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• What Google REALLY knows about you: Experts reveal just what data is being collected

  21-08-2018 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Vanderbilt University study gives a look at the just how much data Google is harvesting from its users. The most surprising revelation is that Google tracks users in incognito mode.
  
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• Amazing animation reveals how much Earth's continents have shifted over 540 million years

  21-08-2018 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The animation, shared on Twitter by climate scientist Gavin Schmidt, traces Earth’s history over the course of 540 million years, showing how the supercontinents broke apart.
  
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• Yellowstone at greater risk of M7 quake than supervolcano eruption

  21-08-2018 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yellowstone produces up to 2,500 small earthquakes a year on average, and USGS scientists say it’s only a matter of time before it’s rocked by a much larger magnitude 7 event.
  
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• Russian arms firm Kalashnikov unveils 13-ft walking gold killer robot

  21-08-2018 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kalashnikov Concern presented the state-of-the-art robot along with utility vehicles and new assault rifles at the Army 2018 Fair at the Patriot Park just outside Moscow.
  
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• The nanofiber net that can capture clean drinking water from the air

  21-08-2018 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Akron project uses electrospun polymers to 'squeeze' water out of the air and could take as much as 10 gallons per hour from the air, even in arid locations.
  
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• Trump announces plans to gut another climate-change initiative

  21-08-2018 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Trump administration proposed new rules that would scale back Obama-era constraints on coal-fired power plants, striking at one of the former administration's legacy programs.
  
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• Facebook is rating the 'trustworthiness' of every user

  21-08-2018 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook is doubling down on curbing the spread of misinformation on its platform by rating users based on their 'trustworthiness.'
  
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• Superdrug's online customers targeted by criminals

  21-08-2018 21:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The High Street chain warns its online customers to change their passwords.
  
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• Netflix testing payment feature to bypass Apple's app store

  21-08-2018 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple could soon say goodbye to one of its highest-grossing apps on the App Store. Netflix istesting a new system that would allow it to bypass the signup fees associated with Apple's App Store.
  
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• Thick sea ice in the coldest areas of the Arctic is breaking apart for the first time on record

  21-08-2018 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A patch of frozen water off the north coast of Greenland once known as ‘the last ice area’ has begun to break apart for the first time due to warm winds and rising temps, experts warn.
  
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• Laughing gas warmed early Earth a billion years ago and sparked the emergence of life

  21-08-2018 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team atthe Georgia Institute of Technology suggests that nitrous oxide, known for its use as laughing gas, may have played a significant role.
  
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• Facebook gives users trustworthiness score

  21-08-2018 20:32 via bbc.co.uk
  The social network says it has developed the scale to help it tackle fake news reports.
  
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• Teenagers worried about discrimination in society have a higher risk of ADHD

  21-08-2018 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Teenagers felt the rising tensions in the political climate between 2016 and 2017, and the stress over discrimination led to more ADHD symptoms, University of Southern California research found.
  
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• Upmood wristband uses sensors to track emotions, stress levels and heart rate

  21-08-2018 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Hong Kong-based startup has created an innovative wristband that's a mix between a Fitbit and a mood ring. Upmood can measure a users' daily mood, heart rate and stress levels.
  
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• Do you know why #whiteboarding is so important for jobseekers? #careeradvice siliconrepublic.com/advice/whitebo…

  21-08-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Do you know why #whiteboarding is so important for jobseekers? #careeradvice siliconrepublic.com/advice/whitebo…
  
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• Gamescom: The seven biggest announcements at the show

  21-08-2018 19:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Next-generation graphics, new games and cult favourites take the stage at Gamescom in Cologne.
  
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• #Slack’s rise to the top of workplace communication continues after it secured almost half a billion dollars in Ser… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-08-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  #Slack’s rise to the top of workplace communication continues after it secured almost half a billion dollars in Ser… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Yellowstone is at greater risk of a magnitude 7 earthquake than supervolcano eruption, experts warn

  21-08-2018 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yellowstone produces up to 2,500 small earthquakes a year on average, and USGS scientists say it’s only a matter of time before it’s rocked by a much larger magnitude 7 event.
  
