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• Cisco to cut up to 5,500 jobs

  17-08-2016 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US tech giant Cisco Systems says it is cutting up to 7% of its global workforce, or 5,500 jobs, starting this summer.
  
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• Dog with a GoPro strapped to its back stumbled upon bizarre creature in Oregon forest

  17-08-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A video purporting to show the elusive Sasquatch in some grassy woods in Oregon has caused quite a stir online, after it was shared by the Bigfoot Encounters YouTube channel.
  
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• Elon Musk's AI set to try and learn the art of human conversation by reading Reddit

  17-08-2016 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The OpenAI project hopes to teach its DGX-1 supercomputer the art of human conversation with Reddit threads. By feeding it online chats, it is hoped the machine will learn to converse quickly.
  
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• Sage employee arrested in fraud probe

  17-08-2016 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 32-year-old Sage employee is arrested at Heathrow airport in connection with a fraud investigation.
  
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• World's largest aircraft Airlander 10 delights crowds who call it 'the flying bum' on maiden voyage

  17-08-2016 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 302ft-long Airlander 10 (pictured) - part plane, part helicopter, part airship - loomed overhead at Cardington airfield in Bedfordshire as the sun started to set on this evening.
  
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• What could possibly go wrong? Elon Musk's AI set to try and learn the art of human conversation - by reading Reddit threads

  17-08-2016 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The OpenAI project hopes to teach its DGX-1 supercomputer the art of human conversation with Reddit threads. By feeding it online chats, it is hoped the machine will learn to converse quickly.
  
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• Xbox Live crash leaves gamers unable to connect to Microsoft's online service

  17-08-2016 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thousand of gamers have reported issues across the world while trying to sign in to the service that allows gamers to play multiplayer games online as well as buy and download titles.
  
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• Airlander 10: Maiden flight at last for longest aircraft

  17-08-2016 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The maiden voyage of the world's longest airship takes place despite an earlier setback.
  
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• Did Maya astronomers rival Copernicus?

  17-08-2016 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anthropologists believe clues to the achievements of Maya astronomers have been overlooked in an ancient text called the Dresden Codex (pictured) that comes from the city of Chichén Itzá, in Mexico.
  
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• Why anyone could win this year's Premier League: British football has the most unpredictable leagues in the world, reveals scientist

  17-08-2016 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ian McHale Professor of Sports Analytics, University of Salford made the discovery after creating an algorithm to compute the observed results and the expected results of the 2016-16 Premier League.
  
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• Ancient radioactive tree rings could rip up the history books

  17-08-2016 20:03 via go.theregister.com
  
  An archaeologist and astrophysicist propose a new way of historic dating An archaeologist and an astrophysicist have discovered a new method of timekeeping that could reset key historic dates by inspecting ancient radioactive tree rings.…
  
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• The Atlantic and Pacific separated later than believed: North and South America collided 2.8 million years ago to split the two oceans

  17-08-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Debate over when North and South America joined at Panama has raged in recent years but a new study indicates that the two continents collided 2.8 million years ago to split the Pacific and Atlantic.
  
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• Would you leave YOUR body to science? Donations on the rise at US medical schools

  17-08-2016 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many U.S. medical schools are seeing a surge in the number of people leaving their bodies to science, a trend attributed to rising funeral costs.
  
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• Reddit defends Suicide Squad 'music leaker'

  17-08-2016 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reddit has refused to hand over the details of an alleged music leaker to Atlantic Records.
  
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• How generous is YOUR country? Burma is the most charitable while the UK and US drag their feet

  17-08-2016 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Charities Aid Foundation surveyed 145 countries and found those in Burma gave more money and more time than anywhere else. Citizens in Iraq were the most likely to help a stranger.
  
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• It's official! NOAA confirms July was world's hottest ever month - and warns it was the FIFTEENTH record breaking month in a row

  17-08-2016 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Forecasters said the global average temperature 'was the highest for both the month of July and for any month in the since 1880.'
  
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• Star snapped before and after nova explosion

  17-08-2016 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Astronomers capture rare images of a white dwarf - before, during and after it exploded as a "classical nova".
  
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• Explorers find 2nd-oldest confirmed shipwreck in Great Lakes

  17-08-2016 19:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The American-built, Canadian-owned sloop Washington sank in in deep water off Oswego on Lake Ontario more than 200 years ago during an 1803 storm.
  
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• Why some people just can't stand the heat: Gene that helps mammals tell if they are too warm or too cold is found

  17-08-2016 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Biochemists at Kings College London have identified a gene responsible for telling the brain the body is too hot. It may help to explain why some feel too hot in a room and others feel cold.
  
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• Authorities investigate after Tesla car catches fire

  17-08-2016 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tesla is working with the French authorities after one of its electric cars burst into flames shortly after a loud bang was heard while it was travelling at high speed.
  
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• Do your Instagram photos reveal your mental health? Researchers find people who share darker photos and favour the 'inkwell' filter could be depressed

  17-08-2016 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harvard and the University of Vermont analyzed 43,950 Instagram photos to see if depression can be detected in images. They found depressed individuals post darker scenes and use 'Inkwell'.
  
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• Does your office have a clear hierarchy? Then you could be a narcissist, researchers say

  17-08-2016 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Narcissistic people favour hierarchies because of a perceived potential to rise to the top, rather than other reasons, such as a desire for order, the Cornell researchers say.
  
