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• Chimpanzees become so engrossed in violent videos they ignore tasty treats

  17-09-2015 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Kyoto University showed chimps bizarre videos of an actor in a King Kong costume attacking humans and a human getting 'revenge' with a hammer.
  
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• BBC micro:bit delayed until 2016, predictably

  17-09-2015 23:29
  
  The rollout of the BBC micro:bit – its credit-card sized device aimed at educating 1,000,000 kids about coding and technology in the spirit of the 80s BBC Micro computer – has been delayed until after Christmas. Originally slated to be given free to every Year 7 child starting secondary school in September, the device has been hit with manufacturing issues relating to its power supply. As such, it’s still unclear exactly when the device will arrive in schools in early 201
  
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• Russian researchers are plucked from a drifting ice research station

  17-09-2015 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The evacuation of the ‘North Pole-2015' icy laboratory was captured on camera as researchers and other workers living there began their journey back to north west Russia.
  
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• El Nino will cause MORE damage to parched California: Experts warn weather system will add another year of drought to the region

  17-09-2015 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of weather experts at the University of California this week warned the weather system may not behave as many have predicted, bringing more drought in the region.
  
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• Amazon takes aim at Apple: Firm revamps its Fire TV and launches $50 high-spec 7-inch Fire tablet

  17-09-2015 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 7-inch (18-cm) Fire tablet is part of new family of tablets being launched by the online giant, along with an upgraded streaming media device and a game controller box.
  
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• Spyware Odlanor lets hackers see online poker player's hands

  17-09-2015 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The hack is being carried using a malicious spyware program called Odlanor, spotted by security researchers from San Diego-based Eset.
  
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• New images show Pluto's hazy horizon

  17-09-2015 20:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fresh images of Pluto from Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft have captured a low-lying haze near the surface.
  
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• Harry Potter's invisibility cloak becomes a reality (sort of): Ultra-thin cape conceals 3D objects, but it only works with tiny shapes

  17-09-2015 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Working with brick-like blocks of gold nanoantennas, scientists at the University of California Berkeley fashioned a 'skin cloak' (illustrated) 80 nanometres thick.
  
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• From a beautiful sunset to majestic mountains: Stunning new images of Pluto reveal its 'Earth-like' landscape in incredible detail

  17-09-2015 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Among the highlights is an incredible panorama showing a sunset on the icy world, taken by New Horizons probe 15 minutes after it flew by the Pluto system in July.
  
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• VIDEO: Robots work in world's biggest building

  17-09-2015 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Take a speedy tour of the world's biggest building where robots are used to build and paint new planes.
  
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• Inside the cave that was home to Denisovans, Neanderthals AND Homo sapiens

  17-09-2015 19:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geneticists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Munich, Germany, studied DNA from teeth and a pinky bone found in the Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains (pictured).
  
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• Science world backs US 'clock boy'

  17-09-2015 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Muslim boy arrested in Texas for bringing a homemade clock to school continues to receive an outpouring of support from scientists and politicians.
  
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• Unicorn Tears turns mythical creatures' liquid sorrow into gin

  17-09-2015 19:32
  
  Unicorns are incredibly rare -- some say mythical. Gin is substantially less so, and very much real. Gin made from unicorns' tears and bottled with mystic silver? That probably splits the difference, to be fair.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• British billionaire pays record £600K for gold.co.uk domain

  17-09-2015 19:12
  
  A British entrepreneur has paid a record £600,000 for gold.co.uk -- the most ever paid for a .co.uk domain name.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Chimpanzees love horror movies too! Apes become so engrossed in violent videos they ignore tasty treats in front of them

  17-09-2015 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Kyoto University showed chimps bizarre videos of an actor in a King Kong costume attacking humans and a human getting 'revenge' with a hammer.
  
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• A dramatic North Pole rescue: Russian researchers are plucked from a drifting ice research station after cracks appeared

  17-09-2015 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The evacuation of the ‘North Pole-2015' icy laboratory was captured on camera as researchers and other workers living there began their journey back to north west Russia.
  
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• Watch the very Social Network trailer for the latest Steve Jobs biopic

  17-09-2015 17:43
  
  “What if a computer was a beautiful object? Something you want to look at and have in your home? And instead of being in the right hands, it was in everyone’s hands?”
  “We’d be looking at the most tectonic shift since…”
  “Ever.”By: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Continue reading...
  
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• Mirror doctors that diagnose diseases and a robot beauty therapist among future predictions

  17-09-2015 16:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Ian Pearson from Ipswich made the predictions alongside Bathrooms.com, including that smart mirrors could perform health checks and let people try on make-up looks in 20 years' time.
  
