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• Young family of geese try to make their way through plastic rubbish

  18-05-2018 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The upsetting clip shows goslings struggling to get out of the water at Liverpool docks which is filled with plastic bottles and other debris.
  
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• Ancient calendar carved into stone lay hidden in an Arizona valley

  18-05-2018 22:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists say a slab of sandstone in Arizona’s Verde Valley may have served as a calendar or clock hundreds of years ago, marking the seasons and onset of important agricultural dates.
  
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• US cities at risk of a volcano that could erupt

  18-05-2018 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The United States Geological Survey counts 169 potentially active volcanoes in the country, with about 50 of them in six states are rated high priority or highest priority for monitoring.
  
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• Google is accused of faking its AI voice assistant Duplex demo

  18-05-2018 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The software, dubbed Duplex, debuted at a Google conference in San Francisco last week where it fooled a hair salon receptionist into thinking it was human during a short phone call.
  
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• Elon Musk's Boring Company will ship its flamethrowers in two weeks

  18-05-2018 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tech mogul Elon Musk disclosed that the $500 (£351) flamethrowers would start shipping within two weeks. The flamethrowers quickly sold out and generated $7.5 million for the firm.
  
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• #Google snaps up entire Bolands Quay development siliconrepublic.com/companies/bola…

  18-05-2018 21:25 via twitter.com
  #Google snaps up entire Bolands Quay development siliconrepublic.com/companies/bola…
  
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• Paul Murphy of @ibm_in_ireland talks digital transformation. #AutomationWeek siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/dig…

  18-05-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  Paul Murphy of @ibm_in_ireland talks digital transformation. #AutomationWeek siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/dig…
  
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• Out with the HTTP, in with the HTTPS. #GoogleChrome siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…

  18-05-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Out with the HTTP, in with the HTTPS. #GoogleChrome siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/goo…
  
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• NASA astronaut realizes he's left his memory card back on Earth

  18-05-2018 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hilarious footage taken from a NASA spacewalk on Wednesday shows even our most qualified astronauts are not immune to human mistakes.
  
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• Stunning image reveals 'seedbed' of stars similar to Earth's sun

  18-05-2018 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have created the most detailed map yet of a nearby star ‘seedbed,’ revealing unprecedented insight on an environment churning out objects similar to our own sun.
  
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• Better digital skills, more #ecommerce and Irish people’s usage of internet services lead to performance boost siliconrepublic.com/comms/digital-…

  18-05-2018 20:05 via twitter.com
  Better digital skills, more #ecommerce and Irish people’s usage of internet services lead to performance boost siliconrepublic.com/comms/digital-…
  
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• Archaeologists find street of balconies in Italy's Pompeii

  18-05-2018 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists excavating an unexplored part of Italy's volcanic ash-covered city of Pompeii have discovered a street of houses with intact balconies.
  
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• Catch up on all the #IoT news you missed this week siliconrepublic.com/machines/iot-i…

  18-05-2018 19:35 via twitter.com
  Catch up on all the #IoT news you missed this week siliconrepublic.com/machines/iot-i…
  
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• Strange creature with jagged teeth found washed up in Mexico

  18-05-2018 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Is it a marine serpent or a lizard? The remains of a marine creature, washed on to the shore, have prompted a range of answers since photos have appeared on social media.
  
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• #Google, #Alibaba and #Apple are sneaking up on #Amazon siliconrepublic.com/companies/alex…

  18-05-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  #Google, #Alibaba and #Apple are sneaking up on #Amazon siliconrepublic.com/companies/alex…
  
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• The shocking website flaw that let anyone track your location in real time through your cellphone

  18-05-2018 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A troubling flaw in a popular cellphone tracking service, called LocationSmart, made it possible for anyone to easily access a person's location data in real time within a few hundred feet.
  
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• #BT is to combine its fibre, Wi-Fi and EE 4G services under one converged quad-play platform called BT Plus. siliconrepublic.com/comms/bt-ee-co…

  18-05-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  #BT is to combine its fibre, Wi-Fi and EE 4G services under one converged quad-play platform called BT Plus. siliconrepublic.com/comms/bt-ee-co…
  
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• A letter from @ScienceForYes was signed by 1,200 members of the Irish science community, including Nobel Prize winn… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-05-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  A letter from @ScienceForYes was signed by 1,200 members of the Irish science community, including Nobel Prize winn… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• A mysterious 4,000-year-old clay urn is 'miraculously' unearthed in a Cornish farmer's field

  18-05-2018 17:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The set of burnt human remains were discovered near Looe in south east Cornwall and would have been part of a mysterious ritual ceremony.
  
