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• How China's GPS 'rival' Beidou is plotting to go global

  20-09-2018 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  China's Beidou is being used in everything from ploughing to precision missiles, but can it go global?
  
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• Going global

  20-09-2018 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  China's Beidou is being used in everything from ploughing to precision missiles, but can it go global?
  
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• China's GPS 'rival' plots to go global

  20-09-2018 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  China's Beidou is being used in everything from ploughing to precision missiles, but can it go global?
  
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• Thermal spring near Yellowstone's Old Faithful geyser erupts for the fourth time in 60 years

  20-09-2018 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ear Spring on Yellowstone's Geyser Hill went from being dormant on Saturday to spewing steam and water between 20 and 30 feet (6 and 9 meters) high, a height not recorded since 1957.
  
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• Google defends Gmail data sharing, gives few details on...

  20-09-2018 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google gave details about its policies for third-party Gmail add-ons but stopped short of fully addressing questions from U.S. senators about developers who break its email-scanning rules.
  
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• Spotify to let artists upload their music to the platform directly instead of through a label

  20-09-2018 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spotify is giving artists even more freedom. The popular streaming platform is rolling out a new beta program that lets indie artists directly upload their music, album art and other info to its service.
  
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• Google tweaked its Smart Reply feature because it would repeatedly suggest users send 'I love you'

  20-09-2018 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Early prototypes of Google's 'Smart Reply' feature had plenty of goofs, including suggesting 'Sent from my iPhone' and 'I love you' as a response to numerous emails.
  
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• Amazon unveils a slew of new devices, including revamped Echo Dot, Alexa-powered microwave and more

  20-09-2018 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At a pop-up event at its Seattle headquarters, the firm unveiled a brand new version of its Echo Dot, which features big boosts to its sound quality - broadcasting sounds at 70 percent louder volumes.
  
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• Expert explains why it's so easy to get 'catfished' online

  20-09-2018 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a researcher from University at Buffalo, social media doesn't offer reliable ways to identify profiles that don't represent real people.
  
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• 'Gentle giant' basking sharks can jump as high and fast as great whites

  20-09-2018 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have captured footage of basking sharks breaching just like great white sharks – and in doing so, the lumbering creatures can hit speeds faster than even an Olympic swimmer.
  
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• Earliest animal fossils are identified

  20-09-2018 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists have identified the earliest known animal in the geological record.
  
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• Diversity among mammals is traced back to evolution of shoulder blades 270 million years ago

  20-09-2018 20:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With different regions of the spine evolving separately, mammals were able to branch into a myriad of different forms, according to research led by the Field Museum in Chicago.
  
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• Amazon's made a heap of new Echo speakers – and a microwave

  20-09-2018 20:37
  
  Amazon is upgrading three of its Echo speakers, introducing two brand-new ones, and making an Alexa satnav and microwave. Here's everything it just announced
  
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• Amazon's announced lots of new Echo speakers... and a microwave

  20-09-2018 20:37
  
  Amazon is upgrading three of its Echo speakers, introducing two brand-new ones, and making an Alexa satnav and microwave. Here's everything it just announced
  
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• How do you handle this question in a job interview? Career coach @brandcareermgmt has some #interviewtips. siliconrepublic.com/advice/intervi…

  20-09-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  How do you handle this question in a job interview? Career coach @brandcareermgmt has some #interviewtips. siliconrepublic.com/advice/intervi…
  
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• GoPro Hero 7 camera films smooth videos without gimbal

  20-09-2018 20:26 via bbc.co.uk
  The latest action cam automatically stabilises footage without separate equipment.
  
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• Fat cells discovered in Russia prove the ancient fossil is the world's OLDEST known animal 

  20-09-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the Australian National University in Canberra have described the discovery of the fossil as the 'Holy Grail' of palaeontology.
  
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• Companies in food, drink and #lifesciences could grow their business through a new pilot programme launching soon. siliconrepublic.com/companies/food…

  20-09-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  Companies in food, drink and #lifesciences could grow their business through a new pilot programme launching soon. siliconrepublic.com/companies/food…
  
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• Internet regulator considered for UK

  20-09-2018 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  The government is considering "all options" to keep UK citizens "safe" online.
  
