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• Hacked Internet of Things devices helped take much of the internet offline

  21-10-2016 23:37
  
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• Chinese IoT firm recalls 4.3 million connected cameras after giant botnet attack

  21-10-2016 23:37
  
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• European probe Schiaparelli 'exploded' on Mars' surface as Nasa images reveal crash site

  21-10-2016 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New images from the Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter may have identified the possible crash site of ESA's lost Schiaparelli lander.
  
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• American experts reveal how parents should deal with digital media

  21-10-2016 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A professor at the University of Michigan suggests you should not restrict your child's technology use, but rather teach them how to use it as a way to connect and create.
  
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• European probe Schiaparelli 'exploded' on Mars' surface as images reveal crash site

  21-10-2016 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New images from the Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter may have identified the possible crash site of ESA's lost Schiaparelli lander.
  
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• Smoking hole found on Mars where Schiaparelli lander, er, 'landed'

  21-10-2016 21:27 via go.theregister.com
  
  4KM plummet to surface shattered Euro spacecraft Pic  The European Space Agency has spotted what it assumes is what's left of its Schiaparelli lander that smashed into the Martian surface this week.…
  
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• American scientists reveal the amount of time kids should look at screens

  21-10-2016 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The American Academy of Pediatrics reveals kids who spend 2 to 4 hours a day using digital devices have 23% lower odds of fishing their homework - and it decrease with every additional 2 hours.
  
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• Jupiter shows off massive smile in one of the last images from Nasa's Juno spacecraft

  21-10-2016 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The smile is the product of the planet’s swirling atmosphere at the South Pole, according to Nasa, captured when Jupiter was only half-lit. To make a full smile, it was copied and flipped.
  
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• European probe 'EXPLODED' on Mars' surface: First images reveal Schiaparelli's crash site

  21-10-2016 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New images from the Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter may have identified the possible crash site of ESA's lost Schiaparelli lander.
  
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• Snail could help uncover genes behind a rare heart condition

  21-10-2016 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A unique snail found in a park in south west London could provide researchers with unique insight into a rare heart condition in which people are born with a mirror image of an internal body plan.
  
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• Imgur user shows map of every river basin in the US

  21-10-2016 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A stunning new map from Imgur user Fejetlenfejshows the complex network of rivers and streams in the contiguous United States, highlighting the massive expanse of basins across the country.
  
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• Boffins twist beams of neutrons into pasta to cook up holograms

  21-10-2016 19:42 via go.theregister.com
  
  Fun but it's probably better for measuring really small things Holograms created with neutron beams have been demonstrated for the first time by a team of scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.…
  
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• Schiaparelli: Mars probe 'crash site identified'

  21-10-2016 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The gouge in the ground likely made by Europe's Schiaparelli probe as it hit the surface of Mars on Wednesday has been imaged by an American satellite.
  
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• London sex robot festival to go ahead after being banned in Malaysia

  21-10-2016 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The international conference on sex with robots will be hosted by Goldsmiths University, London on the 19th and 20th of December.
  
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• Tokyo scientists develop system that could lead the way to 'interactive clothing'

  21-10-2016 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group in Japan has demonstrated the ability to do 'dynamic projection mapping', or projecting onto an unpredictably moving object, using flashing lights and cotton t-shirts.
  
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• 32GB iPhone 7 could be 8 times slower than the 128GB version

  21-10-2016 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Network speed tests on iPhone 7 Plus models also showed that models available in the US were up to 75 per cent faster than those found in the UK and Europe.
  
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• Airbus unveils its self flying 'Uber air' taxi Vahana

  21-10-2016 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Airbus aims to end traffic jams with self-flying air taxis and the firm revealed its first conceptual drawings. Called Vahana, it seats one person under a canopy that retracts like a motorcycle helmet visor.
  
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• DPS astronomers claim Planet Nine 'will be found within just 16 months'

  21-10-2016 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Mike Brown at the California Institute of Technology, who's team proposed the existence of the mystery world, made the claims at a conference in Pasadena earlier this week.
  
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• WhatsApp rated as the most secure messaging app

  21-10-2016 18:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The report from London-based human right charity Amnesty International ranks 11 companies that run the world's most popular messaging apps, including Skype, Snapchat and Facebook Messenger.
  
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• Oregon study shows mice can emit pain to others

  21-10-2016 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lab mice were put through a series of tests at Oregon Health and Science University which should not have been painful - ticklish at the most. But the rodents reacted as if their feet were burning.
  
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• Watch as a smooth image is projected onto MOVING fabric: System could lead the way to 'interactive clothing'

  21-10-2016 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group in Japan has demonstrated the ability to do 'dynamic projection mapping', or projecting onto an unpredictably moving object, using flashing lights and cotton t-shirts.
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover and Ford test self-driving cars that can TALK to each other

  21-10-2016 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jaguar Land Rover, Ford and Tata Motors have launched a three-year project, demonstrating a number of future vehicle technologies at Horiba Mira's testing facility in Nuneaton.
  
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• Nowhere left to hide for Planet Nine: Astronomers claim the mystery world will be found within just 16 months

  21-10-2016 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Mike Brown at the California Institute of Technology, who's team proposed the existence of the mystery world, made the claims at a conference in Pasadena earlier this week.
  
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• How private is YOUR messaging app? Charity rates WhatsApp as the most secure - but experts aren't so sure

  21-10-2016 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The report from London-based human right charity Amnesty International ranks 11 companies that run the world's most popular messaging apps, including Skype, Snapchat and Facebook Messenger.
  
