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• Trump set to unveil $10 bn investment from Apple supplier Foxconn

  26-07-2017 23:43
  President Donald Trump on Wednesday will unveil a $10 billion US investment by Apple supplier Foxconn to build a plant in Wisconsin, the White House said.
  
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• Trump hails $10 bn investment from Apple supplier Foxconn (Update)

  26-07-2017 23:43
  President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a $10 billion US investment by Apple supplier Foxconn to build a plant in Wisconsin.
  
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• Things looking up as Los Angeles Zoo unveils baby giraffe

  26-07-2017 23:42
  Things are looking up at the Los Angeles Zoo, where visitors are getting their first glimpses of a baby giraffe.
  
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• Somersaulting simulation for jumping bots

  26-07-2017 23:41
  In recent years engineers have been developing new technologies to enable robots and humans to move faster and jump higher. Soft, elastic materials store energy in these devices, which, if released carefully, enable elegant dynamic motions. Robots leap over obstacles and prosthetics empower sprinting. A fundamental challenge remains in developing these technologies. Scientists spend long hours building and testing prototypes that can reliably move in specific ways so that, for example, a robot l
  
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• Ring Video Doorbell 2 review: Higher res and easier to recharge, but just as bulky

  26-07-2017 23:39
  
  GadgetsIt's not smaller, but it is smarter.
  The latest smart doorbell from Ring has learned a few things but could stand to slim down.
  
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• Come again? NASA's Cassini spacecraft traveled 750 million miles to Saturn only to find a 'noodle'?

  26-07-2017 23:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Okay, to be more accurate, Cassini produced a noodle. Well, actually, it's a noddle-shaped movie. Sort of...
  Yes, my tongue is poking into my cheek — but only part way.NASA's just come out with a Cassini spacecraft movie that takes us on a swooping journey low over Saturn's cloud tops. And, in fact, the video pans across something the agency's imaging wizards really are calling a "noodle."I happen to think it looks more like a nematode than a no
  
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• KC team comes up with a chatbot to corral your drug bill

  26-07-2017 23:00
  You leave your doctor's office with a prescription that the physician's office sends to your regular pharmacy.
  
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• Uber's going big into trucking business, and nowhere bigger than Texas

  26-07-2017 22:50
  One of the biggest technology disruptors when it comes to shuttling people is now trying to transform the way goods are moved around the country.
  
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• The Navy is preparing its railgun for the future of war

  26-07-2017 22:48
  
  MilitaryThis new weapon will fire projectiles at six times the speed of sound.
  Instead of the gunpowder weapons of old, the Office of Naval Research is testing an electromagnetic railgun for future use on Navy ships.
  
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• Facebook's ads just keep creeping into new apps

  26-07-2017 22:45
  Scrolling through an ad-free Instagram is now a distant memory, much like the once ad-free Facebook itself. Soon, users of its Messenger app will begin to see advertisements, too—and WhatsApp may not be too far behind.
  
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• Now hiring at Amazon: Thousands of people in 1 day

  26-07-2017 22:40 via abcnews.go.com
  Amazon is looking for 50,000 people, with unemployment at a 16-year low and wages barely moving
  
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• For women called Alexa, it's funny, frustrating to share name with Amazon device

  26-07-2017 22:30
  Since Amazon introduced the Alexa-enabled Echo device in 2014, the jokes have become so omnipresent that Alexa Philbeck, 29, briefly considered changing, or at least obscuring, her name.
  
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• NASA tests to produce sonic booms on Florida coast in August

  26-07-2017 22:20
  Scientific research at Kennedy Space Center could mean some loud booms along Canaveral National Seashore on Space Coast between New Smyrna Beach and Titusville next month, NASA officials said.
  
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• From coast to coast, towns anticipate celestial event of a lifetime

  26-07-2017 22:10
  It looks like an ordinary Nebraska cornfield, but Louis Dorland sees something more: an ideal place to observe the Great American Eclipse.
  
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• Gadgets: Easy-to-use devices analyze, watch, and retouch

  26-07-2017 21:58
  The pocket-sized (4.0-by-2.0-by-0.6-inches) Alcomate Revo is a great device for accurately reading an individual's blood-alcohol level.
  
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• Parasitic plants dwell in darkness, feeding on mold and mushrooms

  26-07-2017 21:45
  
  ScienceThey have great taste.
  A new species of Japanese plant is a fungi-eating parasite—and it's already in trouble.
  
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• Neutrons peer into a running engine

  26-07-2017 21:40
  In a first-of-a-kind experiment, researchers used neutrons to investigate the performance of a new aluminum alloy in a gasoline-powered engine—while the engine was running.
  
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• Silicon Valley Grapples With How to Fix a Sexist Culture

  26-07-2017 21:15 via nbcnews.com
  Silicon Valley's biggest open secret — rampant sexism — is being thrust into the spotlight.
  
