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• Microsoft racks up more cloud customers

  23-10-2019 23:54 via abcnews.go.com
  Microsoft on Wednesday reported fiscal first-quarter profit of $10.68 billion, buoyed by another round of business customers signing up for its cloud computing services
  
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• Solar Cell Performance Boosted by Biological Material That Mimics Photosynthesis

  23-10-2019 23:26 via scitechdaily.com
  Next-generation solar cells that mimic photosynthesis with biological material may give new meaning to the term “green technology.” Adding the protein bacteriorhodopsin (bR) to perovskite...
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• The Giant Geode of Pulpi is 25 feet long. Now Scientists Know How it Formed

  23-10-2019 23:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Credit: Hector Garrido)From one end to another, this giant geode is about as long as a small RV. If you wanted, you could comfortably house several adults within its dazzling interior. And the crystalline slabs that jut from its walls may even be taller than you are.
  However you slice it, the geode of Pulpí is absolutely gigantic. The interior of the egg-shaped cavity — which measures 25 feet long, 7 feet wide and about 5 feet tall — is encrusted with shimmering crystals. The
  
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• Shutdown of nuke plant has a surprising stinging consequence

  23-10-2019 22:59 via abcnews.go.com
  The shutdown of one of the nation's oldest nuclear power plants last year is having a surprising, stinging consequence for a New Jersey bay
  
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• Agency says gov't must pay fishermen to save most endangered marine mammal

  23-10-2019 22:39 via abcnews.go.com
  Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says the government must renew payments to fishermen who were ordered to stop using nets in order to save the last few vaquita marina, which is the world's smallest porpoise and the most endangered marine mammal
  
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• These Rats Have Learned How to Drive Tiny Cars

  23-10-2019 22:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  A rat in its new ride. (Credit: University of Richmond)Researchers report that they've taught rats to drive cars, knocking human technical superiority down another notch.It's not quite as amazing as it sounds, of course. The "cars" are simple wheeled platforms controlled by means of electrically conductive bars. And the rats aren't quite navigating the Nurburgring Nordschleife yet. But the feat hints at the adaptive skills of these common lab animals, and it could lead to new kinds of t
  
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• WeWork's disgraced CEO is getting a massive payout. Now workers await their own fate

  23-10-2019 22:28 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Current and former staffers at WeWork are outraged that former CEO and cofounder Adam Neumann would get a massive payout after he all but ran the company into the ground.
  
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• Wi-Fi Range for Smart-Home Devices Could Be Greatly Extended With Software Update

  23-10-2019 22:16 via scitechdaily.com
  Innovation can be used with existing hardware, requires only a software update. A group of researchers led by a BYU computer engineering professor has created...
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• Little movement on Foxconn 'innovation centers' in Wisconsin

  23-10-2019 22:02 via abcnews.go.com
  Foxconn Technology Group promised to make a splash in Wisconsin beyond a massive manufacturing facility in the southeast part of the state, but there's little evidence that plans to build the so-called "innovation centers" are moving forward
  
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• Google claims breakthrough in blazingly fast computing

  23-10-2019 22:01 via abcnews.go.com
  Google says it has achieved a breakthrough in blazingly fast quantum computing
  
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• Dark Matter Makes 'Super Spiral' Galaxies Spin up to 350 Miles Per Second

  23-10-2019 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Credit: NASA, ESA, P. Ogle and J. DePasquale (STScI))The larger the spiral galaxy, the faster it spins. That's a well-known fact for astronomers. But a few years ago, researchers discovered a new class of jumbo-sized spiral galaxies; astronomers call them "super spirals."
  And, in a surprise find published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, researchers now say that these super spirals are actually rotating even faster than predicted based on the visible sizes of the galaxies. The fas
  
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• Archaeologists in Jerusalem Dug Up a Road Built by Pontius Pilate