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• Meet the speakers at this year's WIRED2016 event

  21-10-2016 17:04
  
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• 'Facebook 'most secure' for instant messaging services, says Amnesty

  21-10-2016 16:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook are doing the most to secure users' data in mainstream instant messaging apps, says Amnesty International.
  
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• Treating phobias, self-lacing trainers: Podcast 290

  21-10-2016 16:46
  
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• Ordnance Survey has new map to update car sat navs

  21-10-2016 16:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ordnance Survey has come up with a new map database to keep drivers away from dangers.
  
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• Twitter, Spotify and Reddit are among major sites taken offline in massive shock cyber attack

  21-10-2016 16:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The outage is said to be mainly affecting the US East Coast. Internet infrastructure provider Dyn said this was due to an ongoing interruption of its network.
  
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• Scientists reveal Ossian's works were copies of 12th-century Irish tales

  21-10-2016 15:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Statistical physicists at Coventry University, Joseph Yose and Ralph Kenna along with other colleagues at the University of Oxford and the National University of Ireland made the discovery.
  
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• Millennials fall for MORE online scams than pensioners, Ipsos report shows

  21-10-2016 15:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study was carried out by Ipsos Public Affairs, a tech research group in Wasthington, along with Microsoft. It involved a survey of 1,000 people from 12 countries, including the UK and US.
  
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• The brain chip that could turn you into a SUPERHUMAN

  21-10-2016 15:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Theodore Berger from the University of Southern California has teamed up with Bryan Johnson, founder of Braintree, to develop prototypes of thebrain implant device for humans.
  
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• Heart-melting pictures show cuddly cubs frolicking in China's 'panda kindergarten'

  21-10-2016 15:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The nursery in Chengdu, China, looks after 23 cubs and is open to tourists. All the baby pandas were born this year and enjoy their time at the nursery which are monitored around the clock.
  
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• The All-New Renault Mégane is finally here

  21-10-2016 14:59
  
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• Zebra sharks born using artificial insemination could soon arrive in the UK

  21-10-2016 14:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The procedure, which was carried out in Mooloolaba, Australia, was funded by Sea Life's marine animal welfare centre in Weymouth, Dorset.
  
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• Europe's lost Mars lander may have been SHOT DOWN by Nasa, claims conspiracy theorist

  21-10-2016 14:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The European Space Agency mission control in Darmstadt, Germany, lost contact with Schiaparelli Mars probe this week shortly before it was meant to reach the red planet's surface.
  
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• Hundreds of rare snow leopards are being killed every year by locals in revenge for livestock losses

  21-10-2016 14:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of snow leopards are killed illegally every year in remote mountains from China to Tajikistan, further endangering the big cats that number only a few thousand in the wild.
  
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• What the missing Schiaparelli lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars 

  21-10-2016 14:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at The Open University, explains why finding out exactly what happened to the probe is vital to the future ExoMars mission in 2020.
  
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• Mario Pikachu is the Nintendo mash-up of your dreams

  21-10-2016 14:07
  
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• Amazon CEO reveals his plans to get tourists into orbit first

  21-10-2016 14:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon and Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos made the comments at an event in San Francisco this week where he also jokingly reaffirmed his desire to send Donald Trump into space.
  
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• UN Habitat III summit aims to shape future urban living

  21-10-2016 13:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon tells the world's mayors they face making 'tough decisions' to ensure future generations live in a safe and sustainable urban world.
  
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• Warnings over Dirty Cow Linux bug

  21-10-2016 12:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Users of the Linux operating system are being urged to update it to remove a "serious" bug that hackers could use to hijack systems.
  
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• Rising magma halted the 'unzipping' of a powerful tremor on a Japanese island

  21-10-2016 12:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Kyoto Univeristy analysed the Kumamoto earthquake and nearby Aso volcanic cluster to find rising magma ‘unzipped’ the quake.
  
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• 1.8m-year-old teeth show the oldest evidence that our early ancestors were right-handed

  21-10-2016 12:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study by an international team of researchers was led by Kansas University's professor emeritus of anthropology and based on a fossil found in Tanzania.
  
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• Experts reveal whether the vegan diet can be healthy for young children

  21-10-2016 12:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fulvia Serra, from Colorado, who is raising her 1-year-old son Sebastiano as a vegan, said pinning bad parenting on a vegan diet are unfair on those who have done their homework.
  
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• Samsung tries to take down parodies of Galaxy Note 7 used as a bomb in Grand Theft Auto

  21-10-2016 12:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  YouTuber DoctorGTA, from Kerrville, Texas ,claims his video was removed by the US arm of Samsung after posting a video with the Note 7 mod (pictured) and received a three month strike from YouTube.
  
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• Surface Pro 4 helps Microsoft make £3.8 billion in profits last quarter

  21-10-2016 12:23
  
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• Apple files lawsuit against fake chargers on Amazon. Here's how to check yours is genuine

  21-10-2016 12:14
  
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• Online gambling companies probed by CMA over winnings

  21-10-2016 12:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Online gambling firms may be breaking the law by making it very difficult for players to collect their winnings, the competition regulator says.
  
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• NSA contractor faces spying charges

  21-10-2016 12:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An NSA contractor is accused of stealing vast amounts of government secrets over a 20-year period.
  
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