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• Neptune, Titan, Jupiter, and Pluto look gorgeous in these new photos

  20-07-2018 23:46
  
  SpaceA good week for space photography
  Astronomers released some incredible images of our Solar System this week—let’s take a peek at some of the highlights.
  
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• Exploring The Lost Moons Of Our Solar System

  20-07-2018 23:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  On Tuesday, Jupiter officially “gained” 10-12 moons. But that doesn’t make up for the dozens of moons the solar system has lost over time. Unlike the recent crop, the long lost moons were of pretty substantial size.
  This includes even a few now missing moons for Jupiter. The king of our planets started out in a gas envelope, like the other planets. It’s system had quite a bit of heft, but the slow drag of this cloud may have pulled in moons as large as Mercury into the in
  
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• Newton's 'Principia' among items in alleged $8M book scheme

  20-07-2018 23:04
  Former archivist, antique bookseller charged with stealing rare books, illustrations, maps and photographs
  
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• NASA prepares to launch Parker Solar Probe, a mission to touch the Sun - Phys.Org

  20-07-2018 22:24 via phys.org
  Phys.Org
  NASA prepares to launch Parker Solar Probe, a mission to touch the Sun
  Phys.Org
  Early on an August morning, the sky near Cape Canaveral, Florida, will light up with the launch of Parker Solar Probe. No earlier than Aug. 6, 2018, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy will thunder to space carrying the car-sized spacecraft, which ...
  NASA's mission to touch the sun launches soonCNN
  Scientists discover structure within the Sun's atmosphereEngadget
  With physics and some clever tech, NASA
  
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• MoviePass started a revolution. But it might not survive to see it through.

  20-07-2018 21:21 via nbcnews.com
  The company's CEO says the insurgent ticketing app has "woken up the giants."
  
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• Here’s what you can do if your social media post gets taken down

  20-07-2018 20:30
  
  TechnologyYou can appeal when your social media content gets taken down, but you need to know where to look.
  If you think your social media post shouldn't have been removed, you have options.
  
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• Facebook suspends Boston analytics firm over data usage - Business Insider

  20-07-2018 20:22 via uk.businessinsider.com
  The San Diego Union-Tribune
  Facebook suspends Boston analytics firm over data usage
  Business Insider
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it has suspended Boston-based analytics firm Crimson Hexagon while it investigates how it collects and shares Facebook and Instagram's user data. Facebook has been facing increased scrutiny over how third-party firms ...
  Facebook Suspends Analytics Firm on Concerns About Sharing of Public User-DataWall Street Journalall 29 news articles »
  
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• The Data Transfer Project's big-name support won't matter without the biggest one: Apple - PCWorld

  20-07-2018 19:50 via pcworld.com
  PCWorld
  The Data Transfer Project's big-name support won't matter without the biggest one: Apple
  PCWorld
  The Data Transfer Project addresses one pain point we all experience on our phones: moving our stuff around. While it's certainly gotten easier over the years to share individual photos, songs, and files from one app to another, shifting large chunks ...
  Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter partner for ambitious new data projectThe Verge
  Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter launch th
  
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• Microsoft: Three Hacking Attempts Made on Midterm Elections - Dark Reading

  20-07-2018 19:46 via darkreading.com
  Microsoft: Three Hacking Attempts Made on Midterm Elections
  Dark Reading
  Microsoft detected data indicating three congressional candidates were being hit with cyberattacks - the first to target midterm elections. The first hacking attempts have been made on the 2018 midterm elections, reports Microsoft, which detected ...and more »
  
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• This textile's twitching tendrils hint at a future of programmable materials

  20-07-2018 19:32
  
  TechnologyResponsive environments. No robots needed.
  The Active Textile is the largest prototype in a new class of responsive materials developed by MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab in collaboration with Designtex and Steelcase.
  
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• Who Owns the Moon? A Space Lawyer Answers - Scientific American

  20-07-2018 19:00 via scientificamerican.com
  Scientific American
  Who Owns the Moon? A Space Lawyer Answers
  Scientific American
  The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The Conversation. Most likely, this is the best-known picture of a flag ever taken: Buzz Aldrin standing next to the first U.S ...
  One Giant Sale: Neil Armstrong's Collection Goes to AuctionNBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
  Neil Armstrong's collection of space artifacts goes up for auctionEngadget
  It h
  
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• Businessinsider.co.za | You can now forward a WhatsApp message to only a small group of people - here's why.

  20-07-2018 18:29
  
  WhatsApp is dramatically limiting the ability for people to forward messages.
  
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• Businessinsider.co.za | MTN will give some clients R100 airtime and 100MB for free after their data was wiped out

  20-07-2018 18:23
  
  MTN said a "technical error" impacted customer accounts.
  
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• Businessinsider.co.za | MTN says some clients' data and airtime have been wiped out due to a technical error

  20-07-2018 18:07
  
  MTN blamed a "technical error".
  
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• Officials: Iran has laid groundwork for extensive cyberattacks on U.S.

  20-07-2018 17:50 via nbcnews.com
  Iran has positioned cyber weapons to hit private firms and infrastructure, but there is no suggestion an attack is imminent, say U.S. officials.
  
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• One giant sale: Neil Armstrong's collection goes to auction

  20-07-2018 17:40
  Neil Armstrong's admirers soon will have chance to own artifacts from his private collection
  
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• WATCH: Facebook and Instagram crack down on underage users

  20-07-2018 17:31
  Moderators can now lock the accounts of users they suspect are younger than 13.
  
