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• Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest shortlist revealed

  07-07-2015 23:57 via
  
  The winner of the contest will see their work showcased at London's Royal Observatory Greenwich and receive a top prize of £2,500 ($3,870).
  
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• Tinder launches verified profiles for 'notable public figures, celebrities and athletes'

  07-07-2015 23:50 via
  
  Lindsay Lohan, Katy Perry and Josh Groban have all admitted to using the service, and will now be able to have a blue tick next to their name.
  
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• The Star Trek Communicator replica is a bluetooth headset and replay sounds from the show

  07-07-2015 23:14 via
  
  The replica was built using 3D scans of the original prop from the TV series. It can act as a bluetooth headset to make and receive calls, play audio clips from the show and act as a speaker.
  
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• Brain scans can reveal if teens are likely to develop drink problems and have risky sex

  07-07-2015 22:49 via
  
  Researchers say the test could help predict how people will act in response to stress - and could even lead to new ways to detect depression, anxiety, and addiction.
  
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• Scientists say martian GEMS may hold the key to proving life existed on the red planet

  07-07-2015 22:46 via
  
  A University of Glasgow team has identified traces of the gem known on Earth as 'fire opal' (pictured) within a Martian meteorite. The find could help future missions decide where to look for evidence of life.
  
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• Desperate to date a celebrity? Tinder launches verified profiles for users

  07-07-2015 21:06 via
  
  Lindsey Lohan, Katy Perry and Josh Groban have all admitted to using the service, and will now be able to have a blue tick next to their name.
  
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• Could Martian GEMS contain fossilised aliens? Scientists say opal may hold the key to proving life existed on the red planet

  07-07-2015 20:48 via
  
  A University of Glasgow team has identified traces of the gem known on Earth as 'fire opal' (pictured) within a Martian meteorite. The find could help future missions decide where to look for evidence of life.
  
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• Apple Watch is a FLOP as aales of the gadget have fall by 90% since April

  07-07-2015 20:34 via
  
  Apple is now selling less than 20,000 watches a day in the U.S. since the Watch's opening week, according to a report by California-based Slice Intelligence.
  
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• 'Bitcoin is not smooth jazz, Bitcoin is punk rock', says Andreas M. Antonopoulos

  07-07-2015 19:47
  
  By: Michael RundleContinue reading...
  
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• Apple and Google's in-car technology raises 'serious public safety questions'

  07-07-2015 19:43 via
  
  Car firms and phone companies want bigger, more interactive dashboards - but experts say they could be too distracting for drivers.
  
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• Plankton filmed eating PLASTIC revealing impact of litter on ocean

  07-07-2015 19:41 via
  
  Biologists at Plymouth Marine Laboratory have captured copepods ingesting flourescent plastic debris (pictured) on video and say it appears to interfere with the rate they feed on algae.
  
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• Google pulls 'undeletable' app

  07-07-2015 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google removes a malicious app from its Play store that disguises itself as a popular program.
  
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• Cardiff University psychologists say teaching young criminals to recognise people's emotions can cut crime

  07-07-2015 19:34 via
  
  Cardiff University psychologists recorded a 44 per cent drop in the severity of crimes committed by persistent reoffenders after they took an emotional awareness course.
  
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• Arctic shrub growth is changing how heat from the sun is reflected back into space

  07-07-2015 19:23 via
  
  A team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Edinburgh found shrubs in the Arctic tundra, like the willow pictured, are spreading, disrupting how snow reflects heat from the sun.
  
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• Buddy the companion robot connects, protects and interacts with family

  07-07-2015 18:53 via
  
  A family companion robot named Buddy, which can structure you day, monitor your home security and even play hide and seek with your kids, could be all yours by 2016.
  
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• Take a peek inside the iPhone 6S: Leaked image reveals clues about the inner workings of Apple's next-generation device

  07-07-2015 18:10 via
  
  The leaked image was analysed by experts at fan site 9to5Mac and tech firm Chipworks. They claim the new NFC processor, used to make contactless Apple Pay payments, will add a secure element.
  
