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• More people are accessing the internet on tablets over desktops

  07-06-2018 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More people are using tablets than desktops for internet access for the first time. Growth is in low-income families, seniors, African Americans and Hispanics.
  
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• Instagram could launch a Discover-style video hub with scripted shows and music videos this month

  07-06-2018 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Facebook-owned company is considering a global extended 'vertical video' feature. The app's current video time limit is 60 seconds in Instagram feeds and 15 seconds in Stories.
  
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• Google bans the uses of its AI tech in weapons

  07-06-2018 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google will not allow its artificial intelligence software to be used in weapons or 'unreasonable surveillance' efforts, Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, pictured, said today.
  
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• More than half of U.S. households only use a cellphone

  07-06-2018 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Landline phones are increasingly becoming a thing of the past. A new study found that more than half of American households -- 53.9% -- had only smartphones in the second half of 2017.
  
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• Airplane germs are 'no worse' than those found in offices and homes

  07-06-2018 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research from Georgia Tech and Emory University has found the community of bacteria, known as a microbiome, of an aircraft at 30,000 feet has much in common with homes and offices.
  
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• Facebook admits bug set 14 million users' sharing settings to public

  07-06-2018 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook has revealed a new bug that switched 14 million users' privacy settings to public. The flaw only affected Facebook's system for 10 days in May, but the firm is still informing users.
  
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• Google adds a host of new emoji to its latest Android update

  07-06-2018 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The characters are among 157 new or updated emoji added by Google as part of its Android P upgrade, a trial version of which rolled out to select users across the globe today.
  
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• Obese dogs and humans have 'similar personalities'

  07-06-2018 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study examining the emotional and cognitive aspect of obesity in dogs has found that the canines have similar personality traits to overweight humans.
  
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• Drinking whisky sour cocktails can encourage risky behaviours

  07-06-2018 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A gambling experiment by researchers at the University of Sussex involving 168 people found those given sour drinks took more chances and kept playing for longer.
  
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• BlackBerry unveils new Key2 Android handset

  07-06-2018 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BlackBerry has released a new smartphone that combines both the past and the present. Called the Key2, it's the follow-up to BlackBerry's surprisingly successful KeyOne smartphone.
  
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• Breakthrough in search for Martian life as Curiosity finds organic matter and seasonal methane

  07-06-2018 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New findings from NASA's Curiosity rover could help to guide the search for ancient microbial life and improve our understanding of seasonal processes on Mars.
  
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• More people are accessing the internet on tablets over desktops for the first time ever

  07-06-2018 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More people are using tablets than desktops for internet access for the first time. Growth is in low-income families, seniors, African Americans and Hispanics.
  
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• Juno probe solves 39-year old mystery of lightning on Jupiter

  07-06-2018 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Now, thanks to the Juno craft, the mystery has been solved - and it turns out Jovian lightning is far more similar to Earth's than thought.
  
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• This week, #Microsoft’s ambitious Project Natick team celebrated the submersion of a data centre 117 feet to the Sc… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-06-2018 20:50 via twitter.com
  This week, #Microsoft’s ambitious Project Natick team celebrated the submersion of a data centre 117 feet to the Sc… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Civil Liberties Groups Press Trump Admin On NSA Call Record Collection

  07-06-2018 20:37 via technocracy.news
  The Trump administration is being further tested to see how friendly it is to Technocrats, or not. There have been many questionable things take place since Trump took office, especially in the intelligence community. For instance, the NSA and DHS are both far from reined in over their Constitutional violations. ⁃ TN EditorTwo-dozen civil liberties organizations are urging U.S. officials to disclose more details on the more than 500 million call records collected on Americans by the Nation
  
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• Would YOU fly in the Dart? Terrifying 'head first' personal flying craft revealed

  07-06-2018 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ray Research AG has developed a terrifying personal flyer drone in which the pilot flies head first. The Dart Flyer is a single person aircraft where head of the pilot points upwards.
  
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• Curiosity rover sees seasonal Mars methane swing

  07-06-2018 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Methane on the Red Planet waxes and wanes with the seasons - another clue in the search for life.
  
