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• Appeals court upholds ex-Wall Street programmer's conviction

  03-05-2018 23:33
  New York state's highest court has upheld the conviction of a former Goldman Sachs programmer who was tried twice for stealing confidential computer code used to run high-frequency trading
  
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• Twitter finds security bug, advises changing passwords

  03-05-2018 23:32
  Twitter is advising all of its users to change their passwords
  
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• What Gorilla Poop Reveals About Our Own Lousy Diets

  03-05-2018 23:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Researchers analyzing the gut microbes of gorillas and other primates found seasonal shifts that underscore just how much is missing from the modern human diet — and why it matters.
  Right now, you're hosting your own special ecosystem. Millions of microbes live out their lives on your skin and in every nook and cranny, especially in your gut, where they perform a multitude of essential tasks. Sort of like tiny houseguests who actually cook and clean. The microbiome — particularly the
  
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• Apologies and VR: Facebook conference balances scandal and tech

  03-05-2018 22:58 via nbcnews.com
  "We will never be unprepared for this again," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in opening remarks.
  
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• As summer looms, western U.S. snowpack is very thin

  03-05-2018 22:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  What's happening in the West over the long run is less about reduced snowfall and more the result of warming temperatures
  In the western United States, the most important reservoirs are not the manmade ones along rivers, but the natural ones high up in our mountains: the snowpack that accumulates all winter, peaking in April.As the animation of satellite images above shows, this crucial source of water is looking significantly depleted as we head toward the hot and dry conditions of sum
  
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• Invasive treefrogs have snuck into Louisiana and they are not good neighbors

  03-05-2018 21:30
  
  AnimalsKeep an eye on your toilet bowl (seriously).
  Invasive treefrogs have spread to Louisiana from Cuba, and are threatening to displace native treefrogs.
  
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• Drones Defy Commands During Light Show, Still Break Record

  03-05-2018 21:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Drones have flown over blowholes and detected heartbeats from the sky. They’re also good entertainers.Ehang, Chinese drone manufacturer known for its autonomous flying taxi, flew 1,374 drones over the Xi’an City Wall. The company reclaimed the Guinness World Record for the “most number of unmanned aerial vehicles airborne simultaneously.”The drones danced into 16 formations, including the Xi’an City Wall, the Silk Road and the number 1374. But th
  
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• The weirdest things we learned this week: Giant sloths, caged babies, and spicy horse butts

  03-05-2018 20:30
  
  ScienceThree PopSci editors share the freakiest facts they could find.
  What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’d have an even weirder answer if you’d listened to PopSci’s newest podcast. Check…
  
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• Racist trolls sabotaged a NASA competition to stop black teen girls from winning

  03-05-2018 20:22 via nbcnews.com
  NASA quickly shut down efforts by trolls to "attack a particular student team based on their race" and "manipulate the vote."
  
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• Hubble Detects Helium in the Atmosphere of Exoplanet WASP-107b

  03-05-2018 20:18 via scitechdaily.com
  Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have detected helium in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-107b. This is the first time this element has...
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• Robot fast-food chefs: Hype or a sign of industry change?

  03-05-2018 19:50
  Robots can't yet bake a souffle or fold a burrito, but a new restaurant in Boston is employing what it calls a "never-before-seen robotic kitchen" to cook up ingredients and spout them into a bowl
  
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• Erosion unearths bones on New York's island of the dead

  03-05-2018 19:40
  Storms and the tides are unearthing human bones where New York City buries its destitute dead
  
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• California police working on DNA match for 2nd serial killer

  03-05-2018 19:20
  Detectives in Northern California want to get a DNA profile on a man wanted in a series of killings and track him down with the family-tree tracing technology used in the Golden State Killer case
  
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• Why do we still have fax machines?

  03-05-2018 19:00
  
  TechnologyJust the fax, please.
  The invention of the fax machine has roots all the way back in 1840. But the future of the facsimile machine isn’t so certain.
  
