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• Users complain Facebook's new Memories tool is reviving past events they'd rather forget

  12-06-2018 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook on Monday rolled out a new 'Memories' section for all users globally. Many users reacted poorly, saying it reminds them of things they want to forget.
  
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• New 'wearable sex donut' promises pleasure for men

  12-06-2018 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  About three-quarters of women experience painful sex at some point in their lives, but this $70 wearable sex donut - called an 'Ohnut' - wants to change that while keep fun and pleasure in intercourse.
  
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• Instagram is down: Users discover they cannot access the site

  12-06-2018 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instagram has crashed for users all around the world, with the US East Coast and the UK hit especially hard by the outage. Many have found they are unable to refresh their feed, or log on at all.
  
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• Citibank warns it may slash 10,000 jobs as it replaces human workers

  12-06-2018 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Citigroup's investment bank could automate as many as 10,000 jobs within the next five years, a chilling forecast warns. The bank would hire people in other areas such as sales and research.
  
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• Facebook denies it's building an eye-tracking software

  12-06-2018 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg denied that the company is building eye-tracking software in a written document of answers to Congress.
  
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• People who overestimate their political knowledge are more likely to fall for conspiracy theories

  12-06-2018 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Lehigh University found that people who overestimate their understanding of political issues are more likely to believe conspiracy theories.
  
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• We’re always delighted to support the remarkable work done by @TeenTurn twitter.com/catrinalouisec…

  12-06-2018 21:15 via twitter.com
  We’re always delighted to support the remarkable work done by @TeenTurn twitter.com/catrinalouisec…
  
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• Facebook is cracking down on bad businesses that lie to customers in their ads with new review tools

  12-06-2018 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook is launching a new tool that lets users report bad businesses that post false advertisements on Facebook and continue to have poor customer service after they've purchased an item.
  
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• Tesla lays off over 3,000 employees: CEO Elon Musk says firm is cutting up to 9% of its workforce

  12-06-2018 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk announced that Tesla will axe about 9% of its staff. The move is part of a 'difficult, but necessary' reorganization at the company announced last month.
  
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• Why you should bet on Brazil to win World Cup (but don't sleep on Spain yet): AI predicts winners

  12-06-2018 20:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Statisticians at the London headquarters of Goldman Sachs made the predictions after feeding an AI data on team strategy, the strengths and weaknesses of players and recent team results.
  
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• Tesla to slash thousands of jobs in profitability drive

  12-06-2018 20:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Elon Musk says cutting almost one in ten workers is needed to cut costs and boost profitability.
  
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• “IDA Ireland has invested in Asia over several years now and I’m glad to see that investment paying dividends.” -… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-06-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  “IDA Ireland has invested in Asia over several years now and I’m glad to see that investment paying dividends.” -… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #BT says its new network will be secure against threats from quantum computers. #security #infosec #fibre siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/bt-…

  12-06-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  #BT says its new network will be secure against threats from quantum computers. #security #infosec #fibre siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/bt-…
  
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• Handwriting expert reveals the secrets behind Trump and Kim's signatures

  12-06-2018 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Handwriting analyst Tracey Trussell says Kim's wide-spaced, sloping signature shows he has a 'quick mind that's good at spotting opportunities' while Trump's bold writing shows he is 'hard-lined'.
  
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• Great news for #jobseekers as #Shutterstock comes to Dublin. #jobfairy #Dublinjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/shutterst…

  12-06-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  Great news for #jobseekers as #Shutterstock comes to Dublin. #jobfairy #Dublinjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/shutterst…
  
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• Camouflaged plants use the same tricks as animals to blend into their background

  12-06-2018 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Blending into the background helps plants protect themselves from predators, according to research led by Kunming Institute of Botany in China.
  
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• Nintendo Switch gets Fortnite

  12-06-2018 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  The blockbuster battle game comes to Nintendo's handheld to coincide with the Los Angeles expo.
  
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• 'Exotic grains' left over from the birth of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago is discovered

  12-06-2018 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Surviving samples of this pre-solar dust are most likely to be preserved in comets that formed in the outer solar nebula, according to researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
  
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• Vivo launches the first mainstream smartphone with in-display fingerprint sensor

  12-06-2018 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Under-the-display fingerprint sensors have been hyped up for a while, with some rumors saying Apple and Samsung would release devices that use the technology, but Vivo beat them to the punch.
  