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• Talk about fish fingers: Cells in tiny bones found in fins played a role in forming human digits

  17-08-2016 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After three years of research, scientists from the University of Chicago have found the cells that make fish fins could explain how our ancestors made the move from swimming to walking.
  
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• White dwarf start caught exploding out of hibernation

  17-08-2016 19:00
  
  A star was monitored over a 12-year period to gain insight into classic nova explosions
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• White dwarf star caught exploding out of hibernation

  17-08-2016 19:00
  
  A star was monitored over a 12-year period to gain insight into classic nova explosions
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• Unmarked passenger jets that fly from Las Vegas to America’s top secret Area 51 

  17-08-2016 18:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They are run by the United States Air Force and operate from a private terminal at McCarran nicknamed Gold Coast. The fleet does have a name of sorts – Janet Airlines, after its call sign.
  
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• Our world maps are WRONG: Countries near the poles are distorted because it is impossible to accurately depict a sphere on a 2D surface

  17-08-2016 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While it looks like Europe is larger than North America on most maps, in reality the reverse is true. A new video, by 'The True Size' reveals how North America is in fact dwarfed by Africa.
  
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• Will robots be SEXIST? Scientists are trying to reprogram misogynist machines to take out their bias 

  17-08-2016 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team from Boston University and Microsoft Research are trying to remove gender bias from computer learning, leaving the key information but removing the stereotypes.
  
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• Nasa launches $1m competition to create robots for Mars

  17-08-2016 18:36
  
  Space Robotics Challenge will see teams program a virtual robot to perform life-saving tasks
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• Our world maps are WRONG: Countries near the poles are distorted because it's impossible to accurately depict a sphere on a 2D surface

  17-08-2016 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While it looks like Europe is larger than North America on most maps, in reality the reverse is true. A new video, by 'The True Size' reveals how North America is in fact dwarfed by Africa.
  
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• World’s largest offshore wind farm gets green light from UK government

  17-08-2016 18:22
  
  The Hornsea Project Two would deliver 1,800 megawatts of clean electricity
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• Birds fly faster TOGETHER: Flocks travel at higher speeds in a similar way to groups of Olympic cyclists

  17-08-2016 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research comes for the Faculty of Science in Lund, Sweden, where scientists have found the larger the flock, the higher the speed. They are unsure why this happens.
  
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• Another reason to be nice: Altruistic people have MORE sex, say scientists

  17-08-2016 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A research team lead by Professor Steven Arnocky, psychologist at Nipissing University in Ontario studied the links between people's sexual history and how kind they are.
  
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• WIRED Commercial UK - Showcase

  17-08-2016 17:23
  
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• Did Maya astronomers rival Copernicus? Ancient text suggests they mapped the planets 700 years before the Polish mathematician

  17-08-2016 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anthropologists believe clues to the achievements of Maya astronomers have been overlooked in an ancient text called the Dresden Codex (pictured) that comes from the city of Chichén Itzá, in Mexico.
  
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• The spiraliser test: we put six of the best through their paces

  17-08-2016 17:01
  
  WIRED enlists the help of Elizabeth Peyton-Jones to try out the spiraliser trend
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• Video of Nasa building a 130ft fuel tank that will someday blast humans to Mars

  17-08-2016 16:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new heavy-lift rocket, Space Launch Sytem or SLS, is being built in the Vehicle Assembly Center at Nasa’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
  
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• Girls are just as good as boys at grasping the football offence

  17-08-2016 16:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at London Metropolitan University found girls aged 7-9-years-old could explain the offside rule just as well as boys, but males may be better at spotting offside players as they play more.
  
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• The innovators in experience design shaping how we interact with the world

  17-08-2016 16:22
  
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• Stepping inside Audi's virtual cockpit

  17-08-2016 16:22
  
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• Russian court rejects Google's Android appeal

  17-08-2016 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google fails in its latest attempt to appeal against a Russian competition ruling against its mobile operating system.
  
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• Why is Brooklyn Beckham selling Huawei's phones?

  17-08-2016 15:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brooklyn Beckham is the latest celebrity to advertise a tech product, but do they make a difference?
  
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• How female fish outsmart males by using a chemical trick to pick the right sperm

  17-08-2016 15:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, found that ocellated wrasse (pictured) are able to restore the odds in their favour by releasing ovarian fluid.
  
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• Flats of the future could have mini landing strips on their balconies

  17-08-2016 15:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charles Bombarier, a mechanical engineer in Quebec, Canada and Ashish Thulkar, an industrial designer from Bengalore, India came up with the designs for the futuristic Drone Tower together.
  
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• Done in 60 seconds: Watch Nasa build a 130ft fuel tank that will someday blast humans to Mars

  17-08-2016 15:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new heavy-lift rocket, Space Launch Sytem or SLS, is being built in the Vehicle Assembly Center at Nasa’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
  
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• New species of fossil dolphin found

  17-08-2016 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists have identified a new species of dolphin that lived 25 million years ago.
  
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• Edward Snowden: Russia probably behind NSA leak

  17-08-2016 14:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Experts, including Edward Snowden, believe Russian hackers are prepared to leak data believed to be linked to the US security services.
  
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• Intel factory to make ARM-based smartphone chips

  17-08-2016 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Intel announces it will start making smartphone chips based on the designs of its rival ARM.
  
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• Smart meter IT system delayed until autumn

  17-08-2016 14:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A key IT project at the heart of the national smart meter roll-out programme is facing further delays.
  
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• Konami returns to console games with Metal Gear Survive

  17-08-2016 13:50
  
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