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• Study finds popular kids apps are filled with 'potentially manipulative' ads

  30-10-2018 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A stunning 95 percent of commonly downloaded apps that are marketed to or played by children age five and under contain at least one type of advertising, according to a new report.
  
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• Just a few hours left to grab a bargain! twitter.com/inspirefesthq/…

  30-10-2018 23:25 via twitter.com
  Just a few hours left to grab a bargain! twitter.com/inspirefesthq/…
  
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• Waymo gets first California OK for driverless testing...

  30-10-2018 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Waymo on Tuesday became the first company to receive a permit from the state of California to test driverless vehicles without a backup driver in the front seat.
  
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• Extreme climate events that killed 50 MILLION people through drought and famine could happen again

  30-10-2018 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Great Drought brought on crop failures throughout Asia, Brazil, and Africa from 1875, causing widespread famine. Experts say climate change could intensify such a disaster.
  
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• Team creates one-of-a-kind Halloween costume for 10-year-old boy in a wheelchair

  30-10-2018 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Émile Laliberte, of Montreal, has been wheelchair-bound all his life. Using 3D printers and remote controls, DIYers made him a very advanced and exciting costume.
  
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• Goodnight Kepler! NASA scientists lay the exoplanet expert to rest as it runs out of fuel

  30-10-2018 22:58 via go.theregister.com
  Exoplanet telescope out, and Opportunity in its last rights The Kepler spacecraft has coughed up its last reserves of fuel and is now retired, after helping scientists discover thousands of exoplanets for nearly a decade, NASA announced on Tuesday.…
  
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• New York school district uses facial recognition technology to identify potential shooters

  30-10-2018 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lockport City School District has installed a surveillance system in several schools that scans students' faces to check for matches in its security database, but the move has attracted critics.
  
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• The real life tractor beam (although it can only move a single atom) 

  30-10-2018 22:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Adelaide says its tractor beam - or light-driven energy trap - works perfectly - with one small caveat. At the moment, it can only move atoms.
  
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• Bullet marks on bible show how it saved owner’s life from German machine gun fire during WWI battle

  30-10-2018 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Private Leslie Friston, who served with the Royal Army Medical Corps, was lying in hospital after a gas attack during WWI in France in 1917 when German machine gun fire strafed the building.
  
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• RIP Kepler: NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft runs out of fuel

  30-10-2018 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has died in orbit after a historic nine-year campaign that revealed the existence of thousands of distant worlds.
  
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• Ginger emoji officially available on the iPhone for the first time as the company releases iOS 12.1

  30-10-2018 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The red-headed characters were announced earlier this year. Today, they are finally available to users as part of Apple's iOS 12.1.
  
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• AI designs 'nightmare' Halloween masks of terrifying monsters and ghouls

  30-10-2018 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A creative technologist trained a neural network by supplying it with 5,000 images of popular Halloween masks, like Jason Voorhees from the 1980's horror film 'Friday the 13th.'
  
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• Researchers at Cymulate found a #security flaw in #MicrosoftWord. #infosec siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/mic…

  30-10-2018 20:40 via twitter.com
  Researchers at Cymulate found a #security flaw in #MicrosoftWord. #infosec siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/mic…
  
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• Soviet-era moon fragments could reach $1 million

  30-10-2018 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  What Sotheby's describes as the only known documented 'moon rocks' to be legally available for private ownership are set to hit the auction block in November.
  
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• Virgin Media's internet finally back online across the UK

  30-10-2018 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virgin Media customers across large parts of the UK, including parts of Birmingham, London and Manchester, reported that their broadband service is down.
  
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• Ellen Kelliher examines the growing #advertising market in online video, and notes how many advertisers are doing i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-10-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  Ellen Kelliher examines the growing #advertising market in online video, and notes how many advertisers are doing i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• High levels of a previously unknown pollutant have been found in homes

  30-10-2018 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Indiana University found TDTBPP in dust samples from an e-waste dismantling facility in Ontario, Canada. (Stock)
  
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• Australia's first wave pool produces 2,400 waves per hour

  30-10-2018 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australia is set to introduce the world's first man-made wave pool which lets riders surf in five different breaks at all at once. The pool fits 240 surfers and produces 2,400 waves an hour.
  
