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• The facial recognition software that could identify thousands of faces in Civil War photographs

  16-11-2018 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Civil War Photo Sleuth, uses facial recognition technology to cross-reference vintage photographs with a database and hopefully assign a name to unknown subjects.
  
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• Lockheed Martin begins building 'son of Concorde' supersonic plane

  16-11-2018 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officially known as the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology aircraft, it is being built with NASA to perfect quiet sonic booms that would allow craft to go supersonic over land.
  
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• The 'cleaners' deciding in secret what social media users across the world can see - at a price

  16-11-2018 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Documentary film The Cleaners shines a light on secret workers (main) indeveloping nations who decide in seconds whether to allow images on Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook (inset) and other platforms
  
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• 'One day Amazon will go bankrupt': Jeff Bezos warns staff retail giant is 'not too big to fail'

  16-11-2018 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At an all-hands meeting last Thursday in Seattle, days before the firm announced the winners of its HQ2 contest, Bezos was asked about the recent failures of giant retailers like Sears.
  
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• Massive security breach exposes 26 MILLION SMS text messages containing private customer data

  16-11-2018 21:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The breach involved a database of 26 million text messages, some of which included private customer data like password reset information, shipping notifications and two-factor authentication codes.
  
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• Galaxy cluster shaped like Star Trek's USS Enterprise found

  16-11-2018 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officially known as Abell 1033, NASA says it bears an 'uncanny resemblance' to the Star Trek ship. Using X-ray and radio data, scientists found Abell 1033 is actually two clusters colliding.
  
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• Are YOU an Instagram addict? dashboard tells users how much time they are really spending in the app

  16-11-2018 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instagram has begun rolling out a new dashboard that shows you how many hours you spend using Instagram each day and even set time limits so that you don't become too addicted.
  
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• Mars was once home to raging rivers and lakes, satellite images reveal

  16-11-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin found evidence of geologic processes that they say had a major role in shaping the landscape of Mars and other worlds that are geologically inactive.
  
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• New JLR technology means you won't have to stop at traffic lights again

  16-11-2018 19:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The technology, called Green Light Optimal Speed Advisory (GLOSA) will help free up traffic flow in cities, improve road safety and potentially help you to live longer, the British car maker said.
  
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• Worrying iPhone X bug lets hackers get ahold of your deleted photos

  16-11-2018 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Make sure you empty your deleted photos folder on your iPhone X. Researchers discovered a vulnerability that could let hackers access your previously deleted photo or file.
  
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• Controversial interstellar comet 'Oumuamua is far smaller than thought, NASA study reveals

  16-11-2018 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new NASA study says cigar shaped 'Oumuamua is probably less than half a mile (2,600 feet, or 800 meters) in its longest dimension.
  
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• Weekend Takeaway: 10 Science Week stories to stoke your curiosity siliconrepublic.com/innovation/sci…

  16-11-2018 18:41 via twitter.com
  Weekend Takeaway: 10 Science Week stories to stoke your curiosity siliconrepublic.com/innovation/sci…
  
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• Six Irish start-ups seeking €6.5m in funding are hoping to win the grand prize at an upcoming @ucddublin pitch even… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-11-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  Six Irish start-ups seeking €6.5m in funding are hoping to win the grand prize at an upcoming @ucddublin pitch even… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• ALL glass on Earth started life inside the dying embers of an ancient star

  16-11-2018 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers at the SETI Institute in California and Cardiff University saw the formation of silica - the key component in sand and glass - in the wake of two supernovae.
  
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• Walking backwards can boost your short-term memory

  16-11-2018 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the University of Roehampton asked 114 volunteers to watch a video in which a woman had her bag stolen and then answer a questionnaire about what they could recall.
  
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• Facebook patent would use your family photos to figure out who you live with and serve up ads

  16-11-2018 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook wants to figure out who you live with. The social media giant has filed a patent for technology that would look at your family photos to determine who else lives in your household.
  
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• Sony won't be attending E3 next year

  16-11-2018 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  For the first time in 24 years, Sony won't be at the huge gaming convention in 2019.
  
