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• New images of Jupiter

  02-09-2016 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  NASA has released spectacular images of Jupiter that have never been seen before.
  
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• Wrap up warm! Climate change is causing extreme weather winters to become far more common in the US

  02-09-2016 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a Stanford-led study, the ‘warm West, cold East’ temperature gap in the winter is steadily expanding, and is likely being driven by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.
  
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• The science of sports bras - How physics has kept women supported (and how the first one was made from two jockstraps stitched together)

  02-09-2016 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the University of Portsmouth have revealed why active women look to sports bras to minimize pain, discomfort and even improve their sports performance.
  
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• Everything you need to know about Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's multiplayer

  02-09-2016 21:00
  
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• Scientists hope to restart a project to drill into Italy's supervolcano Campi Flegrei

  02-09-2016 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Volcanologists want to drill 1.9 miles into the Campi Flegrei under the Gulf of Naples, Italy, in the hope of gaining new insights that could help them predict when it might erupt.
  
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• Mystery as stratospheric wind patterns change for first time in 60 years of observations

  02-09-2016 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In late 2015, a long-reliable wind pattern suddenly changed, Nasa has revealed. It has since returned to normal, and astronomers are working to understand the implications of this event.
  
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• There may be a sixth TASTE and it could reveal why we love carbs so much

  02-09-2016 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research comes from scientists at Oregan State University, who wanted to understand how every culture used complex carbohydrates, yet they do not have their own taste.
  
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• Snapchat celebrates Labor day making it easy to create your own geofilters for parties

  02-09-2016 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Snapchat has released tools to create custom geofilters. The new on-demand geofilters page lets users choose a theme and add colors and text to personalize templates for their special event.
  
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• US Military bosses reveal lastest 'hoverbike' for the battlefield

  02-09-2016 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Army Research Laboratory has shown off a prototype of its 'hoverbike,' a rectangular shaped quadcopter that has been named the Joint Tactical Aerial Resupply Vehicle, or JTARV
  
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• World's first driverless buses with a top speed of 12mph take to roads in France

  02-09-2016 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The buses will drive around the centre of Lyon at 12mph in year-long experiment starting on Saturday. They can carry up to 15 people between five stops on a 10-minute route.
  
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• Speaker design appears to confirm that Apple's handset will feature the vibrant shade

  02-09-2016 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At the IFA tech show in Berlin this week, audio hardware firm JBL said it chose the navy blue colour of its latest speaker to match ‘a few more devices’ that will launch ‘in the near future’.
  
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• Half of women can't identify their reproductive parts on a diagram

  02-09-2016 19:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A survey conducted by the Eve Appeal found one in seven women were unable to name a single gynaecological cancer, despite half a million women worldwide dying from them every year.
  
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• Will the iPhone 7 be BLUE? Speaker design appears to confirm that Apple's handset will feature the vibrant shade

  02-09-2016 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At the IFA tech show in Berlin this week, audio hardware firm JBL said it chose the navy blue colour of its latest speaker to match ‘a few more devices’ that will launch ‘in the near future’.
  
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• An Italian rapper, a 'hangman's noose' and a $250m lawsuit: the chaotic race to build Elon Musk's hyperloop

  02-09-2016 18:32
  
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• Amazon Dash, Apple Tax: Podcast 283

  02-09-2016 18:23
  
  Podcast 283: Amazon has launched its one-press Dash button in the UK and Apple is hit with a massive tax bill
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• Terrifying 1965 PDAD humanoid used to test spacesuits will be offered at auction

  02-09-2016 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 50 years ago, Nasa looked to a life-size android to test spacesuits. But due to oil leaks, it never completed the mission. Now, the rejected robot is being auctioned offstarting at $80k.
  
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• Apple tax: Irish cabinet to appeal against EU ruling

  02-09-2016 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ministers agree to appeal against European Commission ruling that Ireland granted €13bn of undue tax benefits to Apple.
  
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• Juno probe returns close-up Jupiter pictures

  02-09-2016 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US space agency releases pictures and other data from the Juno probe, which has just made its first close approach to Jupiter since going into orbit in July.
  
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• Three's ad-blocker plans thwarted over net neutrality

  02-09-2016 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mobile network Three's plans for a network-wide ad-blocker would "violate net neutrality", says an EU agency
  
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• Three's ad-blocker plans challenged over net neutrality

  02-09-2016 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mobile network Three's plans for a network-wide ad-blocker would "violate net neutrality", says an EU agency
  
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• Amazon drone forest: The secret site where internet retail giant is testing flying delivery robots

  02-09-2016 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Internet retail giant has built a high wall of hay bales to hide its secret drone testing area in a field around five miles east of its research and development centre in Cambridge.
  
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• An Audience with the King: Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XV director interview

  02-09-2016 17:00
  
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• Dwarf planet Ceres has a watery secret: An 11 mile wide ice volcano

  02-09-2016 16:59 via go.theregister.com
  
  Geology, space-style Ahuna Mons, the 13,000 foot high, 11 mile wide volcano on dwarf planet Ceres is made entirely out of ice – and provides evidence that water may have once existed beneath the planet's surface.…
  
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• Ring turns pencil crayons 'digital'

  02-09-2016 16:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A slate that can make a digital copy of drawings as they are sketched on paper is on display at the IFA technology show in Berlin.
  
