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• American Airlines begins rolling out 'biometric boarding' at Los Angeles airport

  07-12-2018 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  American Airlines will now let some passengers simply scan their face to board their flight at the Los Angeles International Airport. For now, the system is part of a 90-day trial.
  
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• Toxic wasp venom could help protect humans against superbugs

  07-12-2018 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at MIT studying the antimicrobial properties of a toxin normally found in a South American waspcreated variants that are potent against bacteria but nontoxic to human cells.
  
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• The 'supersoft' glow of a star devouring its companion: NASA spots mysterious X-rays

  07-12-2018 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A bright outburst of low-energy X-rays coming from a galaxy roughly 200,000 light-years away could point to the fastest-growing white dwarf ever seen, according to new NASA observations.
  
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• Huawei: The rapid growth of a Chinese champion in five charts

  07-12-2018 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  China's tech giant leads the market for telecoms infrastructure, and is second only to Samsung in smartphone sales.
  
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• What's going on with Huawei?

  07-12-2018 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The Chinese telecoms giant was the focus of international scrutiny even before the arrest of a senior executive.
  
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• The sound of Mars: NASA reveals first audio from the red planet

  07-12-2018 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The low rumble detected by InSight’s sensors are estimated to be blowing between 10 to 15 mph heading southeast, and the recordings are within the range of human hearing.
  
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• Elon Musk says first Boring Company tunnel will debut in LA on December 18th

  07-12-2018 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk's tunneling company will also show off its futuristic 'ground to tunnel car elevators' that will lift the electric buses down to the underground tunnels via an elevator shaft.
  
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• Chang'e-4: China mission launches to far side of Moon

  07-12-2018 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  It is the first attempt to land robotic craft on the side of the Moon which never faces Earth.
  
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• Elon Musk says the video of him smoking a joint PROVES he doesn't use marijuana

  07-12-2018 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'I do not smoke pot,' Musk said in an interview with 60 Minutes that will air in full on Sunday. 'As anybody who watched that podcast could tell, I have no idea how to smoke pot or anything.'
  
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• Apple reveals $150 smart mattress sensor that monitors your sleep

  07-12-2018 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The sensor slips under a mattress and measures measuring sleep time, heart rate, breathing, snoring, and bedroom temperature and humidity.
  
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• Disney's incredibly realistic Beauty and the Beast animatronics to be unveiled at Tokyo theme park

  07-12-2018 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new sneak peak of the ride shows that the Beast, Belle and her horse Philippe all make an appearance in the new ride and, thanks to advanced animatronics, look strikingly real.
  
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• Project to create 1,000mph Bloodhound supersonic car scrapped

  07-12-2018 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The project to develop the supersonic Bloodhound car, which aimed to hit speeds of 1,000mph has now been scrapped, after a failure to get an investor. It was tested in Cornwall last year.
  
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• Nasa's InSight probe listens to Martian winds

  07-12-2018 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Two instruments on the recently landed InSight probe capture the noise made by the planet's wind.
  
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• .@Siemens Ireland CEO Gary O’Callaghan talks about digitalisation, the data economy, the real impact of the fourth… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-12-2018 19:05 via twitter.com
  .@Siemens Ireland CEO Gary O’Callaghan talks about digitalisation, the data economy, the real impact of the fourth… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Worrying about technology is NOT new! Victorians feared mass printing would make everyone blind

  07-12-2018 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Writing for the Conversation, Gemma Almond, PhD Researcher from Swansea University talks about how the rise of mass print 1800's was blamed for an increase in eye ailments.
  
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• Could eight toothed terrors be ravaging Christmas trees? Outbreak of spruce bark beetle is spotted

  07-12-2018 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The spruce bark beetle - which is known for ravaging Christmas Trees - was detected at a number of unnamed locations in the Ashford area (stock image).
  
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• Microsoft's decision to use google web technology is creating stiff competition

  07-12-2018 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mozilla, the Seattle-based browser company, have claimed that Microsoft's decision to use Google's technology for their Edge app could undermine the independence of the online world.
  
