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• Netflix soars on record subscriber total

  16-10-2018 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  The streaming service adds seven million subscribers in the third quarter, bringing the total to 137 million.
  
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• Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Gazing monkeys image wins

  16-10-2018 23:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Two snub-nosed monkeys sitting on a stone is the top shot at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018.
  
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• Nature in the lens

  16-10-2018 23:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Two snub-nosed monkeys sitting on a stone is the top shot at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018.
  
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• Facebook 'Ripley' project would put a camera on top of your TV, report claims

  16-10-2018 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook is reportedly building a successor to its $200 Portal. As part of Project Ripley, it's building a camera device that connects to the TV for video chats and streaming content.
  
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• TSA to launch facial recognition on domestic flights in bid to eliminate lines and passports

  16-10-2018 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TSA plans to use fingerprints and facial scans at airport checkpoints, leading to shorter lines. It may also mean travelers can leave their passports at home in the future.
  
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• Can Pinterest succeed as the 'un'-social network?

  16-10-2018 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pinterest has announced announced that it is making more of its 'pins' — the photos and illustrations users post and save for inspiration — 'shoppable.'
  
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• How you react when your partner teases you could reveal if you'll stay together

  16-10-2018 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new study from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, researchers found that people who are afraid of being laughed at, even in a light-hearted manner, are less happy in their relationships.
  
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• Google to charge smartphone makers for Google Play in...

  16-10-2018 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google will charge smartphone makers a licensing fee for using its app store and also allow them to use rival versions of Android to comply with EU antitrust order.
  
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• Dating app for Trump supporters leaves users' data open to hackers on first day in business

  16-10-2018 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The security breach included the first 1,600 users' photos and personal messages between people chatting through the 'make America date again' app called 'DonaldDaters.'
  
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• 'Concrete block on your chest': astronauts recount...

  16-10-2018 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague are now in 'great' health, the pair said, speaking about the launch.
  
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• Kevin Systrom talks about his departure from Instagram but refuses to discuss Zuckerberg

  16-10-2018 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking at the Wired25 summit in San Francisco, Systrom said 'You don't leave a job because everything's awesome.'
  
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• Scientists warn extinction now outpaces evolution

  16-10-2018 20:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Aarhus University and the University of Gothenburgs say evolution will not be able to keep up with rate by which mammals are dying out unless we ramp up conservation efforts.
  
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• Uber IPO proposals value it at whopping $120 billion

  16-10-2018 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The company accepted proposals from Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan last month which puts it on track to achieve the biggest ever IPO when it eventually goes public late next year.
  
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• Bizarre Twitter bug sends out cryptic push notifications to users' phones

  16-10-2018 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On Tuesday, Twitter sent users a bizarre string of push notifications that looked as if someone mashed a bunch of buttons on their keyboard, then hit send.
  
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• Google CEO says 'important to explore' China project

  16-10-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sundar Pichai has acknowledged publicly for the first time that the tech giant is considering a search engine for China, saying it could offer 'better information' to people than rival services.
  
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• Vaccine that protects against anthrax and plague has been developed amid fears of terror threats

  16-10-2018 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from The Catholic University of America created a single vaccine that could provide protection against the two diseases, even if someone is infected with a deadly dose.
  
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• Boston Dynamics' reveals its robodog Spot dancing along to Uptown Funk

  16-10-2018 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spot the robo-dog has another trick up his sleeve in a new, minute-long video where he can be seen twerking and shimmying to Bruno Mars' dance-worthy hit 'Uptown Funk.'
  
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• Heartbreaking image shows a fish found dead with a plastic wrapper 'stuck' in its mouth

  16-10-2018 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fish was found by nature-lover Liz Elmont, who snapped the photo on Dunster beach in West Somerset and said it represented a much bigger problem.
  
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• US senator Elizabeth Warren faces backlash after indigenous DNA claim

  16-10-2018 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  President Donald Trump goes on the attack after the Cherokee nation dismisses Elizabeth Warren's claim.
  
