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• Why jiggly makes us giggly: Researchers reveal why some words make us laugh

  27-11-2018 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From jiggly to bubby, researchers have ranked the 10 funniest terms in the English language, based on ratings of nearly 5,000 words. They've also revealed what makes some funnier than others.
  
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• Students WALK out of school during Ivanka and Tim Cook visit to protest iPad education

  27-11-2018 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ivanka and Cook visited Wilder Elementary School together on Tuesday morning. Apple had donated an iPad to every student and teacher in the low-income district in 2016.
  
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• 'Strong chance' of a new El Niño forming in early 2019

  27-11-2018 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The last El Nino occurred from 2015/2016 and caused weather-related crop damage, fires and flash floods. However the WMO says this year's will be weaker.
  
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• 'Nobody ever changed the world on 40 hours a week': Elon Musk shares opinion on working overtime

  27-11-2018 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In recent years, Tesla has come under scrutiny for its approach to employee well-being. But, a new WSJ report claims it's now 'the hot spot' for young people breaking into the industry.
  
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• Facebook admits bizarre 'time travel' bug is showing users' messages from seven YEARS ago

  27-11-2018 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some Facebook users were confused when they logged into the site, only to be shown chat messages from several years ago. Facebook has confirmed the bug, saying it's due to a software update.
  
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• Could superbugs on the International Space Station mutate into a new breed of 'supercharged' killer?

  27-11-2018 21:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA researchers who discovered superbugs were living aboard the International Space Station have called for urgent research into how space affects their development. 
  
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• Six Google executives pen new letter demanding controversial 'Dragonfly' project is cancelled

  27-11-2018 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the new letter, penned by both managers and engineers, they rail against Google's Project Dragonfly for its potential to 'enable state surveillance' and 'aid the powerful in oppressing the vulnerable.'
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg slammed by global politicians for refusing to give evidence in UK Parliament

  27-11-2018 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Richard Allan faces questions about how Facebook data ended up in the hands of data mining firm Cambridge Analytica. Mark Zuckerberg refused to appear.
  
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• Terrifying parasitic wasp in the Amazon transforms spiders into zombie-like drones

  27-11-2018 20:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists exploring the Ecuadorian Amazon have discovered a new species of parasitic wasp that turns its victims into zombies. Unlike other cases of parasitism, the wasp preys on a 'social' spider.
  
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• Cyber Monday on track for U.S. online shopping record

  27-11-2018 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cyber Monday sales this year surged to new highs, with a record $7.9 billion spent online that day, an increase of 19.3 percent from a year ago.
  
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• What a Tesla sees: 360 degree video reveals exactly how Elon Musk's electric car navigates the world

  27-11-2018 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A fascinating new video has shown what it looks like from a self-driving Tesla sedan's point of view as it navigates a windy road. The footage is sourced from the car's on-board Autopilot computer.
  
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• Scientists: Spray The Stratosphere, Dim The Sun, Cool The Planet

  27-11-2018 19:49 via technocracy.news
  The Technocrat plans for geoengineering are now official and publicly declared: the goal is to dim the sun with stratospheric spraying, thereby quickly cooling the earth.  Of course, all of these scientists are paid directly or indirectly by taxpayer money. ⁃ TN EditorZhen Dai holds up a small glass tube coated with a white powder: calcium carbonate, a ubiquitous compound used in everything from paper and cement to toothpaste and cake mixes. Plop a tablet of it into water, and the res
  
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• Antibiotics could extend your life by culling older cells that can no longer divide

  27-11-2018 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Salford University scientists made the discovery using azithromycin, which treats infections ranging from gonorrhoea to Lyme disease.
  
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• Google Maps is the latest app to be targeted by criminals

  27-11-2018 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scammer are changing the information about a business or place on the California-based Google Maps and replacing it with their own details in a bid to deceive customers.
  
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• Delete these 13 Android apps! Thirteen games have been removed from Google's Play Store

  27-11-2018 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thirteen apps containing malware have been removed from Play store. Malware researcher Lukas Stefanko, from Slovakia, has warned people to avoid downloading apps developed by Luiz O Pinto.
  
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• How Cannabis got its high: Marijuana's mind-altering compounds came into existence due to a a VIRUS

  27-11-2018 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Toronto researchers have revealed the first cannabis chromosome map, which shows found THC and CBD, the active substances produced by cannabis, appeared thanks to an ancient virus.
  
