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• Elon Musk's high-speed LA tunnels rely on technique used by roller coasters 100 years ago

  28-12-2018 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After the unveiling event this month to show off the first LA’s tunnel, engineers have pointed out that it bears semblance to the side-friction roller coasters that started to phase out in the early 1900s.
  
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• Choose-your-own-adventure Black Mirror movie has one TRILLION different story combinations

  28-12-2018 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The choose-your-own-adventure movie is the first of its kind for Netflix, which has only previously attempted the interactive style in kids’ programs, and comes with five possible endings.
  
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• Experts say disruptions in the polar vortex could cause temperatures to plummet in the US

  28-12-2018 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The models currently suggest a split in the high-altitude polar vortex will ring in the New Year, creating the potential for ‘more severe winter weather’ in the Eastern US in the weeks to follow.
  
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• Google and Facebook put ads in child sex abuse discovery apps

  28-12-2018 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Google and Facebook's ad networks placed promotions for major brands before apps were banned.
  
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• #Gaming is a great hobby for many but what if you could turn it into your dream job? #GameDevelopers siliconrepublic.com/advice/gaming-…

  28-12-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  #Gaming is a great hobby for many but what if you could turn it into your dream job? #GameDevelopers siliconrepublic.com/advice/gaming-…
  
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• Bandersnatch: The critics' verdicts on Black Mirror's interactive adventure

  28-12-2018 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Some say the Netflix show's interactive episode is a masterpiece, some say it's a mis-step.
  
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• Pine needles from old Christmas trees could be turned into FOOD in the future

  28-12-2018 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cynthia Kartey, a PhD student from the University of Sheffield, found useful products can be made from chemicals extracted from pine needles when processed using heat and solvents.
  
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• Google and Facebook ad networks were funding WhatsApp's child porn problem

  28-12-2018 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Israeli startup firm AntiToxin uncovered the funding connection by studying apps removed from the Google Play store for signposting illegal groups.
  
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• Tesla adds Larry Ellison to its board

  28-12-2018 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Tesla beefs up its board with executives from Oracle and Walgreens to reassure investors.
  
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• ICYMI: What’s in store for Irish science in 2019? #SFI #IrishResearch siliconrepublic.com/innovation/mar…

  28-12-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: What’s in store for Irish science in 2019? #SFI #IrishResearch siliconrepublic.com/innovation/mar…
  
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• Late frost means magic mushrooms will bloom in the UK on New Year's Day

  28-12-2018 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The claims come from Professor Lynne Boddy, a fungal ecologist at Cardiff University and a member of the British Mycological Society.
  
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• Google’s Parent Plans Global Species Wipeout Of All Mosquitoes

  28-12-2018 16:13 via technocracy.news
  Nobody likes mosquitoes that bite and potentially carry disease, but the thought of extinguishing the species entirely is causing a lot of scientific concern. Conceptually, if interfering with the reproduction cycle works with the elimination mosquitoes, it could work with other species as well. ⁃ TN EditorSilicon Valley researchers are attacking flying bloodsuckers in California’s Fresno County. It’s the first salvo in an unlikely war for Google parent Alphabet Inc.: eradicati
  
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• Huawei: Doors Are Slamming Shut Around The World

  28-12-2018 15:52 via technocracy.news
  Chinese Technocrats are experiencing isolation as Huawei is falling out of favor in the West due to its surveillance connections to the Chinese government. This will press China closer to military warfare. ⁃ TN EditorHuawei is coming under pressure in two more key European markets — the latest in a series of problems the Chinese company faces around the world.
  Telecommunications firm Orange has ruled out using Huawei products in its core 5G network in France, and Germany’s Deut
  
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• Giving Up Meat Won’t Save The Planet And Cows Are Not Killing The Climate

  28-12-2018 15:33 via technocracy.news
  The claim that livestock produced 18% of the world’s greenhouse gas emission was absolutely false, was corrected by the original author, but the media and eco-fascists refuse to acknowledge the truth. ⁃ TN EditorAs the scale and impacts of climate change become increasingly alarming, meat is a popular target for action. Advocates urge the public to eat less meat to save the environment. Some activists have called for taxing meat to reduce consumption of it.
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• Security firm hijacks high-profile Twitter accounts

  28-12-2018 15:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Louis Theroux, Eamonn Holmes and others' accounts were targeted to highlight a Twitter vulnerability.
  
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• Couple have baby after Facebook group pays for IVF

  28-12-2018 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The couple, who both had cancer as teenagers, wanted to have a second baby but could not afford IVF.
  
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• 7 good habits that will make you more successful. #WorkLifeBalance #NewYearsResolutions siliconrepublic.com/advice/good-ha…

  28-12-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  7 good habits that will make you more successful. #WorkLifeBalance #NewYearsResolutions siliconrepublic.com/advice/good-ha…
  
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• Madagascar pochard: World's rarest bird gets new home

  28-12-2018 14:17 via bbc.co.uk
  A species of duck thought to have been wiped out a decade ago is re-released at a lake in Madagascar.
  
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• Commercial ‘ice house’ from the Georgian era is unearthed near Regent’s Park

  28-12-2018 14:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Constructed from red bricks, the egg-shaped cooling chamber was discovered during redevelopment work at London's landmark Regent's Crescent.
  
