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• Student charged in elaborate digital money theft scheme

  01-08-2018 23:10
  A Massachusetts college student has been arrested in California on suspicion of using his tech skills to hack victims' personal cellphones and steal $2 million in digital currency like Bitcoin from their accounts
  
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• When will the 2018 iPhone X models launch? - BGR

  01-08-2018 22:57 via bgr.com
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  When will the 2018 iPhone X models launch?
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  Like every year, Apple is expected to unveil its new iPhones during a mid-September event. The phones would then be available for preorder for about a week, before launching in stores by the end of the month. Apple hasn't announced any details about ...
  4 Things Retailers Should Learn From Apple As It Nears $1 Trillion Market CapForbes
  Apple's R&D spend continues to climb, but isn't directly correlated to anythingAppleInsider
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• Password breach teaches Reddit that, yes, phone-based 2FA is that bad - Ars Technica

  01-08-2018 22:54 via arstechnica.com
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  Password breach teaches Reddit that, yes, phone-based 2FA is that bad
  Ars Technica
  A newly disclosed breach that stole password data and private messages is teaching Reddit officials a lesson that security professionals have known for years: two-factor authentication (2FA) that uses SMS or phone calls is only slightly better than no ...
  Reddit Got Hacked Thanks to a Woefully Insecure Two-Factor SetupWIRED
  Reddit breach exposes non-critical user dataTechCrunch
  Reddit says hackers st
  
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• Senate intel committee grapples with social media's threat to democracy

  01-08-2018 22:49 via nbcnews.com
  Tech companies have been under intense scrutiny to do more to prevent the spread of misinformation and propaganda.
  
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• By Outselling the iPhone, Huawei Shows It Doesn't Need the US to Succeed - Gizmodo

  01-08-2018 22:39 via gizmodo.com
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  By Outselling the iPhone, Huawei Shows It Doesn't Need the US to Succeed
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  Earlier this year, fueled in part by the U.S. government's concerns over security and potential espionage, AT&T, Verizon, and Best Buy all backed out of deals to carry Huawei phones in their retail stores. This forced Huawei to shift its attention away ...
  China's Huawei Overtakes Apple in Smartphone SalesInvestorplace.com
  Huawei passes Apple in smartphone share for the first timeHouston Chronicle
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• Parents Hiring Thousands of 'Fortnite' Tutors, Coaches for Young Children - Newsweek

  01-08-2018 22:24 via newsweek.com
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  Parents Hiring Thousands of 'Fortnite' Tutors, Coaches for Young Children
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  In an effort to boost their children's self-confidence and friendship base, parents are paying “coaches” to help tutor them in the wildly popular video game Fortnite. Fortnite coaches for children and teenagers are being hired for between $10 and $20 ...
  Let's all calm down about professional Fortnite coachingPolygon
  Parents are paying as much as $35 an hour for 'Fortnite' coaches for their k
  
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• Fin24.com | Facebook, Instagram to introduce time-management tools

  01-08-2018 22:24
  
  Do you worry that you, or your children, spend too much time on social media? Facebook and Instagram on say they want to help you take control.
  
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• Blue diamonds come from ocean floor that is pushed nearly to Earth's core - Ars Technica

  01-08-2018 22:00 via arstechnica.com
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  Blue diamonds come from ocean floor that is pushed nearly to Earth's core
  Ars Technica
  Diamonds have a lot going on. Besides their sought-after clarity, extreme hardness, and entanglement in civil wars, diamonds tell unique geologic stories. Contrary to the convenient idea that they are born from a magical transformation of compressed ...
  The Hope Diamond was spawned in the most hellish depths of Earth, study suggestsWashington Post
  The World's Deepest, Rarest Diamonds Revealed a B
  
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• Reddit announces data breach that threatens anonymity of users

  01-08-2018 21:53 via nbcnews.com
  Many Reddit users choose to remain anonymous on the website in order to freely discuss controversial topics or post salacious pictures.
  
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• Earth Overshoot Day came early this year. That’s a bad thing.

