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• Plastic bags that biodegrade to nothing?

  19-07-2018 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  It sounds like the perfect solution, but critics say it failed their test.
  
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• Cassini mosaics reveal clearest views of Titan

  19-07-2018 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using 13 years of data from Cassini’s VIMS instrument, NASA has stitched together the most detailed global view yet, showing what Titan might look like if one could see right through its thick haze.
  
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• Tesla says Model 3 refunds not outpacing deposits

  19-07-2018 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More and more Model 3 buyers have been cancelling their orders in recent weeks amid extended delays and fears that the promise of a full tax credit will expire.
  
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• Fukushima reactors lend exotic nuclear finish to California's wines

  19-07-2018 22:00 via go.theregister.com
  Smooth body with a perky top note and a hint of cesium-137 for post-2011 vintages Savants reckon radiation released by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear kerfuffle has made its way into California's wine.…
  
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• Fukushima reactors lend exotic new nuclear finish to California's wines

  19-07-2018 22:00 via go.theregister.com
  Smooth body with a perky top note and a hint of cesium-137 Savants have found that radiation released by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear kerfuffle likely made its way into California's wine.…
  
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• Fukushima reactors lend exotic new finish to California's wines

  19-07-2018 22:00 via go.theregister.com
  Smooth body with a perky top note and a hint of cesium-137 Researchers have found that radiation released following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear incident has made an imprint on California's wine.…
  
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• Gmail users at risk of phishing attacks, US intelligence officials warn

  19-07-2018 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Department of Homeland Security warned that the feature presents a 'potential emerging threat', adding that all of Gmail's 1.4 billion global users were at risk.
  
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• Rogue star brushed our solar system billions of years ago

  19-07-2018 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A stellar flyby scattered thousands of our star system's small icy worlds into strange positions and orbits, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, said.
  
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• Zuckerberg in Holocaust denial row

  19-07-2018 21:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The Facebook founder's assertion that Holocaust deniers should be given a voice has outraged many.
  
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• Walmart may be planning a Netflix-style subscription streaming service

  19-07-2018 21:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Walmart is considering taking a page from Netflix and launching its own video streaming service to take on Amazon, the Information reports, citing sources close to the situation.
  
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• Apple will finally fix the MacBook Pro's keyboard dust issues

  19-07-2018 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple appears to finally be issuing a fix for the MacBook Pro's pesky keyboard problem. Documents sent to service providers describe a 'membrane' meant to help block out dust and debris.
  
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• .@CodersInstitute is partnering with @JobStreetEdu to bring its #coding bootcamp to south-east #Asia. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/code…

  19-07-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  .@CodersInstitute is partnering with @JobStreetEdu to bring its #coding bootcamp to south-east #Asia. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/code…
  
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• Apple 'deliberately slows down' its £2,700 MacBook Pro

  19-07-2018 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Cupertino-based tech giant has yet again come under fire for an expensive product not performing. It comes just a month after Apple offered to pay for faulty butterfly keyboards.
  
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• Archaeologists OPEN mystery 9-foot black sarcophagus in Egypt, despite repeated warnings of a CURSE

  19-07-2018 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The move to open the coffin, which was was confirmed by Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt.
  
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• Facebook could face huge fines in Ireland

  19-07-2018 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking in Derrynane, County Kerry, Ireland's taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, blasted Facebook's handling of violent content after it was revealed videos stayed live after being reported.
  
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• The #futureofwork is about employees and @reflektive CEO @rajeevbehera wants to make sure companies treat their emp… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-07-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  The #futureofwork is about employees and @reflektive CEO @rajeevbehera wants to make sure companies treat their emp… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Rogue star that brushed our solar system billions of years ago may explain strange stellar objects

  19-07-2018 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A stellar flyby scattered thousands of our star system's small icy worlds into strange positions and orbits, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, said.
  
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• New species of armoured dinosaur discovered in Utah

  19-07-2018 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Utah dug up the creature from the desert at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Kane County, Utah.
  