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• Apple Watch: a travel companion worth the extra baggage

  17-09-2015 16:31
  
  When Apple first announced the Apple Watch, one of the main points of discussion around it was whether the company could develop a compelling case for the wearable that would make it feel not just desirable, but essential.
  Apple has typically achieved this feeling in the past through its apps ecosystem, which feeds into people's lifestyles in a way that make their lives more convenient and in doing so makes the technology irresistible. The Apple Watch is still far from an essenti
  
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• Motorola opens pre-orders for its Moto 360 2 collection but charges women more

  17-09-2015 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The men's 42mm is shown by default at £299, but the Chicago-based firm automatically adds an extra £30 ($30) when the same sized women's version is selected.
  
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• Inside the cave that was home to Denisovans, Neanderthals AND Homo sapiens: Different species of early man used the same shelter for thousands of years

  17-09-2015 16:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geneticists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Munich, Germany, studied DNA from teeth and a pinky bone found in the Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains (pictured).
  
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• I'm bringing sexy beak: Penguins are attracted to colours on their partner's bills that are invisible to our eyes

  17-09-2015 16:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive in Montpellier, France, observed king penguins living on the Kerguelen Islands, between Antarctica and South Africa.
  
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• Your bathroom is about to get high-tech: Smart mirror 'doctors' that diagnose diseases and a robot beauty therapist among the latest futuristic predictions

  17-09-2015 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Ian Pearson from Ipswich made the predictions alongside Bathrooms.com, including that smart mirrors could perform health checks and let people try on make-up looks in 20 years' time.
  
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• Soviet spacecraft on show at London's Science Museum

  17-09-2015 15:45
  
  The rise and fall of USSR's space project goes on display at the Science Museum in London. By: Gian Volpicelli, Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: Hands-on with Amazon's £50 tablet

  17-09-2015 15:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Online shopping giant Amazon reveals updates to its tablet computers and a 4K television set-top box.
  
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• Apple haters flood Google Play with abusive reviews for their Move to iOS app

  17-09-2015 15:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Comments posted alongside thousands of one-star ratings include: 'Ever wish you could go back in time? Well now you can! Experience all the features you have had for years all over again.'
  
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• Seal spotted surfing humpback whale

  17-09-2015 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Australian photographer captures a rare moment of animal communion with a shot of a seal surfing a humpback whale off the New South Wales coast.
  
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• SPACED OUT: NASA's manned Orion podule pushed back to 2023

  17-09-2015 15:12 via go.theregister.com
  
  Red planet? Don't hold your breath, people NASA's plan to carry out manned space missions beyond Earth's low orbit has stalled to 2023.…
  
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• MANKIND'S RETURN to DEEP SPACE postponed: No manned Orion podule until 2023

  17-09-2015 15:12 via go.theregister.com
  Red planet? Don't hold your breath, people NASA says that the long awaited return to manned space missions which go further from Earth than low orbit will be delayed just a little longer, to 2023.…
  
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• HUMANITY'S RETURN to DEEP SPACE delayed: No manned Orion mission until 2023

  17-09-2015 15:12 via go.theregister.com
  
  Red planet? Don't hold your breath The Orion space capsule, long planned to be the vehicle in which human beings would at long last travel once again beyond Earth orbit - as they have not done since the Apollo moonshots - has suffered further delays.…
  
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• FIFTY-ONE YEARS since HUMANS went BEYOND EARTH ORBIT: NASA Orion podule delay

  17-09-2015 15:12 via go.theregister.com
  
  And counting. Mars? Don't hold your breath NASA has announced that its Orion space capsule, intended to be the centrepiece of humanity's return to deep space, now has a deadline for flight with astronauts aboard of 2023. Orion had been intended to make its first manned flight two years sooner.…
  
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• Ghost in the Shell online shooter 'First Assault' finally revealed

  17-09-2015 14:24
  
      The first trailer for Nexon's upcoming Ghost in the Shell game has been revealed, showing off the core gameplay of the online free-to-play shooter.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Black holes in distant galaxy set to collide with a blast 100m times larger than a supernovae

  17-09-2015 14:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers at Columbia University in New York have discovered a pair of supermassive black holes are orbiting each other at 47 million miles per hour that will collide in under a million years.
  
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• Nasa mission captures last moments of its 3,000th 'dirty snowball'

  17-09-2015 14:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Soho telescope, controlled fromNasa's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland, has discovered its 3000th 'sungrazer' comet (an example is pictured).
  
