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• Did Apple steal the idea for iTunes?

  18-08-2016 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scott Sander and Arthur Hair, co-founders of SightSound Technologies, have been locked in a David and Goliath battle with the tech giant since iTunes first launched in 2003.
  
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• Giant 4-foot long Tyrannosaurus rex skull arrives at Seattle museum

  18-08-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paleontologists with Seattle's Burke Museum have unearthed the bones of a giant Tyrannosaurus rex that lived more than 66 million years ago - and given it a plaster cast to keep it safe.
  
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• Scientists to search for moment humanity changed the planet and triggered Anthropocene era

  18-08-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An expert working group will look for a physical point in the geological record that shows where one epoch changed to another, known as a 'golden spike'.
  
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• 'Dinosaur lightning' in the shape of a T-Rex spotted in Arizona

  18-08-2016 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A bolt of lightning was capture streaking across the sky of Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park that is said toresemble 'a Tyrannosaurus rex getting ready to chomp'.
  
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• The video that reveals just how bad light pollution is

  18-08-2016 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sriram Murali shot the incredible footage across California to reveal the effect cities have on light pollution, choosing areas to represent eight levels of light pollution.
  
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• Is the iPhone over? Target blames 20% drop in demand for Apple products

  18-08-2016 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A third of the decrease in electronics sales for the retail giant stemmed from reduced demand for Apple products, which were down more than 20 percent.
  
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• Lava from Hawaii volcano cascades into sea in vivid display

  18-08-2016 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has crept down miles of mountainside and is dripping into the Pacific Ocean - where it's creating new land measuring eight acres out to sea.
  
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• Satellite images used to predict poverty

  18-08-2016 20:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers have combined satellite imagery with AI to predict areas of poverty across the world.
  
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• 2000-year-old rural synagogue in Galilee may be similar to sites where Jesus taught

  18-08-2016 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have unearthed the ruins of an unusual rural synagogue in an ancient Jewish village close to Mount Tabor in lower Galilee, Israel, that dates back to the First Century AD.
  
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• The hack that lets you see everything you've ever watched on Netflix

  18-08-2016 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using a desktop browser, Netflix lovers can see every title viewed from the start of their membership. This list also lets users delete movies or shows they do not want to see suggestions based on.
  
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• Why we can't help supporting the losing teams

  18-08-2016 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The shared pain of losing binds fans together as disciples of their team as much as the euphoria that comes with winning, say Oxford University psychologists.
  
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• It's getting hot out here: Finches sing to their young before they hatch to warn them about global warming

  18-08-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Deakin University in Victoria, Australia noticed zebra finches make special calls when left alone with their eggs, but only when the temperatures are hotter than 26 degrees Celsius.
  
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• Airbus wants to make self-FLYING taxis

  18-08-2016 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Airbus, based in Toulouse, France, is creating a fleet of flying taxis named CityAirbus (artist's impression pictured), as well as an electric, autonomous helicopter in a project called Vahana.
  
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• Twitter says it has shut down over 235,000 accounts linked to Islamic State

  18-08-2016 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm said it was usingspam-fighting technology to seek out and automatically flag accounts that might be promoting terrorist activity.
  
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• Will your next iPhone be waterproof? Apple’s latest patent revealed

  18-08-2016 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new Apple patent has surfaced and it hints at waterproof iPhones. Filed in 2013, it describes a 'color balancing' tool that removes 'undesirable tints'from pictures taken underwater.
  
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• Women remember rom-coms while men can better recall action films

  18-08-2016 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Technical University of Dortmund, Germany, says the answer may lie in gender conditioning. Females are expected to be emotional and males are taught to be competitive.
  
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• Spyware maker faces legal battle over alleged affair

  18-08-2016 19:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A spyware company could face legal action after a US court ruled that it illegally intercepted an unwitting man's messages.
  
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• Facebook partners with Unity to build a PC gaming platform

  18-08-2016 19:06
  
  Game development suite Unity has announced plans to integrate Facebook
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• Forget self-driving cars: Airbus wants to make self-FLYING taxis - and it could begin tests of its first prototype next year

  18-08-2016 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Airbus, based in Toulouse, France, is creating a fleet of flying taxis named CityAirbus (artist's impression pictured), as well as an electric, autonomous helicopter in a project called Vahana.
  
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• Twitter's terror crackdown: Social network says it has shut down over 235,000 accounts linked to Islamic State and other groups in the last six months

  18-08-2016 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm said it was usingspam-fighting technology to seek out and automatically flag accounts that might be promoting terrorist activity.
  
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• See inside Syria's brutal Saydnaya prison with this digital reconstruction

  18-08-2016 18:55
  
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• Tourists flock to Kilauea Volcano lava streams

  18-08-2016 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tourists flock to Hawaii's Kilauea volcano after lava reached the sea for the first time in three years. Aerials - Lava Ocean Tours.
  
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• Will your next iPhone be waterproof? Apple’s latest patent shows system for taking photos underwater

  18-08-2016 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new Apple patent has surfaced and it hints at waterproof iPhones. Filed in 2013, it describes a 'color balancing' tool that removes 'undesirable tints'from pictures taken underwater.
  
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• Uber to use autonomous cars to haul people in next few weeks

  18-08-2016 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ride-hailing service Uber says it will start hauling passengers with self-driving cars on the streets of Pittsburgh in next several weeks. But the company said they will also have back-up drivers.
  
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• What was the bright explosion astronomers spotted 1,600 years ago?

  18-08-2016 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The flash of light had been identified as a supernova remnant, but new observations by North Carolina State University have shown it could not have been this particular star.
  
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• Twitter shuts 235,000 more 'extremist' accounts

  18-08-2016 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitter has suspended 235,000 accounts for violating its policies on the promotion of terrorism, the social network says.
  
