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• Seabirds 'blighted by plastic waste'

  31-08-2015 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Unless something is done to stem the flow of waste to the oceans, virtually every seabird will be ingesting plastic debris by 2050, say scientists.
  
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• Apple will let you talk to your TV and take on the Xbox and PlayStation with new $200 set top box to be unveiled next week

  31-08-2015 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new Apple TV is also believed to have a touchpad remote control, and will have support for wireless gamepads. It is expected to go on sale in October, according to 9to5mac.
  
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• ‘There is no group that would be happier to see such a thing’: Nasa hits out at UFO hunters who say they have found strange creatures on Mars

  31-08-2015 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ashwin Vasavada, a Nasa scientist who works on the Mars rover project, blames the sightings on a trick of the mind, known pareidolia – the psychological response to seeing familiar objects in random places.
  
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• The hairbrush you can clean in seconds

  31-08-2015 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers say the new 'maze brush' could end the normal consumer behaviour of simply discarding their brush and buying a new one when it becomes clogged.
  
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• The experiment that could let us find ripples in space-time

  31-08-2015 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Caltech claim they have created an experiment that could help improve the detectors used to find the primordial 'echo' of the Big Bang that occurred nearly 14 billion years ago.
  
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• US military is developing 'Gremlin' drones to overwhelm enemy defenses

  31-08-2015 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is developing the swarms of re-usable drone aircraft that can work together to perform a mission.
  
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• How to train yourself to have SUPERVISION

  31-08-2015 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers say the blind spot every human has can be effectively 'shrunk' with training, despite the fact that the hole in our visual field cannot be.
  
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• There could be aliens beneath Pluto's crust, claims Brian Cox

  31-08-2015 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The physicist's comments come after the historic flyby of the dwarf planet by the New Horizons spacecraft, which uncovered huge glaciers and mountains made of water ice.
  
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• Google abandons 'too invasive' system

  31-08-2015 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Google project to allow retailers to send notifications to customer's phones when they entered a store has been shut down by Larry Page for being 'too invasive' , it has been claimed.
  
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• How to train yourself to have SUPERVISION: Researchers reveals trick they claim can eradicate our blind spot over time

  31-08-2015 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers say the blind spot every human has can be effectively 'shrunk' with training, despite the fact that the hole in our visual field cannot be.
  
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• Google abandons 'too invasive' system which would have allowed stores to pinpoint exactly when a customer walked in and send ads to their phone

  31-08-2015 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Google project to allow retailers to send notifications to customer's phones when they entered a store has been shut down by Larry Page for being 'too invasive' , it has been claimed.
  
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• There could be aliens beneath Pluto's crust: Dwarf planet's subsurface oceans have the potential to hold life, claims Brian Cox

  31-08-2015 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The physicists comments come after the historic flyby of the dwarf planet by the New Horizons spacecraft, which uncovered huge glaciers and mountains made of water ice.
  
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• First ever recorded image of a dodo to fetch £12,000 at auction

  31-08-2015 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Valued between £8,000 ($12,300) and £12,000 ($18,500), the book and its illustrations will be sold at Lyon and Turnbull auction house in Edinburgh on Wednesday.
  
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• Citymapper app now tells travellers the best place to board a train

  31-08-2015 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The app has introduced its new boarding strategy features in its 29 cities, including New York, San Francisco and London to tell commuters where to board their train to reduce waits when getting off.
  
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• Google lets iPhone users use its Android Wear watches in tech war for the wrist

  31-08-2015 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google is introducing an application that will connect Android smartwatches with Apple's iPhone, escalating the rivals' battle to strap their technology on people's wrists.
  
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• First ever recorded image of a dodo to fetch £12,000 at auction: Extinct bird is described as 'disgusting' in 17th century illustration

  31-08-2015 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Valued between £8,000 ($12,300) and £12,000 ($18,500), the book and its illustrations will be sold at Lyon and Turnbull auction house in Edinburgh on Wednesday.
  
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• Beat the rush-hour scrum: Citymapper app now tells travellers the best place to board a train or tube to avoid the crowds

  31-08-2015 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The app has introduced its new boarding strategy features in its 29 cities, including New York, San Francisco and London to tell commuters where to board their train to reduce waits when getting off.
  
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• Women who undergo sex change operations 'lose the ability to multitask'

  31-08-2015 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Vienna found qualities traditionally attributed to women, such as verbal and multitasking skills, diminished in the weeks after testosterone treatment.
  