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• The 'moon bricks' made from lunar dust that could build mankind's first home on another planet

  21-08-2018 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  European Space Agency officials have revealed the latest 'moon bricks' that could soon be used to construct a lunar habitat.
  
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• It’s a commonly held belief that everyone is sharing #Netflix passwords, but this might not actually be true. siliconrepublic.com/companies/netf…

  21-08-2018 19:10 via twitter.com
  It’s a commonly held belief that everyone is sharing #Netflix passwords, but this might not actually be true. siliconrepublic.com/companies/netf…
  
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• Parts of the Arctic are no longer freezing, even in winter, scientists find

  21-08-2018 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists found that soil inCherskiy in Siberia, Russia, remained mushy and damp throughout the most recent winter - despite sitting in one of the world's coldest regions.
  
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• Communist 'social credit score' launches in China as citizens are rated on their BEHAVIOUR

  21-08-2018 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China is working on a system that allows the monitoring and scoring of all 1.4 billion citizens based on their behaviour. Consequences can be dire for those deemed to be breaking rules (stock).
  
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• Google Fit update aims to replace 10,000 steps with new...

  21-08-2018 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google has worked with the World Health Organisation and American Heart Association to create new metrics for global users of its Fit app for smartphones and wearables.
  
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• #Google has worked with several major health organisations to revamp its Google Fit app. #fitness #health siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…

  21-08-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  #Google has worked with several major health organisations to revamp its Google Fit app. #fitness #health siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…
  
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• How to brew the perfect cup of coffee: Make sure it's no hotter than 70°C, say scientists

  21-08-2018 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kansas State University researchers have found that using boiling water brings with it a higher chance of scalding burn injuries and 70° (158°F) is the ideal temperature.
  
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• Facebook is rating the 'trustworthiness' of every user in a bid to find 'bad actors'

  21-08-2018 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook is doubling down on curbing the spread of misinformation on its platform by rating users based on their 'trustworthiness.'
  
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• Golden eagle chicks released to boost south of Scotland population

  21-08-2018 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  A project, more than a decade in the making, sees young eagles released in a bid to boost declining numbers.
  
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• How far will these eagles spread their wings?

  21-08-2018 17:56 via bbc.co.uk
  There's hopes that a new project in Scotland will re-introduce Golden Eagles in England and Wales.
  
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• #MostRead Today: How can you progress your career? Keep making yourself more valuable ow.ly/xdX630luNNv

  21-08-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: How can you progress your career? Keep making yourself more valuable ow.ly/xdX630luNNv
  
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• #MostRead Today: 9 cool tech companies taking on graduates right now ow.ly/FBx630luNMG

  21-08-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 9 cool tech companies taking on graduates right now ow.ly/FBx630luNMG
  
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• #MostRead Today: Ultra-powerful graphene retina could one day restore sight to millions ow.ly/DujW30luNJE

  21-08-2018 17:49 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Ultra-powerful graphene retina could one day restore sight to millions ow.ly/DujW30luNJE
  
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• #MostRead Today: This facial feature might give away early sign of Parkinson’s disease ow.ly/zPfK30luNL0

  21-08-2018 17:49 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: This facial feature might give away early sign of Parkinson’s disease ow.ly/zPfK30luNL0
  
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• #MostRead Today: Discovery on the moon could make colonisation a lot easier ow.ly/FK7z30luNLO

  21-08-2018 17:49 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Discovery on the moon could make colonisation a lot easier ow.ly/FK7z30luNLO
  
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• Lyft surpasses 5,000 self-driving rides with Aptiv fleet

  21-08-2018 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lyft launched its self-driving service in Las Vegas, where passengers can take a ride in an autonomous BMW to and from some 20 different pick-up spots around the city's casino-laden Strip.
  
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• 20 million year old primate jaw bones show that lemurs came to Madagascar much later than thought

  21-08-2018 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the University of Southern California now believe the fossil of the strange creature wasn't a bat, as previously thought, but an ancient relative of the primate known as aye-aye.
  
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• New documentary shows demolition of three Staten Island neighborhoods affected by Superstorm Sandy

  21-08-2018 17:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new documentary focuses on three Staten Island neighborhoods affected by Superstorm Sandy now being demolished (main) and returned back to nature in film Managed Retreat
  
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• Fitbit activity monitors are only right half of the time!

