter.
  
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• How transferable is this new virus? #health siliconrepublic.com/innovation/pig…

  15-05-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  How transferable is this new virus? #health siliconrepublic.com/innovation/pig…
  
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• Big Bird is watching: Twitter pecks at trolls who spoil conversations siliconrepublic.com/companies/twit…

  15-05-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  Big Bird is watching: Twitter pecks at trolls who spoil conversations siliconrepublic.com/companies/twit…
  
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• #MostRead Today: Google staff resign in protest of continuing military collaboration ow.ly/mJvx30k0Ixc

  15-05-2018 17:54 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Google staff resign in protest of continuing military collaboration ow.ly/mJvx30k0Ixc
  
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• #MostRead Today: The next step for #Limerick is optimal employment ow.ly/HfDC30k0IuT

  15-05-2018 17:53 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: The next step for #Limerick is optimal employment ow.ly/HfDC30k0IuT
  
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• DMV reveals Apple has 55 'Project Titan' autonomous vehicles on California roads

  15-05-2018 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new figures show Apple has 55 vehicles and 83 drivers under its permit. This makes is the second highest permit holder, with more cars on the road that Waymo and Tesla.
  
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• 'You and Planet Earth' tool shows your heartbeat count since birth

  15-05-2018 17:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An interactive tool combines data from the NHS, Colorado University, and the University of New York among others to reveal what you and the Earth have achieved since you were born.
  
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• Ireland’s AI revolution: Minister Pat Breen hosts Digital 9 EU conference siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ire…

  15-05-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  Ireland’s AI revolution: Minister Pat Breen hosts Digital 9 EU conference siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ire…
  
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• One third of working aged men could have jobs stolen by robots by 2050

  15-05-2018 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to research from the Washington DC-based think tank Brookings Institution, US jobs that don't require advanced education will inevitably be replaced by automation (stock image).
  
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• 64 projects across the EU won funding in the latest round of the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument. #medtech siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/horz…

  15-05-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  64 projects across the EU won funding in the latest round of the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument. #medtech siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/horz…
  
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• Study: China Really Did Take Millions Of U.S. Manufacturing Jobs

  15-05-2018 16:59 via technocracy.news
  As documented in Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation, China was transformed into a Technocracy at the hands of the Trilateral Commission elite starting in the 1970s. In short, American was purposely plundered. The next wave of destruction will come from robots displacing jobs. ⁃ TN EditorMillions of Americans who lost manufacturing jobs during the 2000s have long ”known” China was to blame, not robots. And many helped elect Donald Trump as president be
  
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• Keyless cars causing dozens of deaths

  15-05-2018 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  If engines are left running in confined spaces, such as garages, they can emit deadly carbon monoxide fumes.
  
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• Facebook by numbers: Inappropriate content removal figures revealed siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…

  15-05-2018 16:57 via twitter.com
  Facebook by numbers: Inappropriate content removal figures revealed siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…
  
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• Do we need to change the way we teach? siliconrepublic.com/careers/4irc-2…

  15-05-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  Do we need to change the way we teach? siliconrepublic.com/careers/4irc-2…
  
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• Chirping ring and wristband could one day change wearables forever siliconrepublic.com/machines/chirp…

  15-05-2018 16:48 via twitter.com
  Chirping ring and wristband could one day change wearables forever siliconrepublic.com/machines/chirp…
  
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• Border Solution: Lie-Detecting Computer Kiosks Equipped With AI

  15-05-2018 16:39 via technocracy.news
  The scientific solution for border control is robotics equipped with AI to ask a few questions using lie-detecting algorithms. Liars will be dealt with. But what is to prevent this technology from being used everywhere in America?  ⁃ TN EditorInternational travelers could find themselves in the near future talking to a lie-detecting kiosk when they’re going through customs at an airport or border crossing. The same technology could be used to provide initial screening of refugee
  
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• Volunteers emerge from virtual moon base Lunar Palace 1 in Beijing

  15-05-2018 16:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China today claimed success of a landmark experiment which is set to help Beijing's manned moon landing ambition. Eight students have taken turns to stay in sealed 'Yuegong 1' for 370 days.
  
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• Frankenstein: Surgeons In China Looking To Transplant A Human Head

  15-05-2018 16:24 via technocracy.news
  Radical medical experiments are often seen in China, rather than the US or Europe, because Technocracy has no strong ethic or desire to prevent them. If science can ‘do it’, then it should. This also appeals to the Transhuman movement which seeks to achieve immortality through science. ⁃ TN EditorA jolt of electricity is delivered to a body with bolts attaching its head to its neck. It’s a scene straight out of a horror movie, but it is eerily close to Italian n
  
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• Rise and fall of Roman Empire exposed in Greenland ice samples

  15-05-2018 16:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists, archaeologists and economists led by the Desert Research Institute (DRI) in Nevada used these ice samples to measure and date European lead emissions.
  
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