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• Yanny or Laurel? Science explains: Podcast 369

  18-05-2018 17:37
  
  On the WIRED UK podcast this week: the science that explains why you hear Yanny or Laurel, Snapchat’s worrying pivot to Facebook and we call time on PGP email.
  
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• #MostRead today: An analysis of 1,450 #ICOs by The Wall Street Journal has found that 271 have red flags siliconrepublic.com/companies/cryp…

  18-05-2018 17:22 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: An analysis of 1,450 #ICOs by The Wall Street Journal has found that 271 have red flags siliconrepublic.com/companies/cryp…
  
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• #MostRead today: Are these people on your #Limerick radar? siliconrepublic.com/people/limeric…

  18-05-2018 17:21 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: Are these people on your #Limerick radar? siliconrepublic.com/people/limeric…
  
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• #MostRead today: Genomics Medicine Ireland expands study into IBD siliconrepublic.com/innovation/gen…

  18-05-2018 17:19 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: Genomics Medicine Ireland expands study into IBD siliconrepublic.com/innovation/gen…
  
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• #MostRead today: Major science figureheads sign for a Yes vote in the referendum on the #EighthAmendment siliconrepublic.com/innovation/sci…

  18-05-2018 17:18 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: Major science figureheads sign for a Yes vote in the referendum on the #EighthAmendment siliconrepublic.com/innovation/sci…
  
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• #MostRead today: ‘Determining when cosmic dawn occurred is akin to the holy grail of #cosmology and galaxy formatio… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-05-2018 17:17 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: ‘Determining when cosmic dawn occurred is akin to the holy grail of #cosmology and galaxy formatio… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Technocracy At Google: How Personal Data Enables Total Social Engineering

  18-05-2018 17:10 via technocracy.news
  The unvarnished content of this story should spark panic across America. It probably won’t, but it should.
  I have written many times that Technocracy is far more advanced than anyone realizes. This is likened to going to a doctor for some minor health issue and being told that you have stage 4 cancer, that it has spread throughout your body and you have only 6 weeks to live. You didn’t feel sick, but that is no measure of how sick you really are.
  Technocracy at Google is running
  
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• Weekend takeaway: Human v AI siliconrepublic.com/machines/ai-au…

  18-05-2018 17:06 via twitter.com
  Weekend takeaway: Human v AI siliconrepublic.com/machines/ai-au…
  
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• Google is accused of FAKING its creepy AI voice assistant Duplex demo

  18-05-2018 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The software, dubbed Duplex, debuted at a Google conference in San Francisco last week where it fooled a hair salon receptionist into thinking it was human during a short phone call.
  
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• 65pc of today’s primary school children will go on to jobs that don’t currently exist. @ApsleyN from @CatalystIncHQ… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-05-2018 16:54 via twitter.com
  65pc of today’s primary school children will go on to jobs that don’t currently exist. @ApsleyN from @CatalystIncHQ… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• North Carolina beefs up tax breaks as Apple scouts new...

  18-05-2018 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The project could create 5,000 North Carolina jobs, with a later target of 10,000 jobs, the economic development official said.
  
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• Toxic 'plastic pebbles' are now washing up on beaches for first time

  18-05-2018 16:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Cornish Plastic Pollution Coalition says it has seen reports of hundreds of plastic pebbles in Cornwall, Devon, Pembrokeshire, Orkney, Spain, Portugal and Hawaii.
  
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• Leaders from major companies call for a low-carbon future. @BITCIreland siliconrepublic.com/companies/irel…

  18-05-2018 16:40 via twitter.com
  Leaders from major companies call for a low-carbon future. @BITCIreland siliconrepublic.com/companies/irel…
  
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• How Facebook And Google Provide Massive Funding To Journalism Around The World

  18-05-2018 16:34 via technocracy.news
  Google and Facebook have committed over $500 million to various journalism programs around the world. There will be no discussion about what fake news is, but only that it disagrees with Technocracy and societal engineering. This gives these two companies almost total control in controlling public opinion and behavior. ⁃ TN EditorIn March, Google announced with much fanfare the launch of the Google News Initiative, a $300 million program aimed at “building a strong future f
  
