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• Google walkout: Staff leave US offices over women's treatment

  01-11-2018 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Employees from across the world are protesting against the company's treatment of women.
  
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• How US employers silence sex accusers

  01-11-2018 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Many employees are legally barred from suing their employers, as the Google case illustrates.
  
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• Apple to stop reporting sales numbers

  01-11-2018 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Apple's market value briefly dips below $1tn despite record revenues and profits.
  
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• Apple reveals record quarter - but the firm admits it could be in for a disappointing Christmas

  01-11-2018 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has revealed record revenue and profits - but admitted it could miss its sales targets for the lucrative holiday season. CEO Tim Cook expressed concerns over whether the firm could keep up with
  
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• The bubbling, stinking  mud pool that could cause chaos at the San Andreas fault

  01-11-2018 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dubbed 'the slow one', experts studying the water, in Niland near the Salton Sea, have found it is speeding up at an alarming rate - and aren't sure why.
  
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• Apple will throttle phones because of degrading batteries - but you can turn the feature off

  01-11-2018 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple admitted in the iOS 12.1 release notes that the performance management feature will be turned on for its latest iPhone models - although users will be able to turn it off in settings.
  
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• The humble bean could soon lose much of its nutritional value as the effects of climate change drastically alter ou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-11-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  The humble bean could soon lose much of its nutritional value as the effects of climate change drastically alter ou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• .@equileap's @DianavMaasdijk wants to encourage transparency and create a positive feedback loop that will expedite… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-11-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  .@equileap's @DianavMaasdijk wants to encourage transparency and create a positive feedback loop that will expedite… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Elon Musk fires 'several' senior engineers working oh plan to create a network of satellites

  01-11-2018 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Musk flew to Seattle in June to fire at least seven of the firm's 'senior management team' working on his Starlink project to build a constellation of satellites to beam the internet to Earth.
  
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• Music streaming giant @Spotify has posted its Q3 earnings for this year, meeting analyst expectations by the skin o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-11-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  Music streaming giant @Spotify has posted its Q3 earnings for this year, meeting analyst expectations by the skin o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• .@CIConnect's Emily McDaid talks to Squad’s @PPSheerin about how #AI can help the #fintech industry to understand s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-11-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  .@CIConnect's Emily McDaid talks to Squad’s @PPSheerin about how #AI can help the #fintech industry to understand s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 'Hologram' lecturers to teach students at Imperial College London

  01-11-2018 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  A UK university is to become the first to regularly use hologram-like technology to host guest speakers.
  
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• NASA to begin testing silent supersonic technology for next-gen airliner

  01-11-2018 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa pilot Jim Less will fire off 'quiet' sonic booms over a small city in Texas, USA early this month in a bid to gauge public reaction to the dampened supersonic thuds.
  
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• Google does away with time consuming 'captcha' codes on websites 

  01-11-2018 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The launch of Google's recaptacha v3 means users will no longer need to type in codes or tick boxes as the system will pick up suspicious traffic alone.
  
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• FDA approves DNA test for what drugs will work for you

  01-11-2018 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FDA has approved 23andMe's forthcoming DNA test that tells consumers how their DNA may change the effectiveness of certain drugs while warning patients against the test.
  
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• Google walkout: Staff leave New York offices over women's treatment

  01-11-2018 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Employees from across the world are protesting against the company's treatment of women.
  
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• Watchdogs to sweep social media for adverts that promote gambling, junk food or alcohol to children

  01-11-2018 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The London-based Advertising Standards Agency has unveiled a new plan to stop age-restricted ads making their way to phones and tablets of British children. (Stock)
  
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• Payment processing firms #Stripe and #PayPal have suspended #Gab from using their services. siliconrepublic.com/companies/stri…

  01-11-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  Payment processing firms #Stripe and #PayPal have suspended #Gab from using their services. siliconrepublic.com/companies/stri…
  
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• Iconic wild animals in Australia are struggling to adapt to a crippling drought, warn ecologists 

  01-11-2018 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'big dry', lasting for several years in some areas of Australia, is turning vast swathes of lush green land across the continent's eastern interior brown.
  