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• Yahoo fined £250,000 over cyber-attack

  12-06-2018 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The fine relates to a data breach in 2014 which affected more than 500,000 Yahoo customers.
  
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• Citibank warns it may slash 10,000 jobs as it replaces human workers with robots in five years

  12-06-2018 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Citigroup's investment bank could automate as many as 10,000 jobs within the next five years, a chilling forecast warns. The bank would hire people in other areas such as sales and research.
  
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• It can be a terrifying moment to see your child eating a tiny button battery - but could a spoonful of a common foo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-06-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  It can be a terrifying moment to see your child eating a tiny button battery - but could a spoonful of a common foo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Instagram is DOWN: Social media fury as users around the world discover they cannot access the site

  12-06-2018 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instagram has crashed for users all around the world, with the US East Coast and the UK hit especially hard by the outage. Many have found they are unable to refresh their feed, or log on at all.
  
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• This car is on Autopilot. What happens next?

  12-06-2018 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Semi-autonomous vehicles, which can partly drive themselves, are already on our roads. But experts are worried that drivers don't understand what they can do.
  
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• World Cup 2018: Red cards will be 'more likely' as referees turn to video assistant, study says

  12-06-2018 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 2018 World Cup in Russia will be the first time VAR (video assistant referee) will be implemented in a major tournament. But scientists believe this system could result in harsher referees.
  
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• Wachsman is expanding its Dublin team as it offers a new suite of services. #blockchain #jobfairy #hiring #PR siliconrepublic.com/jobs/wachsman-…

  12-06-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  Wachsman is expanding its Dublin team as it offers a new suite of services. #blockchain #jobfairy #hiring #PR siliconrepublic.com/jobs/wachsman-…
  
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• The 18 things you may not realise Facebook knows about you

  12-06-2018 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From tracking the movements of your mouse to logging battery levels on your device, Facebook has revealed the ways it spies on its global users in a bumper document presented to Congress.
  
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• #MostRead Today: 6 medical devices aiming to change the world in 2018 ow.ly/cBDn30ksOdi

  12-06-2018 17:57 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 6 medical devices aiming to change the world in 2018 ow.ly/cBDn30ksOdi
  
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• #MostRead Today: US supercomputer snatches crown from China ow.ly/9aiu30ksO9f

  12-06-2018 17:56 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: US supercomputer snatches crown from China ow.ly/9aiu30ksO9f
  
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• #MostRead Today: Memes not the only thing threatened by EU copyright law proposal ow.ly/Gp5K30ksO7c

  12-06-2018 17:56 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Memes not the only thing threatened by EU copyright law proposal ow.ly/Gp5K30ksO7c
  
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• #MostRead Today: High raiser to appoint liquidator ow.ly/Eh2l30ksObF

  12-06-2018 17:56 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today:High raiser to appoint liquidator ow.ly/Eh2l30ksObF
  
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• #MostRead Today: 100 new jobs announced for tech firm eBecs ow.ly/cPE330ksOaF

  12-06-2018 17:56 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 100 new jobs announced for tech firm eBecs ow.ly/cPE330ksOaF
  
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• Uber Lite is a slimmed down version of the ride-hailing app designed for emerging markets 

  12-06-2018 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The stripped back app, which launches in India today, requires just 5MB of free space to install – about the same as three selfies, and 176MB less than the standard Uber application.
  
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• IDA Ireland talks up Asia as 2018 half-year results show more growth siliconrepublic.com/companies/ida-…

  12-06-2018 17:48 via twitter.com
  IDA Ireland talks up Asia as 2018 half-year results show more growth siliconrepublic.com/companies/ida-…
  
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• Spanish football league defends phone 'spying'

  12-06-2018 17:42 via bbc.co.uk
  La Liga was found to be using the microphone and GPS on Android devices during match times.
  
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• Top hat

  12-06-2018 17:18 via bbc.co.uk
  With the first 500mph runs now pushed back to mid-2019, there is more time to prepare the world's first supersonic car.
  
