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• How Nokia's 3310 took over the world

  16-02-2017 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A researcher from Aston University takes readers on a walk down memory lane to explain why the Nokia 3310 was so popular in the 2000s. It was robust, simplistic and offered the game Snake.
  
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• Apple to unveil iOS 11 on June 5th in San Jose

  16-02-2017 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The event will, for the first time since 2002, be held in San Jose rather than San Francsisco and it could give the first hints of the firms plans for its 10th anniversary iPhone.
  
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• Antarctica sea ice hits record low

  16-02-2017 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 1km long chink calved from the front of the Pine Island Glacier, one of the main glaciers responsible for moving ice from the interior of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to the ocean.
  
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• What Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg told the BBC

  16-02-2017 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg spoke to the BBC's Kamal Ahmed off-camera. What did he tell him?
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg reveals vision for 'global community'

  16-02-2017 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Zuckerberg's long-term vision will address 'people left behind by globalization, and movements for withdrawing from global connection,' he claims.
  
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• Are YOU fit enough for your age?

  16-02-2017 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To a certain extent, our strength and stamina can boil down to genetics. However, there are certain heights we should all be able to reach. Here, personal trainer Max Zeumer explains...
  
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• California dam cracks were repaired by 'patch and prey'

  16-02-2017 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Up to five inches of rain will land on the Northern California dam this weekend in the first storm which will also bring winds of up to 33mph before another 12 inches falls next week.
  
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• American Revolution Museum displays George Washington tent

  16-02-2017 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The canvas tent has been dubbed 'the first Oval Office' because it served as the field command center where Washington slept, but also used duringthe 1781 Siege of Yorktown.
  
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• Indian tigers, leopards and dholes coexist peacefully

  16-02-2017 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study conducted in the Western Ghats region of India has found that tigers, leopards and dholes (Asian wild dogs) have found a way to get along and co-exist together.
  
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• Teams restore ISIS-damaged busts from ancient Syrian city

  16-02-2017 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Restorers in Rome used a 3-D printer to generate replicas of the missing parts of the busts, which date from the 2nd or 3rd centuries and were partially destroyed by ISIS in 2015.
  
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• Elon Musk claims that flying cars will never take off

  16-02-2017 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Musk is mulling buying the giant tunneling machine made by a German firm and used to dig a water tunnel in DC to see how he can improve it for his 'boring company', he told Bloomberg.
  
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• Colorado's 834 million dead trees threaten to worsen fires

  16-02-2017 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Colorado's beetle-infested forests are peppered with an estimated 834 million standing dead trees that cause a major fire risk, officials have revealed.
  
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• Zuckerberg: My Facebook manifesto to re-boot globalisation

  16-02-2017 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mark Zuckerberg talks to the BBC about globalisation, fake news, and a new Facebook manifesto.
  
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• Facebook algorithms 'will identify terrorists'

  16-02-2017 22:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mark Zuckerberg says artificial intelligence software will review posts on the social network.
  
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• The secret behind Keanu Reeves' stunts in John Wick: Chapter 2

  16-02-2017 21:00
  
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• Behind the stunt sequences in John Wick 2

  16-02-2017 21:00
  
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• Researchers find dog have longer memories than chimps 

  16-02-2017 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dogs have significant capacity to remember associations between commands, situations and behaviour. A study showed that dogs even have the ability to remember specific events from the past.
  
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• Tesla owner sacrifices car to save another driver's life

  16-02-2017 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manfred Kick, from Germany, caused more than $10,000 worth of damages to his Tesla Model S in order to save another man's life. But, Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, promises to pay the bill.
  
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• Is US Air Force X-37B spaceplane to land after 2 years?

  16-02-2017 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The X-37B space plane, launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on May 20, 2015. Now, experts claim it may be aboutto finally return to Earth - almost two years later.
  
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• 'Seagrasses' vital to coastal health

  16-02-2017 20:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Underwater flowering plants play multiple roles in keeping coastal ecosystems healthy.
  
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• Astronomers discover 'key ingredients for life' on Ceres

  16-02-2017 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of researchers, led by the European Space Agency, used the Dawn spacecraft to observe Ceres' surface, where they discovered organic compounds.
  
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• Zealandia named as new continent, scientists reveal

  16-02-2017 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have identified a new continent, named Zealandia, located east of Australia. At 4.9 million square kilometres, Zealandia would be Earth's smallest continent.
  
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• Russia releases video of new Sukhoi Su-35s fighter jet

  16-02-2017 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  These are the scenes as a Russian fighter pilot tests out his new Sukhoi SU-35s, which Moscow claims is far superior to the combined efforts of Britain's RAF and the US Air Force.
  
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• Facebook to launch jobs section for users

  16-02-2017 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook has grabbed an area LinkedIn has failed to conquer - finding the right employees for small businesses. Users can find job listings on business pages or a new 'Jobs' bookmark or News Feed.
  
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• Will robots be given their own LEGAL STATUS?

  16-02-2017 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MEPs are asking the EU Commission, based in Brussels, to enforce regulatory standards for robotics, and have stressed that the key issue lies with self-driving cars.
  
