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• Could the plastic polluting the oceans be recycled? Expert warns 'the options are not good'

  14-11-2018 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While the ocean is certainly better off without plastic, the problem has many more layers than it first appears, according to Christopher J. Preston, Professor of Philosophy, The University of Montana.
  
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• Creator of Vine reveals 'Byte' after hiatus from project

  14-11-2018 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vine creator Dom Hofmann plans to launch a successor to his popular viral-video site next year. Called Byte, it's expected to have the same design and functionality as the original app.
  
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• Nineteen-mile-wide crater discovered under Greenland's ice

  14-11-2018 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have found one of the largest impact craters on Earth under Greenland's Hiawatha Glacier. It was caused by a 3,300ft-wide asteroid that smashed into our planet during the last Ice Age.
  
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• Apple downgraded as analysts predict iPhone sales will decline into next year

  14-11-2018 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple led a decline in technology stocks, offsetting early support from tame U.S. consumer prices data and a rebound in oil prices. The iPhone maker's shares fell 2 percent Wednesday.
  
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• Facebook employees' morale has plummeted 32% after company's turbulent year, internal survey reveals

  14-11-2018 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An internal survey shows that just 52 percent of Facebook employees said they were optimistic about the company's future, which is a sharp decrease from 84 percent a year ago.
  
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• Greenland ice sheet hides huge 'impact crater'

  14-11-2018 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists find evidence that an iron asteroid slammed into the Earth deep inside the Arctic Circle.
  
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• iPhone X-PLODE: Warning after device 'started to smoke and caught fire' following iOS 12 upgrade

  14-11-2018 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An iPhone X user has been left in shock after his device unexpectedly overheated and began releasing smoke. The device began to overheat after the user installed iOS 12.1 on the device.
  
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• Want to know who the unsung heroes are for some of the leading scientists? #ScienceWeek siliconrepublic.com/innovation/sci…

  14-11-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  Want to know who the unsung heroes are for some of the leading scientists? #ScienceWeek siliconrepublic.com/innovation/sci…
  
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• Apple Stores to employ human trafficking victims

  14-11-2018 20:12 via bbc.co.uk
  The technology company's retail chief reveals the initiative as she is given the Stop Slavery Award.
  
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• A new study looking at #SocialMedia addiction makes comparisons with withdrawal symptoms that stem from addictive s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-11-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  A new study looking at #SocialMedia addiction makes comparisons with withdrawal symptoms that stem from addictive s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Spiky eye patch that looks like a miniature bed of nails releases medicine directly into the cornea

  14-11-2018 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, have created an eyepatch that is covered in microneedles that gently penetrate the front of the eye to gradually release drugs.
  
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• Cold and rocky 'super-Earth' three times the size of our planet is discovered

  14-11-2018 19:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Barnard's Star b circles a cool red-dwarf star, smaller and older than the sun, completing one orbit every 233 days, say researchers from the Institut de Ciències de l’Espai in Spain.
  
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• Russia plans outlandish 'interstellar missions' with nuclear-powered spacecraft

  14-11-2018 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Russian research centre has claimed the rocket would reach Mars in just seven months and be capable of another launch only 48 hours after landing.
  
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• #ICYMI: UK mobile network @EE has announced a total of 16 cities will have #5G #broadband switched on in 2019. siliconrepublic.com/comms/ee-5g-ne…

  14-11-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  #ICYMI: UK mobile network @EE has announced a total of 16 cities will have #5G #broadband switched on in 2019. siliconrepublic.com/comms/ee-5g-ne…
  
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• Layout of the Texas city made hurricane Harvey flooding 21 times WORSE

  14-11-2018 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Human activity is causing storms to have a much more devastating impact than in the past, a pair of studies has warned. Researchers examined urbanization and the worsening rainfall.
  
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• We've found an icy new super-Earth that's orbiting our closest single star

  14-11-2018 19:03
  
  In a discovery that's been more than 20 years in the making, a planet more than three times the mass of Earth and was found orbiting our closest single star
  
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• There's a new way to hunt down exoplanets – and it's just made its first big discovery

  14-11-2018 19:03
  
  In a discovery that's been more than 20 years in the making, a planet more than three times the mass of Earth and was found orbiting our closest single star
  
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• Neanderthals were NOT violent brutes they were 'only' as aggressive as humans, scientists say

  14-11-2018 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A comparison of 200 skulls dating back 80,000 years led by the Institute of Evolution and Ecology at the University of Tubingen in Germany found similar levels of head injuries in both groups.
  
