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• Russian Trolls Duped Global Media Thousands of Times

  03-11-2017 23:54 via nbcnews.com
  Global news outlets inadvertently published articles containing embedded tweets by confirmed Kremlin-linked troll accounts in over 11,000 news articles.
  
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• Qualcomm shares spike on reports of planned Broadcom bid - SFGate

  03-11-2017 22:44 via sfgate.com
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  Qualcomm shares spike on reports of planned Broadcom bid
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  NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Qualcomm have spiked after reports from the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News that rival chipmaker Broadcom may be preparing a bid. Bloomberg says it could be for more than $100 billion. Qualcomm declined to ...
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• How do those internet balloons over Puerto Rico work?

  03-11-2017 22:44
  
  TechnologyCell towers usually don’t float. These do.
  It’s been over six weeks since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, leaving millions without power or access to reliable communication.
  
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• 'Diablo 3' Should Go Free-To-Play After 'StarCraft 2' - Forbes

  03-11-2017 22:44 via forbes.com
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  'Diablo 3' Should Go Free-To-Play After 'StarCraft 2'
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  I write about video games and technology. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Credit: Blizzard. Diablo 3. Big news out of Blizzcon: StarCraft 2, that maddeningly addictive and highly competitive RTS, is going free-to-play. Now you ...
  StarCraft 2 is going to free to play later this month (Updated)PC Gamer
  StarCraft II will be free to play starting November 14TechCrunch
  StarCraft 2 is going free-to-playPolyg
  
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• These orangutans are the newest species of great ape, and there are fewer than 800 left - Los Angeles Times

  03-11-2017 20:46 via latimes.com
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  These orangutans are the newest species of great ape, and there are fewer than 800 left
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  A Tapanuli orangutan in the Sumatran forest. Researchers are making the case that these animals are distinct from two other orangutan species. (Andrew Walmsley). By Karen KaplanContact Reporter · Endangered Species · Environmental Science ...
  Frizzy-haired, smaller-headed orangutan may be new great apeTuscaloosa News
  A new species of orangutan has been f
  
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• The Next Mars Rover Will Sport Some Serious Hardware

  03-11-2017 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  NASA must be big fans of Douglas Quaid in Total Recall. “Get your ass to Mars,” he says, and NASA listened, sending 24 probes, landers and rovers over the past five decades. It’s just too tempting a target: The closest, easiest planetary neighbor for us to explore, which may or may not prove habitable, also tells scientists more about the solar system’s history.We’re steadily learning more and more about the next Mars rover, currently known as “Mars 2020.&rdqu
  
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• We may have a new cousin in this orangutan species—but it’s in big trouble

  03-11-2017 20:30
  
  ScienceA rare addition to the great ape family
  For the first time in almost a century, we’ve added another great ape to the family.
  
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• US climate change report blames human activity, contradicts WH - Axios

  03-11-2017 20:17 via axios.com
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  US climate change report blames human activity, contradicts WH
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  The White House signed off on a climate research report released Friday that explains how humans are primarily responsible for global warming over the last century, despite its contrast with the administration's climate change stance, the New York ...and more »
  
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• Discovered: A (Theoretical) Fusion Technique 8 Times Stronger Than One In H-Bomb

  03-11-2017 20:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  When hydrogen atoms fuse together, they release a vast amount of energy. That's the principle that makes hydrogen bombs so frighteningly powerful, and it's part of what powers our sun as well. Now, researchers from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) say they've uncovered a kind of theoretical particle fusion that's almost eight times more energetic than the fusion of two hydrogen atoms.The discovery, reported in Nature this week, came during the course of an experiment aimed at makin
  
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• Trump's 11-Minute Twitter Outage Raises Broader Security Questions

  03-11-2017 20:09 via nbcnews.com
  President Donald Trump's Twitter account may have only disappeared for 11 minutes — but it is raising questions about broader security implications.
  
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• Switching Behaviors Show How Lifeless Particles Can Become ‘Life-Like’

  03-11-2017 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  Physicists at Emory University have shown how a system of lifeless particles can become “life-like” by collectively switching back and forth between crystalline and fluid...
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• Researchers Identify the Stem Cells Driving a Gecko’s Ability to Regrow Its Tail

  03-11-2017 19:52 via scitechdaily.com
  A scientist at the University of Guelph has discovered the type of stem cell that is behind the gecko’s ability to regrow its tail, a...
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• You don't need an Xbox One X, but you'll probably like it

  03-11-2017 19:30
  
  GadgetsMicrosoft’s latest volley in the console war packs some serious computing power.
  The most powerful gaming console in the world might be too fancy for your TV.
  
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• ALMA Detects Cold Dust Around Proxima Centauri

  03-11-2017 18:37 via scitechdaily.com
  The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has discovered dust around the closest star to the Solar System, Proxima Centauri. These new observations reveal the glow...
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• Senility, storms, global domination, and other possible reasons an army of octopuses showed up on a Welsh beach

  03-11-2017 18:15
  
  AnimalsSome scientific explanations for a recent cephalopod invasion.
  Here now, a formal break down of scientific theories that might explain a recent octopus exodus in Wales.
  
