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• Pokemon Go now available on the Apple Watch

  22-12-2016 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The popular mobile game 'Pokemon Go' is now available on the Apple Watch, squashing rumors that the game's maker was scrapping such plans.
  
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• MEGABOT picks up a car with its hi-tech claws ahead of battle with Japanese machine

  22-12-2016 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Megabots has revealed itsMk. III that will battle Japan’s Kuratas robot in gladiator-style combat. Its torso is done and it has Heavy Lifting Arms that can lift an entire car 12 feet into the air.
  
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• Nasa releases image from Cassini's closest flyby yet of Saturn's Pandora

  22-12-2016 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reveals a stunning close-up view of Saturn’s moon Pandora. It’s one of the highest-resolution views yet, showing the 52-mile-wide moon.
  
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• Experts warn ENTIRE internet could go down for 24 hours

  22-12-2016 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Boulder, Colorado based technology security vendor LogRhythm, a cyber-attack of worldwide scale next year isn't only possible, but extremely likely.
  
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• How a long SONG can make you late: Researchers find background music can skew our estimates of time

  22-12-2016 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Time-management researchers from Washington University in St Louis explored how time-based ‘prospective memory’ can mess up our plans, revealing song length can play a role.
  
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• Cassini images show Titan in 'strikingly different' views captured just one day apart

  22-12-2016 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The images were captured at different wavelengths, so some discrepancy is expected, but according to NASA, ‘at least a hint of the clouds’ should have showed up where they now appear to be invisible.
  
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• Chinese boffins: We're testing an 'impossible' EM Drive IN SPAAAACE

  22-12-2016 22:12 via go.theregister.com
  
  Time NASA pulled its finger out A month after NASA published a paper suggesting a controversial electromagnetic engine design appears to work, Chinese eggheads claim they've had similar results – and have sent an EM Drive into space for testing.…
  
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• Western University reveal the smallest snowman in the world at just 3 microns tall

  22-12-2016 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The world's smallest snowman stands less than 3 microns tall. Western University used three 0.9 micron silica spheres for its body and made stick-like arms and a pointynose using platinum.
  
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• Germany's new 250m tower opens to test lifts travelling at up to 40MPH 

  22-12-2016 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tower in Rottweil, southwest Germany, cost engineering firm Thyssenkrupp Elevator £35million to build.
  
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• Sex robots should be used in old people's homes and to help rehabilitate sex offenders

  22-12-2016 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sex robots should be put into old people's homes and given to people with learning disabilities as a therapy to help them fulfil certain needs, a Goldsmiths University expert claims.
  
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• Watch the giant MEGABOT pick up a car: 16 foot fighting robot reveals its hi-tech claws ahead of upcoming battle with Japanese machine

  22-12-2016 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Megabots has revealed itsMk. III that will battle Japan’s Kuratas robot in gladiator-style combat. Its torso is done and it has Heavy Lifting Arms that can lift an entire car 12 feet into the air.
  
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• Ursid meteor shower set to peak tonight in month packed with celestial events

  22-12-2016 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People in the UK will be able to spot meteors in the sky around midnight, while those in the US will see the peak in pre-dawn hours today.
  
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• Solar storms will batter the skies and spark colourful displays of the Northern Lights

  22-12-2016 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While any effects on the power grid or spacecraft operation will likely be minor, people in high latitudes could be graced with the appearance of colourful auroras today.
  
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• France unveils world's first solar panel road in Tourouvre-au-Perche

  22-12-2016 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is hoped that the solar panel road in Tourouvre-au-Perche could eventually provide enough energy to power the small Normandy village's street lights.
  
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• Apple Watch 3 could be MUCH thinner: Haptic engine could be moved to smart straps

  22-12-2016 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A newly published patent from the California firm has revealed some of the features on their latest next-gen wearable. The patent was filed with the US Patent and Trademark office back in June.
  
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• Trillions of high-flying migratory insects cross over UK

  22-12-2016 20:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  For the first time scientists have been able to track the high-flying insects that migrate across the skies of Southern England every year.
  
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• Experts warn the ENTIRE internet could go down for 24 hours as cyber criminals ramp up attacks on the web

  22-12-2016 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Boulder, Colorado based technology security vendor LogRhythm, a cyber-attack of worldwide scale next year isn't only possible, but extremely likely.
  
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• Baby orangutans rescued from Thai taxi

  22-12-2016 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two baby orangutans have been rescued from the back of a taxi in Thailand.
  
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• It's war! Nokia issues MORE lawsuits against Apple in smartphone patent battle

  22-12-2016 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nokia Corp had said on Wednesday it was suing Apple, accusing the iPhone maker of violating 32 technology patents - and has now filed 40 patents suits in 11 countries.
  
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• CERN has unleashed 'hell on Earth' in its latest antimatter experiment, conspiracy theorists claim

  22-12-2016 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of religious conspiracy theorists is claiming Geneva-based CERN has 'manifested hell on earth' during its experiment to shine a light on atoms of antimatter.
  
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• Why Christmas is the most TOXIC day of the year

  22-12-2016 19:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An air pollution expert, from the University of Essex, has warned that families could breathe in as many harmful particles over Christmas as if they stood all morning on a busy London road.
  
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• Steam's Winter Sale is now live

  22-12-2016 19:36
  
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• Mystery of the disappearing clouds on Titan: Cassini images show 'strikingly different' views captured just one day apart  - and NASA doesn't know why 

  22-12-2016 19:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The images were captured at different wavelengths, so some discrepancy is expected, but according to NASA, ‘at least a hint of the clouds’ should have showed up where they now appear to be invisible.
  