  23-10-2019 21:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Dome of the Rock, on Jerusalem's Temple Mount. An ancient road leading to the site was likely built by Pontius Pilate. (Credit: FrancisOD/Shutterstock)An archaeological excavation begun 125 years ago has wrapped up with a fascinating discovery: A Roman-era street connecting two religious destinations in Jerusalem was likely built by Pontius Pilate.
  Researchers were able to date the 720 feet of uncovered road to about A.D. 30, thanks to coins found along the pavement. That lines up w
  
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• A New Kind of Storm Appears on Saturn, Puzzling Astronomers

  23-10-2019 20:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  A large storm on Saturn, commonly referred to as a Great White Spot. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI)As serene as it appears in photographs, the gas giant Saturn is not a peaceful place. Its golden gases whiz around the planet at up to 1,000 mph. At times, massive storms thousands of miles wide break out in its upper atmosphere.In 2018, astronomers spotted a new kind of storm on Saturn. Four large tempests formed one after another, passing by each other and further disturbing the atmosphe
  
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• Cosmic Mystery Deepens After New Measurement of the Rate of Expansion of the Universe

  23-10-2019 20:29 via scitechdaily.com
  New measurement of Hubble constant adds to cosmic mystery. New measurements of the rate of expansion of the universe, led by astronomers at the University...
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• Quantum Supremacy Achieved by NASA and Google

  23-10-2019 19:59 via scitechdaily.com
  Google, in partnership with NASA and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has demonstrated the ability to compute in seconds what would take even the largest and...
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• Zuckerberg defends Facebook's digital currency project, but admits he's 'not the ideal messenger'

  23-10-2019 19:55 via nbcnews.com
  The clearest indication yet that the digital currency project announced this year faces an uphill battle.
  
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• New Way to Build Synthetic Biology Circuits With Engineered Signaling Pathways

  23-10-2019 19:46 via scitechdaily.com
  Biologists build proteins that avoid crosstalk with existing molecules. Inside a living cell, many important messages are communicated via interactions between proteins. For these signals...
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• Mark Zuckerberg grilled by Congress over Libra and political ads policy

  23-10-2019 19:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Mark Zuckerberg conceded on Wednesday that there is a scenario in which Facebook might have to rethink its involvement in its controversial cryptocurrency project, Libra, if the currency does not receive appropriate US regulatory approval.
  
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• Wastewater Analyzed to Map International Drug Use – Here Are the Shocking Results

  23-10-2019 19:11 via scitechdaily.com
  A seven-year project monitoring illicit drug use in 37 countries via wastewater samples shows that cocaine use was skyrocketing in Europe in 2017 and Australia...
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• NASA Innovator Experiments with Force Fields for Moving Matter

  23-10-2019 18:59 via scitechdaily.com
  On a metal workbench covered with tools, instruments, cords, and bottles of solution, Aaron Yevick is using laser light to create a force field with...
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• Lattice QCD Calculations Predict Exotic Nuclei Not on Periodic Table

  23-10-2019 18:54 via scitechdaily.com
  Have you ever wondered how the Sun creates the energy that we get from it every day and how the other elements besides hydrogen have...
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• Harvard Crimson defends contacting ICE for comment

  23-10-2019 18:53 via nbcnews.com
  The Crimson's editors said the paper follows a "commonly accepted set of journalistic standards" similar to professional news organizations.
  
