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Xiaomi’s upcoming entry-level Redmi smartphone — Redmi 7A — has an official lunch date. Xiaomi India head Manu Kumar Jain has confirmed that the successor to the Redmi 6A smartphone will be launched on July 4. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/2JdMIg1

We've all done it, offered an excuse for our poor behaviour or rude reactions to others in the heat of the moment, after a long commute or a tough day with the kids. Excuses are commonplace, an attempt to explain and justify behaviours we aren't proud of, to escape the consequences of our acts and make our undesirable behaviour more socially acceptable. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2JlVSaa

Firms who breach non-accounting securities laws are more likely to subsequently violate accounting rules. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2XjBqR3

An article published today in the Open Access journal GigaScience might make you squirm if you plan to hit the beach this summer. The article presents the draft genomes of three different jellyfish species. The international group of researchers, lead by Joseph Ryan, chose to examine jellyfish that present a range of physical traits and level of toxicity (from minor annoyance to deadly)—jellyfish kill more people per year than the combined forces of sharks, stingrays, and sea snakes. Their research identified a range of venom related genes, providing the basis for exploring toxin gene evolution in these fascinating animals. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2NpWJfn

The US will soften trading restrictions following talks at the G20 summit, Twitter will place warnings over rule-breaking posts by politicians from WIRED UK https://ift.tt/2FJAif3

In a strongly-worded statement, the Santa Clara-based semiconductor firm said that it did "everything correctly and transparently" and did not violate the US law, the Gizmodo reported on Saturday. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/2FL9dYC

Apple's latest iteration of its operating system has a better version of Siri, power-saving colour schemes, a huge revamp of Photos and privacy boosts. It has much going for it... especially if you live in Ashford from WIRED UK https://ift.tt/2XA5hnV

New safety rules mean electric cars have to play a noise when they're travelling below a certain speed. Your next car could sound like a toothbrush, a spaceship, or even a choir – but not like a cow from WIRED UK https://ift.tt/2ZWddgL

The newly completed Beijing Daxing Airport will eventually be the busiest in the world. To prepare for the influx of passengers, the architects had to fundamentally rethink how an airport terminal is designed from WIRED UK https://ift.tt/2XA3DTe

“We are still in the thrall of Albert Einstein, and his predictive success continues to hold us spell-bound,” says Springer Nature editor-in-chief Philip Campbell from WIRED UK https://ift.tt/301ZEMJ

Japan’s trade ministry said today that it will restrict the export of some tech materials to South Korea, including polyimides used in flexible displays made by companies like Samsung Electronics. The new rules come as the two countries argue over compensation for South Koreans forced to work in Japanese factories during World War II. The list of restricted supplies, expected to go into effect on July 4, includes polyimides used in smartphone and flexible organic LED displays, and etching gas and resist used to make semiconductors. That means Japanese suppliers who wish to sell those materials to South Korean tech companies such as Samsung, LG and SK Hynix will need to submit each contract for approval. Japan’s government may also remove South Korea from its list of countries that have fewer restrictions on trading technology that might have national security implications, reports Nikkei Asian Review. Earlier this year, South Korea’s Supreme Court ruled several Japanese companies ,...

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A welcome dip in temperatures came to parts of Europe on Sunday, bringing relief to areas which have sweltered through a widespread, deadly heatwave for nearly a week. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2X9FaQs

Every morning, at the far perimeter of the wildlife reserve capped by Mount Kenya, a khaki-clad ranger meticulously sweeps the earth of animal footprints, covering their tracks from any poachers. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2IZN0Ir

Japanese fishermen set sail on Monday to hunt whales commercially for the first time in more than three decades after Tokyo's controversial withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) triggered outrage from environmental groups. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2RNfRm7

Beijing is set to open an eye-catching multi-billion dollar airport resembling a massive shining starfish, to accommodate soaring air traffic in China and celebrate the Communist government's 70th anniversary in power. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2xvR64J

Spanish authorities ordered the evacuation Sunday of around 40 homes as a raging wildfire advanced in the centre of the country and temperatures soared. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2FHu4w4

