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• Facebook says it has found a NEW attempt to meddle in US elections

  31-07-2018 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The social network said it had closed down fake accounts on Facebook and Instagram, which it also owns, and says their creators went to great lengths not to have their true identities found.
  
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• Apple smashes expectations as it reports record earnings

  31-07-2018 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple shares surged in after hours trading after it revealed the record results - even though it sold slightly fewer iPhones than expected
  
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• The Milky Way's Big Sister: Hubble captures new image of spiral galaxy twice as big as our own

  31-07-2018 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Measuring more than 200,000 light-years across compared to a 100,000-light-year diameter for our home galaxy, the Hubble image shows NGC 6744 in unprecedented detail.
  
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• Facebook bans pages aimed at US election interference

  31-07-2018 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  The social network has found evidence of a co-ordinated campaign to influence the US mid-term vote.
  
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• Subway commuters pick up bacteria from EVERYONE who traveled on the system on their evening journey

  31-07-2018 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists in Hong Kong found that bacteria associated with different subway lines mix over the course of the day, giving rise to a uniform microbiome by the time evening comes.
  
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• Nintendo reports jump in earnings thanks to Switch

  31-07-2018 21:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nintendo said that its quarterly profit jumped 44 percent in the fiscal first quarter thanks to increased sales of Nintendo Switch game titles.
  
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• AI that could reveal what North Korea is doing with nuclear weapons

  31-07-2018 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A novel computational model has linked social media posts and satellite imagery - previously incompatible data points - in such a way that could be used to spot nuclear test facilities.
  
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• The AI that could reveal what North Korea is REALLY doing with its nuclear weapons

  31-07-2018 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A novel computational model has linked social media posts and satellite imagery - previously incompatible data points - in such a way that could be used to spot nuclear test facilities.
  
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• Faced with losses, MoviePass discount tix service hikes...

  31-07-2018 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MoviePass, the discount service for movie tickets, is raising prices by 50 percent and barring viewings of most major releases during the first two weeks.
  
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• Heading the ball is much worse for women's brains

  31-07-2018 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York has found that female soccer players had five times greater damage in the volume of their white matter than the men did.
  
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• The face behind a stock image: How I gave away my face for free

  31-07-2018 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  A young woman posed in a photo shoot and years later discovered she was the face of fake adverts.
  
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• The 1,000-rocket cache of an 18th-century Indian warrior king

  31-07-2018 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Over a thousand rockets belonging to an 18th-century Muslim warrior king have been found by excavators in an abandoned well in India's southern Karnataka state, an official said Friday.
  
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• Blistering heatwaves induced by global warming will cause up to 52,000 people to DIE by 2080

  31-07-2018 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Monash University in Australia developed a model to estimate the number of deaths related to heatwaves across 20 countries between 2031 and 2080 (stock image).
  
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• Father's genes affect how much care and attention a mother will give her child

  31-07-2018 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paternal genes may influence how well a woman cares for her baby, according to a new study on mice by researchers from Cardiff University's School of Biosciences (stock image).
  
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• Want to be happy? DON'T make plans for your free time, researchers say

  31-07-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ohio researchers believe scheduling leisure activities makes them less fun because the strict beginning and end times 'disrupted their free-flowing nature'.
  
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• Facebook says it has found a NEW attempt to meddle in U.S. elections and removed 32 fake accounts

  31-07-2018 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The social network said it had closed down fake accounts on Facebook and Instagram, which it also owns, and says their creators went to great lengths not to have their true identities found.
  
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• Orca mother carries dead calf on her forehead for a week

  31-07-2018 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 20-year-old whale has been carrying her dead calf for seven days, after it died shortly after birth last Tuesday. The killer whale and her pod are going through a `deep grieving process´, experts said.
  
