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• Going Pro

  07-09-2016 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three years since Sony launched PlayStation 4 and dragged the games market out from a sales slump, the company is taking its machine along an unknown path.
  
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• Video shows men chasing after strange 'glowing' figure at gas station in Peru

  07-09-2016 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the bizarre moment two men appeared to spot an alien while loitering at a gas station in Peru. CCTV footage shows the men standing outside a gas station when the figure appears.
  
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• Hands-on with new iPhone 7 and Airpods

  07-09-2016 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dave Lee takes a first look at the new iPhones and wireless Airpod earphones at Apple's launch event in San Francisco.
  
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• The future of the delivery van: Mercedes concept comes complete with robot shelves and drone parking on the roof to deliver to the door

  07-09-2016 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mercedes-Benz and drone startup Matternet joined forces to create the 'Vision Van'. This futuristic vehicle acts as a launch and landing pad for delivery drones that can carry 4.4lbs and fly for 12 miles.
  
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• Microsoft set to take on Slack with new Skype Teams app

  07-09-2016 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Reports have surfaced that Microsoft is working on an app to compete with Slack. Called Skype Teams, it offers channels and direct messaging, but lets users reply to messages similar to Facebook Comments.
  
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• How the super-rich keep their homes secure using facial recognition and fingerprints

  07-09-2016 21:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AI and smart devices allow wealthy homeowners unprecedented control over their properties, with high-tech cameras and locking systems to help regulate exactly who goes in or out at all times.
  
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• Humans can be identified by the proteins in their hair even 250 years after their death

  07-09-2016 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California examined bioarchaeological hair samples from six individuals that were up to 250 years old, demonstrating the robustness of hair proteins.
  
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• Here's all the big (and small) Apple news you missed

  07-09-2016 21:42
  
  iPhone 7! Apple Watch Series 2! Mario! Pokémon! We round-up all the news from Apple's September event
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• Apple's iPhone 7 ditches traditional headphone socket

  07-09-2016 21:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple confirms that its new iPhone will not feature a traditional headphone socket.
  
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• Sony reveals PS4 Pro with 4K support

  07-09-2016 21:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sony announces the PS4 Pro - a more powerful version of its PlayStation 4 console.
  
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• Apple's Twitter account and Amazon leak iPhone 7 handset details ahead of official launch

  07-09-2016 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple accidentally unveiled the device with tweets minutes before the launch - before deleting them seconds later. Less than an hour before the Apple keynote, Amazon put up a page featuring accessories.
  
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• Apple launches of waterproof and wireless iPhone 7 with NO headphone jack kicks off

  07-09-2016 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The iPhone 7 will be waterproof and have stereo speakers instead of a headphone jack. It will also be available in two new black colours, and the larger iPhone 7 plus will have a dual lens camera.
  
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• This is the new PlayStation 4

  07-09-2016 21:00
  
  All the updates from Sony's new PS4 reveal event
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• Meet PS4 Pro - the new PlayStation 4

  07-09-2016 21:00
  
  All the updates from Sony's new PS4 reveal reveal event
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• The best Lightning, wireless and Bluetooth headphones for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus

  07-09-2016 20:25
  
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• The best Lightning and Bluetooth headphones for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus

  07-09-2016 20:25
  
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• Smartphone study on weather and pain reveals early data

  07-09-2016 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An 18-month study looking at how the weather affects chronic pain reveals some surprising preliminary results.
  
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• This is the Apple Watch Series 2

  07-09-2016 20:17
  
  The Apple Watch Series 2 has a brighter display, built-in-GPS and is water-resistant
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• Insects trapped in a Soviet-era nuclear bunker are developing their own society

  07-09-2016 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of 100,000 ants trapped in a nuclear bunker in Templewo, Poland have started their own kind of colony, in spite of being trapped in the cold with limited food and light.
  
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• Pokémon Go is coming to the Apple Watch

  07-09-2016 19:46
  
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• It's almost here... Apple's launch of waterproof and wireless iPhone 7 with NO headphone jack kicks off

  07-09-2016 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The iPhone 7 will be waterproof and have stereo speakers instead of a headphone jack. It will also be available in two new black colours.
  
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• Apple tax ruling 'must not stand' says Enda Kenny

  07-09-2016 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Taoiseach Enda Kenny says the European Commission ruling on Apple's Irish tax payments is damaging to Ireland.
  
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• This 'simple' algebra equation has left the internet baffled

  07-09-2016 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest head-scratcher to sweep Facebook has had over 500,000 comments as puzzlers desperately try and work out the value of three basic symbols.
  
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• The iPhone 7 is a water-resistant, headphone jack-less wonder

  07-09-2016 19:19
  
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• The iPhone 7 is a dual-camera headphone-jackless wonder

  07-09-2016 19:19
  
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• Nintendo announces Super Mario Run for iPhone

  07-09-2016 19:19
  
  Nintendo's first major foray into smartphone gaming will see Mario head to iPhone
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• Apple's water-resistant iPhone 7 has no headphone jack

  07-09-2016 19:19
  
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• 1k-year-old weapon is unearthed by geese hunters in Southern Iceland

  07-09-2016 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The perfectly preserved weapon was found in the dirt in Skaftarhreppur, Southern Iceland and may have laid undisturbed in a riverbed for centuries before being washed up during flooding last year.
  
