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• Apple profits tumble 19% as iPhone sales fall for third quarter in a row

  25-10-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's profit fell 19 percent to $9 billion, and revenue declined 9 percent to $46.8 billion for the quarter that ended last month.
  
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• Low-power transistors hint at alternative to battery bonfires

  25-10-2016 23:56 via go.theregister.com
  
  Cambridge researchers envision electronics that thrive on a starvation diet Since 1965, transistors have followed a path predicted by Gordon Moore, becoming more densely packed year after year. The result has been a steady improvement in CPU performance. Batteries, however, haven't advanced at the same pace.…
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S8 set to have 'UltraHD' edge to edge display and dump the home button

  25-10-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest rumours, according to Android Police, point to a 4K display - which will make the handset perfect for VR applications.
  
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• Simulation of wind and currents reveals the migration of early settlers in Oceania

  25-10-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Evidence suggests the major islands of the South West Pacific were colonised almost 3,500 years ago. But researchers continue to debate where these first settlers came from and how they arrived.
  
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• Google adds digital whiteboard to expanding device lineup

  25-10-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google has designed a giant touch-screen canvas for companies trying to make it easier for their employees to brainstorm as they work on team projects and other assignments.
  
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• Spinal muscles shrink after months in space but yoga could help

  25-10-2016 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of California San Diego studied the effects of back pain during long spells in space (ISS pictured), as well as the spine's response after returning to Earth gravity.
  
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• Rosetta images show a rock that looks like Star Wars' Millennium Falcon parked on a comet

  25-10-2016 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Images released by the European Space Agency over the summer of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko reveal rocky and smooth terrain - and a formation that looks similar to the Millennium Falcon.
  
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• Getting aroused can change the way you see and even boost your confidence

  25-10-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from University College London found that unconscious physiological changes are directly tied to our perception of uncertainty, with increased arousal boosting confidence.
  
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• AT&T says new streaming service will cost $35 a month

  25-10-2016 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AT&T says a streaming service with more than 100 popular TV channels that's coming out next month will cost $35 a month.
  
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• Researchers find genetically engineered virus reduces desire to drink in infected mice

  25-10-2016 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Texas A&M University found alcohol changes your brain and discovered a genetically engineered virus that can mitigate these changes and reduce the desire to drink.
  
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• WIRED2016: Next Generation speakers

  25-10-2016 22:30
  
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• Seven things Nintendo Switch must have if it's going to succeed

  25-10-2016 22:00
  
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• Does the Nintendo Switch live up to expectations?

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• Shrine to Jesus on Mount Tabor in Israel is 'robbed and vandalised'

  25-10-2016 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The church on Mount Tabor in northern Israel was ransacked by vandals who damaged icons, stole chalices, threw Communion bread on the ground, and robbed a donation box.
  
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• Researchers discover millipede with 141 legs at Sequoia National Park in California

  25-10-2016 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In 2006, a strange millipede was discovered in the dark marble caves of Sequoia National Park in California. Now, experts at Virginia Tech have revealed it is a new species with 414 legs and four penises.
  
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• Wall Street watchdogs turn to AI as system scans for rogue traders

  25-10-2016 21:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two exchange operators have announced plans to launch AI tools for market surveillance in the coming months and officials at a Wall Street regulator tell Reuters they are not far behind.
  
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• Planets orbiting stars like Proxima Centauri are mainly Earth-sized with liquid water

  25-10-2016 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers, from the University of Bern in Switzerland, were inspired to run the computer simulations based on the discovery of a planet orbiting our nearest star, Proxima Centauri.
  
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• Blackberry unveils final phone before outsourcing production

  25-10-2016 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Earlier this year it revealed it will instead begin outsourcing its phoneproduction to other firms - but has pledged it will continue to make handsets through its partners.
  
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• We ranked all the episodes in Black Mirror series three

  25-10-2016 21:00
  
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• Chinese firm Xiaomi unveils Philippe Starck-designed 'edgeless' phone

  25-10-2016 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The concept is due to go on sale next month in China in limited numbers though the firm has not announced plans to sell it anywhere else yet.
  
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• WhatsApp rolls out video calls test version of the service on Android

  25-10-2016 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rumours of WhatsApp adding video calls have been circulating for some time, though it may be a while before iPhone users get to join in. The feature has been rolled out to select users globally.
  
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• A bigger splash: The mathematics of spilling beer

  25-10-2016 20:31 via go.theregister.com
  
  Next time, ask for your pint in 'minute straw shapes' A team of researchers has ventured deep into the physics of spilling to uncover why pints of beer splash everywhere but liquid in straws do not when positioned horizontally.…
  
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• Prosthetic eye chip could reverse blindness by training the brain to learn to see again

  25-10-2016 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study comes from researchers at the University of Pisa, who wanted to test the brain's capacity to process artificial visual inputs.
  
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• WIRED2016: Next Generation

  25-10-2016 20:00
  
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• People in the UK have the best 'digital lives' in Europe, global index reveals

  25-10-2016 19:41
  
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• Mystery of the massive dome in the Andes solved: Researchers find 1km high structure has world's largest active magma store below it

  25-10-2016 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New calculations suggest the volcano-covered area in the central Andes sits atop the largest active magma body on Earth, causing uplifting to occur as the crust thickens.
  