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• New System for Performing “Tensor Algebra” Offers Faster Big-Data Analysis

  03-11-2017 18:15 via scitechdaily.com
  A new MIT computer system speeds computations involving “sparse tensors,” multidimensional data arrays that consist mostly of zeroes. At the Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference...
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• Proxima Centauri's Dust Belt Hints at More Planets

  03-11-2017 18:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Our nearest neighboring star just got a whole lot richer as a system—and a whole lot weirder.In research published today in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, researchers from the European Southern Observatory announced … quite a few things, really. The biggest and brightest—literally—of their discoveries is a ring of icy dust around our nearest star, Proxima Centauri, that’s sort of like that system’s version of the Kuiper Belt.The Kuiper Belt is a circumste
  
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• ESA and NASA Satellites Spot the Return of the Comet 96P

  03-11-2017 18:00 via scitechdaily.com
  The European Space Agency and NASA mission SOHO — short for Solar and Heliospheric Observatory — got a visit from an old friend this week...
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• Researchers Shed Light on the Nature of Risk Preferences

  03-11-2017 17:53 via scitechdaily.com
  People differ in their willingness to take risks. An individual’s propensity for risk taking can also vary across domains. But new research conducted at the...
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• BlizzCon Opening Ceremonies (Live Updates) - Forbes

  03-11-2017 17:51 via forbes.com
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  BlizzCon Opening Ceremonies (Live Updates)
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  ANAHEIM, Calif. -- We're reporting live from the show floor at BlizzCon 2017, the fan lovefest of all Blizzard Entertainment video games including Overwatch, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, StarCraft and Diablo. Refresh this page ...
  Blizzcon 2017 News Round-up: World of Warcraft Expansion, Overwatch hero, moreDigital Trends
  Watch all the trailers from BlizzCon 2017Polygon
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• Hubble Telescope Spots Asteroids Photobombing Distant Galaxies

  03-11-2017 17:41 via scitechdaily.com
  Like rude relatives who jump in front of your vacation snapshots of landscapes, some of our solar system’s asteroids have photobombed deep images of the...
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• Biologists Show Food Odor Enhances Male Flies’ Attractiveness

  03-11-2017 17:40 via scitechdaily.com
  “A way to someone’s heart is through their stomach.” New research shows that this popular saying isn’t only true for humans. In the vinegar fly...
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• SELFI Instrument Being Designed to Study the Plumes of Enceladus

  03-11-2017 17:20 via scitechdaily.com
  Engineers and scientists at NASA have conceived and plan to build an ambitious submillimeter-wave or radio instrument to study the composition of geysers spewing water...
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• The iPhone X: 3 New Features & 7 Surprising Hacks

  03-11-2017 16:56 via nbcnews.com
  The iPhone X introduces three leaps forward for cell phone technology.
  
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• Giant Magellan Telescope Organization Initiates Casting of Fifth Mirror

  03-11-2017 16:41 via scitechdaily.com
  The Giant Magellan Telescope Organization (GMTO) announced that it has initiated the casting of the fifth of seven mirrors that will form the heart of...
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• 60 years ago today, a Soviet street dog became the first animal to orbit Earth

  03-11-2017 16:30
  SpaceSputnik-2 or: Laika, our hero
  In 1957, a Soviet street dog named Laika launched into space aboard Sputnik-2 and became the first animal to orbit the Earth. This is her story.
  
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• Fin24.com | WhatsApp soars to over 5 000 crash reports in SA

  03-11-2017 16:15
  
  Over 5 000 crash reports from South Africa have been submitted to outage reporting website Downdetector after Friday's WhatsApp downtime.
  
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• How do you breed a 2,624 pound pumpkin?

  03-11-2017 15:45
  
  ScienceOther record-breaking produce could fit in a backpack, but pumpkins can be massive.
  Why is it that we can coax pumpkins to grow beyond a ton, while other record-breaking produce could fit in a backpack?
  
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• Hunt for meteorites in your own yard

  03-11-2017 14:30
  
  DIYYou can collect micrometeorites anywhere.
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• A Scientist-Turned-Designer Wants to Teach Girls to Wear Scientific Curiosity on Their Sleeves

  03-11-2017 13:45 via nbcnews.com
  Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya has created ATOMIC by Design, a clothing line and online community aimed to empower young girls to pursue careers in STEM.
  
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• WATCH: Trump's Twitter account briefly deactivated by Twitter employee on last day, company says

  03-11-2017 13:04
  The Twittersphere lit up Thursday night when President Donald Trump's Twitter account was briefly deactivated by a Twitter employee. It was the individual's last day with the company.
  
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• Male woolly mammoths lived fast, died young, and left more corpses

  03-11-2017 13:00
  
  AnimalsSometimes a matriarchal society is just as bad as a patriarchy.
  Much like modern elephants, mammoths had a strong matriarchal society—and sometimes young male mammoths suffered for it.
  