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• .@elonmusk’s Boring Company is to open its first public tests of the electric underground transport system, while I… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-12-2018 18:35 via twitter.com
  .@elonmusk’s Boring Company is to open its first public tests of the electric underground transport system, while I… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Bloodhound SSC reaches the end of the road for want of £25m

  07-12-2018 18:30 via go.theregister.com
  1,000mph dreams dashed as administrators throw in the towel Bloodhound, a British project to strap a rocket to a car and fling it at the horizon, is officially dead, as administrators finally pulled the plug on the venture.…
  
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• Virgin Atlantic A330-200 undergoes transformation in time-lapse clip

  07-12-2018 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Four of the Airbus aircraft were introduced to UK-based Virgin Atlantic's fleet in March after the airline acquired them from the now defunct Air Berlin and one has been given a brand new look.
  
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• Scientists discover new dog-sized dinosaur after finding its jawbone

  07-12-2018 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It comes after a fragment of fossilised jawbone was found in embedded within a glittering piece of opal stone at the Wee Warra mine in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales.
  
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• Reindeer could not bully Rudolph's red nose as they're colourblind

  07-12-2018 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Exeter scientists have revealed that reindeer lack colour-detecting eye cells that humans use to detect red, green and orange. They do, however, have the ability to absorb UV light.
  
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• Amazon planning to launch its cashierless Go stores at airports

  07-12-2018 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon.com is looking at bringing its futuristic checkout-free store format to airports in an effort to win business from hungry, time-pressed travelers, according to records.
  
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• NYC attempts to crack down on unsolicited nudes AirDropped on subway

  07-12-2018 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Subway riders and other city-goers have increasingly reported that they’ve been sent sexually explicit pictures through Apple’s AirDrop tool in recent years.
  
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• Largest species discovered in US for 100 years: Eel with leopard spots

  07-12-2018 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Native to the swamps of Florida’s Panhandle and southern Alabama, the creature looks like it’s covered in blue and black leopard print, with frilly gills attached to its face.
  
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• Hamburg is building test magnetic 'hyperloop' track to deliver parcels

  07-12-2018 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Hyperloop test route will run between Hamburg port's container terminal and container yard, located 300 feet (100 metres) further inland.
  
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• Sound waves are used to 'levitate' tiny beads

  07-12-2018 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Bayreuth in Germany presented their levitating ball at a conference in Tokyo.
  
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• Scientists claim to have discovered a 'new human ancestor' 

  07-12-2018 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The skeleton was first discovered in the 90s in South Africa and was first categorised as Australopithecus, a group of hominins to which the famous fossil 'Lucy' belongs.
  
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• Stellar nursery 450 light years away where stars are born

  07-12-2018 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A hidden stash of planets has been found around young stars in the universe and astronomers spotted the planets against the brightness of their stars using the ALMA telescope in the Chilean desert.
  
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• More than half of the global population is now online

  07-12-2018 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UN agency for information and communication technologies, ITU, said that by the end of 2018 a full 51.2 percent of people around the world will be using the world-wide web.
  
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• .@Google has unveiled the eight start-ups that have made it to the #AdoptAStartup final in its EMEA HQ. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/goog…

  07-12-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  .@Google has unveiled the eight start-ups that have made it to the #AdoptAStartup final in its EMEA HQ. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/goog…
  
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• #MostRead Today: What skills do you need to be at the forefront of data analytics? ow.ly/vQnl30mU8Cl

  07-12-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: What skills do you need to be at the forefront of data analytics? ow.ly/vQnl30mU8Cl
  
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• #MostRead Today: One in three jobs in Ireland at risk of disruption from digital technologies ow.ly/3KSh30mU8BM

  07-12-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: One in three jobs in Ireland at risk of disruption from digital technologies ow.ly/3KSh30mU8BM
  
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• #MostRead Today: Eset warns Irish users to avoid this convincing Revenue email scam ow.ly/hGOa30mU8B8

