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• The rotor sail is set for a comeback: Strange spinning design first used in 1924 resurrected

  29-05-2018 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Finnish firm Norsepower has been developing modern sails based on the design of the Flettner Rotor Sail – a spinning cylindrical structure thatrelies on the wind to propel the ship.
  
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• Virgin Galactic's Unity spaceship blasts off on another test flight

  29-05-2018 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virgin Galactic said in a tweet that the flight had carried out 'a partial duration rocket burn that will test a rearward center of gravity closer to the commercial configuration.'
  
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• Snapchat launches its first Lens that reacts to sound

  29-05-2018 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Snapchat has released its first ever global sound-sensitive lens which reacts to both audio and visual stimulation from the environment around the smartphone user.
  
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• Apple gives $349 HomePod smart speaker multi room capabilities

  29-05-2018 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new iOS 11.4 update released today adds multi room capabilities to the Siri smart speaker, allowing users to play music in other rooms, in in every room at once.
  
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• Uber launches 'panic button' that lets passengers call 911

  29-05-2018 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The emergency button is part of a new 'safety center' menu designed to help passengers if something goes wrong during their trip.
  
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• Stressful jobs can lead to depression in middle age

  29-05-2018 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Black Dog Institute in Australia found people with 'high strain' jobs, or those with high demands or low control, are more likely to develop depression or anxiety in their middle age.
  
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• .@Mastercard wants 200,000 girls to go through its Girls4Tech programme by 2020. #CoolestProjects siliconrepublic.com/discovery/girl…

  29-05-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  .@Mastercard wants 200,000 girls to go through its Girls4Tech programme by 2020. #CoolestProjects siliconrepublic.com/discovery/girl…
  
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• What REALLY happens when a massive black hole devours a star

  29-05-2018 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The violent cataclysms occur when stars wander too close to the supermassive black hole in the center of their galaxy and are torn apart by the black hole's gravity.
  
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• What does #Limerick have to give it such a strong #engineering sector? @Limerick4Eng siliconrepublic.com/careers/limeri…

  29-05-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  What does #Limerick have to give it such a strong #engineering sector? @Limerick4Eng siliconrepublic.com/careers/limeri…
  
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• GDPR 'risks making it harder to catch hackers'

  29-05-2018 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Tool used by journalists and the police has reduced the information it shares.
  
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• Standalone #CarphoneWarehouse stores bear the brunt of changing consumer habits. siliconrepublic.com/companies/carp…

  29-05-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  Standalone #CarphoneWarehouse stores bear the brunt of changing consumer habits. siliconrepublic.com/companies/carp…
  
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• Plastic pollution reaches Darwin’s Galapagos Islands where the seals now use bottles as toys

  29-05-2018 19:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Since the middle of the last century the islands, which are 600 miles from Ecuador, have been protected but now even the Galapagos seals are using plastic bottles as toys (pictured).
  
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• .@AntFinancial raises $10bn in funds as its valuation climbs to $150bn. #China #fintech #funding siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ant-…

  29-05-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  .@AntFinancial raises $10bn in funds as its valuation climbs to $150bn. #China #fintech #funding siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ant-…
  
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• Stick bugs' eggs can survive being eaten by birds - and even hatch AFTER they're pooped out

  29-05-2018 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stick insects’ hard eggs can be excreted with a bird’s waste and successfully hatch later on, according to a new study led by researchers at Kobe University. This may aid their dispersal.
  
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• Uber launches 'panic button' that lets passengers call 911 from within its app

  29-05-2018 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The emergency button is part of a new 'safety center' menu designed to help passengers if something goes wrong during their trip.
  
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• Scientists find 148 DNA regions that have an impact on intelligence

  29-05-2018 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international study has found 148 regions of the brain that are linked to cognitive ability and could be used to treat dementia. Fifty-eight of these genes have never been identified before (stock image).
  
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• The trend of IT giants being bought by private equity houses continues. With KKR aquiring @BMCSoftware siliconrepublic.com/companies/bmc-…

  29-05-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  The trend of IT giants being bought by private equity houses continues. With KKR aquiring @BMCSoftware siliconrepublic.com/companies/bmc-…
  
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• Dixons Carphone to close 92 stores as profits slide

  29-05-2018 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Shares in the retailer sink almost 21% as it announces closures and says profits will fall sharply this year.
  
