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• How your pet REALLY sees the world: Incredible images reveal animal vision

  30-05-2018 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Duke University have mapped out the visual acuity of roughly 600 animal species, revealing just how differently we all see the world.
  
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• Microsoft is now more valuable than Google parent Alphabet as firm is worth $760 BILLION

  30-05-2018 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft saw its market cap soar to over $760 billion on Wednesday, making it that much closer to being the world's most valuable company -- a title held by Apple and closely followed by Amazon.
  
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• Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg hits back at Apple boss Tim Cook

  30-05-2018 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has rejected Apple CEO Tim Cook's characterization of how the social media giant handled the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
  
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• .@Regeneron’s unique company culture is its chief weapon in fighting off competition for high-skilled talent in Ire… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-05-2018 22:40 via twitter.com
  .@Regeneron’s unique company culture is its chief weapon in fighting off competition for high-skilled talent in Ire… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Snapchat's Evan Spiegel pokes fun at Mark Zuckerberg copying his app

  30-05-2018 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking at a conference in Ranchos Palos Verdes, California, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegelso insisted that plagiarising Snapchat's ideas would not give Facebook an edge over Snapchat.
  
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• Active Shooter video game that lets you play as school shooter pulled

  30-05-2018 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Active Shooter was marketed to players worldwide as their chance to take on the role of agunman on a rampage inside a school, as well as a SWAT team member trying to stop the attack.
  
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• Consumer Reports recommends Tesla's Model 3 after brake fix

  30-05-2018 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The influential magazine refused to recommend the vehicle - causing the firm to admit to a problem with its software and issue a firmware update within days.
  
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• What can #HR and #recruitment professionals expect coming down the line? We looked at the 2018 @Deloitte Irish Huma… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-05-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  What can #HR and #recruitment professionals expect coming down the line? We looked at the 2018 @Deloitte Irish Huma… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Killer robots with superhuman strength move a step closer as scientists combine muscles with machine

  30-05-2018 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Superhuman robots could be a reality soon as scientists from the University of Tokyo have merged muscle with a robotic skeleton to create a small-scale cyborg.
  
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• Fees related to Ireland’s legal wrangling with the European Commission have been mounting over the past few years.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-05-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  Fees related to Ireland’s legal wrangling with the European Commission have been mounting over the past few years.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The end of men? Generations of war are to blame for the collapse of diversity of the Y chromosome

  30-05-2018 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From 7,000 years ago, something strange seems to have happened to men. Genetic records show that their diversity appeared to have collapsed, and now Stanford researchers think they know why.
  
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• Grouchy teenagers are losing brain matter and should be left alone

  30-05-2018 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London, says grouchy teenagers should be left alone as it's evidence of their brains changing and maturing
  
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• Deaths and money lost due to flooding has dropped since the 1950s despite climate change

  30-05-2018 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands suggest improving survival rates are likely a result of people moving from the countryside to the cities.
  
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• Take a trip through the Tarantula Nebula

  30-05-2018 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Glowing brightly about 160 000 light-years away, the Tarantula Nebula is the most spectacular feature of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way.
  
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• #Research may show the reasons behind the Y chromosome collapse that happened 7,000 years ago. #genetics siliconrepublic.com/innovation/hum…

  30-05-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  #Research may show the reasons behind the Y chromosome collapse that happened 7,000 years ago. #genetics siliconrepublic.com/innovation/hum…
  
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• Google launches solar power service in UK

  30-05-2018 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  An energy expert said that the tool "is a good way" to make information more accessible.
  
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• Russian search giant Yandex reveals $160 smart speaker with 'Alice' AI to take on Amazon's Alexa

  30-05-2018 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The $160 device will work with its digital assistant 'Alice', becoming the latest challenger to take on the leading voice-activated home helpers from Silicon Valley.
  
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• Barbary macaques cozy up to their grooming partners on cold and snowy nights

  30-05-2018 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have found that monkeys with a larger number of social partners have a better shot at surviving the winter, as the groups are able to form huge huddles to keep warm.
  
