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• Groundbreaking cochlear implant lets deaf gerbils hear light

  12-07-2018 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from University Medical Center Gottingen, Germany developed a light-based cochlear implant for gerbils that allowed them to respond to light stimuli as they would to sound.
  
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• Walmart patents surveillance tool to listen to employees conversations

  12-07-2018 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Walmart has raised the ire of privacy advocates with a new patent for an audio surveillance tool. A patent describes the use of sensors that would analyze conversations to rate employees.
  
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• The 'Pillars of Creation' revealed in unprecedented detail in new NASA image

  12-07-2018 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new image combines X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope optical data and shows the region around the Pillars in incredible detail.
  
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• Mexico's killer quake revealed unknown temple built inside a pyramid

  12-07-2018 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists were checking for structural damage on the Teopanzolco pyramid in Morelos state, 43 miles south of Mexico City, with a radar when they discovered the 20-by-13-feet temple.
  
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• Cape Canaveral's historic LC-17 launch towers are demolished

  12-07-2018 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Space Launch Complex 17 (long known as LC-17) was built in 1956 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, and supported a total of 325 launches. It was demolished on Thursday.
  
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• Bayeux Tapestry features an array of 93 penises

  12-07-2018 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  George Garnett, a professor of medieval history at Oxford University, has looked at the human and horse genitalia in the Bayeux Tapestry to understand more about its makers.
  
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• Ingentia prima is a member of the sauropodomorph family, which includes the largest land animals ever recorded. … twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  Ingentia prima is a member of the sauropodomorph family, which includes the largest land animals ever recorded. … twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• “I’ve been on countless panels on ‘women in tech’. Every single one, I’ve been asked about work-life balance.” - … twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  “I’ve been on countless panels on ‘women in tech’. Every single one, I’ve been asked about work-life balance.” - … twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Photographs show polar bear cubs playing with large plastic sheets

  12-07-2018 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is hundreds of miles from continental Europe and has a population of about 2,500, yet researchers found plastic waste wherever they went.
  
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• Criminals are caught selling codes to access airport security systems

  12-07-2018 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According Santa Clara-based researchers at McAfee's Advanced Threat Research team, the attackers probably guessed random passwords until they got the right ones (stock).
  
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• Robot race car takes on Goodwood Festival of Speed's hill climb

  12-07-2018 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Roborace car, which is powered by four 135kW electric motors and uses an artificial intelligence driver, has completed its first test run on the Goodwood circuit.
  
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• Apple releases surprise update for MacBook Pro with new processors

  12-07-2018 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has announced some significant upgrades to the MacBook Pro. Apple debuted new 13-inch and 15-inch models that sport more powerful processors, improved displays and new keyboards.
  
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• Ötzi's last meal: Iceman feasted on high-fat diet of Ibex meat

  12-07-2018 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ötzi the iceman, who lived in northern Italy 5,300 years ago, died with a stomach full of red deer and ibex meet, as scientists discovered he had a surprisingly high-fat diet.
  
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• One month without a smartphone: This is what one MailOnline journalist learnt 

  12-07-2018 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based journalist Phoebe Weston moved from being an armchair critic to living a post-smartphone life and turned off her iPhone for one month.
  
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• Why we stay in queues: People are more likely to stick with something if they're already invested

  12-07-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Minnesota and Georgia State University rewarded mice, rats and humans based on how long they had spent on a task to test their theory.
  
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• How do privacy professionals feel about #GDPR now the deadline has passed? #data #privacy siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/gdp…

  12-07-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  How do privacy professionals feel about #GDPR now the deadline has passed? #data #privacy siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/gdp…
  
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• Man and woman found together in Ukrainian grave

  12-07-2018 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The couple, from the prehistoric Wysocko culture were found locked in a loving embrace near Petrykiv village, south of the city of Ternopil in western Ukraine.
  
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• Fortnite Season Five update brings Wild West themed heroes and ATKs

  12-07-2018 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After a Fortnite burger appeared in the Californian desert, Fortnite is finally preparing to launch the much-anticipated season five after scheduled downtime starting at 9am BST.
  
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• Bayeux Tapestry features 93 PENISES (and the horse of William the Conqueror has the largest)

  12-07-2018 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  George Garnett, a professor of medieval history at Oxford University, has looked at the human and horse genitalia in the Bayeux Tapestry to understand more about its makers.
  
