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• Dozens of quakes rattle Hawaii volcano, eruption possible

  02-05-2018 23:34
  Dozens of earthquakes are rattling Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano as magma flows into a new area east of the Puu Oo vent
  
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• WATCH: New Facebook feature helps protect user data

  02-05-2018 22:56
  The company says it will begin telling users which sites track them across the web.
  
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• WATCH: Facebook reveals new features amid privacy concerns

  02-05-2018 22:55
  Mark Zuckerberg admitted it's been an "intense" year for the company and announced Facebook is getting into the dating business.
  
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• Data firm at center of Facebook privacy scandal will close

  02-05-2018 22:41
  The data firm at the center of Facebook's privacy scandal is declaring bankruptcy and shutting down.
  
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• China's opening a factory to build engines for hypersonic missiles and spaceplanes

  02-05-2018 22:08
  
  Eastern Arsenal Reconnaissance and strike capabilities of aircrafts with these engines could upend air combat and strategies around the world.
  The Institute of Mechanics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has agreed to build a factory in Hefei, Anhui Province, for the commercial production of hypersonic…
  
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• Cambridge Analytica to close down after Facebook data scandal

  02-05-2018 21:38 via nbcnews.com
  The data analytics firm engulfed in Facebook's user privacy scandal has suddenly filed for insolvency.
  
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• Over 10,000 endangered tortoises are rescued in Madagascar

  02-05-2018 21:36
  Over 10,000 endangered tortoises are rescued in Madagascar after being crammed into home
  
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• Drones can take scientists to strange new places—like inside whale snot

  02-05-2018 21:30
  
  TechnologyRemote-controlled robots make data more accessible and are quickly becoming a desired tool in scientific research.
  Scientists often need to perform some difficult feats for research, like getting close enough to an elusive, yet enormous whale to get a biopsy of its skin. One…
  
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• NASA sending robotic geologist to Mars to dig super deep

  02-05-2018 20:41
  NASA is sending a robotic geologist to Mars that will dig deeper than ever before
  
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• Facebook used billions of hashtagged Instagram photos to train its AI

  02-05-2018 19:58
  
  TechnologyHashtags are actually useful for training computer vision systems.
  Hashtags are a good way to see millions of #travel photos in one place, but Facebook used those labeled photographs to train their image-recognition software.
  
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• You can't buy your mother's love, but you can try with these gifts

  02-05-2018 19:45
  
  GadgetsShe raised you. The least you could do is get her a candle that smells like a national park.
  Mothers are pretty amazing, so treat them to some equally amazing gifts. Check out our 2018 Mother's Day gift guide.
  
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• Facebook taps advisers for audits on bias and civil rights

  02-05-2018 19:11
  Facebook has enlisted civil rights activists and a conservative senator
  
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• Hominin Head-Scratcher: Who Butchered This Rhino 709,000 Years Ago?

  02-05-2018 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  More than 700,000 years ago, in what's now the north end of the Philippines, a hominin (or a whole bunch of them) butchered a rhino, systematically cracking open its bones to access the nutritious marrow within, according to a new study.There's just one problem: The find is more than ten times older than any human fossil recovered from the islands, and our species hadn't even evolved that early.Okay, so, maybe it was an archaic hominin, you're thinking, maybe Homo erectus or
  
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• Hawking's last physics paper argues for a 'simpler' cosmos

  02-05-2018 18:48
  Stephen Hawking, who died in March, has delivered his last thoughts about the nature of the cosmos
  
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• Stephen Hawking’s Final Theory About The Big Bang

  02-05-2018 18:04 via scitechdaily.com
  Professor Stephen Hawking’s final theory on the origin of the universe, which he worked on in collaboration with Professor Thomas Hertog from KU Leuven, has...
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• Organic Pigment Photocapacitors May Restore Sight to Blind People

  02-05-2018 17:49 via scitechdaily.com
  A simple retinal prosthesis is being developed in collaboration between Tel Aviv University in Israel and LiU. Fabricated using cheap and widely-available organic pigments used...
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• Researchers Uncover New Evidence of the Kingdom of David and Solomon

  02-05-2018 17:36 via scitechdaily.com
  Over the last 25 years many scholars have questioned the existence of the kingdom of David and Solomon, which was supposed to have existed in...
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• Toxic Volcanic Lake Microbes Could Hold Clues to Life on Mars

  02-05-2018 17:22 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers at CU Boulder have discovered microbes living in a toxic volcanic lake that may rank as one of the harshest environments on Earth. Their...
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• Geomorphic Evidence for Water on Ancient Mars

  02-05-2018 17:03 via scitechdaily.com
  The climate of early Mars is a subject of debate. While it has been thought that Mars had a warm and wet climate, like Earth,...
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• America's most populated areas lose 175,000 acres of tree cover every year

  02-05-2018 17:00
  
  Nexus Media News People need trees, but they keep destroying them.
  Trees are beneficial to human health and the fight against climate change. And yet, tree cover is on the decline in urban settings, where we need them the most.
  