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• Virgin flight delayed by Galaxy Note wi-fi hoax

  22-12-2016 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A plane was delayed after a wi-fi device called 'Samsung Galaxy Note 7' caused disruption mid-flight.
  
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• How Nemo would REALLY get home: Researchers find baby reef fish have an internal compass

  22-12-2016 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have discovered that baby fish in the Great Barrier Reef are equipped with an internal ‘compass’ that guides them home at night despite months of dispersal.
  
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• Meet Tiny, the smallest snowman in the world: Researchers reveal miniscule silica figure just 3 microns tall

  22-12-2016 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The world's smallest snowman stands less than 3 microns tall. Western University used three 0.9 micron silica spheres for its body and made stick-like arms and a pointynose using platinum.
  
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• France unveils the world's first solar panel road: 0.6-mile stretch could provide enough energy to power entire village's street lights

  22-12-2016 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is hoped that the solar panel road in Tourouvre-au-Perche could eventually provide enough energy to power the small Normandy village's street lights.
  
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• The Apple Watch 3 could be MUCH thinner: Patent hints that haptic engine could be moved to smart straps

  22-12-2016 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A newly published patent from the California firm has revealed some of the features on their latest next-gen wearable. The patent was filed with the US Patent and Trademark office back in June.
  
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• Look up tonight! Solar storms will batter the skies and spark colourful displays of the Northern Lights

  22-12-2016 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While any effects on the power grid or spacecraft operation will likely be minor, people in high latitudes could be graced with the appearance of colourful auroras today.
  
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• Get ready for the Ursids! Meteor shower set to peak tonight in a month packed with celestial events

  22-12-2016 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People in the UK will be able to spot meteors in the sky around midnight, while those in the US will see the peak in pre-dawn hours today.
  
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• A terrifying prospect, on so many levels: New 250m tower opens to test lifts travelling at up to 40MPH 

  22-12-2016 16:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tower in Rottweil, southwest Germany, cost engineering firm Thyssenkrupp Elevator £35million to build.
  
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• Sex robots should be used in old people's homes and to help rehabilitate sex offenders, says expert sex offenders, says expert

  22-12-2016 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sex robots should be put into old people's homes and given to people with learning disabilities as a therapy to help them fulfil certain needs, a Goldsmiths University expert claims.
  
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• Lighting up London: Illuminated River wants to transform the Thames into a dazzling display

  22-12-2016 15:12
  
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• Quiz reveals there are eight different personality types in the world

  22-12-2016 15:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are eight different personality types in the world, according to a new quiz: loyalists, individualists, healers, achievers, reformers, challengers, peacemakers and investigators.
  
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• Is YOUR iPhone 7 Plus affected? Apple users report 'black screen of death' when trying to launch rear camera

  22-12-2016 15:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Cupertino-based for, is said to have already replaced some faulty handsets or replaced the malfunctioning components though the firm has yet to confirm this.
  
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• Just in time for Christmas: Invisible, edible food coating DOUBLES your fruit and veg's shelf life

  22-12-2016 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The plant-based powder, developed by California startup Apeel, could help to tackle global food waste problems. The powder is made from uneaten food material such as orange peels.
  
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• The benefits of having grandchildren: Grandparents can enjoy 5 extra years of life if they occasionally care for them

  22-12-2016 14:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Providing care to anyone was associated with an increase of three years in life expectancy, a team of scientists from Australia, Germany and Switzerland discovered.
  
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• Overwatch could get new maps and more playable heroes in 2017

  22-12-2016 14:26
  
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• Tom Cruise's screams become a ringtone

  22-12-2016 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tom Cruise's screams in a remake of The Mummy go viral after an error in a trailer for the new film.
  
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• New drug slows brain damage in MS patients in trial

  22-12-2016 13:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research on ocrelizumab involved testing on more than 700 patients suffering from an aggressive form of multiple sclerosis by scientists at institutions across the US and Europe.
  
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• Can YOU spot the Christmas tree? Festive fir hidden in a snowy Prague scene may be the trickiest seasonal puzzle yet 

  22-12-2016 13:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nestling among the spires and domes of this Prague cityscape is a single Christmas tree which dominates the famous Christmas Markets.
  
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• Twitter CTO Adam Messinger to leave in latest executive exodus

  22-12-2016 13:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trip Chowdhry, managing director of equity research at California-based Global Equities Research, renowned for analysis of technology stocks, issued a note on Tuesday that the company was 'toast'.
  
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• Raspberry Pi makers release own-brand OS

  22-12-2016 13:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The makers of the Raspberry Pi computer have created a version of its graphical front end that can run on ordinary desktop computers.
  
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• Uber woes, 2016's top cultural picks: Podcast 299

  22-12-2016 13:00
  
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• How clouds form: watch a timelapse of a cirrus cloud being 'born'

  22-12-2016 12:38
  
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• The science behind why you should stop stalking your ex on Facebook this Christmas

  22-12-2016 12:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Copenhagen suggest avoiding social media throughout the Christmas and New Year period to avoid feeling miserable.
  
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• Tesla will raise UK prices by 5% in the New Year

  22-12-2016 12:09
  
  By: Victoria WoollastonContinue reading...
  
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• Tesla expected to raise UK prices by 5% in the New Year

  22-12-2016 12:09
  
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• Uber's self-driving cars taken off San Francisco roads

  22-12-2016 12:00
  
  By: Liat ClarkContinue reading...
  
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• The igloos of Mars: Radical designs reveal the ice homes of the future that could be made from massive deposits of water 

  22-12-2016 11:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The concept was created by a design group, including personnel from Nasa's Langley Research Center, which last year scooped a prize for a previous Martian habitat idea.
  
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