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• MRI scans reveal differences in how beatboxers and guitarists respond to music

  06-09-2018 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research from University College London shows that the 'hand area' of a guitarist's brain activates they they hear a guitar track. For beatboxers, the 'mouth area' activates with music.
  
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• Uber says it will BAN riders in Australia and New Zealand if their rating drops below 4 stars

  06-09-2018 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Uber updated its community guidelines so that riders in Australia and New Zealand with a score below 4.0 may get temporarily banned from the app. The rules go into effect September 19.
  
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• Spotify's latest initiative to scoop up independent artists could threaten record labels

  06-09-2018 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spotify has given the major music labels another reason to be angry. The streaming giant has quietly landed direct licensing deals with a number of independent artists and managers.
  
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• Galactic 'wind' that stops early galaxies blowing themselves apart is observed for the first time

  06-09-2018 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Texas at Austin astronomer Justin Spilker made the finding by looking at the universe when it was less than ten percent of its current age.
  
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• Solar farms and wind turbines in the Sahara desert would increase vegetation and rain in the region

  06-09-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign used computer climate modelling of the effects of building large renewable power installations in the barren region.
  
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• eBay clamps down on fakes with a new label to verify second-hand luxury watches

  06-09-2018 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The eBay Authenticate program is available in the US and several European countries, including the UK and Germany.
  
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• Twitter boss Jack Dorsey admits algorithms 'unfairly filtered' 600,000 accounts

  06-09-2018 19:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to the CEO, the company's algorithms were to blame for hiding some members from its auto-complete search and latest results. Dorsey says the firm has since 'corrected' the issue.
  
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• Apple's upcoming iPhone XS will use USB-C for the first time 

  06-09-2018 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to leaks ahead of next week's global launch, Apple is set to include a Lightning connection to USB-C a charging cable with its next iPhone.
  
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• The eerily life-like 'patient simulators' which can bleed, urinate and scream at training medics

  06-09-2018 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A factory in Kazan, Russia, builds the realistic robot dolls for medical students to practise complicated procedures such as intubation, CPR and how to put in a urinary catheter.
  
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• A series of man-made 'eco islands' with floating hotel pods set to be UK’s first Garden City

  06-09-2018 18:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The city-sized park, modelled after Dubai's famous Palm Islands, could be completed as early as 2035 at a redevelopment site in northern Kent.
  
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• Instagram rolls out 'well-being' guide for parents to help them talk to their kids safety online

  06-09-2018 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instagram launched a new parent-oriented guide that helps them tackle topics like safeguarding their privacy, controlling who can comment on their posts and managing their time spent in the app.
  
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• Submerged ruins of church heralded 'one of Christianity's most important places' is spotted

  06-09-2018 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologist Mustafa Şahin from Uludag University has spent years scouring the shores of the modern-day lake, called Lake Iznik, searching for historical treasures from that time.
  
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• Wasting IT developer time will cost €2.5trn globally, Stripe warns siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/it-…

  06-09-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  Wasting IT developer time will cost €2.5trn globally, Stripe warns siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/it-…
  
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• Iceland's last digital-free frontier: Remote Nordic peninsula fights to preserve its dead zone

  06-09-2018 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Internet service soon could be reaching the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, one of the last digital-free frontiers in what might be the world's most-wired nation. But, resident's are fighting it.
  
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• Advocacy Advertising: Another Slick Social Engineering Tool Of Technocracy

  06-09-2018 17:42 via technocracy.news
  Technocracy is all about social engineering. Advocacy Advertising (AA) is a tool to generate sales by promoting a particular opinion, such as political, social, economic or scientific. Such ads seek to influence public opinion for the self-interest of the advertiser. Conceptually, AA is closely related to the Nudge theory of behavioral science which uses positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions to influence behavior. Both are tools of social engineering, and skillfully practiced by Techno
  
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• Relics found on the seabed of the Mediterranean close to the site of a 5000-year-old port

  06-09-2018 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists say the vestiges of marine traders throughout the ages - from the Phoenicians to the Romans - lie hidden beneath the seabed at Israel's port of Dor.
  
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• There is no escaping jet lag: Why daytime naps are the worst approach to adjusting

  06-09-2018 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sleep expert Dr Joseph Ojile spoke to Daily Mail Online about why it takes so long for us to adjust to a new time zone and why having a glass of wine on the plane can worsen jet lag's effects.
  
