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• The birth of chocolate: Researchers find the cacao tree first appeared 3,600 years ago

  25-10-2018 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Washington researchers found it was domesticated in Central America 3,600 years ago, but originated in the Amazon basin, near the modern-day border of southern Colombia and northern Ecuador.
  
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• Google forced out Andy Rubin for sexual misconduct claim, but still gave him a $90M exit package 

  25-10-2018 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google reportedly gave Android's co-founder, Andy Rubin, a $90M exit package despite a credible claim that he had an inappropriate relationship with a woman while working at the company.
  
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• The big splosh!

  25-10-2018 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  When the dinosaur-killing asteroid struck Earth, it made billions of tonnes of rock move like a fluid.
  
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• Splosh! How the dinosaur-killing asteroid made Chicxulub crater

  25-10-2018 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  When the dinosaur-killing asteroid struck Earth, it made billions of tonnes of rock move like a fluid.
  
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• Meet the 'ghostly' dumbo octopus captured on video off the coast of California

  25-10-2018 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers exploring the Davidson Seamount in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary came across the so-called dumbo octopus earlier this week using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV).
  
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• The working dog aptitude test that could match puppies to their perfect career

  25-10-2018 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arizona researchers hope to develp a series of tests for dogs as young as eight weeks old - and have already found what makes a good assistance and detection dog.
  
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• Magic mushrooms named a 'breakthrough therapy' for depression by FDA

  25-10-2018 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Only three months after approving the first clinical trial of psilocybin, the magic mushroom chemical, to treat depression in the US, the FDA has labelled it a 'breakthrough therapy.'
  
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• NASA's Juno probe spots gigantic waves of air rippling across Jupiter's atmosphere

  25-10-2018 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA’s Juno spacecraft has spotted massive atmospheric structures known as wave trains towering over Jupiter. The latest views reveal they’re most concentrated near the planet’s equator,
  
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• Is Digital Technology Leading Us Into A New Dark Age?

  25-10-2018 21:04 via technocracy.news
  Without calling it Technocracy, the author correctly sees the future of “a shell democracy run by smart machines, and a new elite of progressive but authoritarian technocrats.” ⁃ TN EditorRecent news exposés about the dark side of high-tech — including online fraud, social media manipulation of elections, and the use of cyber-surveillance tools to target human-rights activists — have shocked many of us out of our sanguine view that technology i
  
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• ‘If the people calling the shots take #accessibility more seriously, the people creating the websites will have to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-10-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  ‘If the people calling the shots take #accessibility more seriously, the people creating the websites will have to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Where #blockchain development meets #GDPR privacy requirements could be a case of an irresistible force meeting an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-10-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Where #blockchain development meets #GDPR privacy requirements could be a case of an irresistible force meeting an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Apple blocks police iPhone hacking tool GrayKey - and no one can figure out how

  25-10-2018 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Following several unsuccessful attempts to block GrayKey, officials say Apple has finally managed to inhibit the device's brute-force passcode-cracking capability with iOS 12.
  
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• Growing Number of Climate Scientists Say That Warming Is Out And Cooling Is In

  25-10-2018 20:17 via technocracy.news
  The only way that Technocrat global warming alarmists can deal with opposition is to bully, belittle, marginalize, name-call, etc. There is no discussion or debate. This only proves that the entire global warming mantra is as phony as a three dollar bill. ⁃ TN Editorn a world riddled with climate-change doomsday predictions, a small but growing number of scientists are saying the highly touted climate models predicting steadily increasing global temperature due to humans’ carbon-diox
  
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• Seashores NOT reefs were the ‘cradle of evolution’ for early fish around 420 million years ago

  25-10-2018 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, led by the University of Pennsylvania, was able to clearly identify shallow, near shore waters where primitive, jawless fish made their first appearance.
  
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• To find new ways to help conserve water in a future affected by #ClimateChange, @tcddublin will host a 24-hour glob… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-10-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  To find new ways to help conserve water in a future affected by #ClimateChange, @tcddublin will host a 24-hour glob… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Fly into the GHOST nebula: Video reveals spooky new image of Cassiopeia's spooky double

  25-10-2018 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  About 550 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia lies IC 63 - and Hubble has just revealed the best ever look at it.
  
