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• New Google Glass using Intel chips set to go on sale next year

  01-12-2014 23:04 via
  
  Google is set to reveal a completely new version of its Google Glass eyewear next year, it has been revealed.
  
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• Halo Master Chief Collection: Unhappy fans call for refunds as matchmaking issues persist

  01-12-2014 23:01
  
  SOME fans of Halo: The Master Chief Collection are calling to be refunded over the game's matchmaking issues.
  
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• HIV evolving 'into milder form'

  01-12-2014 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  HIV is evolving to become less deadly and less infectious as it spends more time infecting people, according to a major scientific study.
  
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• Call of Duty Advanced Warfare's new content update teased as exclusive gear is revealed

  01-12-2014 22:37
  
  SLEDGEHAMMER GAMES have teased fans with what will be included in the next Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare update and have also revealed some amazing new gear.
  
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• HIV's ability to cause AIDS is weakening over time, study finds

  01-12-2014 22:27 via
  
  Rapid evolution of HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, is slowing its ability to cause AIDS, according to a study of more than 2,000 women in Africa.
  
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• Nasa gives go-ahead for Orion capsule that could take man to Mars to blast off on Thursday 

  01-12-2014 22:23 via
  
  The radical Orion spacecraft, designed to carry astronauts into deep space, has been given to go-ahead to launch for the first time on Thursday.
  
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• Humans DIDN'T drive the mastodon to extinction

  01-12-2014 21:32 via
  
  New radiocarbon dating of 36 fossils (teeth fossils pictured) found in Alaska and Yukon suggest that mastodons became extinct tens of millennia before humans colonised North America.
  
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• Tate museum recreates some of its best known paintings and sculptures as virtual worlds in Minecraft

  01-12-2014 21:09 via
  
  The first two maps are inspired by André Derain's 1906 painting of London, The Pool of London, and Christopher Nevinson's 1920 painting of New York, Soul of the Soulless City.
  
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• Ancient flesh-eating plant found perfectly preserved in amber

  01-12-2014 21:01 via
  
  The new species was dug out of a mine near Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea and is believed to be related to the 'flypaper trap' plant Roridula, found in the southwestern Cape of South Africa.
  
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• We've been drinking alcohol for TEN MILLION years, study finds

  01-12-2014 21:00 via
  
  The study, led by Professor Matthew Carrigan from Santa Fe College in Florida, looked at the alcohol gene ADH4 from various times in almost 70 million years of primate evolution.
  
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• The megapad is coming: New details reveal specs of 12.2inch iPad Air Plus set for release next year 

  01-12-2014 20:41 via
  
  Japanese magazine Mac Fan claims the new gadget will have a faster A9 processor, four speakers to allow stereo sound in any orientation, and be launched midway through 2015.
  
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• Scientists make mice SMARTER by injecting them with human cells

  01-12-2014 20:11 via
  
  Scientists at the University of Rochester found human glial cells grew to replace the cells in the brains of mice, helping the rodents to perform better in memory tests.
  
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• UK's first eSports arena planned for 2015

  01-12-2014 19:46
  
  The sometimes obscure world of eSports is about to get
  a significant signal boost in the UK, with plans announced for the
  country's first arena dedicated to high-level, competitive
  gaming.
  
  The move comes as part of
  Kingston-based Gfinity's plans to float on the stock
  market. With an estimated £13m valuation, the company aims to raise
  £3m to build the new centre, which is intended to accomodate up to
  500 spectators at a time.
  By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Could listening to Justin Bieber or One Direction make you STINGY?

  01-12-2014 19:23 via
  
  Researchers from the Nara University of Education, Japan, discovered that music has the power to promote altruistic behaviour, but it's all down to personal preferences.
  
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• Finnish firm plans to rival Project Ara with its own modular 'swap and go' Puzzlephone

  01-12-2014 19:05 via
  
  The Puzzlephone (pictured) from Finnish-based Circular Devices, lets owners swap parts out of the handset either when they break, or when a better version of that module is released.
  
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• Vodafone shares hit by deal talk

  01-12-2014 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shares Vodafone fall on speculation that it is considering a takeover move for Virgin Media owner Liberty Global.
  
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• Stephen Fry is a chinchilla in Danger Mouse reboot

  01-12-2014 18:52
  
  The BBC's upcoming reboot of classic kid's show Danger
  Mouse has taken another step towards being the most
  British cartoon ever made, with Stephen Fry and Richard Osman
  joining the voice cast.
  