UN chief Antonio Guterres said climate-related devastation was striking the planet on a weekly basis and warned Sunday that urgent action must be taken to avoid a catastrophe. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2ZZWxVK

A government report this month highlighted the frequency of computer outages at airlines, which can stop passengers from checking in for flights, and even prevent planes from taking off. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2RNdK1F

Baby lobsters are continuing to appear in high numbers off some parts of Canada while tailing off in New England, raising questions about what the valuable shellfish's population will look like in several years. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2FHu2Es

"It's a warning," Catherine Bernard said gravely as she surveyed rows of withered vines at her wine estate in southern France, where a blazing Sun scorched part of the harvest. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2XzGTmp

“How Will The Movies Survive The Next Ten Years?” demands the New York Times , in a series of interviews with 24 major Hollywood figures. Good question! I’ve been asking it myself , here , for six years now . Very unlike music, television , books , and home video, the theatrical movie experience has proved remarkably resistant to online disruption… …so far. I’ve argued before that Hollywood and Silicon Valley have many parallels: VCs are like studios, angel investors are like individual producers, founders are like directors, etcetera. However, they also have some striking differences. For most of the last 25 years, the cost to launch a groundbreaking, potentially world-shaking startup has decreased — though that may well be changing — whereas the total cost to make , market , and distribute a theatrical release has decidedly not . Furthermore, movie theaters, built around repeat screening of 90-to-180-minute self-contained films, face new direct-to-streaming-services competitio...

French startup Cozycozy.com wants to make it easier to search for accommodation across a wide range of services. This isn’t the first aggregator in the space and probably not the last one. But this time, it isn’t just about hotels. When you plan a trip with multiple stops, chances are you end up with a dozen tabs of different services — on Airbnb to look at listings, on a hotel review platform and on a hotel booking platform. Each service displays different prices and has a different inventory. While there are a ton of services out there, most of them belong to just three companies: Booking Holdings (Booking.com, Priceline, Kayak, Agoda…), Expedia Group (Expedia, Hotels.com, HomeAway, Trivago…) and TripAdvisor (TripAdvisor, HouseTrip, Oyster…). They all operate many different services in order to address as many markets and as many segments as possible. Cozycozy.com wants to simplify that process by aggregating a ton of services in a single interface — you can find hotels, Airbn...

Hello, weekend readers. This is Week-in-Review where I give a heavy amount of analysis and/or rambling thoughts on one story while scouring the rest of the hundreds of stories that emerged on TechCrunch this week to surface my favorites for your reading pleasure. Last week , I talked about how YouTube was letting its commenting system turn from a festering wasted opportunity into a liability. The big story Plenty happened this week, though most of the news signified something larger looming on the horizon, more on that in a bit. One undoubtedly meaty news item was that Jony Ive, Apple’s most iconic executive persona, announced that he was leaving the company this year. Ive has undoubtedly been a powerhouse of industrial design who has helped craft some of the most iconic products from one of the most influential tech companies. The issue is perhaps what Apple’s vision of industrial design transformed into in his final years at the helm. Jony Ive is leaving Apple to launch a ne...

That was just a billion dollars short of what it cost Apple's market value when its founder Steve Jobs had announced his resignation as CEO in 2011 due to health reasons, with the company losing $10 billion of its market value. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/320QRMP

ProtonVPN's unlimited free tier is a must-have and paying subscribers get plenty of security features, but the best subscriptions are expensive and out-performed by cheaper rivals from WIRED UK https://ift.tt/2IXHmq8

Making games more difficult brings me back to the feeling they gave me as a child – a reprieve from the chaos a learning difficulty wrought on my school and social life from WIRED UK https://ift.tt/2XcoyqY

“We have a responsibility to champion transparent, evidence-led discussions on the risks, opportunities, implementation and regulation of new technologies,” says Harpal Kumar from WIRED UK https://ift.tt/2IZ9Xf1

If one is careful, Facebook has robust tools and settings that can ensure your account is safe from prying eyes as well as invaders and stalkers. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/2FImYYb

