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• Shocking footage shows sea creature inflate itself to massive size by sucking in water

  21-09-2018 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A remotely operated vehicle exploring an underwater mountain off Hawaii has captured the hilarious moment it startled a deep-sea gulper eel, triggering a bizarre defense mechanism.
  
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• Roadways lined with solar panels may not be as promising as hoped, first studies show

  21-09-2018 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Four years ago a viral campaign wooed the world with a promise of fighting climate change and jump-starting the economy by replacing tarmac on the world’s roads with solar panels.
  
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• Facebook to unveil 'Portal' chat device with video camera that FOLLOWS YOU around the room

  21-09-2018 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a new report, Facebook could unveil its long-rumored Portal device next week. Portal will be a video chat device with facial recognition and Alexa capabilities, report suggests.
  
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• Essential weekend reading about the business of tech from #venturecapital funding to IPOs, #analytics, innovation a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-09-2018 20:50 via twitter.com
  Essential weekend reading about the business of tech from #venturecapital funding to IPOs, #analytics, innovation a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Spray-on 'invisibly thin' antennae could usher in a new era of ultra-slim gadgets

  21-09-2018 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Drexel University's College of Engineering invented a material called MXene, that they say perform as well as those currently used in mobile devices.
  
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• How you interpret this 100-year-old optical illusion could predict how old you are

  21-09-2018 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using the 1915 optical illusion ‘My Wife and My Mother-In-Law,’ a new study has illustrated how age can dictate what we see. While some see a young woman, others see an older woman.
  
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• David Lee is a partner in @PwCIreland’s advisory consulting business, where he is leading the delivery of technolog… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-09-2018 20:10 via twitter.com
  David Lee is a partner in @PwCIreland’s advisory consulting business, where he is leading the delivery of technolog… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• How binge-drinking in college affects the brain

  21-09-2018 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jamie Smolen, a professor of medicine at the University of Florida, has spent years studying alcohol's effect on the brain. Here, he lays out how alcohol is damaging for partying students.
  
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• .@Deloitte wants ambitious indigenous companies to apply for the 2019 Best Managed Companies Awards. siliconrepublic.com/companies/delo…

  21-09-2018 19:40 via twitter.com
  .@Deloitte wants ambitious indigenous companies to apply for the 2019 Best Managed Companies Awards. siliconrepublic.com/companies/delo…
  
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• Could it be a case of fail to automate, prepare to fail? #robotics #fintech siliconrepublic.com/machines/robot…

  21-09-2018 19:10 via twitter.com
  Could it be a case of fail to automate, prepare to fail? #robotics #fintech siliconrepublic.com/machines/robot…
  
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• How realistic is the BBC's Bodyguard? Podcast 386

  21-09-2018 19:00
  
  On the WIRED UK podcast this week: how the police can make better use of AI, look at all the Alexa stuff Amazon announced this week and find out what life is really like for bodyguards
  
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• Dad's damaged army photo restored by social media

  21-09-2018 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Picture gives father and daughter the chance to bond over memories of time served in the armed forces.
  
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• Report slams 'high flying' UN environment chief

  21-09-2018 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Erik Solheim is criticised for risking the UN's reputation by extensive use of expensive air travel.
  
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• .@FranceinIreland is welcoming submissions for creative projects from all disciplines for its upcoming… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-09-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  .@FranceinIreland is welcoming submissions for creative projects from all disciplines for its upcoming… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Selfie app reveals the devastating consequences of ignoring your sunscreen 

  21-09-2018 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The app was created by scientists from Universität Heidelberg in Germany and can show what you'll look like in anything from five to 25 years time based on skin type and UV-protection behaviour.
  
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• 'Groomed aged 13 by hundreds of men on Kik'

  21-09-2018 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Within seconds of setting up a profile on the mobile messaging app, Taylor (not their real name) was approached.
  
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• From IoT security to saving the whales, here's what happened this week in the world of #IoT siliconrepublic.com/machines/belug…

  21-09-2018 18:20 via twitter.com
  From IoT security to saving the whales, here's what happened this week in the world of #IoT siliconrepublic.com/machines/belug…
  
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• We constantly create false memories to achieve the identity we want for ourselves

  21-09-2018 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In an article for the Conversation, psychologist Professor Giuliana Mazzoni, of the University of Hull, investigated what really makes up our identity. (Stock Image)
  
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• Tech Tent: Do the police have your biometric digits?