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• Yale Physicists Discover Signs of a Time Crystal

  02-05-2018 16:48 via scitechdaily.com
  Yale physicists have uncovered hints of a time crystal — a form of matter that “ticks” when exposed to an electromagnetic pulse — in the...
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• Smart Dubai Launches Global Network To Connect Smart Cities

  02-05-2018 16:48 via technocracy.news
  The Smart City concept has never been about just a single city, but rather a global network of smart cities that interoperate with each other. Ultimately, this will require massive AI programs to model the entire planet for the sake of command and control. This is the nature of Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. ⁃ TN EditorSmart Dubai launched ‘The Smart Dubai Global Network,’ the largest international network of smart city stakeholders, on Monday during their annual eve
  
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• To Radical Environmentalists, Rich Humans Are Always The Problem

  02-05-2018 16:20 via technocracy.news
  As CO2 loses its punch, radical environmentalists are turning to plastics and water, but the “enemy” always remains the same: rich nations, Capitalism and Free Enterprise. The solution always remains the same as well: Sustainable Development. The United Nations fronts these groups to destroy capitalism and replace it with Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. ⁃ TN EditorPlastics are the new target in the environmentalist’s socialist war on capitalism, development
  
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• How to recover your precious data from a seemingly-dead computer

  02-05-2018 15:30
  
  DIYAnd possibly bring it back to life.
  If your computer won't start up, don't panic. This guide will take you through troubleshooting tools to help you fix your computer—or at least recover your data.
  
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• Consumer DNA tests can’t tell you much, but they sure can get your relatives arrested

  02-05-2018 14:00
  
  ScienceIt's time to think about who has your data.
  The suspected Golden State Killer’s apprehension last week caught a lot of people off guard. Prior to the big reveal that detectives were able to trace the alleged…
  
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• Telsa Reports Another Loss but Beats Expectations: DealBook Briefing

  02-05-2018 13:55 via nytimes.com
  The electric-car maker lost nearly $800 million in the first three months of the year, the sixth quarter in a row it has lost money.
  
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• How Apple’s Buybacks Stack Up: DealBook Briefing

  02-05-2018 13:55 via nytimes.com
  The iPhone maker’s stock buyback program isn’t just bigger than those of other companies, it’s also better at doing what investors want share repurchases to do.
  
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• Even Tesla Seems Worried It’s Consuming Too Much Cash: DealBook Briefing

  02-05-2018 13:55 via nytimes.com
  Tesla has faced concerns that it is burning up too much cash as it tries to produce a new model of electric car. Now, Tesla itself seems to share those worries.
  
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• DealBook Briefing: Apple’s Gift to Shareholders, Courtesy of the Tax Cuts

  02-05-2018 13:55 via nytimes.com
  The iPhone maker’s $100 billion stock buyback was made possible by the new tax law, but it isn’t a giant deal or an investment in R.&D.
  
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• Letters invisible to naked eye discovered on Dead Sea Scrolls

  02-05-2018 12:08 via nbcnews.com
  The "small size and precarious physical state" meant some of them had not previously been sorted or deciphered.
  
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• Future Wear

  02-05-2018 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  If one MIT researcher has his way, our fabric could be the next great technological frontier.
  
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• Facebook fires engineer accused of using access to stalk women

  02-05-2018 05:52 via nbcnews.com
  The employee allegedly boasted that he was a 'professional stalker.'
  
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• Activity on Hawaii volcano could indicate new eruption

  02-05-2018 02:11
  Officials say a series of earthquakes and the collapse of the crater floor at the Puu Oo vent on Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano could trigger a new eruption of lava
  
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• Apple's tax break yields $102 billion boon for shareholders

  02-05-2018 00:20
  Apple's tax break on its overseas profits is turning into a big boon for its shareholders
  
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• Yes, Earth's magnetic poles can flip. But they probably won't anytime soon.

  02-05-2018 00:00
  
  SpaceBut they might wobble.
  Earth is kind of overdue to see its magnetic field pull a 180 and reverse on itself. But according to a new study, the magnetic field might be feeling a bit shaky, but…
  
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