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Unravelling arthropod genomic diversity over 500 million years of evolution Bees

Unravelling arthropod genomic diversity over 500 million years of evolution

An international team of scientists report in the journal Genome Biology results from a pilot project, co-led by Robert Waterhouse, Group Leader at the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and University of Lausanne, to kick-start the global sequencing initiative of thousands of arthropods. Comparative analyses across 76 species spanning 500…
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January 23, 2020
Fake news and ‘astroturfing’: What to look out for on social media during Election 2020 Astroturfing

Fake news and ‘astroturfing’: What to look out for on social media during Election 2020

This looks set to be a bad election for traditional Irish electioneering, and a good one for digital campaigns. A brief, rainy campaign, and greater security, is grim news for canvassers. Meanwhile, short, dark days limit the value of street posters. So here are five things to watch out for…
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January 23, 2020
PM Lee: Singapore must maintain openness in the midst of rising protectionism Protectionism

PM Lee: Singapore must maintain openness in the midst of rising protectionism

At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, the Prime Minister advocated for Singapore to support a rules-based, open multilateral trading system in this era of rising protectionism and populism.In the panel discussion on multilateralism, the country should realise the importance of having an open policy with a system…
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January 23, 2020
NETSCOUT delivers DDoS visibility and protection for service providers and large enterprises Machine Learning

NETSCOUT delivers DDoS visibility and protection for service providers and large enterprises

NETSCOUT, a market leader in service assurance, security, and business analytics, announced Arbor Sightline with Sentinel to deliver the next generation of DDoS visibility and protection for service providers and large enterprises. Combining core ARBOR NETWORKS and NETSCOUT Layer 7 technologies with intelligent analytics, machine learning, and automation, Sightline with…
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January 23, 2020
French League Cup: Marquinhos, Neymar set-up convincing victory for Paris Saint-Germain over Reims to seal final berth Neymar

French League Cup: Marquinhos, Neymar set-up convincing victory for Paris Saint-Germain over Reims to seal final berth

Reims had a player sent off with about 20 minutes left but PSG were already 2-0 up in the semi-final by then. Brazil center half Marquinhos rose well near the back post to head in Neymar's floating corner from the right in the ninth minute. For the next goal, Neymar…
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January 23, 2020
Twitter tells facial-recognition app maker to stop scraping photos, Clearview AI used by 600+ US law enforcement agencies Clearview

Twitter tells facial-recognition app maker to stop scraping photos, Clearview AI used by 600+ US law enforcement agencies

Clearview AI app used by 600+ law enforcement agencies, from local police departments to FBI, DHS Twitter told law enforcement app maker Clearview AI that its scraping of Twitter images for facial recognition databases violated Twitter policies. The company behind the app is sort of mysterious, but has in recent…
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January 23, 2020