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• Renewable energy capacity overtakes coal

  25-10-2016 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The International Energy Agency says that the world's capacity to generate electricity from renewable sources has now overtaken coal.
  
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• Just in time for Halloween: Researchers discover terrifying millipede with 141 legs and four penises that oozes poison

  25-10-2016 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In 2006, a strange millipede was discovered in the dark marble caves of Sequoia National Park in California. Now, experts at Virginia Tech have revealed it is a new species with 414 legs and four penises.
  
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• How humans reached Oceania: Simulation of wind and currents reveals the bold migration of early settlers

  25-10-2016 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Evidence suggests the major islands of the South West Pacific were colonised almost 3,500 years ago. But researchers continue to debate where these first settlers came from and how they arrived.
  
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• Want to get someone to help you? Then ask them face-to face! Requests by email are more likely to be refused

  25-10-2016 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The success rate in one study was 72 per cent for face to face vs 0.21 per cent by email, researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada found (stock image used).
  
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• The best Google Doodles celebrating tech, science and culture

  25-10-2016 18:00
  
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• Antarctic glaciers are in hot water: Rate of ‘intense unbalanced melting’ is accelerating faster than thought

  25-10-2016 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology and the University of California, Irvine, measured ice loss in the Amundsen Sea in the West Antarctic.
  
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• Jo Johnson and Martyn Poliakoff perform scientific test

  25-10-2016 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Science Minister Jo Johnson and Prof Martyn Poliakoff mix politics and science to look at carbon dioxide and the acidification of oceans.
  
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• 'Siri, catch market cheats': Wall Street watchdogs turn to A.I.

  25-10-2016 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two exchange operators have announced plans to launch AI tools for market surveillance in the coming months and officials at a Wall Street regulator tell Reuters they are not far behind.
  
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• Return of the burial mound: Neolithic stone tombs could be used in the UK to store ashes for the first time in 4,000 years

  25-10-2016 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prehistoric stone tombs used to store the ashes of loved ones are being built in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, by Sacred Stones, a Bedfordshire-based company.
  
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• Are red dwarfs the key to finding alien life? Planets orbiting stars like Proxima Centauri are mainly Earth-sized with liquid water

  25-10-2016 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers, from the University of Bern in Switzerland, were inspired to run the computer simulations based on the discovery of a planet orbiting our nearest star, Proxima Centauri.
  
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• You can now make WhatsApp VIDEO calls: App rolls out test version of the service on Android

  25-10-2016 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rumours of WhatsApp adding video calls have been circulating for some time, though it may be a while before iPhone users get to join in. The feature has been rolled out to select users globally.
  
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• Chinese firm Xiaomi unveils Philippe Starck-designed 'edgeless' phone with a massive 6.4-inch screen

  25-10-2016 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The concept is due to go on sale next month in China in limited numbers though the firm has not announced plans to sell it anywhere else yet.
  
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• AI creates gallery of nightmare images for Halloween

  25-10-2016 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists have created a "nightmare machine" to teach AI systems how to be scary.
  
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• Is Twitter in trouble? Social network could be about to cut 300 JOBS

  25-10-2016 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The job cuts could be announced before the company reports third-quarter earnings on Thursday. It is not yet known in which regions the cuts will be made.
  
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• Saturn's weird hexagon changes colour

  25-10-2016 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The mysterious hexagon at Saturn's northern pole has changed colour from blue to gold, scientists have said.
  
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• Female gamer feels 'violated' after being virtually groped by another player

  25-10-2016 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jordan Belamire, who goes by a pseudonym to protect her privacy, was playing a virtual reality game in Redwood City, California, when another player sexually assaulted her.
  
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• Uber's driverless truck makes its first delivery in Colorado

  25-10-2016 16:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The truck made the 120-mile journey through Colorado, powered by technology from an Uber-owned startup, delivering its precious cargo - thousands of cases of Budweiser.
  
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• Neolithic stone tombs could be used in the UK for the first time in 4,000 years

  25-10-2016 16:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A company is opening a new long barrow in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. The firm is planning on building in eight other British counties and has had interest from all over the world.
  
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• Spooky algorithm transforms famous sights into horror scenes

  25-10-2016 16:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a system that is trying to find the scariest image out there and creating ghostly-looking pictures of famous landmarks.
  
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• New London phone boxes to offer free calls and Wi-Fi

  25-10-2016 15:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New phone boxes offering free calls and ultrafast Wi-Fi will be introduced on the streets of central London.
  
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• Robo-spiders may soon build giant structures in SPACE

  25-10-2016 15:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The brains behind the 3D- printing space machines (illustrated) is Washington-based Tethers Unlimited Inc (TUI), has completed a deal with commercial satellite firm Space Systems Loral (SSL).
  
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• Phoneboxes across London are being turned into free 1Gbps Wi-Fi hotspots

  25-10-2016 15:24
  
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• Phone boxes across the UK are being turned into free 1Gbps Wi-Fi hotspots and charging stations

  25-10-2016 15:24
  
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• Exercise IS good for your brain: Lifting weights could make you more intelligent and stave off dementia

  25-10-2016 14:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia found that the improvement in cognition function in seen in a group of patients over 55 was related to their gains from weight training.
  
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