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• Why are thousands of Tesla cars parked in mysterious locations around the country

  02-10-2018 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ariel photos have been released that show hundreds of Tesla's parked up. Several locations around the country from new Jersey to California contain parking lots full of the cars.
  
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• Gaia telescope reveals 13 strange stars coming into the Milky Way

  02-10-2018 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dutch astronomers who were looking for signs of distant stars being booted out of the Milky Way have revealed a shocking discovery -stars instead heading inwards.
  
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• Twitter outlines new ways to spot fake accounts ahead of midterm elections

  02-10-2018 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter is cracking down on fake accounts as it prepares for the midterm elections in the US.In a blog post, the firm outlined new guidelines for what kinds of behaviors its taking action against.
  
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• Car loaded with AI, GPS, clock and a mic writes a Kerouac-inspired novel about four-day road trip

  02-10-2018 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ross Goodwin's AI experiment turned into the book, 1 the Road, which reveals prose-like observations made during a March 2017 road trip from New York to New Orleans in a Cadillac.
  
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• Fortnite season 6 searches on Pornhub doubled after launch

  02-10-2018 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New data has revealed that Fortnite-related searches on the adult video sharing website Pornhub have doubled after the launch of season 6. Here's all you need to know.
  
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• Ginger emoji are coming to the iPhone for the first time

  02-10-2018 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The red-headed characters were announced earlier this year as part of a batch of 70new emoji. Today, they are finally available to users as part of a public beta of Apple's iOS 12.1.
  
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• Russian trolls stirred up hate about Star Wars: The Last Jedi to 'weaponize' negative buzz

  02-10-2018 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new paper from Morten Bay, a research fellow at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, has found that Russian trolls and bots joined the fray to fan the flames of discord.
  
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• Ninebot unveils new go-kart kit to turn its hoverboard into an electric drifting vehicle

  02-10-2018 21:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ninebot, the parent company of Segway, has rolled out a kit that attaches to its miniPro hoverboard and turns it into a fully-functional, electric go-kart. The kit starts at $1,149.
  
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• BMW says rivals are interested in joining forces on...

  02-10-2018 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carmakers hope that by banding together they can take on the threat of Tesla, Apple, Waymo and other tech firms who are spending billions developing self driving cars.
  
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• Why we are so indecisive when given too many options

  02-10-2018 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the California Institute of Technology have revealed the brain is best at making decisions when it is given enough options to get a good choice but not so many it has to work hard.
  
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• NASA's $1.5bn Parker Solar Probe that will 'touch the sun' in historic mission swings by Venus

  02-10-2018 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Launched in August, the spacecraft gets a gravity assist today as it passes within 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) of Venus. The flyby is the first of seven that will draw Parker ever closer to the sun.
  
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• Students at three schools can use their Apple Watch or iPhone as a student ID to get around campus

  02-10-2018 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple said Tuesday it's rolling out contact-free student ID cards at three universities, including Duke University, the University of Alabama and the University of Oklahoma.
  
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• A team of scientists from @SwanseaUni has found a way to ‘supersize’ #solar cells to make them six-times larger tha… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-10-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  A team of scientists from @SwanseaUni has found a way to ‘supersize’ #solar cells to make them six-times larger tha… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The workforce is changing, and little is being done according to @IBM's latest #HR study. siliconrepublic.com/careers/ibm-hr…

  02-10-2018 20:40 via twitter.com
  The workforce is changing, and little is being done according to @IBM's latest #HR study. siliconrepublic.com/careers/ibm-hr…
  
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• New data visualization shows 'JB' is most popular initial combination

  02-10-2018 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If your initials are JB, like Justin Bieber, Jessica Biel and James Brown, you have the most common two-letter combination in the United States, according to a new data visualization.
  
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• Bacteria found 2,000ft under Earth hint alien life exists on Mars

  02-10-2018 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the Spanish National Centre for Biotechnology say the fact microbial creatures can weather the Iberian Peninsula mean similar organisms could thrive in space.
  
