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• Driver who slammed her Tesla into firetruck sues the carmaker over Autopilot mode

  06-09-2018 23:54 via abcnews.go.com
  The woman who crashed her Tesla into a firetruck while the car was in autopilot mode is suing the electric carmaker, alleging the feature is defective.
  
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• 'Robat' The Robot Explores Using Echolocation

  06-09-2018 23:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bats can fly nimbly at night in large part because echolocation helps them "see" in the dark. Now researchers say they have created the first robot to use echolocation like a bat to help it explore its surroundings fully autonomously.Bats echolocate by emitting clicks and listening to what the echoes of these sounds can reveal about what they reflected off. They can use echolocation to simultaneously map and navigate through new locations, a set of problems they routinely solve "that eng
  
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• New iPhone X, Samsung's foldable smart phone, and the rest of the current tech rumors

  06-09-2018 23:15
  
  GadgetsCatch up on all the technology gossip without all the hype.
  Keep it real with your tech rumors.
  
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• Now we know what caused that plane ‘quarantine’ at JFK

  06-09-2018 20:48
  
  HealthSpoiler alert: It's not zombies.
  On Wednesday morning, a 500-passenger flight from Dubai was quarantined at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
  
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• Bogs are beautiful, swampy records of human history

  06-09-2018 20:30
  
  EnvironmentThey may be gross, but the conditions in them are perfect for preserving artifacts.
  A less well known aspect of bogs is their remarkable archaeological potential.
  
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• Vast Wind And Solar Farms Would Bring More Rain to Africa

  06-09-2018 20:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  Scientists want to power the world with solar and wind energy, a feat they say is possible with large-scale wind and solar farms. Now, an international team of researchers says that building such an energy factory in the Sahara desert would come with a surprising boon: more rainfall.
  The discovery means feeding the global power supply with renewable energy would be beneficial not only to regional climates but also society.“In the light of our findings... we could transform our energy
  
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• The devastating fire at Brazil’s National Museum illuminates a global problem

  06-09-2018 18:30
  
  ScienceProtecting artifacts from entropy is no easy task.
  Ninety percent of the artifacts at Brazil’s National Museum are believed to have been lost in a recent fire. The event is a reminder that museum science is hard—and…
  
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• Advocacy Advertising: Another Slick Social Engineering Tool Of Technocracy

  06-09-2018 17:42 via technocracy.news
  Technocracy is all about social engineering. Advocacy Advertising (AA) is a tool to generate sales by promoting a particular opinion, such as political, social, economic or scientific. Such ads seek to influence public opinion for the self-interest of the advertiser. Conceptually, AA is closely related to the Nudge theory of behavioral science which uses positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions to influence behavior. Both are tools of social engineering, and skillfully practiced by Techno
  
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• Big quake hits northern Japan, leaving 9 dead, 30 missing

  06-09-2018 17:35 via abcnews.go.com
  Rescuers are rushing to unearth survivors and restore power after a powerful earthquake jolted Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido
  
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• Astronomers Discover Wolf 503b, An Exoplanet Twice The Size Of Earth

  06-09-2018 17:32 via scitechdaily.com
  Wolf 503b, an exoplanet twice the size of Earth, has been discovered by an international team using data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope. The find...
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• Beer Consumption Linked to Higher Prostate Cancer Risk

  06-09-2018 17:09 via scitechdaily.com
  Many men suffering from advanced-stage prostate cancer appear to share at least one thing in common: they are now or have been heavy drinkers of...
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• Roomba’s new robotic vacuum remembers your home's layout for quicker cleaning

  06-09-2018 17:00
  
  TechnologyIt’s all about the sensor and software on the i7+.
  This is how the latest Roomba knows what room it is in.
  
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• France’s Clean Nuclear Energy Leapfrogs Germany’s Solar And Wind

  06-09-2018 16:57 via technocracy.news
  In the battle for ‘clean’ energy, France has whipped Germany by a margin of 3 to 1 with its use of reliable nuclear power. However, most environmental zealots hate nuclear energy as much as fossil fuels, so their collective global lobby has blocked development of new nuclear power plants. If it is allowed to continue, this foolishness will set humanity back 100 years. ⁃ TN EditorFrance completed construction on 76% of its current 58 reactors at an inflation-adjusted cost of $33
  
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• Fin24.com | Bitcoin falls off a cliff again as cryptocurrency slump deepens

  06-09-2018 16:54
  
  Cryptocurrencies have dropped sharply for the second time in less than 24 hours, sinking toward a nine-month low.
  
