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• Google Maps will now show you where to rent the nearest Lime scooter or bike in your city

  13-12-2018 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To access the feature, users enter their destination in the Maps app and then navigate to the transit icon. If a Lime vehicle is available, Maps will show a price and update their travel time.
  
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• Stunning high-resolution images of disks swirling around 20 young stars outside of our solar system

  13-12-2018 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study has revealed new insight on the potential abundance of Jupiter-sized young planets in other corners of the Milky Way, and suggests our solar system may not be unique.
  
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• New expose claims Tesla's Model 3 car sent Elon Musk spiraling out of control

  13-12-2018 22:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Musk announced the Model 3 in 2016 with a shockingly small $35,000 price tag. Around 325,000 put down $1,000 deposits to reserve one before they were even made.
  
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• Fortnite, slime and the 'In My Feelings Challenge': Instagram reveals the top trends of 2018

  13-12-2018 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instagram released its 2018 Year in Review on Thursday. The list breaks down the top face filters, fandoms, hashtags, dance challenges, GIFs and other trends during the past year.
  
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• .@UrbanVolt beat out some serious competition to become the winner of the @Google #AdoptAStartup 2018. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/urba…

  13-12-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  .@UrbanVolt beat out some serious competition to become the winner of the @Google #AdoptAStartup 2018. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/urba…
  
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• Real life 'shrink ray' can reduce 3D structures to one thousandth of their original size

  13-12-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at MIT can put all kinds of useful materials in the polymer before they shrink it such as metals, quantum dots and DNA.
  
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• Dive over Jupiter's cloud-tops with Nasa's Juno craft

  13-12-2018 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Nasa's Juno mission to Jupiter has reached its halfway mark and revealed spectacular views of the planet's polar storms.
  
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• Branson's Virgin Galactic reaches edge of space

  13-12-2018 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  The latest test flight by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic makes it to the edge of space and back.
  
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• Why Virgin Galactic's first manned space flight is such a big deal

  13-12-2018 19:16
  
  Virgin Galactic successfully concludes a piloted space flight, in preparation for its first tourist flights to space
  
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• Is Neanderthal DNA affecting the shape of your HEAD?

  13-12-2018 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany compared casts of Neanderthal skulls with modern human skulls.
  
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• .@Intel made a series of major announcements this week, unveiling a suite of new technologies to power PCs and othe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-12-2018 18:45 via twitter.com
  .@Intel made a series of major announcements this week, unveiling a suite of new technologies to power PCs and othe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Virgin Galactic reaches the edge of SPACE for the first time in milestone test

  13-12-2018 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The aerospace firm's SpaceShipTwo craft reached a boundary more than 50 miles above Earth on Thursday morning after blasting off on a critical flight test in the Mojave Desert.
  
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• #Cloud security is becoming increasingly important to enterprises, but a new report shows many firms are still slac… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-12-2018 18:15 via twitter.com
  #Cloud security is becoming increasingly important to enterprises, but a new report shows many firms are still slac… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• How many comments did YouTube wipe in three months?

  13-12-2018 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  For the first time, YouTube reveals how many comments it removes for breaking guidelines.
  
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• Fears about the spread of AI are 'very legitimate,' Google CEO Sundar Pichai says

  13-12-2018 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pichai acknowledged that concerns about the potential for AI to be misused are 'very legitimate' but that the tech industry is up to the challenge of regulating itself.
  
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• Jupiter like you've never seen it before! Stunning footage captured by NASA's Juno probe is released

  13-12-2018 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Juno is in a highly-elliptical 53-day orbit around the planet and has revealed some of our best glimpses yet of its fascinating atmospheric processes.
  
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• Virgin Galactic test flight reaches space for the first time, lugging NASA cargo in place of tourists

  13-12-2018 17:38 via go.theregister.com
  SpaceShipTwo goes faster and higher than ever before Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo took its first trip into space today as the company launched the reusable rocket-powered craft on its fourth test flight above the Mojave desert in southern California.…
  
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• #MostRead Today: Vodafone Ireland announces rural home broadband network trial ow.ly/QOjm30mYA1H

  13-12-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Vodafone Ireland announces rural home broadband network trial ow.ly/QOjm30mYA1H
  
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• A career as a technology consultant can be an incredibly exciting one. Here, employees at @DeloitteIreland talk abo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-12-2018 17:15 via twitter.com
  A career as a technology consultant can be an incredibly exciting one. Here, employees at @DeloitteIreland talk abo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• ‘Hot Neptune' planets became rocky worlds known as 'Super Earths'

  13-12-2018 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers from the University of Geneva say they have discovered for the first time a planet losing its atmosphere so quickly that it can impact its evolution.
  