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• Philistines introduced cumin, bay leaves and opium poppies into Middle Eastern diet

  31-08-2015 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists at Bar-Ilan University in Israel have found evidence that suggests the Philistines introduced hundreds of plants into the diet in Israel including new species from abroad.
  
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• Amazon Underground offers paid-for games without any in-app purchases

  31-08-2015 15:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon explained it has been able to offer Underground apps for free 'by working out a new amount on a per-minute played basis in exchange for them waiving their normal in-app fees.'
  
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• Heavy cannabis users suffer from severe nausea and pain

  31-08-2015 15:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome triggers severe stomach pain, nausea and vomiting - and is ‘increasing acutely’ worldwide, says Professor Sauid Ishaq at the University of Birmingham.
  
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• Valve reveals HTC Vive will go on sale in 'large quantities' by March

  31-08-2015 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Valve posted the release to announce it would be showing off two new titles for the upcoming Vive VRsystem (pictured) at this year'sPAX Prime in Seattle over the weekend.
  
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• Ashley Madison site 'still growing'

  31-08-2015 14:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ashley Madison says "hundreds of thousands" of new members are joining despite an enormous data leak after hackers targeted the website.
  
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• Flic controls phones, lights, plays music and can even order you a pizza

  31-08-2015 13:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Flic, designed by Swedish company Shortcut Labs, connects to smartphones using Bluetooth and can automate a range of different functions that can be allocated to three different types of click.
  
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• Facebook tool to tackle video theft

  31-08-2015 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook announces new measures to tackle video piracy on its website.
  
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• Quasar powered by TWO monster black holes spotted

  31-08-2015 13:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery (illustrated) was made by astronomers from the University of Oklahoma studying Markarian 231 (Mrk 231), the nearest galaxy to Earth that hosts a quasar.
  
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• Apple iCloud hack STILL not solved a year after celebrity nude photos leaked

  31-08-2015 12:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On August 31 last year, hundreds of explicit images of some of Hollywood's most famous stars were posted to forum websites anonymously after hackers broke into the iCloud accounts.
  
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• VIDEO: Slow-melting ice cream developed

  31-08-2015 12:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists develop a way to make ice cream smoother and less likely to melt so quickly on a hot summer day.
  
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• Koran thought to be the oldest in the world could predate Muhammad

  31-08-2015 11:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The pages, which were discovered at the library of the University of Birmingham last month and are from around 568AD, could predate Muhammad, historians have claimed.
  
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• 'Blush' is the world's first sex toy that syncs with the Apple watch

  31-08-2015 11:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The $89 (£60) Blush has been created by New York-based Lovesense. The firm has launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise funding for the gadget and it has already tripled its $10,000 target.
  
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• ICYMI: Gunshot broadcast live online

  31-08-2015 10:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A round-up of interesting technology-related links you may have missed over the past weekend.
  
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• Scientists create ice cream that doesn't melt by using protein found in Japanese food

  31-08-2015 09:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The special protein naturally occurs in a Japanese breakfast food called 'natto' made from fermented soy beans and binds together the air, fat and water in ice cream, helping scoops stay intact for longer.
  
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• Rick Trippe photographs battle between a sea snake and stonefish 

  31-08-2015 09:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Enthusiastic spearfisherman Rich Trippe has snapped a photo of an incredible battle to the death, when he encountered two 'sad-looking' deadly sea creatures in a stalemate.
  
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• Royal Navy could soon be using remote-controlled warships with 'see-through' hulls 

  31-08-2015 09:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Futuristic images have emerged of the intimidatingly named Dreadnought 2050, designed by a group of leading British naval experts to push current technologies to the limit.
  
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• Obese people's brains wired to eat in same way drug addicts crave fix

  31-08-2015 08:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Obese people’s brains could be hard-wired to want food in the same way that drug users are addicted to their habit, new research suggests.
  
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• VIDEO: Indonesia zoo app 'to tackle image'

  31-08-2015 03:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ragunan Zoo introduces a mobile phone app to navigate the park.
  
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• NASA names New Horizons' next target

  31-08-2015 02:56 via go.theregister.com
  
  Just another BEELION miles to go NASA has tentatively named the next target for its New Horizons' probe.…
  
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• Are we addicted to technology?

  31-08-2015 01:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Is technology changing our brains?
  
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• VIDEO: Neurologist Oliver Sacks dies aged 82

  31-08-2015 00:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks dies of cancer aged 82
  
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