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• Researchers warn of the dangers of the like button and call for 'ethical overhaul' of social media

  27-11-2018 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have found that the 'like' buttons on Facebook and Twitter have quantifiable impacts on people, often leading to measurable increases in envy, judgment and depression.
  
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• Antarctica's horseshoe-shaped Deception Island was sculpted by volcanic eruption 4,000 years ago

  27-11-2018 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While it was thought the explosive event happened as far back as 8,300 years ago, a new study suggests it was more recent, and gave rise to one of Antarctica’s most active calderas.
  
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• Amazon parcels `could be delivered to HS2 passengers at their seat´

  27-11-2018 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ilford-based company Bombardier Transportation is developing technology which would enable click-and-collect services on board.
  
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• The countries with the most space junk REVEALED! Infographic shows the worst offenders

  27-11-2018 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Data from Space-Track.org allowed Corby-based electronic company RS Components to analyse just how many bits of debris are currently orbiting Earth and which country they belong to.
  
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• NASA employees mark Mars landing with VERY hilarious celebration

  27-11-2018 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The InSight robotic probe landed yesterday after a 458km journey. It is only the eighth time in history that a probe has visited Mars and two mission controllers celebrated with an amazing handshake.
  
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• Britain's only giant pandas will not now breed after male has both testicles removed

  27-11-2018 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yang Guang (pictured), who arrived at Edinburgh Zoo in 2011, underwent the operation following a group consultation involving British and Chinese giant panda specialists.
  
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• BT 'Complete WiFi' device promises to speed up your internet by 25%

  27-11-2018 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BT has launched a new home broadband system it claims 'guarantees' a strong, reliable connection in every room of the home.Households in the UK are still lumbered by poor Wi-Fi.
  
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• Google urged to drop Chinese 'Dragonfly' project

  27-11-2018 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Staff sign an open letter saying Google's work on a censored search engine would aid repression in China.
  
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• #MostRead Today: ‘Customers are less tolerant of bad service than ever’ ow.ly/Kkeb30mLRDW

  27-11-2018 17:38 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today:‘Customers are less tolerant of bad service than ever’ ow.ly/Kkeb30mLRDW
  
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• #MostRead Today: After incredible Mars touchdown, InSight sends back its first photos ow.ly/JAtO30mLRD5

  27-11-2018 17:38 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: After incredible Mars touchdown, InSight sends back its first photos ow.ly/JAtO30mLRD5
  
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• #MostRead Today: Rural couple told they’re too near the exchange to get fast broadband ow.ly/OZTM30mLRA5

  27-11-2018 17:37 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Rural couple told they’re too near the exchange to get fast broadband ow.ly/OZTM30mLRA5
  
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• #MostRead Today: Open banking revolution begins as AIB first out of gate with open APIs ow.ly/Hrbj30mLRBw

  27-11-2018 17:37 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Open banking revolution begins as AIB first out of gate with open APIs ow.ly/Hrbj30mLRBw
  
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• #MostRead Today: Genomics Medicine Ireland to create 600 jobs in $400m investment ow.ly/Sr5d30mLRCs

  27-11-2018 17:37 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Genomics Medicine Ireland to create 600 jobs in $400m investment ow.ly/Sr5d30mLRCs
  
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• Apple to tutor women in tech in bid to diversify industry

  27-11-2018 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is launching a new program designed to address the technology industry's scarcity of women in executive and computer programming jobs.
  
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• Does alcohol give you a hangover or injury? Scientists uncover five types of problem drinkers

  27-11-2018 17:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers defined types with a set of symptoms by looking at 5,400 drinkers. What category you fall into will largely depend on your age, say the Pennsylvania State University experts.
  
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• Google TRACKS users and IGNORES privacy settings, say consumer groups

  27-11-2018 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google uses location tracking on its Android operating system and seven complaints from consumer groups across Europe have said the feature breaches GDPR guidelines.
  
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• Drone-car hybrid takes flight and provides a glimpse into the future of transport

  27-11-2018 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A scale model of a flying drone-car mashup has driven and hovered across an Amsterdam exhibition hall, providing a glimpse of what could be the future of urban mobility.
  
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• Protests against Google’s 'dystopian' CENSORED search engine for China

  27-11-2018 16:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amnesty will hold demonstrations outside the tech giant's buildings in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Spain.
  
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• Ice Age cave art reveals early humans used the stars as a primitive calendar 40,000 years ago

  27-11-2018 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research from the University of Edinburgh suggests humans had a sophisticated knowledge of the stars as long as 40,000 years ago.
  
