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Beyond CRISPR: New class of gene-editing enzymes discovered:
One of the most revolutionary discoveries of the century, the CRISPR gene-editing system is built on a bacterial defense mechanism that allows scientists to make precise edits to DNA.
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16 September 2021.
HyperCharge can top-up Xiaomi 11T Pro phone battery in just 17 minutes:
Waiting by the wall outlet for a phone to charge is no fun and Chinese tech firm Xiaomi is easing the pain with the launch of the 11T Pro handset, which boasts 120-W fast-charging for a full top-up of its 5,000-mAh in as little as 17 minutes.
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16 September 2021.
The LAPD Is Asking City Residents To Hand Over Social Media Account Info To Feed To Its Unsupervised Monitoring Software:
Documents obtained via public records requests by the Brennan Center reveal the Los Angeles Police Department has made social media part of its everyday business.
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16 September 2021.
Apple Concedes To Antitrust Concerns, Changes Payment Rules:
The agreement is part of a preliminary settlement of a lawsuit filed on behalf of iPhone app developers in the U.
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27 August 2021.
99-Million-Year-Old Spider Protecting Her Eggs Discovered Fossilized in Amber:
Researchers at China’s Capital Normal University discovered a 99-million-year-old adult spider protecting an egg sac underneath her body with approximately 100 spiderlings encased in the amber.
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16 September 2021.
Concreit closes on $6M to allow more people to invest in the global private real estate market:
Concreit, a company that wants to open real estate investing to a broader group of people, announced today that it has closed $6 million in a seed funding round led by Matrix Partners.
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16 September 2021.
Space, The Boring Frontier:
Suppose you randomly go 1 million miles somewhere away from our Sun.
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28 May 2021.
Apple’s iPhone 13 to hit shelves later this month:
The devices feature upgraded cameras and the company’s latest A15 chip, which it says is up to 50% faster than the competitionApple’s iPhone 13 will hit shelves later this month, with prices starting at $699 (£679 in the UK), the company announced at a press event on Tuesday.
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16 September 2021.
SpaceX rocket to take world’s first all-civilian crew into orbit:
Four-person Inspiration4 mission will orbit Earth for up to four days, marking latest step in space tourismThe world’s first crew of “amateur astronauts” is preparing to blast off on a mission that will carry them into orbit before bringing them back down to Earth at the weekend.
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16 September 2021.
Ransomware attackers targeted app developers with malicious Office docs, says Microsoft:
Hackers linked to ransomware deployments used a recently discovered flaw to target application developers.
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16 September 2021.
Kew Gardens: Royal Botanic Gardens breaks record for largest plant collection:
Established in 1759, the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew has 16,900 unique plant species.
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16 September 2021.
No, Lovecraft Country Didn't Need a Second Season:
The Emmy-nominated HBO series has been lauded for subversive storytelling.
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16 September 2021.
Put Down That PS5 And Pick Up Your Switch For The Pixelated Pleasures Of 'Eastward':
Tiny Shanghai-based studio Pixpil beats giants like Nintendo at their own game with the new Eastward, a vintagey-looking adventure that follows an unlikely pair of friends through a crumbling world.
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16 September 2021.
Data from 29,798 clean-ups around the world uncovers some of the worst litter hotspots:
Coastal litter is a big environmental problem.
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16 September 2021.
How Biology is Getting a Technological Makeover:
The story of Ginkgo Bioworks shows the challenges and progress in the emerging field of synthetic biology.
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16 September 2021.
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Beyond Meat, Cisco, Las Vegas Sands and more:
These are the stocks posting the largest moves before the bell.
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16 September 2021.
Salesforce adds new RPA capabilities to Einstein Automate:
Einstein Automate is a portfolio of tools to help customers automate processes, build workflows and connect data.
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16 September 2021.
SpaceX Launches Astronaut Crew Like No Other on Orbital Adventure:
The Inspiration4 mission successfully lifted off from Florida, carrying with it an ambition of making spaceflight more accessible to the broader public.
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16 September 2021.
Scientists Trained Cows Where To Pee. It Could Help The Environment:
Turns out cows can be potty trained as easily as toddlers.
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15 September 2021.
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Beyond Meat, Cisco, Las Vegas Sands and more:
These are the stocks posting the largest moves before the bell.
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16 September 2021.
Ransomware Encrypts South Africa's Entire Department of Justice Network:
The justice ministry of the South African government is working on restoring its operations after a recent ransomware attack encrypted all its systems, making all electronic services unavailable both internally and to the public.
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16 September 2021.
As US expands internet access, cities wary of being left out:
The Biden administration has promised to expand affordable internet access across the nation, but an interim rule narrows eligibility for broadband funds.
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14 September 2021.
Needle-nose extinct giant penguin from New Zealand is a newfound species:
A newly described extinct giant penguin from New Zealand has unusually long legs and a long, slender beak, and it dates to a time when much of the region was underwater.
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16 September 2021.
This US company sold iPhone hacking tools to UAE spies:
When the United Arab Emirates paid over $1.
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15 September 2021.
Some of the tech in my workday
Best programming language?
The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.
The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.
w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.
While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.
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