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• A @Yale research team has successfully demonstrated one of the key steps in building the architecture for modular… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 17:05 via twitter.com
  A @Yale research team has successfully demonstrated one of the key steps in building the architecture for modular… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• France’s Clean Nuclear Energy Leapfrogs Germany’s Solar And Wind

  06-09-2018 16:57 via technocracy.news
  In the battle for ‘clean’ energy, France has whipped Germany by a margin of 3 to 1 with its use of reliable nuclear power. However, most environmental zealots hate nuclear energy as much as fossil fuels, so their collective global lobby has blocked development of new nuclear power plants. If it is allowed to continue, this foolishness will set humanity back 100 years. ⁃ TN EditorFrance completed construction on 76% of its current 58 reactors at an inflation-adjusted cost of $33
  
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• British sports car company Lister unveils new £140,000 SUV that can hit a top speed of 200MPH

  06-09-2018 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cambridge-based company Lister, who produced one of Britain’s most successful sports cars during the 1950s, is set to launch its SUV in September with deliveries set to begin in October.
  
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• As our workplaces evolve, so too do the threats to IT systems. What do you need to know? @incogellen has you covere… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 16:45 via twitter.com
  As our workplaces evolve, so too do the threats to IT systems. What do you need to know? @incogellen has you covere… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Bang: Study Shows Half Of Millennials Have Deleted Facebook

  06-09-2018 16:39 via technocracy.news
  Ironically, it was the under-30 crowd that made Facebook, et al, great in the first place; now, they are the first to leave because they feel betrayed. Technocrat manipulation always results in pushback after the initial benefits of some crafty invention wear off.  ⁃ TN EditorOn a day when its chief operating officer was on Capitol Hill this morning getting a grilling from DC lawmakers, Facebook is also the focus of a newly released Pew Research Center study that’s chock-a-block
  
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• It appears that #Instagram is stepping into the shopping sphere siliconrepublic.com/companies/inst…

  06-09-2018 16:30 via twitter.com
  It appears that #Instagram is stepping into the shopping sphere siliconrepublic.com/companies/inst…
  
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• Physicist donates £2.3 million prize to boost diversity...

  06-09-2018 16:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The money is being handed to London's Institute of Physics to establish research studentships for people from under-represented groups.
  
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• 60 new roles up for grabs at iCabbi #Dublinjobs #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/jobs/icabbi-du…

  06-09-2018 16:10 via twitter.com
  60 new roles up for grabs at iCabbi #Dublinjobs #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/jobs/icabbi-du…
  
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• What does the future of work mean to the average employee? siliconrepublic.com/people/future-…

  06-09-2018 15:51 via twitter.com
  What does the future of work mean to the average employee? siliconrepublic.com/people/future-…
  
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• Congrats to Jocelyn Bell Burnell! #astrophysics siliconrepublic.com/innovation/joc…

  06-09-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  Congrats to Jocelyn Bell Burnell! #astrophysics siliconrepublic.com/innovation/joc…
  
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• Salesforce announces new Sales Cloud platform features siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sal…

  06-09-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  Salesforce announces new Sales Cloud platform features siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sal…
  
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• The decline of the hedgehog: 80% of the UK countryside is uninhabited by the woodland creatures

  06-09-2018 15:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of Reading used 'footprint tracking tunnels' to show the nocturnal animals are more thinly spread in the UK than previously feared.
  
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• Enormous Roman 'biscuit factory' powered by 16 water wheels was used to make food for sailors

  06-09-2018 14:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The factory, found near Barbegal in southern France, features 16 water wheels arranged in a pair of adjacent rows down a steep hillside.
  
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• 'Unique' 2,000-year-old Roman garden water feature left to rot in a car park by the local authority 

  06-09-2018 14:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Colchester Council was given the stone basin for safe keeping after it was discovered in the city during an excavation in 2000, but it was discarded when the council moved sites six years later.
  
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• Aeolus: Space laser starts chasing the wind

  06-09-2018 14:26 via bbc.co.uk
  The British-built Aeolus satellite begins firing its laser down on Earth to map the planet's winds.
  