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• End-Permian extinction that wiped out 90% of life on Earth occurred with almost no early warning

  20-09-2018 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts including the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that when ocean and land species died out, they did so en masse over a period that was geologically instantaneous.
  
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• Facebook Dating testing in Colombia

  20-09-2018 19:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook wants to be the place to find your next romantic partner. The social media giant said Thursday it's launching Facebook Dating as part of a limited test in Colombia.
  
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• Check out some of #Finland's top start-ups coming out of Oulu, including: @KideSystems @KNLNetworks and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-09-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  Check out some of #Finland's top start-ups coming out of Oulu, including: @KideSystems @KNLNetworks and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Tinder is addictive as it's inspired by a psychological experiment

  20-09-2018 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tinder executive Jonathan Badeen has admitted he based the dating app's famous 'swiping' mechanic around a classic experiment from famed Harvard psychologist B.F. Skinner.
  
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• Women even feminists are attracted to 'benevolently sexist' men

  20-09-2018 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Post-doctoral research fellow at Iowa State University Pelin Gul and Tom Kupfer, a Marie Curie research fellow at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam investigate what 'benevolent sexism' is.
  
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• Two more #Tipperary towns to be connected to @SIROIreland's 1Gbps network. #broadband siliconrepublic.com/comms/tipperar…

  20-09-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  Two more #Tipperary towns to be connected to @SIROIreland's 1Gbps network. #broadband siliconrepublic.com/comms/tipperar…
  
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• Scientists grow a human esophagus in the lab in the latest triumph toward making the GI system

  20-09-2018 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Collaborating labs across the US are trying to grow the entire GI tract. They have already made a stomach, intestine, liver and colon. Now, Cincinnati Children's Hospital has grown the first esophagus.
  
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• Basking sharks have long had a reputation for being sluggish, but new research shows they are much faster than prev… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-09-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  Basking sharks have long had a reputation for being sluggish, but new research shows they are much faster than prev… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Giant Panda calls let the bears know the identity of neighbours

  20-09-2018 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  San Diego Zoo’s Institute for Conservation Research in California played back 100 bleats at varying distances to establish what information the endangered creatures gleaned from them.
  
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• Vote Leave data firm hit with first ever GDPR notice

  20-09-2018 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  AggregateIQ is appealing against the accusation that it mishandled personal data and broke GDPR rules.
  
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• PS Vita: Sony to cease production of handheld PlayStation console in 2019

  20-09-2018 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sony just announced that it will cease production of its popular PlayStation Vita handheld video game console in 2019. Here's all you need to know about the announcement and the PlayStation Vita.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Wake-up call as Irish venture capital falls and seed funding crashes ow.ly/nCDy30lTZJr

  20-09-2018 17:31 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Wake-up call as Irish venture capital falls and seed funding crashes ow.ly/nCDy30lTZJr
  
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• #MostRead Today: Google selects 30 start-ups for its Irish Adopt a Startup programme ow.ly/oERR30lTZKC

  20-09-2018 17:31 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Google selects 30 start-ups for its Irish Adopt a Startup programme ow.ly/oERR30lTZKC
  
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• #MostRead Today: 12 brilliant Boston start-ups to watch ow.ly/JpTK30lTZMw

  20-09-2018 17:31 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 12 brilliant Boston start-ups to watch ow.ly/JpTK30lTZMw
  
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• #MostRead Today: Scientists say wasps don’t deserve their bad reputation ow.ly/7z9y30lTZEP

  20-09-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Scientists say wasps don’t deserve their bad reputation ow.ly/7z9y30lTZEP
  
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• #MostRead Today: 8 Boston influencers you need to follow ow.ly/jEr430lTZHx

  20-09-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 8 Boston influencers you need to follow ow.ly/jEr430lTZHx
  
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• Stunning photographs capture the first evidence of praying mantis hunting FISH

  20-09-2018 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists observed an adult male hunting and devouring guppies in a pond located in a private roof garden in Karnataka, India, in a world first discovery.
  