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• The Federal Government Is Promoting Sustainable Smart Cities

  23-10-2019 18:26 via technocracy.news
  The author of this article works at HP, a leading Smart City technology provider. The US government is already heavily promoting Smart City technology and implementation from Opportunity Zones and regional governance to 5G wireless. ⁃ TN EditorWhile many of us might picture flying cars, bullet trains and billboards that recognize us as we pass by, most smart city technology will be far less flashy than depicted in popular culture. That doesn’t mean these urban areas will be any
  
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• European lawmakers vote to strengthen bee protection

  23-10-2019 18:06 via abcnews.go.com
  The European Parliament on Wednesday blocked a diluted proposal by the 28-nation bloc's executive arm on protecting bees from pesticides, arguing it didn't go far enough
  
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• Coastal Sports Teams Concerned Rising Oceans Will Flood Stadiums

  23-10-2019 18:06 via technocracy.news
  The problem is that sea levels are not rising and there is no evidence that they will start to rise in the future. The amount of water on planet earth has been static since creation, suffering only from minor redistribution due to  hydrological cycles.
  Unfortunately, the blatant climate change propaganda in this article will be read and believed by thousands of people.  ⁃ TN EditorOakland Calif. — The infield is made of asphalt right now. So are the dugouts, the outfield an
  
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• SPONSORED: We've Launched Our New 'Space & Beyond' Subscription Box

  23-10-2019 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Since its inception more than four decades ago, Astronomy magazine — the sister magazine of Discover — has offered readers a ticket to travel into the cosmos. Now, we’re taking the next step by launching the Space & Beyond subscription box.Starting today, you can order subscriptions for yourself and your loved ones on our website, www.spaceandbeyondbox.com.Each box has a unique theme and is curated by the editors of our magazine to expand your understanding of the cosmos an
  
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• Lots of good terns: Bird ready to fly off endangered list

  23-10-2019 17:44 via abcnews.go.com
  Conservationists hail a turn for the best as federal government proposes to remove least terns from endangered species list
  
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• Global Business Leaders Join The United Nations To Destroy Capitalism And Free Enterprise

  23-10-2019 17:44 via technocracy.news
  The elite drivers of globalization are bonding with the United Nations to promote Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy, and hasten the destruction of Capitalism and Free Enterprise. 
  Members of the new alliance include Allianz, Bank of America, Citi, Calpers, UBS, Standard Chartered, Infosys and numerous global equity funds.
  The UN is openly pledged to destroy Capitalism and Free Enterprise in order to implement its global economic system called Sustainable Development. ⁃ TN Edito
  
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• Why we’re duped by the ‘authenticity’ of influencers

  23-10-2019 17:38 via nbcnews.com
  The viral saga of Instagram influencer Caroline Calloway and her former friend and alleged ghostwriter Natalie Beach resonated with many people, including author Megan Angelo. Angelo, the author of upcoming novel, “Followers,” sat down with Stephanie Ruhle and THINK to discuss the early days of social media, friendship and the hidden subclass behind Instagram influencers.
  
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• Report: Smartphone malware targeting Pakistani officials

  23-10-2019 17:30 via abcnews.go.com
  A security firm says fake smartphone apps laden with malware are targeting Pakistan's military and government
  
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• Scientists Improve the Texture and Color of Lab Grown Meat

  23-10-2019 17:25 via scitechdaily.com
  Cultured meat could reduce resources required in meat production, with a smaller environmental footprint relative to animal farming. A team of Tufts University-led researchers exploring...
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• Crabs Can Solve a Complex Maze and Remember Their Route Weeks Later [Video]

  23-10-2019 16:56 via scitechdaily.com
  Unique study shows how crabs can work their way through a complex maze in order to find food, and can even remember it two weeks...
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• 150 Top International Scientists Warn of Devastating Impact of Nitrogen Pollution

  23-10-2019 16:32 via scitechdaily.com
  We must wake up to devastating impact of nitrogen, say scientists. Dozens of international experts write open letter to UN Secretary-General. More than 150 top...
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• Google claims its quantum computer can do the impossible in 200 seconds

  23-10-2019 15:56 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Google claims it has designed a machine that needs only 200 seconds to solve a problem that would take the world's fastest supercomputer 10,000 years to figure out.
  
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• Apple's Tim Cook is now top adviser to the business school at 'China's Harvard'

  23-10-2019 15:56 via rss.cnn.com
  
  China and the United States are locked in a struggle for tech supremacy but you wouldn't know it from the list of luminaries on the advisory board of Tsinghua University's business school. Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella and Elon Musk are all there. And now they have a new chairman — Apple CEO Tim Cook.
  
