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• Apple's Live photos will DOUBLE the size of images and gobble up phone memory

  11-09-2015 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple says they could be the future of photography, mixing still photos and video into 'Live Photos' - although experts warn they could fill your phone.
  
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• Defendant in 1310 English court case given nickname 'Roger Fuckebythenavele'

  11-09-2015 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Paul Booth of Keele University spotted the name in 'Roger Fuckebythenavele' in the Chester county court plea rolls from December 8, 1310, and believes it was a nickname.
  
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• Will Apple's new Live photos fill your phone? Claims new feature will DOUBLE the size of images

  11-09-2015 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple says they could be the future of photography, mixing still photos and video into 'Live Photos' - although experts warn they could fill your phone.
  
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• How the internet broke the story of 9/11: Readers caught up on bare websites with no Facebook or Twitter while TV was virtually the only source of video

  11-09-2015 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In 2001 broadband was still in its infancy, while social networking and smartphones did not exist, meaning news of the 9/11 attacks broke online in a very different way to how it does today.
  
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• Small amount of alcohol means you have to concentrate TWICE as hard

  11-09-2015 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Kentucky used a driving simulator to study the effect of just one drink (stock image) on drivers' concentration levels.
  
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• Key ingredient of chemo drug Etoposide 'is reproduced in tobacco plants'

  11-09-2015 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Stanford University have managed to recreate one of the key ingredients for the chemotherapy drug etoposide, in the leaves of a tobacco plant.
  
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• Watch a TASER in slow motion in video as volunteer spasms and howls in pain

  11-09-2015 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  YouTubers the Slo Mo Guys visited Taser International in Scotsdale, Arizona, to film a Taser being fired at a volunteer at a rate of 28,500 frames per second.
  
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• Smartwatch hack lets criminals know what keys you are TYPING

  11-09-2015 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'attack system' was created at the University of Illinois. It has been called Motion Leaks through Smartwatch Sensors, or MoLe, and was demonstrated using a Samsung Gear Live.
  
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• The world's biggest manmade wave

  11-09-2015 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists in the Netherlands have built a vast new machine that can create the world's largest artificial wave to put flood defences to the test.
  
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• VIDEO: Creating world's biggest manmade wave

  11-09-2015 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the Deltares Research Institute in the Netherlands have built a machine that creates the world's largest artificial wave.
  
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• How to pick the perfect password

  11-09-2015 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After hackers decode millions of stolen passwords, how do you choose and remember the perfect password?
  
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• YouTuber asked indie dev for thousands to feature game

  11-09-2015 19:11
  
  YouTube is big business when it comes to the games industry. It's not just that the platform has such faith in the medium that it's launched its own streaming portal, but popular games broadcasters can leverage their viewing figures into prosperous careers. A top YouTuber featuring a game on their channel can even significantly increase awareness and, importantly, sales of a game -- an influence that some may be starting to seriously cash in on.
  In a post on Reddit, Ben Tester fr
  
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• Mapping the Syrian refugee crisis across Europe: in pictures

  11-09-2015 18:54
  
  The Syrian Civil War has been pushing citizens out of their homes for the last three and a half years, but the internal turmoil caused by shifting borders between different factions since March 2014 has been particularly tumultuous. 
  The UN undersecretary estimated in August 2015 that 250,000 civilian deaths have been caused by the conflict. It's unsurprising then that many Syrians have fled the country. The crisis is epic in size, spilling over into every country in Europe. One way to att
  
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• WIRED Weekender 11.09.15 - Apple and Microsoft, going off-grid

  11-09-2015 18:51
      The best of WIRED in one weekly postBy: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• How Gadi Amit is putting the future of wearables under your skin

  11-09-2015 18:51
  
  Interview with Gadi Amit, the designer behind the Fitbit, Lytro camera and, most recently the Sproutling. By: Joao Medeiros, Continue reading...
  
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• Ancient ancestors, Apple analysis: Podcast 234

  11-09-2015 18:35
  
  
  Listen this week for an entertaining look at the most interesting technology and science stories from the last seven days, with WIRED.co.uk's Michael Rundle, Katie Collins and James Temperton.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• BB-8: the coolest thing in WIRED's office

  11-09-2015 18:34
  
  WIRED wants to give you a glimpse into the bizarre, interesting and -- frankly -- cool objects, ideas and prototypes that pass through our midst.
  Join WIRED.co.uk Editor Michael Rundle on a weekly guide to the strangest, most amazing or simply most unfathomable object in the WIRED office.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• Germans chide Facebook over race hate

  11-09-2015 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A top German MP releases a video urging Facebook to remove hate messages from trolls who attack migrants.
  
