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• Airbnb introduces new anti-discrimination policy

  08-09-2016 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Online accommodation site Airbnb introduces anti-discrimination policy to combat reports that black people are less likely to get rooms.
  
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• SpaceX could be grounded for 9-12 months, ULA chief says

  08-09-2016 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  "It typically takes nine to 12 months for people to return to flight. That's what the history is," Tory Bruno, chief executive of United Launch Alliance, told Reuters.
  
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• Microsoft set to take a bite out of Apple's iMac with a Surface 'Cardinal'

  08-09-2016 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft's Surface brand could soon be extended to an all in one desktop PC codenamed Cardinal that would compete against Apple's iMac, according to ZDnet
  
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• Alphabet and Chipotle to test 'Project Wing' drone delivery at Virginia Tech

  08-09-2016 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alphabet's Project Wing and Chipotle are set to feed Virginia Tech students with drone delivered burritos. This new venture will begin this month and last for a few weeks.
  
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• Nasa's asteroid-hunting spacecraft set to blast off TONIGHT

  08-09-2016 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa's OSRIS-REx spacecraft will travel for two years to reach Bennu, and plans to return to Earth in 2023 with a sample of the space rock if the mission goes to plan.
  
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• Agency reveals new program to address 'safety gaps' in gene editing techniques

  08-09-2016 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Darpa has revealed a new program that aims to set a ‘safe course’ for gene editing research, with hopes that their toolkit can work both to support bio-innovation and combat bio-threats.
  
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• LinkedIn investigation claims searches for female professionals end up suggesting MEN

  08-09-2016 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An investigation by a Seattle newspaper has suggested that gender bias may be present in name searches for the biggest professional networking site in the world.
  
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• A tenth of Earth's wilderness has disappeared since 1990s

  08-09-2016 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the last 20 years, wilderness regions amounting to an area twice the size of Alaska have vanished, the research reveals. The Amazon basin and central Africa have been hit the hardest.
  
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• Apple says it WON'T reveal first-weekend sales of new iPhone 7

  08-09-2016 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The move will make it harder for analysts to get a read on the product's prospects amid questions over whether its popularity has peaked.
  
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• Is Darpa preparing for GENE WARFARE? Agency reveals new program to address 'safety gaps' in gene editing techniques

  08-09-2016 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Darpa has revealed a new program that aims to set a ‘safe course’ for gene editing research, with hopes that their toolkit can work both to support bio-innovation and combat bio-threats.
  
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• Fidget Cube with switches and buttons claims to be able to help you focus on work

  08-09-2016 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fidget Cube is a pocket-sized desk toy with six tactile surfaces that let users flip, roll, click, rub, spin and glide over until your heart's content, all while increasing focus and productivity.
  
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• Neil Armstrong's accent 'may be to blame for claim first words on the moon were misquoted'

  08-09-2016 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neil Armstrong claims he said 'for a man' and not 'for man'. A University of Kentresearcher says that most of us do nothear the 'a' because ofthe noisy radio link and Armstrong's Midwest accent.
  
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• Japan researchers recreate mysterious mammoth galactic event in a supercomputer

  08-09-2016 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New simulations from the Aterui supercomputer in Japan suggest the ULX-pulsar is powered by a neutron star, which is hundreds of times brighter than normal as it avoids accretion ‘traffic jams.’
  
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• Robots and computers will commit more crime than humans by 2040, expert warns

  08-09-2016 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have found robots could be the offenders committing most crimes by 2040. Tracey Follows from The Future Laboratory, said there have been predictions of lone-wolf terror attacks.
  
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• Apple will not give first-weekend sales of iPhone 7

  08-09-2016 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The move will make it harder for analysts to get a read on the product's prospects amid questions over whether its popularity has peaked.
  
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• Amazon slashes price and adds Alexa to new Fire tablet

  08-09-2016 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon cut the price of its new Fire tablet almost in half and added its popular voice assistant, Alexa, in hopes of making it a hot holiday item, despite a slump in overall tablet sales.
  
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• UK tech firm swoops on HP software unit in £6.6bn deal

  08-09-2016 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Micro Focus, the fast-growing UK technology company, is buying Hewlett-Packard's software business in an $8.8bn (£6.6bn) deal.
  
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• Pygmies share knowledge of medicinal plants and use potions to punish cheaters

  08-09-2016 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at University College London have examined how Pygmies living in the northern Republic of Congo use medicinal plants and pass the knowledge between families.
  
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• 360m-year-old fossils provide glimpse into how animals moved from water to land

  08-09-2016 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team led by researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden and the University of Cambridge were able to build up this picture of the animals’ life cycles by analysing the growth cycles in their front legs.
  
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• USS Zumwalt destroyer officially joins the Navy with Captain James Kirk at the helm

  08-09-2016 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On Star Treks' 50th Anniversary, the stealthy Zumwalt is heading toits commissioning ceremony with a crew of 147 officers and sailors who have spent three years preparing it.
  