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• Apple Watch automatically calls 911 for hiker stranded on cliff

  23-10-2019 15:52 via nbcnews.com
  The "Hard Fall" feature detects if the user has fallen and is immobile.
  
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• Fin24.com | Gmail hooked us on free storage. Now Google is making us pay

  23-10-2019 15:46
  
  Google lured billions of consumers to its digital services by offering copious free cloud storage. That’s beginning to change.
  
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• Bizarre Species of Stingless Bees Depend on a Complex Fungal Community to Survive

  23-10-2019 13:23 via scitechdaily.com
  A report published in PLOS ONE describes key roles of various microorganisms in the development of the larvae of Scaptotrigona depilis. Researchers warn that this...
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• New Biomaterial Developed That Could Be a Treatment for Spinal Cord Injuries

  23-10-2019 13:16 via scitechdaily.com
  Polymerized estrogen shown to protect nervous system cells. Research could enable improved treatment of spinal cord injuries. Spinal cord damage that causes paralysis and reduced...
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• Mark Zuckerberg wants to convince lawmakers to get on board with Libra. It won't be easy

  23-10-2019 12:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic have raised alarms about whether Facebook's cryptocurrency project, Libra, could upend the global financial system and make the company even more powerful.
  
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• Chinese report counts 206 unicorns. That's more than America

  23-10-2019 12:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  China has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest hub for unicorns, according to a new report from a Shanghai-based research institute.
  
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• Swiss government bans 'shredding' of male chicks

  23-10-2019 11:16 via abcnews.go.com
  Switzerland is banning the practice of "shredding" newly hatched male chicks, citing progress in techniques to determine chicks' gender in the egg
  
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• Trump Officials Battle Over Plan to Keep Technology Out of Chinese Hands

  23-10-2019 11:01 via nytimes.com
  The administration is split over restrictions on exporting sensitive technologies that are vital to protecting national security.
  
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• SoftBank's massive WeWork bailout hands ousted founder $1.7 billion golden parachute

  23-10-2019 09:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  SoftBank is bailing out WeWork in a deal that will see the Japanese tech company take control of the troubled office space startup.
  
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• U.S. Army Robotics: Teaming for Future Soldier Combat [Video]

  23-10-2019 07:44 via scitechdaily.com
  The U.S. Army’s investment for the 10 year, Army-led foundational research program has resulted in advanced science in four critical areas of ground combat robotics...
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• Nanostructure of Wood Revealed – Strength Gains Could Lead to Wooden Skyscrapers

  23-10-2019 06:38 via scitechdaily.com
  There is increasing interest around the world in using timber as a lighter, more sustainable construction alternative to steel and concrete. While wood has been...
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• WeWork co-founder pushed aside in $5B SoftBank takeover

  23-10-2019 06:31 via abcnews.go.com
  WeWork gets bailout from SoftBank, in package that gives the Japanese tech giant control of the company and pushes aside co-founder Adam Neumann
  
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• Warning: Smart Light Bulbs Could Open Up Your Personal Information to Hackers

  23-10-2019 06:20 via scitechdaily.com
  Smart bulbs are expected to be a popular purchase this holiday season. But could lighting your home open up your personal information to hackers? Earlier...
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• Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance Altered by Bacterial Lifestyle

  23-10-2019 06:12 via scitechdaily.com
  How bacteria live — whether as independent cells or in a communal biofilm — determines how they evolve antibiotic resistance, which could lead to more...
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• The Rotation of Venus – Accuracy Critical for Future Lander Missions

  23-10-2019 03:52 via scitechdaily.com
  Venus is covered in a thick layer of clouds, which is one reason why it appears so bright in the sky. Ancient astronomers had a...
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