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• GTA 5: Rockstar reveal the secrets behind the PS4 and Xbox One's new Creator tool

  22-01-2015 23:50
  
  ROCKSTAR have posted new information and fully fledged guide into the PS4 and Xbox One's improved Creator Tool.
  
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• Do you own an iPhone? Then you're SMARTER than an Android user: Infographic reveals link between education and phone choice

  22-01-2015 23:31 via
  
  The study, by Massachusetts-based advertising group Chitika, found states with more college graduates - such as Alaska and Vermont - tend to have higher iPhone sales.
  
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• Google's Eric Schmidt claims the 'internet will disappear' as everything in our life gets connected - but says robots WON'T take over the world

  22-01-2015 23:21 via
  
  Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt was speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and revealed his vision for the future of the internet.
  
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• PS4 and Xbox: Enforcers vs Criminals game coming to consoles

  22-01-2015 23:01
  
  XBOX One and PS4 players are set to get the chance to play as either Enforcers or Criminals in the latest offering from publisher Deep Silver, the company announced today.
  
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• House of the future gadgets will do your chores

  22-01-2015 22:42 via
  
  A London-based furniture store has produced an infographic to details some of tomorrow's technologies such as floating beds, some of which are already on sale.
  
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• Privacy is dead, Harvard professors tell Davos forum

  22-01-2015 22:32 via
  
  Imagine a world where mosquito-sized robots fly around stealing samples of your DNA. Or where a department store knows from your buying habits that you're pr...
  
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• The metal so water repellent that droplets BOUNCE off it

  22-01-2015 22:30 via
  
  Scientists at the University of Rochester in New York used powerful laser pulses to etch microscopic patterns called nanostructures into metals, to make them incredibly water repellent.
  
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• Apple Watch will need to be charged every night

  22-01-2015 21:58 via
  
  Tech blog 9to5mac says the tech giant is still working on the software in a bid to improve battery life before its expected ship date in March.
  
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• Stunned scientists find FISH beneath 2,400ft-thick Antarctic ice sheet - and they could be getting energy from Earth's core

  22-01-2015 21:53 via
  
  University of Nebraska-Lincoln ice drillers made the discovery after drilling a small hole through the Ross Ice Shelf, which covers an area the size of France.
  
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• Super Earths and giant planets 'born' in the lab using lasers

  22-01-2015 21:42 via
  
  Government researchers in California used a series of laser-driven compression experiments to reproduced the conditions deep inside exotic super-Earths and giant planet cores.
  
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• Early ancestors used their hands like modern HUMANS

  22-01-2015 21:38 via
  
  Kent University made the discovery after analysing the trabecular bone pattern in humans and Australopithecus africanus fossils (pictured) which were found in Eastern Africa.
  
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• Apple Watch will need to be charged every night: $349 gadget will last nineteen hours on a single change - and just four hours if used constantly

  22-01-2015 21:14 via
  
  Tech blog 9to5mac says the tech giant is still working on the software in a bid to improve battery life before its expected ship date in March.
  
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• Watch the eveolution of iPhone with this graphic from 2007 to today

  22-01-2015 21:13 via
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The graphic (pictured) was created for California-based PicClick. It plots the design changes from the first iPhone to the iPhone 6 Plus. Each design is visualised from the front, side and rear.
  
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• Journey to the centre of the Earth: Cores of super Earths and giant planets as they are 'born' recreated in the lab using lasers

  22-01-2015 21:11 via
  
  Government researchers in California used a series of laser-driven compression experiments to reproduced the conditions deep inside exotic super-Earths and giant planet cores.
  
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• Rosetta's comet interior is like CIGARETTE ASH

  22-01-2015 20:55 via
  
  Papers on Rosetta's comet (pictured) are to be published in the journal science tomorrow. They were co-authored by scientists from the University of Maryland in the US.
  
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• Early ancestors used their hands like modern HUMANS: Fossils of three million-year-old species reveal they could grip tools

  22-01-2015 20:38 via
  
  Kent University made the discovery after analysing the trabecular bone pattern in humans and Australopithecus africanus fossils (pictured) which were found in Eastern Africa.
  
