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• Baffled girlfriend gets the answer to a riddle wrong THREE times before the penny finally drops

  18-10-2018 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The woman, from Chelmsford, Essex, was asked: 'If the big brother is four years old and his little brother is half his age (two years old), how old will the younger brother be if the older brother is 100?'
  
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• Hacked, scammed and on your own: navigating...

  18-10-2018 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the first half of this year alone, more than $800 million has already been stolen - and experts believe the majority of theft is left unreported.
  
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• Meet the CHUGBOT: Robotic hand that can catch a beer and crush it could revolutionize prosthetics

  18-10-2018 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The robotic technology, developed by researchers from Cornell University, takes a page from the machinery used in a car to give the robotic arm dexterity that's comparable to a human.
  
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• 'We have not misled investors': Beleaguered MoviePass parent company being investigated for fraud

  18-10-2018 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Helios & Matheson Analytics, the owner of beleaguered e-ticketing company MoviePass, is in hot water as the firm faces a fraud investigation by the New York Attorney General.
  
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• Oregon Zoo shares animal X-rays

  18-10-2018 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Oregon zoo posted images taken during routine health checks.
  
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• Scientists warn a third of UK-caught fish contains small specks of plastic

  18-10-2018 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microfibres from synthetic materials like polyester are one of the most significant contributors to plastic pollution in rivers and seas. Greenpeace has said 60% of clothing now contains polyester.
  
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• Amazon creates 1,000 'highly skilled' jobs in three UK cities

  18-10-2018 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Online retailer adds hundreds of "Silicon Valley" jobs in Manchester, Edinburgh and Cambridge.
  
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• Study suggests life COULD be transported between planets after year

  18-10-2018 22:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A year-long study designed to expose microbes and organic compounds to a space environment has found that some can withstand extreme temperatures and high levels of radiation.
  
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• New study pinpoints patterns among violent events in war and terrorism

  18-10-2018 21:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers analyzing a total of 273 armed conflicts and 60 terrorist campaigns identified patterns that appear to exist across the board, regardless of geography, ethnicity, and religion.
  
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• Rare state of matter is created in space for the first time

  18-10-2018 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The German space agency DLR carried out the tests in January last year, beating NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory who have since produced a BEC in space.
  
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• Wet and mild: Warm winter predicted for much of the US

  18-10-2018 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The National Weather Service predicted a warmer than normal winter for the northern and western three-quarters of the nation - and no place in the US is expected to be colder than normal
  
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• Startup plans to launch small satellites from Virginia...

  18-10-2018 21:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rocket Lab is set to build a launchpad at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility where unmanned cargo missions already are dispatched to the International Space Station.
  
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• Modified cotton could be human food source after U.S

  18-10-2018 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  U.S. regulators have cleared the way for farmers to grow a cotton plant genetically modified to make the cottonseed edible for people.
  
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• #MachineLearning and #AI systems need data to function, but they also need to be actively protected. @IBM researche… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-10-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  #MachineLearning and #AI systems need data to function, but they also need to be actively protected. @IBM researche… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Chinese tech giant @Baidu_Inc has become the first Chinese member of a major #AI ethics collective. siliconrepublic.com/companies/baid…

  18-10-2018 20:40 via twitter.com
  Chinese tech giant @Baidu_Inc has become the first Chinese member of a major #AI ethics collective. siliconrepublic.com/companies/baid…
  
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• Meet the roboprofessor: Bina48 teaches a philosophy course at West Point military academy

  18-10-2018 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bina48 became the first robot to co-teach a university class when she helped lead a philosophy course at West Point, the U.S. Military academy
  
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• Robocalls are on the rise as experts see 50 percent increase in scam phone calls

  18-10-2018 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study found that there were 4.4 billion received in the US last month, which is the 'highest number of monthly robocalls recorded' since the firm began tracking them in 2015.
  
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• The explosion in #data is creating new design challenges for data centre operators, @interxion cloud chief… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-10-2018 20:15 via twitter.com
  The explosion in #data is creating new design challenges for data centre operators, @interxion cloud chief… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Did Leonardo da Vinci have a SQUINT?

