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• Fortnite on Android will bypass the Play Store to avoid giving Google a cut

  03-08-2018 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fortnite will finally arrive on Android devices this summer, but don't expect to download it from Google's Play Store. Epic Games said users will have to download a launcher to play.
  
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• Meet Nasa's commercial flight astronauts

  03-08-2018 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  They will be aboard the first US flights to the International Space Station since the shuttle programme ended.
  
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• Children born from frozen embryos are more likely to be girls, fertility doctor claims

  03-08-2018 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE According to a medic from the IVF Cube in Prague, around 51 per cent of babies born from frozen embryos are female, which is the opposite of what occurs during natural conception.
  
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• Want to boost your math test score? Sit up straight, say scientists

  03-08-2018 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  San Francisco State University researchers have discovered that over half of students found problems easier to solve if they say up straight.
  
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• The Green Big Apple: New Yorkers document the city's...

  03-08-2018 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York's citizen scientists have already catalogued more than 26,000 sightings, and documented new populations of invasive species and native weeds.
  
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• Elon Musk's Twitter battle with short sellers: Tesla boss in 'cat and mouse' war with investors

  03-08-2018 21:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk has been puzzling investors recently with his relentless and, at times comedic, attacks on short sellers who have bet against the electric car company.
  
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• Could Apple's spaceship HQ get its own Hyperloop?

  03-08-2018 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cupertino city officials have met with officials from Hyperloop Transport Technologies, one of several firms hoping to commercialise the radical tube-transport tech invented by Elon Musk.
  
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• Google kills off the flat earth: Maps  app now zooms out to show a 3D globe

  03-08-2018 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google has some bad news for flat earthers. The firm has updated Google Maps so that when users zoom out completely, the perspective switches to a 3D globe, instead of a flat map view.
  
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• .@DublinCityUni researchers have developed a new sports supplement that can enhance a player’s decision making in a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-08-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  .@DublinCityUni researchers have developed a new sports supplement that can enhance a player’s decision making in a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Apple could stop giving iPhone buyers a free headphone adapter

  03-08-2018 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new report claims the firm will not include the converter dongle with its 2018 iPhone line-up. Instead, people who don’t want to use lightning-cable headphones will have to buy adapter separately.
  
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• #Google is allowing addiction treatment centres to advertise again after launching a rigorous vetting system.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-08-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  #Google is allowing addiction treatment centres to advertise again after launching a rigorous vetting system.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Can't quit smoking? Intense psychedelic experiences triggered by magic mushrooms could help

  03-08-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The six-year study by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Durham University aimed to uncover the mechanism in the brain that makes it so difficult to stop smoking (stock).
  
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• ‘Tech moves at such a pace that unless you are anticipating the next wave of development, you are going to be left… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-08-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  ‘Tech moves at such a pace that unless you are anticipating the next wave of development, you are going to be left… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Galaxy Note 9 LEAK: Samsung shares a photo of the 'phablet' one week before release date

  03-08-2018 19:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  South Korean tech firm Samsung is gearing up to launch its marquee product, the Note 9,on August 9 in Brooklyn, New York and briefly leaked an image of the phone on one of its sites.
  
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• Tricky grammar quiz will put your knowledge to the test

  03-08-2018 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many of the 20 questions focus on whether it is grammatically accurate to use the word 'between' or 'among' in a given sentence. Players from around the world will struggle to get full marks.
  
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• Invasion of big, voracious lizards threatens U.S. South...

  03-08-2018 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tegu lizards, which currently live in two large colonies in Florida, could expand into an area from the Carolinas to Central Texas, a new report has warned.
  
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• NASA reveals first astronauts to launch from US soil since 2011 as SpaceX and Boeing crews are named

  03-08-2018 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On Friday, NASA revealed the crew assigned to first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon. This will let the US send astronauts to space on its own.
  
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• This week in the world of #IoT, Tencent joins the LoRa Alliance and #Uber dumps its self-driving truck division… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-08-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  This week in the world of #IoT, Tencent joins the LoRa Alliance and #Uber dumps its self-driving truck division… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Nasa names astronauts for first commercial flights

  03-08-2018 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  The US space agency assigns the first men and women to fly on commercial rockets and capsules.
  