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• The European Parliament’s industry committee wants to give ENISA more power and create a rulebook for connected dev… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 19:30 via twitter.com
  The European Parliament’s industry committee wants to give ENISA more power and create a rulebook for connected dev… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Self driving robot race car takes on Goodwood Festival of Speed's notorious hill climb

  12-07-2018 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Roborace car, which is powered by four 135kW electric motors and uses an artificial intelligence driver, has completed its first test run on the Goodwood circuit.
  
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• U.S. and Europe clash over global supersonic jet noise...

  12-07-2018 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A U.S. push for new global standards to kickstart its fledgling supersonic jet industry is facing resistance by European nations that want tough rules on noise.
  
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• Bidding war for European broadcaster #Sky is hurtling towards a dramatic showdown. #media #comcast siliconrepublic.com/companies/sky-…

  12-07-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  Bidding war for European broadcaster #Sky is hurtling towards a dramatic showdown. #media #comcast siliconrepublic.com/companies/sky-…
  
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• Tesla finally opens Model 3 orders to buyers in the US and Canada

  12-07-2018 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla has begun accepting orders from buyers in the US and Canada for its highly-anticipated Model 3 sedan. However, Tesla will still prioritize orders from people who made reservations beforehand.
  
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• Hundreds of tornadoes on the sun could knock out entire power grids 

  12-07-2018 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna analysed data from Nasa' Solar Dynamics Observatory to make their findings.
  
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• High-energy rays that have baffled scientists for 100 years are traced to giant elliptical galaxy

  12-07-2018 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Discovering the ghost-like particle could provide an entirely new way of looking at the cosmos. It was found using the IceCube observatory, a huge facility sunk a mile beneath the surface of the South Pole.
  
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• A new report shows @EntIrl companies’ exports saw a 7pc boost in 2017. #Brexit siliconrepublic.com/companies/ente…

  12-07-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  A new report shows @EntIrl companies’ exports saw a 7pc boost in 2017. #Brexit siliconrepublic.com/companies/ente…
  
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• Charles W Dunnill of @SwanseaUni explains how a method of making oxygen from water in zero gravity could make susta… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  Charles W Dunnill of @SwanseaUni explains how a method of making oxygen from water in zero gravity could make susta… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #MostRead Today: Blockchain is one of the hottest skills right now – here’s what you need to know ow.ly/k0sz30kVigd

  12-07-2018 17:47 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Blockchain is one of the hottest skills right now – here’s what you need to know ow.ly/k0sz30kVigd
  
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• #MostRead Today: 10 amazing start-ups from Athens to watch ow.ly/8lgy30kViey

  12-07-2018 17:47 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 10 amazing start-ups from Athens to watch ow.ly/8lgy30kViey
  
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• Source of cosmic 'ghost' particle revealed

  12-07-2018 17:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Researchers believe a galactic "monster" is a source of cosmic neutrinos detected on Earth.
  
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• French woman, 35, discovers electric shock sensations were caused by tapeworm larvae

  12-07-2018 17:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 35-year-old French woman went to hospital complaining of feeling weak and the sensation of electric shocks in her legs, and was told she had tapeworm larvae infecting her spine.
  
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• 5,300-year-old iceman's mummified stomach has traces of a high-fat dinner of goat and red deer meat

  12-07-2018 17:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ötzi the iceman, who lived in northern Italy 5,300 years ago, died with a stomach full of red deer and ibex meet, as scientists discovered he had a surprisingly high-fat diet.
  
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• Whale killing: Iceland accused of slaughtering rare whale

  12-07-2018 17:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Campaigners say that what appears to be a rare blue whale has been killed by Icelandic whalers.
  
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• Shocking photographs show two adorable polar bear cubs playing with large plastic sheets

  12-07-2018 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is hundreds of miles from continental Europe and has a population of about 2,500, yet researchers found plastic waste wherever they went.
  
