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• Free PS4 PS Plus Games For July 2018 Now Available - GameSpot

  03-07-2018 23:25 via gamespot.com
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  Free PS4 PS Plus Games For July 2018 Now Available
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  A new month is now officially underway, and with it comes another batch of free titles for PlayStation Plus subscribers. As per usual, July's PS Plus lineup consists of six games divided up across PS4, PS3, and Vita, all of which are available to ...
  PlayStation Store Global Update – July 3, 2018PlayStation LifeStyle
  Summer gaming sale fever reaches PlayStation StoreEngadget
  PS Store summer sale 2018: this month's big PS
  
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• Meet China's growing fleet of automated delivery drones

  03-07-2018 23:15
  
  Blog: Eastern ArsenalMeals being air freighted, plus armies of delivery robots.
  China's tech giants and start ups are building the AI and robots for China's future smart economy.
  
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• What Is Preregistration For?

  03-07-2018 23:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  A paper in Psychological Science was taking a beating on Twitter last month.https://twitter.com/lakens/status/1004119102485614592In this post, I'm not going to talk about the paper itself but rather, about how it came to be published and how preregistration - a concept I have long advocated - may be being misused.The paper reports on five studies which all address the same general question. Of these, Study #3 was preregistered and the authors write that it was performed after
  
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• Wannabe Space Pilgrims Test What Makes A Celestial Nation

  03-07-2018 22:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  When Igor Ashurbeyli walked onstage to be inaugurated Asgardia’s head of state, it was a few small steps for the Russian scientist and businessman, and one dubious leap for the world’s first “space nation.”The national anthem that preceded him fills the mind with scenes of an epic, pioneering future, and that’s just what Ashurbeyli envisions. Our descendants take up residence in “space arks” with artificial gravity, a fleet of ships defends earthlings fr
  
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• Fortnite Adds Drum Gun In New Update; Patch Notes Released - GameSpot

  03-07-2018 22:10 via gamespot.com
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  Fortnite Adds Drum Gun In New Update; Patch Notes Released
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  In addition to the arrival of the delayed Playground mode, a new content update (version 4.5) is now available for Fortnite on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile. The update introduces a handful of new weapons to both Save the World and ...
  The Drum Gun Is Live In 'Fortnite: Battle Royale,' Here's How It WorksForbes
  Epic reveals the start date of Fortnite Season 5Polygon
  Fortnite's Playground Mode Is F
  
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• Your phone isn't listening to you, researchers say, but it may be watching everything you do - The Verge

  03-07-2018 21:36 via theverge.com
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  Your phone isn't listening to you, researchers say, but it may be watching everything you do
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  You've seen the YouTube videos. It's a shaky-cam iPhone shot with a wide-eyed someone giggling under their breath “cat food,” or some other miscellaneous thing they allegedly never talk about or search for near or on their device. The climax of this ...
  These Academics Spent the Last Year Testing Whether Your Phone Is Secretly Listening to YouGizmodo
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• Wildfires are burning across the country—here's how to prepare

  03-07-2018 21:30
  
  ScienceOnly YOU can protect your home from a wildfire.
  If your community is touched by fire this year, will you know what to do? Or how to prepare? Here are some resources to get you started.
  
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• Descended testicles: DNA study drops new hints on secrets of low hanging glands

  03-07-2018 20:30
  
  ScienceKeeping everything outside the body seems like a strange choice.
  The scrotum is a mystery. Why do most male mammals have their reproductive glands so vulnerably located in a sack of skin and muscle outside the body?
  
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• Thermacell's Radius Zone mosquito repellent keeps your blood inside your body

  03-07-2018 20:01
  
  GadgetsIt creates a protective dome around you.
  A dead-simple system for keeping away blood-suckers.
  
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• Scientists Find Genetic Causes of Loneliness

  03-07-2018 19:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  "No man is an island," noted English poet John Donne, but now a new study of nearly a half-million people find there may be genetic roots to loneliness.These findings also show that some genetic variations are linked to social activities like going to the pub. The results were published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications.Previous research has already shown that loneliness is more than just a state of mind. It's strongly linked with an increase in all causes of death, on a l
  
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• Fin24.com | Uber drivers plead for fare hike following petrol price increase

  03-07-2018 18:41
  
  With the looming petrol price increase, Uber drivers are pleading with the company to increase fare prices to curb financial losses drivers are facing.
  