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• Comet shows off its 'goosebumps'

  22-01-2015 20:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists working on Europe's Rosetta mission say they may have found evidence for how comets are formed.
  
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• Footage shows giant squid FLASHING to attract mates

  22-01-2015 20:06 via
  
  Scientists at Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California have revealed remarkable footage of giant Humboldt squid (still image from video shown).
  
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• Tutankhamun's burial mask is permanently damaged after curators used wrong glue to fix beard

  22-01-2015 19:42 via
  
  The blue and gold braided beard on the burial mask of famed Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was hastily glued back on with the wrong glue, damaging the relic after it was knocked during cleaning.
  
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• Mystery of the murky coffee solved: 'Mist' in hot drinks is made up of tiny water droplets directly beneath the surface

  22-01-2015 19:20 via
  
  Researchers at Kyoto University and Kyushu University in Japan carried out the first modern study in to the strange 'misty' phenomenon that was first identified by scientists in the 1920s.
  
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• Microsoft's holographic headset will let scientists 'work' on MARS

  22-01-2015 19:09 via
  
  Microsoft engineers and scientists at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have jointly developed software called OnSight to work with the prototype HoloLens headset.
  
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• Doomsday Clock reads 11.57: Atomic scientists move minute hand two minutes forward

  22-01-2015 18:38 via
  
  The symbolic clock (shown) is intended to show how close we are to disaster. Today the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) moved the minute hand forward by two minutes.
  
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• Flogging of Saudi blogger postponed

  22-01-2015 18:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Saudi Arabia has postponed the flogging of blogger Raif Badawi for the second week running on health grounds, according to a human rights group.
  
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• 'Targeted conservation' in Borneo

  22-01-2015 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Half of Borneo's mammals will see their habitats shrink by more than a third by 2080, according to a new report.
  
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• Poor outlook for Borneo's mammals

  22-01-2015 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Half of Borneo's mammals will see their habitats shrink by more than a third by 2080, according to a new report.
  
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• PS4 News: Advanced Warfare zombies enemies revealed, Dying Light delayed, PSN discount

  22-01-2015 18:14
  
  THE Express brings the top PS4 news from the around the World Wide Web this week, including Exo Zombies' new enemies, Dying Light's delay and the PSN Christmas discount.
  
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• WhatsApp's big changes leaves Apple iPhone users behind

  22-01-2015 17:34
  
  MESSAGING service WhatsApp has launched desktop, allowing users to chat from their web browsers.
  
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• Doomsday Clock reads 11.57: Atomic scientists move minute hand two minutes forward - and say we are at closest point to disaster in decades

  22-01-2015 17:33 via
  
  The symbolic clock (shown) is intended to show how close we are to disaster. Today the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) moved the minute hand forward by two minutes.
  
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• Mongolia, the land of THREE suns: Sunshine passing through falling snow creates 'parhelion' optical illusion

  22-01-2015 17:20 via
  
  The strange sight, known as a parhelion, was captured on camera in Mongolia. The celestial event (pictured) occurs when sunlight passes though snow crystals in the air.
  
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• VIDEO: Manhole explosion just misses child

  22-01-2015 17:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An explosion in a manhole on a Birmingham street "just missed" a child who was walking nearby.
  
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• Six-legged 'Snake Monster' walks thanks to robotic serpents

  22-01-2015 16:45 via
  
  The DARPA-funded hexapod was developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon's Biorobotics Lab. The versatile robot wiggles its body, kicks and crawls over a a path filled with obstacles.
  
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• Call of Duty Advanced Warfare: Havoc DLC sees new playlists launch

  22-01-2015 16:38
  
  SLEDGEHAMMER GAMES have revealed a range of new playlists are set to be launched this weekend, alongside a double XP event.
  
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• Dinosaurs were NOT wiped out by a global firestorm

  22-01-2015 16:33 via
  
  UK researchers studied the asteroid impact 66 million years ago (illustration shown). They found the heat near the impact site in Mexico was not intense enough to ignite plant material.
  
