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• Apple tweaked the iPhone email app — and people are trashing it

  24-10-2019 23:36 via nbcnews.com
  Apple’s devoted fan base came to expect design perfectionafter a string of breakthrough products over the years.
  
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• Woodie Flowers, Who Made Science a Competitive Sport, Dies at 75

  24-10-2019 23:24 via nytimes.com
  His hands-on methods of teaching mechanical engineering at M.I.T. made him a star on campus (and on PBS) and led to student contests on a global scale.
  
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• How a Heat Wave and Mysterious Disease Crashed California's Kelp Forest

  24-10-2019 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  California bull kelp. (Credit: Peggy Foreman, NOAA Fisheries)Every year, a forest of bull kelp springs up from the ocean floor along 200 miles of California coast, fostering a regenerated, thriving ecosystem each time it appears.
  But starting in 2013, this kelp forest suffered hits from several disasters. First, a mysterious and lethal disease cropped up among starfish in the area. Then, a massive heat wave stunted kelp growth. In just four years, over 90 percent of this stretch of kelp
  
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• Ad-tech problems, weak revenue eclipse Twitter user growth

  24-10-2019 22:55
  Weak revenue, profit, overshadow strong user growth at Twitter
  
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• Caffeine wants to livestream games and be bigger than Twitch

  24-10-2019 21:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Caffeine announced an exclusive deal with Offset, who's Cardi B's husband and one third of hip hop group Migos. Caffeine aims to compete with Twitch and Mixer for control of the video game streaming market but also to appeal to the mainstream.
  
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• Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says he does not expect fully autonomous cars 'in my lifetime'

  24-10-2019 20:51 via nbcnews.com
  Technology will need to be able to accommodate “the dumbest human behind the wheel to take control when an unusual situation comes up,” Wozniak said.
  
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• Fossil trove shows life's fast recovery after big extinction

  24-10-2019 20:03
  Fossils from Colorado shows details of how life rebounded after the meteorite crash that killed off the dinosaurs
  
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• Researchers: Cyberespionage campaign targets UN agencies

  24-10-2019 19:40
  A cybersecurity firm says it has discovered an online espionage campaign active for the past 10 months that has targeted U.N. relief agencies
  
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• Smart watch calls 911 after 2 hikers fall off cliff

  24-10-2019 19:34
  A man says he and his hiking companion were rescued after they fell off a cliff because the impact spurred his smart watch to call 911
  
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• Goals Become Clear As Trilateral Commission Linked Think-Tank Bashes Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro

  24-10-2019 18:57 via technocracy.news
  The Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) released a new policy brief, The Amazon Is a Carbon Bomb: How Can Brazil and the World Work Together to Avoid Setting It Off? The paper demonizes newly-elected President Jair Bolsonaro for being the cause of the destruction of the Amazon, which it considers a part of the “Global Commons”. The first paragraph sets the tone: 
  Global warming is widely and correctly blamed for wildfires around the world. But the Amazon f
  
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• Fin24.com | Blue Label co-founders quit Cell C board

  24-10-2019 18:16
  
  Troubled cellphone operator Cell C has announced changes to its board, with the appointment of new chair Joe Mthimunye.
  
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• Senators call for assessment of TikTok's security risks

  24-10-2019 17:47 via nbcnews.com
  "With over 110 million downloads in the U.S. alone, TikTok is a potential counterintelligence threat we cannot ignore," the senators wrote.
  
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• Zuckerberg said Facebook helped Black Lives Matter. Activists disagree and are bracing for 2020

  24-10-2019 17:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Mark Zuckerberg last week invoked Black Lives Matter in explaining why he believes it's so important to allow free expression on Facebook. But real black activists remember how Facebook allowed its platforms to be used to take advantage of BLM and African Americans
  
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• US just moved ahead of China in quantum computing. But the race isn't over yet

  24-10-2019 17:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Sometimes being first isn't all it's cracked up to be.
  
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• Twitter is in trouble. Its stock just plummeted 20%

  24-10-2019 17:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Twitter's once-hot stock is cratering in premarket trading after the company added plenty of new users but struggled to sell advertising to market to them.
  
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• Tesla has just started making cars in China. Europe could be next

  24-10-2019 17:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk has shared new details about the Tesla China factory and the company's planned Gigafactory in Europe.
  
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• Nokia shares crash 20% as it struggles to compete in the race to 5G

  24-10-2019 17:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Nokia is struggling to keep pace with its rivals in the race to 5G.
  
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• Always Building, From the Garage to Her Company

  24-10-2019 17:31 via nytimes.com
  Jeri Ellsworth started as a self-taught computer hacker and chip designer. In an industry dominated by men, she’s the head of a company focusing on augmented reality.
  