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• Giraffe DNA study identifies four distinct species

  08-09-2016 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A study into the DNA of giraffes reveals they are not one species, but four.
  
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• PS4 Pro vs Xbox One S - which is the best console?

  08-09-2016 20:16
  
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• Do YOU fidget at your desk? Bizarre toy with switches, buttons and clickers claims to be able to help - and get you to focus on your work

  08-09-2016 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fidget Cube is a pocket-sized desk toy with six tactical surfaces that let users flip, roll, click, rub, spin and glide over until your heart's content, all while increasing focus and productivity.
  
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• Recorder reveals if a structure is safe after earthquakes or a terrorist attack

  08-09-2016 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The project, which is being led by teams in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Greece and Italy, is able to provide near real-time data on the safety of structures following a catastrophe.
  
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• Large earthquakes can trigger aftershocks on separate faults within SECONDS causing greater damage

  08-09-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of California San Diego discovered 48 previously unidentified aftershocks that occurred between 2004 and 2015, within seconds to minutes after magnitude 7 to 8 earthquakes.
  
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• Judging books by their covers: New 'brainwashing' technique allows scientists to alter feelings about faces

  08-09-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, have developed a technique that allows them to manipulate how people feel about another person's face.
  
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• This invention by a British student could save millions of lives across the world

  08-09-2016 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A British student has invented a mobile fridge to transport vaccines on long journeys at the right temperature.
  
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• Mobile fridge is set to save lives

  08-09-2016 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A British student has invented a mobile fridge to transport vaccines on long journeys at the right temperature.
  
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• Apple's iPhone 7 Plus is over £200 more expensive in the UK than in the US

  08-09-2016 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple unveiled its iPhone 7 and 7 Plus handsets in San Francisco this week, alongside its new Apple Watch Series 2. The smartphone maker caused controversy by dropping the headphone jack.
  
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• Android powered 'SuperBike' has built-in display and fingerprint scanner

  08-09-2016 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LeEco has revealed its ‘game-changing’ Super Bike, a rideable smart device equipped with an array of safety and security features, including laser lane markers and fingerprint identification.
  
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• Northern Ireland teenager sues Facebook over nude photo

  08-09-2016 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 14-year-old Northern Ireland girl is suing Facebook after a naked photograph of her was posted on the site.
  
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• Global effort launched to preserve precious sites

  08-09-2016 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK researchers launch a global effort to source photos of threatened or destroyed cultural landmarks and compile them into 3D reconstructions, housed within an online map.
  
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• Facebook is celebrating Star Trek's 50th anniversary with new like buttons

  08-09-2016 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They are currently only available in the US and Canada. However, the firm hinted that similar limited-edition buttons might be used again on other special occasions.
  
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• EU court backs Playboy in Dutch hyperlinks copyright case

  08-09-2016 18:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The European Court of Justice rules in favour of Playboy in a long-running case over hyperlinks to copyrighted content.
  
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• Belgian study reveals how humans harnessed microbes to create the perfect drink

  08-09-2016 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at University of Leuven in Belgium have created a ‘family tree’ of yeast microbes – focusing on beer yeast – revealing the first brewers domesticated yeasts in the 1500s.
  
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• Android powered 'SuperBike' has built-in display, fingerprint scanner, and side lasers to establish personal bike lane

  08-09-2016 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LeEco has revealed its ‘game-changing’ Super Bike, a rideable smart device equipped with an array of safety and security features, including laser lane markers and fingerprint identification.
  
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• Giraffe genetic secret: Four species of tallest mammal identified

  08-09-2016 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is a famous, gentle giant of the African savannah, but the giraffe's genetics have only just revealed that there is not one species, but four.
  
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• Pygmies share knowledge of medicinal plants through marriage - and use potions to punish cheaters

  08-09-2016 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at University College London have examined how Pygmies living in the northern Republic of Congo use medicinal plants and pass the knowledge between families.
  
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• The £135 million 'alien scanner': Incredible gallery shows how Chinese engineers turn a remote area into the 'World's largest radio telescope' 

  08-09-2016 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China is preparing to unveil the world's largest telescope which will start operating at the end of September. The dish is the size of 30 football fields and will help search for extra-terrestrial life.
  
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• A tenth of Earth's wilderness has disappeared since 1990s as global biodiversity sees 'staggering' declines

  08-09-2016 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the last 20 years, wilderness regions amounting to an area twice the size of Alaska have vanished, the research reveals. The Amazon basin and central Africa have been hit the hardest.
  
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• The black box for BUILDINGS: Recorder reveals if a structure is safe after earthquakes or a terrorist attack

  08-09-2016 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The project, which is being led by teams in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Greece and Italy, is able to provide near real-time data on the safety of structures following a catastrophe.
  
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• How much? Apple's top-of-the-range iPhone 7 Plus is over £200 more expensive in the UK than in the US

  08-09-2016 17:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple unveiled its iPhone 7 and 7 Plus handsets in San Francisco this week, alongside its new Apple Watch Series 2. The smartphone maker caused controversy by dropping the headphone jack.
  
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