  National treasure Fry will be giving voice to Colonel K, DM's
  boss and an elderly chinchilla, while Osman appears as
  Professor Strontium P Jellyfishowitz, "leader of all scientists on
  Earth" and, true to his name, a jellyfish living in a motorised
  fishtank. The character is apparen
  
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• Could listening to Justin Bieber or One Direction make you STINGY? Hearing tracks you don't like makes you less generous

  01-12-2014 18:16 via
  
  Researchers from the Nara University of Education, Japan, discovered that music has the power to promote altruistic behaviour, but it's all down to personal preferences.
  
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• Were mysterious bangs heard across Atlantic a secret spy plane?

  01-12-2014 17:56 via
  
  The video was filmed in 2008 at UT Arlington Aerodynamics Research Center. The engine can can theoretically power planes (the SR-72 concept pictured) at five times the speed of sound.
  
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• Brown bear spotted in Chernobyl for first time in 100 years

  01-12-2014 17:48 via
  
  The bear was photographed by an automatic camera trap in the exclusion zone around the Ukrainian nuclear power plant, scene of one of the world's worst nuclear accidents.
  
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• iPhone users face big change over Apple's Google search choice

  01-12-2014 17:44
  
  APPLE users could be set for a big change on their iPhone and iPads with the expiration of the tech giant's contract with Google search.
  
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• Scientists make enzymes from scratch

  01-12-2014 17:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Experts say they have achieved a scientific milestone - creating enzymes out of artificial genetic material that they made in their lab.
  
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• 'His personality started to change'

  01-12-2014 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gamer's mum says killer 'manipulated' her son
  
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• Cyber Monday deals: GAME's Call of Duty offers EE iPhone 6 bargain, Currys Apple discounts

  01-12-2014 17:10
  
  FOLLOWING The success of Black Friday, shoppers can prepare themselves for another day of sales in the UK with Cyber Monday.
  
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• Giant sunspot aligns with Earth - and it could create huge flares that wreak havoc on our power grids and satellites

  01-12-2014 17:08 via
  
  The sunspot, known as Active Region 12192, is likely to produce a series of coronal mass ejections which could disrupt power grids on Earth, according to Houston-based Nasa scientist Holly Gilbert.
  
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• 'Counterfeit' domains are seized

  01-12-2014 17:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police forces across Europe have seized 292 web domains that were being used to sell counterfeit goods, according to Europol.
  
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• HSBC severs links with Bitcoin firm

  01-12-2014 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The company behind the world's first regulated Bitcoin investment fund has its HSBC account in Jersey closed.
  
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• Review: As Amazon slashes Fire tablet prices – is the HDX 8.9 worth buying?

  01-12-2014 16:11
  
  AMAZON’S latest tablet is sleek, lightweight and fast – but hobbled by its clunky software.
  
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• Get ready for iPhone 6S! Apple considering releasing handsets TWICE a year

  01-12-2014 15:57 via
  
  Reports claim the California-based firm may hold two iPhone launch events next year to release its iPhone 6S (a successor to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus pictured) in spring, and its iPhone 7 in September.
  
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• XOO Belt can charge your phone while it's safely stowed in a pocket

  01-12-2014 15:44 via
  
  The XOO Belt, designed by a company in Manchester, is made from leather with a plain metal buckle that incorporates a charger that is held in place by magnets.
  
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• Rosetta snaps first colour pic of 67P -- and it isn’t grey

  01-12-2014 15:40
  
  The first non-greyscale image of Comet 67P has
  revealed it to be a bright, reddish-brown world. A composite image
  of the distant, icy world has been created using the full colour
  range of Rosetta's Osiris camera, with another high-resolution snap
  coming soon.
  By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Rosetta comet image suggests it may be RED rather than 'charcoal black'

  01-12-2014 15:37 via
  
  The image, due to be released at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco on December 15, was taken by the Rosetta instrument dubbed Osiris.
  
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• Are 3D movies a DANGER to children?

  01-12-2014 15:35 via
  
  France's health and safety agency, based in south east Paris, has called for a ban on stereoscopic technology such as 3D films and games for children under the age of six.
  
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• Cyber Monday: Apple stores go red for World AIDS Day

  01-12-2014 15:21
  
  APPLE are using Cyber Monday sales to support and donate toward World AIDS Day.
  