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• Can YOU spot the real Taylor Swift lyric? AI has learnt to write lyrics like the Bad Blood singer

  31-07-2018 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An AI was taught to churn out lyrics in the style of Pennsylvania-born singer Taylor Swift to test data software. Take the quiz to see if you can guess which lyrics are written by a robot. (File photo)
  
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• Sources estimate that Motive Partners paid approximately $25m for a 40pc stake in @GlobalShares. siliconrepublic.com/companies/moti…

  31-07-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  Sources estimate that Motive Partners paid approximately $25m for a 40pc stake in @GlobalShares. siliconrepublic.com/companies/moti…
  
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• Fortnite SCAMS have made $1 million in revenue for cyber criminals

  31-07-2018 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A California-based cyber-security firm has discovered that the promise of free Fortnite currency is being used to to dupe people intoclicking on fake ads and making scammers cash.
  
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• Why Apple's share value is nearing a trillion dollars

  31-07-2018 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Apple's share value could climb through the trillion-dollar mark. What other companies are close?
  
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• #MostRead today: 10 cool start-ups from Kraków to watch siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/krak… #startups #Europe #Poland #Kraków

  31-07-2018 18:26 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: 10 cool start-ups from Kraków to watch siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/krak… #startups #Europe #Poland #Kraków
  
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• #MostRead today: Abbott confirms 500 new jobs are on their way to Donegal siliconrepublic.com/jobs/abbott-jo… #jobfairy… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-07-2018 18:25 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: Abbott confirms 500 new jobs are on their way to Donegal siliconrepublic.com/jobs/abbott-jo… #jobfairy… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #MostRead today: Chance of alien life soars as ‘key ingredient’ might not be necessary siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ali…

  31-07-2018 18:23 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: Chance of alien life soars as ‘key ingredient’ might not be necessary siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ali…
  
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• Photographer watches a seagull choke down a corn on the cob husk and stick

  31-07-2018 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pauline Guppy tried to help the bird when she saw it with leftover food in its beak at the popular Sandbanks Beach in Poole, Dorset.
  
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• #MostRead today: Everything you need to know about the National Broadband Plan so far siliconrepublic.com/comms/national… #broadband #NBP

  31-07-2018 18:22 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: Everything you need to know about the National Broadband Plan so far siliconrepublic.com/comms/national… #broadband #NBP
  
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• #MostRead today: 6 project management skills all managers should adopt siliconrepublic.com/advice/project… #projectmanagement

  31-07-2018 18:22 via twitter.com
  #MostRead today: 6 project management skills all managers should adopt siliconrepublic.com/advice/project… #projectmanagement
  
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• UPS to take on Telsa with its own electric delivery truck

  31-07-2018 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  UPS is doubling down on electric delivery trucks by developing its own. The firm said it's partnering with LA-based startup Thor Trucks to develop an electric medium-duty delivery truck.
  
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• PayPal warning! Users complain of look-a-like scam

  31-07-2018 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scammers are impersonating PayPal, which is headquartered in San Jose, California, in order to distribute malware across Windows PC owners' machines.
  
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• Today's featured employer is @PwC! Check them out here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/fz2i2XpLo5

  31-07-2018 17:54 via twitter.com
  
  Today's featured employer is @PwC! Check them out here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/fz2i2XpLo5
  
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• Trilateral Commission: 5G Technology Will Be The Backbone Of Smart Cities

  31-07-2018 17:51 via technocracy.news
  Gen. James Jones is a member of the Trilateral Commission and was President Obama’s first National Security Advisor (NSA). He never used computers at the White House because they were not secure, but for us, somehow 5G is going to be secure as it lights up Smart Cities and autonomous driving? Consider the source: the Trilateral Commission has been the primary actor in pushing modern Technocracy since its inception in 1973. ⁃ TN EditorFormer NATO Supreme Allied Commander James L.
  
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• Mysterious Siberian meteorite contains 'new mineral harder than diamond'

  31-07-2018 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow say the substance was formed in space, and have named it 'uakitite'.
  
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• In India, Top Technocrats Don’t Understand The Concept Of Privacy

  31-07-2018 17:34 via technocracy.news
  The Technocrat mindset is the same in all parts of the world, and is not hindered by race, color, religion or nationality. India is an emerging Technocracy, second only to China and just ahead of Europe and north America. To a Technocrat, there is no such thing as ‘private’ data. ⁃ TN EditorThere are many takeaways from the Aadhaar adventure on which TRAI chairman RS Sharma embarked on Saturday. In a bid to prove a point, he leaked his own Aadhaar number on Twitter and challeng
  
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• Ofcom rules providers should alert customers nearing end of contract

  31-07-2018 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ofcom, headquartered in London, said more than 20 million Britons were outside their minimum contract period and could be paying more than they needed to. (Stock image)
  
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• Inside the home of the last known survivor of tribe in Brazil

  31-07-2018 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The man, known as 'The Man in the Hole', has been surviving on his own in the remote state of Rondonia, Brazil, since the rest of his people were murdered by land-grabbing ranchers two decades ago.
  