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• Robots could be injected into the body to fight cancer

  16-02-2017 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Philips Innovative Technologies in Hamburg have created an army of microscopic robots that can move their limbs independently thanks to their tiny magnetic screws.
  
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• New material could make for stretchable tablets

  16-02-2017 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers based at Michigan State University have developed the first stretchable circuit made using just an inkjet printer. This makes the mass production of 'smart fabric,' stretchy screen possible.
  
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• Microsoft misses regular security fix date

  16-02-2017 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The delay means many versions of Windows will remain vulnerable to a known bug.
  
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• Fascinating maps reveal the scale of countries worldwide

  16-02-2017 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While some are aware that 2D maps fail to accurately convey the scale of countries and continents on Earth, a mind-boggling new infographic reveals the true extent of this distortion.
  
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• Twitter blocks users for 12 hrs for abusive behaviour

  16-02-2017 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some users have had their account is limited for 12 hours after using language that the California firm deems inappropriate. Only people who follow them can see their tweets during the time out.
  
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• Musk offers free car to German 'hero'

  16-02-2017 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
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• Prevention really is better than cure: how we will avoid the next Ebola

  16-02-2017 18:05
  
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• Rotating Dubai skyscraper to be built in 2020

  16-02-2017 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Dynamic Tower Hotel in Dubai, which has been in the works since 2008, will finally be built in 2020. The skyscraper willrotate 360 degrees, so the view of Dubai's skyline will change endlessly.
  
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• Event Horizon Telescope ready to image black hole

  16-02-2017 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Earth-sized "virtual telescope" is ready to take the first ever picture of a black hole - the monster mysterious object at the centre of our galaxy.
  
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• Russian malware behind Clinton leaks could be on your Mac

  16-02-2017 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple prides itself on being less vulnerable to viruses and other malware, but this could be about to change with the discovery of malware in Mac OS by a Romanian security firm Bitdefender Labs,
  
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• NHS virtual reality app helps take the fear and anxiety out of MRI scans

  16-02-2017 17:47
  
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• 'Scorpion' robot mission inside Fukushima reactor aborted

  16-02-2017 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 'scorpion' robot sent into a Japanese nuclear reactor to learn about the damage suffered in a tsunami-induced meltdown had its mission aborted after the probe ran into trouble.
  
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• Woolly mammoths brought back in TWO YEARS using DNA

  16-02-2017 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Harvard University plan to create a mammoth hybrid. They will splice mammoth DNA preserved in Siberian ice with Asian elephant DNA and grow the hybrid in an artificial womb.
  
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• Cancer and inherited diseases could vanish 'in 20 years'

  16-02-2017 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bioscientist Dr Edze Westra from Exeter University said gene editing techniques developed in the last five years, including 'cut and paste' technique CRISPR Cas9 could usher in a 'golden age of health'.
  
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• Snap seeks valuation of up to $18.5 billion in IPO

  16-02-2017 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Snap, the parent company of LA-based Snapchat, set a valuation of between $16.20 billion and $18.52 billion in its initial public offering, significantly below expectations.
  
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• Ski resorts in the Alps will be UNUSABLE in next 80 years

  16-02-2017 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research in Switzerland say onlyresortsabove 8,202 feet (2,500m) would be able to stay open.
  
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• Twitter CEO says US could have its own Arab Spring moment

  16-02-2017 16:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says that the current American political discourse resembles 'a lot of the same patterns we've seen during the Iranian Green Revolution and the Arab Spring.'
  
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• Brain tumour causes woman to become obsessed with religion

  16-02-2017 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers, from the Hospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer in Murcia, found the 60-year-old woman had a glioblastoma multiforme - an aggressive form of brain tumour.
  
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• Watch the moment a rocket releases over 100 satellites

  16-02-2017 15:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  India made space history by launching a record number of satellites from one rocket, overtaking the previous record of 37 satellites launched by Russia in 2014.
  
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• Halo Wars 2 review: a solidly Spartan sequel to the real-time strategy classic

  16-02-2017 15:31
  
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• Chinese shopping mall builds a giant slide

  16-02-2017 15:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Chinese shopping mall has installed a slide that takes shoppers from the third floor to the ground floor in just 12 seconds. Images show customers in Chongqing trying out the ride on February 15.
  
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• Google patents 'crumpling' car safety system

  16-02-2017 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Panels on the vehicle will crumple before impact to lessen the effect of a crash.
  
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• Twitter blocks users for 12 hrs for using abusive language

  16-02-2017 15:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some users have had their account is limited for 12 hours after using language that the California firm deems inappropriate. Only people who follow them can see their tweets during the time out.
  
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• Turtle's ability to retract head evolved to hunt not hide

  16-02-2017 15:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jurassica Natural History in Switzerland believes that the turtle's unique ability to retract its head inside shell developed to let it hunt rather than hide in its shell.
  
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• Healthy and intelligent people earn the most

  16-02-2017 15:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from London School of Economics and the University of Massachusetts were interested in understanding whether beautiful people earn more (stock image).
  
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