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• #Google is allowing a limited number of gamers to play ‘Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’ via its Chrome browser.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-10-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  #Google is allowing a limited number of gamers to play ‘Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’ via its Chrome browser.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• A 1,300-year-old skeleton found on Torcello may have been a slave

  02-10-2018 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the Ca' Foscari University believe the man was a young adult when he died during the early Middle Ages on Torcello island.
  
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• Hyperloop Transportation Technologies unveils first passenger capsule

  02-10-2018 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, one of the companies vying to make Elon Musk's vision of futuristic transport a reality, unveiled its first full-size, passenger-carrying pod in Spain on Tuesday.
  
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• The 2019 Mary Mulvihill Award for science communicators is now open to any researchers eager to show off their crea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-10-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  The 2019 Mary Mulvihill Award for science communicators is now open to any researchers eager to show off their crea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Cracks in the skin of elephants stops them overheating

  02-10-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  African elephants are the largest land animal in the world and being this big requires a unique cooling system to make sure the animals do not overheat in the intense sun of the African Savannah.
  
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• How I survived a month without social media

  02-10-2018 19:58 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC journalist Miriam O'Donkor tells us the state she's in after a month long social media detox.
  
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• Coins, bottles and 1930's pacifier 'coughed up' by Ywellowstone geyser

  02-10-2018 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After Ear Spring erupted on September 15, park employees found a strange mix of objects nearby, ranging from several cans to a 1930s pacifier.
  
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• .@JA_Irl announced plans to further scale its successful Futurewize programme up to the end of 2019. #STEM… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-10-2018 19:40 via twitter.com
  .@JA_Irl announced plans to further scale its successful Futurewize programme up to the end of 2019. #STEM… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Great news for #Galway as @SOTI_Inc plans to hire 150. #jobfairy #Galwayjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/soti-galw…

  02-10-2018 19:20 via twitter.com
  Great news for #Galway as @SOTI_Inc plans to hire 150. #jobfairy #Galwayjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/soti-galw…
  
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• The larger the firm, the less solid password security is, according to @LastPass  #security #passwords siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/las…

  02-10-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  The larger the firm, the less solid password security is, according to @LastPass  #security #passwords siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/las…
  
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• Kids with cellphones are more likely to be bullies or get bullied

  02-10-2018 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elizabeth Englander of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center has six simple tips for parents who want to give their kids a cellphone.
  
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• Facebook will put adverts on WhatsApp in 2019

  02-10-2018 18:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook's chief security officer, Alex Stamos, recently justified the changes, claiming that it was unrealistic for people to expect WhatsApp to remain free forever.
  
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• #Deliveroo’s sales have doubled, but losses at the firm have shot up to nearly £185m. siliconrepublic.com/companies/deli…

  02-10-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  #Deliveroo’s sales have doubled, but losses at the firm have shot up to nearly £185m. siliconrepublic.com/companies/deli…
  
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• Japanese construction robot can pick up and drill in drywall by itself

  02-10-2018 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tokyo-based developers from Japan's Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute say the robot could replace workers assembling ships and aircraft.
  
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• Have scientists finally found proof of Planet X?

  02-10-2018 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mysterious object identified by scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science is one of the most distant bodies ever identified within the sun's gravitational range.
  
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• Irish documentary @TheFarthestFilm has won an Emmy for best sci-tech documentary. #space #documentary ads.twitter.com/composer/oz2m9…

  02-10-2018 18:20 via twitter.com
  Irish documentary @TheFarthestFilm has won an Emmy for best sci-tech documentary. #space #documentary ads.twitter.com/composer/oz2m9…
  
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• The #NobelPrize in Physics for 2018 has gone to Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland, the latter being… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  02-10-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  The #NobelPrize in Physics for 2018 has gone to Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland, the latter being… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Why have so many deep water whales washed ashore in Scotland?

  02-10-2018 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists are investigating why around 70 deep water whales have washed up on Scottish and Irish beaches since the beginning of August.
  