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Google Docs also come with built-in support for Google Voice typing feature that allows users to type without using their keyboard. The feature is available in several languages such as English, Afreekans, Nepali, Marathi, Hindi etc. Now, if you are curious about using this feature in your day-to-day life, here’s how to activate and use it. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/2KKzACd

For this feature to work on Facebook, you should have at least one of the following installed on your phone: Facebook or Facebook Lite app on Android or Facebook (iOS). In case of multiple updates, you can choose which updates you want to share. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/2RNxLoL

There have been a few occurrences when customers have paid for new iPhones but have received old ones. If such a thing has happened with you then fret not as there is a clear way – with one catch – to find out if the iPhone you’ve bought is a new one or not. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/32aXYCC

Private rocket launch startup Rocket Lab has succeeded in launching its ‘Make It Rain’ mission, which took off yesterday from the company’s private Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. On board Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket (its seventh to launch so far) were multiple satellites flow for various clients in a rideshare arrangement brokered by Rocket Lab client Spaceflight. Payloads for the launch included a satellite for Spaceflight subsidiary BlackSky, which will join its existing orbital imaging constellation. There was also a CubeSat operated by the Melbourne Space Program, and two Prometheus satellites launched for the U.S. Special Operations Command. Rocket Lab had to delay launch a couple of times earlier in the week owing to suboptimal launch conditions, but yesterday’s mission went off without a hitch at 12:30 AM EDT/4:30 PM NZST. After successfully lifting off and achieving orbit, Rocket Lab’s Electron also delayed all of its payloads to their target orbits as planned. Later th...

The fate of the company had become central in the ongoing US-China trade battle. Trump, attending an international summit in Japan, announced that negotiations between the two nations would resume. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/2YusEfy

Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy startups & venture capital news. Before I jump into today’s topic, let’s catch up a bit. Last week, I wrote about scooter companies struggling to raise cash . Before that, I noted my key takeaways from Recode + Vox’s Code Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Remember, you can send me tips, suggestions and feedback to kate.clark@techcrunch.com or on Twitter @KateClarkTweets. If you don’t subscribe to Startups Weekly yet, you can do that here . I’m sure you’re familiar with the co-working behemoth WeWork at this point but if not, here’s a quick primer: The real estate business posing as a “tech startup” offers office spaces to individuals and companies across thousands of co-working spots scattered across the globe. Led by an eclectic chief executive by the name of Adam Neumann, WeWork made headlines this week after announcing its acquisition of building access app Waltz . The deal...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) may not go ahead with any reduction in 5G spectrum prices although the Digital Communication Commission had decided to ask the regulator to review the prices. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/2XLhSEZ

By making pre-installation of Google’s proprietary apps conditional, Google “reduced the ability and incentive of device manufacturers to develop and sell devices operated on alternate versions of Android”, the CCI said in the order from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/2ZX0lqu

U.S. President Donald Trump has handed Huawei a lifeline after he said that U.S. companies are permitted to sell goods to the embattled Chinese tech firm following more than a month of uncertainty. It’s been a pretty dismal past month for Huawei since the American government added it and 70 of its affiliates to an “entity list” which forbids U.S. companies from doing business with it. The ramifications of the move were huge across Huawei’s networking and consumer devices businesses.  A range of chip companies reportedly forced to sever ties while Google, which provides Android for Huawei devices, also froze its relationship . Speaking this month. All told, Huawei founder and chief executive Ren Zhengfei said recently that the ban would cost the Chinese tech firm — the world’s third-larger seller of smartphones — some $30 billion in lost revenue of the next two years. Now, however, the Trump administration has provided a reprieve, at least based on the President’s comments fol...

