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• Hellblade Is Great Because It's Frustrating - Kotaku

  08-08-2017 23:46
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  Hellblade Is Great Because It's Frustrating
  Kotaku
  I went into Hellblade expecting another fast, fun action romp from the folks at Ninja Theory, who previously made Enslaved and DmC: Devil May Cry. After playing for about 20 minutes, I had to put the controller down. I was so stressed out that I couldn ...
  Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice ReviewGameSpot
  Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Review – A Bloody Rush (PS4)PlayStation LifeStyle
  The real-time motion capture behind 'Hellblade'Engadget
  
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• Your kitchen sponge could have more bacteria than a toilet seat

  08-08-2017 23:42
  
  ScienceFive of the ten most abundant bacteria species are categorized as potential pathogens.
  A study by German researchers shows that kitchen sponges could host potentially pathogenic bacteria, and oftentimes sanitizing doesn't help knock them out.
  
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• Scientists call out New York Times for incorrect claim about climate report - Fox News

  08-08-2017 23:19
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  Scientists call out New York Times for incorrect claim about climate report
  Fox News
  Editor's note: Several hours after publication of this article, a New York Times spokesperson returned an earlier request for comment to say the story had been updated. Scientists appear to have debunked The New York Times' claim it was leaked a secret ...
  This is how bad things could get if Trump denies the reality of climate changeWashington Post
  Leak of Climate Change Report Could Do Damage, Scienti
  
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• Fired Google engineer files complaint, weighs legal options (Update)

  08-08-2017 23:04
  A 28-year-old former Google engineer who was fired over a memo he wrote about gender differences said Tuesday he's exploring all his legal options and has already filed a labor complaint over his treatment.
  
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• Fired Google engineer files complaint, weighs legal options

  08-08-2017 23:04
  A former Google engineer who was fired over a memo he wrote about gender differences says he's exploring all his legal options and has already filed a labor complaint over his treatment.
  
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• Blocking HDAC2 Enzyme May Reverse Memory Loss Caused by Alzheimer’s Disease

  08-08-2017 23:03 via scitechdaily.com
  Research from MIT suggests a new approach to developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, revealing a new way to reverse memory loss by blocking an enzyme...
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• Honeywell Lyric C1 Wi-Fi Security Camera review: This affordable, indoor cam is smarter than it looks

  08-08-2017 22:50
  
  GadgetsBackup storage in the form of an SD card is a nice touch.
  This affordable indoor security camera lacks resolution but has a robust feature set overall.
  
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• Not all glaciers in Antarctica have been affected by climate change

  08-08-2017 22:21
  A new study by scientists at Portland State University and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder has found that the effects of climate change, which are apparent in other parts of the Antarctic continent, are not yet observed for glaciers in the western Ross Sea coast.
  
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• Female Brains Are More Active?

  08-08-2017 21:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Another day, another over-hyped sex differences neuroscience study. The headlines this time around are especially cringeworthy:
  Study Finds Women’s Brains Are Far More Active Than Men’sWomen Are Using A LOT More Of Their Brains Than Men. Surprise, surprise 😏Women really DO overthink things! Scans reveal they have ‘more active brains than men’
  The paper in question was published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and it comes from a group led by Dr. Daniel Amen.
  
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• Researchers use TACC supercomputers to uncover the genetic roots of Yellow Canopy Syndrome

  08-08-2017 21:48
  Since 2011, a mysterious illness known as Yellow Canopy Syndrome, or YCS, has afflicted Australian sugarcane. The condition causes the mid-canopy leaves of otherwise healthy plants to rapidly turn yellow to a degree that the plant's sugar yield can decrease by up to 30 percent.
  
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• Can AI prevent the spread of HIV in homeless youth?

  08-08-2017 21:46
  There are nearly 2 million youth who spend at least one night homeless each year in the United States. An estimated 7 percent of homeless youth are likely to be HIV positive.
  
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• That Game of Thrones Hack Seems to Be Getting Worse

  08-08-2017 21:39 via nbcnews.com
  The person — or group — who claimed last week to have hacked HBO has now released what appears to be a trove of stolen information.
  