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• Payments and commerce will change more in the next five years than it has in the past 50, says @InsideMastercrd Lab… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-11-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  Payments and commerce will change more in the next five years than it has in the past 50, says @InsideMastercrd Lab… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #StopAndAsk: Your Science Week questions answered siliconrepublic.com/innovation/sto…

  16-11-2018 17:54 via twitter.com
  #StopAndAsk: Your Science Week questions answered siliconrepublic.com/innovation/sto…
  
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• Antibiotic resistant genes are showing up in Antarctic penguins

  16-11-2018 17:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Sydney experts compared the diversity of gut microbes carrying antibiotic resistant genes in penguins living around two Antarctic bases, one busy and one more remote (stock).
  
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• Astronomers poised for Leonid meteor shower in skies...

  16-11-2018 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stargazers may get the chance to see a shooting star display as the annual Leonid meteor shower hits the skies above Britain, the US and elsewhere in the northern hemisphere.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Second-closest ‘super-Earth’ found orbiting sun’s stellar twin ow.ly/4CQ830mE4Th

  16-11-2018 17:26 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Second-closest ‘super-Earth’ found orbiting sun’s stellar twin ow.ly/4CQ830mE4Th
  
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• #MostRead Today: Digital Marketing Institute strikes education deal with HubSpot ow.ly/8ORd30mE4Rt

  16-11-2018 17:26 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Digital Marketing Institute strikes education deal with HubSpot ow.ly/8ORd30mE4Rt
  
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• #MostRead Today: Scientists discover materials that totally break modern laws of chemistry ow.ly/KLMM30mE4Md

  16-11-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Scientists discover materials that totally break modern laws of chemistry ow.ly/KLMM30mE4Md
  
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• #MostRead Today: HubSpot takes a 20-year lease of new building on Dublin’s South Docks ow.ly/fC8H30mE4Q2

  16-11-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: HubSpot takes a 20-year lease of new building on Dublin’s South Docks ow.ly/fC8H30mE4Q2
  
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• #MostRead Today: 10 Irish science-based start-ups to watch ow.ly/87YK30mE4Om

  16-11-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 10 Irish science-based start-ups to watch ow.ly/87YK30mE4Om
  
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• This week in the world of #IoT, A recent study claims #AutonomousCars will result in a new era of sex tourism, but… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-11-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  This week in the world of #IoT, A recent study claims #AutonomousCars will result in a new era of sex tourism, but… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Virgin Media and EE are fined £13.3m for overcharging broadband customers

  16-11-2018 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  UK communications watchdog Ofcom has fined Virgin Media and EE £13.3million for overcharging almost 500,000 customers who wanted to leave their contracts early.
  
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• Plant 'speed breeding' could lead to climate change resistant crops

  16-11-2018 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crop scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich have developed a technique that subjects crops to 22 hours a day of LED light and promotes rapid growth of plants.
  
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• 'We trust our rocket', crew says ahead of first space...

  16-11-2018 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  U.S. astronaut Anne McClain said on Thursday she had full confidence in the safety of the Russian-made Soyuz rocket that will blast her into space next month
  
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• Biological warfare! Bubbles containing trapped bacteria act as tiny 'microbial grenades'

  16-11-2018 16:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology found they had the power to launch microorganisms - including potential pathogens -into the air at speeds of ten metres a second.
  
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• Study: China Tech Factory Conditions Fuel Suicides

  16-11-2018 16:29 via technocracy.news
  Technocracy promises Utopia but delivers dystopian despair instead. Several years ago, the head of assembly giant Foxconn retained the head zookeeper from the Beijing zoo to consult on employee management and reducing suicides; it hasn’t worked. ⁃ TN EditorDifficult working conditions including punishment for minor offences and high staff turnover in Chinese factories that feed the global electronics supply chain contribute to employee suicides, a study published on Wednesday (Nov 14
  
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• FBI re-creates decoy heads Alcatraz inmates used in escape

  16-11-2018 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers placed the decoys in their beds and climbed through a wall to escape the island prison in San Francisco Bay. The men were never found.
  
