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• Facebook will automatically translate posts into different languages

  01-07-2016 23:16
  
  Facebook on Friday began testing a translation tool that will automatically let posts be displayed in languages users prefer.
  
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• Hajj Pilgrims Will Get E-Bracelets as Safety Measure

  01-07-2016 22:52
  
  Bracelets are a safety precaution following last year's deadly stampede.
  
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• Tesla fatal crash is setback to autonomous cars

  01-07-2016 22:50
  
  It could be a wakeup call for the self-driving car movement.
  
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• Google pays its taxes, senior Europe executive insists

  01-07-2016 22:44
  
  Google pays taxes in every country where it has a presence, the multinational tech giant's Europe vice president Carlo d'Asaro Biondo said Friday as the company faces a raft of fiscal probes across the continent
  
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• Personal projects are key to dream job, says Facebook's creative 'rebel'

  01-07-2016 22:43
  
  Standing out from the crowd in today's digital economy isn't easy, but the key might be pursuing personal projects more than polishing CVs, according to a senior member of Facebook's creative team.
  
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• Dead whale towed off Los Angeles beach ahead of holiday

  01-07-2016 22:41
  
  The reeking carcass of a dead humpback whale was towed back out to sea some 24 hours after washing up at a popular Los Angeles County beach Friday.
  
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• Dead whale stuck on Los Angeles beach ahead of holiday

  01-07-2016 22:41
  
  A dead humpback whale was stuck on a popular Los Angeles-area beach as the Fourth of July weekend got underway Friday, with visitors urged to steer clear of the huge carcass.
  
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• Uber Offering Rides To Curb Drunk Driving This Weekend - CBS Local

  01-07-2016 22:39 via lasvegas.cbslocal.com
  
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  Uber Offering Rides To Curb Drunk Driving This Weekend
  CBS Local
  LAS VEGAS—-The Nevada Department of Public Safety and Uber are coming together under the Department's Zero Fatalities campaign to promote awareness about safe, alternative transportation options to impaired driving during the July 4 holiday ...
  Redefining the designated driver: MADD presidentUSA TODAY
  MADD Encourages Residents to Get Home Safely This 4th of JulyEverythingLubbock.com
  Let Uber be N.Y.'s reliable
  
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• This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 1 – 9 - Sky & Telescope

  01-07-2016 22:37 via skyandtelescope.com
  
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  This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 1 – 9
  Sky & Telescope
  All week, Mars is about as far west (left) of Saturn and Antares as it's going to get. Watch it move back toward them in the coming weeks — very slowly at first, then with increasing speed. Jupiter under Leo in twilight, early July 2016. Meanwhile ...
  The Brightest Planets in July's Night Sky: How to See them (and When)Space.com
  Mars, Saturn, and Antares mark the sky at romantic summer dusksThe Boston Gl
  
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• New biomaterial developed for injectable neuronal control

  01-07-2016 22:36
  
  In the campy 1966 science fiction movie "Fantastic Voyage," scientists miniaturize a submarine with themselves inside and travel through the body of a colleague to break up a potentially fatal blood clot. Right. Micro-humans aside, imagine the inflammation that metal sub would cause.
  
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• Colorado County adopts NIST community resilience guidelines

  01-07-2016 22:34
  
  The Boulder County Collaborative, a partnership of Boulder County, Colorado, communities formed in response to the catastrophic floods that struck the region in September 2013, has used the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) "Community Resilience Planning Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems" to develop and adopt its own resilience design performance standard for community facilities and infrastructure systems.
  
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• Scandal-ridden Zenefits plummets in value

  01-07-2016 22:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  CEO David Sacks is on a campaign to prove to his investors and employees that Zenefits is cleaning up its act.
  
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• Correction: Windows 10 Anniversary Story

  01-07-2016 21:22
  Correction: Windows 10 Anniversary story
  
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• Bald eagles making strong recovery in Virginia

  01-07-2016 21:18
  
  Virginia's bald eagle population is thriving at levels not likely seen since before the United States was a country, one of the nation's top eagle experts said Friday.
  
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• Investigators: US Lab Worker in Colorado Faked Test Results

  01-07-2016 20:59
  Investigators say a worker at a federal laboratory in Colorado manipulated test results for years, possibly tainting research that includes toxic metals in the Everglades and uranium near the Grand Canyon
  
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• Traffic Deaths Surged in 2015 as Driving Hit New Record

  01-07-2016 20:58
  
  The government says traffic deaths surged last year as drivers racked up more miles behind the wheel than ever before
  
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• Fatal Telsa Crash Shows Limits of Self-Driving Technology

  01-07-2016 20:55
  The U.S. government is investigating the first reported death of a driver whose car was in self-driving mode when he crashed
  
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• Driver in Fatal Tesla Crash Shared Autopilot Videos on YouTube

  01-07-2016 20:55
  
  Joshua Brown had previously posted a video to YouTube called "Autopilot Saves Model S."
  
