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• Research from e2save reveals only one in five of us are emoji experts

  11-11-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new survey has revealed the most ‘confusing’ emojis, from the huffing face to the smiley with its tongue out, and just 1 in 5 people are able to describe them all correctly.
  
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• Facebook bug memorialises user's accounts and tells friends they are dead

  11-11-2016 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook has been flooded with ‘memorial’ accounts today as the social media site incorrectly notifies scores of users that they are dead - including Mark Zuckerberg.
  
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• Russia unveils robots that can shoot humans from more than FOUR miles away

  11-11-2016 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The killer devices, known as Alpha and Flight, are designed for deployment on the Russian border, and can accurately detect and destroy both ground and aerial targets long before they reach Russian soil.
  
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• BBC's Planet Earth II ad shows dancing bear twerking to Pussycat Girls' 'Don't Cha'

  11-11-2016 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The footage, which appears in the next episode, was shot with camera traps in the Canadian Rockies and shows adult bears rubbing their backs and heads against the bark.
  
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• Incredible Fort Union timelapse reveals the beauty of civil war battleground on Veterans Day

  11-11-2016 21:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Located in the Mora valley, just two hours east of Santa Fe, Fort Union once protected the trade route alongside Mountain and Cimarron Branches of the old Santa Fe Trail.
  
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• UN climate talks dominated by fears Trump will derail plan launched by Hillary Clinton

  11-11-2016 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trump vowed during his campaign to withdraw U.S. tax dollars from U.N. global warming programs designed to help vulnerable countries shift to cleaner energy and adapt to rising seas.
  
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• X-37B military spaceplane could be turned into a lifesaving 'astronaut ambulance'

  11-11-2016 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts say the alternatives - Soyuz capsules and even SpaceX and Boeing's capsules, would simply be too challenging for sick spacemen.
  
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• Tricky puzzle features 15 hidden peppers that are VERY difficult to spot 

  11-11-2016 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The puzzle features US rockers Red Hot Chili Peppers performing – with a selection of real chillies secretly sprinkled throughout the scene.
  
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• The best Black Mirror episodes from series one and two

  11-11-2016 21:26
  
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• TRITIUM to be added to Z Machine and could hold the key to unlimited energy

  11-11-2016 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Z Machine at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico is one of the most powerful radiation sources in the world – and with tritium, it will emit 500 times more energy than it’s capable of now.
  
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• DeepMind is making machines 'feel' their way around virtual objects

  11-11-2016 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team from Google's DeepMind, based in London, was able to train an AI to explore like a child, by 'playing' with virtual objects and exploring their properties.
  
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• Meet Bear-yoncé! Dancing bear twerks it out in hilarious trailer for hit BBC series Planet Earth II

  11-11-2016 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The footage, which appears in the next episode, was shot with camera traps in the Canadian Rockies and shows adult bears rubbing their backs and heads against the bark.
  
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• Amazon drivers 'work illegal hours'

  11-11-2016 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amazon delivery drivers often work "illegal" hours and get less than the minimum wage, it is claimed.
  
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• Watch the bizarre 'slimelapse' that reveals gelatinous molds creeping for food 

  11-11-2016 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In stunning time-lapse footage, researchers have revealed how these remarkable clusters creep toward sustenance, sending tiny ‘fingers’ out from the main body to explore their surroundings.
  
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• Liverpool John Moores professor discovers stellar family could show how galaxies form

  11-11-2016 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by Dr Ricardo Schiavon, from Liverpool John Moores University, has made a discovery that sheds new light on how galaxies and stars within them form.
  
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• Russia unveils killer robots that can seek and shoot humans from more than FOUR miles away

  11-11-2016 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The killer devices, known as Alpha and Flight, are designed for deployment on the Russian border, and can accurately detect and destroy both ground and aerial targets long before they reach Russian soil.
  
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• What is the EmDrive and why is it so controversial?

  11-11-2016 19:00
  
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• GoPro recall its Karma drone as videos emerge of them falling out of the sky

  11-11-2016 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GoPro has recalled its Karma drone after it has been found to lose power mid-flight and plummet to the ground.
  
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• Dr Victoria Talwar explores how you should you deal with your child lying

  11-11-2016 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Victoria Talwar, a developmental psychology expert at McGill University in Quebec, explains some of the biggest mistakes parents make when dealing with their children lying.
  
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• At UN talks, Trump win sparks fears climate aid will fizzle

  11-11-2016 18:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trump vowed during his campaign to withdraw U.S. tax dollars from U.N. global warming programs designed to help vulnerable countries shift to cleaner energy and adapt to rising seas.
  
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• Amazon ordered to refund children's in-app purchases

  11-11-2016 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A judge has ordered Amazon to refund the parents of children who made in-app purchases on Kindle and Android devices without their consent.
  
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• Facebook to stop advertisers from using ethnicity-based ad-targeting feature on some ads

  11-11-2016 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The feature, intended to help advertisers reach ethnic groups with relevant ads, came under fire from politicians and civil rights leaders for allowing advertisers to exclude users based on their race.
  
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• Medieval GIANTESS measuring 7ft 2in is found in a Polish cemetery

  11-11-2016 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mysterious skeleton was found just outside a church of the Ostrów Lednicki stronghold in Poland in 1977, but details of the woman have now been released in a new book.
  
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• Is this part of a secret spy satellite? Mysterious chunk of 'Chinese' space debris crash lands in Myanmar

  11-11-2016 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The barrel-shaped object crashed onto property owned by a jade mining company in Kachin State's Hpakant township. Another smaller piece of metal tore through the roof of a house in a nearby village.
  