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• Watch the raw power of a TASER in slow motion: Video reveals rippling skin as volunteer spasms and howls in pain

  11-09-2015 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  YouTubers the Slo Mo Guys visited Taser International in Scotsdale, Arizona, to film a Taser being fired at a volunteer at a rate of 28,500 frames per second.
  
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• Grand Theft Auto Online's popularity may have killed solo DLC

  11-09-2015 17:30
  
  Believe it or not, Grand Theft Auto V game out almost exactly two years ago. Unlike its 2008 predecessor though, it's not seen any story-focused DLC packs released. If you're still waiting for a current gen answer to GTA IV's The Lost and the Damned or The Ballad of Gay Tony, brace yourself -- they may never materialise, and Grand Theft Auto Online is to blame.
  The multiplayer component of Rockstar Games' gangster hit launched sho
  
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• Former MTGox boss charged in Japan

  11-09-2015 17:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former of head of the collapsed bitcoin exchange MtGox has been charged with embezzlement in Japan.
  
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• Look inside SpaceX's futuristic astronaut flight capsule

  11-09-2015 17:14
  
     You can now take a virtual tour of SpaceX's super-sleek Crew Dragon spacecraft, which is set to send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2017.By: Daniel Culpan, Continue reading...
  
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• Why are we still treating autism like an epidemic?

  11-09-2015 17:12
  
  Steve Silberman, author of NeuroTribes: Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently, on what we're all getting wrong when it comes to understanding autism. By: Steve Silberman, Continue reading...
  
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• Smartwatch hack lets criminals know what you're TYPING: Motion sensors can remotely reveal which keys you're pressing

  11-09-2015 17:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'attack system' was created at the University of Illinois. It has been called Motion Leaks through Smartwatch Sensors, or MoLe, and was demonstrated using a Samsung Gear Live.
  
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• King Kong to face Godzilla in movie monster mashup

  11-09-2015 16:20
  
  In a piece of otherwise boring movie minutiae, the upcoming King Kong reboot Kong: Skull Island will be moving production from Universal to Warner Bros. Why does this matter? Because the move will allow the "eighth wonder of the world" to cross paths with the "king of monsters". King Kong versus Godzilla: it is on.
  Skull Island is currently set for 2017 release, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. It's intended to create a "new, distinct timeline"
  
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• Tor gets help to anonymise users

  11-09-2015 16:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Tor network is getting help from the net's core engineers and overseers to keep secret what is done via the "dark web" system.
  
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• Watch a SOLAR 'TORNADO' swirl across the surface of the sun

  11-09-2015 15:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'tornado's' rampagelasted 40 hours between September 1 and 3, according to Nasa’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), a probe that was built at Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland.
  
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• Bumble is Tinder's new feminist competitor. Does it work?

  11-09-2015 15:46
  
      Dating apps work. They're convenient, free, require as much effort as you're willing to put in and give you access to partners you wouldn't normally meet. Apps like Tinder have changed the landscape of dating for the better: all it takes is a simple swipe, accessible from anywhere, as long as you have a smartphone and the internet. But if dating apps seem ostensibly ideal, so why do men keep sending you picture of their genitals?By: Ruby Lott-Lavigna,
  
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• Kruzof Island campsite reveals how 19th century sailors survived for a MONTH

  11-09-2015 15:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The campsite and artefacts (pictured) were uncovered by an international team of researchers including the US Forest Service and the Sitka Tribe of Alaska on Kruzof Island.
  
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• 'Lightning claw' dinosaur found in Australi is largest carnivore found in the region

  11-09-2015 15:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new carnivorous dinosaur dubbed ‘lightning claw’ because of its over-sized hand claw,has been discovered in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales.
  
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• Siberian creatures sought minerals from mud baths as the climate abruptly changed

  11-09-2015 15:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  By massing at a 'salt lick' near the modern-day village of Novodubrovsky village in Novosibirsk region, the giant mammals were seeking to restore their ailing health.
  
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• Siberian 'spa' for woolly mammoths hints at beast's demise: Creatures desperately sought minerals from mud baths as the climate abruptly changed

  11-09-2015 14:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  By massing at a 'salt lick' near the modern-day village of Novodubrovsky village in Novosibirsk region, the giant mammals were seeking to restore their ailing health.
  