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• Exoplanet discovered around neighbouring star

  14-11-2018 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Astronomers have discovered a planet around one of the closest stars to our Sun.
  
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• Why Google consuming DeepMind Health is scaring privacy experts

  14-11-2018 19:00
  
  DeepMind Health has run into data protection problems before and it being moved fully into Google raises more questions. Privacy experts are concerned about the move, which sees its independent panel being disbanded
  
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• Looking to start your career in #blockchain? @ConsenSys managing director @LoryKehoe has some advice. siliconrepublic.com/jobs/consensys…

  14-11-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  Looking to start your career in #blockchain? @ConsenSys managing director @LoryKehoe has some advice. siliconrepublic.com/jobs/consensys…
  
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• Believing we are 'multitasking' boosts performance even if we aren't tackling several jobs at once

  14-11-2018 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study conducted by the University of Michigan says that multitasking makes us more engaged in the task at hand and can improve the way we work.
  
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• Mysterious Knights Templar carvings are covered in HOLES

  14-11-2018 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  English Heritage has added the Royston Cave in Hertfordshire to the Risk Register because of increasing water damage, which is creating holes within the ancient artwork.
  
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• How urban autonomous driving will change our cities forever

  14-11-2018 18:31
  
  Hundreds of Uber drivers took to London’s streets to protest unfair pay and conditions in October. A week later, banks were valuing the tech giant at an astonishing $120 billion ahead of a potential 2019 IPO
  
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• The @Evocco app is free and helps you to find out the environmental impact of your shopping basket in just a few se… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-11-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  The @Evocco app is free and helps you to find out the environmental impact of your shopping basket in just a few se… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Uber and Lyft launch loyalty programs that reward riders for shunning competitors

  14-11-2018 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Uber and Lyft are rolling out loyalty programs in a bid to capture riders away from competitors. They're free to sign up and members earn points for every dollar they spend for discounted rides.
  
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• Jesus Christ spotted in a 1,500-year-old painting on the wall of an abandoned church

  14-11-2018 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jesus's portrait was first spotted in the 1920s in the ruins of Shivta, an old farming village in the heart of the Negev desert, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of Be’er Sheva.
  
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• Virgin test its 'LauncherOne'

  14-11-2018 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virgin Orbit has successfully completed its first high-speed taxi with a modified Boeing 747-400 while equipped with LauncherOne at Long Beach Airport.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Can I get a science job without a science degree? ow.ly/2Kho30mCk40

  14-11-2018 17:29 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Can I get a science job without a science degree? ow.ly/2Kho30mCk40
  
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• #MostRead Today: Researchers find hidden health risk in common 3D-printing process ow.ly/fZ9230mCk1e

  14-11-2018 17:28 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Researchers find hidden health risk in common 3D-printing process ow.ly/fZ9230mCk1e
  
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• Walmart teams up with Ford and Postmates to design driverless delivery service

  14-11-2018 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ford Motor Co, Walmart, and Postmates will collaborate to design a service for delivering groceries and other goods to Walmart customers that could someday use autonomous vehicles.
  
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• China builds an 'artificial sun' that reaches temperatures SIX TIMES that of the real star

  14-11-2018 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The state-of-the-art machine at China's Hefei Institutes of Physical Science is designed to replicate the processes of the sun as part of a project to turn hydrogen into cost-effective green energy.
  
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• Snapchat rolls out Friendship Profiles, comic book-style Bitmoji Stories and new in-app merchandise

  14-11-2018 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Snapchat wants to make it easier to relive your favorite memories in the app. The firm launched new Friendship Profiles that shows highlights from conversations with friends at the top of their profile.
  
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• Netflix testing mobile-only plan that costs HALF regular price (but it's only available in Malaysia)

  14-11-2018 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Netflix's mobile only plan costs just 17 Malaysian ringgit ($4.05) a month, compared to its Basic plan which costs 33 ringgit ($7.87).
  
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• Polar bears are threatening native Inuit populations, warns controversial government report

  14-11-2018 16:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The controversial report, which was drafted by the Nunavut government in northern Canada, estimated that polar bear populations are much higher than scientists have previously estimated.
  
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• Gene-Edited Food Is Coming, But Will Shoppers Buy?