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• Photos show purported 2018 iPhone X 'prototype' in new purple and pastel green colors

  30-05-2018 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Leaked' images purportedly show a pair of prototype iPhones that sport a violet and 'peel green' glass back, according to tech news site TechnoCodex, which first spotted the images.
  
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• Apple and Russia face off over Telegram on App Store

  30-05-2018 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Russian regulators have given the company one month to remove the messaging app from its App Store.
  
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• Scientists could flip a switch in the brain which stops you enjoying certain foods

  30-05-2018 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University found they can manipulate the area of the brain which controls emotional responses to food, in a study conducted on mice.
  
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• Great white shark attacks underwater camera drone in terrifying new video footage

  30-05-2018 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers got more than they bargained for when a great white shark took a bite of the underwater camera drone they were using to film in Isla de Guadalupe, Mexico.
  
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• Tesla hit parked police car 'while using Autopilot'

  30-05-2018 19:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The driver said her Tesla car was using Autopilot technology when it hit a parked police car.
  
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• The total amount of electric vehicles rose to 3.1m as of 2017, a 56pc increase on 2016. #electriccars #EVs siliconrepublic.com/machines/globa…

  30-05-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  The total amount of electric vehicles rose to 3.1m as of 2017, a 56pc increase on 2016. #electriccars #EVs siliconrepublic.com/machines/globa…
  
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• Two different forms of water isolated for first time

  30-05-2018 18:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists have isolated the two different forms of water molecule for the first time.
  
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• Facebook adds Instagram-style polls to Messenger Stories

  30-05-2018 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook is adding polls to Messenger Stories, after the feature proved popular on Instagram. The tool lets users post a status update and have their friends weigh in by voting.
  
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• A young #hacker faces five years in prison for his part in using #data stolen in #Yahoo’s infamous 2014 breach. siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/hac…

  30-05-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  A young #hacker faces five years in prison for his part in using #data stolen in #Yahoo’s infamous 2014 breach. siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/hac…
  
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• Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel encourages Mark Zuckerberg to ‘copy our data protection practices also’

  30-05-2018 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking at a conference in Ranchos Palos Verdes, California, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegelso insisted that plagiarising Snapchat's ideas would not give Facebook an edge over Snapchat.
  
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• Data analyst Paola Karlsson tells us what it’s like to work at @ACIA_ie siliconrepublic.com/people/aon-pao…

  30-05-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  Data analyst Paola Karlsson tells us what it’s like to work at @ACIA_ie siliconrepublic.com/people/aon-pao…
  
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• Japanese whale hunters kill 122 pregnant minke

  30-05-2018 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  The team caught 333 minkes, many of which were pregnant females, in its Antarctic "field survey".
  
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• Blackcurrant-based dye made from Ribena waste used to create 'intense' hair colors

  30-05-2018 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Blackcurrant-based hair dyes which use waste from the production of Ribena have been created by scientists. A new technique extracts natural colouring from the leftover skins of the berries.
  
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• How health, wellness and a bee motel help Regeneron attract Limerick talent siliconrepublic.com/careers/regene…

  30-05-2018 17:47 via twitter.com
  How health, wellness and a bee motel help Regeneron attract Limerick talent siliconrepublic.com/careers/regene…
  
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• #MostRead Today: Who will be the first to roll out 5G? ow.ly/QSOF30kfP2t

  30-05-2018 17:33 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Who will be the first to roll out 5G? ow.ly/QSOF30kfP2t
  
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• #MostRead Today: Web Summit to hire 50 amid rapid international expansion ow.ly/HbzF30kfP1b

  30-05-2018 17:33 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Web Summit to hire 50 amid rapid international expansion ow.ly/HbzF30kfP1b
  
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• #MostRead Today: How to talk about why you left your last job ow.ly/u6R130kfOYX

  30-05-2018 17:33 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: How to talk about why you left your last job ow.ly/u6R130kfOYX
  
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• #MostRead Today: Mysterious biological event in human history traced back to ancient wars ow.ly/SopO30kfOY0

  30-05-2018 17:32 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Mysterious biological event in human history traced back to ancient wars ow.ly/SopO30kfOY0
  