Spain was hit by more wildfires as temperatures remained sky-high in the Europe-wide heatwave, authorities said Saturday, just as firefighters finally managed to contain another blaze they had been tackling for nearly 72 hours. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2Xgvs3n

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that US companies could sell equipment to Chinese telecom giant Huawei, indicating a potentially softer position on a key sticking point in the US-China trade war. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2ZXwoqy

Europe was bracing itself for a sweltering Saturday as a deadly heatwave across the continent has sparked record-breaking temperatures, large blazes and pollution peaks. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2XbblDM

Facebook Inc will face unprecedented regulatory scrutiny over a new digital currency that the social media company hopes will become globally recognized legal tender within a year. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/2KLOKqU

Crews are working around the clock at a NASA rocket factory, intent on meeting a new fall 2020 deadline to test launch a mega-rocket designed to propel astronauts to the moon and beyond, a space agency official said Friday. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2FG3RxY

Lying on a workshop counter that is closed to the public at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's annex near Washington Dulles airport, Neil Armstrong's gloves look almost as good as new. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2YlqeQy

Despite the ongoing US-China trade tensions and American President Donald Trump telling Apple to shift production back home, the Cupertino-based iPhone maker is reportedly moving production of its newly-launched Mac Pro desktop computer to China. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/2xfWXef

The creators of the deepfake app DeepNude that uses Artificial Intelligence-powered technology to create fake nude pictures of women closed down the app fearing "misuse" hours after it went viral. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/2JdAiVu

"When you look at the role that engineers and scientists play in shaping the world around us, both digitally and physically, I think it really matters that we have a workforce that reflects the society it serves," says Hayaatun Sillem from WIRED UK https://ift.tt/2ZUfCs7

You may not have heard much of Jeff Williams, but he's Apple's super fixer, the man behind the success of the Apple Watch and, some say, the next CEO. But is he the best candidate to write Cupertino's next design chapter? from WIRED UK https://ift.tt/2XKBSri

Glastonbury's Block9 field has a new stage for 2019, IICON, which aims to turn the tables on what people think of as an Instagrammable festival experience from WIRED UK https://ift.tt/2ZSnRFh

Fed up of AAA games packed with loot boxes and grindy gameplay? It's time you tried some of these outstanding indie games from WIRED UK https://ift.tt/2XKBRDK

A radical update to Apple's tablet operating system sees the iPad looking and feeling unmistakably different, and you can even now use a Bluetooth mouse with it from WIRED UK https://ift.tt/2ZQMqSM

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Independent restaurant owners may be doomed, and perhaps grocery stores, too. Such is the conclusion of a growing chorus of observers who’ve been closely watching a new and powerful trend gain strength: that of cloud kitchens, or fully equipped shared spaces for restaurant owners, most of them quick-serve operations. While viewed peripherally as an interesting and, for some companies, lucrative development, the movement may well transform our lives in ways that enrich a small set of companies while zapping jobs and otherwise taking a toll on our neighborhoods. Renowned VC Michael Moritz of Sequoia Capital seemed to warn about this very thing in a Financial Times column that appeared last month, titled “The cloud kitchen brews a storm for local restaurants.” Moritz begins by pointing to the runaway success of Deliveroo , the London-based delivery service that relies on low-paid, self-employed delivery riders who delivery local restaurant food to customers — including from shared ki...

Google’s vice president of finance, has joined Postmates’ board of directors, the latest sign that the on-demand food delivery startup is prepping to take the company public. Postmates announced Friday that Kristin Reinke, vice president of Finance at Google, will join the San Francisco startup as an independent director. Reinke has been with Google since 2005. Prior to Google, Reinke was at Oracle for eight years. Reinke also serves on the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Economic Advisory Council. Her skill set will come in handy as Postmates creeps towards an IPO. Earlier this year, the company lined up a  $100 million pre-IPO financing that valued the business at $1.85 billion. Postmates is backed by Tiger Global, BlackRock, Spark Capital, Uncork Capital, Founders Fund, Slow Ventures and others. Spark Capital’s Nabeel Hyatt tweeted the news earlier Friday. Happy to welcome Kristin to the board of @Postmates . Great times ahead. https://t.co/nEqu3A2YkE — Nab...

