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• Apple's 'spaceship' HQ images revealed

  05-12-2014 23:53 via
  
  Newly issued planning permits have revealed details of two the most impressive features of Apple's circular HQ in Cupertino.
  
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• Telescope so big it could spot signs of alien life gets go-ahead: European Space Agency to begin building $1bn Extremely Large Telescope in Chilean desert

  05-12-2014 23:29 via
  
  The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will have a primary mirror 39 meters (43 yards) in diameter when it is built high in the Chilean desert.
  
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• Xbox One fans warned of new Xbox Live outage after December online issue

  05-12-2014 23:16
  
  XBOX ONE fans have been warned there could be more Xbox Live outages over Christmas after hacker group Lizard Squad claimed to have taken the service down earlier this month.
  
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• The legacy of Sinclair's Spectrum

  05-12-2014 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How the Spectrum's creator changed the world - and maybe hastened its end
  
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• VIDEO: Sir Clive Sinclair's life in computing

  05-12-2014 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir Clive Sinclair discusses the long-term impact of his Spectrum computers, which introduced a generation of people to hands-on computing and programming.
  
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• Smoking can erase the Y Chromosome in men, researchers warn

  05-12-2014 22:17 via
  
  Male smokers are three times more likely than non-smoking men to lose their Y chromosomes, a new Swedish study has found.
  
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• Stick insect almost two FEET long discovered in Vietnam

  05-12-2014 22:09 via
  
  The massive stick insect has entered the record books as the planet's second largest insect following its discovery by entomologists in a remote Vietnamese jungle.
  
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• Nasa's Orion onboard cameras capture images as it makes landing in Pacific Ocean

  05-12-2014 21:53 via
  
  Orion has splashed down at its target point 275 miles (442 km) west of Baja, California, after re-entering the atmosphere at 20,000 mph (32,000 kph) and enduring temperatures of 2,200°C (4,000°F).
  
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• Orion spaceship makes splashdown

  05-12-2014 21:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US space agency's new Orion crew capsule completes its maiden, unmanned voyage with a splashdown in the Pacific.
  
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• Cliphit sensor clips transform everyday objects into drums you can play anywhere

  05-12-2014 21:36 via
  
  Korg, a Japanese maker of electronic instruments, has created Cliphit, a £99 gadget with four sensitive clips that, when attached to everyday objects, produces a cymbal or drum sound when struck.
  
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• Smoking can erase the Y Chromosome in men, researchers warn - and say it could lead to an increase in susceptibility to cancer 

  05-12-2014 21:28 via
  
  Male smokers are three times more likely than non-smoking men to lose their Y chromosomes, a new Swedish study has found.
  
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• VIDEO: Orion space capsule splashes down

  05-12-2014 20:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US space agency's new Orion crew capsule has completed its maiden, unmanned voyage with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico.
  
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• Xbox One: Why Halo: Spartan Strike has been delayed until 2015

  05-12-2014 19:36
  
  Halo: Spartan Strike will not be released until early 2015 because of ongoing issues with Xbox One title Halo: The Master Chief Collection, 343 Industries have announced.
  
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• Sony's nightmare week: what now?

  05-12-2014 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Not even a new Bond could salvage Sony Pictures' horror week. What now?
  
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• GCHQ 'does not breach human rights'

  05-12-2014 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The current system of UK intelligence collection does not currently breach the European Convention of Human Rights, a panel of judges has ruled.
  
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• Splashdown! Nasa's Orion spacecraft makes bullseye landing in the Pacific Ocean after 'flawless' historic test flight around Earth 

  05-12-2014 18:44 via
  
  Orion has splashed down at its target point 275 miles (442 km) west of Baja, California, after re-entering the atmosphere at 20,000 mph (32,000 kph) and enduring temperatures of 2,200°C (4,000°F).
  
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• £50 MIPS is a micro-computer running Android and Linux

  05-12-2014 18:43
  
  Rapberri Pis are all the rage these days, but now there's a new
  kid on the micro-computing block. Unveiled by British chip design
  company Imagination Technologies, the MIPS Creator CI20 is being
  dubbed as a rival mini-comp to the venerable Pi.
  
  Running both Android and Linux systems, the MIPS Creator CI20 is
  an affordable micro-computer ($65/£50) that packs a micro punch. It
  possesses more memory and onboard storage space, as well as a more
  powerful processor than Pi. 
  By: Emiko Jozuka
  
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• How NUCLEAR WASTE could spell the end of furry kettles: Studying salt build-up in power plants is inspiring limescale-free pots

  05-12-2014 18:36 via
  
  Scientists at the University of Leeds studied stalagmite formation in caves to model how dangerous salts form in nuclear waste, which they believe can now be used to design better kettles.
  
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• Etsy House pop-up brings online retailer to London's streets

  05-12-2014 18:34
  
      
  Online marketplace Etsy has today launched a bricks and mortar
  pop-up store in London's Covent Garden.
  