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• Dancing Balls Lead to a Physics Discovery

  26-07-2017 21:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Toss a few droplets of water in a hot pan and they seem to come alive, skittering to and fro as if trying to escape. Try the same thing with balls of hydrogel, and they actually could break free. The spheres bounce animatedly about a hot pan, emitting a piercing, shrieking noise as they do so.Both tricks are due to something called the Leidenfrost effect, which describes the instantaneous vaporization that occurs when water touches a hot surface. If enough steam is produced, it can be en
  
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• Now hiring at Amazon: Thousands of people in one day

  26-07-2017 21:06
  Amazon plans to make thousands of job offers in just one day as it holds a giant job fair next week at nearly a dozen warehouses across the U.S.
  
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• Pew poll: A quarter of blacks have been harassed online

  26-07-2017 21:05
  A new study says African-American adults are facing more harassment online than other races and ethnicities in the United States.
  
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• New York eyes 'textalyzer' to bust drivers using phones

  26-07-2017 21:05
  Police in New York state may soon have a high-tech way of catching texting drivers: a device known as a "textalyzer" that allows an officer to quickly check if a phone has been in use before a crash.
  
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• VW directors mull cartel claims, no comment on details

  26-07-2017 21:04
  Automaker Volkswagen says its management has informed its supervisory board about "the current situation regarding possible cartel law issues" following a report that Germany's biggest car makers colluded for years over diesel technology and other issues.
  
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• Experts: Software theft shows threat of mercenary hackers

  26-07-2017 21:04
  On an October morning in 2012, the system administrator of a tiny Vermont defense contractor arrived at work to find the business' computers had been hacked and a sophisticated software program stolen. Prosecutors later concluded the thieves were a group of Iranians who sold the software to organizations within the Iranian government.
  
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• Intelligent animation—engineers collaborate to incorporate AI into a computer-based rendering system

  26-07-2017 21:03
  Modern films and TV shows are filled with spectacular computer-generated sequences computed by rendering systems that simulate the flow of light in a three-dimensional scene and convert the information into a two-dimensional image. But computing the thousands of light rays (per frame) to achieve accurate color, shadows, reflectivity and other light-based characteristics is a labor-intensive, time-consuming and expensive undertaking. An alternative is to render the images using only a few light r
  
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• Satellite sees Tropical Depression Greg as a ghostly swirl of clouds

  26-07-2017 21:01
  Tropical Depression Greg appears as a ghostly swirl of low clouds on satellite imagery from NOAA's GOES-West satellite on July 27.
  
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• NASA's Terra Satellite catches the end of Tropical Depression Kulap

  26-07-2017 21:00
  NASA's Terra satellite passed over Tropical Depression Kulap as the storm was winding down in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Strong wind shear was affecting the storm as a result of nearby Typhoon Noru.
  
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• NASA needs your help during the August eclipse

  26-07-2017 20:44
  
  SpaceDon’t worry, it's not rocket science.
  On August 21, a shadow will fall across North America, and we can't wait. If you’re going to be anywhere near the eclipse path, NASA scientists need your help.
  
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• 'Pharma Bro' won't stop talking, except to jury in trial

  26-07-2017 20:29 via abcnews.go.com
  'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli says on social media that he's being railroaded at his securities fraud trial, but he won't be defending himself in court
  
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• Whole Foods sales struggle shows Amazon buying a fixer-upper

  26-07-2017 20:19
  Amazon is set to have a fixer-upper on its hands, with Whole Foods reporting that a key sales figure declined again.
  
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• Whole Foods' key sales dip shows Amazon buying a fixer-upper

  26-07-2017 20:19
  Amazon is set to have a fixer-upper on its hands, with Whole Foods reporting another key sales decline.
  
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• Subaru Telescope Image of the Week – Spiral Galaxy M63

  26-07-2017 20:10 via scitechdaily.com
  This Subaru Telescope image of the week shows spiral galaxy M63, which is located approximately 24 million light-years away in the direction of the constellation...
  The post Subaru Telescope Image of the Week – Spiral Galaxy M63 appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
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• Isotopes in prehistoric cattle teeth suggest herding strategies used during the Neolithic

  26-07-2017 20:00
  Analysis of strontium isotopes in teeth from Neolithic cattle suggest that early Europeans used different specialized herding strategies, according to a study published July 26, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Claudia Gerling from University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, and colleagues.
  
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• Atomic movies may help explain why perovskite solar cells are more efficient

  26-07-2017 20:00
  In recent years, perovskites have taken the solar cell industry by storm. They are cheap, easy to produce and very flexible in their applications. Their efficiency at converting light into electricity has grown faster than that of any other material - from under four percent in 2009 to over 20 percent in 2017 - and some experts believe that perovskites could eventually outperform the most common solar cell material, silicon. But despite their popularity, researchers don't know why perovskites ar
  
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• China Using AI To Catch Evildoers Before They Commit Crime

  26-07-2017 19:35 via technocracy.news
  China will be the first super-power to implement total surveillance on all of their 1.4 billion citizens, which is a necessary goal in order to perfect their Technocracy. To a Technocrat, actual proof of committing a crime is not necessary for you to deserve punishment. History is riddled with genocidal behavior based on baseless suspicions, physical and mental characteristics and behavior patterns. As China perfects this technology, it will spread to the rest of the world like wildfire. &#
  
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• At hacker summit, a new focus on preventing brazen attacks

  26-07-2017 19:33
  Against a backdrop of cyberattacks that have grown into full-fledged sabotage, Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos is bringing a new message to hackers and security experts at the Black Hat conference.
  