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• Take-Two videogame 'Red Dead' makes record opening...

  30-10-2018 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Red Dead Redemption 2,' the highly awaited Western adventure videogame, made over $725 million in worldwide retail sales during its opening weekend.
  
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• WWF report: Mass wildlife loss caused by human consumption

  30-10-2018 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  WWF blames "exploding consumption" for average losses of 60% in vertebrate populations since 1970.
  
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• Researchers have found a way for us to reduce the severity of phobias by timing our exposure to them in line with o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-10-2018 19:20 via twitter.com
  Researchers have found a way for us to reduce the severity of phobias by timing our exposure to them in line with o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Apple's all-new $799 Mac Mini features 'five times faster' performance

  30-10-2018 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The all-new Mac Mini gets some serious upgrades under the hood, including a quad-core processor that goes up to 6 cores, Apple's T2 security chip and up to 64 gigabytes of memory.
  
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• Polar bear cub feasts on the bones of a 75-ton whale

  30-10-2018 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The young bear and its sibling, which reach around 6ft tall on their hind legs, climb on a 15ft-long bowhead whale bone which has been left out by local Alaskan Inupiat hunters.
  
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• The ocean floor is DISSOLVING rapidly, study warns

  30-10-2018 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a new study from McGill University, the calcite in the seafloor - which helps to control acidification - is now dissolving rapidly due to an influx of carbon dioxide.
  
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• The rise of feminism has made boys more ambitious

  30-10-2018 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the London School of Economics warn this could stunt the progress being made to eradicate the gender pay gap.
  
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• Social enterprise @FoodCloud aims to grow even further with new funding from AIB and Social Innovation Fund Ireland. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/food…

  30-10-2018 18:45 via twitter.com
  Social enterprise @FoodCloud aims to grow even further with new funding from AIB and Social Innovation Fund Ireland. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/food…
  
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• Fresh hope for Opportunity as NASA says high winds could blow Martian dust off it

  30-10-2018 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA said it will keep trying to contact the rover until at least January 2019, in the hope high winds will clear its solar panels and let its batteries power back up.
  
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• The new MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro compared

  30-10-2018 18:33
  
  The new MacBook Air isn't affordable anymore, so should you just splash out and buy a MacBook Pro instead?
  
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• The man who is 'backing up' human civilisation

  30-10-2018 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ceramics hobbyist Martin Kunz, 50, is storing the texts (pictured) in a salt mine buried a mile (1.6 km) deep in an Austrian mountain.
  
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• Police ground drones after reports they fall out of the sky

  30-10-2018 18:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Some incidents in which DJI drones "suffered a complete loss of power" have concerned UK authorities.
  
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• Last year, plans for a new tech hub in the seaside town of Dún Laoghaire were announced, but it seems the project i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-10-2018 18:15 via twitter.com
  Last year, plans for a new tech hub in the seaside town of Dún Laoghaire were announced, but it seems the project i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Bentley reveals the 'world's first' in-car superfast Wi-Fi network

  30-10-2018 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The manufacturer says multiple passengers will be able to stream entertainment, take video calls and create a mobile office on the move.
  
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• 3D reconstruction of a 60,000-year-old rib-cage reveals that Neanderthals stood up straight

  30-10-2018 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Digital reconstruction of a Neanderthal at Tel Aviv University has rebuilt his ribcage and found that the primitive hominid had a better posture than humans as well as stronger lungs.
  
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• Bungling ram-raiders who tried to steal an ATM unwittingly uncover Medieval treasures

  30-10-2018 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists from Colchester Archaeological Trust believe the house would have been home to a family of wealthy merchants from the age of Henry VIII.
  