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• “If our interpretation of the data is correct, this would be the first time that we directly observe a young star d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-07-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  “If our interpretation of the data is correct, this would be the first time that we directly observe a young star d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• UK criticises security of Huawei products

  19-07-2018 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The report revealed shortcomings in the Chinese firm's engineering processes.
  
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• .@techireland set an ambitious goal to see women-founded tech companies receive more than €100m in funding in 2018.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-07-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  .@techireland set an ambitious goal to see women-founded tech companies receive more than €100m in funding in 2018.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Senators push new bill to 'explore' adding emergency alerts to Netflix and Spotify

  19-07-2018 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US senators have introduced a bill that proposes new standards for emergency alert systems, including the possibility of delivering them on video and audio streaming services.
  
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• Money to help Trump immigrants rejected

  19-07-2018 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  A software company criticised for working with US Border Control has a donation to a refugee charity rejected.
  
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• According to @HaysWorldwide’s James Milligan, companies would benefit from shorter hiring processes. #hr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-07-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  According to @HaysWorldwide’s James Milligan, companies would benefit from shorter hiring processes. #hr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #MostRead Today: Australia has a brand new deadly creature, but it might not be around for long ow.ly/DCra30l1LQ5

  19-07-2018 17:53 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Australia has a brand new deadly creature, but it might not be around for long ow.ly/DCra30l1LQ5
  
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• #MostRead Today: Sextortion email scam aims to blackmail users with illicit webcam footage ow.ly/oCZ130l1LKE

  19-07-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Sextortion email scam aims to blackmail users with illicit webcam footage ow.ly/oCZ130l1LKE
  
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• #MostRead Today: Post H-1B visa crackdowns, where will tech talent migrate to? ow.ly/GKpS30l1LFq

  19-07-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Post H-1B visa crackdowns, where will tech talent migrate to? ow.ly/GKpS30l1LFq
  
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• #MostRead Today: 10 new moons discovered around Jupiter, but something strange is going on ow.ly/WGEZ30l1LJ3

  19-07-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 10 new moons discovered around Jupiter, but something strange is going on ow.ly/WGEZ30l1LJ3
  
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• #MostRead Today: 10 impressive start-ups from Istanbul to watch ow.ly/fXQ330l1LMq

  19-07-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 10 impressive start-ups from Istanbul to watch ow.ly/fXQ330l1LMq
  
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• False-Face Claims To Save Humanity Are Invariably About Ruling Over It

  19-07-2018 17:46 via technocracy.news
  “The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.” – H. L. Mencken ⁃ TN EditorI have been attacked by the left and the right and almost without exception, the left is ten times nastier. They don’t hesitate to lie, make personal attacks, or completely destroy a person. They do whatever is necessary to achieve the goal; the end justifies the means.  I suspect it
  
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• Google parent company Alphabet is bringing its internet-beaming balloons to Kenya next year

  19-07-2018 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alphabet's Loon said it would deploy its balloons to beam high-speed Internet access with Telkom Kenya next year to cover rural and suburban populations, marking its first deal in Africa.
  
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• 1.4 BILLION Gmail users are at risk of phishing attacks, US intelligence officials warn

  19-07-2018 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Department of Homeland Security warned that the feature presents a 'potential emerging threat', adding that all of Gmail's 1.4 billion global users were at risk.
  
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• Mystery of why Confederate submarine HL Hunley sank has been solved

  19-07-2018 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Hunley and its eight crewmembers disappeared in February 1864 in Charleston Harbor shortly after signaling it had placed explosives on the hull of the Union ship the USS Housatonic.
  
