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• Leaked photos claim to show 'Google Home Hub' with a screen in bid to take on Amazon's Echo Show

  18-09-2018 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leaked photos claim to show a smart display, called the 'Google Home Hub' with a 7-inch display mounted on top of a speaker, supporting prior rumors it's planning to launch such a device.
  
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• 'Nuclear pasta' is the strongest known material in the universe, simulations confirm

  18-09-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Indiana University and the California Institute of Technology say the new simulations could help us better understand phenomena such as gravitational waves.
  
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• Sony's Aibo robo-dog finally goes on sale in the US - but the AI canine will set you back $2900

  18-09-2018 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sony announced Tuesday that its 'First Litter Edition' Aibo robot dog is now available for pre-order in the US. The robotic 'puppy' will arrive on buyers' doorsteps in mid-December.
  
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• Starvation fears after piglets stolen from London farm

  18-09-2018 21:55 via bbc.co.uk
  There are fears for the welfare of 11 tiny piglets stolen from a farm in London.
  
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• Your smartphone obsession may be making your dog sad, expert warns

  18-09-2018 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A veterinary surgeon has warned that dogs especially may feel sad when their owners focus most of their attention toward a screen, and may even develop behavioral issues.
  
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• Twitter now allows users to switch between a chronological and algorithmic timeline

  18-09-2018 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new options should be a welcome update for users who want to see tweets as they're posted in real time vs. the algorithm, which showed popular tweets and tweets from users you follow first.
  
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• Find out who won in this year's @EUCYS in Dublin! #EUCYS2018 siliconrepublic.com/innovation/euc…

  18-09-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Find out who won in this year's @EUCYS in Dublin! #EUCYS2018 siliconrepublic.com/innovation/euc…
  
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• Renault-Nissan to use Android system in its dashboards

  18-09-2018 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, one of the world's top-selling automakers, has decided to go with Google's Android operating system to run its dashboard.
  
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• Tired of being superwoman? So was @DrAnitaSands. #worklifebalance #careeradvice #Inspirefest siliconrepublic.com/advice/working…

  18-09-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  Tired of being superwoman? So was @DrAnitaSands. #worklifebalance #careeradvice #Inspirefest siliconrepublic.com/advice/working…
  
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• Closest galaxies to the Milky Way once had a companion that was EATEN billions of years ago

  18-09-2018 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way - the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds may have once had a third companion, Australian astronomers believe.
  
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• Google launches new tool that lets parents turn off their teen's phone as part of Family Link update

  18-09-2018 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google wants to help families set some 'digital ground rules.' The search giant has added new tools to its Family Link app for teens, including one that lets parents turn off their teen's phone.
  
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• Gorillas form lifelong bonds with other apes that help neighboring groups keep the peace

  18-09-2018 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study on African mountain gorillas has found that their lives are very much influenced by the life-long bonds they form with other members of the group – much like human social interaction.
  
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• #Apple has deposited the full €13bn tax payment into an escrow account – with interest. #Appletax siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…

  18-09-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  #Apple has deposited the full €13bn tax payment into an escrow account – with interest. #Appletax siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…
  
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• Pink for a boy, blue for a girl? Gender labels change a child's performance

  18-09-2018 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, led by the University of Hong Kong, found that when boys were told they were playing a boys' game they completed it faster (stock image).
  
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• Well-behaved dogs have the happiest owners! Those who are stressed are have ill-behaved pets

  18-09-2018 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research conducted in Mexico looked at the relationship between owners and their dogs and found stressed owners reacting badly to a dog's misdeeds, causing more bad behaviour (stock).
  
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• The @scienceirel Future Innovator Prize wants researchers to develop novel solutions to Ireland’s biggest societal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-09-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  The @scienceirel Future Innovator Prize wants researchers to develop novel solutions to Ireland’s biggest societal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• How much you save may be influenced by your heritage

  18-09-2018 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the London School of Economics and Political Science used long-term data to explore the saving habits of UK migrants, their children and their grandchildren.
  
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• Too much screen time? New phone controls for you and kids

  18-09-2018 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New tools for managing screen time will let you see how often you (and your kids) picked up the phone after bedtime or how long you're really spending on Instagram at work.
  
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• Solar-powered yacht which can cruise the entire globe without stopping to refuel unveiled

  18-09-2018 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The electric SolarImpact yacht is longer than a blue whale, and is topped with enough solar panelsto cover a full-sized tennis court. It was designed by Zurich firm SolarImpact Yacht AG.
  