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• Make-up really DOES make you more attractive!

  03-08-2018 19:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania has found that makeup amplifies three youth-related features—skin evenness, facial contrast, and facial feature size.
  
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• The house of a wealthy man who lived in the ancient city of Pompeii before it was buried by ash

  03-08-2018 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During the conservation work, new finds were uncovered at a private house called the 'House of Jupiter' (Casa di Giove) in the Regio V part of the ancient city.
  
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• Facebook DOWN: Uproar as users worldwide are left unable to load the social network

  03-08-2018 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook has crashed for users around the world, including people in the UK, US, Brazil and India. 43% of users who complained say they are experiencing a 'total blackout'
  
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• July was a healthy month for jobs creation which had plenty of surprises in store. #jobs #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/careers/jobs-i…

  03-08-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  July was a healthy month for jobs creation which had plenty of surprises in store. #jobs #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/careers/jobs-i…
  
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• Facebook launches a Digital Literacy Library to help teenagers use the internet responsibly

  03-08-2018 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Menlo Park-based company said the resource was designed to help young people 'build the skills they need to safely enjoy digital technology'.
  
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• People with faster internet get less shut-eye, study reveals

  03-08-2018 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Bocconi University in Milan found people who have a broadband internet connection in their house get an average of 25 minutes less sleep per night.
  
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• Fortnite to skip Google Play on Android

  03-08-2018 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Epic Games confirms Fortnite will bypass the Google Play app store when it appears on Android.
  
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• Stonehenge: First people came from west Wales

  03-08-2018 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  The first long-term residents of Stonehenge, along with the first stones, arrived about 5,000 years ago.
  
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• The battle of space billionaires steps up another gear as Jeff Bezos 'throws cash' at Blue Origin

  03-08-2018 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is racing to pull his private space company out of start-up mode and into production amid signals that his firm's heavy rocket set for lift-off in 2020 may slip behind schedule.
  
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• Sorry Elon Musk, but science has proven that colonising Mars is a terrible idea: UCL Scientist says

  03-08-2018 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andrew Coates, Professor of Physics at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCL, says the latest research shows that Musk will never create an Earth-like atmosphere on the red planet.
  
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• 17m data points are core to how ads are auctioned on #Google’s Ads platform. #GoogleAds #AI #machinelearning… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-08-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  17m data points are core to how ads are auctioned on #Google’s Ads platform. #GoogleAds #AI #machinelearning… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Short dog syndrome: Smaller males urinate higher up lamp posts to make themselves seem bigger

  03-08-2018 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cornell researchers now believe some small dogs try and cheat the system by angling their pee so it goes higher than their real body size.
  
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• #MostRead Today: The inside story of Éirloop’s award-winning SpaceX Hyperloop adventure ow.ly/3UgK30lfXN0

  03-08-2018 17:46 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: The inside story of Éirloop’s award-winning SpaceX Hyperloop adventure ow.ly/3UgK30lfXN0
  
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• #MostRead Today: WhatsApp launches brand new API for enterprise communications ow.ly/Jhlv30lfXLA

  03-08-2018 17:45 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: WhatsApp launches brand new API for enterprise communications ow.ly/Jhlv30lfXLA
  
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• #MostRead Today: Three Ireland invests €62m in its network ow.ly/ZaTo30lfXJn

  03-08-2018 17:45 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Three Ireland invests €62m in its network ow.ly/ZaTo30lfXJn
  
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• #MostRead Today: Abbott confirms 500 new jobs are on their way to Donegal ow.ly/xmGe30lfXKx

  03-08-2018 17:45 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Abbott confirms 500 new jobs are on their way to Donegal ow.ly/xmGe30lfXKx
  
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• #MostRead Today: 10 great start-ups from Glasgow to watch ow.ly/UUAK30lfXFy

  03-08-2018 17:44 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 10 great start-ups from Glasgow to watch ow.ly/UUAK30lfXFy
  
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• Ontario, Canada Abruptly Cancels Universal Basic Income Experiment

  03-08-2018 17:38 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats continue to champion Universal Basic Income even though many ‘experiments’ have been abruptly terminated as abject failures. If UBI cannot succeed in socialist Canada, it cannot succeed anywhere else, either. Mark Zuckerberg stated at the 2017 Harvard commencement address, “”We should explore ideas like universal basic income to make sure that everyone has a cushion to try new ideas.” ⁃ TN EditorAnger and outrage, shock and betrayal: Those were som
  
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• Apple CEO calls $1 trillion value a "milestone" but not...