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• Breakthrough In AI Learning May Lead To Human-Level Performance

  19-07-2018 17:15 via technocracy.news
  New AI can mimic human movement after seeing it just one time, which is how humans learn from infancy. Of course, there is no measure of intent as to why the human movement was performed in the first place. This is typical Technocrat thinking that ‘why’ is not as important as ‘what’. ⁃ TN EditorA new breed of AI-powered robots could soon mimic almost any action after watching a human do them just once.
  Scientists have developed a clawed machine that can learn new ta
  
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• DARPA: Neural Interfaces will Tie Soldiers Into Battlefield Systems

  19-07-2018 16:55 via technocracy.news
  DARPA is a hotbed of Technocrats who are dedicated to pushing science beyond even science fiction to solve all battlefield problems. The neural interface it envisions will work in both directions, meaning that control over the soldiers’s own brain is possible. ⁃ TN EditorToday, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is selecting teams to develop a “neural interface” that would both allow troops to connect to military systems using their brainwaves and let those sys
  
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• How to get companies to treat their employees better siliconrepublic.com/people/rajeev-…

  19-07-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  How to get companies to treat their employees better siliconrepublic.com/people/rajeev-…
  
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• Royal Observatory Greenwich award showcases space like never before

  19-07-2018 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomy photographers from all around the world will compete to win the competition, hosted by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, with the winners due to be announced on October 23.
  
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• Dingoes didn't arrive in Australia until 1,500 years later than thought

  19-07-2018 16:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two dingo fingertips found in the Madura Cave in southern Australia have been carbon dated and the results show they arrived on the continent around 3,000 years ago (stock).
  
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• Free this weekend? @maker_dublin returns on 21 July with a whole host of free activities for the family to build an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-07-2018 16:20 via twitter.com
  Free this weekend? @maker_dublin returns on 21 July with a whole host of free activities for the family to build an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• We may have just witnessed a baby star devouring an entire planet siliconrepublic.com/innovation/bab…

  19-07-2018 15:59 via twitter.com
  We may have just witnessed a baby star devouring an entire planet siliconrepublic.com/innovation/bab…
  
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• The #EU and #Japan settled on the data deal as part of the world’s largest free trade agreement. #privacy siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/eu-…

  19-07-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  The #EU and #Japan settled on the data deal as part of the world’s largest free trade agreement. #privacy siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/eu-…
  
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• WATCH: Prof Louise Kenny on the online fight for reproductive rights siliconrepublic.com/video/louise-k…

  19-07-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  WATCH: Prof Louise Kenny on the online fight for reproductive rights siliconrepublic.com/video/louise-k…
  
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• Neanderthals were creating FIRE 50,000 years ago using dozens of different tools

  19-07-2018 15:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Leiden University in the Netherlands identified mineral traces on Neanderthal tools that suggested they had been repeatedly struck with a hard mineral material.
  
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• Istanbul has a thriving start-up community, including: @SinemiaApp, @Trendyol and @TwentifyCorp siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ista…

  19-07-2018 15:20 via twitter.com
  Istanbul has a thriving start-up community, including: @SinemiaApp, @Trendyol and @TwentifyCorp siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ista…
  
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• Eyes on the skies

  19-07-2018 15:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Farnborough Airshow in pictures: The big, the fast, the noisy.
  
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• Collapse of two threatened Antarctic ice shelves would raise global sea levels by an INCH

  19-07-2018 14:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have previously calculated that a sea level rise of just 20cm (7.9") could cause $1 trillion (£0.77 trillion) in damage to the world's coastal cities every year.
  
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• Stunning images capture the beauty of space like never before

  19-07-2018 14:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomy photographers from all around the world will compete to win the competition, hosted by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, with the winners due to be announced on October 23.
  
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• Google's Loon brings internet-by-balloon to Kenya

  19-07-2018 14:28 via bbc.co.uk
  The network of balloons travels by predicting the speed and direction of winds in the stratosphere.
  
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• Google might have to start charging for Android operating system

  19-07-2018 14:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google CEO Sundar Pichai warned that If the firm is prevented from bundling its apps with Android handsets globally it may no longer be able to offer the operating system free to its competitors.
  
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• A mysterious 2,000-year-old papyrus has finally been decoded

  19-07-2018 14:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A research team from the University of Basel has discovered that the papyrus is a medical document from late antiquity written by the famous Roman physician Galen.
  
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