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• Worried about your privacy? Turn off your smartphone's location tracking settings

  13-12-2018 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A security expert from Comparitech.com, based in Kent, has revealed that smartphone users should turn their location tracking off as it is not clear how companies use the data.
  
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• In the first collaboration of its kind between @Entirl and the #HSE, small businesses and start-ups across Ireland… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-12-2018 16:45 via twitter.com
  In the first collaboration of its kind between @Entirl and the #HSE, small businesses and start-ups across Ireland… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Taylor Swift Used Facial Recognition To Track Stalkers At Concert

  13-12-2018 16:39 via technocracy.news
  Swift apparently didn’t break any laws, but her actions should concern her concert-attending fans who were all scanned without their knowledge. What else is Swift using her private biometric database for? ⁃ TN EditorTaylor Swift held a concert at California’s Rose Bowl this past May that was monitored by a facial recognition system. The system’s target? Hundreds of Swift’s stalkers.
  Swift’s facial recognition system was built into a kiosk that displayed highli
  
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• Violent video games make players NUMB to suffering, research suggests

  13-12-2018 16:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of New South Wales looked at how a person's gaming history predicted whether emotion-induced blindness occurred (stock image).
  
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• Video editor @gbrockell posted an open letter to tech firms on @Twitter, criticising targeted ads on #SocialMedia a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-12-2018 16:15 via twitter.com
  Video editor @gbrockell posted an open letter to tech firms on @Twitter, criticising targeted ads on #SocialMedia a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Astronaut Nick Hague ready for second space flight attempt

  13-12-2018 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Astronaut Nick Hague is ready for his next space flight attempt, after the first mission was aborted.
  
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• Israel-Based Startup First To Create Lab-Grown Steak

  13-12-2018 16:11 via technocracy.news
  Using very sophisticated regenerative science, Aleph Farms intends to disrupt the traditional meat industry with lab-grown or ‘clean’ meat. Technocrats create solutions for problems that exist only in their mind. ⁃ TN EditorFor the first time in its roughly two-year history, an Israeli startup claims to have achieved a key step toward the holy grail of the lab-grown-meat industry: turning animal cells into the delicate and sinewy tissue of steak.
  Aleph Farms, which got its
  
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• FBI Seeks ‘Rapid DNA’ Database To Check Perps

  13-12-2018 15:46 via technocracy.news
  The barriers to ubiquitous DNA scanning and identification are being rapidly broken down as law enforcement adopts new devices being sold without regulations attached. Who will have access to the results and what will they do with them? ⁃ TN EditorThough DNA has revolutionized modern crime fighting, the clues it may hold aren’t revealed quickly. Samples of saliva, or skin, or semen are sent to a crime lab by car (or mail), and then chemists get to work. Detectives are accustomed to w
  
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• Having missed it the first time, @ESA scientists have found that #Rosetta spotted signs of an infant bow shock arou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-12-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  Having missed it the first time, @ESA scientists have found that #Rosetta spotted signs of an infant bow shock arou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Amazon uses dummy parcels to catch thieves

  13-12-2018 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The online retailer has teamed up with police in New Jersey to fight parcel theft with dummy packages.
  
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• Sharks are disappearing from the Great Barrier Reef: Numbers have declined by 92%

  13-12-2018 15:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The seas off Australia were once teeming with sharks, but researchers found that numbers have declined by up to 92 per cent in 50 years.
  