  21-09-2018 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Zoe Kleinman explores concerns that law enforcement agencies are collecting too much biometric data.
  
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• Criminals could have reduced sentences if they agreed to have brain stimulation

  21-09-2018 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Convicted criminals could have years taken off their sentence if they agreed to have electrical stimulation, according to Dr Nick Davis from Manchester Metropolitan University (stock image).
  
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• Child abuse videos and footage of a mutilated penis were 'recommended' to Instagram's IGTV users

  21-09-2018 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts spent nearly three weeks monitoring IGTV for inappropriate content and footage showing suggestive posing of underage girls appeared almost immediately after an account was set up.
  
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• Want to know what happens when an octopus tank is spiked with MDMA? #neuroscience #biology #research siliconrepublic.com/innovation/oct…

  21-09-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  Want to know what happens when an octopus tank is spiked with MDMA? #neuroscience #biology #researchsiliconrepublic.com/innovation/oct…
  
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• DIY brain-zapping trend could damage young people's minds, scientists warn

  21-09-2018 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Georgetown University in Washington DC have warned people that using devices bought online or made at home to shock their brains could damage their development.
  
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• Phone XS owners spot reference to the AirPower wireless charging matt inside handset's packaging

  21-09-2018 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AirPower was originally announced during the 2017 launch for the iPhone X in Cupertino and promised to provide wireless charging for future handsets.
  
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• #MostRead Today: ‘Where do you see yourself in five years?’ ow.ly/G9E830lV0Gr

  21-09-2018 17:39 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: ‘Where do you see yourself in five years?’ ow.ly/G9E830lV0Gr
  
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• #MostRead Today: Trust your gut: Scientists say gut feeling is hardwired, not hormonal ow.ly/Z4gI30lV0oq

  21-09-2018 17:36 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Trust your gut: Scientists say gut feeling is hardwired, not hormonal ow.ly/Z4gI30lV0oq
  
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• #MostRead Today: Free trips announced for Dublin’s first autonomous bus ow.ly/pHT130lV0pC

  21-09-2018 17:36 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Free trips announced for Dublin’s first autonomous bus ow.ly/pHT130lV0pC
  
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• #MostRead Today: Driverless bus to take to Dublin’s streets this weekend ow.ly/L8yN30lV0mQ

  21-09-2018 17:36 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Driverless bus to take to Dublin’s streets this weekend ow.ly/L8yN30lV0mQ
  
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• #MostRead Today: 10 outstanding start-ups from Oulu to watch ow.ly/oUds30lV0dv

  21-09-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 10 outstanding start-ups from Oulu to watch ow.ly/oUds30lV0dv
  
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• Japan space probe drops hopping rovers towards asteroid

  21-09-2018 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Japanese space probe Friday released a pair of exploring rovers towards an egg-shaped asteroid to collect mineral samples that may shed light on the origin of the solar system.
  
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• Can you think of any life experience in particular that shaped your career path? #careeradvice siliconrepublic.com/careers/life-e…

  21-09-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  Can you think of any life experience in particular that shaped your career path? #careeradvice siliconrepublic.com/careers/life-e…
  
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• NASA telescope discovers TWO new planets, including a 'hot-Earth'  49 light years away

  21-09-2018 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A planet-hunting orbital telescope designed to detect worlds beyond our solar system discovered two distant planets this week five months after its launch.
  
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• Julian Assange: Generation Being Born Now Is The Last To Be Free

  21-09-2018 16:53 via technocracy.news
  Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks in 2006, is an intellect and patriot along the order of Edward Snowden. What he calls the “open-cut harvesting the knowledge of humankind”, is leading toward an AI-based scientific dictatorship, or Technocracy. This is a must read article. ⁃ TN Editor
  Before his links to the world were cut by his Ecuadorian hosts, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gave an interview on how technological advances are changing humankind. He said global surve
  
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• Colossal underwater walls could stop 'runaway' ice sheet collapsing, say scientists

  21-09-2018 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a new study, led by scientist at Beijing Normal University, targeted engineering projects to hold off glacier melting could slow down the collapse of ice sheets and limit sea-level rise.
  
