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• Unusual features of figure carved into 2,000-year-old tobacco pipe do NOT depict dwarfism

  04-10-2018 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The carved pipe discovered in 1901 features what’s thought to be a Native American with achondroplasia, a common form of dwarfism. A new study now suggests that's not the case.
  
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• MobiLimb adds a FINGER to your phone that strokes your wrist and mimes emoji to you

  04-10-2018 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It serves as a helping hand, functioning as a stand or extra grip to hold onto your phone. It also transforms your phone from a cold, hard brick into a finger that strokes your hand every so often.
  
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• Russia cyber-plots: US, UK and Netherlands allege hacking

  04-10-2018 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Seven Russians are charged by the US, while the Netherlands says it has expelled four hackers.
  
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• Want the smartest car out there? DON'T buy a Tesla, Consumer Reports say

  04-10-2018 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Testers said Cadillac's Super Cruise system 'does the best job of balancing high-tech capabilities with ensuring that the car is operated safely and that the driver is paying attention'.
  
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• The West fights back against Putin's cyber war

  04-10-2018 22:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Seven Kremlin agents working for the GRU are accused of hacking the records of athletes from 30 countries as they travelled across the globe using the intelligence obtained to spread fake news.
  
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• New Nintendo Switch is arriving next year

  04-10-2018 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New reports have indicated that Nintendo is planning to upgrade its popular Switch video game console. Here's all you need to know about it, including information about the Switch itself.
  
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• Eight-year-old girl pulls pre-Viking era SWORD from the bottom of a lake in Sweden

  04-10-2018 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While wading in Vidöstern lake in Tånnö, Småland, 8-year-old Saga Vanecek stumbled upon what she thought was ‘some kind of stick’ – but, it turned out to be a sword dating back more than 1,000 years.
  
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• Tipsy birds flying into windows, cars in northern...

  04-10-2018 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Citizens in Gilbert on the state's Iron Range have reported the birds flying into windows, cars and acting confused.
  
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• Apple and Amazon hit back at claims their systems contained Chinese spy chips

  04-10-2018 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tech giants includingApple and Amazon have hit back at 'deeply disappointing' claims by Bloomberg their serversmay have been fitted with tiny microchips placed there by Chinese spies.
  
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• Chinese spies 'infiltrated US companies by sneaking chips onto Apple and Amazon servers'

  04-10-2018 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unnamed officials detailed the astonishing breach for the first time publicly in an expose by Bloomberg Businessweek on Thursday. The chips made their way onto Supermicro servers.
  
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• Google's Waymo self-driving car crashed after its human driver dozed off at the wheel

  04-10-2018 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While driving on a route that Waymo uses to test autonomous vehicle software, the human safety driver 'appeared to doze off,' causing the car to veer into another lane and crash into the median.
  
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• Want to know what kind of #SpaceCareers you can have? Check out @keoghlegale, @KujosHeist and @Lana_Salmon… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-10-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  Want to know what kind of #SpaceCareers you can have? Check out @keoghlegale, @KujosHeist and @Lana_Salmon… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Scientists create a new 'Sans Forgetica' font they say can could boost your memory

  04-10-2018 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The font, dubbed Sans Forgetica, was created by a team at RMIT University in Australia using principles from both typography and psychology to improve information retention.
  
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• A leading figure in the Irish astronomical community, @petertgallagher will now lead @DIAS_Dublin astronomy and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-10-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  A leading figure in the Irish astronomical community, @petertgallagher will now lead @DIAS_Dublin astronomy and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Scientists propose plan to create doomsday 'Noah's Ark' for good germs

  04-10-2018 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The so-called global microbiota vault proposed by a Rutgers University-led team would collect beneficial microbes from populations that have maintained microbial diversity.
  
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• The US military is hacking insects with virus DNA, raising fears of dangerous new bio-weapons

  04-10-2018 20:00
  
  Darpa, the research arm of the US military, is embarking on a radical new trial, but researchers warn that the technology could be turned into a biological weapon
  
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• The inaugural @nuigalway Explore Innovation Awards has thrown up some impressive creations. siliconrepublic.com/machines/nui-g…

  04-10-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  The inaugural @nuigalway Explore Innovation Awards has thrown up some impressive creations. siliconrepublic.com/machines/nui-g…
  
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• Scientists discover 10,000kg of hail pours down from Saturn's rings every second 

  04-10-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A n international team of researchers found that the rings of Saturn are made from more than just ice, with fragments of ammonia, methane, carbon monoxide, nitrogen and CO2 present too.
  