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• A neutrino breakthrough sheds light on a huge cosmic mystery

  12-07-2018 17:01
  
  A neutrino observatory on the South Pole joined forces with telescopes around the world to track a cosmic neutrino to its source four billion light-years away
  
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• A neutrino breakthrough has shed light on a huge cosmic mystery

  12-07-2018 17:01
  
  A neutrino observatory on the South Pole joined forces with telescopes around the world to track a cosmic neutrino to its source four billion light-years away
  
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• Youtube Bets $300 Million To Become Top Content Provider For ‘Authoritative’ News

  12-07-2018 16:50 via technocracy.news
  Youtube is dominating the global news cycle by providing and pushing what it determines is ‘authoritative news’. The Google News Initiative will invest up to $100 million per year for the next three years to lifting up ‘quality journalism.’ Internally, they are developing a working group of newsrooms to crank out their own news stories.  ⁃ TN EditorFollowing a year in which YouTube has repeatedly promoted conspiracy theory videos during breaking
  
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• How to help make women’s career paths more straightforward siliconrepublic.com/advice/hubspot…

  12-07-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  How to help make women’s career paths more straightforward siliconrepublic.com/advice/hubspot…
  
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• Exoplanet Ross 128 b could have perfect conditions for life

  12-07-2018 16:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Brazil's National Observatory used the Sloan Digital Sky Survey’s Apogee spectroscopic instrument at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico to make the finding.
  
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• Is China The Role Model For Technocratic Dictatorship?

  12-07-2018 16:24 via technocracy.news
  The writer reports in The Kashmir Monitor. By 2020, China’s 600 million CCTV cameras with facial recognition and its centralized blockchain management technologies will lead to an unbreakable Technocratic Dictatorship.  ⁃ TN EditorFrom Chinese super-rich to vegetable vendors and even beggars are rapidly embracing cashless payments, as it is sold in the name of convenience, security, and immunity from counterfeiting by the Chinese communist party. Ali pay the mobile payment servi
  
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• Facebook is DOWN: Social media uproar as the app keeps crashing

  12-07-2018 16:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The outage appears to be largely affecting users from Europe and the US. It is impacting the Android version of the app following a recent update.
  
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• Should Technocracy Retreat From Critic’s Backlash Out Of Self-Interest?

  12-07-2018 16:10 via technocracy.news
  Paul Tucker was Deputy Governor at the Bank of England and is a self-described Technocrat. This interview discusses the dynamics between Technocracy, Populism and Democracy, and he concludes that Technocracy would be better off to relax its grip for awhile and avoid stronger backlash. ⁃ TN EditorDo central bankers have too much power? On this episode of the Capitalisn’t podcast, Paul Tucker, a former official at the Bank of England during the 2008 financial crisis and author of the n
  
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• A bill banning the importation of Israeli goods produced on Palestinian territory has passed in the #Seanad siliconrepublic.com/companies/isra…

  12-07-2018 16:10 via twitter.com
  A bill banning the importation of Israeli goods produced on Palestinian territory has passed in the #Seanad siliconrepublic.com/companies/isra…
  
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• Google Chrome update teases new redesign for popular web browser

  12-07-2018 16:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Mountain View-based firm has revealed an early look at its upcoming redesign for the Chrome browser. The new look is set to be the first drastic change to the design of the browser since 2014.
  
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• ‘It speaks eloquently to our vision of making Ireland the tech capital of Europe and our plans to ensure that the j… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  ‘It speaks eloquently to our vision of making Ireland the tech capital of Europe and our plans to ensure that the j… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Swarms of moon jellyfish like 'oil slick' off Ceredigion coast

  12-07-2018 15:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Dolphin spotters on a boat trip were surrounded by thousands of jellyfish near New Quay harbour.
  
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• Fossils of 10-tonne Triassic dinosaur discovered in Argentina siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ing…

  12-07-2018 15:37 via twitter.com
  Fossils of 10-tonne Triassic dinosaur discovered in Argentina siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ing…
  
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• Fortnite Season Five update brings Wild West themed heroes, ATKs, and the ability to 'rift'

  12-07-2018 15:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After a Fortnite burger appeared in the Californian desert, Fortnite is finally preparing to launch the much-anticipated season five after scheduled downtime starting at 9am BST.
  
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• WATCH: Want to work at Shire’s new manufacturing facility? siliconrepublic.com/video/shire-bi…

  12-07-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  WATCH: Want to work at Shire’s new manufacturing facility? siliconrepublic.com/video/shire-bi…
  
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