SpaceX is only getting started launching Falcon Heavy commercial missions, but it already has its eyes on the next prize – launching Starship. Now, we know that it’s hoping to start commercial service for this next-generation, fully reusable rocket by 2021, according to SpaceX Vice President of Commercial Sales Jonathan Hofeller. Hofeller was speaking at a conference in Indonesia (via SpaceNews ), and noted that the private space launch company is currently talking to three different telecom companies about selecting which will be the first mission aboard the new spacecraft. Starship, formerly knowns as ‘BFR’ or ‘Big Falcon Rocket’) is currently in development at two separate SpaceX facilities, one in Texas and one in Florida, in what amounts to an internal company ‘bake-off’ to see which team can delivery the better solution faster. An engineering show-down of this kind is not uncommon among tech companies, and often produces results from both efforts that complement or enhance what...

In collaboration with industry, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have completed the first real-world test of a potentially improved way to measure smokestack emissions in coal-fired power plants. The researchers are presenting their work this week at the 2019 International Flow Measurement Conference (FLOMEKO) in Lisbon, Portugal. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2ITFzm3

In a 600-ft.-long saltwater wave tank on the coast of New Jersey, a team of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) researchers is conducting the largest-ever simulation of the Deepwater Horizon spill to determine more precisely where hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil dispersed following the drilling rig's explosion in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2KQd5fp

As the journalism industry rapidly evolves, what are professors in the field telling students about their job prospects? from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2RGle6k

Scientists have finally found malaria's Achilles' heel, a neurotoxin that isn't harmful to any living thing except Anopheles mosquitoes that spread malaria. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2KHZ9Ur

A law allowing parents to withdraw their children from religious education should be overturned, headteachers from across England have argued in a new large study. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2FEif9V

Shares of Boeing tumbled Thursday, a day after US regulators identified a new issue in the Boeing 737 MAX that will likely slow the plane's return to service following two deadly crashes. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2KKIijY

German car giant Volkswagen said Thursday it would set a starting price of 27 euros ($31) per share when it floats truck division Traton, at the low end of its previous ambitions. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2LrrQV5

Nature, time, neglect and millions of footsteps have taken their toll on the Great Wall of China leaving much of it crumbling, but repairing it can be painstaking—and controversial—work. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2xdJJi6

Birds tweet and shears snip as one of Berlin's many urban gardeners tends her city centre allotment, but behind the tranquil scene a battle is raging over the real estate. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2LrrOMX

Temperatures in France are expected to reach a record-breaking high on Friday, as Europe continues to endure a sweltering heatwave which sparked an out-of-control wildfire in Spain. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2xgJ3sf

Apple's longtime design chief Jony Ive, who played a key role in the development of the iPhone and other iconic products, is leaving the tech giant to set up his own firm, Apple said Thursday. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2NfiO02

The last time that cartographers mapped Benin, Elvis Presley had just released "Jailhouse Rock," the Soviets had launched Sputnik—and the country was still a colony named French Dahomey. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2ZRvQ5h

For its next mission in our solar system, NASA plans to fly a drone copter to Saturn's largest moon Titan in search of the building blocks of life, the space agency said Thursday. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2REEa5L

Gone is the haze of cigarette, cigar and pipe smoke. Gone are the coffee, soda and pizza stains. With only a few exceptions, NASA's Apollo-era Mission Control has been restored to the way it looked 50 years ago when two men landed on the moon. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2KKMVu8

Apple said Ive will continue work on its products at his new venture, but shares fell as much as 1.5% to $197.44 in after-market trading, wiping about $9 billion from the firm's value. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/2Xk8SqZ

The EU's new copyright rules could kill the internet as we know it. The Polish government is fighting back, but does it really care about the memes, or is it just a ploy to net young voters? from WIRED UK https://ift.tt/2FDv5VP

Levels of small particles on the London Underground are 30 to 40 times higher than at the surface. The health implications are unclear, but TfL has a plan to fix the problem anyway from WIRED UK https://ift.tt/2YeIdYO

"For me, the messiness and flaws are what make us beautiful; they are what define humanity," says the science author and broadcaster Angela Saini from WIRED UK https://ift.tt/2FDI89H

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Google has added a new feature as an extension of the 2FA that lets users use their Android smartphone as a Security key for their Google Account. from Gadgets Now https://ift.tt/2Ni8c0p