  01-08-2018 21:52
  
  EnvironmentWe consumed a year’s worth of natural resources in just seven months.
  Earth Overshoot Day marks the point on the calendar at which humans have consumed a year’s worth of natural resources. This year, it came early.
  
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• Biggest Changes In No Man's Sky Next Update: Xenomorphs, Space Pirates, Fleet Building, And More - GameSpot

  01-08-2018 21:10 via gamespot.com
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  Biggest Changes In No Man's Sky Next Update: Xenomorphs, Space Pirates, Fleet Building, And More
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  Hello Games has launched a new update for No Man's Sky, called Next. The free update makes massive overhauls to the game by adding multiplayer, character customization, command freighters, and visual upgrades. Next is the fourth major update to No ...
  The Two No Man's SkysKotaku
  No Man's Sky highlights the agony and bliss of travelPolygon
  'No Man's Sky' finally delivers the gr
  
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• The weirdest things we learned this week: art made from human skin, solving a 17th-century thought experiment, and detachable sex organs

  01-08-2018 20:30
  
  ScienceOur editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.
  What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s newest podcast.
  
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• UV Light Could Be Key To Kick-starting Life In The Cosmos

  01-08-2018 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Want to know if a planet has what it takes to develop life? Look at its light.Research published August 1 in the journal Science Advances suggests that the amount of ultraviolet (UV) light a planet soaks up from its host star could make or break its chances of habitability. The study found that sufficient UV light ignites the chemical reactions needed to form RNA — a component thought to have kick-started life on Earth.Based on this idea, two groups of researchers from the Medical Re
  
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• Researchers Successfully Put Bioengineered Lungs Into Pigs

  01-08-2018 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ah, to live in a world where we can crank out custom-made organs to meet supply. No need for donors or years-long waiting lists.
  We’re still a ways off from that organ utopia, but we’re at least a little closer to bioengineered lungs becoming a reality. On Wednesday, researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch published a paper announcing they’d successfully transplanted artificially grown lungs into four adult pigs without any complications.In the past, experts had
  
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• Scientists are putting the X factor back in X-rays

  01-08-2018 19:30
  
  TechnologyMedical imaging will be revolutionized by extreme light, artificial intelligence, and more.
  The X-ray has been an essential medical tool since its discovery in 1895. Now, it’s undergoing an incredible change.
  
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• The Latest: Senate rejects new money for election security

  01-08-2018 18:20
  The Republican-controlled Senate has defeated a push by Democrats to set aside an additional $250 million for states to upgrade their voting systems to protect against hacking and other cyberattacks
  
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• Sex and drugs: Popular gay dating app allows users to find more than a date

  01-08-2018 18:16 via nbcnews.com
  Despite Grindr’s past efforts to address the selling and promoting of drugs on its app, those who use it say there’s still a robust market for illicit substances.
  
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• Facebook's New Message to WhatsApp: Make Money - Wall Street Journal

  01-08-2018 18:05 via wsj.com
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  Facebook's New Message to WhatsApp: Make Money
  Wall Street Journal
  Four years after Facebook Inc. FB -0.54% bought WhatsApp for $22 billion, it is formally starting the messaging app on a new mission: bringing in revenue. WhatsApp on Wednesday detailed plans to sell advertisements and charge big companies that use its ...
  WhatsApp finally earns money by charging businesses for slow repliesTechCrunch
  Facebook looks to monetize WhatsApp with new Business API & ads tha
  
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• The ozone hole is both an environmental success story and an enduring global threat

  01-08-2018 17:00
  
  EnvironmentAnd we should take what it's taught us into future fights.
  Headlines in recent months have read like something out of an eco-thriller. Who's producing the banned chemicals we know will destroy the ozone layer?
  