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• Ashley Madison passwords cracked

  11-09-2015 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 11 million encrypted passwords stolen from Ashley Madison have been decoded by a group of amateur hacking group.
  
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• 'Lightning claw' dinosaur found in Australia: 23-ft long predator is largest carnivore found in the region

  11-09-2015 14:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new carnivorous dinosaur dubbed ‘lightning claw’ because of its over-sized hand claw,has been discovered in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales.
  
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• Photographer Ryan Deboodt's images reveal the beauty and size of a cave in Vietnam 

  11-09-2015 14:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The cave is located near Vietnam's Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park and is believed to be an extension of a previously discovered cave called Hang Tien.
  
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• Males who want a long-lasting relationship should look happy

  11-09-2015 13:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the University of Oslo and Senshu University in Japan say men who seem more trustworthy are a more attractive option for a long-term partnership because it may involve parenting.
  
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• Sphynxiebob and Bambob breeds are revealed to the world

  11-09-2015 13:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Breeders in Jacksonville, Florida, have created the SphynxieBob - which is a Sphynx and Bobtail cat mix - and the BamBob, which is a cross between a Bambino cat and Bobtail cat.
  
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• Witch' of Tiree's 6k-year-old deformed skeleton in unusual grave is earliest case of rickets

  11-09-2015 13:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bones, found in the village of Balevullin on the island of Tiree, were analysed by Professor Ian Armit and his teams at the University of Bradford and University of Durham.
  
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• Mars, Pluto and Charon revealed in stunning new photos

  11-09-2015 13:35
  
  The mysterious poles of Mars and Charon have been revealed in astonishing new detail, with Nasa also releasing remarkable new images of Pluto's complex geology.By: Daniel Culpan, Continue reading...
  
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• Uber CEO Travis Kalanick 'drives an Uber, has a perfect rating'

  11-09-2015 13:31
  
  Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has said in an interview on The Late Show that he drives an Uber and has a perfect rating from customers.
  When asked by the show's host Stephen Colbert whether he ever drives an Uber, Kalanick responded, "of course". "My rating is a five-o, all five star rides," he added. "For me, it's just fun."By: Katie Collins, Continue reading...
  
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• New Horizons resumes image return

  11-09-2015 13:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New pictures are released from the New Horizons flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, as the probe starts its big data dump to Earth.
  
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• Watch a SOLAR 'TORNADO' swirl across the surface of the sun: 5 million °F mass of plasma spun for 40 hours

  11-09-2015 13:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'tornado's' rampagelasted 40 hours between September 1 and 3, according to Nasa’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), a probe that was built at Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland.
  
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• Bizarre burial of the 'witch' of Tiree: 6,000-year-old deformed skeleton in unusual grave is earliest case of rickets found in UK

  11-09-2015 13:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bones, found in the village of Balevullin on the island of Tiree, were analysed by Professor Ian Armit and his teams at the University of Bradford and University of Durham.
  
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• Divine DS test drive: meet one of the world's most luxurious new cars

  11-09-2015 13:00
  
      In our video report, WIRED Product Editor Jeremy White offers his thoughts on the car, and what it suggests about DS's ambitions to "re-establish the tradition of premium vehicles in the French automotive industry".By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• Lloyds and Halifax join Apple Pay

  11-09-2015 12:53
  
  Two new major banks join Apple Pay, bringing the total to 11 in the UKBy: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Will a robot take your job?

  11-09-2015 12:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Find out a robot could do your job instead
  
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• Men, are you looking for love? Then SMILE: Males who want a long-lasting relationship should look happy (and scowling will attract women who fancy a fling)

  11-09-2015 11:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the University of Oslo and Senshu University in Japan say men who seem more trustworthy are a more attractive option for a long-term partnership because it may involve parenting.
  
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• Minister's climate joke caught on mic

  11-09-2015 11:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia's immigration minister Peter Dutton has come under fire for making light of rising sea levels affecting Pacific Island nations.
  
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• University of Cambridge's Department of Psychology claim wealthy jetsetters mix less with foreigners

  11-09-2015 11:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the University of Cambridge ranked people and countries on status. Red countries were deemed high class but their residents had fewer friends than in yellow, low-class countries.
  
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• GRAHAM HANCOCK argues that a cosmic explosion will soon strike Earth

  11-09-2015 10:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Within the next 20 years, Earth faces a collision with the remnants of a comet big enough to end all life as we know it, according to the author of Magicians of the Gods GRAHAM HANCOCK.
  
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