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• The 'sin-free' social network: Facegloria monitored by morality police is launched by Brazilian Evangelicals Christians

  07-07-2015 18:09 via
  
  The social network for Brazilian Evangelicals has attracted 100,000 users in its first month and was set up as a morally superior alternative to Facebook.
  
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• Plankton are eating PLASTIC: Feasting on ocean litter could devastate marine ecosystems, scientists warn

  07-07-2015 17:59 via
  
  Biologists at Plymouth Marine Laboratory have captured copepods ingesting flourescent plastic debris (pictured) on video and say it appears to interfere with the rate they feed on algae.
  
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• Could playing TETRIS banish bad memories and 'reduce post-traumatic stress disorder?'

  07-07-2015 17:26 via
  
  Researchers from the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge studied 52 traumatised people who had played Tetris, and those who hadn't.
  
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• Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet review

  07-07-2015 17:07
  
    Sony's latest tablet hero has a little trick up its sleeve -- the Xperia Z4 Tablet comes with its own dedicated Bluetooth keyboard, giving it all the capability of a laptop. Or at least, that's the theory.By: Dave Oliver, Continue reading...
  
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• App shows where women made history

  07-07-2015 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New app buzzes to show you places where women have made history
  
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• YouTube gamer PewDiePie 'earns $7m'

  07-07-2015 16:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  YouTube's most popular star PewDiePie earns $7m, according to Swedish newspaper Expressen.
  
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• Musk aims to save world from evil AI

  07-07-2015 16:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The billionaire entrepreneur's donation forms part of a multi-million dollar fund for research projects dedicated to keeping AI "beneficial".
  
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• Tinder Watch app uses heart monitor to help you swipe right

  07-07-2015 16:12 via
  
  When a user looks at a Tinder profile using the Austin-built app, the watch's built-in monitor starts recording heart rate. If it increases, the profile is liked (pictured), or rejected if the rate drops.
  
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• VIDEO: What can the Micro Bit do?

  07-07-2015 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Micro Bit's young ambassadors tell technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones what the Micro Bit is capable of.
  
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• FBI's James Comey warns anti-surveillance web security affects public safety

  07-07-2015 15:38 via
  
  Director of the FBI James Comey (pictured) said anti-surveillance measures being deployed by Apple and Google will ‘inexorably affect my ability to do that job’ if they continue to expand.
  
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• Stuff in Space tracks thousands of satellites, rockets and debris orbiting Earth

  07-07-2015 15:04 via
  
  Computer engineering student James Yoder, from the University of Texas in Austin, has created a web tool that allows users to track all the known pieces of space debris in orbit around our planet.
  
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• Apple reveals it's working to add Home Sharing on iOS 9

  07-07-2015 14:53 via
  
  Home Sharing lets people share music over a Wi-Fi network, but it vanished during the iOS 8.4 update. Apple's Eddy Cue has now said the firm is working on solving the problem (pictured).
  
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• Apple makes ANOTHER U-turn: Firm reveals it is working to have Home Sharing on iOS 9 after feature vanished during recent update

  07-07-2015 13:44 via
  
  Home Sharing lets people share music over a Wi-Fi network, but it vanished during the iOS 8.4 update. Apple's Eddy Cue has now said the firm is working on solving the problem (pictured).
  
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• Modified Corvette enables Quadriplegic Indy Racing's Sam Schmid to drive

  07-07-2015 13:41 via
  
  Sam Schmidt, who was paralysed from the neck in 2000, used the car to navigate the famous twists and turns of Long Beach Grand Prix road course track at 80 mph (129km/h).
  
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• Bloodhound Diary: November date for debut

  07-07-2015 13:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Measuring loads on a car that is travelling at supersonic speeds
  
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• Ohio man Shane Black poses in front of active volcano, the moon and Milky Way

  07-07-2015 13:16 via
  
  Photographer Shane Black captured the phenomenal image near the summit of Mauna Kea, on Hawaii, after stitching together 23 individual frames.
  
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• Chevrolet adds an air conditioner to its cars to boost mobile phone battery life

  07-07-2015 13:02 via
  
  The feature is called 'Active Phone Cooling' and it directs air from the car's air conditioning unit to a wireless charging vent. It will feature on Detroit-based car manufacturer's 2016 Impala and Malibu.
  
