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• Russia's Norilsk Nickel admits 'red river' responsibility

  12-09-2016 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel admits one of its industrial plants is responsible for turning an Arctic river blood-red.
  
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• Apple's iPhone 7 launch sees fans queueing for FIVE DAYS

  12-09-2016 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The iPhone 7 is not being released until Friday but the famous queues have already started outside stores in Germany and America with some people offering their spot keeping services for cash.
  
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• Languages are more alike than you think: Two thirds of the world use similar sounds for common words

  12-09-2016 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers, from Cornell University in New York, say the study shatters the idea that the relationship between a sound of a word and its meaning is arbitrary - a long-held linguistic theory.
  
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• Self-driving cars are playing Grand Theft Auto to become better drivers: Realistic scenes train cars to recognize objects on the road

  12-09-2016 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Intel Labs and Darmstadt University are using Grand Theft Auto V to teach self-object recognition. An algorithm pulls landscapes and manoeuvre data from the game, which is fed to the driverless cars.
  
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• Violent collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object 4.5 billion years ago may have led to the formation of the moon

  12-09-2016 21:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geochemists found hidden isotopic differences between moon and Earth rocks, suggesting the moon condensed from an extremely hot ‘mantle atmosphere’ created by a violent collision.
  
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• How the placenta acts as an 'umpire' between mother and baby in the 'tug of war for nutrients' during pregnancy

  12-09-2016 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  How many nutrients are transported to the growing foetus is largely dependent on the mother's health, researchers from the University of Cambridge found.
  
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• Chemists capture 3D images of batteries in real time

  12-09-2016 21:00
  
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• Solar tuk-tuk arrives in UK after road trip from India

  12-09-2016 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An engineer arrives in the UK in his solar-powered tuk-tuk seven months after setting off from India on a 6,200 mile (9,978 km) journey.
  
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• Instagram's new feature will stop people from posting offensive comments on your photos

  12-09-2016 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook-owned Instagram introduced the keyword moderation feature as the latest in a series of steps to tackle online abuse received by some of its 500 million global users.
  
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• Upstart AI dreams of 'disrupting' digital marketing – with sex

  12-09-2016 19:03 via go.theregister.com
  
  Natural selection algorithms to weed out web's crap design Silicon Valley machine-learning biz Sentient Technologies promises to bring the power of natural selection to marketing via AI, rather than digital marketers.…
  
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• AI software biz wants to 'disrupt' digital marketing with sex

  12-09-2016 19:03 via go.theregister.com
  
  ... sexual selection, that is Silicon Valley AI firm Sentient Technologies promises to bring the power of sexual selection to marketing via AI, rather than digital marketers.…
  
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• Jeff Bezos unveils massive reusable rocket that could launch by the end of the decade

  12-09-2016 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled a new rocket that will be used for space tourism. The 'New Glenn' is larger than SpaceX's Heavy rocket, is reusable and will fly by the end of the decade.
  
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• Humanity could be WIPED OUT by deadly asteroids unless we take the threat seriously, warns expert

  12-09-2016 18:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Writing for The Conversation, PhD candidate Michael Dello-Iacovo of UNSW Australia explains the many potential threats scientists must prepare for, including asteroids and nuclear war.
  
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• Is this the future of flying? Boeing tests 'blended wing' plane that could take to the skies in 10 years

  12-09-2016 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boeing is developing the plane alongside Nasa, and testing it at the Nasa Langley Research Center's 14- by 22-Foot Subsonic Tunnel in Virginia. Tests will continue until the end of September.
  
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• Super-gonorrhoea 'out of control' as attempts to halt spread of STI strain are failing

  12-09-2016 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Super-gonorrhoea is spreading between men who have sex with men and not just heterosexuals like previously thought, a new report by Public Health England has revealed.
  
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• Large earthquakes could be triggered by a FULL MOON: Biggest shakes in history occurred around spring tides

  12-09-2016 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geologists at the University of Tokyo found evidence that suggests tidal stresses placed on the Earth's crust by the moon and the sun may play a role in triggering large earthquakes.
  
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• Perfectly-preserved road that led Roman soldiers to London from the coast is found after 2,000 years

  12-09-2016 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery was made when conservationist and developer Mark Lucas and his son bought a building in Rochester high street. They planned to covert it into a shop without knowing the road was there.
  
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• Harley Street fertility expert reveals 7 top tips to boost YOUR chances of getting pregnant

  12-09-2016 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based fertility expert Jani White reveals what most couples are doing wrong in bed when it comes to getting pregnant and how to get it right.
  
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• Jeff Bezos names big next rocket New Glenn

  12-09-2016 16:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amazon boss Jeff Bezos says the big, re-usable rocket he has been developing inside his Blue Origin space company will be called New Glenn, after John Glenn.
  
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• No hiding at the back! Teacher uses facial recognition technology to see if students are BORED

  12-09-2016 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Computer science lecturer Professor Wei Xiaoyong, from Sichuan University in China, developed the 'face reader' to identify the emotions of his students and sense how well his lessons were received.
  
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• How to make your own 'SNES Micro' using a Raspberry Pi

  12-09-2016 16:45
  
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• The real Minority Report: By 2030, police could use AI to predict and prevent crimes BEFORE they happen

  12-09-2016 16:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The prediction comes from a major piece of research called 'Artificial Intelligence and Life in 2030' by researchers at Stanford University.
  