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• #MostRead Today: What the Eir breach and GDPR can teach us about multilayered data security ow.ly/zL3f30m4bK1

  02-10-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: What the Eir breach and GDPR can teach us about multilayered data security ow.ly/zL3f30m4bK1
  
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• #MostRead Today: Donna Strickland named first female Nobel laureate in physics in 55 years ow.ly/1Ofp30m4bL0

  02-10-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Donna Strickland named first female Nobel laureate in physics in 55 years ow.ly/1Ofp30m4bL0
  
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• #MostRead Today: Blockchain firm ConsenSys to create an additional 50 jobs in Dublin ow.ly/EESU30m4bOW

  02-10-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Blockchain firm ConsenSys to create an additional 50 jobs in Dublin ow.ly/EESU30m4bOW
  
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• #MostRead Today: 9 cool tech companies hiring in sales right now ow.ly/K96L30m4bMC

  02-10-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 9 cool tech companies hiring in sales right now ow.ly/K96L30m4bMC
  
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• #MostRead Today: ‘Who’s a clever boy?’ Not your dog, according to new research ow.ly/f8zF30m4bI9

  02-10-2018 17:39 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: ‘Who’s a clever boy?’ Not your dog, according to new research ow.ly/f8zF30m4bI9
  
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• Russia finds International Space Station hole was made DELIBERATELY

  02-10-2018 17:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking on Monday, Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russian space agency Roskosmos, said that an official investigative report had initially confirmed their theory.
  
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• Draconid Meteor Shower 2018: What is it, when is it and how can you watch it in the UK and US? 

  02-10-2018 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Draconid Meteor Shower will return, but the 2018 peak may not be as spectacular as it has been in the past and could only generate a few meteors per hour. When is the Draconid Shower?
  
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• Amazon raises wages amid criticism

  02-10-2018 17:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The online giant has come under fire over tax and working conditions at its warehouses.
  
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• Scientists find cheap, game-changing way to ‘supersize’ solar cells siliconrepublic.com/machines/super…

  02-10-2018 17:06 via twitter.com
  Scientists find cheap, game-changing way to ‘supersize’ solar cells siliconrepublic.com/machines/super…
  
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• Vodafone and EE mobile coverage claims probed by Ofcom

  02-10-2018 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK telecoms regulator opens an investigation into the accuracy of claims made by the two firms.
  
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• First woman Physics Nobel winner in 55 years

  02-10-2018 16:50 via bbc.co.uk
  The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to a woman for only the third time since the award began.
  
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• Humanoid Construction Robot Installs Drywall By Itself

  02-10-2018 16:49 via technocracy.news
  Jobs of America’s 10 million construction workers are in serious jeopardy to be replaced by robots. What’s the point? Technocrats invent because they can, not because it is wise to do so. Will humanity de humanized if it is cared for exclusively by machines? ⁃ TN EditorIf Japan’s Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute has its way, construction workers might be a thing of the past. Researchers have built HRP-5P, a humanoid bot that can handle a vari
  
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• New Zealand First Nation To Impose Digital Strip-Search For Travelers

  02-10-2018 16:37 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats are running amok in New Zealand. Your smartphones and laptops are now deemed searchable by law and refusal to hand over passwords on demand will cost you $5,000 and seizure of your devices for forensic analysis. A demand can be made for no particular reason or suspicion. Welcome to the Fourth Reich.  ⁃ TN EditorTravelers who refuse to hand over their phone or laptop passwords to Customs officials can now be slapped with a $5000 fine.
  The Customs and Excise Act 2018 –
  
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• California bans 'secret' election bots

  02-10-2018 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  California has signed legislation which bans the use of undeclared bots during elections.
  
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• Algorithms: What’s A Few Mistakes Vs. 90% Accuracy?

  02-10-2018 16:19 via technocracy.news
  Because man is imperfect, it follows that anything man creates is imperfect as well, including the computer programs that are intended to run everything in our lives. Furthermore, the law of Entropy suggests that anything man creates will be more imperfect than the creator. Trusting our lives and fortunes to secret algorithms is foolish and dangerous. ⁃ TN EditorIn 1603, English officials arrested Sir Walter Raleigh. They charged him with treason. He was allegedly involved in a p
  
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• Internet giants like Facebook, Twitter and Google are making us 'stupid and unhappy', claims Buerk

  02-10-2018 16:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 72-year-old also claimed the hugely-poplar platforms had casual disregard for facts and empirical data. 
  
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