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• Trilateral Eric Schmidt: Internet Will Split In Two by 2028 With Rise Of China

  21-09-2018 16:33 via technocracy.news
  Eric Schmidt, chairman of Alphabet which owns Google is also a member of the elitist Trilateral Commission. This group was singularly responsible for bringing China into the modern world in the 1970s, and then building it up to be a super-power. China is extolled as a Technocracy, praising the effectiveness of its model of governance. ⁃ TN EditorEric Schmidt, who has been the CEO of Google and executive chairman of its parent company, Alphabet, predicts that within the next decade there wi
  
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• #Amazon is planning to dominate the #smarthome market with products controlled by #Alexa siliconrepublic.com/companies/amaz…

  21-09-2018 16:30 via twitter.com
  #Amazon is planning to dominate the #smarthome market with products controlled by #Alexa siliconrepublic.com/companies/amaz…
  
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• 'Spiders from Mars' spotted in Nasa image of troughs across red planet

  21-09-2018 16:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of Arizona located the strange features using the Hirise imaging camera aboard Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
  
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• Amazon 'plants fake packages in delivery trucks' in a bid to trap drivers who steal from the company

  21-09-2018 16:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The dummy packages have fake labels and are often empty, and Amazon, which is based in Seattle, places them in delivery trucks at random. (Stock image)
  
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• iPhone iOS 12 Update Sneaks In Secret Trust Rating Scoring Algorithm

  21-09-2018 16:16 via technocracy.news
  Apple says it is being transparent and straight up in calculating a ‘trust score’ on your iOS device, but you are not able to see your own score. Furthermore, it does not appear to be an optional ‘feature’ that users can turn on or off at will. This is a slippery slope leading to broader invasion of privacy. ⁃ TN Editorx
  Apple is now assigning trust ratings to iPhone users, based on your phone call and email habits.
  The new ratings were added as part of the latest i
  
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• Gulper eel caught on camera in Hawaii

  21-09-2018 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  A rare gulper eel is caught on camera displaying its huge pouch-like mouth in Hawaii.
  
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• Weekend Takeaway: The business of tech, the tech of business siliconrepublic.com/companies/tech…

  21-09-2018 16:13 via twitter.com
  Weekend Takeaway: The business of tech, the tech of business siliconrepublic.com/companies/tech…
  
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• Metal mosh pits mimic rituals of tribes in Papua New Guinea

  21-09-2018 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The find demonstrates that some principles are fundamental to humanity, naturally forming in cultures that are otherwise worlds apart, according to scientists at University College London.
  
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• Embassy of France in Ireland puts out open call for climate change projects siliconrepublic.com/innovation/emb…

  21-09-2018 15:19 via twitter.com
  Embassy of France in Ireland puts out open call for climate change projects siliconrepublic.com/innovation/emb…
  
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• Today's featured employer is @Accenture_Irl! Find out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/zEt0F3ryk3

  21-09-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  
  Today's featured employer is @Accenture_Irl! Find out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/zEt0F3ryk3
  
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• Novel IoT solution could help save endangered beluga whales siliconrepublic.com/machines/belug…

  21-09-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  Novel IoT solution could help save endangered beluga whales siliconrepublic.com/machines/belug…
  
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• Staggering slow-motion crash footage shows a Tesla Model 3 being smashed by speeding vehicles

  21-09-2018 14:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed the Model 3 had a shot at being the safest car ever tested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is based in Washington, DC.
  
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• “The growth achieved so far is in spite of our music licensing system, not because of it.” #streaming siliconrepublic.com/companies/stre…

  21-09-2018 14:45 via twitter.com
  “The growth achieved so far is in spite of our music licensing system, not because of it.” #streaming siliconrepublic.com/companies/stre…
  
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• #Eventbrite fares well on its New York Stock Exchange debut siliconrepublic.com/companies/even…

  21-09-2018 14:30 via twitter.com
  #Eventbrite fares well on its New York Stock Exchange debut siliconrepublic.com/companies/even…
  
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• Instagram's IGTV recommended 'abusive' videos

  21-09-2018 14:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Sexually suggestive clips featuring children were recommended to users, an investigation finds.
  
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• Hayabusa-2: Japan hopes for historic asteroid landing

  21-09-2018 14:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Officials believe the spaceship Hayabusa-2 has put rovers on an asteroid's surface, making history.
  
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