  14-11-2018 16:26 via technocracy.news
  Collectively, Technocrat-minded scientists will pollute and degrade the world’s gene pool, one modification at a time. Editing DNA on one plant or animal is one thing. Editing hundreds or thousands of species is insanity. ⁃ TN EditorThe next generation of biotech food is headed for the grocery aisles, and first up may be salad dressings or granola bars made with soybean oil genetically tweaked to be good for your heart.
  By early next year, the first foods from plants or animals that
  
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• Amazon to directly sell Apple products on platform globally for first time

  14-11-2018 15:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon will now selliPads iPhones and Macbooks internationally for the first time. Thehardware is going to be in the UK as well as other countries in the Europe, the US and the UK.
  
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• Zuckerberg Under Fire: World Leaders Demand Answers From Facebook On Fake News

  14-11-2018 15:55 via technocracy.news
  The whole world is pursuing answers from Mark Zuckerberg over fake news, censorship and protection of user’s personal information. So far, Zuckerberg has thumbed his nose at them, but there will come a day of reckoning. Generally speaking, Technocrats have no use for politicians. ⁃ TN EditorParliamentarians from Australia, Ireland and Argentina joined the call after Facebook refused a request from senior MPs in the UK and Canada.
  Damian Collins, chairman of the House of Commons&rsquo
  
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• Dubai Police To Launch Flying Bikes By 2929

  14-11-2018 15:39 via technocracy.news
  Dubai aspires to Technocracy by automating everything with technology. They were the first to introduce robocops on patrol. Dubai also leads the Islamic world in Fintech products and implementations. ⁃ TN EditorDubai Police have started training two officers on flying motorcycles with a view to introducing the vehicles into service by 2020, according to a tweet by the Dubai Media Office on Friday.The futuristic step forward in policing was confirmed by Brigadier Khalid Nasser Al
  
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• Dubai Police To Launch Flying Bikes By 2020

  14-11-2018 15:39 via technocracy.news
  Dubai aspires to Technocracy by automating everything with technology. They were the first to introduce robocops on patrol. Dubai also leads the Islamic world in Fintech products and implementations. ⁃ TN EditorDubai Police have started training two officers on flying motorcycles with a view to introducing the vehicles into service by 2020, according to a tweet by the Dubai Media Office on Friday.The futuristic step forward in policing was confirmed by Brigadier Khalid Nasser Al
  
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• Mountain gorillas are slowly coming back from the brink of extinction

  14-11-2018 15:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The subspecies of gorilla, which is found in two areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, remains on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as endangered.
  
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• We spoke to Seán McKeon, a supply relationship manager at @bmsnews, about keeping every logistical plate spinning i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-11-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  We spoke to Seán McKeon, a supply relationship manager at @bmsnews, about keeping every logistical plate spinning i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Telematics insurance has helped cut young driver casualties by a third

  14-11-2018 15:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Road casualties in this age group have fallen by 35 per cent since 2011, which is more than twice as much as the entire driving population as a whole, which fell by 16 per cent.
  
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• UK weather: Britain could be hotter than SPAIN tomorrow with 65F highs

  14-11-2018 15:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britain is currently basking in an Indian summer and temperatures in the south could nudge 64F (18C) tomorrow - making it the warmest mid-November since records began.
  
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• Today's featured employer is @InsideMastercrd. Check out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/37178id9PH

  14-11-2018 14:55 via twitter.com
  
  Today's featured employer is @InsideMastercrd. Check out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/37178id9PH
  
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• 'Dark matter hurricane' blowing at 310 miles per SECOND is on a collision course with Earth

  14-11-2018 14:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The invisible mass of particles is travelling at breakneck speed, but shouldn't cause our planet any damage, say scientists at the University of Zaragoza in Spain. (Stock image)
  
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• Starting next year, #Belfast will be one of six cities included in the first phase of #5G roll-out by UK network EE… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-11-2018 14:35 via twitter.com
  Starting next year, #Belfast will be one of six cities included in the first phase of #5G roll-out by UK network EE… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Google gets a firmer hold on NHS patient data by absorbing its DeepMind AI lab 

  14-11-2018 14:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The London-based artificial intelligence lab DeepMind - which uses NHS patient data - was bought by Google's parent company Alphabet for £400 million ($520m) in 2014 (stock image).
  
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• Smartphones creating a mentally fragile generation

  14-11-2018 14:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  San Diego State University psychology professor Jean Twenge sees smartphones and social media as raising an unhappy, compliant generation of young people.
  
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• NASA locked in space race with Elon Musk as they vow to have people on Mars within 25 years

  14-11-2018 14:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former US astronaut Tom Jones (pictured) told reporters in Washington that NASA is projecting that it will have humans on the Red Planet in 25 years.
  
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