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• BCI: The Final Frontier Of Mind Reading Tech Is Very Close

  24-10-2019 17:12 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats are pushing hard to penetrate your mind to read your thoughts. Brain-Computer Interfaces coupled with AI will have huge corporate demand and you will lose all privacy. ⁃ TN EditorSocial media companies can already use online data to make reliable guesses about pregnancy or suicidal ideation – and new BCI technology will push this even further.
  It’s raining on your walk to the station after work, but you don’t have an umbrella. Out of the corner of your eye, yo
  
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• Senators urge FTC to investigate Amazon's role in Capital One hack

  24-10-2019 17:03 via nbcnews.com
  In July, Capital One revealed that a hacker had gained access to more than 100 million Capital One customers’ accounts and credit card applications.
  
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• Grand Rapids Nullifies FCC And State Compliance On 5G

  24-10-2019 16:32 via technocracy.news
  It is possible for cities to resist Federal overreach, especially when 5G presents serious citizen safety issues. Grand Rapids, Michigan barely scraped by a vote of 3-3, but it was a victory for city sovereignty. ⁃ TN EditorDespite advice to the contrary, the Grand Rapids City Commission declined to adopt a proposed ordinance that would streamline the installation of “small cell” wireless infrastructure around the city.
  In doing so Tuesday, June 4, the city is not expected to b
  
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• Pledges at int'l ocean meeting in Norway reach $64 billion

  24-10-2019 16:28
  Norway's foreign minister says countries at a two-day conference have pledged at least 583 billion kroner ($64 billion) toward protecting the oceans
  
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• Twitter shares plunge 14% after disappointing third-quarter profit and revenue numbers overshadow sizeable user growth

  24-10-2019 13:11
  Twitter shares plunge 14% after disappointing third-quarter profit and revenue numbers overshadow sizeable user growth
  
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• Streaming services are causing a 'mass of customer confusion' and decision paralysis

  24-10-2019 12:34 via nbcnews.com
  Some viewers spend as much as nine minutes just trying to decide what to watch.
  
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• Fin24.com | Altron increases profit, says UK growth exceeded expectations

  24-10-2019 10:59
  
  But the group was also hit by a high court verdict and the 'precautionary suspensions' of execs.
  
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• Fin24.com | Mystery Tencent sell-off wipes billions off Naspers, Prosus

  24-10-2019 08:08
  
  Naspers and Prosus fell by more than 5% yesterday, losing R145 billion of their combined market value in a single day.
  
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• California condor chick is 5th found in Southwest in 2019

  24-10-2019 06:22
  Wildlife biologists say a record number of wild California condor chicks have been documented this year in the U.S. Southwest with the discovery earlier this month of No. 5, a nestling found in Grand Canyon National Park
  
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• Fin24.com | Google says quantum computer beat 10 000-year task in minutes

  24-10-2019 06:02
  
  Alphabet’s Google says it has built a computer that’s reached “quantum supremacy,” performing a computation in 200 seconds that would take the fastest supercomputers about 10 000 years.
  
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• Tesla's stock soars after company posts surprising 3Q profit

  24-10-2019 04:17
  Tesla delivers pleasant surprise with third-quarter profit, raising investor hopes the company has finally turned corner
  
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• Google employees worry software tweak threatens to silence dissent

  24-10-2019 03:41 via nbcnews.com
  The company says the change is simply an effort to improve its employee calendar system.
  
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• Eager to leave scandal, Nissan shows off smooth-driving tech

  24-10-2019 03:08
  An electric car with smooth four-wheel drive and a virtual friend for the coming age of automated driving are among the technology in development from Nissan
  
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• Tesla shares soar on surprise profit

  24-10-2019 01:15 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Tesla was back in the black during the third quarter of 2019.
  
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• Microsoft Azure growth rate continues to slow

  24-10-2019 01:15 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Microsoft's Azure cloud business is once again growing at a slower rate.
  
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• How to Spot a Wormhole – Physicists Describe a Technique for Detecting Spacetime Bridges

  24-10-2019 00:55 via scitechdaily.com
  In a theoretical study, physicists propose that perturbations in the orbit of stars near supermassive black holes could be used to detect wormholes. A new...
  The post How to Spot a Wormhole – Physicists Describe a Technique for Detecting Spacetime Bridges appeared first on SciTechDaily.
  
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• Apple Watch’s ‘Hard Fall’ feature saves life of hiker stranded on cliff

  24-10-2019 00:55 via nbcnews.com
  A man hiking in New Jersey who slid down a cliff with his friend and landed on a secluded ledge thought the two were stranded — until his Apple Watch sprang into action on its own and called 911.
  
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• Blue Origin is Partnering with Major Aerospace Companies to Land Humans on the Moon

  24-10-2019 00:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  An illustration of Blue Moon, the lunar lander Blue Origin is planning. A larger version of this could be the model for the new Human Landing System. (Credit: Blue Origin)Some of the biggest names in the aerospace industry are teaming up with Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos to create the Human Landing System (HLS), which will bring humans back to the lunar surface by 2024 as part of NASA’s Artemis program.The announcement at the International Astronautical congress named Blue
  
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