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• #Waterford VR firm @vreducation is winning in the immersive experiences and education game. siliconrepublic.com/companies/vr-e…

  18-09-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  #Waterford VR firm @vreducation is winning in the immersive experiences and education game. siliconrepublic.com/companies/vr-e…
  
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• Autonomous vehicles, spinal fusion and starch scoop top EUCYS 2018 prizes siliconrepublic.com/innovation/euc…

  18-09-2018 17:59 via twitter.com
  Autonomous vehicles, spinal fusion and starch scoop top EUCYS 2018 prizes siliconrepublic.com/innovation/euc…
  
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• #MostRead Today: Microsoft to create 200 new jobs at its Dublin campus ow.ly/skc630lS1wJ

  18-09-2018 17:54 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Microsoft to create 200 new jobs at its Dublin campus ow.ly/skc630lS1wJ
  
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• #MostRead Today: Google grants €530,000 to boost Irish computer science curriculum buzz ow.ly/7kSC30lS1xI

  18-09-2018 17:54 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Google grants €530,000 to boost Irish computer science curriculum buzz ow.ly/7kSC30lS1xI
  
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• #MostRead Today: 12 brilliant Boston start-ups to watch ow.ly/Q0in30lS1vB

  18-09-2018 17:53 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 12 brilliant Boston start-ups to watch ow.ly/Q0in30lS1vB
  
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• Here's a speedy summary of all the iPhone XS and XS Max reviews

  18-09-2018 17:48
  
  It's evolution, not revolution. The main conclusion? Most people should either stick with their iPhone X or wait for the iPhone XR
  
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• Facebook under fire for job ads that let companies exclude women, other employment seekers

  18-09-2018 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The claim, filed by the ACLU and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, accuses the company of violating labor and civil rights laws by publishing discriminatory job ads.
  
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• Navigation apps like Waze may NOT be reliable for steering you out of a disaster, experts warn

  18-09-2018 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google-owned Waze said it's worked with local governments and volunteer map editors to mark closures of thousands of roads across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
  
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• Chicago Tunnel: Elon Musk’s Breakthrough Or Pipe Dream?

  18-09-2018 17:15 via technocracy.news
  Elon Musk’s popularity and constant appearance in headlines across America is proof that America still loves Technocrats and Technocracy. Musk’s grandfather was the head of Canada’s Technocracy, Inc. during the 1930s and 1940s, when north America had over 500,000 dues-paying members. The hallmark of Technocracy has always been hype and Musk has certainly mastered that art. ⁃ TN EditorWhen Elon Musk agreed this summer to build a futuristic tunnel to Chicago’s busiest
  
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• Eccentric Yusaku Maezawa will go into space aboard Elon Musk's rocket

  18-09-2018 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yusaku Maezawa played in a punk rock band called Switch Style in his early 20s and got his start in business importing CDs and records before creating Japan's largest online shopping mall.
  
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• It's not over until the fat BIRD sings! Scientist finds that musical avians control metabolic rate

  18-09-2018 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Lewis Halsey from the University of Roehampton was watching a small gathering of finches peruse the stocks of his London garden when he wondered why songbirds never appear to be overweight.
  
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• Ceres' vanishing volcanoes: Dwarf planet once had 22 'cryovolcanoes'

  18-09-2018 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Arizona used images from Nasa's Dawn Mission to spot the sites of 22 ancient volcanoes that have almost all disappeared.
  
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• How The Radicals Of ’68 Became The Technocrats Of ’18

  18-09-2018 16:54 via technocracy.news
  “The university has remained a training ground for the technocratic elite. Only, it now produces more Sarah Jeongs than it does Robert McNamaras—more tech-savvy identitarians than weapons-hurling establishmentarians. The substance has shifted; the forms and instrumental functions have not.” ⁃ TN EditorHalf a century since the mayhem of the Democratic National Convention; since barricades were raised and tires set aflame and paving stones hurled in the Latin Quarter of Par
  
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• It can be tough moving from a small company to a big one. We got some advice from @perkbox co-founder Chieu Cao.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-09-2018 16:25 via twitter.com
  It can be tough moving from a small company to a big one. We got some advice from @perkbox co-founder Chieu Cao.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Mysterious pulsar 1,630 light-years from Earth is sending infrared radiation across the stars

  18-09-2018 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers from Penn State university were part of a team that made the finding using Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope, who suggest two possibilities to explain their observations.
  