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• Massive Hack Of 1.5 Million Health Records In Singapore

  20-07-2018 17:11 via technocracy.news
  Singapore is the leading city-state model for Technocracy in the world, priding itself for its masterful control over societal data. In defiance and with impunity, hackers have stolen health records including those of the Prime Minister. ⁃ TN EditorHackers have stolen personal data in Singapore belonging to some 1.5 million people, or about a quarter of the population, officials say.
  They broke into the government health database in a “deliberate, targeted and well-planned” att
  
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• The truth behind 8 common misconceptions about drugs

  20-07-2018 17:00
  
  HealthYour spine doesn't store LSD, and MDMA doesn’t put holes in your brain.
  Drugs, especially illegal ones, are notorious for their misinformation. Without a reliable knowledge base, users—from recreational ones to addicts—often rely on friends,…
  
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• Archaeologists Find Unexpected Contents Inside Alexandria Coffin

  20-07-2018 16:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Since the announcement of its discovery earlier this month, the buried sarcophagus in Alexandria, Egypt, created a lot of speculation about who might be inside. Given the coffin’s large size and composition of granite, which would have had to be mined hundreds of miles away, experts said it was possible the coffin contained a man of importance, perhaps a nobleman of Alexander the Great. There was also a lot of online chatter about the possibility of unleashing a curse by opening the presum
  
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• Thrown Out: New York’s Global Warming Lawsuit Against Big Oil

  20-07-2018 16:57 via technocracy.news
  Global warming fanatics suffered a major defeat when the city of New York’s massive lawsuit against Big Oil was thrown out of Federal court. New York was trying to collect ‘damages’ from several oil giants over their role in creating global warming. ⁃ TN EditorA U.S. judge threw out New York’s lawsuit seeking to hold five of the world’s biggest oil companies financially responsible for contributing to climate change.
  U.S. District Judge John Keenan d
  
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• Businessinsider.co.za | Watch: this flying suit allows you to soar in the sky like Iron Man - now on sale for only R6 million

  20-07-2018 16:47
  
  The one-of-its-kind 3D printed suit weighs 27kg and uses five kerosene-fuelled micro gas turbines.
  
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• Scientists Search for Dust Storm Secrets on Mars

  20-07-2018 16:43 via scitechdaily.com
  Side-by-side movies shows how dust has enveloped the Red Planet, courtesy of the Mars Color Imager (MARCI) camera onboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). The...
  The post Scientists Search for Dust Storm Secrets on Mars appeared first on SciTechDaily.
  
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• Astronomers Reveal Unified Model for Galactic Discs: Star Formation, Turbulence Driving, and Mass Transport

  20-07-2018 16:40 via scitechdaily.com
  Disc galaxies like our own Milky Way, characterized by a flattened disc of stars and gas (often with a central bulge of material as well)...
  The post Astronomers Reveal Unified Model for Galactic Discs: Star Formation, Turbulence Driving, and Mass Transport appeared first on SciTechDaily.
  
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• It's the E.U. vs. the U.S., and Google is in the middle

  20-07-2018 16:39 via nbcnews.com
  President Donald Trump and the European Union, who don’t agree on much, have a new dispute: how to handle the enormous power of modern tech companies.
  
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• Youth Warning: Memory Is Affected By Radiation From Cell Phones

  20-07-2018 16:34 via technocracy.news
  While mobile phones are certainly handy gadgets to have around, the radiation they emit can have a profound physiological impact on the human brain. The Technocrat mind that creates technology for technology’s sake is seldom concerned with ‘side effects’.  ⁃ TN EditorMobile phone radiation may affect memory performance in adolescents, according to a new study.
  The rapid evolution of information and communication technologies (ICT) goes along with an increase in expos
  
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• It's surprisingly easy for your headphones to damage your hearing

  20-07-2018 15:30
  
  DIYHere's how to check.
  When the world gets too distracting, you crank up the volume on your headphones. But if you blast your music too loudly, you may permanently damage your hearing.
  
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• Termites are nature’s most amazing skyscraper engineers

  20-07-2018 15:00
  
  AnimalsTheir towers even have central air.
  Some termites build towers that put our biggest feats of engineering to shame, with internal structures that act as an extension of their own bodies.
  
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• WATCH: Parents warn of online gaming scammers on Fortnite

  20-07-2018 14:38
  A family discovered that scammers used Fortnite to trick their 13-year-old into revealing personal email and credit card information.
  
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• Fin24.com | Trump says EU is ‘taking advantage’ with $5bn Google fine

  20-07-2018 12:13
  
  President Donald Trump has lashed out at the European Union’s $5bn fine against Google in the latest trade-related salvo fired from the White House.
  
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• Brewers won't punish Josh Hader for offensive tweets

  20-07-2018 08:48 via mlb.nbcsports.com
  GM David Stearns says the club is taking its lead from MLB, which has already handed down its punishment to Hader.
  
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• Businessinsider.co.za | Three business geeks and a 14-year-old farm boy from Caledon will be flying for SA at the world’s first drone-racing champs in China

  20-07-2018 07:12
  
  You can experience the thrill of speeds up to 200km/h from the safety and comfort of a camping chair.
  
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• Businessinsider.co.za | India threatens WhatsApp with legal action after hoaxes on the app led to lynchings

  20-07-2018 05:50
  
  There have been at least 20 lynchings in the last two months sparked by misinformation on social media.
  
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• Fortnite has pulled in more than $1 billion, report says

  20-07-2018 00:29 via nbcnews.com
  People aren't just playing Fortnite either. Viewers watched about 580 million hours of game action in May.
  
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• Geologists think there could be a quadrillion tons of diamonds inside our planet

  20-07-2018 00:00
  
  ScienceBut we’ll never get them out of the ground.
  In a new paper published this week, an international team of researchers estimates that about 1 to 2 percent of the Earth’s cratonic roots are made of diamond. That…
  
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