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• Virgin Media's internet crashes across the UK

  30-10-2018 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virgin Media customers across large parts of the UK, including parts of Birmingham, London and Manchester, are reporting that their broadband service is down.
  
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• Apple unveils new iPad Pro with FaceID, MacBook Air and Mac Mini

  30-10-2018 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple CEO Tim Cook took to the stage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music to introduce the'most creative products' yet. The firm unveiled new iPad Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac Mini.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Still struggling with GDPR? Here are some tips for SMEs ow.ly/g43230mqRcZ

  30-10-2018 17:51 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Still struggling with GDPR? Here are some tips for SMEs ow.ly/g43230mqRcZ
  
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• Have you subscribed to Inspirefest: The Podcast? Get the latest episode now on 🎵 iTunes: bit.ly/IFItunes… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-10-2018 17:51 via twitter.com
  Have you subscribed to Inspirefest: The Podcast?Get the latest episode now on 🎵 iTunes: bit.ly/IFItunes… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #MostRead Today: If they can bring broadband to Kerry’s Black Valley, anything is possible ow.ly/Vhe530mqR9K

  30-10-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: If they can bring broadband to Kerry’s Black Valley, anything is possible ow.ly/Vhe530mqR9K
  
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• #MostRead Today: Dún Laoghaire innovation hub plans scrapped over licensing issues ow.ly/LKyI30mqRbA

  30-10-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Dún Laoghaire innovation hub plans scrapped over licensing issues ow.ly/LKyI30mqRbA
  
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• #MostRead Today: CorribPoint brings credit unions safely into the fintech age ow.ly/523c30mqRco

  30-10-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: CorribPoint brings credit unions safely into the fintech age ow.ly/523c30mqRco
  
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• #MostRead Today: 10 cool start-ups from Cambridge to watch ow.ly/u4UE30mqR8e

  30-10-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 10 cool start-ups from Cambridge to watch ow.ly/u4UE30mqR8e
  
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• How safe is your favourite website?

  30-10-2018 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York based firm Dashlane, which made its name in password management apps, has revealed how secure the most popular sites are based on their two factor authentication.
  
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• Apple reveals 'all-screen' $799 iPad Pro with ultra-thin design

  30-10-2018 17:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With a thinner border, the iPad Pro features a massive screen and new technology like Face ID, Apple's facial recognition technology, which lets users unlock the device with their face.
  
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• Apple debuts revamped $1,199 MacBook Air with Retina display, Touch ID and ultra-thin design

  30-10-2018 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ultra-thin laptop hasn't been updated since it first debuted a decade ago, but that changed on Tuesday, as Apple unveiled an all-new MacBook Air at its hardware event in Brooklyn, New York.
  
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• Yosemite fall: Victims identified as married bloggers from India

  30-10-2018 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  The couple who fell to their deaths had blogged about their love for travel and each other.
  
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• Amazing drone footage of an £8billion Chinese high-speed railway

  30-10-2018 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The clip shows trains running along the now completed 411-mile Xi’an to Chengdu high-speed line, which was started in October 2012.
  
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• Video game depicting players as Nazi concentration camp guards sparks outrage in Poland

  30-10-2018 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The trailer of the upcoming game called 'Cost of Freedom' involves shockingly violent scenes with players sending prisoners dressed in striped pajamas for 'disinfection'.
  
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• New iPad Pro vs 2017 iPad Pro. Which one should you get?

  30-10-2018 16:35
  
  As expected, Apple's latest tablets have dropped the home button and added Face ID, but if you've already got a Pro should you upgrade yet? With a superb new design and bump in specs... maybe
  
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• Miner finds giant 5,655-Carat emerald in Zambia worth at least £2m

  30-10-2018 16:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 1.1kg emerald (pictured)has been uncovered in Zambia's Kagem mine owned by a London-based gemstone producer. The gem was discovered by miner Richard Kapeta on October 2.
  
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