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• YouTube takes centre stage as Google reveals it made $5.1bn in just three months

  27-10-2016 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google parent Alphabet reported its quarterly profit climbed 27 percent to $5.1 billion, boosted by mobile and video advertising revenue.
  
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• Uber's flying taxi plan revealed with hopes to sign aircraft makers up and launch in 2026

  27-10-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Uber has a plan to make flying cars a reality. Dubbed Uber Elevate, the program will design 'cars' to operate like a helicopter, travel 100 miles on a single charge and could be ready by 2021.
  
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• Amazon profit misses estimates and its outlook disappoints

  27-10-2016 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Web giant Amazon has reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit as expenses rose, causing shares to tumble in after-hours trading.
  
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• Apple CEO Tim Cook launches new 'cord cutter' TV app to take on cable firms

  27-10-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tim Cook unveiled the firm's new TV at a special event in Cupertino today, revealing it will be available on Apple TV, iPads and iPhones in December - but Netflix has not signed up.
  
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• Could a DEAD astronaut seed life across the universe? Researchers say dumping bodies into space could trigger new forms of life

  27-10-2016 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While the conditions would have to be ‘ideal,’ a human body that avoids incineration and lands on a distant world could transport microbes or even act as a ‘starter-pack’ for life.
  
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• Topless selfie student crashes into Texas police car

  27-10-2016 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US student crashes into a police car while taking a topless selfie behind the wheel, Texas law enforcement officials say.
  
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• Campbell's invests in 'personal nutrition' firm that analyzes DNA to tell you what to eat

  27-10-2016 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Habit aims to help people find the right diet plan. The firm, recently backed by Cambell's Soup, analyzes over 60 different biomarkers in DNA to create personalized nutrition plans.
  
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• Amazon's quarterly profit misses estimates, shares tumble

  27-10-2016 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon.com reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday as expenses rose and the company provided a disappointing fourth-quarter revenue forecast.
  
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• Cannabis could enhance your night vision find researchers from the US and Canada

  27-10-2016 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new study, researchers from the US and Canada have linked increased levels of cannabinoids, the active agent in marijuana, to enhanced low-light vision in vertebrates.
  
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• Apple Watch Series 2 and HTC Vive are the big winners at the inaugural Wareable Tech Awards

  27-10-2016 22:00
  
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• Twitter axes Vine video service

  27-10-2016 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Social network Twitter announces it will close its video sharing service Vine.
  
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• Vine star Charlie Murphy discusses the service's end

  27-10-2016 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Charlie Murphy posted one of the most watched videos on Vine, but says that he is not surprised the service is being shut down.
  
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• Apple unveils its new MacBooks set to have fingerprint sensor instead of a power button

  27-10-2016 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The MacBook Pro's new 'touch bar' gets rid of the traditional function keys, replacing them with a smart touchscreen that has a built in fingerprint sensor. Apple also showed off a n new TV app at its HQ.
  
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• New internet scam system catches out malicious websites before they are registered

  27-10-2016 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The PREDATOR system which distinguishes between legitimate and malicious buyers of new websites, was designed by a team from Princeton University.
  
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• How the moon got its RINGS: One of our satellite's biggest craters was made by two giant impacts

  27-10-2016 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIT researchers used data gathered by Nasa's GRAIL mission, to study the structure of the moon's largest and youngest crater. In another study, a team from Brown modelled how the crater formed.
  
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• Apple adds Touch Bar to MacBook Pro laptops

  27-10-2016 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple refreshes its high-end laptops adding an interactive thin display above its keyboard.
  
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• Facebook Live gets ghoulish with Snapchat-style Halloween masks and reaction icons 

  27-10-2016 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The social media platform, based in Menlo Park, California, says the temporary seasonal updates (pictured) are being rolled out to help people celebrate Halloween online.
  
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• China hosts 2016 World Robot Conference in Beijing

  27-10-2016 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At the 2016 World Robot Conference in Beijing, exhibitors for the Xiao I bot revealed the AI can mimic the functions of the human brain, allowing it to analyze massive amounts of data.
  
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• Amazon plans to open 2k grocery stores across America in the next 10 years

  27-10-2016 19:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Internal documents reveal Amazon is pushing deeperinto the grocery industry. Business Insider reveals the firm is planning to open 20 grocery stores by the end of 2018 and 2,000 over the next decade.
  
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• Vine part of cull that will see 9% of Twitter's staff fired as it fails to find a buyer

  27-10-2016 19:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter bought the viral video app in October 2012, just before its official launch.The move comes as the firm announced plans to cut hundreds of jobs from its global workforce.
  
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• Bizarre orbits of distant objects could be explained by the hypothetical world

  27-10-2016 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the new paper, researchers from the University of Arizona pointed out peculiarities of the orbits of objects beyond Neptune that had been unnoticed until now.
  
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• The 176 original emoji become part of New York's Museum of Modern Art’s collection

  27-10-2016 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The original set of 176 emojis were a gift to New York's Museum of Modern Art from the phone company, Tokyo head-quartered Nippon Telegraph and Telephone.
  
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• Is this the oldest brain in the world? 130-million-year-old fossil reveals dinosaur grey matter was similar to birds and crocodiles

  27-10-2016 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Oxford and Cambridge university scientists believe the brain tissue (pictured) belongs to a species closely related to Iguanodon, which lived in the Early Cretaceous Period.
  
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• Paypal fixes 'worrying' security bug

  27-10-2016 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A security expert has found a simple way round one system Paypal uses to protect users' accounts.
  