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• Venus of Renancourt pieced together from broken limestone fragments in northern France

  01-12-2014 15:11 via
  
  The broken statue, found in Amiens, France, was spotted in a small pile of rocks during an excavation after archaeologists spotted marks that did not appear natural.
  
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• Was the Mona Lisa actually a portrait of Da Vinci's mother?

  01-12-2014 14:52 via
  
  Italian historian Angelo Paratico said the fact Leonardo da Vinci, left, was left handed and the Mona Lisa, right, looks Chinese supports his theory the artist's mother was an Oriental slave.
  
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• Robo-cheetah may 'save lives in TEN YEARS': Machine that runs faster than Usain Bolt could soon be on the battlefield

  01-12-2014 14:49 via
  
  The cheetah, described as the 'Ferrari in the robotics world' by the the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is able to jump 16 inches (40 cm) and can gallop for 15 minutes.
  
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• Now that's power dressing! Leather belt can charge your phone while it's safely stowed in a pocket

  01-12-2014 14:40 via
  
  The XOO Belt, designed by a company in Manchester, is made from leather with a plain metal buckle that incorporates a charger that is held in place by magnets.
  
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• Intel to power next version of Google Glass

  01-12-2014 14:39
  
  Chipmaker Intel will be supplying the intelligent innards for
  the next iteration of Google Glass, according to a Wall Street
  Journal report.
  
  The next version of Google's high-tech specs is expected to
  emerge next year, and will no longer incorporate a processor from
  Texas Instruments, said "people familiar with the matter".
  
  There's no word from either company on what chip will be used
  instead, but it seems likely that Intel's Edison chip, designed
  specifically for wearables, has caught Goo
  
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• Scientists showcase work on 'impossible' technologies at conference

  01-12-2014 14:24 via
  
  A handful of Europe’s top researchers will speak today at the Ted Conference in Brussels, Belgium to present the fruits of their ‘high-risk, high-gain’ projects.
  
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• Uber hit by legal row and bans

  01-12-2014 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Taxi-app firm Uber is facing a series of challenges around the world over the way its service operates.
  
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• 'Aurora' spy plane that travels SIX TIMES the speed of sound blamed for mysterious booms

  01-12-2014 14:12 via
  
  Aurora is rumoured to be a a top secret aircraft being built by US military, that has been in development since 1989. It could be behind Lockheed Martin's SR-72 plane concept (pictured).
  
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• Brown bear spotted in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone for first time in 100 years 

  01-12-2014 14:00 via
  
  The bear was photographed by an automatic camera trap in the exclusion zone around the Ukrainian nuclear power plant, scene of one of the world's worst nuclear accidents.
  
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• Ministers to chart Ariane future

  01-12-2014 13:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Europe's research ministers gather on Tuesday to consider the future of the Ariane rocket and the space station.
  
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• From invisibility cloaks to making graphene in a blender: Scientists showcase work on 'impossible' technologies at conference

  01-12-2014 13:12 via
  
  A handful of Europe’s top researchers will speak today at the Ted Conference in Brussels, Belgium to present the fruits of their ‘high-risk, high-gain’ projects.
  
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• Killer robo-weapons need 'case-by-case regulation'

  01-12-2014 13:10
  
  Robotic weapons need further regulation to ensure that
  "automated killing" never becomes legal. With nations including the
  UK investing heavily in high-tech drones, academics from Oxford
  University's Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict have
  called on lawmakers to keep pace.
  By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Annie among 'leaked' Sony films

  01-12-2014 12:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Annie remake, starring Cameron Diaz, among titles apparently leaked online following a reported cyber-attack on Sony Pictures last month.
  
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• Landlines pricier, as callers hang up

  01-12-2014 12:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The cost of having a fixed-line telephone is increasing, as people spend less time using them.
  
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• Pavlok Wristband uses shock therapy to keep wearers from overeating

  01-12-2014 12:38 via
  
  An American company has created the Pavlok wristband that uses a form of shock therapy to encourage the development of good habits like exercising and helps to stop overeating.
  
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• Kim Dotcom dodges jail after judge finds he did not violate bail

  01-12-2014 12:36
  
  Kim Dotcom has successfully fended off an American government
  bid to put in him back in a New Zealand jail for allegedly
  violating his bail.
  
  "That was a good win today, but also another attempt by the US
  government to get my liberty removed -- it's unbelievable," Dotcom
  told Ars by phone late Sunday night.
  By: Cyrus Farivar, Continue reading...
  
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