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• Call problems hit O2 mobile network

  04-10-2018 19:56 via bbc.co.uk
  The service has been struggling for several hours report thousands of customers via social media.
  
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• Facebook adds AI to its eBay-style Marketplace to automatically add price suggestions

  04-10-2018 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Similar to the feature added to Ebay's mobile app, Facebook bosses say it will reduce the likelihood of sellers giving-up on their listings - something that affected roughly 10 per cent of listings, last year.
  
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• Curiosity switches 'brains' in bid to bring rover back to full operation 

  04-10-2018 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Martian vehicle has been suffering from a major technical issue that has prevented the rover's active computer from storing science and some key engineering data since Sept. 15.
  
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• Want to know what makes credential #phishing so effective? #scams #cyberattacks #data siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/men…

  04-10-2018 19:30 via twitter.com
  Want to know what makes credential #phishing so effective? #scams #cyberattacks #data siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/men…
  
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• O2 is DOWN: Mobile network is out for customers across the UK

  04-10-2018 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thousands of customers have reported problems with the network, with users in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Belfast all affected. (Stock image)
  
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• NASA probe on course for flyby of most distant object ever explored

  04-10-2018 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New Horizons fired its thrusters late Wednesday way out in our solar system's Kuiper Belt, putting it on track for a New Year's Day flyby of a frigid world dubbed Ultima Thule.
  
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• Jaguar and her young cub fight over 16ft anaconda in southwest Brazil

  04-10-2018 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The jaguar cub and its mother were seen locked in a tug of war on a riverbank in Porto Jofre in the wetlands of Pantanal, Brazil, both pulling at either end of a 16ft-long anaconda.
  
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• A new #EU policy means #Netflix, #Amazon and other video-on-demand services must spend more in Europe. siliconrepublic.com/companies/eu-n…

  04-10-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  A new #EU policy means #Netflix, #Amazon and other video-on-demand services must spend more in Europe. siliconrepublic.com/companies/eu-n…
  
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• Vietnam's children and the fear of climate change

  04-10-2018 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Children's drawings of nightmarish scenarios illustrate climate change's impact in the Mekong Delta.
  
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• AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order

  04-10-2018 18:45 via technocracy.news
  Lee is one of the fathers of AI and is equally at home in China or the U.S. His perception of the future of AI and AI race between China and the U.S. is essential to understand. You may not like what you hear, but it is the reality living in the Technocrat mind: Listen to his TED Talk.  ⁃ TN EditorKai-Fu Lee heads up a $2 billion AI and technology-focused venture fund (Sinovation) and used to lead Microsoft Research in Asia and Google China.
  He has written a book AI Superpowers: China
  
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• Great news for jobseekers! #Dublinjobs #jobfairy #UXdesign siliconrepublic.com/jobs/ux-design…

  04-10-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  Great news for jobseekers! #Dublinjobs #jobfairy #UXdesign siliconrepublic.com/jobs/ux-design…
  
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• Could YOU tell these were fake? Google AI creates strangely realistic images

  04-10-2018 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team at Google’s DeepMind led by Andrew Brock from Heriot-Watt University created the generative adversarial network (GAN).
  
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• Russian space capsule with three crew-members lands in Kazakhstan

  04-10-2018 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Soyuz MS-08, carrying Russia's Oleg Artemyev alongside NASA's Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, landed at 5.44 pm Kazakh time on Thursday - 146 km south-east of Dzhezkazgan.
  
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• Brain scans reveal football fans access the tribal part of their brain

  04-10-2018 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A University of York researcher has tackled an issue as old as sports itself and found thatan ancient region of human brains is responsible for a tribal reaction which brings with it inherent bias (file photo).
  
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• Google Assistant app gets new visual cards and better touch support

  04-10-2018 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google is launching a major redesign of its Assistant app. The search giant's digital assistant was initially launched as a way for users to give commands using just their voice.
  
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• In total, the NCSC listed six attacks linked to #Russia in its report, with four of these explicitly attributed to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  04-10-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  In total, the NCSC listed six attacks linked to #Russia in its report, with four of these explicitly attributed to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Proof that 'sleeping on it' works!

  04-10-2018 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bristol University researchers measured changes in the brains and responses of 16 participants who took part in two tests before and after a brief nap.
  