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• Twitter officially launches 'while you were away' feature to news feeds

  22-01-2015 16:26 via
  
  A Product Manager at Twitter, California, announced the new recap feature (pictured), which has been spotted by some users in their news feeds since December.
  
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• Blackberry seeks aid on app making

  22-01-2015 15:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  App makers should be required to make software for Blackberry handsets, says the boss of the phone company.
  
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• DEALS: Liverpool in for Chelsea reject, Man Utd pull of midfield swoop! According to FM 15

  22-01-2015 15:35
  
  THERE are some pretty big shock deals being cooked up ahead of the close of the January Transfer window, according to footy simulator Football Manager 2015.
  
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• Kim Dotcom releases Skype competitor

  22-01-2015 14:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom releases an encrypted chat service, called MegaChat, to compete with the Microsoft-owned Skype.
  
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• Teeth marks on 3,100-year-old-bones suggests Europeans ate dogs

  22-01-2015 14:52 via
  
  The discovery was made at the El Mirador cave in Atapuerca, Spain. Archaeologists found human teeth marks on the bones of dogs (shown in image), wild cats, foxes and badgers.
  
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• Tech News: Windows 10 unveils Spartan browser, Cortana voice search and free upgrade

  22-01-2015 14:35
  
  WINDOWS 10 will see a flurry of changes for users in 2015, including a new web browser, voice search and access to streaming Xbox One video games.
  
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• New record for SA rhino poaching

  22-01-2015 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The number of rhinos killed in South Africa last year sets a new record, officials say.
  
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• Dinosaurs were NOT wiped out by a global firestorm: Asteroid impact was not hot enough to ignite nearby plants, study claims

  22-01-2015 13:41 via
  
  UK researchers studied the asteroid impact 66 million years ago (illustration shown). They found the heat near the impact site in Mexico was not intense enough to ignite plant material.
  
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• Picatoo transforms Instagram photos into temporary tattoos

  22-01-2015 13:39 via
  
  Netherlands-based Picatoo sells 12 temporary tattoos, created from a dozen Instagram photos for $14.99 or £9.99.
  
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• The science of SHOPPING

  22-01-2015 13:14 via
  
  Researchers in Singapore found people are more likely to make emotion-led purchases if prices are rounded, while another study said the smell of cinnamon encourages shoppers to spend.
  
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• The science of SHOPPING: Round numbers, colourful adverts and cinnamon scents persuade shoppers to splash their cash

  22-01-2015 12:57 via
  
  Researchers in Singapore found people are more likely to make emotion-led purchases if prices are rounded, while another study said the smell of cinnamon encourages shoppers to spend.
  
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• Beard of Egypt's King Tut hastily glued back on with epoxy

  22-01-2015 12:49 via
  
  The blue and gold braided beard on the burial mask of famed Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was hastily glued back on with the wrong glue, damaging the relic after it was knocked during cleaning.
  
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• Can evolution run BACKWARDS? Birds found to regrow dinosaur bone

  22-01-2015 12:32 via
  
  Scientists have found that birds regrew a bone known as the 'pisiform' when they evolved from dinosaurs (illustrated), suggesting the effects of evolution are not necessarily irreversible.
  
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• Drug drone crashes on Mexican border

  22-01-2015 12:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A quadcopter drone carrying 3kg of illegal drugs crashes near the border between Mexico and the US.
  
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• Can evolution run BACKWARDS? Birds found to regrow bone previously discarded by dinosaurs 230 million years ago

  22-01-2015 11:56 via
  
  Scientists have found that birds regrew a bone known as the 'pisiform' when they evolved from dinosaurs (illustrated), suggesting the effects of evolution are not necessarily irreversible.
  
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• VIDEO: Moment elephant calf rescued from pit

  22-01-2015 11:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rescuers came to the aid of an elephant calf which fell into an empty storage pit in a nature reserve in Yunnan Province, south west China.
  
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• Hackers create USB stick inspired by NSA's Cottonmouth-I surveillance kit

  22-01-2015 11:14 via
  
  Called Turnipschool, the device was demonstrated at a hacking convention in Washington. It was inspired by a covert stick called Cottonmouth-I recently leaked in NSA documents.
  
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