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• Samsung patent reveals firm's first folding handset

  31-05-2016 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The newly uncovered patent, filed in 2015,reveals Samsung is planning a handset that simply folds in half when not in use.
  
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• Animals with larger right-hand claws are more sociable and attract more mates

  31-05-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Adelaide found a tiny crustaceans' asymmetry feature determines its chances of mating. A male Dulichiella appendiculate with a larger right-handed is more attractive to females.
  
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• VIDEO: DiCaprio silent at £11,400 phone launch

  31-05-2016 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hollywood stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy turn up - but won't talk - at the launch of a high-end, high-price smartphone.
  
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• Leonardo DiCaprio silent at £11,400 Solarin phone launch

  31-05-2016 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hollywood stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy turn up - but won't talk - at the launch of a high-end, high-price smartphone.
  
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• An android for the paranoid (and rich): $16,000 ultra secure handset goes on sale 

  31-05-2016 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Solarin phone features specially developed ultra secure software and a special 'ultrasafe'mode with a button on the back to ensure secure communication.
  
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• Scans reveal 'liking' a post activates same circuits as eating chocolate

  31-05-2016 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  UCLA found certain brain regions of a teenager activate and are inhibited while on social media. Picture likes are linked to the same area as eating chocolate and risky photos obstruct decision making
  
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• Asteroids 'dumped water in molten Moon'

  31-05-2016 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Water found deep in the Moon was delivered when icy asteroids splashed into magma oceans 4.3 billion years ago, a study suggests.
  
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• Canadian student from University of British Columbia finds 4 new planets

  31-05-2016 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Four planets have been discovered by a university student in Canada, and one could hold the possibility for life. KOI-408.05 is larger than Neptune, and lies in the habitable zone of its star.
  
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• Next Gen Jane hopes to allow women to test menstrual blood at home

  31-05-2016 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Next Gen Jane smart tampon will collect blood during menstruation which could then be tested at home, allowing women to give themselves a monthly 'checkup'.
  
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• VIDEO: Could Brexit mean higher roaming costs?

  31-05-2016 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Could leaving the EU cost you more to use your phone abroad? Rory Cellan-Jones has been finding out.
  
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• The smart tampon that can give you a monthly checkup: Startup hopes to allow women to test menstrual blood at home

  31-05-2016 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Next Gen Jane smart tampon will collect blood during menstruation which could then be tested at home, allowing women to give themselves a monthly 'checkup'.
  
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• Toddler with sexual urges and body hair is diagnosed with 'precocious puberty'

  31-05-2016 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tests revealed the toddler, known only as Akash, from Delhi, had the testosterone levels of a 25-year-old. This meant he had adult-sized genitalia, facial and body hair and his voice was starting to break.
  
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• Could YOU design a secret military spaceplane?

  31-05-2016 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a recent solicitation, Darpa calls for proposals on the design and fabrication of an unmanned craft that could be flown ten times in ten days, boosting a payload to low Earth orbit.
  
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• US Marines to trial 'battery pants' that charge as they march

  31-05-2016 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bionic Power will begin testing a new exoskeleton with the Marines in 2017. Called PowerWalk, the leg-mounted device generates power as the user walks and can charge 4 smartphones in 1 hour.
  
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• Boeing delays $46bn KC-46 Air Force 'flying fuel tanker' development

  31-05-2016 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boeing has admitted a flaw in the KC-46 Pegasus plane's refuelling boom means it will not be delivered in August 2017 as expected.
  
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• Saturn's moons Janus and Mima in shadow of planet's giant ring captured by Cassini

  31-05-2016 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest image, taken in green light with Cassini's narrow-angle camera on Oct. 27, 2015, shows Saturn's moons Janus and Mimas. Janus hangs above center, while Mimas shines at right.
  
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• Nasa successfully inflates expanding room on ISS on second attempt

  31-05-2016 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa tried last week to inflate the structure but failed due to too much friction. The second time successfully extended BEAM to 170 cm following more than seven hours of air release.
  