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• Octopuses given ecstasy reveal link to evolution of human behaviours

  20-09-2018 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from Johns Hopkins University say it is fascinating to see ecstasy, the nickname for psychoactive drug MDMA works on octopuses exactly the same way it does on people.
  
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• .@ualbany’s Dr Siwei Lyu has discovered the crucial giveaway that will help you tell a #deepfake video from the rea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-09-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  .@ualbany’s Dr Siwei Lyu has discovered the crucial giveaway that will help you tell a #deepfake video from the rea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Millennials likely to use robots to avoid human interaction at work

  20-09-2018 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study by content solutions firm ABBYY has found that millennials are more likely to hate speaking with customers at work and would therefor defer to robots to handle those tasks.
  
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• Blue Origin will begin manned flights next year

  20-09-2018 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jeff Bezos made the revelation at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in Washington, DC where he said that he will continue to fund the project with his own vast wealth.
  
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• ‘Where do you see yourself in five years?’ siliconrepublic.com/advice/intervi…

  20-09-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  ‘Where do you see yourself in five years?’ siliconrepublic.com/advice/intervi…
  
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• Bye bye bugs? Scientists fear insect numbers are declining

  20-09-2018 16:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists think something is amiss, but they can't be certain: In the past, they didn't systematically count the population of flying insects, so they can't make a proper comparison to today.
  
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• The inventor who plans to build a city under the sea

  20-09-2018 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  After spending decades exploring the deep sea, Phil Nuytten plans to build a colony there.
  
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• Drones Unleashed: First Unmanned Air-To-Air Kill Signals New Era Of Warfare

  20-09-2018 16:26 via technocracy.news
  The Military/Industrial Complex is full of Technocrats who believe science and technology has the answer to every problem. In many cases, the desire for anonymous killing is exacerbated by immersion into video games where avatars are blown to bits with no accountability or ethical concern for human life.  ⁃ TN EditorAn MQ-9 Reaper drone has bagged its first air-to-air kill of another small, aerial vehicle in a controlled simulation, an official revealed to Military.com this
  
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• Giant pandas can tell a mate from their calls

  20-09-2018 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Pandas have to be within 20 metres of each other to identify each other's calls in their bamboo forest home.
  
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• Amazon Plans To Open 3,000 Cashierless, Cashless Stores By 2021

  20-09-2018 16:08 via technocracy.news
  Amazon will dominate online as well as physical retail by 2025 but will force others to use its dystopian technology to compete. This system employs the most comprehensive level of surveillance imaginable, measuring eye-movement, emotions, movement within the store and everything you touch, allowing AI to build a psychological profile on every shopper. ⁃ TN EditorAmazon.com Inc. is considering a plan to open as many as 3,000 new AmazonGo cashierless stores in the next few years, according
  
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• Black Mirror: China’s Dystopian ‘Social Credit System’ Is Switched On

  20-09-2018 15:56 via technocracy.news
  Gamification of Trust aims to “allow the trustworthy to roam freely under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step”. The system will be fully deployed to every square inch of China by 2020, just two years away. Worse, China is exporting its dystopian Technocracy to the rest of the world, including the United States. ⁃ TN EditorIt’s been in the pipeline for years: a sprawling, technological mass surveillance network the likes of which the world
  
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• The use of #AI not only benefits employees with disabilities, but also employers and workplaces as a whole, creatin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-09-2018 15:50 via twitter.com
  The use of #AI not only benefits employees with disabilities, but also employers and workplaces as a whole, creatin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• John Hancock adds fitness tracking to all policies

  20-09-2018 15:32 via bbc.co.uk
  One of the largest life insurance providers in North America will now sell only "interactive" policies that collect health data.
  
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• New research finds that mosquitoes are unwittingly exacerbating the #microplastics issue siliconrepublic.com/innovation/mos…

  20-09-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  New research finds that mosquitoes are unwittingly exacerbating the #microplastics issue siliconrepublic.com/innovation/mos…
  
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