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• Facebook starts testing ads in Messenger app

  26-01-2017 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook will test adds in Messenger with a small test group in Australia and Thailand. The ads will appear below the user’s most recent conversation in the form of cards that have swipeable interfaces.
  
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• Alphabet quarterly profit misses estimates, shares fall

  26-01-2017 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google parent Alphabet Incposted fourth-quarter profit below analysts' estimates on Thursday, raising concerns that growth in the company's powerhouse advertising business may be slowing.
  
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• Google parent Alphabet's shares fall as profits miss target

  26-01-2017 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shares in Alphabet, owner of Google, fall as tech giant misses profit estimates.
  
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• Engineers design old and obese crash-test dummies

  26-01-2017 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Because the US population is aging and becoming more obese, the University of Michigan believed it was time to modernize the design of crash-test dummies to better reflect society.
  
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• The 't-rex of the skies' that could swallow a human whole

  26-01-2017 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers based at the University of Southampton and Portsmouth University have discovered a 70 million year-old fossil of a massive flying reptile in Romania that could eat its prey whole.
  
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• US scientists create metallic hydrogen for first time

  26-01-2017 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  U.S. scientists have succeeded in squeezing hydrogen so intensely that it has turned into a metal, creating an entirely new superconducting material.
  
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• The secret of the incredible 'rainbow spider' revealed

  26-01-2017 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new analysis of two groups of jumping spiders from North America and Australia has revealed that they use different mechanisms to see colour, after independently evolving the ability.
  
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• Massive fissure opens up in the Arizona desert

  26-01-2017 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Drone footage uploaded to YouTube by the Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) shows the massive fissure splitting the desert's surface in the Tator Hills area of southern Pinal County.
  
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• Scientists unlock secret of SUPERVOLCANOES

  26-01-2017 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Swedish researchers say they have analysed tiny grains from the Tobaeruption 74,000 years ago to pinpoint the processes that lead to a megaeruption.
  
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• Scientists make 'genetic recipe' to make tomatoes tastier

  26-01-2017 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Florida mapped the genome of 398 varieties oftomatoes untouched by the damage to flavour caused by human intervention.
  
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• Can YOU spot the missing number immediately?

  26-01-2017 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new puzzle devised by Playbuzz , users are asked to spot what number is missing from a sequence of numbers going from one to 49.
  
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• How to escape ANY maze - according to maths

  26-01-2017 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Computer scientists and mathematicians have a love of maze-generating algorithms.There are techniques for escaping from mazes, but first you need to be sure what kind of maze it is.
  
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• Amazon's vision for streaming independent films

  26-01-2017 21:00
  
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• CT Scan helps rare washed-up turtle

  26-01-2017 20:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A rare sea turtle discovered washed up on an Anglesey beach is closer to full health after scans reveal why she found it difficult to dive.
  
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• Twitter kills Moments and replaces it with 'Explore'

  26-01-2017 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter is killing Moments, but is replacing it with an even simpler searching option.Called ‘Explore’, the new tab helps users easily find news, what’s trending and what’s popular now.
  
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• Sussex University says clever wasps are like city slickers

  26-01-2017 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Sussex University found 'helper wasps' raise the offspring of dominant breeders in small social groups in return for belonging in the nest.
  
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• Blackberry 'Mercury' phone will see phone keyboard return

  26-01-2017 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Blackberry has now confirmed that TCL, a firm using Blackberry-branded handsets, will formally unveil the device on February 25th, just before the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
  
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• The universe is expanding FASTER than expected, study says

  26-01-2017 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New measurements of the Hubble Constant have revealed a discrepancy between the new number and other recent estimates, and researchers say 'new physics' could be at play.
  
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• Girls as young a 6 think they aren't as brilliant as boys

  26-01-2017 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, by researchers at New York University, the University of Illinois, and Princeton University, found just a year earlier, at the age of five, there is no difference between the sexes (stock image).
  
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• Missingno's revenge: trading the infamous glitch Pokémon to Sun and Moon can break the game

  26-01-2017 20:02
  
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• Facebook now lets you log in with a key to boost security

  26-01-2017 19:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook has announced it now supports the FIDO U2F security key, available globally, which it says will make it 'impossible' for hackers to gain remote access to accounts.
  
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• Meet ET, the 100 million year old 'alien' insect

  26-01-2017 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered a 100-million-year-old insect preserved in amber - and it looks a lot like ET. It's so unique that researchers placed in into a new scientific order.
  
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• NASA prediction system for 'doomsday' solar storms

  26-01-2017 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new system helps map out the paths ofcoronal mass ejections or CMEs, before they reach Earth where they can can impact satellites in space or interfere with radio communications.
  