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• Women remember rom-coms while men can better recall action films (but it is not because they prefer them)

  18-08-2016 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Technical University of Dortmund, Germany, says the answer may lie in gender conditioning. Females are expected to be emotional and males are taught to be competitive.
  
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• NASA to begin first asteroid sample mission: Seeks 'pristine' specimen

  18-08-2016 18:04 via go.theregister.com
  
  Bennu.... no, not a scientology overlord NASA is preparing for its first mission that will see a spacecraft retrieve a “pristine sample” of an asteroid so that it can be studied on Earth.…
  
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• A global audience joins Prof Michael Sandel to discuss the world's response to climate change.

  18-08-2016 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A global audience joins Prof Michael Sandel to discuss the world's response to climate change.
  
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• Do these ancient ruins prove stories in the Bible were true? 2,000-year-old rural synagogue in Galilee may be similar to sites where Jesus taught

  18-08-2016 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have unearthed the ruins of an unusual rural synagogue in an ancient Jewish village close to Mount Tabor in lower Galilee, Israel, that dates back to the First Century AD.
  
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• Uber's driverless taxis will be on the streets this month

  18-08-2016 17:20
  
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• Snail 'Swat teams'

  18-08-2016 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australian researchers are investigating if the scent of giant sea snails could help repel millions of coral-eating starfish from the Great Barrier Reef.
  
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• Uber to deploy self-driving cars in Pittsburgh

  18-08-2016 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ride-sharing firm Uber will begin allowing users to hail a self-driving car in a US city later this month, it confirms.
  
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• Sea shells were used as necklaces and bracelets up to 42k years ago

  18-08-2016 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have discovered sea snail and nautilus shells with holes drilled in them at a cave in East Timor. They showed staining with red ochre and may have been worn as a necklace or bracelet.
  
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• Holidaymaker claims to have snapped a photo of the Loch Ness Monster

  18-08-2016 16:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Holidaymaker Calley Tulleth believes she captured a sight of the Loch Ness Monster whilst sitting on her holiday home balcony in Scotland. Her pictures capture the mysterious ripple.
  
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• Nasa's probe will scan for building blocks of life and bring samples back to Earth

  18-08-2016 16:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OSIRIS-REx is the first U.S. mission designed to return a piece of an asteroid to Earth.
  The spacecraft is scheduled to launch on September 8 at 7:05 p.m. EST aboard an Atlas V rocket.
  
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• CrimeRadar is using machine learning to predict crime in Rio

  18-08-2016 16:26
  
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• Ancient SUPERVOLCANOES blasted rock from one side of Australia to the other 100m years ago

  18-08-2016 16:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geologists from Curtain University of Western Australia say a string of volcanoes on the eastern coast are thought to have erupted around the time the continet broke off from Antarctica
  
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• Mystery of Ötzi's 5,300-year-old wardrobe is solved: 'Iceman' sported a bear-hat and goat-leather coat when he died

  18-08-2016 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from University College Dublin, looked at nine fragments of leather from Ötzi’s clothes and quiver, and were able to identify the species of origin for each.
  
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• Employees reward their bosses with more overtime if they're given 'freedom'

  18-08-2016 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Those with more control over their work schedule work more than those with less control, according to Heejung Chung, a lecturer in sociology at the University of Kent.
  
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• How the Global Modular synth is mapping the sounds of the world

  18-08-2016 15:13
  
  Using sound submissions from over 40 countries, Yuri Suzuki has created the Global Modular Synth to map the music of the world
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• Ancient SUPERVOLCANOES blasted rock from one side of Australia to the other 100 million years ago

  18-08-2016 15:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geologists from Curtain University of Western Australia say a string of volcanoes on the eastern coast are thought to have erupted around the time the continet broke off from Antarctica
  
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• DNA traces origins of Iceman's ragtag wardrobe

  18-08-2016 15:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new analysis shows that Oetzi the Iceman's clothes came from at least five species of animal, including a hat of brown bear fur.
  
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• This designer uses LEGO to build prosthetics for children injured by landmines

  18-08-2016 15:05
  
  Columbian-born Carlos Arturo Torres was interning at LEGO when he had an idea to help children injured by landmines
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• Holidaymaker claims to have snapped a photo of the Loch Ness Monster while she was having lunch on the balcony of her holiday home

  18-08-2016 15:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Holidaymaker Calley Tulleth believes she captured a sight of the Loch Ness Monster whilst sitting on her holiday home balcony in Scotland. Her pictures capture the mysterious ripple.
  
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• Nasa's asteroid-bound spacecraft will blast off next month: Probe will scan for building blocks of life and bring samples back to Earth

  18-08-2016 14:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OSIRIS-REx is the first U.S. mission designed to return a piece of an asteroid to Earth.
  The spacecraft is scheduled to launch on September 8 at 7:05 p.m. EST aboard an Atlas V rocket.
  
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• 289 Islamophobic tweets were sent every hour in July

  18-08-2016 14:33
  
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• What was the bright explosion astronomers spotted 1,600 years ago? Mystery of the strange flash deepens as a supernova is ruled out

  18-08-2016 14:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The flash of light had been identified as a supernova remnant, but new observations by North Carolina State University have shown it could not have been this particular star.
  
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• Earliest South East Asians wore bling: Sea shells were used as necklaces and bracelets up to 42,000 years ago

  18-08-2016 14:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have discovered sea snail and nautilus shells with holes drilled in them at a cave in East Timor. They showed staining with red ochre and may have been worn as a necklace or bracelet.
  
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• EasyMile vehicles will be ferrying passengers around Helsinki

  18-08-2016 13:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The EasyMile driverless buses are among the first in the world which have recently been given the go-ahead to carry passengers by transport safety authorities in Finland.
  
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