  18-10-2018 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leonardo, born in Italy during the Renaissance, is one of the leading men of the last millennium and now a study has claimed the visionary likely suffered with a squint called exotropia.
  
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• #DataScience will be the linchpin of future personalised #banking services, @BankofIreland’s Colin Kane tells John… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-10-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  #DataScience will be the linchpin of future personalised #banking services, @BankofIreland’s Colin Kane tells John… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Facebook reveals elections `war room´ at California...

  18-10-2018 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the run-up to elections in both Brazil and the US, Facebook builta physical room at its Menlo Park campus from where it says its elections interference prevention experts can work together.
  
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• Earthquake early warning system that could detect the big one goes live on the West Coast

  18-10-2018 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ShakeAlert system is ready to be used broadly by businesses, utilities, schools and other entities -
  but not yet ready for mass public notification.
  
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• Carbon fibre can be used to store electricity in electric cars

  18-10-2018 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has found that not only is carbon fibre extremely useful for its strength but could be used to hold an electrical charge.
  
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• .@ESBGroup has announced plans to fund a number of #STEAM initiatives as part of a new €7.5m programme called… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-10-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  .@ESBGroup has announced plans to fund a number of #STEAM initiatives as part of a new €7.5m programme called… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Thousands of tonnes of plastic that were meant to be recycled will now be burned

  18-10-2018 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and Southampton City Council, both in Hampshire, are understood to be the first to close their recycling banks.
  
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• Hubble spots a SUPERFLARE erupting from red dwarf star

  18-10-2018 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arizona State University astronomers have spotted a red dwarf star in the midst of a violent ‘superflare’ far more powerful than any event ever observed from our own sun.
  
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• Scientist names vitamins and minerals that help you live longer

  18-10-2018 18:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A researcher from the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute says people should eat 'like their mothers told them' by upping their greens and cutting out sugary drinks.
  
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• Apple set to reveal new iPads and MacBooks on October 30th

  18-10-2018 18:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The event will take place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and could also see new MacBooks and Airpods unveiled.
  
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• Female chimps KNOW which males kill their babies

  18-10-2018 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of Kent studied the behaviour of female chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest, Uganda where chimpanzees are particularly prone to suffering infanticide.
  
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• #Samsung has snapped up Barcelona-based @Zhilabs to make its #5G journey that bit easier. siliconrepublic.com/companies/sams…

  18-10-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  #Samsung has snapped up Barcelona-based @Zhilabs to make its #5G journey that bit easier. siliconrepublic.com/companies/sams…
  
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• Some the hottest #DataScience start-ups from Europe include: @finscienceAI, @knime, @oden_tech, @sirensearch and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-10-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  Some the hottest #DataScience start-ups from Europe include: @finscienceAI, @knime, @oden_tech, @sirensearch and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #MostRead Today: Researchers release audio of Antarctic ice ‘singing’ a haunting song ow.ly/79qo30mhLLa

  18-10-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Researchers release audio of Antarctic ice ‘singing’ a haunting song ow.ly/79qo30mhLLa
  
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• How U2's technology is changing concerts for the better

  18-10-2018 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The band's groundbreaking stage show is designed to ensure everyone has a front-row seat.
  
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• #MostRead Today: What are the fundamental soft skills you need to succeed in data science? ow.ly/IVd230mhLpi

  18-10-2018 17:59 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: What are the fundamental soft skills you need to succeed in data science? ow.ly/IVd230mhLpi
  
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• #MostRead Today: We’ve discovered a whole new way of flying, thanks to this common flower ow.ly/WLYg30mhLoq

  18-10-2018 17:59 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: We’ve discovered a whole new way of flying, thanks to this common flower ow.ly/WLYg30mhLoq
  
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• Take a tour of U2's ground-breaking stage

  18-10-2018 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Bassist Adam Clayton shows us around (and through) U2's 30-metre long "barricage".
  