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• World gears up for electric cars despite bumps in road

  26-07-2017 19:32
  Technological advances mean fossil fuel in cars could be phased out within decades but switching to electric carries its own environmental and economic concerns as more and more countries announce radical plans.
  
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• Scientists uncover a hidden calcium cholesterol connection

  26-07-2017 19:31
  It's well known that calcium is essential for strong bones and teeth, but new research shows it also plays a key role in moderating another important aspect of health—cholesterol.
  
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• Health risk alarm over water rationing in Rome

  26-07-2017 19:31
  Plans to ration water in drought-hit Rome could have serious consequences for public health, Italy's health minister warned Wednesday.
  
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• Scientists produce robust catalyst to split water into hydrogen, oxygen

  26-07-2017 19:29
  Splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen to produce clean energy can be simplified with a single catalyst developed by scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston.
  
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• NASA sees newly formed Tropical Storm Nesat near Philippines

  26-07-2017 19:28
  Tropical Storm Nesat formed early on July 26 just east of the Philippines and NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead gathering temperature data to determine the location of the most powerful storms. Imagery showed strong storms from Nesat's western side were affecting the central Philippines.
  
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• Traces of adaptation and cultural diversification found among early North American stone tools

  26-07-2017 19:26
  Using new methods to analyze stone projectile points crafted by North America's earliest human inhabitants, Smithsonian scientists have found that these tools show evidence of a shift toward more experimentation in their production beginning about 12,500 years ago, following hundreds of years of consistent stone-tool production created using uniform techniques. The findings provide clues into changes in social interactions during a time when people are thought to have been spreading into new par
  
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• NASA's webbcam shows Webb telescope chilling in Chamber A

  26-07-2017 19:25
  The temperature of Chamber A at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston is steadily dropping, creating a frigid environment for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope that is in stark contrast to the heat of the city.
  
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• Atomic discovery opens door to greener, faster, smaller electronic circuitry

  26-07-2017 19:25
  A key step in unlocking the potential for greener, faster, smaller electronic circuitry was taken recently by a group of researchers led by UAlberta physicist Robert Wolkow.
  
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• NASA watching Typhoon Noru head west in Northwestern Pacific

  26-07-2017 19:20
  NASA's Aqua satellite provided a near-infrared look at Typhoon Noru as it continued its western track at sea, far to the southeast of Japan.
  
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• How bacteria maintain and recover their shape

  26-07-2017 19:19
  Bacteria come in all shapes and sizes—some are straight as a rod, others twist like a corkscrew. Shape plays an important role in how bacteria infiltrate and attack cells in the body. The helical shape of Helicobacter pylori, a species of bacteria which can cause ulcers, may help it penetrate tissues.
  
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• Investigation tests new methods of water recycling in space

  26-07-2017 19:18
  Sometimes the best solution to a complex problem is the simplest one. That's the approach that the Capillary Structures for Exploration Life Support (Capillary Structures) team took when designing the fluid physics investigation aboard the International Space Station. The Capillary Structures investigation uses capillary action, or the ability for a liquid to flow through a narrow spaces, such as small tubes, to move liquids and gases in microgravity, a task that can't be tested in Earth's gravi
  
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• Geo-Engineering Exposed: Scientists To Dim Sunlight In Order To Cool Planet

  26-07-2017 19:11 via technocracy.news
  “Barking mad” scientists are intent on restructuring the atmosphere, and have been already conducting field-grade experiments for several years. There has been no disclosure to any political body, but rather just unilateral action because the scientists don’t believe they need public approval when science is concerned. ⁃ TN Editor“If you want to be confident to get to 1.5 degrees you need to have solar geo-engineering,” says one scientist.
  Scientists are
  
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• Strange electrons break the crystal symmetry of high-temperature superconductors

  26-07-2017 19:00
  The perfect performance of superconductors could revolutionize everything from grid-scale power infrastructure to consumer electronics, if only they could be coerced into operating above frigid temperatures. Even so-called high-temperature superconductors (HTS) must be chilled to hundreds of degrees Fahrenheit below zero.
  
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• Novel RNA nanodevices in living cells can sense and analyze multiple complex signals

  26-07-2017 19:00
  The interdisciplinary nexus of biology and engineering, known as synthetic biology, is growing at a rapid pace, opening new vistas that could scarcely be imagined a short time ago.
  
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