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• How Plants Use Color to Tell Animals Their Fruit Is Good To Eat

  26-09-2018 23:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Fruits come in a glorious rainbow of colors. Raspberries, kumquats, lemons, avocados, blueberries, figs; the colorful array rivals a 96-pack of Crayola crayons. But scientists have long debated whether fruits evolved their vibrant pigments to entice animals to eat them and spread their seeds. After all, some fruit eating — or frugivorous — seed-dispersers are color blind. Now, researchers show fruit color evolved in response to the visual abilities of local fruit-feasting animals.
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• Facebook exec fires back at criticism from WhatsApp co-founder

  26-09-2018 23:13 via nbcnews.com
  The exchange comes two days after Instagram's co-founders left the company, with sources detailing how growing influence from Facebook led to frustration.
  
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• 'Fortnite' fans rejoice as PlayStation opens its platform

  26-09-2018 23:00 via nbcnews.com
  The move is a reversal of Sony’s previously held idea that cross-platform play wouldn’t be the best experience for PlayStation gamers.
  
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• UN chief blasts lack of 'strong leadership' on climate

  26-09-2018 21:20
  United Nations secretary-general blames lack of leadership for the world's failure to take tough decisions needed to stop runaway climate change
  
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• GOP seeks changes to species law after grizzly hunts halted

  26-09-2018 21:09
  Galvanized by court rulings protecting grizzly bears and gray wolves, Congressional Republicans have launched a push for broad changes to the Endangered Species Act
  
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• Uber settles with states over data breach

  26-09-2018 19:29 via nbcnews.com
  "Companies cannot hide when they break the law," said Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
  
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• Apple computer built in 1970s sells for $375,000 at auction

  26-09-2018 19:08 via nbcnews.com
  It sold back in the 1970s for less than $700.
  
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• After avoiding Congress for years, tech companies are now asking for help

  26-09-2018 18:53 via nbcnews.com
  A Senate hearing on Wednesday highlighted how the discussion around data privacy and government regulation has changed.
  
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• Fox plans to sell stake in Sky to Comcast for $15B

  26-09-2018 18:25
  21st Century Fox will sell its remaining stake in British pay TV provider Sky after Comcast won a bidding war for the stake that Fox didn't already own
  
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• WATCH: Google admits privacy mistakes

  26-09-2018 17:34
  Plus, Tinder is testing a feature that only lets women start a conversation and Spotify now lets you create a playlist based on your DNA.
  
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• WATCH: Lyft wants to pay users to give up their car

  26-09-2018 15:52
  Lyft co-founder and President John Zimmer talks new "Ditch with Lyft" initiative, plus the future of autonomous vehicles and potential company IPO, with ABC News' Rebecca Jarvis.
  
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• Restaurant Robots May Upend The Food Industry, Or Not

  26-09-2018 15:47 via technocracy.news
  Restaurants have traditionally provided a solid foundation for entry-level jobs in society. As robots displace young workers, the possibility exists that, after the novelty wears off, the public will completely reject restaurant automation, leaving Technocrat inventors shaking their heads. ⁃ TN EditorIs the rise of the robot the demise of the restaurant server, chef and bartender? Restaurants like Spyce are leading the way with robots that cook complex meals on-demand. Companies
  
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• From Democracy To Technocracy To Stone Age

  26-09-2018 15:33 via technocracy.news
  Technocracy is increasingly recognized as a major force in the current of human affairs, but also as an unmitigated train wreck. The dream of Utopia is just that – a dream. Technocrats think ‘this time its different’ because they have new technology and philosophy, but they are deluded. ⁃ TN EditorDuring recent congressional hearings, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Virginia), the Senate intelligence committee’s vice chairman, said, “The era of the wild west in social med
  
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• NASA Exploring Ways to Search for Life Advanced Enough to Create Technology

  26-09-2018 15:30 via scitechdaily.com
  Since the beginning of civilization, humanity has wondered whether we are alone in the universe. As NASA has explored our solar system and beyond, it...
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• Scientists Develop Method for Identify Source of Perplexing Waves

  26-09-2018 15:28 via scitechdaily.com
  Magnetic reconnection, the snapping apart and violent reconnection of magnetic field lines in plasma — the state of matter composed of free electrons and atomic...
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• SDO Image Shows Our Sun in Different Wavelengths

  26-09-2018 15:18 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory views our Sun in ten different wavelengths because each wavelength reveals different solar features.  This September 21, 2018, view of the Sun uses...
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• Growing Numbers Are Falling In Love With A Computer-Generated Simulation

  26-09-2018 15:14 via technocracy.news
  Game addiction expanding its reach when player fall in love with an AI driven chat-bot. Young minds cannot yet clearly distinguish between reality and fantasy, and thus are easy marks to be led into this strange non-reality. Technocrats who build these games are driven by a lust for social engineering. ⁃ TN EditorI recently met a young woman named Wild Rose on an online chat forum. We struck up a conversation and within the first five minutes, Wild Rose – who is married, has a daught
  
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• HiRISE Spots Opportunity Rover on the Slopes of Perseverance Valley

  26-09-2018 15:12 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA still hasn’t heard from the Opportunity rover, but at least we can see it again. A new image produced by HiRISE, a high-resolution camera...
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• Fin24.com | Uber drivers suing for better pay in US lose critical court ruling

  26-09-2018 14:31
  
  Uber drivers have suffered a major defeat in one of the gig economy’s most closely watched labour fights.
  
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• Fin24.com | Instagram founders' exit means no one to challenge Zuckerberg

  26-09-2018 09:11
  
  Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, had spent six years running Instagram as a division of Facebook, while pursuing their own vision for the app – even when that was sometimes at odds with Mark Zuckerberg.
  
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• Japan preschools using tablets to prep tots for digital age

  26-09-2018 04:37
  Japan preschool programs use tablets to help prepare tots for the digital age
  
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• Elephant Bird Vorombe Titan Was Biggest Bird Ever

  26-09-2018 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  There's Big Bird and then there's really big birds. The elephant birds of Madagascar, which went extinct about a thousand years ago, have long been counted among the largest birds ever to walk the planet. But a second look at the bones they left behind has led researchers to rethink the birds' family tree — and just how big they got.
  Before we get into details of the new research, here's the tidbit I know you want: Newly designated species Vorombe titan, an extinct flightless bird fro
  
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• On Reddit, Russian propagandists try new tricks

  26-09-2018 00:47 via nbcnews.com
  The address-changing effort highlights how propagandists are employing new strategies to hide their origins as companies begin to crack down.
  
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• Mars’ Moon Phobos May Have Formed in Giant Impact

  26-09-2018 00:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Where did Mars’ moons come from? It’s a question that is deceptively difficult to answer, with two competing theories: Either the moons were captured, or they came from Mars itself. Though the obvious answer remains elusive, new “old” evidence uncovered from within 20-year-old data indicates that Mars’ moon Phobos may have formed following an impact on the Red Planet.
  The evidence, published September 24 in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, comes from Ma
  
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