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• Facebook activates Safety Check after Chile earthquake

  17-09-2015 14:15
  
  In the aftermath of the quake Facebook's Safety Check feature has been activated, asking people in the affected region if they are okay.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• MI5 chief warns technology has put terrorists 'out of reach'

  17-09-2015 13:40
  
  Rapid advances in technology are allowing terrorists to operate "out of the reach" of British spies, the head of MI5, Andrew Parker has claimed.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Reg Xmas lectures tackle transhumanism, driverless cars and life as a hostage

  17-09-2015 13:39 via go.theregister.com
  
  Stretch your brains as the days grow shorter... Reg Lectures  Whether you’re fascinated by what it means to be human, or what it means to be a machine, you’ll want to come to one or all of this year’s Register Christmas lectures.…
  
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• Android fans attack! Apple haters flood Google Play with abusive one-star reviews for the tech giant's Move to iOS app

  17-09-2015 13:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Comments posted alongside thousands of one-star ratings include: 'Ever wish you could go back in time? Well now you can! Experience all the features you have had for years all over again.'
  
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• USSR 'worried' about women in space

  17-09-2015 13:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The first woman in space has revealed that the Soviet authorities thought it was "too dangerous" to send more female cosmonauts into orbit.
  
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• AVG can sell your browsing and search history to advertisers

  17-09-2015 13:00
  
  Security firm AVG can sell search and browser history data to advertisers in order to "make money" from its free antivirus software, a change to its privacy policy has confirmed.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• YouTube Gaming to get Android live-streaming

  17-09-2015 12:52
  
  The rapid expansion of game streaming platform YouTube Gaming just took another step forwards, with the announcement it will be possible to live-broadcast Android titles directly to the site.
  The reveal came during the ongoing Tokyo Games Show. Although the online video giant didn't offer a release date for the function, it said it would be "coming soon".By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Cosmic death spiral: Monster black holes in distant galaxy are set to collide with a blast 100 million times larger than a supernovae

  17-09-2015 12:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers at Columbia University in New York have discovered a pair of supermassive black holes are orbiting each other at 47 million miles per hour that will collide in under a million years.
  
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• iOS 9 update fixes critical iPhone Airdrop exploit

  17-09-2015 12:25
  
  iOS 9 has been released for all current iPhones and iPads -- and you'll want to upgrade immediately. But not because you especially need a tightened up Mail and new Safari features -- you'll need to upgrade to avoid a potentially devastating Bluetooth hack.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Twitter rolls out 'Buy' button to users to let you purchase items from tweets

  17-09-2015 12:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter added its Buy button option to profiles in the US last year and it is now available globally.To make a purchase on Twitter, users can simply tap the button (pictured) embedded into tweets.
  
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• VIDEO: Charity's games console poverty drive

  17-09-2015 12:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Bristol charity has adapted a computer game console to help raise fight poverty in Africa.
  
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• XYZ's 3D Food Printer layers edible ingredients to make any meal of your choice

  17-09-2015 11:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 3D food printer by XYZ in Taiwan can create tasty treats (pictured) by layering ingredients before they are baked in an oven.
  
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• Reindeer-sucking MOSQUITO SWARMS to plague Arctic. Climate change blamed

  17-09-2015 11:51 via go.theregister.com
  
  Rudolph's red nose will glow - with PAIN Climate change – is there nothing you can't terrorize? Now it's threatening to rain blood-starved mosquitos down in swarms over cheerful Santa's backyard in the Arctic.…
  
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• BLOOD ORGY: CLIMATE DEATH MOSQUITOES will FEAST on SANTA's lovely REINDEER

  17-09-2015 11:51 via go.theregister.com
  
  Rudolph's red nose will glow - with PAIN Alright, it's serious now. Santa's reindeer - including Rudolph - are set to be drained of all their blood: and the blame lies squarely with climate change.…
  
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• BLOOD FEAST: CLIMATE MOSQUITOES to wipe out SANTA's Arctic REINDEER

  17-09-2015 11:51 via go.theregister.com
  
  Look out Santa! Rudolph's red nose will glow - with PAIN Everyone knows that climate change is scary stuff - but the reality is now truly sinking in with the news that global warming is liable to render extinct - or anyway, badly inconvenience - the reindeer or caribou of the lands adjacent to the North Pole.…
  
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• BLOOD FEAST as CLIMATE MOSQUITOES wipe out Arctic REINDEER

  17-09-2015 11:51 via go.theregister.com
  
  Look out Santa! Rudolph's red nose will be swollen with PAIN At last the world may realise the true menace posed by climate change, as it has emerged that global warming is set to wipe out - or at the very least, seriously annoy - the lovable reindeer of the lands around the North Pole.…
  
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