  The Etsy House will be open for three days only (5-7 December)
  showing off and selling a curated collection of some of the best
  products from Etsy sellers across the UK.
  By: Katie Collins, Continue reading...
  
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• Bungie confirm date players can attempt Destiny's Crota's End Raid and new Iron Banner

  05-12-2014 18:29
  
  BUNGIE have confirmed the date players can undertake the new Raid, Crota's End on the Dark Below, and when the new Iron Banner tournament kicks off.
  
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• Huggable diagnostic teddy on 'tech for good' list

  05-12-2014 18:26
  
  A huggable diagnostic teddy bear, a light that runs on
  gravity and a low-cost 3D-printed house were among those included
  on the annual Nominet Trust list of tech companies working on
  projects for the good of humanity.
  By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Street Fighter V coming to PS4 and PC, but not Xbox One

  05-12-2014 18:24
  
  Either by deliberate stealth announcement or because of
  somebody's goof up, Capcom has revealed the existence
  of Street Fighter V. A teaser trailer for the
  upcoming game briefly appeared on the publisher's YouTube channel,
  before almost immediately being taken down again.
  
  Of course, this is the internet. There is no "taking it down,"
  as the archived version already proves. While the teaser
  was likely intended to go live after tonight's Game Awards in
  Las Vegas, its early
  
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• Splashdown! Orion successfully lands in the Pacific Ocean after two historic orbits around the Earth

  05-12-2014 18:06 via
  
  Orion has splashed down at its target point 275 miles (442 km) west of Baja, California, after re-entering the atmosphere at 20,000 mph (32,000 kph) and enduring temperatures of 2,200°C (4,000°F).
  
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• The perfect way to skim a stone: Throwing at an angle of 20 degrees boosts number of bounces when water skipping

  05-12-2014 17:48 via
  
  A Utah researcher has investigated how objects skip on water (stock image shown). He found that the optimal angle to skim stones was 20 degrees, but heavier objects needed a flatter angle.
  
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• Beautiful sci-fi short imagines humanity's trek to the stars

  05-12-2014 17:48
  
      
  Humans have been in awe of the Solar System for centuries, and
  our itch to understand the unknown has formed the basis of space
  missions past and present. Yet aside from the researchers, who
  bring us physically and scientifically closer to space, it is the
  writers and filmmakers who give us non-astronauts an imaginative
  taster of what space exploration could hold in the future.
  
  "There is a lot of imagery from the solar system sent out from
  space by robots," says S
  
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• TAG Heuer to launch the classiest Intel-powered smartwatch on the market

  05-12-2014 17:19
  
  TAG Heuer are set to unveil a new Intel-powered smartwatch that will boast a traditional wristwatch design.
  
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• Ryan Reynolds finally confirmed as Deadpool lead

  05-12-2014 17:10
  
  Yes, more Marvel casting news, though this time from outside the
  core Cinematic Universe. Actor Ryan Reynolds has finally brought
  years of rumours to a head with news that he will be playing the
  title role in Fox's Deadpool  movie.
  
  Although the film itself was confirmed in September,
  Reynolds wasn't formally attached to appear. Given the production
  only existed in large part because of his lobbying for it, his
  official absence seemed a matter of contract negotiations.
  By: Mat
  
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• Intelligent life have turned to AIby the time we make first contact, expert claims

  05-12-2014 16:47 via
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Dr Susan Schneider from The University of Connecticut says the first intelligent aliens we find might not be biological. She said advanced races might turn to machines.
  
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• iPod trial's claimant bought device AFTER dates Apple is accused of deleting songs

  05-12-2014 16:40 via
  
  Earlier this week, lawyers claimed the Californian firm deliberately deleted rivals' song from iPods from 2007 to 2009. But, the tech giant has challenged the claims saying the plaintiffs' models of iPod are 'invalid'
  
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• Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg attacks Apple boss Tim Cook

  05-12-2014 16:14 via
  
  The California-based Facebook founder (pictured) retaliated by telling Tim Cook to make products like the iPhone and the iPad cheaper if he wanted to be more in touch with his consumers.
  
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• Watson's DNA Nobel sells for $4.8m

  05-12-2014 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James Watson has sold the Nobel Prize medal he won for the discovery of the structure of DNA.
  
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• Russian police argues reindeers are more reliable than snowmobiles

  05-12-2014 16:13 via
  
  Russian police want to use reindeer to chase down criminals in the Yamalsky municipality in western Siberia, where drunken brawls and robberies are a problem.
  
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• Getting rid of football's boring bits

  05-12-2014 15:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists in Spain create technology to auto-select the most important moments in football matches.
  
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• Eyeteq software helps viewers to differentiate between red and green more easily

  05-12-2014 15:32 via
  
  Computer scientists at the University of East Anglia in Norwich came up with the technology, which is available to TV manufacturers and could be embedded in TV set-top boxes in coming months.
  
