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• From baseball to games: MLB's streaming firm signs blockbuster $300m deal to show League of Legends gaming tournaments online

  16-12-2016 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The $300 million agreement grants BAMTech the exclusive rights to stream and monetize League of Legends competitions through 2023, according to the report.
  
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• Did YOU get one? Nintendo reveals its must have console sold 196,000 last month - and is sold out across America

  16-12-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A report shows 196,000 NES Classic Mini units sold from Nov. 11 to the end of the month. But, the demand exceeded Nintendo's expectations and retailers across the US are sold out.
  
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• M&Ms as you've never seen them before: Incredible timelapse reveals candy dissolving in stunning detail

  16-12-2016 22:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new video from Beauty of Science shows what really happens when you drop an M&M in water. Breathtaking time-lapse footage reveals the unearthly beauty in one of life’s mundane processes.
  
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• Vine lives! Twitter to resurrect hit six second video app as 'Vine Camera'

  16-12-2016 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The app will be renamed 'Vine Camera' and will let users post the looping videos they make to Twitter or save them to a phone's camera roll.
  
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• The self driving warship: US Navy's 132ft-long 'Sea Hunter' drone that will scour oceans for enemy subs takes to the seas

  16-12-2016 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 132-foot Sea Hunter trimaran, has taken to the seas off San Diego to begin at-sea testing of its sensors, and self driving software.
  
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• Listen to the mysterious 'alien song' heard deep in the Mariana trench: Researchers reveal unexplained sound heard 36,000 feet down

  16-12-2016 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center named it the 'Western Pacific Biotwang' and say their best guess is that it is a new type of previously unheard whale call.
  
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• UN to debate 'killer robot' ban next year as experts warn time is running out to stop AI weapons

  16-12-2016 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  88 countries around the world agreed to begin the formal discussions—which will take place for two weeks at the 2017 UN convention in Geneva—on a possible ban of lethal, autonomous weapons.
  
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• All hail the rise of the Mystery Comics

  16-12-2016 21:00
  
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• Apple's car plans race ahead as it poaches Porsche racing's technical director

  16-12-2016 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple poached the technical director of Porsche's race car programme earlier this year, a company source said on Friday.
  
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• US hacking claims: Russia says 'indecent' without evidence

  16-12-2016 20:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US should detail evidence of alleged Russian hacking or stop talking about it, the Kremlin says.
  
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• How do you tell if a rat is smiling? It's all in the ears, says scientists (who tickled them to test their theory)

  16-12-2016 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For the first time, researchers have identified the facial cues that indicate a rat is ‘happy’ – and they say relaxed ears with a ‘significantly pink’ hue could be a dead giveaway.
  
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• Airbus reveals custom 'plane pods' that can drop everything from a gym to a coffee shop into an aircraft within minutes

  16-12-2016 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Airbus has a radical design for swappable plane interiors. Called Transpose, modules can be customized to fit the need of each flight - from gyms to coffee shops and more first class seating.
  
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• Bird flu is found in turkeys at a farm in Lincolnshire

  16-12-2016 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed at a farm in Lincolnshire by the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs.
  
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• The map that reveals global warming's 'fingerprints' on 2015: Study links 24 weird weather events to climate change

  16-12-2016 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An annual report released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found climate change was a factor, however small or large, in 24 of 30 strange weather events.
  
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• Meet the biohacker who wants to turn his penis into a VIBRATOR

  16-12-2016 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rich Lee, a salesman from Utah and father of two, has built a device which can be implanted under a man's pubic bone, making the penis vibrate. He hasn't yet implanted the device due to 'technical difficulties'.
  
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• Super Mario Run makes $14m in three days - but Nintendo shares fall

  16-12-2016 18:26
  
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• Nintendo shares fall in wake of Super Mario Run

  16-12-2016 18:26
  
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• Tycho Brahe literally had GOLDEN hair: Famed astronomer's exposure to the metal in his lab transformed his locks – but did it kill him?

  16-12-2016 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of South Denmark have analysed Tycho Brahe's hair from his scalp, beard and eyebrows, in the hope of getting clues on his death.
  
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• The WIRED test: Four premium turntables are taken for a spin

  16-12-2016 18:00
  
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• Which emoji is popular in YOUR region? Bristol loves the watermelon while Leeds prefers the blue heart

  16-12-2016 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SwiftKey, a technology firm based in London, looked at over 400 million pieces of emoji data to put together an Emoji Report, which details which emoji are most used in the UK.
  
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• Could ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ planets really be out there? Nasa reveals its plans to find out

  16-12-2016 17:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Nasa, which is headquartered in Washington, D.C. believe that we have good chance of finding alien life beyond our solar system, or even in a galaxy far, far away.
  
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• Mystery of the sun’s slow spin is solved: Radiation that hits Earth is also putting the brakes on our star

  16-12-2016 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii have found that the same solar radiation that heats up Earth is also 'braking' the spin of the sun, starting from its surface.
  