  03-08-2018 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cook said the historic valuation was 'but was instead a result of its focus on its products, customers and company values' in an email to staff.
  
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• China’s Huawei set to overtake Samsung to become the worlds biggest phonemaker

  03-08-2018 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Huawei raised its forecast for full-year smartphone shipments to more than 200 million and said it could become the world's top vendor of the devices in the final quarter of next year.
  
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• Addictive Smartphones Major Threat To Young Children

  03-08-2018 17:20 via technocracy.news
  The addictive nature of smartphones has been documented for years, but Big Tech has successfully suppressed the research that would guide parents to protect their children. Technocrats don’t let anything get in the way of their scientific ‘solutions.’ ⁃ TN EditorParents should be given official advice warning them not to give their children smartphones before they reach secondary school, a leading psychiatrist has warned.
  Dr Jon Goldin claimed parents are being forced int
  
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• A third-party provider of Mention’s recently suffered a data breach. #databreaches #security #infosec #cybersecurity siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/men…

  03-08-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  A third-party provider of Mention’s recently suffered a data breach. #databreaches #security #infosec #cybersecurity siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/men…
  
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• UK weather: Will 2018 finally top the famous heatwave of 1976?

  03-08-2018 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britain's blistering June temperatures stood toe-to-toe with those of June 1976, while this summer's July was hotter than its counterpart 42 years ago.
  
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• Chase Bank’s ATMs Go Cardless With Smartphone Validation

  03-08-2018 16:56 via technocracy.news
  Fintech is moving toward removing cash AND cards from the financial system. While your smartphone’s wallet will activate a Chase ATM, they are also working on facial and iris recognition for customer validation, ie, your body will be your identification. ⁃ TN EditorForgot your bank card? No worries. Chase has you covered.
  The New York City-based bank announced that it has expanded its cardless access to nearly all of its 16,000 ATMs nationwide.
  The new technology will allow customers
  
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• The future is bright for #graduates, according to #FutureofWork expert @CherylCran, who's looking at some great… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-08-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  The future is bright for #graduates, according to #FutureofWork expert @CherylCran, who's looking at some great… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• US soldier's images of Hiroshima after 1945 atomic bomb go to auction

  03-08-2018 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A porcelain pot with glass melted onto the side by the Hiroshima atomic bomb is just one of a number of relics from the disaster set to go to auction. They will be sold in Devizes in the UK.
  
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• Weekend takeaway: Get yourself connected siliconrepublic.com/comms/connecte…

  03-08-2018 16:36 via twitter.com
  Weekend takeaway: Get yourself connected siliconrepublic.com/comms/connecte…
  
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• New brain supplement could be literal ‘game-changer’ for team sports siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ket…

  03-08-2018 16:29 via twitter.com
  New brain supplement could be literal ‘game-changer’ for team sports siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ket…
  
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• Busting smartphone battery myths: Podcast 380

  03-08-2018 16:12
  
  On the WIRED UK podcast this week: we bust the biggest battery myths around, take a look at PUBG’s struggle to become an esport and look at the fightback against the bitcoin energy guzzlers.
  
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• Google lets rehab facilities advertise again after extended ban siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…

  03-08-2018 16:06 via twitter.com
  Google lets rehab facilities advertise again after extended ban siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…
  
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• IBM’s Paul Farrell: ‘Our challenge is to restlessly reinvent ourselves’ siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ibm…

  03-08-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  IBM’s Paul Farrell: ‘Our challenge is to restlessly reinvent ourselves’ siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ibm…
  
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