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• Should our ageing population spend more years working? siliconrepublic.com/careers/ageing…

  31-07-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  Should our ageing population spend more years working? siliconrepublic.com/careers/ageing…
  
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• Technocrats Harvest Data From Millions Of Underage High School Students

  31-07-2018 16:48 via technocracy.news
  If data exists in any form, you can be sure there will be Technocrat data hoarders close at hand to harvest it.  The unrestricted use and spread of very personal data belonging to minors puts them at risk for the rest of their lives because once public, the data can never be re-protected. This will eventually happen with DNA data as well. ⁃ TN EditorThree thousand high school students from across the United States recently trekked to a university sports arena here to attend an event w
  
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• Irish Supreme Court agrees to hear Facebook data transfer appeal siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/fac…

  31-07-2018 16:38 via twitter.com
  Irish Supreme Court agrees to hear Facebook data transfer appeal siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/fac…
  
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• Spotify is STILL hosting Alex Jones’ InfoWars podcast

  31-07-2018 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some customers have threatened to cancel their subscriptions after it was revealed Austin-based conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars podcast would not be taken down.
  
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• Good news for regular #WhatsApp users siliconrepublic.com/companies/what…

  31-07-2018 16:30 via twitter.com
  Good news for regular #WhatsApp users siliconrepublic.com/companies/what…
  
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• Why is Samsung's Galaxy S9 flagship struggling?

  31-07-2018 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The technology company says sales of its phone were lower than expected, but has plans to fix the problem.
  
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• World's first indoor drone surveillance system announced

  31-07-2018 16:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The world's first autonomous indoor drone surveillance system has been developed by two European drone companies.
  
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• WhatsApp just launched four-person group video calling for all users

  31-07-2018 16:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To start a group video call within WhatsApp, users need to first launch a one-on-one call. Once that video chat is established, users can add more people using the button in the right-hand corner.
  
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• Katie O’Riordan of @PwCIreland got a sense of clarity in her career path from her #internship siliconrepublic.com/people/pwc-kat…

  31-07-2018 16:10 via twitter.com
  Katie O’Riordan of @PwCIreland got a sense of clarity in her career path from her #internship siliconrepublic.com/people/pwc-kat…
  
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• Stone Age mass graves on Scottish islands could be filled with prehistoric TSUNAMI victims

  31-07-2018 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a study led by Genevieve Cain of the University of Oxford, burials in 72 stone tombs could coincide with a devastating event called the Garth tsunami.
  
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• What are the most popular #spam scams? #infosec siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/spa…

  31-07-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  What are the most popular #spam scams? #infosec siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/spa…
  
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• Motive Partners buys 40pc stake in Cork firm Global Shares for $25m siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/moti…

  31-07-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  Motive Partners buys 40pc stake in Cork firm Global Shares for $25m siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/moti…
  
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• #Samsung notes a slowdown in profit growth, though chip sales have been stellar siliconrepublic.com/companies/sams…

  31-07-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  #Samsung notes a slowdown in profit growth, though chip sales have been stellar siliconrepublic.com/companies/sams…
  
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• .@Logitech steps up to the mic with acquisition of @BlueMicrophones siliconrepublic.com/companies/blue…

  31-07-2018 14:40 via twitter.com
  .@Logitech steps up to the mic with acquisition of @BlueMicrophones siliconrepublic.com/companies/blue…
  
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• 8 questions you might have about the #NationalBroadbandPlan, answered by @MrJohnFKennedy siliconrepublic.com/comms/national…

  31-07-2018 14:20 via twitter.com
  8 questions you might have about the #NationalBroadbandPlan, answered by @MrJohnFKennedy siliconrepublic.com/comms/national…
  
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