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• Saturn and Its Moons Have Water Just Like Earth's — Except for Phoebe

  06-12-2018 23:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Although we weren’t here to observe the birth of our own solar system, astronomers have developed a relatively informed picture of how it likely happened, based on observations of our present-day home and the infant planets forming around other stars. But every so often, something throws a wrench in our theories, and that may have just happened — researchers have discovered interesting new properties of Saturn and its moons that contradict our current models for how the solar system
  
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• Scientists Discovered The Oldest Human Plague. It Took Down Neolithic Farmers And Changed Europe’s History

  06-12-2018 23:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Buried among 77 other people from her village in western Sweden are the bones of a 20 year-old woman. Now an analysis of DNA extracted from her teeth reveals what likely killed her. An international team of researchers has discovered the woman, who died some 5,000 years ago, had the oldest known case of the plague.The finding suggests the world’s first plague epidemic took out her community and vast swaths of the Neolithic farming population in Europe. If confirmed, the notorious
  
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• Scientists Achieve Breakthrough on Path to Pig-to-Human Heart Transplants

  06-12-2018 23:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Although 54 percent of adults in the United States have registered as organ donors, just one in three people die in a way that allows for organ donation. That leaves more than 100,000 people in the United States waiting for a transplant. Many will die waiting.Because demand for organs outpaces supply and probably always will, researchers have looked to xenotransplantation — placing animal organs into human bodies — as an alternative. However, getting to the point where xenotrans
  
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• China Prepares to Head for the Far Side of the Moon

  06-12-2018 22:56 via feedproxy.google.com
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  Tomorrow, at about 1:30 p.m. EST (2:30 a.m. on Dec. 8 local time), China’s robotic Chang'e-4 mission will launch on a Long March 3B rocket, headed for the lunar surface.After launching, the spacecraft will spend 27 days traveling to the moon. Upon arrival at our rocky satellite, an accompanying lander, which doubles as a rover, will descend towards the surface. The craft will touch down in the Von Kármán Crater in the South Pole‐Aitke
  
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• What is Huawei, and why the arrest of its CFO matters

  06-12-2018 22:36 via rss.cnn.com
  The arrest of Meng Wanzhou has sent stock markets plunging and threatens to derail the tenuous US-China trade truce.
  
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• Lyft files confidential plans for an IPO

  06-12-2018 22:36 via rss.cnn.com
  Lyft has taken a long-expected step toward going public. The ride-hailing service filed a confidential IPO proposal to the SEC Thursday.
  
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• Huawei's no good, very bad year just got even worse

  06-12-2018 22:36 via rss.cnn.com
  The arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer caps a terrible year for the Chinese tech company.
  
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• Lyft heads for initial public offering

  06-12-2018 21:18
  The number of shares and the price range for the offering are undetermined.
  
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• Brazil’s Technocrats Big Fail As Poor Grow By Two Million

  06-12-2018 21:12 via technocracy.news
  Technocracy and Technocrats claim to save the world, yet everywhere they exert influence, income inequality expands and the ultra-poor class rockets up. When will the world see through this mother of all scams? ⁃ TN EditorThe number of people living in poverty in Brazil grew by two million last year in the wake of the country’s worst recession on record, according to the government statistics bureau.
  The figure, going from 52.8 million poor in 2016 to 54.8 million in 2017, meant 26.5
  
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• Why the arrest of Huawei executive is a big deal

  06-12-2018 21:11 via nbcnews.com
  Along with Huawei's success has come suspicion about the company’s ties to China’s government, its willingness to overlook U.S. sanctions and the security of its systems.
  
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• SNAPSHOT: New 'Organs on a Chip' Experiment Studies How Space Damages an Astronaut's Body

  06-12-2018 20:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Human tissues on a chip are headed into space. Tissue chips contain a small network of cells that work like real human organs, and are a safe, compact way for scientists to study the human body.SpaceX's Dragon resupply mission launched from Florida yesterday and is currently rocketing toward the International Space Station (ISS). On board are a few dozen chips designed to mimic the immune system — like the kidney-on-a-chip shown here. The missions is led by the National Institute
  
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• Extreme Radiation Could Strip Exoplanets of their Atmospheres

  06-12-2018 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  If orbiting just 4 million miles from your fiery host star wasn’t bad enough, things might have just gotten even worse.New research shows that stars emitting high levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation could strip the atmospheres of their ultra-close exoplanets. While observing gas giants that orbit exceptionally close to their host stars, astronomers found that those bombarded with radiation were losing helium from their atmospheres. These results, which were published in multiple stud
  
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• EKG, other heart health features come to Apple Watch

  06-12-2018 19:10
  Apple Watch is now fulfilling its promise to let people take EKGs of their heart and notify them of any irregular heartbeat.
  
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• A new way to measure vibrations may eventually help detect gravitational waves

  06-12-2018 19:07
  Phonons bring good vibrations to quantum physicists.
  