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• Facebook Live lands Tommy Robinson in jail

  29-05-2018 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  A ban had prevented media from reporting on the 35-year-old's sentencing at Leeds Crown Court.
  
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• Apple's next three phones will all have OLED screens like the iPhone X, report claims

  29-05-2018 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple Inc has decided to use OLED screens in all three new iPhone models planned for next year, according to South Korea's Electronic Times - a report that sent shares in Japan Display tumbling.
  
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• Tesla Model 3 sets new record on a single charge after driving for 606 miles (but then breaks down)

  29-05-2018 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Electric vehicle fanatics Sean Mitchell and Erik Strait drove a Model 3 606 miles (975km) over a 32-hour drive in Denver, Colorado, that ended in the car breaking down.
  
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• A workshop hosted by @TyndallInstitut will bring together a community of experts to address the challenges and oppo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-05-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  A workshop hosted by @TyndallInstitut will bring together a community of experts to address the challenges and oppo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #MostRead Today: Hidden, ancient rocks could contain evidence of former life on Mars ow.ly/t0Qb30ketzH

  29-05-2018 17:51 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Hidden, ancient rocks could contain evidence of former life on Mars ow.ly/t0Qb30ketzH
  
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• #MostRead Today: Who will be the first to roll out 5G? ow.ly/PttK30ketxK

  29-05-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Who will be the first to roll out 5G? ow.ly/PttK30ketxK
  
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• #MostRead Today: These 9 companies in the mid-west are all hiring right now ow.ly/I6SK30ketw0

  29-05-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: These 9 companies in the mid-west are all hiring right now ow.ly/I6SK30ketw0
  
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• #MostRead Today: Overwhelming computing power used for $20m cryptocurrency heist ow.ly/Gkqh30ketiE

  29-05-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Overwhelming computing power used for $20m cryptocurrency heist ow.ly/Gkqh30ketiE
  
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• #MostRead Today: ‘The quality of life in Limerick is better than Dublin’ ow.ly/UzoV30ketui

  29-05-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: ‘The quality of life in Limerick is better than Dublin’ ow.ly/UzoV30ketui
  
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• 'Flexible kerb' concept that provides pop-up cycle lanes is to be tested on London roads 

  29-05-2018 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to London-based design engineering firm Arup, embedded LEDs will light up the road so users can see when it changes shape, with different colours denoting different use.
  
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• Four accomplished individuals have been added to the Inspirefest 2018 line-up, including entrepreneur and storytell… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-05-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  Four accomplished individuals have been added to the Inspirefest 2018 line-up, including entrepreneur and storytell… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Italy: IMF Economist To Form Technocratic Government

  29-05-2018 17:17 via technocracy.news
  This article from the World Socialist Web Site reveals the ongoing tension between Technocracy and Socialism/Communism. While both use a collectivist model, the difference is in who controls the system and how they are selected. ⁃ TN Editorattempt to form a government in Italy of the Five Star (M5S) protest movement and the far-right Lega has failed, for the present. Giuseppe Conte, who was commissioned by President Sergio Mattarella to form the government after being proposed by the two p
  
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• Girls4Tech and STEM for all at Coolest Projects siliconrepublic.com/discovery/girl…

  29-05-2018 17:15 via twitter.com
  Girls4Tech and STEM for all at Coolest Projects siliconrepublic.com/discovery/girl…
  
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• Digital License Plates In California Can Be Tracked By Police

  29-05-2018 17:00 via technocracy.news
  For all the supposed benefits offered to motorists, the real ability of the digital plate is exposed: “If the car is stolen, the plate’s manufacturer says the plate can tell the owner and police exactly where the car is or at least where the license plate is if it has been detached.” This means 24×7 geospatial tracking is enabled. ⁃ TN EditorCalifornia’s dramatic new license plate is hitting the streets — a digital display board that allows changeable me
  
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• Law Enforcement Flocking To Drones To Fight Crime

  29-05-2018 16:52 via technocracy.news
  Every camera and every sensor in every city will ultimately combine into a single comprehensive surveillance grid where every person will be identified and tracked for criminal activity. American tradition has always been to leave innocent people alone until there is an actual crime to investigate and criminals to arrest. ⁃ TN EditorNo longer a novelty, drones are becoming an everyday tool for more police and fire departments, new research has found.  The number of public safety agenc
  
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• Experts warn of incoming UK flying ant epidemic

  29-05-2018 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at Rentokil, based in Camberley, Surrey, say they are taking record numbers of calls with a 148 per cent increase in the past two months.
  