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• Nintendo DELAYS announcement about new Switch and 3DS video games due to earthquake

  06-09-2018 14:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Hokkaido earthquake, which struck shortly before 3am local time this morning (7pm BST/ 2pm ET yesterday), left 5.3 million without electricity and at least eight people dead.
  
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• Cryptocurrencies continue to tumble on Goldman reports

  06-09-2018 13:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Bitcoin continues to decline, amid reports that the US bank will shelve plans to establish a crypto trading desk.
  
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• Facebook to build $1 bn Singapore data centre, first in...

  06-09-2018 13:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Singapore data centre will be the first to incorporate Facebook's new StatePoint Liquid Cooling system, which is designed to minimise water and power consumption.
  
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• Facebook chooses Singapore for $1bn data centre

  06-09-2018 13:14 via bbc.co.uk
  It will be the social media giant's first such facility in Asia.
  
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• Voyager 1 left the planet 41 years ago. SpaceX hopes to land on it on Saturday

  06-09-2018 13:12 via go.theregister.com
  JPL code still running after four decades. How's your Python looking? Yesterday saw the 41st anniversary of Voyager 1’s launch from the Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 41 and SpaceX fire up its next Falcon 9 at the neighbouring Launch Complex 40 pad.…
  
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• Voyager 1 left the planet 41 years ago – and SpaceX hopes to land on Earth this Saturday

  06-09-2018 13:12 via go.theregister.com
  JPL code still running after four decades. How's your Python looking? Yesterday saw the 41st anniversary of Voyager 1’s launch from the Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 41 – and SpaceX fire up its next Falcon 9 at the neighbouring Launch Complex 40 pad.…
  
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• Scientists discover the world's most mature cheese: 7,200-year-old traces of 'feta' are found

  06-09-2018 13:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The two villages, Pokrovnik and Danilo Bitinj in Croatia, were occupied between 6000 and 4800BCE, according to research led by Pennsylvania State University.
  
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• ‘These spin-outs are an important source of #startups for Enterprise Ireland because they tend to be based on disru… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-09-2018 13:05 via twitter.com
  ‘These spin-outs are an important source of #startups for Enterprise Ireland because they tend to be based on disru… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• €750,000 available in Enterprise Ireland Competitive Start Fund siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ente…

  06-09-2018 13:01 via twitter.com
  €750,000 available in Enterprise Ireland Competitive Start Fund siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ente…
  
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• Breaking down Privacy Shield: Will it stay or will it go? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/pri…

  06-09-2018 13:00 via twitter.com
  Breaking down Privacy Shield: Will it stay or will it go? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/pri…
  
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• Sytorus sets its sights on soothing GDPR headaches as it raises €1.7m siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/syto…

  06-09-2018 12:53 via twitter.com
  Sytorus sets its sights on soothing GDPR headaches as it raises €1.7m siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/syto…
  
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• 'Twitter mining' for ants, spiders and birds

  06-09-2018 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists show how searching social media messages can reveal useful data on animal behaviour.
  
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• Researchers ‘teleport’ crucial component of quantum computer siliconrepublic.com/machines/quant…

  06-09-2018 12:50 via twitter.com
  Researchers ‘teleport’ crucial component of quantum computer siliconrepublic.com/machines/quant…
  
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• Cybersecurity and the future of work: How much can we predict? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/cyb…

  06-09-2018 12:50 via twitter.com
  Cybersecurity and the future of work: How much can we predict? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/cyb…
  
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• Have YOU been investigated by the FBI? Google sends email to notify affected Gmail users

  06-09-2018 12:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Colton Grubbs, based in Kentucky, pleaded guilty to distributing malware tool LuminosityLink in July, and people who purchased the software have since been notified of FBI access to their email accounts.
  
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• Instagram could be creating a standalone e-commerce app siliconrepublic.com/companies/inst…

  06-09-2018 12:10 via twitter.com
  Instagram could be creating a standalone e-commerce app siliconrepublic.com/companies/inst…
  
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• iCabbi to drive growth with 60 new positions in Dublin siliconrepublic.com/jobs/icabbi-du…

  06-09-2018 12:06 via twitter.com
  iCabbi to drive growth with 60 new positions in Dublin siliconrepublic.com/jobs/icabbi-du…
  
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• State data to be used to limit child gamers in China

  06-09-2018 12:03 via bbc.co.uk
  China's net giant Tencent is introducing a real-name registration system for one of its popular games.
  
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