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• Disgraced doctor behind vaccine autism fears wins annual award for bad science

  16-10-2018 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andrew Wakefield was ridiculed with the 'Rusty Razor' award for pseudoscience by The Skeptic magazine for his widely discredited work claiming vaccinations cause autism.
  
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• Charcoal inscription points to date change for Pompeii...

  16-10-2018 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii probably took place two months later than previously thought, Italian officials said on Tuesday.
  
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• Almost HALF of Americans say they can’t tell the difference between a social media bot and a human

  16-10-2018 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Only 47 percent of Americans said they were confident they would be able to identify social media bots from real humans.
  
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• Unilad web publisher bought by LADbible

  16-10-2018 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The move safeguards more than 200 jobs at the viral publisher, which collapsed with debts of £6.5m.
  
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• Huawei unveils iPhone-challenging Mate 20 smartphones

  16-10-2018 18:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Huawei has unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, which the Chinese firm claims contains the 'most powerful chipset on the market'.
  
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• The first animals on Earth: Scientists find fossil sponges that lived 635 million years ago

  16-10-2018 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ancient rocks and oils from Oman, Sibera, and India have been found to contain a compound produced only by sponges, dating as far back as 635 million years ago to before the Cambrian Explosion.
  
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• .@JeniT, CEO of the @ODIHQ, explains how better access to data can lead to a fairer society. #DataScienceWeek… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-10-2018 18:45 via twitter.com
  .@JeniT, CEO of the @ODIHQ, explains how better access to data can lead to a fairer society. #DataScienceWeek… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Hundreds of rare photos including Buzz Aldrin taking a space selfie are published in a new book

  16-10-2018 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Unseen pictures have emerged in a book by Queen legend Brian May that capture the lunar landscape when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969.
  
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• Uber and Airbnb reveal plans to give drivers and hosts equity

  16-10-2018 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  n separate letters to the SEC in recent months, the two companies have asked for a change to current rules which stop them from dishing out coveted shares to drivers and hosts.
  
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• Internet giants grilled by Science and Tech Committee after they delete 30 million posts

  16-10-2018 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The scale of both illegal and offensive social media was laid bare by the liked of Facebook, Twitter and Google, when they were called in before the Science and Technology Committee.
  
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• Hinge launches 'We Met' feature to let users review first dates

  16-10-2018 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  We Met will pop up for users a few days after they exchange phone numbers with another user. The app will ask each user separately if they went on a date and if they'd like to see the person again.
  
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• 'Inspirefest: The Podcast' is back! The first episode will drop on 23 October, starting with the ‘investment rockst… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-10-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  'Inspirefest: The Podcast' is back! The first episode will drop on 23 October, starting with the ‘investment rockst… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Trump may not know what's behind warming, but...

  16-10-2018 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On '60 Minutes' Sunday, Trump said, 'I don't know that it's man-made' - causing ourtage among scientists
  
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• Tim Ball: Al Gore Just Can’t Escape His Loopy Scientific Ignorance

  16-10-2018 17:44 via technocracy.news
  For the sake of refuting ignorance and purposeful deception, only the facts will suffice. Dr. Tim Ball schools the world on Al Gore’s frenetic claims about loopy and wavy jet streams: alas, it is Gore himself who is loopy. ⁃ TN EditorNobody does a better job of proving Mark Twain’s maxim than Al Gore. 
  “It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.”
  His latest example was reported in an article here at Technocrac
  
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• #MostRead Today: These 8 firms are all hiring in data science right now ow.ly/zsY530mfRlj

  16-10-2018 17:33 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: These 8 firms are all hiring in data science right now ow.ly/zsY530mfRlj
  
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• #MostRead Today: Want to be a data scientist? Here’s what you need to know ow.ly/rxP530mfRgq

  16-10-2018 17:32 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Want to be a data scientist? Here’s what you need to know ow.ly/rxP530mfRgq
  
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• #MostRead Today: Senior directors lead MBO at Sligo engineering firm LotusWorks ow.ly/66Eq30mfRiK