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• This goldfish and its steerable robot tank will destroy humanity

  26-01-2017 19:05 via go.theregister.com
  
  Mark our words. First this uni campus, then the world RotM  Students at Carnegie Mellon University have made a mobile goldfish bowl that the lucky fish can drive around by itself – and they've filmed it for posterity.…
  
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• Driverless cars could cause havoc on the roads

  26-01-2017 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research by the University of Southampton found drivers took up to 25.7 seconds when distracted to respond to a command to take over from the car’s computer.
  
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• Hummingbird wind turbine that flaps its giant 'wings'

  26-01-2017 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Tunisian startup pulled inspiration from hummingbirds for its new wind turbine design.
  Developed by Tyer Wing, the turbine has flapping wings that move in a figure-eight motion.
  
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• Human-animal hybrid embryo is created for the first time

  26-01-2017 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Salk Institute of Biological Studies in San Diego and The Catholic University of Murcia in Spain have created human-pig embryos for the first time.
  
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• Dogs relax the most when listening to Bob Marley music

  26-01-2017 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Glasgow played a variety of songs to a group of pets at a rehoming centre in Dumbarton, Scotland.
  
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• Chinese robocop placed at crossroads to catch jaywalkers 

  26-01-2017 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The droid, which began working in Xiangyang yesterday, can catch jaywalkers and 'tell them off'. Authority hoped that the robot could help correct Chinese people's bad habits.
  
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• Human-pig 'chimera embryos' detailed

  26-01-2017 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Embryos that are about 0.001% human could lead to human organs being grown in animals.
  
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• Sony reveals how SELFIES will be used in the future

  26-01-2017 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a report from Tokyo-based Sony Mobile and futurology firm Futurizon, the rise of the self-portrait photos will continue and will be applied to technology in practical terms.
  
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• Doomsday clock moves closer to apocalypse

  26-01-2017 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The minute hand of the symbolic Doomsday Clock moves to two-and-a-half minutes to midnight.
  
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• Got a spare $15 million? Why not buy your very own D-Wave quantum computer

  26-01-2017 17:28
  
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• I'm deadly serious about megatunnels, vows Elon Musk

  26-01-2017 17:27 via go.theregister.com
  
  Going underground That's more like it. Elon Musk is completely serious about building megatunnels under Los Angeles, buffing up his credentials as a real-life Bond villain. He's promised to start within "a month or so".…
  
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• The GM cyborg dragonflies that can spy on you

  26-01-2017 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Draper Labs collaborated with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Maryland to create the dragonfly cyborgs that can pollinate flowers when commanded and be used in surveillance operations.
  
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• The DOOMSDAY clock is two-and-a-half minutes from midnight

  26-01-2017 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Chicago-based Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, who manage the clock, announce the new 'time' in an event that was live streamed today from Washington DC.
  
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• Breadcrumming is the new dating tactic sweeping online

  26-01-2017 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Online daters should be wary of being 'breadcrumbed' a process where a potential partner sends them a trail of flirtatious messages with no intention of starting a relationship.
  
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• Nasa's Juno satellite reveals Jupiter's Little Red Spot

  26-01-2017 16:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The incredible image was captured by the JunoCam imager on Nasa's Juno spacecraft on December 11, 2016, as the spacecraft performed a close flyby of the gas giant planet.
  
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• Fake Netflix app can read your text messages

  26-01-2017 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The creepy app was discovered by California-based cyber-security experts, Zscaler, who describe it as 'a well-crafted piece of spyware we're calling SpyNote RAT.'
  
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• Why can’t the British press call Trump a ‘liar’?

  26-01-2017 16:24
  
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• H0LiCOW! Hubble's constant update paves way for 'new physics'

  26-01-2017 16:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  Standard model of cosmology may be incorrect, say experts The latest measurement of the Hubble constant is higher than previous values, prompting scientists to believe there may be “new physics” beyond the standard model of cosmology yet to be discovered.…
  
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• This is what the world looks like to the colourblind

  26-01-2017 15:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Images released from Colblindor, a blog run by Daniel Flück from Zurich, give an idea what the four types of colour blindness people experience actually look like.
  
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• Treasure hunters discover 1,500-year-old jewellery

  26-01-2017 15:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the British Museum say the treasure dates from the mid to late 6th century, and forms the burial assemblage of a high-status medieval Kentish woman. It was found in Stowting, Kent.
  
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• Two-factor authentication: how to keep your online apps and accounts safe

  26-01-2017 15:01
  
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• Getting started with two-factor authentication

  26-01-2017 15:01
  
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• As Instagram adds two-factor authentication, here's how to keep your online accounts safe

  26-01-2017 15:01
  
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• A little late to the party, Pinterest adds two-factor authentication. Here's how to use it

  26-01-2017 15:01
  
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• Hand-held robots and connected jackets: the gear you need this year

  26-01-2017 15:00
  
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• Facebook snaps up Xiaomi's Hugo Barra

  26-01-2017 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook hires Hugo Barra to lead its development of virtual reality products.
  
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• Facebook now supports U2F authentication to make your profile 'unhackable'

  26-01-2017 15:00
  
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