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• #MostRead Today: ‘The quality of life in Limerick is better than Dublin’ ow.ly/u3c530kfOVz

  30-05-2018 17:32 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: ‘The quality of life in Limerick is better than Dublin’ ow.ly/u3c530kfOVz
  
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• Westnet and Siro are boosting #broadband innovation in #Westport siliconrepublic.com/comms/siro-wes…

  30-05-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  Westnet and Siro are boosting #broadband innovation in #Westport siliconrepublic.com/comms/siro-wes…
  
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• Pokemon reinvented

  30-05-2018 16:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Nintendo and Game Freak have brought Pokemon as close to a reboot as the series has ever come by announcing new games.
  
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• These are the top trends coming down the line for HR professionals siliconrepublic.com/careers/deloit…

  30-05-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  These are the top trends coming down the line for HR professionals siliconrepublic.com/careers/deloit…
  
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• Scientists claim they can turn back time by removing wrinkles from INSIDE our cells

  30-05-2018 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team from the University of Virginia reports that we may be able to combat aging by ironing out the wrinkles that appear in our cells as we get older, by reintroducing a protein we lose as we age
  
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• Why you should put money on Brazil or Germany for World Cup 2018

  30-05-2018 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Innsbruck in Austria combined the odds of 26 online bookmakers and betting exchanges with a complex set of statistical models.
  
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• RIP to two 'naut legends: A moonwalker and a spacewalker

  30-05-2018 16:34 via go.theregister.com
  Ad astra, Al Bean and Don Peterson Obit  The world lost two astronauts this past weekend – one a moonwalker that you've likely heard of, the other a pioneering spacewalker you might not know about.…
  
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• 5G Wireless Brings Health Concerns Over The Towers That Support It

  30-05-2018 16:11 via technocracy.news
  The uproar over 5G wireless installations will likely not diminish as carriers move closer to full implementation. The new technology promises to enable and connect the ubiquitous Internet of Everything, but it will potentially create a toxic soup of high-energy microwave frequencies. ⁃ TN EditorThe wireless industry is in a race to roll out 5G service. The network is supposed to be up to 100 times faster than current data speeds, but it requires cellphone tower equipment to be closer to u
  
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• Singapore Airlines to launch world's longest flight

  30-05-2018 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The daily non-stop journey from Changi to Newark Airport will cover about 16,700 kilometres (10,300 miles) and take about 18 hours 45 minutes, the airline said in a statement.
  
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• WEF: What The World Might Look Like In 2118

  30-05-2018 15:59 via technocracy.news
  The elitist World Economic Forum is spinning futuristic and speculative visions of the future including “Earth is in the midst of a climate crisis that will not improve without deliberate and sustained action.” This is not the future we are going to see, but trillions will change hands in trying to create it. ⁃ TN EditorHumans are naturally inclined to think towards the future. We find ourselves wondering about the next steps in our lives, imaging the potential consequences of
  
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• Active Shooter video game that lets children play as a gunman in a school shooting is finally pulled

  30-05-2018 15:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Active Shooter was marketed to players worldwide as their chance to take on the role of agunman on a rampage inside a school, as well as a SWAT team member trying to stop the attack.
  
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• Congrats to @NovaLeahLtd! @BOIstartups @Entirl siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/nova…

  30-05-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  Congrats to @NovaLeahLtd! @BOIstartups @Entirl siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/nova…
  
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• Australia Bans Cash For All Purchases Over $10,000 Starting July 2019

  30-05-2018 15:43 via technocracy.news
  Every continent is proceeding along the same path to destroy the cash economy, opening the door to a digital currency that can record every financial transaction in a central repository. This is a clear prerequisite for the emergence of Technocracy, resulting in a Scientific Dictatorship. ⁃ TN EditorAustralia’s Liberal Party government has announced that it will soon be illegal to purchase anything over $10,000 with cash. The government says it’s “encouraging the transiti
  
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• Mysterious biological event in human history traced back to ancient wars siliconrepublic.com/innovation/hum…

  30-05-2018 15:26 via twitter.com
  Mysterious biological event in human history traced back to ancient wars siliconrepublic.com/innovation/hum…
  
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