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• Amazon's first drone delivery was to the company's next door neighbour 

  16-12-2016 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It has been revealed that the parcel, containing an Amazon Fire TV box and popcorn, were flown from Amazon's drone testing site near Cambridge, across one field to a farmhouse.
  
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• Penis bones, Yahoo! woes: Podcast 298

  16-12-2016 16:00
  
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• Putting 20,000 years of history on ice: French project is saving glaciers from climate change

  16-12-2016 15:30
  
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• Gallery: The Ice Memory Project

  16-12-2016 15:30
  
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• How much? Apple says it will charge £65 to replace just one lost AirPod 

  16-12-2016 15:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After the £159 ($159) wireless earphones were first unveiled alongside the iPhone 7 in September, people raised concerns that they would be easily lost - and losing one could prove expensive.
  
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• The future of Christmas presents? Mind-controlled toys: Children could soon play games using brain waves

  16-12-2016 15:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Warwick have developed technology which allows electronic devices to be controlled using brain waves.
  
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• How to travel like a millionaire: envy-inducing vehicles that let you journey in style

  16-12-2016 15:00
  
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• Pokémon Go's Holiday Pikachu has a secret

  16-12-2016 14:45
  
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• Star Wars Death Star built for real would cost 'quintillions'

  16-12-2016 14:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Martin Archer, a space plasma physicist at Queen Mary University of London, explores how the Star Wars film franchise's infamous Death Star space laser might work.
  
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• Study uncovers genes that give rise to seahorse ‘oddities’

  16-12-2016 14:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers sequenced the genome of a seahorse species for the first time and identified the genetic underpinning for certain peculiarities in this equine-looking fish group that inhabits coastal waters.
  
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• Video appears to show a UFO arriving at earth through a wormhole 

  16-12-2016 14:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The clip, shot at an unknown location, appears to show a UFO being beamed down to earth and has sparked mass debate online since it was posted on a Spanish Facebook page.
  
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• Moon lava tubes below the surface could be large enough for human colonies

  16-12-2016 13:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team from Purdue University in Indiana used computer modelling to analyse how large these tunnels could potentially grow and the largest theoretical size at which they would be stable.
  
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• UCLA scientists have found a way to tap into brain activity to boost self-esteem

  16-12-2016 13:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of scientists based in ATR Kyoto in Japan and University of California, Los Angeles, have developed a method to detect and amplify high levels of confidence using brain scanners.
  
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• Mexico bid to save world's smallest vaquita porpoise

  16-12-2016 13:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mexican authorities try to save the world's smallest porpoise by seizing illegal fishing nets.
  
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• BMW's 'transforming' concept MINI changes colour and spec as its driver approaches

  16-12-2016 12:55
  
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• Lasers give insight into bird flight and other tech news

  16-12-2016 12:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Nick Kwek looks at some of the best of the week's technology news.
  
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• IBM’s first ‘portable’ computer shows from the 1970's just how far technology has come

  16-12-2016 12:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Model 5100 was New York-based IBM's first minicomputer. There were very few other computers available in 1977, and none with the capabilities of the 5100.
  
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• Nintendo Switch console could work with VR headset in new patent

  16-12-2016 12:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The long-awaited console from the Japanese games firm is due to land in March. More details will be revealed at a live event in Tokyo on 13 January 2017.
  
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• How to tell if your boss is dysfunctional or dark

  16-12-2016 12:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Binghampton University, State University of New York looked to establish a taxonomy for identifying bad bosses and their distinct behaviours (stock image).
  
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• Decent broadband 'denied' to millions in UK

  16-12-2016 12:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 1.4 million homes in the UK cannot get decent broadband, reveals a report from telecoms regulator Ofcom.
  
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• Facebook partners with Snopes and Associated Press to tackle fake news

  16-12-2016 12:12
  
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• Patent shows Nintendo Switch is getting a VR headset

  16-12-2016 11:55
  
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• Apple will charge £65 to replace one lost Airpod

  16-12-2016 11:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple says customers who lose a wireless Airpod earphone will be charged £65 for a replacement.
  
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• Google is studying naked mole rats to help slow human ageing

  16-12-2016 11:43
  
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• Ford wants to use drones to guide its self-driving cars

  16-12-2016 11:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Michigan-based motor firm is looking to expand the role of automated technology in its vehicles, including digital mapping to help navigate on off-road adventures in the remotest of regions (stock image)
  
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• Obama vows action against Russia over election hacks

  16-12-2016 11:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barack Obama promises to retaliate against Russia for its alleged interference in the election campaign.
  
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• Lacking confidence? Scientists have found a way to tap into brain activity to boost self-esteem

  16-12-2016 11:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of scientists based in ATR Kyoto in Japan and University of California, Los Angeles, have developed a method to detect and amplify high levels of confidence using brain scanners.
  
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• Super Mario Run: Players ask 'Is the app worth it?'

  16-12-2016 10:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nintendo releases Super Mario Run - its first smartphone game based on the iconic franchise. But players ask is the $10 app worth it?
  
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