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• Grazor pedal-powered lawnmower helps you keep fit while cutting your grass

  07-07-2015 12:59 via
  
  London based designers Seymourpowell based the carbon fibre Grazor (pictured) on a tricycle with mower blades attached to the front. They say it could come with a £3,000 ($4,630) price tag.
  
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• BBC unveils final Micro Bit design

  07-07-2015 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's forthcoming mini-computer gains features absent in an earlier prototype, but is also to be more bulky when used as a standalone device.
  
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• The air conditioner for your PHONE: Chevy adds 'cooling pocket' to its cars to help boost the battery life of handsets

  07-07-2015 12:54 via
  
  The feature is called 'Active Phone Cooling' and it directs air from the car's air conditioning unit to a wireless charging vent. It will feature on Detroit-based car manufacturer's 2016 Impala and Malibu.
  
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• Toddlers cared for by their families have stronger language skills...but those left in crèches are better with their hands

  07-07-2015 12:07 via
  
  Researchers at Maynooth University showed language skills are the only area in which children who are cared for by their own extended family outperformed others by the age of three.
  
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• VIDEO: Hands-on with the new Micro Bit

  07-07-2015 11:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rory Cellan-Jones goes hands-on with the final Micro Bit
  
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• Apple Pay set for UK launch on 14 July according to leaked memo

  07-07-2015 10:57 via
  
  The leaked memos were spotted by fan site 9to5Mac. One is said to be an internal memo sent to Apple staff, while the other is taken from a handout produced by Berkshire-based retailer Waitrose.
  
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• EE launches 'Rook' 4G handset running Android software for £49

  07-07-2015 09:54 via
  
  The new £49 handset, pictured,is offered by mobile network EE and despite its low price, the phone's low price it still runs the latest version of Android's operating system 5.1 Lollipop.
  
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• Hacking Team humiliated after database is stolen and published on Twitter 

  07-07-2015 08:35 via
  
  Staff at controversial firm Hacking Team woke up to the nightmare scenario of its most sensitive affairs being paraded across the internet.
  
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• Samsung's earnings to miss forecasts

  07-07-2015 06:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Second quarter earnings for the world's biggest smartphone maker, Samsung Electronics, are likely to miss market expectations.
  
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• Men have shorter lives because they are more prone to heart disease, claims study

  07-07-2015 04:08 via
  
  A review of global data by the University of Southern California has found heart disease to bebehind most of the excess deaths documented in adult men.
  
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• Kestrel Persistent Surveillance Systems filming cities 24/7 may be the Big Brother future of America

  07-07-2015 04:06 via
  
  Kestrel Persistent Surveillance Systems (PSS), A small private firm in the US, has developed a surveillance system that could potentially capture every crime the moment it happens.
  
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• CityLab shows how electric cars can be WORSE for the environment than gas-guzzling vehicles

  07-07-2015 03:25 via
  
  U the east of the US, the impact of charging EVs does more harm to the environment than gas cars, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.
  
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• Why women really are the stronger sex: Men have shorter lives because they are more prone to heart disease, claims study

  07-07-2015 03:22 via
  
  A review of global data by the University of Southern California has found heart disease to bebehind most of the excess deaths documented in adult men.
  
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• Stella Lux is a cour seater family car powered by the sun

  07-07-2015 03:00 via
  
  The Dutch car can travel 621 miles on a full charge, and even comes with an app to automatically work out the most efficient routes, taking into account the weather and traffic.
  
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• What makes a tweet believable?

  07-07-2015 02:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Does using exclamation marks stop people believing you?
  
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• Elon Musk spends $10 million on new projects to control AI

  07-07-2015 01:35 via
  
  The Tesla-founder has revealed he is funding 37 research projects to make sure humans can control future robotic systems. He has previously claimed AI could spell the end of humanity.
  
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• GoPro reveals new $400 mini camera it claims can record HD video anywhere - and even capture audio underwater

  07-07-2015 01:03 via
  
  The new $400 GoPro session has just one button and is half the size of its predecessor - yet captures the same quality of video.
  
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