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• Why do lithium batteries explode?

  02-09-2016 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Samsung has halted sales of the Galaxy Note 7 because of battery fire reports.
  
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• Nasa is working on a Star Trek-style TRACTOR BEAM that could capture objects in space

  02-09-2016 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Physicists at New York University are working with scientists from Nasa to develop tractor beams that can take samples from passing comets and of dust in orbit around the Earth.
  
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• Sony company chief hints at company's plans to head into robotics and AI

  02-09-2016 16:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kazuo Hirai, CEO of the Tokyo-based company, took to the stage at the IFA electronics show in Berlin. He said that Sony was keen to explore new areas of technology, including AI and robotics.
  
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• The video of a charred Galaxy Note 7 that prompted Samsung to pull millions of handsets globally for fear of them exploding

  02-09-2016 15:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung's Note 7s are being pulled from shelves in 10 countries, including Australia and the US, just weeks after launch. In the UK, those who have pre-ordered a handset will be sent a replacement.
  
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• Huge 'UFO' filmed hovering over Malaysian countryside sweeps the web

  02-09-2016 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The footage shows a black'UFO' gliding above a Malaysian village in the in Kuala Krai district as local villagers cry out in 'amazement'. The video has gone viral in the country.
  
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• Inside the BMW Rad°Hub Sessions

  02-09-2016 15:12
  
  Key points and takeaway ideas from the London event
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• AI chauffeurs, virtual red carpets and surprise road trips: here are BMW's cars of the future

  02-09-2016 15:12
  
  A century since its founding, the BMW Group continues to innovate
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• Gear WIRED loves: pi-topCEED

  02-09-2016 15:00
  
  This injection-molded case is the perfect accompaniment to Raspberry Pi 3
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• Pilot captures incredible apocalyptic-looking clouds over Panama

  02-09-2016 14:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The photographs capture the storm from the unique perspective of an plane window. They were captured at an altitude of 37,000 feet, as the plane travelled from North America to Ecuador.
  
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• The $10 cooking stove that could save millions of lives

  02-09-2016 14:00
  
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• Google to shelve Project Ara modular smartphone plans, sources claim

  02-09-2016 13:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is part of a global push to streamline its hardware efforts, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The company's aim was to create a phone that could be customised on the fly.
  
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• Uber wins right to challenge driver English tests

  02-09-2016 13:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Uber wins the right to take Transport for London (TfL) to court over new rules which would require drivers to pass English tests.
  
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• Google suspends Project Ara DIY smartphone work

  02-09-2016 13:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google suspends work on its modular smartphone Project Ara to concentrate on other phones and hardware lines.
  
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• Travellers face flight chaos as Icelandic volcano could be set to blow

  02-09-2016 13:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Icelandic Met Office has issued an alert after finding earthquake activity within the caldera of the Katla volcano was at four times higher than normal. Pictured: The eruption of Eyjafjallajokull in 2010.
  
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• An adults maths skills 'rub off' on their children, say scientists

  02-09-2016 13:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research comes from the University of Pittsburgh, and could have ramifications for how parents are advised to talk about math and numbers (stock image used).
  
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• Viruses, trojans, malware, worms - what's the difference?

  02-09-2016 13:00
  
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• High Tea with a twist: meet Britain's leading silversmiths

  02-09-2016 13:00
  
  Four British silversmiths are making summer suppers a sparkling affair
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• Chris packham urges pet owners to be more 'tick aware'

  02-09-2016 12:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Led by Bristol University, the Big Tick Project looked at almost 15,000 dogs from across the UK last year, finding 31 per cent of those animals checked at random were carrying a tick (pictured).
  
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• Samsung recalls Note 7 flagship over explosive batteries

  02-09-2016 12:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Samsung Electronics recalls its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphone and says that battery problems were behind phones catching fire.
  
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• Samsung recalls Galaxy Note 7 globally after battery fault causes phones to explode

  02-09-2016 12:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm said today it will prepare replacement devices for 2.5 million phones already sold after finding problems with the battery cell used.
  
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• YouTube defends rules that strip adverts from 'inappropriate' content

  02-09-2016 12:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  YouTube users reacted angrily after adverts were stripped from their videos for breaching 'advertiser-friendly content guidelines' that govern politically incorrect or offensive views.
  
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• Special Edition Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Spitfire 80

  02-09-2016 12:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are fewer things in this world more British than the Spitfire and Aston Martin. And now you can have the two combined with this £180,000 model built to commemorate the iconic fighter plane.
  
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• Hurricane Hermine slams into Florida at 80mph raising fears of floods

  02-09-2016 12:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hurricane Hermine has slammed into Florida, with the Sunshine State braced for 80mph winds, 12ft storm surges and up to 20 inches of rain overnight.
  
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• Google shelves its modular Ara project to concentrate on other hardware

  02-09-2016 12:26
  
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• Sprinkle of Glitter 'quits' YouTube channel saying she wants to make more mature content

  02-09-2016 12:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fashion and beauty vlogger, whose real name is Louise Pentland, says she wants to make her content more adult and less "rosy".
  
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• How Yellowstone owed its early popularity to allowing tourists to give food to animals 

  02-09-2016 12:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  How there were concerns the Wyoming park would become a failure may surprise tourists who visit today, but back in the 19th and early 20th centuries it was wholly reliant on footfall.
  
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