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• Have you got your #Inspirefest tickets yet? @TweetsbySimone is among the first speakers to be announced! siliconrepublic.com/companies/insp…

  06-10-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  Have you got your #Inspirefest tickets yet? @TweetsbySimone is among the first speakers to be announced! siliconrepublic.com/companies/insp…
  
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• The world’s first fully-autonomous indoor farm

  06-10-2018 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  The world’s first fully-autonomous indoor farm in San Carlos, California, is now operational.
  
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• #ICYMI: Catch up on what happened in the world of #IoT this week, including the latest with #autonomousvehicles siliconrepublic.com/machines/spray…

  06-10-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  #ICYMI: Catch up on what happened in the world of #IoT this week, including the latest with #autonomousvehicles siliconrepublic.com/machines/spray…
  
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• “By 2025, roughly 75pc of the global workforce will be #millennials. The culture of the workplace will be directly… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-10-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  “By 2025, roughly 75pc of the global workforce will be #millennials. The culture of the workplace will be directly… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The desire to succeed online has to come from the storeowners and employers who see their future through a digital… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-10-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  The desire to succeed online has to come from the storeowners and employers who see their future through a digital… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• ‘Greater Phoenix Smart Region Initiative’ Takes Root In Arizona

  06-10-2018 16:47 via technocracy.news
  Arizona State University brags about being the leading Sustainable Development center in America, and is now taking a key role to promote regionalism and Smart City initiatives in Arizona. It will be a massive Public-Private Partnership. A key partner, Arizona Institute for Digital Progress, claims that this is America’s first Smart Region.  ⁃ TN EditorA new initiative to grow smart city projects is taking hold in the Phoenix metro region.
  The project, called the Greater Phoenix
  
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• Project Safe Cam: Homeowners Hook Up Own Cameras To Police Net

  06-10-2018 16:25 via technocracy.news
  In Las Vegas, over 1,100 homeowners have volunteered their home cameras to be hooked up to the police video network. While this sounds like a good idea to some homeowners, it puts them directly in harms way for privacy liability. In this case, privacy issues have not been properly thought through. ⁃ TN EditorSurveillance cameras: It seems they are in service everywhere these days.
  At homes and businesses, these electronic eyes catch every move made in front of them. They are the reason loc
  
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• DARPA Developing GMO Insects That Genetically Modify Crops

  06-10-2018 16:15 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats at DARPA are creating a new technology that could potentially become the deadliest bioweapon on earth. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is an agency of the Department of Defense and develops technology for the military. ⁃ TN EditorA team of scientist sounds the alarm in a new Science Policy Forum report about a mysterious US government program that is developing genetically modified viruses that would be dispersed into the environment using inse
  
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• ICYMI: From skulls to goblins, the world of #astronomy is getting into the season of spook siliconrepublic.com/innovation/the…

  06-10-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: From skulls to goblins, the world of #astronomy is getting into the season of spook siliconrepublic.com/innovation/the…
  
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• What is the magic number? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ord…

  06-10-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  What is the magic number? siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ord…
  
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• WATCH: Interxion’s Bryan Hill on the digital future of media siliconrepublic.com/video/interxio…

  06-10-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  WATCH: Interxion’s Bryan Hill on the digital future of media siliconrepublic.com/video/interxio…
  
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• Ukraine builds solar plant near Chernobyl

  06-10-2018 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Ukraine launches its first solar plant in the abandoned area around the former nuclear power station.
  
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• Want to work at Slack, Dropbox or Zendesk? Click here to check out opportunities for #sales professionals siliconrepublic.com/jobs/tech-comp…

  06-10-2018 13:00 via twitter.com
  Want to work at Slack, Dropbox or Zendesk? Click here to check out opportunities for #sales professionals siliconrepublic.com/jobs/tech-comp…
  
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• “We need to be bolder, less conservative and aim higher. Scottish inventions are famous all over the world so let’s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-10-2018 12:00 via twitter.com
  “We need to be bolder, less conservative and aim higher. Scottish inventions are famous all over the world so let’s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• UberEats and Deliveroo couriers hit out against new gig economy rules

  06-10-2018 08:00
  
  Coordinated industrial action is hard for gig economy workers. But it's happening
  
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• This is how the Pixel 3 compares to the Pixel 2

  06-10-2018 08:00
  
  Are the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL worth the extra cash over the Pixel 2 series? Here’s what’s new
  
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• The Pixel 3 vs the Pixel 2 and why you should really buy a Pixel 2 XL

  06-10-2018 08:00
  
  Are the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL worth the extra cash over the Pixel 2 series? Here’s what’s new
  
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• The Nest E shows all that's wrong with Google's smart home plan

  06-10-2018 08:00
  
  Nest, owned by Google, is shipping its Thermostat E to Europe. But that might not be enough to fight off Amazon's Alexa
  
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• The first hint of an exomoon is a big step in our hunt for alien life

  06-10-2018 08:00
  
  If observations of irregularities in the orbit of Kepler 1625b do turn out to be an exomoon it would be a huge moment for astronomy, and our hunt for life in the universe
  
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• How Russia's top secret global hacking operation unravelled

  06-10-2018 08:00
  
  US and Dutch law enforcement have meticulously detailed how hackers believed to be from Russia's GRU accessed files from world anto-doping agencies. Here's how they did it
  
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• Google's Pixel 3 and 3XL are the leakiest phones that ever leaked

  06-10-2018 08:00
  
  The Pixel 3 and 3XL will be announced on October 9. But with pretty much every detail of the phone leaked already, Google might as well reveal it now
  
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• Gig economy protests intensify as UberEats couriers rile at new rules

  06-10-2018 08:00
  
  Coordinated industrial action is hard for gig economy workers. But it's happening
  
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• Scientists condemn professor's 'morally reprehensible' talk

  06-10-2018 05:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Italian researcher Alessandro Strumia is heavily criticised for claiming physics was "built by men".
  
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• AC maker developing system to blast workers with cold air if it thinks they're getting sleepy

  06-10-2018 01:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm said it conducted research and found that making the room colder for a few minutes was more effective at rousing employees than things like bright lights or a refreshing aroma.
  
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• How coding is helping young Gazans find work

  06-10-2018 01:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Gaza Sky Geeks, a tech hub started by Google and the NGO, Mercy Corps, teaches coding and has an outsourcing agency.
  
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• Researchers find mysterious unexplained 'ghost' radio emission that lasted for 25 years

  06-10-2018 00:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California researchers spotted an extremely bright source of radio emissions that blazed into existence in the 1990s and then faded out over next 25 years.
  
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• A Royal robot: Animatronic head of Queen Elizabeth I brings Armada Portrait of the monarch to life

  06-10-2018 00:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new exhibit titled 'The Mask of Youth', English artist Mat Collishaw has created a strikingly realistic recreation of the Tudor Queen's head with eyes that follow you around the room.
  
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• It's over 9,000! Boffin-baffling microquasar has power that makes the LHC look like a kid's toy

  06-10-2018 00:13 via go.theregister.com
  The first detection shows beams powered to over 25 trillion electron volts The first microquasar us Earthlings have detected has left astrophysicists puzzled.…
  
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