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• Helsinki’s New Library Has 3-D Printers and Power Tools. (And Some Books, Too.)

  06-12-2018 18:17 via nytimes.com
  The new building in the Finnish capital is intended to be a co-working space and a town square, as well as a traditional reading room.
  
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• Apple Says watchOS 5.1.2 Coming Today With ECG App Enabled on Apple Watch Series 4 - Mac Rumors

  06-12-2018 16:17 via macrumors.com
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  Apple Says watchOS 5.1.2 Coming Today With ECG App Enabled on Apple Watch Series 4
  Mac Rumors
  Apple has announced that watchOS 5.1.2 will be publicly released today and will enable the long-awaited ECG app on Apple Watch Series 4 models in the United States. The update will also enable irregular heart rhythm notifications on Apple Watch Series ...
  ECG function of Apple Watch Series 4 arrives today in watchOS 5.1.2 updateAppleInsider
  The Apple Watch EKG detected something strange abou
  
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• Soulja Boy Releases His Own Gaming Console, the SouljaGame - Bleeding Cool News

  06-12-2018 15:42 via bleedingcool.com
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  Soulja Boy Releases His Own Gaming Console, the SouljaGame
  Bleeding Cool News
  Would you like to buy a video game console that was funded and put out on the market by Soulja Boy called the SouljaGame? Of course, you do! Well, let's be honest, we don't know you that well. But how often do you hear of a rapper putting their money ...
  Soulja Boy Selling His Own Game ConsoleGame Rant
  Soulja Boy Is Selling Some Kind of Game Consoles, But People Are SuspiciousIGN
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• Christmas dinner is on its way to the International Space Station - BGR

  06-12-2018 15:41 via bgr.com
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  Christmas dinner is on its way to the International Space Station
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  Astronauts who are lucky enough to score a gig aboard the International Space Station make a lot of sacrifices in the name of science. They're away from their families and friends for months on end, don't have access to many of the basic creature ...
  Watch This SpaceX Rocket Splash Down During Failed Landing Attempt (Videos)Space.com
  Falcon 9 misses landing after latest SpaceX mission to the ISSEngadget
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• Apple suppliers are sinking after an iPhone lens maker reported a big drop in sales - Business Insider

  06-12-2018 15:18 via uk.businessinsider.com
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  Apple suppliers are sinking after an iPhone lens maker reported a big drop in sales
  Business Insider
  Apple suppliers were under pressure early Thursday after the Taiwanese lens maker Largan Precision reported a 25% drop in November revenue versus a year ago. Largan Precision makes lenses for iPhones and other smartphones. Apple shares fell more ...
  How to clear your iPhone XS or iPhone XR's RAMPhone Arena
  Apple's first iPhone XR case lets you show off its colorDigital Tren
  
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• Amazon Music customers can now talk to Alexa more naturally - TechCrunch

  06-12-2018 15:01 via techcrunch.com
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  Amazon Music customers can now talk to Alexa more naturally
  TechCrunch
  Amazon Music, reportedly the third-largest subscription-based music service worldwide, is doubling down on voice. The company is today announcing the launch of new set of features that will allow Amazon Music customers to chat with Alexa in a more ...
  Alexa can now find the right Amazon Music playlist by having a conversation with youThe Verge
  Amazon Music is making Alexa chattier (but just as dorky)CNET
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• 6 ways Snapdragon 855 could make the Galaxy S10 soar in 2019 - CNET

  06-12-2018 15:01 via cnet.com
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  6 ways Snapdragon 855 could make the Galaxy S10 soar in 2019
  CNET
  If Samsung's expected Galaxy S10 has superfast 5G connectivity and an in-screen fingerprint reader, you can thank Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 855 processor. The world's largest supplier of chipsets for mobile phones has unveiled its latest processor, ...
  OnePlus mulls the price of innovationTechCrunch
  OnePlus Walks Back Comments About Having First Snapdragon 855 PhoneTom's Guide
  5 ways the Snapdragon 855 will change Andro
  
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• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: The Kotaku Review - Kotaku

  06-12-2018 14:03 via kotaku.com
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  Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: The Kotaku Review
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  Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the very best of the Smash Bros. series. If you've got 20 years of accumulated Smash memories, from the button-mashing neighbor kid suggesting you play Kirby in grade school to drunkenly playing a round of all Bowser, Poké ...
  Super Smash Bros. Ultimate ReviewIGN
  Super Smash Bros. UltimateGameSpot
  Smash Bros. Ultimate review: The best fighting game on any Nintendo systemArs Technica
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• WATCH: Uber tries again to put self-driving cars on the road

  06-12-2018 13:43
  The ride sharing company has resumed testing of self-driving vehicles despite a fatal accident earlier this year.
  