  07-12-2018 17:55 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Eset warns Irish users to avoid this convincing Revenue email scam ow.ly/hGOa30mU8B8
  
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• #MostRead Today: Amazing renewable energy battery could power an entire city around the clock ow.ly/beCx30mU8mZ

  07-12-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Amazing renewable energy battery could power an entire city around the clock ow.ly/beCx30mU8mZ
  
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• #MostRead Today: AIB sprints into fintech action with Fitbit Pay service ow.ly/5BGS30mU8os

  07-12-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: AIB sprints into fintech action with Fitbit Pay service ow.ly/5BGS30mU8os
  
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• We’re looking ahead this week and examining the unique challenges that business leaders will need to overcome to ke… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-12-2018 17:05 via twitter.com
  We’re looking ahead this week and examining the unique challenges that business leaders will need to overcome to ke… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Chinese spacecraft launching today will land on dark side of the moon

  07-12-2018 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chang'e-4 is due to take-off from the Xichang satellite launch centre in Sichuan, south-west China at 6:30 GMT. It will perform a 'soft-landing' and land on the moon after a 27 day journey through space.
  
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• .@Fidelity’s Sharon Walsh tells us how the company’s partnership with a #Galway school aims to create a new generat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-12-2018 16:35 via twitter.com
  .@Fidelity’s Sharon Walsh tells us how the company’s partnership with a #Galway school aims to create a new generat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• This is how China will land a rover on the far side of the Moon

  07-12-2018 16:30
  
  In a Moon first, a lander and a rover are set to explore the side of the Moon we can't see from Earth, and China is leading the way
  
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• Game publisher @bethesda under fire as private customer data shared. #gaming #data #breaches siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/fal…

  07-12-2018 16:05 via twitter.com
  Game publisher @bethesda under fire as private customer data shared. #gaming #data #breaches siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/fal…
  
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• Speaking at #ICT2018, Prof Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli outlined how European innovators can capitalise on the k… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-12-2018 15:35 via twitter.com
  Speaking at #ICT2018, Prof Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli outlined how European innovators can capitalise on the k… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Bloodhound supersonic car project axed

  07-12-2018 15:20 via bbc.co.uk
  The driver of the 1,000mph supersonic vehicle says the car is available for the cost of a Ferrari.
  
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• Hamburg is building a test magnetic 'hyperloop' track to deliver parcels at up to 750mph

  07-12-2018 15:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Hyperloop test route will run between Hamburg port's container terminal and container yard, located 300 feet (100 metres) further inland.
  
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• Teen jailed for email bomb hoaxes

  07-12-2018 15:16 via bbc.co.uk
  George Duke-Cohan sent threats to hundreds of UK schools and triggered a US airport security scare.
  
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• Rudolph would ‘not have been bullied for his red nose’ as reindeer are colour blind

  07-12-2018 15:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Exeter scientists have revealed that reindeer lack colour-detecting eye cells that humans use to detect red, green and orange. They do, however, have the ability to absorb UV light.
  
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• 1 in 10 Britons don't speak to another human being in three days

  07-12-2018 15:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study shows that the average Briton goes more than 24 hours without speaking to anyone. The survey of 2,000 UK adults found that 54% think the rise in technology means fewer human interactions.
  
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• .@ESA delegates are to descend on Dublin for an event that aims to help Ireland’s booming #SpaceTech sector tap int… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-12-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  .@ESA delegates are to descend on Dublin for an event that aims to help Ireland’s booming #SpaceTech sector tap int… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Microsoft unveils facial recognition principles, urges...

  07-12-2018 15:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Talking at the Washinton-based think tank Brookings Institution, Microsoft president Brad Smith said the firm was adopting a set of principles for deployment of facial recognition technology.
  
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• Scientists discover new dog-sized dinosaur after finding its jawbone fossilised in precious opal 

  07-12-2018 14:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It comes after a fragment of fossilised jawbone was found in embedded within a glittering piece of opal stone at the Wee Warra mine in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales.
  
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