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• Apple faces US agency investigation in Qualcomm legal spat - CNET

  08-08-2017 21:34
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  Apple faces US agency investigation in Qualcomm legal spat
  CNET
  Things are heating up between Apple and Qualcomm. CNET. A key US agency has officially stepped into the legal battle between Apple and Qualcomm. The US International Trade Commission, which has the power to ban products from entering the country, ...
  US to review Qualcomm's complaints about Apple iPhone patentsReuters
  ITC launching investigation into Apple over Qualcomm's allegations of patent infringement9to5Mac
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• Rocket Lab says ground equipment marred New Zealand launch

  08-08-2017 21:16
  A California aerospace company says a rocket it launched from New Zealand last May did not reach orbit because a problem with ground equipment caused a loss of telemetry that forced range safety officials to terminate the flight.
  
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• Apple will reportedly release an LTE Apple Watch: report

  08-08-2017 21:14
  Apple will reportedly introduce an Apple Watch with LTE capabilities later this year, according to a report Friday.
  
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• US arraignment of British cybersecurity expert postponed

  08-08-2017 21:11 via abcnews.go.com
  British cybersecurity figure Marcus Hutchins may be at a federal halfway house or under house arrest in Las Vegas before he travels to Milwaukee to face charges in a computer fraud and malware case
  
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• Canary Islands keep beaches open despite algae bloom

  08-08-2017 20:58
  Authorities in Spain's Canary Islands kept beaches open to the public Tuesday but warned holidaymakers against touching potentially irritating microalgae blooms that have infested the waters.
  
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• Draft US report says extreme storms driven by climate change

  08-08-2017 20:57
  A draft report produced by 13 federal agencies concludes that the United States is already feeling the impacts of climate change, with a stark increase in the frequency of extreme weather over the last four decades.
  
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• Sign language orangutan dead at 39

  08-08-2017 20:56
  Chantek, a male orangutan that learned to communicate in sign language, has died at the age of 39, a US zoo announced.
  
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• NASA's scientific balloon program reaches new heights

  08-08-2017 20:55
  For decades, NASA has released enormous scientific balloons into Earth's atmosphere, miles above the altitude of commercial flights. The Balloon Program is currently preparing new missions bearing sensitive instruments, including one designed to investigate the birth of our universe and another with ballooning origins that will fly on the International Space Station.
  
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• NASA program gives students access to astronauts

  08-08-2017 20:55
  On June 23, NASA astronaut Jack Fischer spoke with 22 Girl Scouts of North East Ohio, while he was aboard the International Space Station. More than 400 people attended the event, with many more watching live footage online.
  
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• Tiny terahertz laser could be used for imaging, chemical detection

  08-08-2017 20:51
  Terahertz radiation—the band of the electromagnetic spectrum between microwaves and visible light—has promising applications in medical and industrial imaging and chemical detection, among other uses.
  
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• Amateur collectors in Japan discover country's first and oldest fossil diving bird

  08-08-2017 20:49
  During a walk near a reservoir in a small Japanese town, amateur collectors made the discovery of their lives - the first and oldest fossil bird ever identified in their country.
  
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• The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets Wasting Your Time - Gizmodo

  08-08-2017 20:46
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  The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets Wasting Your Time
  Gizmodo
  We've all been forced to do it: create a password with at least so many characters, so many numbers, so many special characters, and maybe an uppercase letter. Guess what? The guy who invented these standards nearly 15 years ago now admits that ...
  The man who came up with those password rules we all hate admits he was wrongTechSpot
  Everything You Know About 'Secure' Passwords Is WrongYahoo New
  
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• Study Shows Increased Functional DNA in Mitochondria Cures Male Infertility

  08-08-2017 20:46 via scitechdaily.com
  In a mouse model, new research from the Max Planck Institute shows that a higher number of mitochondrial DNA-molecules can compensate for negative effects of...
  The post Study Shows Increased Functional DNA in Mitochondria Cures Male Infertility appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
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• The Mind Of A Technocrat Is Rooted In The Religion Of Scientism