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• Graphic shows how mobile phone screens have evolved

  31-05-2016 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The infographic was commissioned by Newport-based price comparison website GoCompare. It charts technological progress from the Nokia 5110 to Apple's Retina display.
  
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• H2O trapped in interior was delivered to our satellite by asteroids 4billion

  31-05-2016 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A magma ocean helped keep water from asteroids that hit into the moon from escaping, a study by researchers from the Open University in Milton Keynes has revealed.
  
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• Prospect of fertilisation really blows bees' hair back

  31-05-2016 18:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  Yes, literally There's one thing that literally makes bees' hairs stand up and quiver, say boffins: small electric fields emitted by flowers looking to get it on.…
  
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• 65 million passwords were hacked on Tumblr

  31-05-2016 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This makes it the third biggest global security breach, after a hack of 164 million Linkedin accounts, and 152 million Adobe accounts.Tumblr has advised users to change their passwords.
  
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• Are black holes HOLOGRAMS?

  31-05-2016 17:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Theoretical Physics in Munich, Germany, have used quantum gravity to estimate the chaotic structure that may exist within black holes.
  
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• 65 million passwords were hacked on Tumblr: Enormous extent of the 2013 data breach revealed

  31-05-2016 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This makes it the third biggest global security breach, after a hack of 164 million Linkedin accounts, and 152 million Adobe accounts.Tumblr has advised users to change their passwords.
  
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• Do YOU love your job? Americans and Brits are among the world's happiest workers

  31-05-2016 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Well-being at work barometer, carried out by Paris-based firms Edenred and Ipsos, questioned 14,400 employees in 15 countries and found on average 71 per cent of employees feel positively.
  
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• Are black holes HOLOGRAMS? Mysterious dark objects may merely be projections from flat two dimensional surfaces 

  31-05-2016 16:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Theoretical Physics in Munich, Germany, have used quantum gravity to estimate the chaotic structure that may exist within black holes.
  
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• Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Microsoft sign EU pledge to combat online hate

  31-05-2016 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Brussels-based European Commission has reached an agreement with some of the world's biggest social media firms on ways to combat online hate speech.
  
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• Facebook copy created in North Korea

  31-05-2016 16:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A crude clone of the Facebook social media site briefly appears in North Korea before going offline.
  
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• Plane window shade would charge passengers' phones and tablets at 35,000ft

  31-05-2016 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  B/E Aerospace, based in Wellington, Florida, said the window shade would have a solar panel on the outside face and a wired or wireless charging port to keep passengers' devices fully charged.
  
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• ISS 'nauts to face Mark Zuckerberg grilling

  31-05-2016 16:12 via go.theregister.com
  
  Facebook Live vid Q&A session tomorrow International Space Station (ISS) 'nauts Tim Kopra, Tim Peake and Jeff Williams will tomorrow enjoy a 20-minute Facebook Live vid Q&A session with Mark Zuckerberg.…
  
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• Why Pikachu is making Hong Kong angry

  31-05-2016 16:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nintendo's upcoming Pokemon games are causing controversy in Hong Kong because of plans to give Pikachu and his friends Mandarin names.
  
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• Oxford professor says computers could develop consciousness

  31-05-2016 16:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Marcus du Sautoy, a mathematician at Oxford University, has suggested that as AI leads to our devices developing their own consciousness, they may need their own laws to protect them.
  
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• Juno yields to Jupiter's gravitational embrace

  31-05-2016 15:32 via go.theregister.com
  
  Spacecraft drawn to July rendezvous with gas giant NASA's Juno spacecraft last week crossed the Sun/Jupiter gravitational boundary and is now firmly in the gas giant's embrace.…
  
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• Snorting lines of CHOCOLATE is the latest way to get high in Europe's clubs 

  31-05-2016 15:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new craze of snorting lines of cocoa is sweeping through Europe's clubs with one dedicated event in Berlin now offering it in place of drugs like cocaine and even alcohol.
  