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• Government ranks 18 US volcanoes as 'very high threat'

  25-10-2018 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Government scientists are classifying 18 U.S. volcanoes as a 'very high threat' because of what's been happening inside them and how close they are to people.
  
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• Making water from air wins couple $1.5 million XPrize

  25-10-2018 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David Hertz and Laura Doss-Hertz won the $1.5 million XPrize For Water Abundance. The system uses shipping containers, wood chips and detritus to produce as much as 528 gallons of water a day.
  
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• Steering wheels with built-in could be a reality within TWO YEARS 

  25-10-2018 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Belfast-based B-Secure is developing an ECG that can fit in a car's steering wheel and detect a person's unique cardiac fingerprint. The firm says it could help detect heart issues in future.
  
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• Employee #DataAnalytics is growing rapidly, offering new opportunities to better hire, manage, retain and optimise… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-10-2018 19:20 via twitter.com
  Employee #DataAnalytics is growing rapidly, offering new opportunities to better hire, manage, retain and optimise… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Portrait by AI program sells for $432,000

  25-10-2018 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  The AI-generated portrait of a fictional Frenchman sold for 45 times its original estimate.
  
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• Ad sales are up but monthly active users are down for @Twitter siliconrepublic.com/companies/adve…

  25-10-2018 18:50 via twitter.com
  Ad sales are up but monthly active users are down for @Twitter siliconrepublic.com/companies/adve…
  
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• Lost treasures of the Danube including 16th century daggers are revealed

  25-10-2018 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Iron objects such as ship parts, daggers and cannonballs have also been found at the site which is near Erd, around 16 miles (25km) from Budapest.
  
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• Your THOUGHTS could be your next password, researchers say

  25-10-2018 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researcher have discovered that every person's brain responds differently to an external stimulus, so even if two people look at the same photograph, their brain activity will be different.
  
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• Meet the HOTPOTBOT: Robots to replace chefs and waiters at one of Asia's largest restaurant chains

  25-10-2018 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  HaiDiLao International Holding, one of Asia's largest restaurant chains, is working with Japanese electronics giant Panasonic to bring the robotic staffers to their new Beijing location.
  
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• The super-strong mini-drone based on a wasp that pulls 40 times its own weight

  25-10-2018 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Named the FlyCroTug, the device can navigate through snug spaces and weighs a little over three ounces, no more than two golf balls. It was created at Stanford University in California.
  
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• Amazing AR tool lets you pick emoji and switch apps by swiping your phone across a table

  25-10-2018 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Engineers at London-based software firm Special Projects say it was inspired by the way people organised their belongings across their work desk.
  
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• BA investigation into website hack reveals more victims

  25-10-2018 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Details of the attack emerged as BA investigated a 'sophisticated' attack it suffered in September.
  
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• Scientists create building blocks made from URINE by adding sand and bacteria to human waste

  25-10-2018 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Students in Cape Town collected the human waste from urinals in their university department and mixed it with sand and bacteria.
  
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• Craze for cute designer pets is speeding up the race towards extreme unhealthy features, warn vets

  25-10-2018 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is urging animal lovers to pick health over looks and not be lured into choosing such pets by social media.
  
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• 'I was in awe'! Photographer describes moment she discovered preserved paddle boat

  25-10-2018 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A photographer from Philadelphia has recalled the moment she discovered a sunken paddle boat at the bottom of Lake Huron in Michigan 154 years after it disappeared. 
  
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• The People WON Britain’s First 5G Court Case

  25-10-2018 17:28 via technocracy.news
  5G companies play on the ignorance of local politicians to get what they want, and when that doesn’t work, slander, bullying, smearing and label-lynching become the strategy du jour. However, 5G can only be dealt with on a local basis. ⁃ TN EditorMark Steele, a 5G campaigner, has been highlighting the dangers of a secret 5G rollout by Gateshead Council where residents are complaining of increased illness and Cancer in the affected area. There’s enough evidence to conclude the n
  
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• New AI Can Search For People By Height, Gender And Clothing

  25-10-2018 17:11 via technocracy.news
  The invention of AI is comparable to the discovery of electricity: everyone in the world is using it for anything and everything. However, applications to control man are already more advanced than anything history has ever revealed. ⁃ TN EditorA team of AI researchers from India developed a tool to search for people in surveillance footage by height, clothing color, and gender. It’s like a search engine that can find people in a video.
  The scientists used deep learning (and Microsof
  
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• World's deepest volcanic eruption creates a hellish landscape of black glassy tendrils

  25-10-2018 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The eruption has created a hellish landscape of black glassy tendrils where the Pacific tectonic plate subducts beneath the Philippine Sea plate.
  