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• Common swifts fly non-stop for 10 MONTHS every year: Record-breaking birds only come down to breed

  27-10-2016 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Lund University in Sweden attached data loggers to 19 birds to reveal swifts spend more than 99 per cent of their time during their 10-month non-breeding period in flight.
  
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• Twitter to cut jobs as revenue growth slows

  27-10-2016 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitter plans to cut 9% of its workforce after reporting a sharp slowdown in revenue growth.
  
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• Burial slab of Jesus is uncovered for the first time in centuries

  27-10-2016 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The original surface was exposed during the restoration work being done at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem,
  
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• Compound in BROCCOLI 'slows down vision loss and middle-age spread

  27-10-2016 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nicotinamide mononucleotide - found in broccoli - was found to prevent laboratory mice from physical signs of ageing, researchers from Washington University, St Louis, found.
  
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• Images reveal crashed Mars lander

  27-10-2016 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The site where Europe's Mars lander crashed this month is revealed in new images.
  
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• Say goodbye to internet scams: New system catches out malicious websites before they are even registered

  27-10-2016 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The PREDATOR system which distinguishes between legitimate and malicious buyers of new websites, was designed by a team from Princeton University.
  
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• Crustaceans in the ocean’s ‘twilight zone’ wear CAMOUFLAGED: Bacteria coating helps creatures avoid a predator’s gaze

  27-10-2016 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Duke University and the Smithsonian Institution found midwater hyperiid amphipods are covered with anti-reflective coatings on their legs and bodies.
  
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• Google's neural network is learning to encrypt its own messages

  27-10-2016 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Google Brain team in Mountain View, California, published a paper showing how computer networks can work out how to use a simple encryption technique.
  
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• Game creators invent a protective ‘force field’ after player is groped in virtual reality

  27-10-2016 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The makers of QuiVR are introducing new measures to battle gamers invading other's personal space after a woman in Redwood City, California was 'sexually assaulted' during gameplay. (stock image)
  
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• How superbugs like MRSA are being spread around hospital wards by nurses' scrubs

  27-10-2016 16:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The sleeves and pockets of the scrubs were most contaminated with antibiotic resistant bacteria, researchers from Duke University Medical Centre, North Carolina, found.
  
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• Why people are lining up for organs infected with hepatitis C

  27-10-2016 16:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Knowingly transmitting a dangerous virus may sound drastic but two leading US transplant centers are betting the strategy will save lives - if new medications to cure hepatitis C work.
  
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• Don't say cheese! Sweden BANS drones with cameras in a 'huge blow' to commercial and recreational users

  27-10-2016 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Swedish court finds that drones with cameras are 'regarded as surveillance cameras,' which could violate the privacy of those below, and so have banned the use without a licence.
  
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• Rat-scaring laser trial to protect crops

  27-10-2016 16:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  High-powered laser light will be used to protect crops from pests in a trial funded by the European Commission.
  
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• Be patient, console fans! Nintendo Switch launch date and games line-up won't be announced until January 2017

  27-10-2016 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nintendo president, Tatsumi Kimishima, has said that major details of the console will be revealed at a live event in Tokyo on 13 January 2017, to be streamed online.
  
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• Amazon Echo review: Human-like AI is worth the money even if it does have teething problems

  27-10-2016 16:01
  
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• More evidence for Planet Nine: Bizarre orbits of distant objects could be explained by the hypothetical world

  27-10-2016 15:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the new paper, researchers from the University of Arizona pointed out peculiarities of the orbits of objects beyond Neptune that had been unnoticed until now.
  
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• Twitter to cut HUNDREDS of jobs as workforce is slashed by 9%

  27-10-2016 15:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The San Francisco-based social media platform announced the cuts as part of its latest quarterly financial figures. Twitter made a net loss of £83m in the three months to the end of September.
  
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• A safe space from cyber pervs: Game creators invent a protective ‘force field’ after player is groped in virtual reality

  27-10-2016 14:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The makers of QuiVR are introducing new measures to battle gamers invading other's personal space after a woman in Redwood City, California was 'sexually assaulted' during gameplay. (stock image)
  
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• Killer sought via text message broadcast

  27-10-2016 14:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ontario police are sending text messages to phones used near a murder site to help an investigation
  
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• Israel unveils 'oldest' Hebrew mention of Jerusalem

  27-10-2016 14:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Israeli archaeologists have unveiled a 7th century BC text they said contains the earliest mention in Hebrew of Jerusalem outside the Bible. The scroll was found in the Judean Desert, near the Dead Sea.
  
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• Gut instinct drives battery boost

  27-10-2016 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists have designed a new prototype battery that mimics the structure of the human intestines.
  
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• Google tries to resolve Pixel camera flare issue

  27-10-2016 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google is developing an algorithm to address excessive lens flare on photographs taken with its flagship Pixel smartphones.
  
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• Flying squirrel numbers soar in Helsinki

  27-10-2016 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The furry rodents are thriving in the city's forests, researchers say.
  
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• Which type of NOSE do you have? Expert reveals the top 10 shapes

  27-10-2016 13:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harley Street facial cosmetic surgeon Dr Julian De Silva said the Duchess of Cambridge has inspired many woman to have cosmetic surgery, coining her own nose shape name.
  
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• Men are using bots to 'dream about a subservient girlfriend' 

  27-10-2016 13:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virtual assistants, such as California-based Apple's Siri, are spending more time dodging personal questions and dealing with darker forms of sexual harassment.
  
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• Does YOUR tattoo embarrass you? New technology removes body ink 'without scarring'

  27-10-2016 13:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harley-street based Dr Tijion Esho says he has seen a surge in demand for people wanting the new picosecond technology - which works at a trillionth of a second - to remove their tattoos.
  
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