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• Samsung's new Galaxy Tab S4 tries to beat the iPad at productivity - The Verge

  01-08-2018 17:00 via theverge.com
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  Samsung's new Galaxy Tab S4 tries to beat the iPad at productivity
  The Verge
  At a small press gathering in Manhattan today, just one week before the company heads over to Brooklyn for its big Galaxy Note 9 event, Samsung announced the new Galaxy Tab S4 tablet. The Tab S4 is being pitched as delivering “tablet mobility and PC ...
  Samsung Launches New Galaxy Tab S4 to Compete With iPad ProMac Rumors
  Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 vs. Galaxy Tab S3: Android Tablet ShowdownDigital Trend
  
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• Scientists Use ‘Light-Fingerprints’ to Reveal Mysteries of the Cosmos

  01-08-2018 16:31 via scitechdaily.com
  Earthbound detectives rely on fingerprints to solve their cases; now astronomers can do the same, using “light-fingerprints” instead of skin grooves to uncover the mysteries...
  The post Scientists Use ‘Light-Fingerprints’ to Reveal Mysteries of the Cosmos appeared first on SciTechDaily.
  
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• On-Chip Optical Filter Provides Cheaper Alternative to “Broadband” Filters

  01-08-2018 16:16 via scitechdaily.com
  Silicon-based system offers smaller, cheaper alternative to other “broadband” filters; could improve a variety of photonic devices. MIT researchers have designed an optical filter on...
  The post On-Chip Optical Filter Provides Cheaper Alternative to “Broadband” Filters appeared first on SciTechDaily.
  
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• What I learned from getting covered in whale snot

  01-08-2018 16:15
  
  AnimalsScientists can learn a lot from the substances in whale blow. To collect that spray, one research developed a special tool: a drone dubbed SnotBot.
  Scientists can learn a lot from the substances in whale blow. To collect that spray, one research developed a special tool: a drone dubbed SnotBot.
  
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• It May Soon Be Easy And Practical To Use Metals With 3D Printing

  01-08-2018 16:06 via scitechdaily.com
  In the last several years, 3D printing with plastics has advanced rapidly. Now, a team of researchers have shown that it may soon be as...
  The post It May Soon Be Easy And Practical To Use Metals With 3D Printing appeared first on SciTechDaily.
  
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• Listen to the Sounds of Robots That Help Shape the Future of Space Exploration

  01-08-2018 15:51 via scitechdaily.com
  The Robotic Operations Center (ROC) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is full of whirring and buzzing machines that share a purpose: to help robots get...
  The post Listen to the Sounds of Robots That Help Shape the Future of Space Exploration appeared first on SciTechDaily.
  
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• Facebook adds time tracking feature to apps

  01-08-2018 15:46 via nbcnews.com
  The new features come amid growing concerns from mental health experts and a vocal group of technologists about the impact social media is having on people.
  
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• Hubble Space Telescope Views Milky Way’s Big Sister

  01-08-2018 15:41 via scitechdaily.com
  This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) shows a beautiful spiral galaxy called NGC 6744. At first glance,...
  The post Hubble Space Telescope Views Milky Way’s Big Sister appeared first on SciTechDaily.
  
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• WATCH: Apple on track to become the first trillion dollar company

  01-08-2018 14:56
  The company has surpassed $960 billion market value after reporting higher than expected profits.
  
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• Did scientists discover a new shape? Well, first we have to define ‘shape.’ Also, ‘new.’

  01-08-2018 14:00
  
  ScienceA cool scientific finding and a strange semantic investigation.
  “Scientists just discovered a new shape” makes for a great headline—and a lot of questions. Chief among them: What the heck is a new shape?
  
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• Facebook's new foreign influence report excluded most divisive rhetoric

  01-08-2018 13:26 via nbcnews.com
  Facebook released only some of the pages and content publicly, declining to release the depth some pages went to stoke racial tension.
  
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• If We Ever Want to Walk on Mars, We'd Better Get Serious About Planetary Protection - Space.com

  01-08-2018 13:17 via space.com
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  If We Ever Want to Walk on Mars, We'd Better Get Serious About Planetary Protection
  Space.com
  Humans have big dreams of setting foot on another planet. But before we do, we'll need to figure out how to keep our germs to ourselves and how to protect ourselves from the life we may find there. That's the mandate of planetary protection, and ...
  Mars Close UpNew York Times
  Scientists Say There's Not Enough CO2 to Terraform Mars. Elon Musk Thinks OtherwiseSeeker
  NASA says nobody—not
  
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• Facebook and Instagram now show how many minutes you use them - TechCrunch