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• Black Market: Killer Robots To Offer ‘Untraceable Murders”

  18-09-2018 16:13 via technocracy.news
  Technocrat inventions intended to solve various problems for mankind can also be easily adapted by criminal minds to be used for nefarious purposes. All of the components necessary for clandestine killer robots already exist and are readily available in the marketplace. ⁃ TN EditorCriminal gangs and terrorists could get their hands on murderous artificial intelligence to hunt down enemy targets.
  And by being controlled at length, they could make it impossible for the culprits to be traced.
  
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• Apple tax: US firm pays €13bn bill in full as appeal progresses siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…

  18-09-2018 16:09 via twitter.com
  Apple tax: US firm pays €13bn bill in full as appeal progresses siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…
  
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• Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will be first SpaceX BFR tourist

  18-09-2018 15:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Ever since I was a kid, I have loved the Moon,' Yusaku Maezawa said at SpaceX headquarters and rocket factory in Hawthorne, California, in the middle of metropolitan Los Angeles, late Monday.
  
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• 'Ghost' seen walking on North Carolina pier during Hurricane Florence

  18-09-2018 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to folklore originating in South Carolina, the Gray Man has appeared since 1822 during stormy weather to warn residents of imminent devastation.
  
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• #Boston is a major #cybersecurity hub, and industry leaders say it’s for several unique reasons siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/bos…

  18-09-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  #Boston is a major #cybersecurity hub, and industry leaders say it’s for several unique reasons siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/bos…
  
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• Apple has tried and failed, so how can OnePlus reinvent the TV?

  18-09-2018 15:50
  
  OnePlus is creating a new type of television - and the company wants your help to do it. How can the Chinese smartphone manufacturer succeed where many have tried and failed?
  
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• Dog owners face a higher risk of E. coli, salmonella and MRSA

  18-09-2018 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at Hartpury University have now warned the evidence is 'clear' to show dog water bowls can pose a risk of infection to humans, as well as pooches.
  
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• “This charter captures our commitment and it is now incumbent on the Government to meet the challenge.” @IUAofficial siliconrepublic.com/innovation/iri…

  18-09-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  “This charter captures our commitment and it is now incumbent on the Government to meet the challenge.” @IUAofficial siliconrepublic.com/innovation/iri…
  
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• New SFI prize challenges researchers to solve major societal problems siliconrepublic.com/innovation/sfi…

  18-09-2018 15:20 via twitter.com
  New SFI prize challenges researchers to solve major societal problems siliconrepublic.com/innovation/sfi…
  
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• Can scientists crack secret of Nasa's fuel-free thruster?

  18-09-2018 15:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Physicist Dr Mike McCulloch, from Plymouth University, has been awarded £990,000 ($1.3 million) by the US government to develop a fuel-free rocket engine.
  
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• WhatsApp's next update is designed to give your smartphone battery life a boost

  18-09-2018 15:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It could be rolled out to WhatsApp users worldwide in the next software update released by the Facebook-owned company. (Stock image)
  
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• Waterford tech firm VR Education reports H1 revenues of €300,000 siliconrepublic.com/companies/vr-e…

  18-09-2018 15:12 via twitter.com
  Waterford tech firm VR Education reports H1 revenues of €300,000 siliconrepublic.com/companies/vr-e…
  
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• Good news for #Belfast this morning! #jobfairy #spacetech siliconrepublic.com/jobs/3deo-ni-b…

  18-09-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  Good news for #Belfast this morning! #jobfairy #spacetech siliconrepublic.com/jobs/3deo-ni-b…
  
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• Mysterious great white shark lair discovered in Pacific Ocean

  18-09-2018 15:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marine biologists began tagging sharks more than a decade ago but the predators' month-long annual pilgrimage to a seemingly barren area in the mid-Pacific region.
  
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• Meet the winners at #Ploughing18, host to an exciting crop of #agritech offerings siliconrepublic.com/machines/natio…

  18-09-2018 14:40 via twitter.com
  Meet the winners at #Ploughing18, host to an exciting crop of #agritech offerings siliconrepublic.com/machines/natio…
  
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• Today's featured employer is @DeloitteIreland! Check out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/Ksx9bZT0Wz

  18-09-2018 14:30 via twitter.com
  
  Today's featured employer is @DeloitteIreland! Check out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/Ksx9bZT0Wz
  
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