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• Embattled Facebook Now Exposed For Attacking George Soros Group

  16-11-2018 16:13 via technocracy.news
  Facebook is accused by George Soros’ Open Society Foundation of smearing rivals and ‘threatening democracy’ to distract from its own political problems. Attacks against left and right prove the point that Zuckerberg is a Technocrat. ⁃ TN EditorFacebook has been accused of “threatening the very values underpinning our democracy” by allowing anti-Semitic conspiracies to spread on its social network and commissioning “vile propaganda” about billionair
  
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• The truth about that Iceland advert: Podcast 394

  16-11-2018 16:11
  
  On the WIRED podcast this week: why the weight of the kilogram is changing, the difficulty of moderating Mumsnet, and what really is going on with that Iceland advert.
  
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• Green Bond Investments About As Useful As S&H Green Stamps

  16-11-2018 15:58 via technocracy.news
  Eco-friendly bond investments are more costly to maintain and have no price advantage over traditional bonds, yet they claimed to be are “the natural home for environmental, social and governance investing.” Mainly, they assuage the conscience of corporate issuers to prove they are “green”. ⁃ TN EditorAmong both issuers and investors, demand for climate-friendly bond continues to rise.
  Ten years after the World Bank issued the first “green” bond, the mar
  
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• The technology behind HPC4, the worlds most powerful computer

  16-11-2018 15:55
  
  Technology is at the heart of Eni as a company, and it's also crucial to one of its recent digital feats – the new HPC4 supercomputer
  
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• Countries vote unanimously to change the way we measure a kilo

  16-11-2018 15:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The vote was greeted by sustained applause and cheers, after all of the 50-plus countries gathered in Versailles said yes when asked one by one for their decision on the fate of the weight.
  
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• Cannibal 'Hotdog' galaxy is as bright as 350 TRILLION stars

  16-11-2018 15:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ALMA, the Chilean telescope., has remarkable resolution and sensitivity which allowed researchers to see connecting tendrils that incriminate W2256 in the robbery of the galactic material.
  
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• Today's featured employer is @Fidelity. Find out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/y1U9iYXnwh

  16-11-2018 14:40 via twitter.com
  
  Today's featured employer is @Fidelity. Find out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/y1U9iYXnwh
  
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• Cleaning your child’s soother by sucking on it might sound unpleasant to some, but it could give them a serious hea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-11-2018 14:20 via twitter.com
  Cleaning your child’s soother by sucking on it might sound unpleasant to some, but it could give them a serious hea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Why 536 AD was the worst year to be alive

  16-11-2018 14:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers claim the awful year was likely caused by a cataclysmic volcanic eruption in Iceland and it kick-started a century of economic misery, disease, death and suffering.
  
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• Kilogram gets a new definition

  16-11-2018 14:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists take the massive decision to change the definition of the kilogram.
  
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• 'Amazon Echo for the elderly' uses AI to track people's movements

  16-11-2018 14:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Creator Kelvin Summoogum from Chatham, Kent has created a tiny white cube can track the lives of elderly patients and sense a break in routine.
  
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• US military balloons that float on the edge of space have sensors that mean they NEVER move

  16-11-2018 13:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US military, which is based in Virginia, believes the Adaptable Lighter-Than-Air balloons could be used as cheap alternatives to satellite communications.
  
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• .@DrEOChapman is exploring the ‘early childhood’ of the universe and tackling harassment in higher education. She s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  16-11-2018 13:50 via twitter.com
  .@DrEOChapman is exploring the ‘early childhood’ of the universe and tackling harassment in higher education. She s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Amputee sea turtle swims for the first time

  16-11-2018 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An amputee sea turtle has been given a prosthetic flipper by a prosthetist. Heartwarming footage shows the sea turtle being released into the water at Key West Aquarium in Florida.
  
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• How can manufacturers ensure connected cars are secure? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/con…

  16-11-2018 13:30 via twitter.com
  How can manufacturers ensure connected cars are secure? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/con…
  
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• Polar bear numbers in the Chukchi Sea between Russia and Alaska have climbed to 3,000

  16-11-2018 13:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers estimate a healthy and abundant population of nearly 3,000 animals in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast, according to a study.
  
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• .@BlackBerry is focused on securing the enterprise of things. #IoT #infosec siliconrepublic.com/companies/blac…

  16-11-2018 13:15 via twitter.com
  .@BlackBerry is focused on securing the enterprise of things. #IoT #infosec siliconrepublic.com/companies/blac…
  
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