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• AI lie detector will interrogate travellers at EU borders

  01-11-2018 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The system is part of a six-month trial run by the Hungarian National Police at four different border crossing points in Hungary, Latvia, and Greece. Each crossing borders a country outside of the EU. (stock)
  
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• Incredible images show Tim Peake's view of Earth from the International Space station 

  01-11-2018 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tim Peake is a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut who completed a 186-day mission working on the International Space Station (ISS), landing back on Earth in June 2016.
  
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• #MostRead Today: 10 super Luxembourg start-ups to watch ow.ly/wQOS30msFOp

  01-11-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 10 super Luxembourg start-ups to watch ow.ly/wQOS30msFOp
  
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• #MostRead Today: €500m worth of mapping software available to every school in Ireland ow.ly/rGdX30msFM0

  01-11-2018 17:39 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: €500m worth of mapping software available to every school in Ireland ow.ly/rGdX30msFM0
  
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• #MostRead Today: Developers may be wasting their time learning these tech skills ow.ly/fSnJ30msFMZ

  01-11-2018 17:39 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Developers may be wasting their time learning these tech skills ow.ly/fSnJ30msFMZ
  
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• #MostRead Today: How 5G and IoT are leading Three to ‘big imagination’ territory ow.ly/C6L530msFKg

  01-11-2018 17:38 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: How 5G and IoT are leading Three to ‘big imagination’ territory ow.ly/C6L530msFKg
  
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• Robot backpack: How this Fusion bot aids collaboration

  01-11-2018 17:31 via bbc.co.uk
  The Fusion bot shares and teaches skills by transferring body motions from one person to another.
  
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• Time-lapse shows 25 years in the life of an exploding star 168,000 light years from Earth 

  01-11-2018 17:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Supernova 1987A sits 168,000 light years from Earth and is one of the brightest events of its kind to be detected in more than four centuries.
  
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• Twitter finally brings back the chronological timeline

  01-11-2018 17:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter is resurrecting the chronological timeline. Soon, users will see a button on their timeline that allows them to switch between seeing the most recent tweets and top tweets.
  
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• Anki unveils adorable Vector assistant that can recognize faces, answer questions, and do tricks

  01-11-2018 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anki’s new robo-assistant is unlike any other home robot on the market. The $250 bot can take on basic tasks, such as telling you the weather or looking up answers to questions.
  
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• U.S. online spending set to rocket 14.8% to $124.1 billion in 2018 holiday season

  01-11-2018 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adobe's $124.1 billion figure far outpaces the 2.7 percent growth predicted for brick-and-mortar locations and highlighting the ongoing switch from stores to web shopping.
  
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• Onboard footage of the aborted Soyuz Russian rocket launch released

  01-11-2018 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russian investigators say that the rocket itself was sound - and a sensor that sent the signal to jettison the rocket was to blame, causing one of the rockets four boosters to not release properly.
  
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• A new report from @freedomhouse finds that internet freedom around the world is declining for the eighth year runni… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-11-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  A new report from @freedomhouse finds that internet freedom around the world is declining for the eighth year runni… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Newborn babies DO smile at their parents, researchers claim

  01-11-2018 16:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists assumed that newborns had a limited ability to feel and express emotions, and don't interact with their caregivers. However, new data shows they're more than just reflexive beings.
  
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• Shape-shifting machine can switch between a delivery drone and an arm that can lift and move objects

  01-11-2018 16:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Cornell University, New York are behind the new machine which can perceive its own surroundings, make decisions and autonomously assume different shapes.
  
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• Campaign set up to oppose spaceport in Sutherland

  01-11-2018 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Some crofters have concerns about the impact the site would have on the environment and their rights.
  
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• Microsoft boss urges tech and world leaders to work...

  01-11-2018 16:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Satya Nadella (pictured) stressed the importance of privacy, security and ethics in protecting the public and improving trust, while addressing crowds at the firm's Future Decoded event in east London.
  