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• #Apple has announced some major expansions on the cards in the US, including a brand new #Texas campus. siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…

  13-12-2018 15:15 via twitter.com
  #Apple has announced some major expansions on the cards in the US, including a brand new #Texas campus. siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…
  
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• #Barclays to double #Dublin workforce to 300 in 2019. #JobFairy #DublinJobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/barclays-…

  13-12-2018 15:12 via twitter.com
  #Barclays to double #Dublin workforce to 300 in 2019. #JobFairy #DublinJobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/barclays-…
  
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• Great news for #Dublin as @thousandeyes is hiring! #JobFairy #hiring #DublinJobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/thousande…

  13-12-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  Great news for #Dublin as @thousandeyes is hiring! #JobFairy #hiring #DublinJobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/thousande…
  
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• You should DELETE these 22 'criminal' apps right now 

  13-12-2018 14:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Security software company Sophos, based in Oxfordshire, have warned users that fraudulent apps could be draining their battery and increasing their data usage.
  
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• #SciTech100 2019: 22 high-flying scientists making the world a better place in 2019 @tcddublin @sile_lane @vedax… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-12-2018 14:45 via twitter.com
  #SciTech100 2019: 22 high-flying scientists making the world a better place in 2019 @tcddublin @sile_lane @vedax… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Today's featured employer is @Liberty_IT! Check out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/l9JYWaRwmH

  13-12-2018 14:30 via twitter.com
  
  Today's featured employer is @Liberty_IT! Check out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/l9JYWaRwmH
  
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• Our European #startup cities and hubs to watch in 2019: #Madrid #Milan #Munich #Montpellier #Oslo #Porto #Prague… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-12-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  Our European #startup cities and hubs to watch in 2019: #Madrid #Milan #Munich #Montpellier #Oslo #Porto #Prague… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• American armoured warship was destroyed by a German U-boat's sea mine

  13-12-2018 13:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 500-foot long armoured vessel was destroyed in just 28 minutes and remains in tact under 110 feet of water off the coast of Fife Island, New York.
  
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• Nasa's Jupiter mission Juno reveals giant polar storms

  13-12-2018 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Stunning images from Nasa's Jupiter "JunoCam" show huge, "endless storms" at the planet's poles.
  
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• Is Apple launching a Spotify for magazines? Texture app 'to be rebranded' within Apple News

  13-12-2018 13:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Back in March Apple brought the Menlo Park-based Texture app, which offers unlimited access to around 200 magazines for $10 (£7.66) a month.
  
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• Cell injections, magnetic chairs and brain implants are among Silicon Valley's ideas for IMMORTALITY

  13-12-2018 13:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Writing for the Conversation, James Horton and Nicholas Priest from the University of Bath look at whether Silicon Valley's quest for immortality is worth its worrying sacrifices (stock).
  
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• Apple to create $1bn Texas base

  13-12-2018 13:23 via bbc.co.uk
  The company says it expects to become Austin's biggest private employer.
  
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• You might want to think twice when buying #organic, new study claims. #Sweden #ClimateChange siliconrepublic.com/innovation/org…

  13-12-2018 13:00 via twitter.com
  You might want to think twice when buying #organic, new study claims. #Sweden #ClimateChange siliconrepublic.com/innovation/org…
  
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• Uber told self-drive cars unsafe days before accident

  13-12-2018 12:51 via bbc.co.uk
  A leaked email sent to Uber bosses by a staff member arrived days before a car hit and killed a pedestrian.
  
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• In 2019, a new blockchain will fix how we buy and sell green energy

  13-12-2018 12:46
  
  Innovation in the energy sector is slow, but the decentralised management of green power will bring about major change in the blink of an eye
  
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• Grace Millane: New Zealand anger over Google naming murder suspect

  13-12-2018 12:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Google named the man accused of killing UK backpacker Grace Millane in an email, which could be illegal.
  
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• .@IDAIRELAND and @CIT_ie have joined forces on an initiative to establish a national #cybersecurity cluster siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/cyb…

  13-12-2018 12:30 via twitter.com
  .@IDAIRELAND and @CIT_ie have joined forces on an initiative to establish a national #cybersecurity cluster siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/cyb…
  
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• Bieber fans help YouTube Rewind become 'most disliked'

  13-12-2018 12:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Beliebers voting against YouTube Rewind seem to have helped the video rack up negative feedback.
  
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• #Revolut is officially a bank after securing European banking licence siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/revo…

  13-12-2018 12:00 via twitter.com
  #Revolut is officially a bank after securing European banking licence siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/revo…
  
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