  21-08-2018 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of British Columbia said the findings suggest Fitbit monitors should not be used for research purposes because they are so inaccurate.
  
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• New perspective on how lemurs got to Madagascar

  21-08-2018 17:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The history of the lemurs, the most endangered group of mammals, is more complex than we thought.
  
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• Trying to prove who designed and built what in #3Dprinting was envisaged as costly to major manufacturers, until no… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-08-2018 17:05 via twitter.com
  Trying to prove who designed and built what in #3Dprinting was envisaged as costly to major manufacturers, until no… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Researchers discover two popular baby monitor brands do NOT properly measure oxygen levels 

  21-08-2018 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia found thatthe Owlet Smart Sock 2 and the Baby Vida, could not accurately detect blood oxygen levels or heart rates.
  
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• China: He Who Has The Data Makes The Rules

  21-08-2018 17:00 via technocracy.news
  Jinping’s Scientific Dictatorship, aka Technocracy, relies on ‘a combination of surveillance, AI, and big data to monitor people’s lives and behavior in minute detail.’  MIT correctly notes that China got these ideas in the mid-1980s, but fails to show how. Namely, it was members of the elite Trilateral Commission who sowed the seeds of Technocracy after they brought China out of the darkness and onto the global economic stage. ⁃ TN EditorIn 1955, science ficti
  
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• Russian weapons manufacturer Kalashnikov unveils 13-foot-tall walking gold killer robot

  21-08-2018 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kalashnikov Concern presented the state-of-the-art robot along with utility vehicles and new assault rifles at the Army 2018 Fair at the Patriot Park just outside Moscow.
  
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• Alzheimer's drug helps you to have lucid dreams

  21-08-2018 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and and the Lucidity Institute in Hawaii wanted to look at chemicals called acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (stock image).
  
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• IBM’s Watson Was Over-Hyped, Failed to Deliver Promised Results

  21-08-2018 16:40 via technocracy.news
  Industry insiders and analysts are finally wising up to Technocrat-ridden IBM’s massive over-hyping of its AI platform named Watson. It isn’t curing cancer. The market is rejecting it and revenue is falling. There are parallels between this and the over-hype of Technocrat Elon Musk and Tesla. ⁃ TN EditorWhat if artificial intelligence can’t cure cancer after all? That’s the message of a big Wall Street Journal post-mortem on Watson, the IBM project that wa
  
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• Gmail users can finally 'unsend' embarrassing emails

  21-08-2018 16:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new 'unsend' option has been released for Android's Gmail client. It comes in the form of an 'undo' button (pictured) that appears on your screen after you click 'send' on a message.
  
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• Today's featured employer is @Fidelity! Check out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/vQa2Yyg40Z

  21-08-2018 16:30 via twitter.com
  
  Today's featured employer is @Fidelity! Check out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/vQa2Yyg40Z
  
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• ‘Neuropolitics’: Consultants Who Secretly Hack Voters’ Brains

  21-08-2018 16:26 via technocracy.news
  Neuroscience is racing ahead of people’s ability to comprehend what it is doing to them. Your simple pictures that exist everywhere these days can produce an emotional profile that can then be manipulated in order to change your mind on an issue. What if the AI give a false analysis and bad data gets stamped into your profile record? Too bad. ⁃ TN EditorMaria Pocovi slides her laptop over to me with the webcam switched on. My face stares back at me, overlaid with a grid of white line
  
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• Russian state-sponsored hackers are now targeting anti-Trump Republicans

  21-08-2018 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russian hackers launched a spear-phishing attack against the International Republican Institute and the Hudson Institute, both of which have been critical of Trump and Putin, Microsoft says.
  
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• #Microsoft claims it recently stopped hackers trying to steal user data from certain political groups. #FancyBear siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/mic…

  21-08-2018 15:35 via twitter.com
  #Microsoft claims it recently stopped hackers trying to steal user data from certain political groups. #FancyBear siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/mic…
  
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• Hackers steal $1 MILLION from the world's economy every 60 seconds

  21-08-2018 15:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  San Francisco-based researchers found that hackers were driven by a range of motives, including monetary gain, politics and espionage (stock image).
  
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