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• Why doing something exciting IMPROVES memory: Fun activities lead to a ‘chemical rush’ in the brain

  07-09-2016 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery, made by researchers at Edinburgh University and UT Southwestern in Dallas, Texas, could make exam revision more pleasant for millions who could briefly put books aside.
  
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• iPhone messages to get a big overhaul in today's iOS 10 launch

  07-09-2016 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's event takes place today at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco and is expected to include its latest iPhone and Apple Watch models and could also feature new MacBooks.
  
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• Blow to SpaceX as firm that made satellite that blew up says it wants 'several' safe flights before it will work with them again

  07-09-2016 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chief executive of Israeli satellite operator Space Communication Ltd he wants to see 'several safe flights' from SpaceX before using Elon Musk's space firm again to launch one of his company's satellites.
  
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• Can IQ predict prejudice? Smart people dislike conservatives while less intelligent groups discriminate against liberal minorities, claims study

  07-09-2016 17:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Tilburg University in Holland looked at data from the 2012 American National Election survey, which asks people to rate their feelings towards 24 different groups. (Stock image)
  
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• LG unveils the first phone to ship with Google's new Android

  07-09-2016 17:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LG has unveiled the first phone to ship with Google's new Android Nougat software, in hopes of appealing to people who like to take and share photos and video.
  
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• Now that's resili-ant: Insects trapped in a Soviet-era nuclear bunker are developing their own society

  07-09-2016 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of 100,000 ants trapped in a nuclear bunker in Templewo, Poland have started their own kind of colony, in spite of being trapped in the cold with limited food and light.
  
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• Locals stunned to discover waterway has turned bright RED in Siberia 

  07-09-2016 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Daldykan River in the far north of Siberia changed colour rapidly after a suspected discharge of industrial waste from a nickel plant seeped into water causing the colour change.
  
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• Sony's PlayStation event: how to watch and what to expect

  07-09-2016 16:42
  
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• Mystery of missing submarine is solved: HMS Tarpon is found off the coast of Denmark

  07-09-2016 16:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  HMS Tarpon, which was discovered off the coast of Denmark, was a T-class British submarine that left from Portsmouth in April 1940 to attack German merchant ships supplying weapons to Norway.
  
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• Can YOU recognise familiar voices? Three per cent of people can't

  07-09-2016 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Southern California carried out an online survey of 730 people, to see if they were able to recognise a range of well-known celebrity voices.
  
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• Google's Doodle gets into the Paralympic spirit

  07-09-2016 16:26
  
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• LG officially unveils its 5.7-inch V20 handset running Android Nougat

  07-09-2016 16:02
  
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• Star cloud is a galactic fossil from the birth of the Milky Way

  07-09-2016 16:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers led by a team at the University of Bologna have discovered two distinct star types within Terzan 5 (pictured) with an age gap of several billion years.
  
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• Royal Photographic Society's International Images for Science reveal the natural beauty

  07-09-2016 15:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The exhibition, supported by technology firm Siemens, will be showcased for five weeks at The Crystal in the Royal Victoria Docks, London from September 14 before going on a UK tour.
  
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• Amateur biohackers could build a biological weapon

  07-09-2016 15:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor John Parrington, from Oxford University, warns that the security services, including the FBI, are increasingly concerned about the spread of gene editing technology by biohackers.
  
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• Apple iPhone 7 launches today and here's what you need to know

  07-09-2016 15:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is set to unveil the iPhone 7 at an event in San Francisco at 6pm BST (1pm ET) today. New features are expected to include a waterproof design, two new colours, and wireless headphones.
  
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• Nasa's asteroid-hunting spacecraft will blast off tomorrow

  07-09-2016 14:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OSIRIS-REx is the first US mission designed to return a piece of an asteroid to Earth.
  The spacecraft is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday, and will take two years to reach the asteroid.
  
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• Samsung's 'exploding' Galaxy Note 7 may be banned from flights

  07-09-2016 14:21
  
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• Solar tuk-tuk journey halted by robbery in France

  07-09-2016 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A seven-month solo journey from India to the UK in a solar and electric-powered tuk-tuk has been paused after the driver's passport was stolen near Paris.
  
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• Large asteroid will come TEN times nearer to Earth than the moon today

  07-09-2016 13:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 32-foot (10 metre) long asteroid will pass by at a distance of one tenth of the distance between Earth and the moon, according to data from Washington-headquartered Nasa.
  
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• The women taking back the porn industry and moving sextech from boardrooms to bedrooms

  07-09-2016 13:52
  
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• Here's everything you need to know about today's Apple iPhone 7 launch 

  07-09-2016 13:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is set to unveil the iPhone 7 at an event in San Francisco at 6pm BST (1pm ET) today. New features are expected to include a waterproof design, two new colours, and wireless headphones.
  
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