  08-08-2017 20:42 via technocracy.news
  Scientism underlies both Technocracy and Transhumanism; the latter is to humanity as the former is to society. Without scientism, neither could be explained or justified. Scientism was first clearly defined by the French philosopher, Henri De Saint-Simon when he stated,
  “A scientist, my dear friends, is a man who foresees; it is because science provides the means to predict that it is useful, and the scientists are superior to all other men.”
  Saint-Simon is also considered the father
  
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• A New Take on the Biodegradable Car

  08-08-2017 20:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  A concept car in the Netherlands is constructed almost entirely of materials the grow in the soil.Called "Lina," the biodegradable car is the work of students at Eindhoven University of Technology and is composed mainly of sugar beet resin and flax. It weighs in at under 700 pounds and can reach a top speed of around 50 miles per hour. The four-seater runs on batteries and can go about 60 miles on a single charge, according to the university.The interior is admittedly a bit spare, bu
  
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• Penny-Sized Nanochip Pad Able To Regrow Organs and Heal Injuries

  08-08-2017 20:32 via technocracy.news
  There is still a science fiction aspect to this technology because all claims are not yet proven, but it could be a breakthrough discovery. There are also Transhuman implications as well, in finding ways to overcome aging and even death. ⁃ TN EditorScientists have hailed a “breakthrough” technology capable of regrowing damaged organs and healing serious wounds with the single touch of a penny-sized pad.
  The new device uses nanochips to reprogramme skin cells whic
  
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• Why is Google's diversity furor dominated by men? - CNN

  08-08-2017 20:28
  CNN
  Why is Google's diversity furor dominated by men?
  CNN
  Charles Arthur was technology editor of The Guardian from 2005-2014 and at The Independent from 1995-2004. He is currently writing a book on hacking incidents. He blogs at The Overspill. The opinions in this article belong to the author. (CNN) Amid the ...
  Exclusive: Here's The Full 10-Page Anti-Diversity Screed Circulating Internally at Google [Updated]Gizmodo
  Google Fires Author of Divisive Memo on Gender DifferencesBloomberg
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• 5G And The IOT: Scientific Overview Of Human Health Risks

  08-08-2017 20:22 via technocracy.news
  5G will enable and actualize the Internet of Things to be completely ubiquitous, but it portends huge health risks as EMF radiation blankets cities. Technocrats are not interested in testing this technology first to determine effects on human health, even though there are already known health problems. ⁃ TN Editor5G is the term used to describe the next-generation of mobile networks beyond the 4G LTE mobile networks commonly used today. 5G is intended to be the technology that allows
  
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• Bronze Age Teens Ate Dogs to Become Men

  08-08-2017 20:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  Some 4,000 years ago in the Russian steppe, the relationship between man and dog was, you could say, complicated.It seems in that time and place, as a rite of passage into manhood, teenage boys were sent to a ritual site to “transform” into dogs by eating their flesh.This is the new interpretation, presented in an upcoming paper in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, of roasted and chopped bones from at least 64 dogs and wolves, found at the Bronze Age site of Krasnosamarskoe
  
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• Uber Plans To Significantly Alter Its Reportedly Disastrous Subprime Lending Program - Jalopnik

  08-08-2017 20:05
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  Uber Plans To Significantly Alter Its Reportedly Disastrous Subprime Lending Program
  Jalopnik
  Uber has long been criticized for lending practices designed to reel in prospective drivers to the ride-hailing company, particularly their program to push people into subprime auto loans. Now, facing significant losses, the company's planning to wind ...
  Uber Xchange To Close As Losses Surpass Estimates 18 TimesAndroid Headlines
  Uber employees fear layoffs as the company plans to shut down it
  
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• Even bacteria have baggage—and understanding that is key to fighting superbugs

  08-08-2017 20:00
  New research points to treatment strategies for multi-drug antibiotic resistance using currently available drugs. The study, publishing August 8 in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Phillip Yen and Jason Papin at the University of Virginia demonstrates how different adaptation histories of bacterial pathogens to antibiotics leads to distinct evolutionary dynamics of multi-drug resistance. In an era where there are few new antibiotics in the R&D pipeline and bacteria are developing resi
  
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• How to share huge files online

  08-08-2017 19:56
  
  DIYFor serious data dumps.
  If you want to move large files from one place to another, you need a service that can handle lots of bytes. Here are the best options for sharing all that data.
  