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• Israeli teenagers held over data flood internet attacks

  12-09-2016 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two Israeli teenagers are arrested on suspicion of running a service that allowed paying customers to attack websites.
  
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• Seagate sued by own staff over data theft

  12-09-2016 15:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hardware maker Seagate is facing a lawsuit mounted by some of its own employees whose personal information the firm has lost.
  
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• Gear WIRED loves: Kraken Abyss Table

  12-09-2016 15:15
  
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• Electric sparks in lunar dust are melting the soil on the lunar surface

  12-09-2016 14:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Physicists at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, have calculated that solar particles could be causing an electric charge to build up in the fine layer of dust on the surface of the moon.
  
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• Watch the Milky Way being BORN in a few seconds in a new simulation

  12-09-2016 14:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new simulation, created by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) using thousands of computers, forms a Milky Way with the right number of dwarf galaxies.
  
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• LoveBot sends thoughtful messages to your wife so you don't have to

  12-09-2016 14:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Software designers have created a chatbot at a Hackathon in San Francisco that sends messages, quotes, videos and pictures to your loved one to convey your feelings.
  
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• Microsoft thinks time crystals may be viable after all

  12-09-2016 14:29 via go.theregister.com
  
  Movement without energy? Redmond puts its money where its mouth is Microsoft researchers have teamed up with physicists from the University of California, Santa Barbara, to show how time crystals might be possible.…
  
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• Watch Boston Dynamic's terrifying 6ft humanoid Ian balance on thin planks

  12-09-2016 14:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The robot, created by Massachusetts-based Boston Dynamics, boasts 28 hydraulically-operated joints and stereo vision, and is one of the most advanced robots ever created.
  
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• Apple's iOS 10 iPhone software released tomorrow with new features and how to update

  12-09-2016 14:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  First unveiled at Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) in June, the free iOS 10 software update lands on 13 September and will be preinstalled on the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.
  
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• Pokémon Go adds Buddy Pokémon and support for Go Plus

  12-09-2016 13:30
  
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• Pokémon Go's Buddy Pokémon have arrived. Here's how to use them

  12-09-2016 13:30
  
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• Fire drill knocks ING bank's data centre offline

  12-09-2016 13:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A fire extinguisher test in a bank's data centre goes wrong in an "unprecedented" manner, causing its cash machines, online banking operations and website to go offline.
  
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• Europe's hottest startups 2016: Paris

  12-09-2016 13:21
  
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• Watch the Milky Way being BORN in a few seconds: New simulation solves a decades-old mystery about our galaxy

  12-09-2016 13:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new simulation, created by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) using thousands of computers, forms a Milky Way with the right number of dwarf galaxies.
  
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• The robot that could save your marriage: LoveBot sends thoughtful messages to your wife so you don't have to

  12-09-2016 13:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Software designers have created a chatbot at a Hackathon in San Francisco that sends messages, quotes, videos and pictures to your loved one to convey your feelings.
  
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• Quantum chip will bring the highest level of encryption possible to any device

  12-09-2016 12:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers at The Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona, Spain have developed a fast random number generator based on a quantum mechanical process.
  
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• Scanners could be installed on trains to detect empty seats 

  12-09-2016 12:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was embarrassed last month after footage emerged of him walking past empty seats on a Virgin East Coast service before sitting on the floorto make a film.
  
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• Has Apple ditched its self-driving car? Rumours suggest the firm is now focusing on vehicle software instead

  12-09-2016 12:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new emphasis was confirmed last week by a person with knowledge of the project in California, after the New York Times reported that Apple is 'rethinking' its automotive strategy.
  
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• The smart ice cubes that tell bar staff to order you another drink

  12-09-2016 12:19
  
  MARTINI’s Smart Cube promises less time at the bar
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• How to download Apple's iOS 10 from September 13

  12-09-2016 12:18
  
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• How to download Apple's iOS 10

  12-09-2016 12:18
  
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• Why video game Minecraft is a learning aid for schools

  12-09-2016 12:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spencer Kelly goes back to school to see how the video game Minecraft is being used as a teaching aid
  
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• WhatsApp goes after Snapchat with stickers and photo editing

  12-09-2016 11:48
  
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• New wheel technology uses MICROWAVES to zap away leaves on the track

  12-09-2016 11:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The technology, designed by The Imagination Factory, will be trialled in the West Midlands, before the Rail Safety and Standards Board decide whether to introduced throughout the UK.
  
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• Ford to rollout ride-sharing vans with purchase of Chariot

  12-09-2016 11:16
  
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• Tropical fruit 'helps to prevent obesity and type 2 diabetes'

  12-09-2016 11:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Oklahoma State University researchers found the specific bacteria in the intestinal tract may play a role in obesity and obesity-related complications, such as type 2 diabetes.
  
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• Elon Musk adds 200 new safety features to Tesla Autopilot

  12-09-2016 10:20
  
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• Tesla's Elon Musk says new Autopilot likely would have prevented death

  12-09-2016 10:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla, based in California, has announced it has upgraded the on board radar in its cars so it can used as the primary sensor to map hazards around it including beyond the vehicle in front.
  
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