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• Android pattern locks can be cracked in just FIVE attempts

  23-01-2017 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers created tracking software to monitor a user's finger movement. It does not require the screen to be in shot, and works from up to 2.5m away, the team claims.
  
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• Can a coin in the wrist help cut your high blood pressure?

  23-01-2017 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The implants, named eCoin, are inserted in a 20-minute procedure under local anaesthetic. It is about to be tested by 306 patients with hypertension in hospitals across the U.S.
  
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• Southern Californians react to unique cloud formation

  23-01-2017 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Southern Californians saw a rare cloud formation made for a unique daytime sky. The atmospheric phenomenon is a strange cloud formation of fallstreak, or hole-punch, clouds.
  
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• Professor Einstein AI robot that can walk and talk 

  23-01-2017 22:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hanson Robotics has built an Artificial Intelligence minibot that talks, walks and looks like famed physicist Albert Einstein. The robot can solve math problems and even hold a conversation.
  
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• Ruins discovered in Israel could be 12th century synagogue

  23-01-2017 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have unearthed what could be the ancient remains of a synagogue in a village near Israel’s Sea of Galilee. It was built during the 12th and 13th centuries.
  
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• What can mackerel and a volcano say about climate change?

  23-01-2017 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  What could an Indonesian volcanic eruption, a 200-year-old climate disaster and a surge in the consumption of mackerel tell us about today's era of global warming?
  
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• Earthquakes triggered by HUMANS are a growing risk

  23-01-2017 21:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Events over the last century have shown mining is just one of many industrial activities that can induce earthquakes large enough to cause significant damage and death.
  
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• Strange roman artifact shaped like a ham was a clock

  23-01-2017 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wesleyan's Christopher Parslow used 3D printing to create an exact replica of the 'pork clock' to try and work out how to use it.
  
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• Study shows asteroid 'megaexplosion' sent rocks to Earth

  23-01-2017 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers gathered samples of micrometeorites from a now-exposed ancient seafloor in Russia. This revealed a difference in meteorites that fell before 466 million years ago.
  
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• Paris tests electric driverless minibus to fight pollution

  23-01-2017 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a city hit by chronic pollution and traffic problems, Paris officials are experimenting with a self-driving shuttle linking two train stations in the French capital. They will be tested until early Apri.
  
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• Russian stargazers baffled by bright UFO

  23-01-2017 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At first it seems nothing more than a tiny light in the sky. But when the advanced camera zooms in, the luminous object appears more like a large ball with microstructures visible within.
  
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• Amazon to begin selling car parts directly to owners

  23-01-2017 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Online retail giant Amazon has made deals with auto part manufacturers to expand the auto parts arm of its business, as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is set on taking control over the $50 billion cart parts industry.
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy S8 launch delayed due to battery problems

  23-01-2017 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung mobile chief Koh Dong-jin confirmed the phone would not get a launch event at the MWC event in Barcelona, which begins on Feb. 27, unlike the previous Galaxy S smartphones.
  
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• Babee on Board app alerts passengers about pregnant women

  23-01-2017 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Babee on Board', which has been developed by 10x, a London-based innovation firm, is an app that pregnant women can use to find a seat.
  
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• University of Navarra says Lycra has reverse effect

  23-01-2017 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Navarra in Spain investigated whether compression tops really help to reduce body temperature during exercise.
  
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• Sprint buys 33% of Jay Z's streaming service Ti

  23-01-2017 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Telecom giant Sprint said Monday it would buy one-third of rap mogul Jay Z's Tidal streaming platform, breathing new life into a service whose star power has failed to translate into market dominance.
  
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• Foxconn CEO says investment for display plant in U.S.

  23-01-2017 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The head of Taiwan's tech giant Foxconn confirmed Sunday he is considering a $7 billion investment to make TV flat panels in the United States in a joint project with Japan's SoftBank.
  
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• Can YOU pronounce these ten basic terms correctly?

  23-01-2017 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From mischievous to almond, the list outlines ten words that native English speakers often find themselves stumbling over. So how many can you get right?
  
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• Stunning images from America's new weather satellite

  23-01-2017 18:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It’s hoped that the high-resolution, ultra-precise images from GOES-16 will allow forecasters to spot severe weather events with far more accuracy, making for better warnings.
  
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• Is there a 'water-rich' alien world nearby?

  23-01-2017 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by Dr John Southworth from Keele University studied the planet's atmosphere using a variation on the 'transit' planet-detection method.
  
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• What will doctors of the future look like? Meet the 10 innovators revolutionising healthcare

  23-01-2017 18:12
  
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• From gene editing to using AI to get pregnant, here are the medicines of the future

  23-01-2017 18:10
  
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• APP will tell travellers a pregnant woman needs a seat

  23-01-2017 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Babee on Board', which has been developed by 10x, a London-based innovation firm, is an app that pregnant women can use to find a seat.
  