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• Chinese Spies Engaged In Massive Theft of U.S. Technology

  07-06-2018 20:25 via technocracy.news
  Since China morphed into a full-fledged Technocracy by 1998, it adopted the typical Technocrat mindset that any technology is their technology and should be free for the taking. Thus, China does not see this as a crime, but rather an opportunity. Unfortunately, Technocrats in America didn’t see it as a crime either, and let them get away with stripping us naked. ⁃ TN EditorChina is engaged in large-scale theft of American research and technology from universities, using spies, studen
  
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• The study aims to identify and examine the underlying genetic factors that are common amongst people with AS or nrA… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-06-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  The study aims to identify and examine the underlying genetic factors that are common amongst people with AS or nrA… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Amazon launches $120 Fire TV Cube that's an Echo, streaming box and universal remote all in one

  07-06-2018 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon on Thursday launched the Fire TV Cube, a hands-free streaming box that comes with Alexa and lets you control your TV. It starts at $120 and can be pre-ordered beginning today.
  
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• Japan's asteroid-hunting robot Hayabusa2 has its prey within its sights

  07-06-2018 20:15 via go.theregister.com
  Landing, roving, cratering. What could possibly go wrong? Hopefully, nothing Boffins at Japan’s space agency, JAXA, announced Thursday that their asteroid sampling mission Hayabusa2 was within sight of its target, Ryugu, with arrival scheduled within the month.…
  
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• Facebook, Amazon, Google And Twitter All Work With Left-Wing SPLC

  07-06-2018 20:11 via technocracy.news
  Big Tech, steeped in Technocracy, finds a working relationship with the ultra-left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) based on the principle, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”. Big Tech’s core value system is based on Scientism, a utopian religion that views itself as the sole custodian of truth; thus, all other values must be eradicated. ⁃ TN EditorFour of the world’s biggest tech platforms have working partnerships with a left-wing nonprofit that has a tra
  
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• Bees can count! The stripy insects can be trained to understand numbers while looking for food

  07-06-2018 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After two hours of training, with a sugary treat as a reward, bees can learn to fly to a piece of paper with the smallest number of shapes on it, researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne found.
  
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• Blood test predicts pregnant women's risk of a premature birth with up to 80% accuracy

  07-06-2018 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Stanford University in California have developed a blood test by testing RNA in the genes of a pregnant woman that can predict if she will give birth prematurely.
  
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• Nasa flies its Pegasus rocket to a remote Pacific Island

  07-06-2018 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pegasus is a five-foot long rocket that will carry the ICON satellite into space after being released from a plane. It will take off on June 14 from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
  
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• Maynooth gets a boost with the news that Centaur Fund Services will open doors in the Kildare town and create 30 jo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-06-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  Maynooth gets a boost with the news that Centaur Fund Services will open doors in the Kildare town and create 30 jo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Russia-linked malware which has infected devices worldwide is MORE powerful than previously thought

  07-06-2018 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Maryland-based security firm Cisco Talos have discovered an 'ssler', which is a module that means hackers can intercept traffic from the compromised router.
  
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• WhatsApp WARNING: Users warned NOT to click on free Alton Towers ticket offer

  07-06-2018 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A WhatsApp message is circulating which promises free Alton Towers tickets.The Staffordshire-based theme park has come out and declared that the message is a scam and people should avoid it.
  
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• Oldest 'footprints' found in China

  07-06-2018 19:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The oldest known "footprints" left by an animal have been uncovered in China.
  
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• Check out some of the great #medtech devices that could change the world of healthcare . #MedtechWeek siliconrepublic.com/machines/medic…

  07-06-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  Check out some of the great #medtech devices that could change the world of healthcare . #MedtechWeek siliconrepublic.com/machines/medic…
  
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• Scientists create the world’s biggest anatomy quiz to discover what the public really knows 

  07-06-2018 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Researchers at Lancaster University have created an anatomy quiz to find out how much people really know about their body – participants are asked to label 25 types of organ or muscle.
  
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• Premier League TV rights: Amazon to show 20 matches a season from 2019-2022

  07-06-2018 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Amazon will show 20 Premier League matches a season for three years from 2019, after winning one of the final two broadcast packages.
  