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• Fish-Eye Lens May Produce Quantum Entanglement Between Atoms

  06-09-2018 16:50 via scitechdaily.com
  Nearly 150 years ago, the physicist James Maxwell proposed that a circular lens that is thickest at its center, and that gradually thins out at...
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• U.S. charges North Koreans over WannaCry, Sony cyberattacks

  06-09-2018 16:43 via nbcnews.com
  The U.S. in recent years has charged hackers from China, Iran and Russia in hopes of publicly shaming other countries for sponsoring cyberattacks.
  
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• Bang: Study Shows Half Of Millennials Have Deleted Facebook

  06-09-2018 16:39 via technocracy.news
  Ironically, it was the under-30 crowd that made Facebook, et al, great in the first place; now, they are the first to leave because they feel betrayed. Technocrat manipulation always results in pushback after the initial benefits of some crafty invention wear off.  ⁃ TN EditorOn a day when its chief operating officer was on Capitol Hill this morning getting a grilling from DC lawmakers, Facebook is also the focus of a newly released Pew Research Center study that’s chock-a-block
  
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• Researchers Demonstrate “Teleportation” of a Quantum Gate

  06-09-2018 16:36 via scitechdaily.com
  Yale University researchers have demonstrated one of the key steps in building the architecture for modular quantum computers: the “teleportation” of a quantum gate between...
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• JPL to Host Live Chat on Successful Dawn Mission to Asteroid Belt

  06-09-2018 16:19 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will host a live-streamed Science Chat at 2 p.m. EDT Friday, September 7, during which experts will talk about the...
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• Scientists Reveal Surprising Feature Emerging at Saturn’s Northern Pole

  06-09-2018 16:02 via scitechdaily.com
  The long-lived international Cassini mission has revealed a surprising feature emerging at Saturn’s northern pole as it nears summertime: a warming, high-altitude vortex with a...
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• How to send secret messages hidden in pictures and songs

  06-09-2018 15:30
  
  DIYDisguise your files.
  Don't run the risk of private data falling into the wrong hands. Before you send sensitive information, conceal it inside other, more innocuous files.
  
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• Sweltering heat is exactly the right weather to get your flu shot

  06-09-2018 14:00
  
  HealthIt’s almost never too early or too late to get vaccinated against influenza.
  Yes, it’s already time for your annual flu shot. Yes, it does feel like the season just ended. Here’s the thing though: a lot of people wait until it’s officially flu…
  
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• WATCH: Federal government grills social media sites

  06-09-2018 13:31 via abcnews.go.com
  The Justice Department calls a meeting to discuss claims that social media sites are deliberately blocking the free exchange of ideas on their platforms.
  
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• Fin24.com | Uber teams up with Japan taxi firm in bid to crack tough market

  06-09-2018 13:01
  
  Uber says it has teamed up with a local taxi firm in Japan, as the ride-hailing service attempts to muscle its way into Asia's second economy.
  
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• Fin24.com | Uber plans to check up on idle cars in new safety measures

  06-09-2018 12:06
  
  If you sit in an Uber car for too long, the ride-hailing company plans to check up on you to make sure everything is fine.
  
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• Fin24.com | Tencent to subject players of its top game to police ID checks

  06-09-2018 11:55
  
  Tencent will begin using a police database to verify the ages and identities of players on its biggest mobile title, ramping up a campaign against game addiction.
  
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• 17 cool tech gifts for gadget and gear geeks

  06-09-2018 10:34 via nbcnews.com
  We've found a smart car radio, a fashionable smartwatch, a robotic grill cleaner and everything in between.
  
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• The Enduring Myth of Phantom Cosmonauts

  06-09-2018 03:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  There’s an ongoing fascination with the idea of phantom cosmonauts. The story goes something like this: a handful of Soviets launched into space before Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth, but because they all died their missions and deaths were covered up. The stories are myth. No one flew in space before Gagarin. Even X-15 flights above the Karman line came after 1962. But like any enduring myth, there is a kernel of truth in this story.[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIgUKd5o8Hw
  
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• Borderland Rebellion: One Texas Naturalist Takes Conservation Into His Own Hands

  06-09-2018 00:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  This story originally appeared in bioGraphic.On a humid May afternoon beneath the shade cloth of the plant nursery on his South Texas ranch, Benito Treviño leaned down, magnifying glasses perched on his nose above an extravagant salt-and-pepper moustache, and used his pen knife to remove a bulbous growth from the top of a baseball-sized, dome-shaped cactus. He sliced the thing over a white paper plate, and dozens of bowl-shaped, red-brown specks spilled out. They were seeds, and with the
  
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• What does it take for the CDC to quarantine a whole airplane?

  06-09-2018 00:00
  
  HealthDon’t worry. The zombie apocalypse isn’t coming today.
  On Wednesday morning, a 500-passenger flight from Dubai was quarantined at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
  
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