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• Sun-worshippers hoping for the best holiday tan should NOT sunbathe every day

  25-10-2018 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tel Aviv University researchers used mice and cells from humans to detect ultraviolet radiation and found a break of 48 hours between exposure is the best for tanning (stock).
  
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• DNA study reveals there are six distinct species of Tiger

  25-10-2018 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are fewer than 4,000 tigers left in the wild and efforts to protect them have been hindered by disagreement over the number of subspecies.
  
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• “When all you see is problems, it can be hard to feel successful.” @Zendesk co-founder @primdahl shares how he over… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-10-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  “When all you see is problems, it can be hard to feel successful.” @Zendesk co-founder @primdahl shares how he over… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Google To Launch Censored Search Engine In China Despite Denials

  25-10-2018 16:54 via technocracy.news
  Google may be based in Silicon Valley, but it is a global corporation with an ideology that relates to China, a Technocracy, rather than the United States, a Republic. Until this perception of Google changes, there will be no restraining them from working with Chinese Technocrats. ⁃ TN EditorGoogle intends to launch a censored version of its Search app for China sometime in the next six to nine months, according to a leaked transcript from a private employee meeting held last month.
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• ‘I think people don’t focus enough on accessibility in tech’ siliconrepublic.com/people/ire-ade…

  25-10-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  ‘I think people don’t focus enough on accessibility in tech’ siliconrepublic.com/people/ire-ade…
  
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• Facebook is fined £500,000 over Cambridge Analytica scandal

  25-10-2018 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britain's Information Commissioner has slapped Mark Zuckerberg's social media giant with the maximum fine possible for its behavior in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
  
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• Researchers from Australia’s @RMIT University have developed a world-first nanophotonic device that can encode more… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-10-2018 16:30 via twitter.com
  Researchers from Australia’s @RMIT University have developed a world-first nanophotonic device that can encode more… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Is GDPR the weak link in EU plans to strengthen blockchain? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/eu-…

  25-10-2018 16:16 via twitter.com
  Is GDPR the weak link in EU plans to strengthen blockchain? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/eu-…
  
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• Driverless hover-taxis to take off in Singapore

  25-10-2018 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The vehicles, built by German startup Volocopter, resemble small helicopters and are powered by 18 rotors designed to spin 'especially quietly' to cut noise pollution.
  
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• With this acquisition, ICT services provider @TriangleCS will create 20 roles at its new Dublin HQ.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-10-2018 16:15 via twitter.com
  With this acquisition, ICT services provider @TriangleCS will create 20 roles at its new Dublin HQ.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Dublin one of 115 cities taking part in global climate change hackathon siliconrepublic.com/machines/clima…

  25-10-2018 16:08 via twitter.com
  Dublin one of 115 cities taking part in global climate change hackathon siliconrepublic.com/machines/clima…
  
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• Draft plans to ban a range of single-use plastic items has been overwhelmingly approved by European Parliament with… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-10-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  Draft plans to ban a range of single-use plastic items has been overwhelmingly approved by European Parliament with… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• We spoke to Barry Bresnahan of @Liberty_IT about what it truly means to be a senior delivery lead siliconrepublic.com/people/liberty…

  25-10-2018 15:55 via twitter.com
  We spoke to Barry Bresnahan of @Liberty_IT about what it truly means to be a senior delivery lead siliconrepublic.com/people/liberty…
  
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• Tiny doses of magic mushrooms can improve your problem-solving skills, study claims

  25-10-2018 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to the research from Leiden University, people who took a small amount of the substance had more ideas about how to solve problems and came up with more original ideas (stock image).
  
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• People data: The risks, rewards and opportunities for businesses siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/peo…

  25-10-2018 15:46 via twitter.com
  People data: The risks, rewards and opportunities for businesses siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/peo…
  
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• #Tesla plans to take on Uber and Lyft in the ride-hailing sphere siliconrepublic.com/companies/tesl…

  25-10-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  #Tesla plans to take on Uber and Lyft in the ride-hailing sphere siliconrepublic.com/companies/tesl…
  
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