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• New Research Shows Fasting Boosts Stem Cells’ Regenerative Capacity

  03-05-2018 18:54 via scitechdaily.com
  As people age, their intestinal stem cells begin to lose their ability to regenerate. These stem cells are the source for all new intestinal cells,...
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• Eric Holder’s Old Law Firm To ‘Advise’ Facebook On Anti-Conservative Bias

  03-05-2018 18:45 via technocracy.news
  The radical left is swarming Facebook to help protect its liberal bias and censorship of conservative thought. Facebook has achieved what left-wing politicians could not accomplish in over 40 years of attempts to stamp out conservative thought in the media. ⁃ TN EditorFacebook has enlisted a team from law firm Covington and Burling to advise them on combating perceptions of bias against conservatives. One minor detail: Covington and Burling is the firm of Barack Obama’s left-wing for
  
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• Eric Holder’s Law Firm To ‘Advise’ Facebook On Anti-Conservative Bias

  03-05-2018 18:45 via technocracy.news
  The radical left is swarming Facebook to help protect its liberal bias and censorship of conservative thought. Facebook has achieved what left-wing politicians could not accomplish in over 40 years of attempts to stamp out conservative thought in the media. ⁃ TN EditorFacebook has enlisted a team from law firm Covington and Burling to advise them on combating perceptions of bias against conservatives. One minor detail: Covington and Burling is the firm of Barack Obama’s left-wing for
  
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• Snapchat's focus on the future is becoming a present-day struggle

  03-05-2018 18:41 via nbcnews.com
  Snap Inc. has re-evaluated Snapchat's user base, electing to organize the app around behaviors, rather than relationships.
  
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• Baby Alfie Evans Was A Victim Of The Technocracy

  03-05-2018 18:40 via technocracy.news
  In due time, Technocracy in healthcare will touch everyone personally. The case of baby Alfie is a sign of things to come as Technocrats make sterile, ‘science-based’ decisions about who lives and dies, and what treatments you are allowed to receive. ⁃ TN EditorThe death of Alfie Evans, forced off life support by doctors, bioethicists, and judges — strangers — and denied the right to have his care decisions made by his parents, brings health care to a crossroad
  
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• Facebook Creates Special Ethics Team To Examine Bias In AI Software

  03-05-2018 18:30 via technocracy.news
  AI programs inherit the biases of their creators. Thus, the censorship programs that Facebook has created already contain the seeds of technocrat thought and ethics. Are those same people capable of examining their own creations? ⁃ TN EditorMore than ever, Facebook is under pressure to prove that its algorithms are being deployed responsibly.
  On Wednesday, at its F8 developer conference, the company revealed that it has formed a special team and developed discrete software to ens
  
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• Scientists Reveal the First Bird Beak, 3D Skull of Ichthyornis Dispar

  03-05-2018 18:23 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers have pieced together the three-dimensional skull of an iconic, toothed bird that represents a pivotal moment in the transition from dinosaurs to modern-day birds....
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• Study Shows Early HIV Treatment Helps Halt Brain Damage

  03-05-2018 18:20 via scitechdaily.com
  Soon after an individual’s initial infection with HIV, damage to brain volume and cortical thickness progressively worsens until anti-retroviral treatment is started, a new study...
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• Girl power: All-female teams compete at robotics event

  03-05-2018 18:12
  The founder of a nonprofit that organizes youth robotics competitions says he's pleased to see how many young people are participating in the sport, especially girls
  
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• Amazing Chandra X-Ray Observatory Images From 2018

  03-05-2018 17:58 via scitechdaily.com
  Perseus Cluster A gigantic and resilient “cold front” is hurtling through the Perseus galaxy cluster according to data from Chandra & other X-ray observatories. This...
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• Chandra Identifies Sun-Like Stars in Stellar Cluster NGC 6231

  03-05-2018 17:22 via scitechdaily.com
  Astronomers think that our Sun was born in a stellar cluster about 4.6 billion years ago that quickly dispersed. Chandra’s image of the stellar cluster...
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• Kilopower: A Gateway to Abundant Power for Space Exploration

  03-05-2018 17:03 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA and the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have successfully demonstrated a new nuclear reactor power system that could enable long-duration crewed...
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• Why hasn’t the sun burned out yet?

  03-05-2018 17:00
  
  Ask Us Anything Our planet's personal space heater is incredibly efficient.
  Luckily for us, the sun didn’t burn out before we showed up a few hundred thousand years ago. But how could it have that much fuel? Why hasn’t it been snuffed out like a…
  
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• How to make your headphones more comfortable

  03-05-2018 15:30
  
  DIYNo matter what's bothering you about them.
  With good headphones, your music can sound indescribable...and your head can feel like it’s in a trash compactor. Here's how to make them more comfortable.
  
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• Despite record losses, Elon Musk reprimands analysts for 'bonehead' questions

  03-05-2018 15:13 via nbcnews.com
  Seemingly unperturbed by his company's historic losses, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said a fully automated version of its Autopilot might be ready as soon as 2019.
  