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• Skeleton of a disabled man who died 2,000 years ago found in Pompeii

  29-05-2018 16:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The man was beheaded by a falling rock as he tried to escape the eruption of Mount Vesuvius near Naples in 79 AD, which is believed to have killed around 30,000 people.
  
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• AI and humans will become 'extraordinarily attached' as they become part of the family

  29-05-2018 16:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Nigel Shadbolt, professor of computer science at Oxford University, says we are entering an age where AI will act as a carers for the elderly and a friend for lonely children.
  
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• Star Citizen video game launches $27,000 players' pack

  29-05-2018 16:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Star Citizen's "Legatus" package is only available to players who have already spent over $1000 (£750).
  
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• Twitter 'bans women against trans ideology', say feminists

  29-05-2018 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  A women's group says there is "a concerted attack on women's free speech" over transgender issues.
  
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• Tech buyouts boom: BMC Software to be acquired by KKR siliconrepublic.com/companies/bmc-…

  29-05-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  Tech buyouts boom: BMC Software to be acquired by KKR siliconrepublic.com/companies/bmc-…
  
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• New research from @JACCJournals shows that most commonly consumed vitamin and mineral supplements provide no consis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-05-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  New research from @JACCJournals shows that most commonly consumed vitamin and mineral supplements provide no consis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• WIRED Next Generation 2018: The festival for 13- 19-year-olds

  29-05-2018 15:40
  
  WIRED Next Generation is a one-day educational and inspirational festival dedicated to young people aged 13-19 years.
  
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• WIRED Live 2018: WIRED comes to life in London

  29-05-2018 15:36
  
  WIRED Live is the one-day festival that brings to life the fantastic and compelling ideas, business, technology and design stories found within WIRED magazine
  
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• More than 50 sharks wash up dead on beach in Rhossili

  29-05-2018 15:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 50 sharks wash up dead on one of Britain's most beautiful beaches in Rhossili, South Wales.
  It is feared the sharks, may have been dumped there by trawlermen after getting caught in nets.
  
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• Policymakers are proposing an end to the International #Entrepreneur Rule siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/inte…

  29-05-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  Policymakers are proposing an end to the International #Entrepreneur Rule siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/inte…
  
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• The way you walk could be used instead of fingerprinting at airports

  29-05-2018 15:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Manchester and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid have developed an AI biometric verification system that measures an individual's gait (stock image).
  
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• De Beers will sell lab-grown gems indistinguishable from natural stones for a tenth of the price

  29-05-2018 15:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  De Beers has announced plans to sell lab-grown stones in the US this autumn. To the naked eye, these synthetic gems will be indistinguishable from the real thing – but will sell for a tenth of the price.
  
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• .@ian_harkin lifts the veil on leadership at @Lottie_dolls. Catch Ian and more at #Inspirefest 2018. Tickets: … twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-05-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  .@ian_harkin lifts the veil on leadership at @Lottie_dolls. Catch Ian and more at #Inspirefest 2018. Tickets: … twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Did Fortnite copy PUBG? PUBG Corp, Epic Games in copyright lawsuit

  29-05-2018 15:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Battle Royale genre has exploded in popularity over the past year or so, firstly thanks to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), and more recently thanks to Fortnite.
  
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• Who is leading in the #5G sphere? @MrJohnFKennedy has his say siliconrepublic.com/comms/will-fir…

  29-05-2018 14:45 via twitter.com
  Who is leading in the #5G sphere? @MrJohnFKennedy has his say siliconrepublic.com/comms/will-fir…
  
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• Thaler Pekar is an expert at bringing stories to life, as seen below in the award-winning video on LGBTQ refugees i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-05-2018 14:30 via twitter.com
  Thaler Pekar is an expert at bringing stories to life, as seen below in the award-winning video on LGBTQ refugees i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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