  01-08-2018 13:02 via techcrunch.com
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  Facebook and Instagram now show how many minutes you use them
  TechCrunch
  It's passive zombie-feed scrolling, not active communication with friends, that hurts our health, according to studies Facebook has been pointing to for the last seven months. Yet it's treating all our social networking the same with today's launch of ...
  New Facebook and Instagram Tools Aim to Curb Your BingeWall Street Journal
  Facebook and Instagram are making it easier to spend less time on Facebook and Insta
  
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• Rising seas could knock out the internet — and sooner than scientists thought

  01-08-2018 10:49 via nbcnews.com
  New research says 4,000 miles of internet cable could be underwater by 2030.
  
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• Fin24.com | Trump's tariffs push electronics from China to Southeast Asia

  01-08-2018 10:04
  
  Electronics makers are preparing to shift more production to Southeast Asia as trade tensions with the US make it less appealing to manufacture gadgets in China.
  
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• Technocracy In Education: “A Continental System Of Human Conditioning”

  01-08-2018 06:48 via technocracy.news
  Dr. Tim Ball doesn’t mention it by name, but what he describes is pure Technocracy at heart. In 1934, the Technocracy Study Course defined education as “A continental system of human conditioning will have to be installed to replace the existing insufficient educational methods and institutions. This continental system of general education will have to be organized as to provide the fullest possible conditioning and physical training… It must educate and train the student publ
  
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• What is a "Habitable" Planet, Anyway?

  01-08-2018 06:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  We are living at the greatest moment in history for finding life beyond Earth. We have robots poking and sniffing around on Mars. We have a space probe in the works that will take a close look at Europa, to examine the likelihood of life on an ice-covered ocean world. Above all, we no longer have to wonder if our solar system is unique: We know of thousands of planets around other stars, and it's clear that the total number of planets in our galaxy alone must number in the billions, if not t
  
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• Fin24.com | Huawei passes Apple in smartphone share for the first time

  01-08-2018 06:36
  
  Huawei Technologies pulled ahead of Apple to claim the No. 2 position in global smartphone shipments in the second quarter just behind Samsung Electronics, solidifying the rise of Chinese competitors.
  
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• AT&T Creates FirstNet For Law Enforcement Surveillance

  01-08-2018 02:44 via technocracy.news
  AT&T is not an agency of the U.S. government, but it might appear that way as they have created a draconian communications network called FirstNet just to serve police surveillance and AI facial recognition. This has no aim except to further a police state in America. ⁃ TN EditorThe latest technologies promise cops the ability to whip out a smartphone, take a snapshot of a passerby, and instantly learn if that person is in an immigration or gang database.
  A federal broadband program, d
  
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• Scare Mongering Virus Threatens To Kill Over 10% Of World’s Population

  01-08-2018 02:14 via technocracy.news
  Big Pharma has apparently joined forces with the Military/Industrial Establishment in fighting bio-terrorism. What will save the rest of the world from being killed? Vaccines, of course. The word ‘vaccine’ is used 8 times in this short article and even the king of vaccines, Bill Gates, is mentioned. ⁃ TN EditorThe committee to advise the President first met approximately one month after the virus first appeared.
  There had been more than 400 cases and 50 deaths so far, mostly sp
  
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• Lennon or McCartney?: We May Finally Have The Answer

  01-08-2018 00:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  In interviews, John Lennon and Paul McCartney have explained that, though they were listed as co-writers for Beatles tunes, one or the other usually wrote most of a song.
  McCartney wrote most or all of “Yesterday,” “Martha My Dear” and “Lady Madonna,” for example. Lennon wrote most or all of “Revolution,” “Help” and “Sexy Sadie.” Both had songwriting tendencies that enabled fans to usually figure out the primary writer. McCa
  
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• Ancient space crystals may prove the sun threw heated tantrums as a tot

  01-08-2018 00:00
  
  SpaceYou can learn a lot from 4.5-billion-year-old rocks.
  A peculiar set of ancient blue crystals from space suggest the sun emitted a much higher flux of cosmic rays in its early history than we once thought.
  
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