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• Iran closes borders on messaging apps

  31-05-2016 15:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Instant messaging apps must store data about Iranian users inside the country, Iran has ordered.
  
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• Web giants pledge to tackle online hate

  31-05-2016 14:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Microsoft, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook pledge to remove hate speech within 24 hours, as they back an EU code of conduct.
  
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• Remember that real-life Pong table? You can now order one...for $1,100

  31-05-2016 14:19
  
  You can soon play Pong IRL with this homemade coffee table
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• Signs of alien life on Mars could have been wiped out by space radiation

  31-05-2016 14:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa researchers in California have found amino acids, one of the possible signs life once existed on Mars, might be destroyed in 20 million years rather than 1 billion.
  
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• MySpace and Tumblr hit by 'mega breach'

  31-05-2016 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 400 million hacked account IDs from Tumblr and MySpace are being offered for sale on the net.
  
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• Is it normal NOT to want sex? Yes, says leading expert

  31-05-2016 14:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sexual health professor Juliet Ritchers at University of New South Wales, Australia, explores whether a lack of libido is something to be worried about or completely normal.
  
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• Russia is ready for hyperloop project that would connect St Petersburg to Moscow 

  31-05-2016 13:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russian rail experts have revealed the country is ready for its own version of Elon Musk’s Hyperloop, in the form of a magnetic levitation train which could travel at 1,200 km per hour to Moscow (pictured)
  
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• SpaceX will offer first postal service to Mars in 2018 and prices start at £42m

  31-05-2016 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk's California-based SpaceX plans to offer a service to send payloads to Mars as early as 2018, andprices for adding payloads to the journey will start at £42 ($62) million.
  
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• Technology that separates landing aircraft by time instead of distance cuts hold ups

  31-05-2016 13:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The time-based separation technology, developed by Nats and Lockheed Martin, has been on trial at Heathrow Airport for the past year and now will be rolled out to Gatwick and Manchester airports.
  
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• Amazon lets users speak with Alexa without using an Echo via web browser

  31-05-2016 13:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After logging into Echoism.io with an Amazon account, anyone can start asking Alexa questions by clicking and holding on the mic button.
  
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• ISS pump-up space podule fully engorged

  31-05-2016 12:32 via go.theregister.com
  
  Bigelow Expandable Activity Module finally fattened The International Space Station (ISS) grew by 16m3 on Saturday as the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) was successfully inflated at the second attempt.…
  
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• Baking soda 'sponge' to capture carbon

  31-05-2016 12:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists in California are testing a spongy material made with the key ingredient of baking soda as means of capturing carbon emissions.
  
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• DOT test sees letters hidden amid colourful grids in a fiendish brain teaser

  31-05-2016 11:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest in a long line of brainteasers frustrating internet users has been released - but are you able to solve it? Within a grid of coloured dots is a letter of the alphabet - but it's up to you to find it.
  
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• First gene therapy for children is approved in Europe: Radical treatment for rare 'bubble boy' disorder has a 100% survival rate

  31-05-2016 11:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The European Commission in Brussels has given approval for British drug firm GlaxoSmithKlineto produce a stem cell gene therapy, called Strimvelis, to treat children with severe immunodeficiency.
  
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• How climate change is making crops POISONOUS

  31-05-2016 11:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A report by the Nairobi-based United Nations Environment Programme says affected crops, such as maize and wheat, could cause cancers in people and livestock.
  
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• Now can you pass the DOT test? Letters are hidden amid colourful grids in a fiendish brain teaser

  31-05-2016 10:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest in a long line of brainteasers frustrating internet users has been released - but are you able to solve it? Within a grid of coloured dots is a letter of the alphabet - but it's up to you to find it.
  
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• Bletchley finds Hitler plain text war machine on Ebay, buys for £10

  31-05-2016 09:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Rubbish-covered relic found in Essex shed. A World War II teleprinter Hitler used in strategic communications with generals has been bought on eBay for £9.50.…
  
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