Wednesday, February 24, 2016

What's up with this new emoticon bulls**t in your Facebook feed. and other top stories.

  • What's up with this new emoticon bulls**t in your Facebook feed.

    There’s wonderful news today for Facebook users who find themselves constantly challenged by the demand to channel the irreducible complexity of human emotion into a single ‘Like’. Mark Zuckerberg’s terrible online baby photo and shitty club night invitation juggernaut has bestowed upon you a redesigned Like button that gives you the ability to select from one of five animated ‘reactions’ representing emotions like “love” “haha” “wow” and “angry”.   This is obviously what Facebook users – pumme..
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  • Joshua DowlingNews Corp Australia Network

    Joshua DowlingNews Corp Australia Network
    Documents show takata concealed airbag testing failures1:30Documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal outlining practices dating from 2000 to 2010, show employees' concerns that Takata concealed testing failures and provided erroneous data in reports to Honda Motor Co. on some of its air-bag inflaters. US Senator Bill Nelson holds a defective airbag made by Takata. Picture: APJoshua DowlingNews Corp Australia NetworkTHE number of Honda cars recalled in Australia to replace potentially deadly..
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  • Hands on review: Chromecast Audio multiroom streaming

    Hands on review: Chromecast Audio multiroom streaming
    Whether you're into Rihanna or The Rolling Stones, Google's Chromecast Audio is a great way to stream your favourite music around the house. Photo: Supplied A cheap and easy way to fling music around your home, Google's Chromecast Audio adaptor gives any speaker a wireless overhaul.At $59 for the tiny Chromecast Audio adaptor you're entitled to set your expectations low, but it's actually surprisingly good and stands up well against more expensive options lik..
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  • New Atlas robot from Google's Boston Dynamics shows off human-like qualities

    New Atlas robot from Google's Boston Dynamics shows off human-like qualities
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Human-like robot a step ahead Robot company Boston Dynamics has developed a new version of its humanoid robot, Atlas, which can walk in snow, pick up objects and stand up after a fall. PT1M11S 620 349 Boston Dynamics — the Google-owned engineering company dedicated to creating robots that move like animals — has shown off a updated version of its human-like Atlas design with a new video.Standing 175 centimetres tall and weighing 82 kilograms, th..
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  • Apple CEO Tim Cook says unlocking San Bernardino iPhone would be 'bad for America'

    Apple CEO Tim Cook says unlocking San Bernardino iPhone would be 'bad for America'
    "Some things are hard, and some things are right, and some things are both - this is one of those things." AP by Dustin Volz Apple chief Tim Cook said that complying with a court order to help the FBI break into an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters would be "bad for America," and set a legal precedent that would offend many Americans."Some things are hard, and some things are right, and some thi..
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  • CSIRO executives to face fresh scrutiny over planned cuts to climate science

    CSIRO executives to face fresh scrutiny over planned cuts to climate science
    CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall is expected to face another grilling over the plans to cut 350 scientists. Photo: Daniel Munoz CSIRO executives are likely to face another grilling over their plans to lop 350 jobs, including many climate scientists, with a Senate committee planning a fresh inquiry next month.Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson will use the scrutiny of budget measures committee that he heads to dig deeper into the strategy behind the cuts –..
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  • Radio flash traced to distant galaxy

    Radio flash traced to distant galaxy
    Radio flash traced to distant galaxy
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  • Cut emissions, save reefs: Experts

    Cut emissions, save reefs: Experts
    Cut emissions, save reefs: Experts
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  • Robots should do space mining, not humans, say Aussie researchers

    Robots should do space mining, not humans, say Aussie researchers
    Since Australia is one of the leading exporter of commodities, the country has mining industry experience to be one of the leaders of space mining.  The strong mining capabilities comes from 60 percent of mining-related innovations happening in the country, Aussie mining experts say. One area of space mining that Australia could play a major and leading role is implementing automation, says Dr Alice Gorman, space archeology expert of Flinders University in Adelaide. Other Aussie researchers say..
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  • Palaeoanthropology: What teeth tell us

    Palaeoanthropology: What teeth tell us
    Models based on developmental mechanisms described in mice and shared by most mammals are shown to accurately predict tooth size in extinct hominins, and can explain the small third molars in our species. See Letter p.477 ...
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