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• #MostRead Today: New laser will give Russia major accuracy advantage over US GPS network ow.ly/wBfS30m6hfP

  04-10-2018 17:37 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: New laser will give Russia major accuracy advantage over US GPS network ow.ly/wBfS30m6hfP
  
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• #MostRead Today: Vodafone CEO warns Europe not to be speedy with 5G auctions ow.ly/67jM30m6he3

  04-10-2018 17:36 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Vodafone CEO warns Europe not to be speedy with 5G auctions ow.ly/67jM30m6he3
  
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• #MostRead Today: New Cybersecurity Skills Initiative will train 5,000 professionals ow.ly/aU8W30m6h75

  04-10-2018 17:36 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: New Cybersecurity Skills Initiative will train 5,000 professionals ow.ly/aU8W30m6h75
  
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• #MostRead Today: How being a Navy SEAL helped me navigate today’s workforce ow.ly/jbxB30m6h9B

  04-10-2018 17:36 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: How being a Navy SEAL helped me navigate today’s workforce ow.ly/jbxB30m6h9B
  
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• #MostRead Today: 3 surprising revelations from IBM’s latest HR study ow.ly/n45V30m6hcB

  04-10-2018 17:36 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 3 surprising revelations from IBM’s latest HR study ow.ly/n45V30m6hcB
  
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• Toddlers are now spending THREE HOURS on iPads a day

  04-10-2018 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three out of four youngsters aged under five have access to a device, while the amount of time spent watching content on them has risen from 2.6 hours in 2017 to 2.8 hours, this year.
  
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• Interbreeding with Neanderthals protected our ancestors against viruses

  04-10-2018 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When modern humans moved out of Africa they encountered and interbred with Neanderthals who had been living throughout Eurasia for millennia. This passed down immunity to some viruses
  
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• Case Study: What A Technocrat Takeover And Assimilation Looks Like

  04-10-2018 17:07 via technocracy.news
  After one year under the thumb of Amazon, Whole Foods employees cry out that “They want us to be robots.” As Amazon’s technocrat-driven warehouse warehouse philosophy is being imposed on Whole Foods: micromanagement and intense pressure to perform. ⁃ TN EditorWhole Foods staff are worried that Amazon, the grocery chain’s new owner, is trying to turn them into “robots” and are seeking to set up a union to protect their jobs.
  Workers at “America&rsqu
  
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• Fitbit data used to charge US man with murder

  04-10-2018 16:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Data from a fitness tracker used in case of 90-year-old accused of murdering his stepdaughter.
  
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• McDonald's, UberEats and Wetherspoon workers strike over pay

  04-10-2018 16:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Workers from UberEats, JD Wetherspoon, McDonald's and TGI Fridays call for a pay rise.
  
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• Big Fight Brewing As Lawmakers Consider National Privacy Law

  04-10-2018 16:52 via technocracy.news
  Some lawmakers are getting wise to Big Tech’s demands for self-regulation of privacy issues, and are putting citizens first. Since Technocrats compulsively hoard data, they will fight against any restrictions on data collection. This will be a real test for Technocracy vs. Constitutional Republic. ⁃ TN EditorThe tech industry and consumer groups are gearing up for a fight as lawmakers begin considering whether to draft a national privacy law.
  The push to get Congress to enact federal
  
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• Swiss cow feed fights global warming by cutting flatulence in livestock

  04-10-2018 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The United Nations says livestock farming alone is responsible for up to 18 percent of the greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. Nearly a quarter of that comes from bovine flatulence.
  
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• 6 space careers you can have other than astronaut siliconrepublic.com/jobs/space-car…

  04-10-2018 16:49 via twitter.com
  6 space careers you can have other than astronaut siliconrepublic.com/jobs/space-car…
  
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• TSA Facial Recognition System Gets Only 85% Match Rate

  04-10-2018 16:39 via technocracy.news
  “Your papers, please.” Thus far, TSA is failing miserably on implementing biometric identification systems at U.S. airports. While there is no doubt that some bad actors will be caught with a perfect system, it is a gross violation of the Constitution to collect data on every citizen or traveller. ⁃ TN EditorThe U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency is expected to complete a 30-day test next month of the use of facial recognition technology to screen international
  
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• DIAS appoints Prof Peter Gallagher as head of astronomy and astrophysics siliconrepublic.com/innovation/dia…

  04-10-2018 16:32 via twitter.com
  DIAS appoints Prof Peter Gallagher as head of astronomy and astrophysics siliconrepublic.com/innovation/dia…
  
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