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• Bethesda's 'Fallout 76' woes continue with sensitive player data leak - Engadget

  06-12-2018 13:21 via engadget.com
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  Bethesda's 'Fallout 76' woes continue with sensitive player data leak
  Engadget
  Bethesda recently said that Fallout 76 install bugs "won't be the last bump in the road," and those words have proved all too prophetic. Thanks to a support snafu, customers unwittingly exposed their private data, including credit card info, home ...
  Fallout 76 Support Website Has Major Security ProblemGame Rant
  Bethesda bug exposed customer support tickets, which included personal infoTechSpot
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• Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou arrested in Canada

  06-12-2018 13:00 via rss.cnn.com
  Meng Wanzhou, a top executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei, has been arrested in Canada. She faces extradition to the United States.
  
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• Here Are All The New Season 7 Battle Pass Skins In 'Fortnite: Battle Royale' - Forbes

  06-12-2018 12:57 via forbes.com
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  Here Are All The New Season 7 Battle Pass Skins In 'Fortnite: Battle Royale'
  Forbes
  Fortnite: Battle Royale Season 7 is almost upon us, and with it major changes to the game's huge map including a brand new ice biome. We already have the crazy new patch notes which you can read here, and you can watch the festive new cinematic trailer ...
  Fortnite season 7 brings ziplines, a plane and new map updatesPolygon
  Fortnite season 7 arrives with Santa, planes, and lots of snowThe Verge
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• Fin24.com | Google employees write to CEO demanding equal treatment for contractors

  06-12-2018 04:56
  
  A group of Google employees has written to CEO Sundar Pichai demanding better conditions for the thousands of contractors that make up more than half of the internet giant’s work force.
  
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• COSINE-100 Experiment Challenges Previous Claims About Dark Matter

  06-12-2018 04:55 via scitechdaily.com
  Yale scientists are part of a new international experiment that challenges previous claims about the detection of non-luminous dark matter. Astrophysical evidence suggests that the...
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• Scientists Find Nebular Gases Preserved in Deep-Mantle Neon

  06-12-2018 04:41 via scitechdaily.com
  The Earth formed relatively quickly from the cloud of dust and gas around the sun, trapping water and gases in the planet’s mantle, according to...
  The post Scientists Find Nebular Gases Preserved in Deep-Mantle Neon appeared first on SciTechDaily.
  
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• China V. America: Global Battle for 5G Dominance

  06-12-2018 03:54 via technocracy.news
  The United States and China are in a race to develop fifth-generation (5G) cellular wireless technology, which could determine who controls mobile telecommunications in the future, and experts and lawmakers warn the U.S. could lose unless the Trump administration does something fast.
  5G technology is expected to dramatically change how fast things move over the internet. About 100 times faster than 4G, it will allow movies to download in a second or two instead of minutes, homes will run on smar
  
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• France Protestors Are Part Of Global Backlash Against Globalization

  06-12-2018 03:45 via technocracy.news
  French protestors are ripping France’s oppressive carbon-based tax, and intend to topple the French president altogether. This is evidence of a world-wide movement that is totally fed up with global warming fraud and political chicanery. ⁃ TN EditorThe single most effective weapon in the fight against climate change is the tax code – imposing costs on those who emit greenhouse gases, economists say. But as French President Emmanuel Macron learned over the past three weeks, impl
  
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• China’s Blacklists Millions From Travel Who Have Low Social Credit Scores

  06-12-2018 03:34 via technocracy.news
  China aims to bankrupt ‘untrustworthy’ citizens, driving them to extinction. This is the harbinger of total Scientific Dictatorship where the ‘system’ does all the thinking and simply bans under-performers. No appeal or dissent is allowed. ⁃ TN Editor 
  Millions of Chinese nationals have been blocked from booking flights or trains as Beijing seeks to implement its controversial “social credit” system, which allows the government to closely
  
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• Google is shutting down Allo - The Verge

  06-12-2018 03:02 via theverge.com
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  Google is shutting down Allo
  The Verge
  Google has officially announced that it's shutting down Allo, ending the run of yet another failed Google chat app experiment. The news isn't entirely unsurprising, given that Google had already paused investment in Allo back in April. Back then, the ...
  Google Allo to shut down in March of 2019CNET
  Google is killing off Allo, its latest messaging app flopTechCrunch
  Google will shut down Allo in March 2019, transition Hangouts users to Chat and M
  
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• Huawei's CFO arrested in Canada

  06-12-2018 01:32 via rss.cnn.com
  The chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei has been arrested in Canada. She faces extradition to the United States.
  
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• China tech exec faces U.S. extradition after arrest in Canada

  06-12-2018 01:00 via nbcnews.com
  The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this year that U.S. authorities are investigating whether Chinese tech giant Huawei violated sanctions on Iran.
  
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• Europeans' First Contact With Iroquois Happened up to 100 Years Later Than Expected

  06-12-2018 00:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new study shows the historical dates of key archaeological sites associated with Europeans’ first contact with indigenous communities are off by nearly 100 years. The discovery “dramatically rewrites” the history of northeastern North America, researchers report today in the journal Science Advances.“It will really change how we understand the history ... of this entire period, just before and during early contact with European civilization,” Sturt Manning, a pale
  
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