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Ripple, the company behind cryptocurrency XRP, signs international payment deal with foreign exchange giant UAE Exchange version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? The logo of blockchain company Ripple is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October… February 11, 2018 at 08:40AM http://ift.tt/2EjhznJ

Exclusive: World leaders just decided that the next step in AI is augmenting humans Think that human augmentation is still decades away? Think again. This week, government leaders met with experts and innovators ahead of the World Government… February 11, 2018 at 08:39AM http://ift.tt/2EkwWjS

How to (Try to) Not Take Things Personally - Scientific American Credit: Marcus Butt Getty Images We all have our soft spots—the tender underbellies of our psyche. But to the hypersensitive among us, a gentle poke can feel… February 11, 2018 at 08:36AM http://ift.tt/2skXWKh

The Arctic Permafrost Holds a Crazy Amount of Mercury--and That's Bad News - Scientific American A tundra landscape with polygon-shaped formations containing ponds along the Arctic coast in Alaska. Thawing and freezing of Arctic tundra causes these… February 9, 2018 at 06:47PM http://ift.tt/2nVMI9T

Intel’s Winter Olympics light show featured a record-breaking 1,218 drones Photo: Intel The Olympics opening ceremony is always a big show, and this year was no exception, with Intel joining in on the fun with a record-setting… February 9, 2018 at 06:45PM http://ift.tt/2EdBfgB

Twitter may have forgotten to purge Kremlin Vine accounts Bloomberg via Getty Images Twitter may be getting better at removing Russian propaganda bots from its service, but that doesn't mean it's still not a little bit… February 9, 2018 at 06:43PM http://ift.tt/2H0FFoW

Amazon’s answer to UPS is getting its first proper launch in LA Amazon will finally launch its shipping service for businesses in LA in the “coming weeks,” according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal . The… February 9, 2018 at 06:43PM http://ift.tt/2EfWWNl

Twitter says 49 Russian accounts tried to sway Brexit voters NurPhoto via Getty Images UK officials have been pressing Facebook and Twitter to investigate whether Russian-based accounts attempted to influence the 2016… February 9, 2018 at 09:06AM http://ift.tt/2nMKzhf

The city of Berkeley wants in on the cryptocurrency mania Berkeley Protests Photo by Alex Parkin / The Verge The city of Berkeley, California is considering launching an initial coin offering (ICO) in a stated effort… February 8, 2018 at 06:43PM http://ift.tt/2EPncey

Police in China are scanning travelers with facial recognition glasses AFP/Getty Images Police in China are now sporting glasses equipped with facial recognition devices and they're using them to scan train riders and plane… February 8, 2018 at 09:37AM http://ift.tt/2FSrpgw

Singapore’s Central Bank Won’t Ban Cryptocurrency Trading Anytime Soon ETHER Live ETHERLive delivers real-time price and volume data across 16+ exchanges to users in a clear and easy-to-understand package. Users can get… February 8, 2018 at 09:34AM http://ift.tt/2EbW88c

Apple Watch detects diabetes with 85% accuracy | Cult of Mac Figuring out if you have diabetes could soon be as easy as strapping on an Apple Watch. A new study from Cardiogram shows that by using heart rate monitors on… February 7, 2018 at 01:50PM http://ift.tt/2BJxeix

Halong Mining and MyRig Announce Partnership Halong Mining and MyRig are working together to bring the new DragonMint miner from Halong to market. First announced in November 2017 , the new Halong Mining… February 7, 2018 at 10:25AM http://ift.tt/2mPO5XI

Amazon beat out Samsung in holiday tablet sales last year by slashing prices, says report - The Verge Tablet sales for Q4 of last year are out, and they tell an interesting story about Amazon superseding Samsung during the quarter with tremendous growth due to… February 7, 2018 at 08:35AM http://ift.tt/2nNr47J

The Game of Thrones showrunners are writing a new Star Wars film series - The Verge Lucasfilm had already announced that The Last Jedi writer-director Rian Johnson will be creating his own new Star Wars trilogy . Now, the company has turned to… February 7, 2018 at 08:28AM http://ift.tt/2FSXPHW

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Google will let you book hotels and flights through search results - The Verge Google Google announced Tuesday it has changed the way people can search for hotels and flights using smartphones in a bid to make trip planning simpler on… February 6, 2018 at 02:27PM http://ift.tt/2nJ8wWV

EHang shows footage of its passenger drone in flight EHang EHang has been talking about its 184 passenger drone for ages, but there's been a curious absence of footage showing manned flights. Thankfully, it's… February 6, 2018 at 02:25PM http://ift.tt/2ELqD5U

Geneticists Unravel Secrets of Super-Invasive Crayfish - Scientific American Credit: Wikimedia Molecular biologists have sequenced the genome of an invasive species of crayfish that can reproduce without mating and is spreading rapidly… February 6, 2018 at 01:01PM http://ift.tt/2BIVfWU

NYPD starts replacing cops' Windows Phones with iPhones shutterstock Microsoft will soon lose 36,000 of its remaining Windows Phone customers, as the NYPD starts distributing iPhones to its officers. The department,… February 6, 2018 at 08:32AM http://ift.tt/2sizmtR