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• Takeaway meals to be delivered by self-driving vans in Miami 

  12-06-2018 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ford is trialling a delivery service in Miami, Florida, using vans fitted with touchpad-activated storage lockers. The firm's vans will drop off your food, drinks and even household hardware.
  
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• Yahoo is fined £250,000 over Russia-sponsored cyber attack

  12-06-2018 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The data protection watchdog said the internet giant had 'failed to prevent' the Russia-sponsored hack that affected more than eight million accounts relating to UK addresses.
  
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• Letters suggest Robert Burns was bipolar, academics say

  12-06-2018 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Glasgow looked at blocks of letters written over nine years of Burns' life and used modern psychiatry methods to analyse his state of mind.
  
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• Technopopulism Is Born In Italy By Blending Technocracy And Populism

  12-06-2018 16:30 via technocracy.news
  This is a watershed phenomenon in Italy where Technocrats and Populists are melding together to further common goals. However, note that the real reins of power are held by Technocrats. TN has previously suggested that the global populist movement would ultimately support Technocracy, the goal of which is to decentralize and weaken national governments. ⁃ TN EditorSo Italy has a government. On Wednesday June 6, Giuseppe Conte, an obscure academic handpicked by a coalition between the far-r
  
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• BT builds the UK’s first ‘unhackable’ quantum-secured network siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/bt-…

  12-06-2018 16:22 via twitter.com
  BT builds the UK’s first ‘unhackable’ quantum-secured network siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/bt-…
  
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• Emily McDaid from @CIConnect reports from #4IRC about how #VR will transform the arts #STEAM siliconrepublic.com/machines/virtu…

  12-06-2018 16:20 via twitter.com
  Emily McDaid from @CIConnect reports from #4IRC about how #VR will transform the arts #STEAM siliconrepublic.com/machines/virtu…
  
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• CRISPR Gene-Editing Startups Downplay Potential Of Cancer Side Effect

  12-06-2018 16:06 via technocracy.news
  Right on schedule, companies that edit DNA with CRISPR technology forcefully refute other scientists’ claim that CRISPR-edited genes can cause cancer. Technocrats believe their science is infallible and reject all criticism until forced to do otherwise. ⁃ TN EditorMedical researchers say two new studies suggest that a cutting-edge therapy to repair defective genes could promote cancer-causing mutations in cells, a possible safety concern that some of the hottest companies in biotechn
  
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• How can the #fashion industry catch up with digital transformation? These @NDRC__hq entrepreneurs are working on it. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/fash…

  12-06-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  How can the #fashion industry catch up with digital transformation? These @NDRC__hq entrepreneurs are working on it. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/fash…
  
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• Scientists: CRISPR Gene Editing Might Cause Cancer

  12-06-2018 15:55 via technocracy.news
  By nature, Technocrats are over-confident in their ability to to understand and solve everything. Their belief in science overreaches reality but has little concern for the people affected by it. In this case, real scientists recognize that the human genome is infinitely complex and true understanding of how it all works is merely a distant dream. ⁃ TN EditorEditing cells’ genomes with CRISPR-Cas9 might increase the risk that the altered cells, intended to treat disease, wi
  
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• Is this what God looks like? E-fit images reveal the varying faces of the Christian deity

  12-06-2018 15:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of psychologists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill created the imagined 'face of God' with the help of 511 American Christians.
  
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• Deformed carp with a bird-shaped head is caught by Chinese anglers

  12-06-2018 15:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A bizarre-looking fish has made waves on theinternet in China because of its unusual 'bird' head. People have compared the shaped of the fish's head to that of a pigeon, parrot or dolphin.
  
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• Social media must be made less addictive, says watchdog

  12-06-2018 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The Children's Commissioner for England also pinpointed videos and algorithms that pump out more content.
  
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• Mystery streak of light is spotted over Whidbey Island

  12-06-2018 14:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A weather camera captured the peculiar light at 3:56 am PDT (6: 56 am ET/ 11:56 am BST) over Widbey Island, near a naval air station.
  
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• Why are baobab trees dying off? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/wha…

  12-06-2018 14:30 via twitter.com
  Why are baobab trees dying off? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/wha…
  
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