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• Study: Climate Change Warming Asian Waters, Altering Monsoon

  01-07-2016 20:22
  Predicting South Asia's mysterious monsoon is always a challenge, but a new study linking climate pollutants with warming ocean trends indicates monsoons may get even weirder
  
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• The Latest: Friends Remember Man Dead in Driverless Crash

  01-07-2016 20:14
  
  Neighbors of an Ohio man killed while operating a self-driving car say he bought the Tesla Model S within the past year and loved showing it off
  
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• Researchers identify human fingerprint on Indo-Pacific warm pool growth

  01-07-2016 20:00
  
  The Indo-Pacific warm pool (IPWP), Earth's largest region of warm sea surface temperatures (SSTs), has the highest rainfall and is fundamental to global atmospheric circulation and the hydrological cycle. The IPWP has experienced substantial warming and growth during the past century. The region also experienced the highest rates of sea-level rise over the world, indicating large increases in ocean heat content and leading to substantial impacts on small island states in the region.
  
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• E. coli: The ideal transport for next-gen vaccines?

  01-07-2016 20:00
  
  Most people recoil at the thought of ingesting E. coli. But what if the headline-grabbing bacteria could be used to fight disease?
  
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• New App Lets Users Track Sharks and Report Sightings

  01-07-2016 19:52
  A Massachusetts nonprofit is launching a new smartphone application so beachgoers along the East Coast can report their own shark sightings
  
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• Driver killed in autopilot crash said tech was great

  01-07-2016 19:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Tesla driver killed in a crash while in autopilot mode happened to be a huge proponent of autonomous driving.
  
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• Warren: Tech companies 'too big to fail'?

  01-07-2016 19:39 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Senator Elizabeth Warren just insulted Silicon Valley in the worst way: She compared some of the biggest tech companies to banks that caused the financial collapse.
  
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• Unsolved mysteries about the solar system's biggest planet

  01-07-2016 19:07
  
  Swirling storms. Dusty rings. Glowing polar lights.
  
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• Individual mycobacteria respond differently to antibiotics based on growth and timing

  01-07-2016 19:03
  
  Tuberculosis is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world, infecting almost 10 million people each year. Treating the disease can be challenging and requires a combination of multiple antibiotics delivered over several months. This is due, in part, to variations in antibiotic tolerance among subpopulations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that cause tuberculosis.
  
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• Death Sparks 'Autopilot' Car Probe; Man Had Speeding Tickets

  01-07-2016 19:02
  
  Federal officials are calling it the first U.S. fatality involving self-driving technology
  
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• Tips for Capturing Instagram-Worthy 4th of July Photos

  01-07-2016 18:52
  
  Get ready for a weekend of fire works, hot dogs and all things red, white and blue.
  
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• Best thing about Google's 2016 Nexus phones: They'll finally copy the iPhone properly - BGR

  01-07-2016 18:44 via bgr.com
  
  BGR
  Best thing about Google's 2016 Nexus phones: They'll finally copy the iPhone properly
  BGR
  For the first time in its history, Google launched two new Nexus handsets last year including the Nexus 5X and the Nexus 6P, copying Apple's new iPhone launch strategy. But Google didn't get it right on the first try. Thankfully, it looks like things ...
  HTC 'Marlin' Specs Leak, Revealing Large Nexus PowerhouseTech Times
  Google's Upcoming 'Marlin' Nexus Device Lands on GeekbenchAndroid Headlines
  These
  
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• Women's connections in extreme networks

  01-07-2016 18:40
  
  A team of researchers at the University of Miami who examined the role of women in extreme networks or organizations, such as terrorist groups dispelled the common assumption that women are lured into these dangerous environments solely to offer support while men are recruited and tend to be the key players. Instead, the researchers found, women are better connected within the network, essentially becoming the glue holding the system together, fueling its vitality and survival.
  
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• Researcher pursues new applications for 'hot' electrons

  01-07-2016 18:38
  
  Three years after his discovery of porous gold nanoparticles—gold nanoparticles that offer a larger surface area because of their porous nature—a University of Houston researcher is continuing to explore the science and potential applications.
  
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• Decoding the complete genome of the Mediterranean's most emblematic tree—the olive

  01-07-2016 18:38
  
  The olive was one of the first trees to be domesticated in the history of mankind, probably some 6,000 years ago. A Mediterranean emblem par excellence, it is of vital importance to the Spanish and other regional economies (Italy, Greece and Portugal). In fact, Spain is the leading producer of olive oil in the world. Every year, nearly three million tons of oil are produced, for local consumption and export. Spain produces one third of this total.
  
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• Anaylsis of traffic stops and outcomes in Vermont shows racial disparities

  01-07-2016 18:34
  
  A new study analyzing traffic stops in Vermont shows that black and Hispanic drivers are pulled over, searched and arrested far more often than whites, yet white drivers are more likely to be carrying illegal contraband.
  