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• TOASTER with a built-in bean warmer sparks

  27-11-2018 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A toaster with a built in bean warmer has sparked an online debate over whether it's pointless or an ingenious breakfast hack. The appliance is made by French cookware company Tefal.
  
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• .@clarivate has published its list documenting the top 1pc of world researchers based on the number of citations -… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  27-11-2018 16:15 via twitter.com
  .@clarivate has published its list documenting the top 1pc of world researchers based on the number of citations -… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Climate change: CO2 emissions rising for first time in four years

  27-11-2018 16:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Global efforts to tackle climate are off track says the UN, as it sees a rise in CO2 after years of decline.
  
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• Minister Bruton says Government is committed to bringing #broadband to more than 540,000 premises in rural Ireland.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  27-11-2018 15:43 via twitter.com
  Minister Bruton says Government is committed to bringing #broadband to more than 540,000 premises in rural Ireland.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The north really IS tougher than the south!

  27-11-2018 15:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Glaciers stretched as far south as Cardiff and froze the land for until around 11,700 years ago. This squashed land rebounded when they retreated and this could protect them from future sea level rises.
  
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• Billion-dollar deal: Google pays $1 billion for huge Mountain View business

  27-11-2018 15:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tech giant confirmed that they bought the 12-building Technology Park in Mountain View, California. The investment is the second largest property purchase in the United States this year.
  
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• Ocean Circulation: More Evidence Of An Approaching Mini-Ice Age

  27-11-2018 15:13 via technocracy.news
  Global Warmists are in total denial, claiming that it is really global warming that is causing dislocations in the weather. Technocrats who live by their science will eventually be crushed by it. ⁃ TN EditorResearchers have discovered that water in the North Atlantic has ‘dramatically weakened.’
  The study shows the levels are at their lowest of for 1,500 years – and climate change is to blame.
  Researchers warn the currents will have a ‘profound effect&rsqu
  
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• Google blocks gender pronouns including 'him' and 'her' from its AI tool

  27-11-2018 15:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mountain View-based Google is removing gender pronouns from the predictive text feature found in its Gmail platform. The feature will no longer suggest pronouns that indicate a specific gender.
  
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• Cryptic call from 'all zeroes' phone number received by NASA chief was from US Vice President

  27-11-2018 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine (right) revealed that US Vice President Mike Pence (left) called him using a cryptic phone number to congratulate him and his team on InSight's success.
  
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• NASA's InSight spacecraft sends its first SELFIE back to Earth

  27-11-2018 14:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA, which is based in Washington, DC, released a photograph taken by its Insight spacecraft shortly after it landed on Mars, showing part of the probe and the Martian surface in the distance.
  
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• The real Minority Report: AI studies CCTV to predict violent crimes BEFORE they happen

  27-11-2018 14:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The project's researchers, which are working with West Midlands Police, are set to release a prototype by the end of March next year (stock image).
  
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• In America: The Final Assault In The War On Cash

  27-11-2018 14:47 via technocracy.news
  The author does not have Technocracy in view, but only in name. Technocracy will force the extinction of cash in order to build a replacement monetary system to finance Sustainable Development that will resemble Alice in Wonderland. ⁃ TN EditorBefore I show you what I’ve learned about a plan to seize control of America’s money, let me make one point clear…
  If you value sound money and political freedom… if you value limited government and taxation with representat
  
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• MPs' fury over Mark Zuckerberg 'no-show'

  27-11-2018 14:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Facebook executive Richard Allan faced the international committee on fake news and disinformation.
  
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• Sweden: Cash Goes Out As Microchips Get Implanted To Pay For Things

  27-11-2018 14:31 via technocracy.news
  There is a people’s movement in Sweden to retain cash as a backup to tech failure, but others continue to squeeze it out. Young Technocrats think it’s cool to get chips inserted into their hands as a payment system.  ⁃ TN EditorMore than 4,000 Swedes have gone the microchip route as cash use fades and the government scrambles to figure out the effects on society and the economy.
  Few countries have been moving toward a cashless society as fast as Sweden. But cash is being s
  
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• China orders an inquiry into the 'world's first gene-edited babies'

  27-11-2018 14:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 100 scientists, most of them in China, have condemned as 'crazy' and unethical a geneticist's claim that he altered the genes of twin girls born this month to create the first gene-edited babies.
  
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