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• Resident Evil VII review: Biohazard is a triumphant fear-fuelled family affair

  23-01-2017 17:57
  
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• The £30 'bubble bowl' chair for CATS

  23-01-2017 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Designed by Yan Law, from Hong Kong, the see-through cat bowls are selling on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter. The invention, is made of an acrylic bowl attached to metal wires.
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy S8 delayed because of battery problems

  23-01-2017 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung mobile chief Koh Dong-jin confirmed the phone would not get a launch event at the MWC event in Barcelona, which begins on Feb. 27, unlike the previous Galaxy S smartphones.
  
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• London on 'black alert' as polluted air hits dangerous highs

  23-01-2017 17:41
  
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• Star Wars: Episode VIII's name has finally been announced

  23-01-2017 17:25
  
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• We've found a ‘vaccine’ for fake news. Wait! No, we really are Cambridge researchers

  23-01-2017 17:07 via go.theregister.com
  
  Yes, from the English university. No you shut up Researchers at Cambridge University believe a psychological "vaccine" could help prevent the spread of "fake news" - in a study that on the face of it might also pass for a bogus story.…
  
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• Is THIS what the iPhone 8 will look like?

  23-01-2017 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The concept by Imran Taylor from Manila has a slim stainless steel band connecting tapered glass edges at both front and rear of the phone
  
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• Small cities are 'not prepared to grow'

  23-01-2017 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The warning comes from Eugene Zapata Garesche, Latin America and Caribbean director for the 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) initiative.
  
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• MI5's Jeremy Fleming is the new boss of GCHQ

  23-01-2017 16:26
  
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• GCHQ boss Robert Hannigan is stepping down for personal reasons

  23-01-2017 16:26
  
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• Humans wiped out 85% of Australia's large wildlife

  23-01-2017 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Findings made by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and Monash University in Victoria, Australia, suggest that humans hunted Australian megafauna to extinction.
  
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• Meitu is accused of applying a 'yellowface' filter

  23-01-2017 16:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Several people have taken to Twitter to express their concerns about some of the filters used on the Chinese app, including London-based Vaughn, who said: 'So Meitu's pretty racist.'
  
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• China aims to close holes in its firewall by banning VPNs

  23-01-2017 16:00
  
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• Ancient carving on Eigg spells out modern swear word

  23-01-2017 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A runic inscription, which spells out FURKU.AL, was found on a stone by a resident of the Isle of Eigg off the west coast of Scotland, and scientists cannot work out its origin.
  
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• Cardiff Uni create 10p patch to detect arthritis early

  23-01-2017 15:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Cardiff University created the patch using acoustic emission sensors which are usually found on plane wings to pick up damage in the structures.
  
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• Esa's space weather probe will warn us if devastating solar storms are heading for Earth

  23-01-2017 15:00
  
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• Regulators launch probe into Yahoo over cyber attacks

  23-01-2017 14:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether two data breaches at Yahoo should have been reported sooner to investors.
  
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• Google plans to bring AI tools to the Raspberry Pi

  23-01-2017 14:34
  
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• AI on Raspberry Pi? Google is partnering with the foundation to make it possible

  23-01-2017 14:34
  
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• Lost Kingdom discovered in Dumfries and Galloway

  23-01-2017 14:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from GUARD Archaeology have excavated the Trusty's Hill Fort in Dumfries and Galloway, and believe this could be the elusive kingdom of Rheged.
  
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• Can beer be brewed on the MOON?

  23-01-2017 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of University of California, San Diego students are competing to send an experiment aboard a spacecraft built by Indian startup TeamIndus.
  
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• Lloyds cyber-attack details emerge

  23-01-2017 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lloyds Bank was hit by a denial of service attack nearly two weeks ago that disrupted online access.
  
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• Lawnmower Man is coming back as a scripted VR series

  23-01-2017 13:29
  
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• Samsung reveals cause of Galaxy Note 7 phone fires

  23-01-2017 13:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Samsung reveals what caused the overheating and burning of some of its Galaxy Note 7 mobile phones.
  
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• Fossil of an ancient giant otter is discovered in China

  23-01-2017 13:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fossil was discovered by an international team of researchers, led by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, while in the Yunnan Province, southwest China.
  
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• As Brexit looms, Theresa May turns to state intervention to boost struggling industries

  23-01-2017 13:17
  
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• China to crack down on censor-busting services

  23-01-2017 12:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  China is cracking down on the hi-tech ways citizens avoid official scrutiny of what they do online.
  
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