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• Girls react differently to stress compared to boys Stanford University research says

  11-11-2016 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Traumatic situations cause the section of their brain responsible for feelings and actions - known as the insula - to shrink, researchers from Stanford University found.
  
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• Where do stars come from? Newly discovered stellar family could help solve the mystery of how galaxies form

  11-11-2016 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by Dr Ricardo Schiavon, from Liverpool John Moores University, has made a discovery that sheds new light on how galaxies and stars within them form.
  
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• Las Vegas street lights powered by FOOTSTEPS make their world debut

  11-11-2016 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Designed by a New York-based startup, the new street lights on Las Vegas' Boulder Plaza are powered by the energy collected by pedestrians' footsteps during the day.
  
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• HTC Vive will soon go wireless - with a £175 upgrade kit

  11-11-2016 17:05
  
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• Red squirrels! Adorable, right? Wrong – they're riddled with leprosy

  11-11-2016 16:50 via go.theregister.com
  
  Fluffy tree-dwellers carry ancient disease, say boffins Blighty's dwindling population of red squirrels is riddled with leprosy, according to new research.…
  
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• The AI that learns by PLAYING: Google DeepMind is making machines 'feel' their way around virtual objects

  11-11-2016 16:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team from Google's DeepMind, based in London, was able to train an AI to explore like a child, by 'playing' with virtual objects and exploring their properties.
  
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• Hundreds more species than we thought may be endangered

  11-11-2016 15:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from Duke University used remote-sensing technology to map out changes in land usage that are gradually limiting the habitats of over 600 species of tropical bird.
  
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• Here are the new emoji to expect in 2017 – from T-rex to exploding heads, breastfeeding and beards

  11-11-2016 15:02
  
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• All the new emoji to expect in 2017 – from T-rex to exploding heads, breastfeeding and beards

  11-11-2016 15:02
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg dismisses notion that fake news on Facebook influenced US election

  11-11-2016 14:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Facebook co-founder spoke at an on-stage chat at a Techonomy technology trends conference in California yesterday, where he dismissed the claims.
  
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• Spotify patches 'data gobbling' glitch

  11-11-2016 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Music service Spotify rolls out a fix to stop its desktop application repeatedly writing massive amounts of junk data to users' hard drives.
  
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• Failed Beagle 2 lander DID open up on Mars 13 years ago

  11-11-2016 14:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Teams from De Montfort and Leicester Universities used a technique called 'reflection analysis' to match up simulated images of the lander with the pictures from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
  
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• NHS hospital machines attacked by hackers who demand ransom cash

  11-11-2016 14:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  All non-urgent operations and appointments were cancelled at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (pictured) for two days last month, after a malicious virus infected the IT system
  
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• Massive cyber attack on Russian banks allows hackers to access 24,000 CCTV

  11-11-2016 14:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The attacks in Russia saw 660,000 requests made every single second targeting devices varying from CCTV in offices to home digital cameras in countries such as India and Israel.
  
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• Want to be an entrepreneur? The ultimate guide to getting started

  11-11-2016 14:00
  
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• From exploding phones to dangerous hoverboards: Why are batteries catching fire so often?

  11-11-2016 13:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Richard Williams, Principal and Vice Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, explains the root of the problem of exploding devices.
  
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• The ultimate guide to the biggest supermoon in living memory: MailOnline reveals how to watch the stunning spectacle on Monday

  11-11-2016 13:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People will be treated to the once-in-a-lifetime sight on the 14th of the month, when the full moon will appear 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter than normal.
  
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• Hundreds more species than we thought may be endangered because a database misclassified the animals

  11-11-2016 13:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from Duke University used remote-sensing technology to map out changes in land usage that are gradually limiting the habitats of over 600 species of tropical bird.
  
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• Finish him! AI can now play Mortal Kombat better than you

  11-11-2016 13:00
  
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• Are YOU addicted to smoking, sex or shopping? Revealed, the 4 ways you can break free

  11-11-2016 12:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Somerset-based psychotherapist Karen Meager says punishing yourself for bad habits such as smoking will only make you feel worse, which will lead to more addictive behaviour.
  
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• Patti Wood analyzed Obama and Trump's body language at the White House meeting

  11-11-2016 12:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Barack Obama and Donald Trump put on a united front at the White House in Washington DC, but body language expert Patti Wood believes not is all as it seems.
  
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• Alien hunters say they have found a 'monolith' on Mercury in latest bizarre claim

  11-11-2016 12:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The object was spotted in 2012 by UFO Sightings Daily, reported as a 'doorway'. But a new video from US alien-hunter Tyler Glockner, it is claimed to be a huge monolith.
  
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• World's first commercially available jetpack is now on sale to 'well qualified buyers'

  11-11-2016 12:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David Mayman, a former commercial pilot from Australia, worked with a team of engineers to build the one-person vertical take-off device. The jetpack is expected to begin shipping in April 2017.
  
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• A SUPER-DROUGHT on Mars may have wiped out alien life on the red planet leaving it a barren, hostile world

  11-11-2016 12:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a study led by the University of Stirling in Scotland, a global team has found the lack of rust on the meteorites indicates that Mars is incredibly dry, and has been that way for millions of years.
  
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• Man and woman playing with VR goggles in a parking lot get hit by a car

  11-11-2016 11:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A man and a woman were hit by a car after they decided to play with virtual reality goggles in a car park in Russia.
  
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• UK red squirrels carry 'a form of leprosy' - scientists

  11-11-2016 11:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British red squirrels are infected with strains of the bacterium that causes leprosy, according to a study.
  
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