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Spotify seems to have learned little from the Facebook developer platform’s scandals despite getting a huge boost from the social network in its early days. Spotify has been caught allowing record labels to grab tons of unnecessary user data and permissions to even control their accounts just so people can “pre-save” upcoming song releases. An investigation by Billboard’s Micah Singleton found major label Sony’s app for pre-saving demanded access to users’ email address, what you’ve listened to and saved to your library, playlists you’ve made or subscribed to, artists you follow, and what you’re playing right now. It also asks to be able to take actions on your behalf including change who you follow, add or remove songs from your library, create/edit/follow playlists, and even control Spotify on your devices. An example of Universal Music Group’s pre-save app that asks for unnecessary user data and access permissions This means that by agreeing to use a pre-save feature, a recor...

When you live in Silicon Valley, it feels like nearly everyone works in tech and that entry into the industry is wide open. Of course, the reality is very different. Even as software eats the world , not everyone has the training or connections to land a high-paying job in either the traditional tech industry or with a company that’s actively embracing its digital future. In fact, it would be challenging to interest an executive recruiter in someone who doesn’t have a tech background and didn’t go to college, yet a company called SV Academy is doing just that. In fact, according to cofounder and CEO Rahim Fazel, the nearly two-and-a-half-year-old, Bay Area company is currently helping 100 people every 30 days — or 1,200 per year — land jobs at companies like SurveyMonkey, Palo Alto Networks, and PayPal. Did we mention that it costs these job candidates nothing, that instead employers pay SV Academy between $12,000 to $15,00 per hire?  All the prospects really need to do is conv...

Chinese tech giant Huawei warned Thursday a U.S. senator's proposal to block the company from pursuing damages in patent courts would be a "catastrophe for global innovation." from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/31OI00C

It's no secret that massive dust storms in the Saharan Desert occasionally shroud the North Atlantic Ocean with iron, but it turns out these natural blankets aren't the only things to sneeze at. Iron released by human activities contributes as much as 80 percent of the iron falling on the ocean surface, even in the dusty North Atlantic Ocean, and is likely underestimated worldwide, according to a new study in Nature Communications. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2LjhxT0

Bats are creatures of the night and are accustomed to complete darkness. They harness their hypersensitive hearing to feed, to fend off prey and to mate. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2J9XF2c

It is widely accepted that probiotic bacteria are beneficial to human health, but what if they could also be used to reduce wildlife disease and conserve biodiversity? from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2Xcww8q

Malaria parasites develop faster in mosquitoes at lower temperatures than previously thought, according to researchers at Penn State and the University of Exeter. The findings suggest that even slight climate warming could increase malaria risk to hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people—including travelers—in areas that are currently too cold for malaria parasites to complete their development. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2XEMI1E

Researchers at Oregon State University have developed an improved technique for using magnetic nanoclusters to kill hard-to-reach tumors. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2Ypp7z6

High-end one-box hi-fis offer staggering performance combined with plug-and-play simplicity. But to get the best sound you still need to invest – so do it wisely from WIRED UK https://ift.tt/2Xy1doe

Medical advancements can come at a physical cost. Often following diagnosis and treatment for cancer and other diseases, patients' organs and cells can remain healed but damaged from the medical condition. from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories https://ift.tt/2KFvBa0

Talis Capital – an early investor in Darktrace, Pirate Studios, Luminance and iwoca – announces today that it’s raised $100m for 2019, a record for the firm to date as it passes it’s 10th year of operation. In those ten years it’s done $600m in transactions as it seeks to invest in the fast-growing tech companies that are disrupting established sectors, including food and farming, consumer and healthcare. It’s also seen its total assets under management increase by 220% in five years. In the past 12 months, Talis has invested in Pricefx, Beyond, Edge Intelligence, Insurdata, The Learning People, Import.io, Omni:us, Oh My Green, The Plum Guide, Ynsect, Medbelle, Artemis, Zyper and others. Prior to that it has also invested in Pirate Studios, Luminance, and Clausematch. Vasile Foca, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Talis Capital, said: “The investors we work closely with want to back the next generation of innovators and disruptors… Talis Capital has its roots in a family office, b...