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• .@CerebreonTech brings machine intelligence to the insolvency sector. #Donegal #fintech siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/cere…

  07-06-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  .@CerebreonTech brings machine intelligence to the insolvency sector. #Donegal #fintech siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/cere…
  
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• It's not paranoia, your phone really IS listening to you

  07-06-2018 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An expert at cybersecurity firm Asterisk, based in Perth, Australia, said the technique is legal and covered in the terms of your app's user agreements.
  
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• Star Trek-style medical device uses laser beams to...

  07-06-2018 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tricoder-like device has already been successfully trialled at a hospital in Dundee where it was used in the diagnoses of skin cancers and strokes.
  
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• Have you ditched your landline? More than half of U.S. households only use a cellphone

  07-06-2018 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Landline phones are increasingly becoming a thing of the past. A new study found that more than half of American households -- 53.9% -- had only smartphones in the second half of 2017.
  
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• Pesky midges cause chaos across Scotland

  07-06-2018 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scott Sweeney filmed this year's midges swarming onto his bare hand while walking with his dog in Inveraray, Argyll, amid claims this year could be the worst yet.
  
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• .@CrushedGrapescn, chief growth officer at @NestIdeas is fuelled by an innate curiosity. She's speaking at… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-06-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  .@CrushedGrapescn, chief growth officer at @NestIdeas is fuelled by an innate curiosity. She's speaking at… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Gender-neutral emojis are coming to your Android phone

  07-06-2018 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The characters are among 157 new or updated emoji added by Google as part of its Android P upgrade, a trial version of which rolled out to select users across the globe today.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Ireland reveals new regional data centre plan after Apple Athenry debacle ow.ly/XFKv30koetk

  07-06-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Ireland reveals new regional data centre plan after Apple Athenry debacle ow.ly/XFKv30koetk
  
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• #MostRead Today: These 5 Irish towns are set to receive free public Wi-Fi ow.ly/IIWR30koemL

  07-06-2018 17:51 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: These 5 Irish towns are set to receive free public Wi-Fi ow.ly/IIWR30koemL
  
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• #MostRead Today: Madrid’s Spotahome raises $40m in Series B round ow.ly/w8gE30koenZ

  07-06-2018 17:51 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Madrid’s Spotahome raises $40m in Series B round ow.ly/w8gE30koenZ
  
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• #MostRead Today: Do you have the one major skill employers want? ow.ly/LLdA30koei0

  07-06-2018 17:51 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Do you have the one major skill employers want? ow.ly/LLdA30koei0
  
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• #MostRead Today: Ancient pigment’s mysterious, electrifying power was hidden for centuries ow.ly/TUKg30koelg

  07-06-2018 17:51 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Ancient pigment’s mysterious, electrifying power was hidden for centuries ow.ly/TUKg30koelg
  
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• Obese dogs may have similar personality traits to overweight humans, study finds 

  07-06-2018 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study examining the emotional and cognitive aspect of obesity in dogs has found that the canines have similar personality traits to overweight humans.
  
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• .@Accenture's Dr Alice Kirby has had a career journey like no other, and she’s using every experience to drive her… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-06-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  .@Accenture's Dr Alice Kirby has had a career journey like no other, and she’s using every experience to drive her… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Amazon set to purchase first Premier League television rights package

  07-06-2018 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the division of Premier League TV rights two packages were still to be purchased for the 2019-2022 period. This will allow Amazon to broadcast 20 matches in total across two match day programmes.
  
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• Key 'step forward' in cutting cost of removing CO2 from air

  07-06-2018 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  A Canadian firm says new technology has dramatically cut the cost of removing carbon from the air.
  
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• Talk about being really qualified for your new job! #Spain #space siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ped…

  07-06-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  Talk about being really qualified for your new job! #Spain #space siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ped…
  
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• Irish genomics study issues call for patients with two chronic conditions siliconrepublic.com/innovation/rhe…

  07-06-2018 16:33 via twitter.com
  Irish genomics study issues call for patients with two chronic conditions siliconrepublic.com/innovation/rhe…
  
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