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• An extra dose of this longevity hormone helped make mice smarter

  08-08-2017 19:48
  
  HealthProtein associated with longer life helps turn Pinky into the Brain.
  Mice seem to get smarter when injected with a shot of klotho, a protein that similar to a naturally occurring hormone found in mice - and in humans.
  
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• An updated classification for freshwater crayfishes

  08-08-2017 19:02
  A new paper published in the Journal of Crustacean Biology provides an updated classification system that includes all the known crayfishes worldwide. This makes available a single, comprehensive taxonomic summary of all the recognized species of crayfish of the world.
  
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• Google fires employee behind controversial anti-diversity memo

  08-08-2017 18:52 via abcnews.go.com
  The company rebuked an employee's internal memo critical of promoting diversity.
  
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• Physicists Present a New Theory on the Origin of Dark Matter

  08-08-2017 18:43 via scitechdaily.com
  Physicists have now come up with a new theory on how dark matter may have been formed, proposing an alternative to the WIMP paradigm. Only...
  The post Physicists Present a New Theory on the Origin of Dark Matter appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
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• Icy treat for panda stars' birthday in Dutch zoo

  08-08-2017 18:31
  Two multi-layered "cakes" made from ice, vegetable juice and fruit greeted a pair of giant pandas at a Dutch zoo Tuesday for their first birthday party since arriving from China.
  
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• State wouldn't break even on Foxconn incentives for 25 years

  08-08-2017 18:29
  It would take at least 25 years for Wisconsin taxpayers to break even on Gov. Scott Walker's incentives to lure Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn to the state, according to a fiscal analysis released Tuesday.
  
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• Foxconn package would cost $50 million in lost sales taxes

  08-08-2017 18:29
  Fiscal estimates show Gov. Scott Walker's incentives package for Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn would cost the state and local governments nearly $50 million in lost sales taxes.
  
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• Get Ready to Explore the August 21 Total Solar Eclipse

  08-08-2017 18:28 via scitechdaily.com
  Prepare for the total solar eclipse that will travel over parts of North America on August 21, 2017 with help from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for...
  The post Get Ready to Explore the August 21 Total Solar Eclipse appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
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• NASA sees Tropical Depression Noru fading over Japan

  08-08-2017 18:26
  NASA Infrared imagery showed warming cloud top temperatures in Tropical Depression Noru as it continued weakening over Japan.
  
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• Annual wind report confirms tech advancements, improved performance, low wind prices

  08-08-2017 18:24
  Wind energy pricing for land-based, utility-scale projects remains attractive to utility and commercial purchasers, according to an annual report released by the U.S. Department of Energy and prepared by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Prices offered by newly built wind projects in the United States are averaging around 2¢/kWh, driven lower by technology advancements and cost reductions.
  
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• Researchers develop method that could produce stronger, more pliable metals

  08-08-2017 18:23
  It may not be as catchy as chains and weak links, but physicists and engineers know "a material is only as strong as its weakest grain boundary."
  
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• Dino hips discovery unravels species riddle

  08-08-2017 18:19
  New research from University of Alberta paleontologists shows one of North America's most broadly identified dinosaur species, Troodon formosus, is no longer a valid classification, naming two others in its stead. The discovery by graduate student Aaron van der Reest leaves North America's paleontology community in upheaval.
  
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• Relieving antibiotic resistance: Researchers take steps toward new treatment for E. coli

  08-08-2017 18:18
  By understanding the functional differences between proteins expressed by two E. coli strains, researchers at Kansas State University are exploring new opportunities to inhibit their impacts to human health.
  
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