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• Facebook's emotions test and Death Valley's among most clicked-on articles of 2014

  05-12-2014 15:30 via
  
  The top 100 list was compiled by London-based firm Altmetric, which analyses online activity around scholarly articles. Data experts collected information for a year from 14 November 2013.
  
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• Universe has a 'golden ratio' that keeps everything in order, researchers claim

  05-12-2014 15:27 via
  
  South African researchers have claimed that the universe is governed by a 'golden ratio'. This is said to be 1.618 and causes similar geometric shapes that can be seen in objects across the cosmos.
  
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• GCHQ surveillance programme legal 'in principle'

  05-12-2014 15:27
  
  The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has ruled that "in principle"
  GCHQ's Tempora mass surveillance programme, under which undersea
  cables were monitored, is legal. No definitive judgement can be
  made as the UK government refuses to publicly acknowledge the
  existence of Tempora.
  
  The primarily secret court was overseeing the case brought by
  Amnesty International, Privacy International and others against
  GCHQ. As the government has the right to "neither
  confirm nor deny" the existence of th
  
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• Krysten Ritter to play Jessica Jones in Marvel's next Netflix show

  05-12-2014 15:25
  
  Marvel's second Netflix series, Jessica
  Jones has found its leading lady, with Krysten
  Ritter announced as the former superhero turned private
  investigator.
  
  Ritter is best known for her role as Jane Margolis
  on Breaking Bad, and the lead role of Chloe in
  sitcom Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23. The
  character of Jessica Jones was created in 2001 by writer Brian
  Michael Bendis and artist Michael Gaydos. Originally appearing in
  the mature readers co
  
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• Amazing new images released of London's Crossrail tunnels

  05-12-2014 15:08
  
      
  Crossrail is now more than 60 percent complete, with more than
  23 miles of train tunnels carved out under London. To mark the
  milestone Crossrail has released ten stunning new images of the
  work going on beneath the streets of the capital.
  By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• When is Resident Evil HD coming to Xbox One and PS4?

  05-12-2014 14:35
  
  CAPCOM have announced the release date of upcoming HD remastering of Resident Evil.
  
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• Nasa's Orion spacecraft launches after yesterday's glitches

  05-12-2014 14:20 via
  
  The unmanned Orion test flight successfully launched at 12.05 GMT (07.05 ET) today in a landmark event witnessed by thousands at Cape Canaveral in Florida.
  
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• Old batteries 'could power slums'

  05-12-2014 14:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Old laptop batteries still have enough life in them to power homes in slums, researchers say.
  
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• Uber lands $1.2bn funding as value soars to $40bn

  05-12-2014 14:12
  Uber has raised a further $1.2bn (£765.6m) from its latest round
  of financing, taking the taxi-booking firm's value beyond $40bn
  (£25.5bn). The company said it would use the money to expand in
  Asia.
  By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg vs Tim Cook: Facebook founder attacks Apple boss over 'ridiculous' comments that social network ads are bad

  05-12-2014 14:10 via
  
  The California-based Facebook founder (pictured) retaliated by telling Tim Cook to make products like the iPhone and the iPad cheaper if he wanted to be more in touch with his consumers.
  
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• Could reindeer help fight CRIME? Russian police argues animals are more reliable than snowmobiles for chasing criminals

  05-12-2014 13:40 via
  
  Russian police want to use reindeer to chase down criminals in the Yamalsky municipality in western Siberia, where drunken brawls and robberies are a problem.
  
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• Will the first aliens we find be ROBOTS? Intelligent life have have turned to AIby the time we make first contact, expert claims

  05-12-2014 13:38 via
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Dr Susan Schneider from The University of Connecticut says the first intelligent aliens we find might not be biological. She said advanced races might turn to machines.
  
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• Ibuprofen changes how lettuces and radishes grow, study reveals

  05-12-2014 13:31 via
  
  Environmental researchers at the University of Exeter have found that painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs leaking into the environment alter root and stem growth in plants.
  
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• Xbox One News: Halo Master Chief multiplayer fix, Xbox Live Gold deals, Call of Duty news

  05-12-2014 13:27
  
  HALO: The Master Chief Collection has a new matchmaking fix, Microsoft have some new Xbox Live Gold deals and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has received a big update.
  
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• Orion has lift-off! Historic test flight that could herald a new age of space exploration launches after yesterday's technical glitches

  05-12-2014 13:07 via
  
  Mission control in Houston says there is a 40 per cent chance for a successful lift-off for Orion today, with weather threatening again to interfere with the historic launch. Launch is due at 12:05 GMT (7.05am ET).
  
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• 4,500-year-old skeleton unearthed in Siberia is found riddled with holes

  05-12-2014 13:02 via
  
  The skeleton of the early Bronze Age cancer victim (pictured) was exhumed from a small hunter-gatherer cemetery in the Cis-Baikal region of Siberia where it was found in a circular grave.
  
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