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• What radical changes are coming to the world of work? #FutureOfWork #FoW siliconrepublic.com/careers/radica…

  28-12-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  What radical changes are coming to the world of work? #FutureOfWork #FoW siliconrepublic.com/careers/radica…
  
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• World's rarest bird gets new home in Madagascar

  28-12-2018 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Conservationists hope to save a species of duck called the Madagascar pochard from extinction.
  
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• Duck that was thought to be extinct for 15 years has been brought back from the brink

  28-12-2018 13:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gloucestershire-based WWT sent 21 Madagascar pochards to spend a week in the safety of the world's first floating aviaries on Lake Sofia in the north of Madagascar.
  
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• #SciTech100 2019: @JulieSinnamon @liaonet @Benioff @celoscher @AngelaDSaini @Dr_Niamh_Shaw @Bahareh360… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-12-2018 13:00 via twitter.com
  #SciTech100 2019: @JulieSinnamon @liaonet @Benioff @celoscher @AngelaDSaini @Dr_Niamh_Shaw @Bahareh360… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Huawei: China accuses UK of 'pride and prejudice'

  28-12-2018 12:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Beijing was responding to claims it might use Huawei's 5G kit to act "in a malign way".
  
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• North Korea defector hack: Personal data of almost 1,000 leaked

  28-12-2018 12:29 via bbc.co.uk
  A personal computer at a resettlement centre in South Korea was found to have been infected.
  
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• Snapchat adds filters for your dog including matching AR lenses

  28-12-2018 12:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Months after launching face lenses designed for cats, Snapchat has expanded the tool to include dogs. Pet filters are marked in the regular carousel with a small blue paw-print.
  
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• NASA's New Horizons will ring in the New Year with flyby

  28-12-2018 12:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The spacecraft team that brought us close-ups of Pluto will ring in the new year by exploring an even more distant and mysterious world. The target, Ultima Thule, is a billion miles past Pluto.
  
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• Extreme weather in UK made 2018 a ‘rollercoaster’ year for wildlife

  28-12-2018 12:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In its review of the year, the charity said this year's 'winners' were many bats and butterflies, species who have suffered huge drops in numbers in recent years.
  
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• NASA images document humanity's exploration of space in 2018

  28-12-2018 12:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The year 2018 revealed some incredible views of Earth, the planets and the cosmos, taken from our planet looking out into the cosmos as well as from satellites, telescopes and other spacecraft.
  
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• Instagram rolls out new sideways feed that lets you tap through posts

  28-12-2018 12:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On Thursday, many Instagram users woke up to find the layout of their feed had been completely overhauled. And, they’re not happy. Instagram now says it was supposed to be a small test.
  
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• Elon Musk asks judge to toss lawsuit filed by diver he called 'pedo'

  28-12-2018 11:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX boss Elon Musk is now arguing that his Twitter rant this past summer was nothing more than a 'schoolyard spat on social media' that no reasonable reader took seriously.
  
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• The inside story of Bandersnatch, the weirdest Black Mirror tale yet

  28-12-2018 09:01
  
  To create the first choose-your-own-adventure episode of Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker and his team had to reinvent how television is made
  
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• Post-holiday blues expected as travelers struggle in blizzard-like storms and rain throughout U.S.

  28-12-2018 07:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Post-holiday travelers were finding driving and flying difficult as a winter storm dumped heavy snow and whipped up gusty winds across parts of the United States, killing two.
  
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• Anak Krakatau: How a tsunami could wipe out the last Javan rhinos

  28-12-2018 07:07 via bbc.co.uk
  There are only 67 Javan rhinos left in the world and they all live in sight of Anak Krakatau volcano.
  
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• To tackle violent crime, Glasgow is treating it like a health epidemic

  28-12-2018 07:00
  
  An innovative approach to gangs has turned Glasgow from the crime capital of Europe to one of the safest cities in the UK. It's down to a new initiative: treat violence like a health epidemic
  
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• How London can solve its violent crime problem by copying Glasgow

  28-12-2018 07:00
  
  Glasgow had the highest murder rate of any western European city: 63 victims per million. An innovative approach to gangs turned it into one of the safest cities in the UK. With high levels of violent crime, there's a lot London could learn
  
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• Here are some entirely serious predictions about 2019 in tech

  28-12-2018 07:00
  
  What will happen in 2019? After this year, we're not even sure we want to know
  
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• Decentralised AI has the potential to upend the online economy

  28-12-2018 07:00
  
  Analysing big data on the edge will outclass offerings by more cumbersome centralised systems
  
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• The best science long reads of 2018 (part two)

  28-12-2018 01:31 via bbc.co.uk
  From the search for life in the Universe to fighting fires in Antarctica, here's a festive selection of the best science long reads from 2018.
  
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• Is caring for animals in our DNA?

  28-12-2018 01:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute and Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) analysed DNA from 161 student volunteers.
  
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• Extreme weather in the UK made 2018 a ‘rollercoaster’ year for wildlife says the National Trust

  28-12-2018 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In its review of the year, the charity said this year's 'winners' were many bats and butterflies, species who have suffered huge drops in numbers in recent years.
  
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