  16-10-2018 17:32 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Senior directors lead MBO at Sligo engineering firm LotusWorks ow.ly/66Eq30mfRiK
  
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• #MostRead Today: Do dogs really understand the words we say? This study aimed to find out ow.ly/tsPR30mfRhU

  16-10-2018 17:32 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Do dogs really understand the words we say? This study aimed to find out ow.ly/tsPR30mfRhU
  
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• #MostRead Today: Crucial nuclear fusion breakthrough solves one of its biggest problems ow.ly/DwHV30mfRk6

  16-10-2018 17:32 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Crucial nuclear fusion breakthrough solves one of its biggest problems ow.ly/DwHV30mfRk6
  
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• Herefordshire firm launches biodegradable crisp packet

  16-10-2018 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The manufacturer says the bags once disposed have a six-month lifespan.
  
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• Great news for #Carlow today as @MSDInvents announced 170 jobs! #PharmaJobs #JobFairy #hiring #CarlowJobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/msd-carlo…

  16-10-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  Great news for #Carlow today as @MSDInvents announced 170 jobs! #PharmaJobs #JobFairy #hiring #CarlowJobssiliconrepublic.com/jobs/msd-carlo…
  
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• Can you help @AilbheForde with some #WomeninMaths suggestions? #mathsweek #mathsweek2018 twitter.com/AilbheForde/st…

  16-10-2018 17:13 via twitter.com
  Can you help @AilbheForde with some #WomeninMaths suggestions? #mathsweek #mathsweek2018 twitter.com/AilbheForde/st…
  
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• You really CAN follow your nose: People with a good sense of smell are better at navigation

  16-10-2018 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research from McGill University in Canada used MRI scans to find out that a well functioning nose and a strong sense of direction rely on the same two regions of the brain.
  
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• The Atlantic: Why Technology Favors Tyranny

  16-10-2018 17:09 via technocracy.news
  “Populist revolts will be staged not against an economic elite that exploits people but against an economic elite that does not need them anymore. This may well be a losing battle. It is much harder to struggle against irrelevance than against exploitation.”  ⁃ TN EditorI. The Growing Fear of Irrelevance
  There is nothing inevitable about democracy. For all the success that democracies have had over the past century or more, they are blips in history. Monarchies, oliga
  
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• Mediterranean World Heritage sites could be DESTROYED by rising sea levels

  16-10-2018 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the Mediterranean Sea are at risk of flooding and coastal erosion from rising sea levels by the year 2100, scientists at Kiel University in Germany show.
  
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• Scientists make plea to save Pacific Northwest killer whales from extinction

  16-10-2018 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A small group of killer whales in the Pacific Northwest faces extinction unless U.S. government fisheries managers reverse a decline in their main food source, Chinook salmon, scientists warn.
  
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• Robot 'talks' to MPs about future of AI in the classroom

  16-10-2018 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Pepper goes to Parliament to talk to MPs about the role robotics and AI will play in the classroom.
  
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• How can open data lead to positive social change? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/jen…

  16-10-2018 16:51 via twitter.com
  How can open data lead to positive social change? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/jen…
  
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• Airbus is developing living quarters and research lab for astronauts aboard Nasa's lunar station

  16-10-2018 16:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The European Space Agency (ESA) has commissioned Airbus, which has a major space facility in Stevenage, to develop key concepts for the station over the next 15 months.
  
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• DARPA Wants Drone Swarms To Master Urban Operations

  16-10-2018 16:45 via technocracy.news
  This is DARPA’s third major push to develop coordinated and autonomous drone swarms, up to 250 per swarm, to be used in urban areas. DARPA uses universities (Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Univ. of Colorado) and giant Tech companies (Siemens, Heron) to build their military technology. ⁃ TN EditorDARPA’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) envisions swarms of 250 collaborative autonomous systems providing critical insights to small ground military units in urban areas where
  
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• Plague of 'sneaky subscriptions' on Apple's App Store trick users

  16-10-2018 16:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scammers are hitting users by confusing them with so-called free trials and complex designs, which make it hard to opt out of the services these apps offer.
  
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