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• UN Ambassador Nikki Haley Was Mentored Every Two Months By Trilateral Commissioner Henry Kissinger

  18-10-2018 17:27 via technocracy.news
  According to Harper’s Magazine, UN Ambassador Nikki Haley recently delivered a speech to the elite and secretive Council for National Policy (CNP).  On October 4, Haley had previously resigned her UN assignment as of the end of 2018.
  Harper’s Magazine reported on the CNP speech as more or less recapping her 19 months of service in the Trump Administration. The article first states,
  In a way, Haley had deployed a version of Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon’s “madman
  
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• World's earliest flesh-eating fish: Scientists find a 150-million-year old piranha-like creature

  18-10-2018 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists led by David Bellwood of James Cook University have described a remarkable new species of bony fish, called Piranhamesodon pinnatomus.
  
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• Predators could use artificial intelligence to manipulate children, professor warns

  18-10-2018 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Anthony Seldon (pictured) of the University of Buckingham warned schools were not teaching 'critical thinking' to help pupils fend off dangerous technology.
  
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• Amateur photographer takes incredible images on 20-year-old Gameboy

  18-10-2018 16:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Matthew Parrish from Ohio wanted to use his 20-year-old device for portrait photography so hooked it up to his £200 Olympus OM10 camera. He claims the photo quality has vastly improved.
  
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• In Japan, There’s A Down-To-Earth Robot For Just About Everything

  18-10-2018 16:29 via technocracy.news
  Japan suffers a population problem as its older citizens age, and the answer is robots: big ones, little ones, ugly ones, sexy ones, functional ones, etc. Robots are showing up in just about every industry and application imaginable. ⁃ TN EditorForget the flashy humanoids with their gymnastics skills – at the World Robot Summit in Tokyo, the focus was on down-to-earth robots that can deliver post, do the shopping and build a house.
  Introducing CarriRo, a delivery robot shaped a bit l
  
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• Facebook hack 'was the work of mystery spammers not governments'

  18-10-2018 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US-based social network reportedly believes the hackers who launched the massive cyber attack were 'looking to make money through deceptive advertising'.
  
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• How is IBM research strengthening security in machine learning? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ibm…

  18-10-2018 15:51 via twitter.com
  How is IBM research strengthening security in machine learning? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/ibm…
  
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• “The tools that are becoming available to journalists have changed significantly.” #DataScience #DataScienceWeek siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/fut…

  18-10-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  “The tools that are becoming available to journalists have changed significantly.” #DataScience #DataScienceWeek siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/fut…
  
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• Fintech Could Be Bigger Than ATMs, PayPal And Bitcoin Combined

  18-10-2018 15:37 via technocracy.news
  Fintech is the emerging financial system for Sustainable Development, and will permeate every phase and level of the financial world. Further, all nations of the world are embracing Fintech, from China to Europe to the entire Islamic world. ⁃ TN EditorFintech broke onto the scene as a disruptive force following the 2008 crisis, but the industry’s influence on the broader financial services system is changing.
  The fintech industry no longer stands clearly apart from financial services
  
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• A team at @EdinburghUni discovered a form of flight believed to not exist anywhere else in nature siliconrepublic.com/innovation/dan…

  18-10-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  A team at @EdinburghUni discovered a form of flight believed to not exist anywhere else in nature siliconrepublic.com/innovation/dan…
  
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• Prince Harry's new black ring is an Oura activity tracker

  18-10-2018 15:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Sussex, known for wearing jewellery with sentimental meaning, has sported the chunky black band on his right ring finger on the first three days of outings in Australia.
  
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• Interxion’s Harm Joosse: ‘100Gbps is the new normal for data centres’ siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/int…

  18-10-2018 15:10 via twitter.com
  Interxion’s Harm Joosse: ‘100Gbps is the new normal for data centres’ siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/int…
  
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• How your DNA could shape your education

  18-10-2018 15:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at King's College London found genetics accounted for 51 per cent of the difference in whether young people chose to go to university. Pictured: King's College, Cambridge.
  
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• #Wikipedia enthusiasts gear up for @Octocon, which takes place in Blanchardstown this weekend siliconrepublic.com/innovation/oct…

  18-10-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  #Wikipedia enthusiasts gear up for @Octocon, which takes place in Blanchardstown this weekend siliconrepublic.com/innovation/oct…
  
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