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• BMW promises driverless cars by 2021

  01-07-2016 18:30 via rss.cnn.com
  
  BMW has teamed with two leading tech companies to deliver fully self-driving vehicles in 2021.
  
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• Park Service uses 'CSI' tactics in response to bear attacks

  01-07-2016 17:39
  
  In what amounts to an innocence project for bears, National Park Service rangers are turning to modern forensic technology, including DNA evidence, to make sure they don't kill the wrong bear when a human is attacked in the mountains.
  
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• 3-D paper-based microbial fuel cell operating under continuous flow condition

  01-07-2016 17:38
  
  A team of researchers from the Iowa State University in Ames, IA has demonstrated a proof-of-concept three-dimensional paper-based microbial fuel cell (MFC) that could take advantage of capillary action to guide the liquids through the MFC system and to eliminate the need for external power. Their report appears in the forthcoming issue of the journal Technology.
  
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• Seaweeds get sick too when they're stressed

  01-07-2016 17:35
  
  A variety of normally harmless bacteria can cause bleaching disease in seaweeds when the seaweeds become stressed by high water temperatures, UNSW Australia researchers have discovered.
  
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• Fin24.com | Here come the virtual reality Olympics...

  01-07-2016 16:51
  
  NBC will produce 85 hours of virtual reality programming for the upcoming Rio Olympics - but only for users of Samsung Galaxy smartphones and the Samsung Gear VR headset.
  
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• Court freezes Facebook's funds in Brazil

  01-07-2016 16:51
  
  A Brazilian news site says a federal court has ordered more than $6 million in Facebook funds frozen because its popular messaging service WhatsApp failed to turn over messages sought in a drug case.
  
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• Scientists hope new shark cam gives insight to deep dives

  01-07-2016 16:49
  
  Researchers are developing a one-of-a-kind camera to mount on great white sharks in an effort to discover why the fish travel each year to a spot in the Pacific Ocean nicknamed the "White Shark Cafe."
  
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• Pyridine based antitumor compounds acting at the colchicine site

  01-07-2016 16:47
  
  Tubulin inhibitors are amongst the most successful anti-cancer, anti-parasitic and herbicidal agents. Their vascular disrupting activity has recently attracted research focus as it elicits anti-cancer effects at doses well below that of other toxic agents. The colchicine site of tubulin is located in a hydrophobic region at the interface of the tubulin α,β-dimer.
  
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• Unsilencing silenced genes by CRISPR/Cas9

  01-07-2016 16:46
  
  The ability to control gene expression in cells allows scientists to understand gene function and manipulate cell fate. Recently, scientists have developed a revolutionary gene-editing tool, called CRIPSR/Cas9, which employs a system naturally used by bacteria as protection against viruses. The tool allows scientists to precisely add, remove or replace specific parts of DNA. CRISPR/Cas9 is the most efficient, inexpensive and easiest gene-editing tool available to date. However, scientists have n
  
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• Twisting and turning to target antibiotic resistance

  01-07-2016 16:45
  
  Researchers are getting closer to understanding how some natural antibiotics work so they can develop drugs that mimic them.
  
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• In Brexit, London startups see risk—and some opportunities

  01-07-2016 16:00
  
  Within 24 hours of Britain's vote to leave the European Union, London-based technology startup Netz saw five investors suspend hundreds of thousands of pounds in promised money.
  
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• Fingerprinting rare earth elements from the air

  01-07-2016 16:00
  
  Vital to many modern technologies yet mined in fewplaces, the 'rare earth elements' are in fact not that rare – they are just difficult to find in concentrations that make them economic to mine. Researchers from Cambridge University and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are investigating whether the remarkable properties of these materials can be used to track them down from the air.
  
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• Milestone on the path to laser-driven plasma accelerators

  01-07-2016 15:50
  
  An innovative accelerator project at DESY has produced its first electron beam. The experimental facility goes by the name of LUX and is being operated in collaboration with the University of Hamburg. It is based on the promising technology of plasma wakefield acceleration which will hopefully one day give rise to smaller and more powerful particle accelerators. During a first test run, LUX was able to accelerate electrons to about 400 mega-electronvolts, using a plasma cell that is just a few m
  
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• Paris bans old cars from streets in pollution crackdown

  01-07-2016 15:49
  
  Paris cracked down Friday on ageing polluting cars, with vehicles registered before 1997 no longer allowed on the streets from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm on weekdays.
  
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• New study reveals television newsroom social media practices policies lag behind

  01-07-2016 15:48
  
  Social media is changing the way journalists do their jobs, but policies for television journalists haven't caught up with the practice, increasing the chances that they report false information. That's one result from a study conducted by Anthony Adornato, assistant professor of journalism at Ithaca College.
  
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• Image: Hubble hotbed of vigorous star formation

  01-07-2016 15:43
  
  This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the iridescent interior of one of the most active galaxies in our local neighborhood—NGC 1569, a small galaxy located about eleven million light-years away in the constellation of Camelopardalis (The Giraffe).
  
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