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• Did Something Massive Smash Into Uranus? - Gizmodo

  03-07-2018 18:25 via gizmodo.com
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  Did Something Massive Smash Into Uranus?
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  You might be aware of one of Uranus' complexities: It spins on its side, and its moons orbit on that same rotated plane. New evidence strengthens the case that Uranus was smashed in a giant collision, resulting in its sideways orientation to its ...
  'Cataclysmic' collision turned Uranus on its side 4 billion years agoUSA TODAY
  Mysterious rogue planet 'smashed into Uranus' and changed it foreverYahoo News
  Massive object damaged Uranus fore
  
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• This is Jaguar's first real attempt to take on Tesla

  03-07-2018 18:15
  
  CarsNew I-Pace is a breakthrough achievement—and a hell of a fun car.
  This quiet beast provides astonishingly brisk acceleration (4.5 seconds to 60 mph), a fierce 400 horsepower, and stuck-to-your seat 512 pound-feet of immediately…
  
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• Bush's beans and Rev. Clinton: Facebook's political ad filter misfires

  03-07-2018 17:38 via nbcnews.com
  Facebook took down an ad for Bush’s baked beans because its algorithm wrongly believed it was a political ad.
  
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• Climate change forced a famously old-school museum to go digital

  03-07-2018 17:00
  
  EnvironmentHow do you keep an exhibit up to date when the data is still rushing in?
  The first major update since the Hall of Planet Earth opened in 1999 is set to refocus on something uncharacteristically contemporary: climate change.
  
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• Google reportedly allowed outside app developers to read user emails

  03-07-2018 16:37 via nbcnews.com
  The tech giant has allowed hundreds of outside software developers to access the inboxes of Gmail users, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
  
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• Branson On UBI: America Can Solve Income Inequality By Giving Out Free Cash

  03-07-2018 16:35 via technocracy.news
  As the world is further transformed into Technocracy, calls for Universal Basic Income increase. Technocrat billionaire Richard Branson does not volunteer to give his own money away as ‘free cash’ but encourages governments to do so.  ⁃ TN EditorOne solution to income inequality is giving out free cash, according to the British billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson.
  “A basic income should be introduced in Europe and in America,” Branson told David
  
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• Police State: China’s Ultimate Weapon Can Set Your Hair On Fire

  03-07-2018 16:07 via technocracy.news
  China is the land of Technocrat inventors who support the ‘science of social engineering’ and controlling the population is central to the mission. Citizens are already tracked 24×7 by cameras equipped with facial recognition and ranked by social credit scoring systems. Dissent will not be tolerated. ⁃ TN EditorA Chinese firm has developed a laser gun designed for police use that can set fire to protesters’ hair or banners from a range of almost one kilometre.
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• Internet TV packages are getting pricier — including AT&T's

  03-07-2018 16:05 via nbcnews.com
  The move comes just weeks after telling the government that it's merger with Time Warner would result in lower prices for consumers.
  
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• Scientists View Beam of Light From First Confirmed Neutron Star Merger

  03-07-2018 15:35 via scitechdaily.com
  A research team led by astronomers at the University of Warwick had to wait over 100 days for the sight of the first of confirmed...
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• Al Gore Warns Of ‘Ominous’ Record-Breaking Heat

  03-07-2018 15:33 via technocracy.news
  Al Gore, a tenured globalist and former member of the Trilateral Commission, is also the consummate Technocrat, pushing Sustainable Development, aka Green Economy or Technocracy. Gore’s role in global transformation is to use fear to stampede people into giving up their rights and resources. ⁃ TN EditorFormer Vice President Al Gore on Saturday issued a warning about Earth’s “ominous” record-breaking heat.
  “Another ominous record has been set,”
  
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• New Research Reveals Scale is a Key Ingredient When Tracking Biodiversity

  03-07-2018 15:32 via scitechdaily.com
  To fully understand biodiversity and how it is changing, you need to look near, far, and in-between, according to a new study. Researchers at Yale...
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• Astronomers Reveal ‘Cataclysmic’ Collision Shaped Uranus’ Evolution

  03-07-2018 15:24 via scitechdaily.com
  New research shows that Uranus was hit by a massive object roughly twice the size of Earth that caused the planet to tilt and could...
  The post Astronomers Reveal ‘Cataclysmic’ Collision Shaped Uranus’ Evolution appeared first on SciTechDaily.
  