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• “I never imagined becoming part of an interdisciplinary research project for which I’d have to store sentences and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-11-2018 16:30 via twitter.com
  “I never imagined becoming part of an interdisciplinary research project for which I’d have to store sentences and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Looking Backward: Technocrat Told Ohio Residents In 1938 That Utopia Lie Straight Ahead

  01-11-2018 16:27 via technocracy.news
  Technocracy evangelist Howard Scott would be happy that Technocracy has spread to the world today, but his prediction of Utopia has turned into Dystopia, as in China and India. Scott’s pipe-dream of social engineering and total economic control was as half-baked then as it has proven to be today. ⁃ TN EditorAmericans didn’t need to work so hard for a happy life.
  Science would point the way to a brighter future.
  New York industrial engineer Howard Scott, 48, director in chief of
  
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• “It’s clear the executives won’t do this for us so we’re taking matters into our own hands.” #Google #WomensWalk siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…

  01-11-2018 16:10 via twitter.com
  “It’s clear the executives won’t do this for us so we’re taking matters into our own hands.” #Google #WomensWalk siliconrepublic.com/companies/goog…
  
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• One of world’s most essential foods could soon lose its nutritional value siliconrepublic.com/innovation/bea…

  01-11-2018 16:02 via twitter.com
  One of world’s most essential foods could soon lose its nutritional value siliconrepublic.com/innovation/bea…
  
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• Reducing coal emissions in the US would boost employment, claim experts 

  01-11-2018 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg made the calculations relating to the adoption of bioenergy coupled with carbon capture and storage.
  
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• MIT: Europe Striving To Create An Unhackable Quantum Internet

  01-11-2018 15:59 via technocracy.news
  The usefulness of quantum computers is a hotly debated topic, from those who think it is quackery to others who say it’s the future of computing. Regardless, scientists are pouring billions of research dollars into proving commercial uses, such as a hack-proof quantum Internet. ⁃ TN EditorThe fast train from Paris to Rotterdam was an hour late leaving the Gare du Nord. When it finally deposited me in the Dutch city, I discovered that the onward train to Delft had been suspended becau
  
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• Brexit: UK government's battle with Apple over EU citizens app

  01-11-2018 15:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Apple ignores the UK government's plea to allow EU citizens to scan their passports in a new Brexit app.
  
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• Diana van Maasdijk from Equileap wants to expose gender inequality at the top siliconrepublic.com/careers/diana-…

  01-11-2018 15:49 via twitter.com
  Diana van Maasdijk from Equileap wants to expose gender inequality at the top siliconrepublic.com/careers/diana-…
  
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• Music streaming leader Spotify passes 87m premium subscribers siliconrepublic.com/companies/spot…

  01-11-2018 15:47 via twitter.com
  Music streaming leader Spotify passes 87m premium subscribers siliconrepublic.com/companies/spot…
  
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• Karl Duffy of @ThreeIreland says #5G is a big talking point now, specifically for new developments in #IoT siliconrepublic.com/companies/karl…

  01-11-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  Karl Duffy of @ThreeIreland says #5G is a big talking point now, specifically for new developments in #IoT siliconrepublic.com/companies/karl…
  
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• Scientists: Medical Brain Implants Can Be Hacked And Used To Control People

  01-11-2018 15:33 via technocracy.news
  Electronic security is almost never a forethought with a new technology project, and then becomes platitudes and assurances after it is done. The Technocrat mindset does value humans any higher than herd animals. Citizens must live with no expectation of absolute electronic security. ⁃ TN EditorVulnerabilities in brain implants used to treat Parkinson’s disease could be hacked by cyber attackers and used to control people, scientists have claimed.
  A report by the Oxford Functional N
  
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• The biggest influence for buying trends? Your friends siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/squa…

  01-11-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  The biggest influence for buying trends? Your friends siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/squa…
  
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• “It’s heartening to see recognition from companies the world over for the Irish #fintech advantage.” @Entirl siliconrepublic.com/companies/iris…

  01-11-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  “It’s heartening to see recognition from companies the world over for the Irish #fintech advantage.” @Entirl siliconrepublic.com/companies/iris…
  
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• Google employees to walk out to protest treatment of women

  01-11-2018 15:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'Walkout For Real Change' comes a week after a New York Times article detailed the allegations of sexual misconduct against the creator of Android technology Andy Rubin.
  
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