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• Cosmic Rays Reveal Big 'Void' in Great Pyramid

  03-11-2017 12:22 via nbcnews.com
  Researchers have used cosmic ray particles called muons to image a big void inside the Great Pyramid of Cheops, or Khufu, in Egypt.
  
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• WATCH: Australian customers first to buy new iPhone X on sale today

  03-11-2017 12:18
  Apple expects to have its most profitable sales quarter in history.
  
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• iPhone X Mania: The Lines Are Back at Apple Stores

  03-11-2017 12:12 via nbcnews.com
  Apple's high-end iPhone X, which comes with a few differentiating features from its recently released sibling, the iPhone 8, arrived in stores on Friday.
  
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• Twitter Employee Shuts Down Trump's Account on Last Day of Work

  03-11-2017 12:03 via nbcnews.com
  For a brief time on Thursday, the free world saw what life would be like without President Donald Trump being on Twitter.
  
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• Fin24.com | WhatsApp platform suffers connectivity issues

  03-11-2017 11:26
  
  The WhatsApp chat app is suffering a global outage on Friday, with users from the UK to Indonesia reporting connectivity issues.
  
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• Fin24.com | WhatsApp crash upsets millions globally

  03-11-2017 10:34
  
  Instant messenger, WhatsApp experienced downtime in South Africa and other countries across the world, but services have been restored.
  
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• Fin24.com | Twitter worker goes out with a bang, takes down Trump account

  03-11-2017 10:23
  
  A Twitter employee on their last day with the company has been responsible for taking down Donald Trump's account.
  
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• Xbox One X review - The Verge

  03-11-2017 08:00 via theverge.com
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  Xbox One X review
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  The first time I powered up the Xbox One X, I genuinely thought my house was falling down. Microsoft's boot-up animation is bright, loud, and full of surround sound bass, perfectly epitomizing the bombastic nature of the company's “true 4K” gaming message.
  Xbox One X pre-reviewPolygon
  Xbox One X review: An exclamation point for hardware, a question mark for softwareArs Technica
  Xbox One X review: A console that keeps up with gaming PCsEngadget
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• Hawking: AI Could ‘Replace Humans Altogether’, Robots A ‘New Form Of Life’

  03-11-2017 06:58 via technocracy.news
  Stephen Hawking’s brain synapses may be superior to most, at least in terms of IQ, but something it basically mis-wired in his logic circuit. AI and/or robots are not human life, nor will it ever be.  ⁃ TN EditorProfessor Stephen Hawking has issued a chilling warning about the imminent rise of artificial intelligence.
  During a new interview, Professor Hawking warned that AI will soon reach a level where it will be a ‘new form of life that will outperform humans.&rsquo
  
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• DHS Seeks Tech To Scan Your Face While Driving Your Car

  03-11-2017 06:43 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats have no limit or moral check as to the amount of data and personal information that they can collect. Unfortunately, DHS is driven by Technocrats with this mindset. ⁃ TN EditorThe Homeland Security Department wants technology that can passively scan the faces of foreign nationals crossing the U.S. border by car, ensuring that the individuals who enter the country are the same ones who leave it.
  DHS’ Silicon Valley outpost is hosting an industry day Nov. 14 to solicit
  
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• Fin24.com | MTN takes on Vodacom for title of Africa's biggest digital bank

  03-11-2017 06:41
  
  MTN is seeking to challenge rival Vodacom as Africa’s biggest digital bank by tripling its customer numbers within three years.
  
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• Drones become crime-fighting tool, but perfection is elusive

  03-11-2017 06:41
  Drones are changing how police carry out everyday tasks and bringing air surveillance to departments with limited budgets, but obstacles remain
  
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• All Eyes On You: What Is The Future Of Public Surveillance?

  03-11-2017 06:31 via technocracy.news
  In the UK, surveillance is so pervasive that it is overtly oppressive, forcing people to change their behavior and actions to avoid scrutiny. Technocracy demands total surveillance in order to monitor and control the scientifically engineered society. ⁃ TN EditorSeen. Recognised. Tracked.
  Can you imagine trying to explain today’s privacy debate to your grandchildren?
  I can. It’s awful. I’ll probably have to call it the 2010’s ‘Privacy Wars’ just to
  
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• Fin24.com | REVIEWED: How does the iPhone 8 differ from the iPhone 7?

  03-11-2017 05:00
  
  Fin24 was given the chance to test the iPhone 8.
  
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• There’s apparently a giant void in the Great Pyramid. Here’s why we don’t know what’s in there.

  03-11-2017 00:45
  
  ScienceThe space was recently discovered using particle physics, and cosmic rays.
  Gone are the days when an archeologist would go into a site explosively, dynamite blasting. Today’s discoveries have to be made more carefully.
  
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• Trump announces semiconductor company's return to US

  03-11-2017 00:26
  A $100 billion semiconductor company based in Singapore will relocate to the United States
  
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