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• Many asteroids might be remnants of five destroyed worlds, scientists say - Washington Post

  03-07-2018 15:20 via washingtonpost.com
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  Many asteroids might be remnants of five destroyed worlds, scientists say
  Washington Post
  In the beginning, the solar system was little more than a cloud of dust and gas. Then cold temperatures caused the center of the cloud to collapse, forming the sun. The newborn star lit up with nuclear fusion, sending light and heat out into the ...
  Meteorites on Earth May Come from Just a Handful of Early Lost WorldsSpace.comall 43 news articles »
  
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• NASA Juno Spacecraft Image of Jupiter From 13th Close Flyby

  03-07-2018 15:10 via scitechdaily.com
  This image of Jupiter’s southern hemisphere was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft on the outbound leg of a close flyby of the gas-giant planet. Citizen...
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• Another giant study confirms that your coffee habit is probably good for you

  03-07-2018 14:00
  
  HealthEnjoy your morning cup of joe with a dash of smugness.
  Here’s the thing about coffee: there’s never been much scientific debate about whether it’s healthy.
  
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• What's new for Amazon's Prime Day? Deals at Whole Foods

  03-07-2018 13:50
  Amazon's Prime Day deals are coming to the aisles of Whole Foods as the online retailer seeks to lure more people to its Prime membership after recently hiking up the price
  
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• WATCH: Facebook bug temporarily unblocked former friends

  03-07-2018 13:17
  Facebook glitch temporarily allowed blocked friends to send messages and view posts.
  
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• Fin24.com | Facebook tells EU it faces tough time regaining users’ trust

  03-07-2018 12:17
  
  Facebook faces a tough time regaining the trust of users whose confidence was shaken by the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
  
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• Fin24.com | US seeks to block China mobile's entry, escalating tension

  03-07-2018 09:52
  
  The US has moved to block China Mobile from entering its telecommunications market on national security grounds, launching another salvo in the fight between the world’s two biggest economies.
  
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• Fired up: Rocket engine designed for reusable flights tested

  03-07-2018 09:43
  With a massive cloud of vapor and a roar, a rocket engine designed as part of a reusable spacecraft is being test fired in Mississippi
  
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• The Latest: California wildfire threatens 700 buildings

  03-07-2018 05:36
  A wildfire that's threatening 700 homes and buildings in rural Northern California continues to grow explosively as firefighters struggle in rough terrain to contain it
  
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• Hated it! Yelp can't be forced to remove negative posts, judges rule

  03-07-2018 01:51 via nbcnews.com
  Online review site Yelp.com cannot be ordered to remove posts against a San Francisco law firm that a judge determined were defamatory, a divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday in a closely watched case.
  
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• NASA Spacecraft Gets Breathtakingly Close to Dwarf Planet

  03-07-2018 00:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has entered its nearest orbit ever to the dwarf planet Ceres, an icy body in the asteroid belt left over from the formation of the solar system. And Dawn is already turning up stunning results.The latest images sent back by the spacecraft were captured just 22 miles above a site called Occator Crater. Before June, Dawn was orbiting hundreds of miles over the surface.
  This bright region first stood out to astronomers when Dawn arrived at Ceres in 2015. While much of
  
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• Koala genes might reveal how they survive a toxic diet

  03-07-2018 00:00
  
  AnimalsAnd might help us save them from chlamydia.
  Peering into the koala’s genes offers researchers insights into how it survives on its (toxic) diet of eucalyptus, and will help them figure out how to save this…
  
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