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• Facebook Partners with Globalist Atlantic Council To Interfere In Elections Around The World

  18-05-2018 16:11 via technocracy.news
  The Atlantic Council has been a Trilateral Commission dominated think-tank since 1973. Its current board of directors is still riddled with members of the Commission, including Brent Scowcroft (Chairman Emeritus), Henry Kissinger, Paula Dobriansky and Joseph Nye. Facebooks alignment with the Council is right in line with the Trilateral Commission’s goal of implementing Technocracy throughout the world. ⁃ TN EditorFacebook has partnered with the Atlantic Council, whosemembers&nbs
  
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• Elon Musk says public will pay $1 for 150mph Loop journeys under LA

  18-05-2018 15:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk shared more details about the project, which will carry passengers at high speeds aboard electric shuttles, at a Boring Company event in Los Angeles on Thursday evening.
  
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• Heartbreaking clip shows a young family of geese trying to make their way through plastic rubbish

  18-05-2018 15:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The upsetting clip shows goslings struggling to get out of the water at Liverpool docks which is filled with plastic bottles and other debris.
  
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• How likely is your e-cigarette to explode?

  18-05-2018 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  As a man dies from an exploding vape pen, we ask how dangerous are the devices?
  
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• Hedgehogs: Thousands sign petition over rat trap threat

  18-05-2018 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Hedgehog lovers are worried that a rat trap, licensed by the government in England, could harm their spiky friends.
  
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• World's first floating nation with its own government and cryptocurrency to launch by 2022

  18-05-2018 14:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The plans will see the sea-bound city state, with 300 homes as well as a handful of hotels, restaurants, offices and more, built in the Pacific Ocean off the island of Tahiti.
  
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• Emojis are `helping school pupils engage with Shakespeare´

  18-05-2018 14:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charlotte Hodgson, an English teacher at Avonbourne College in Bournemouth said everyone in her department uses emojis and they helpstudents to engage with Shakespeare.
  
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• Infographic: How can you exude #confidence, even when you’re feeling insecure? siliconrepublic.com/advice/confide…

  18-05-2018 14:30 via twitter.com
  Infographic: How can you exude #confidence, even when you’re feeling insecure? siliconrepublic.com/advice/confide…
  
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• Smart luggage firms close because of airline battery rules

  18-05-2018 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Two firms have closed this month, citing changes in airline policies on carrying batteries.
  
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• #PayPal wants to cash in on opportunity to enable smartphone-based card payments for potentially millions of small… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-05-2018 14:15 via twitter.com
  #PayPal wants to cash in on opportunity to enable smartphone-based card payments for potentially millions of small… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Depriving children of using the internet is 'child abuse'

  18-05-2018 14:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research led by Ellis Cashmore, a cultural commentator and honorary professor of sociology at Aston University, Birmingham, found that parental bans were misguided (stock image).
  
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• For #AutomationWeek, we chatted with @buchanla from @EYNews about the #futureofwork and the change we can expect siliconrepublic.com/people/ey-laur…

  18-05-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  For #AutomationWeek, we chatted with @buchanla from @EYNews about the #futureofwork and the change we can expect siliconrepublic.com/people/ey-laur…
  
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• US mugshot website owners face criminal charges

  18-05-2018 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The site published images of people taken by police after arrest and asked for cash to remove them.
  
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• A new @GenomicsMed study into inflammatory bowel disease is the first of its kind in Ireland siliconrepublic.com/innovation/gen…

  18-05-2018 13:40 via twitter.com
  A new @GenomicsMed study into inflammatory bowel disease is the first of its kind in Ireland siliconrepublic.com/innovation/gen…
  
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• Who is winning the battle of the smart speakers? siliconrepublic.com/companies/alex…

  18-05-2018 13:33 via twitter.com
  Who is winning the battle of the smart speakers? siliconrepublic.com/companies/alex…
  
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• DisplayNote Technologies is set to accelerate global expansion after funding injection. #Belfast @Kernel_Capital siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/disp…

  18-05-2018 13:20 via twitter.com
  DisplayNote Technologies is set to accelerate global expansion after funding injection. #Belfast @Kernel_Capital siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/disp…
  
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• Dogs born in the spring are less likely to have a heart attack as it mimics the nature of wolves

  18-05-2018 13:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania came to the conclusion after studying the health and birth months of 130,000 dogs from 253 different breeds.
  
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