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• Gene Cernan, last man to walk on Moon, dies aged 82

  16-01-2017 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US astronaut Gene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, has died, his family and Nasa announce.
  
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• 'Nightmare bacteria' is more dangerous than we thought

  16-01-2017 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research by Harvard University warns CRE (carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae) could be much more dangerous, dynamic and widespread than previously thought.
  
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• Shocking images from NASA show how Earth has changed

  16-01-2017 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shocking images taken from space by NASA show how much the Earth has changed by natural and human activities. Called ‘Images of Change’, the series compares Earth in then and now photos.
  
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• Gene Cernan, last man to walk on the moon, dies aged 82

  16-01-2017 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'We are saddened by the loss of retired NASA astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon,' said NASA in a statement.
  
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• Apple WILL take on Hollywood confirms Jimmy Iovine

  16-01-2017 22:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jimmy Iovine told reporters at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour Apple wants to create 'an entire cultural, pop cultural experience, and that happens to include audio and video.'
  
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• Gator nicknamed Humpback is caught on camera in Florida

  16-01-2017 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Photographers flanked both sides of a gigantic gator to capture the massive reptile strutting across a path. The video was shot at Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, Florida on Sunday.
  
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• F-35 in crisis as Pentagon find 276 different faults

  16-01-2017 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new Pentagon report has warned the jet still has hundreds of faults - and won't be ready to even begin full combat testing until 2019.
  
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• Your guide to the biggest security hacks of 2017, so far

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• Your guide to the biggest hacks of 2017

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• Wonga breach: 270,000 UK customers have data stolen in recent hack

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• Virgin Media urges 800,000 customers to reset passwords after router security flaw

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• The biggest security hacks of 2017, so far

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• That Yahoo data breach actually hit three billion accounts

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• Six million Verizon accounts exposed after cloud server security flaw

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• Password manager OneLogin hit by 'malicious actor' who may be able to decrypt customer data

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• Millions of customer records and card details stolen from Cex

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• Malware that infected Chipotle hit customers across the US, firm reveals

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• Hipchat hack: workplace chat platform hit by security breach

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• HandBrake and Debenhams Flowers both hit by hackers

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• Guardian Soulmates customers sent 'sexually explicit' spam after data leak

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• Equifax hack exposes details of up to 143 million customers

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• Equifax hack exposed details of up to 143 million customers

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• Education platform Edmodo hack exposes 78 million customer accounts

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• Deloitte cyberattack may have revealed secret client emails

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• Canada Bell has 1.9 million emails stolen by 'anonymous hacker'

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• ABTA hack sees personal details of 43,000 people exposed

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• 200 million US voter details exposed after being left on unsecured server

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• Is your company timekeeping system ripping YOU off?

  16-01-2017 20:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research published in the Yale Journal of Law and Technology found that there are a lot of ways employers can manipulate your recorded work time using timekeeping software.
  
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• Microsoft folding phone can turn into a tablet

  16-01-2017 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new patent application has revealed Microsoft is developing a phone that can simply unfold to become a tablet or a mini laptop.
  
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• Venus wave may be Solar System's biggest

  16-01-2017 20:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A giant wave in the atmosphere of Venus may be the biggest of its kind in the Solar System.
  
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• US Navy armor can detect brain injuries after explosion

  16-01-2017 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Blast Load Assessment Sense and Test is a new system from the US Navy that can detect if a soldier has brain injuries from an explosion. It consists of small sensors that sit in the helmet and body armor.
  
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• British scientists to close Antarctica research station

  16-01-2017 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Antarctic research base that first discovered the hole in the ozone layer is set to be closed for the winter amid rising fears it could falling into a huge ice chasm.
  
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• Nasa releases animation showing the airflow around drones

  16-01-2017 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at NASA's Ames Research Center in California have used computer models to create an animation of the air flow around a quadcopter drone.
  
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• Moon Express gets closer to mining the lunar surface

  16-01-2017 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As well as completing its recent financing round, Moon Express has also entered Google’s Lunar Xprize competition. The winner must travel 500 metres on the Moon and send pictures back.
  
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• Trump team moving away from supporters on climate science

  16-01-2017 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The incoming Trump administration accepts far more of the research on climate change than many of their political supporters, say British scientists.
  
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• US self driving stealth ship to be get more missiles

  16-01-2017 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Navy has revealed plans to expand the mission portfolio of the 132-foot Sea Hunter trimaran so that it can conduct surface warfare missions, fire weapons and launch electronic attacks.
  
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• Giant gravity wave is spotted on Venus

  16-01-2017 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Rikkyo University in Tokyo studied the mysterious bow-shaped stationary patch, after it was spotted in December 2015.
  
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• Nintendo's Switch is ingenious but flawed

  16-01-2017 18:19
  
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• Nintendo Switch review: flagship console is ingenious but flawed

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• Gadget mountain in Asia threatens health and environment

  16-01-2017 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China was the biggest culprit with its electronic waste more than doubling, according to a new study by the United Nations University.
  
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• Test reveals personality based on colour combinations

  16-01-2017 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to certain psychologists, there is a strong association between colour and how people act. Here, the quiz from Playbuzz aims to find out if you are outgoing, sparkly or bold.
  
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• Nissan’s self-driving cars will be on London's roads next month

  16-01-2017 18:04
  
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• ISIS modifying drones to drop bombs

  16-01-2017 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Social media posts have revealed that ISIS have modified drones to drop bombs. Coalition air forces have hit ISIS-made drones and drone production sites in both Syria and Iraq.
  
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• Complex fort found at an ancient mining camp in Israel

  16-01-2017 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University discovered the gatehouse, which has features suggesting the Iron Age settlement had a complex defence system and was used like an administrative office.
  
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• Google Street View launches first SKYDIVING panorama

  16-01-2017 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Google Street View photographer has joined forces with New Zealand skydive operator, Skydive Abel Tasman, to create the the first ever skydive to make it onto Google Street View on Google Maps.
  
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• Ice crack to put UK Antarctic base in shut-down

  16-01-2017 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The British Antarctic Survey is pulling all staff out of the space-age Halley base in March because of a big crack in nearby ice.
  
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• The most common passwords used in 2016

  16-01-2017 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Keeper, a password management firm based in Chicago, looked at 10 million passwords that became public through data breaches last year.
  
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• Artificial intelligence predicts when heart will fail

  16-01-2017 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Technology could be used to improve treatment for heart failure patients.
  
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• Unidentified 10,000km wave looming over Venus 'surprises' researchers

  16-01-2017 17:06
  
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• 'Blue Monday' 2017 is even more depressing than usual

  16-01-2017 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Welsh psychologist, Dr Cliff Arnall, who is based in Brecknockshire, says celebrity deaths, Donald Trump and Brexit have made today one of the most depressing days in recent history (stock image)
  
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