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• WATCH: Cambridge Analytica is shutting down

  03-05-2018 14:51
  The British-based consulting firm linked to a Facebook privacy scandal is declaring bankruptcy.
  
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• These are the most common—and deadliest—allergies

  03-05-2018 14:43
  
  HealthSeasonal allergies hit us hard, but you might be surprised by what kills us.
  Given how confused we all seem about what the word “allergy” means, it’s not surprising that it seems like suddenly everyone has one. But it’s not just our perception.
  
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• Historians name 2 Indian Ocean 19th century shipwrecks

  03-05-2018 14:10
  The seabed hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might solve two 19th century maritime mysteries _ the locations of two sailing ships that vanished in the Indian Ocean while carrying cargos of coal
  
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• How #RiceBunny helped Chinese feminists dodge censors targeting #MeToo

  03-05-2018 11:38 via nbcnews.com
  "I would have never conceived an anti-sexual harassment movement of such a large scale this time last year."
  
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• UK probe goes on despite Cambridge Analytica bankruptcy

  03-05-2018 10:20
  British authorities say the investigation into political consultancy Cambridge Analytica will continue even though the company is going out of business
  
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• 10 Indian cities top WHO list of most polluted in the world

  03-05-2018 09:39
  India has a dubious lead in WHO's air pollution data, with 10 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world in the most recent list
  
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• Vanuatu plans to permanently evacuate entire volcanic island

  03-05-2018 09:05
  The Pacific nation of Vanuatu is preparing to permanently evacuate the entire population of one of its islands as thick ash spewing from a volcano kills crops, dirties water supplies and fouls the air
  
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• Tesla cash burn accelerates, CEO predicts profit ahead

  03-05-2018 08:30
  Tesla's record net loss in the first quarter and fast-burn through millions of dollars is raising questions about the company's future and whether it will be able to pay all of its bills
  
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• The Security Risks Of Using 5G To Drive Smart Cities And IoT

  03-05-2018 02:59 via technocracy.news
  Cellular carriers are racing at breakneck speed to implement 5G because it will unlock trillions of dollars in new data while driving smart cities and enabling the Internet of Things. Security is an afterthought, but experts note that the potential for breaches will expand exponentially. The failure of massive IoT systems could throw society into chaos.  ⁃ TN EditorWhen the World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim stood up in front of the Mobile World Congress earlier this year in Bar
  
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• European Investment Bank Launches New Bond To Support Sustainable Development

  03-05-2018 02:51 via technocracy.news
  This official UN press release admits that it is expecting to need $74 trillion between 2018 and 2030 to fully implement the Sustainable Development Goals, which will also kill Capitalism and Free Enterprise once and for all. The SDGs will literally suck all of the oxygen out of the room. ⁃ TN EditorThe EU’s official bank has unveiled a new loan product to help finance sustainable development.
  The European Investment Bank (EIB) recently launched the Sustainability Awareness Bond, a d
  
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• DNA ‘Writers” Set Goal: Recoding Human Cells To Resist Viruses

  03-05-2018 02:42 via technocracy.news
  When a convention of 200 Technocrat-minded DNA scientists get together to discuss the human genome, one might expect a project like this to emerge. That is, let’s start from scratch and re-write the whole genome. They have no sense that humanity is not their playground to experiment with creating life. ⁃ TN EditorIts birth in 2016 was greeted with near hysteria over “secret meetings” and dire warnings about hubristic scientists creating made-from-scratch human g
  
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• More than 250 YouTube channels promote academic cheating site: BBC investigation

  03-05-2018 02:15
  YouTube personalities as young as 12 were promoting the essay-buying service, according to the BBC investigation.
  
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• Amazon halts Seattle construction project ahead of tax vote

  03-05-2018 01:23
  Amazon says it is pausing construction on a new high-rise building in Seattle while it awaits the outcome of a city proposal to tax worker hours
  
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• Spotify's 1st report as public company flops on Wall Street

  03-05-2018 00:16
  Spotify's first quarterly report as a public held company gets panned by investors
  
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• The universe may be a giant video game, but it certainly isn't Pac-Man

  03-05-2018 00:00
  
  SpaceHow to interpret one popular Flat Earth theory.
  Silicon Valley kooks may hold the belief that we live in a simulation, but one conspiracy theorist at the Flat Earth Convention in England last weekend articulated an…
  
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