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• Hasbro's $120 robo-dog teaches kids to code

  20-02-2017 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hasbro has unveiled a robotic dog to teach kids how to code. Called Proto Max, this $120 toy comes with an app that kids use to customize its personality and can play games like fetch.
  
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• Atlanta to become testbed for self driving cars and buses

  20-02-2017 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Atlanta would become one of the largest urban areas for testing self-driving vehicles if plans come together for a demonstration as early as September.
  
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• Donald Trump supporters felt socially excluded

  20-02-2017 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Princeton University have found that social exclusion can lead people to seek meaning from stories that may not be true - and it could be why people voted for President Donald Trump.
  
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• The funniest signs from Boston's science protest 

  20-02-2017 21:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of Boston's brightest minds rallied together to protest Trump's 'anti-science administration' on Sunday. Demonstrators used geeky and clever puns to declare their opposition.
  
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• Elon Musk's Mars plans delayed until 2020

  20-02-2017 21:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Red Dragon is a precursor for SpaceX's ambitious Mars plans, which company founder Elon Musk unveiled at the International Astronautical Congress in Mexico in September.
  
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• Mattel launches a holographic Barbie that lives in a box

  20-02-2017 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mattel unveiled its Barbie Hello Hologram that comes to life when a child says the magic words, ‘Hello Barbie’. The digital assistant responds to commands and answers various questions.
  
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• Gibraltar seizes Russian's superyacht over German debt claim

  20-02-2017 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Billionaire owner Andrey Melnichenko is alleged to owe 15.3m euros to the shipbuilder.
  
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• NASA press conference to announce 'major' discovery

  20-02-2017 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The space agency says the event, will 'present new findings on planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets'.
  
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• Russian billionaire's £360 million superyacht is IMPOUNDED

  20-02-2017 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The futuristic craft is now chained up in Gibraltar after German shipbuilders Nobiskrug said Andrey Melnichenko still owed more than £13million.
  
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• WhatsApp launches Snapchat-like messaging service

  20-02-2017 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It seems Facebook is determined to transform all of its apps into Snapchat copycats. WhatsApp is rolling out Snapchat-like messaging that lets users send images with doodles, text captions and emojios.
  
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• Facial recognition technology can identify lemurs

  20-02-2017 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers took photos of red-bellied lemurs in Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar to test a facial recognition system for lemurs.The research could help with lemur conservation efforts.
  
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• Snapchat starts selling its $129 smart spectacles online

  20-02-2017 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm is offering the smart specs for sale via spectacles.com, and quotes 2-4 weeks for delivery - but only for buyers in the US.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S8 could come with a hefty price tag

  20-02-2017 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new report suggests Samsung's Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus could start at $950 and $1,050 - matching Apple's claimed iPhone 8 price. It comes as a new image reveals features of the Galaxy S8.
  
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• Scientists 'solve' the ketchup problem

  20-02-2017 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A super-slippery coating for bottles could make getting liquids out much easier, US scientists say.
  
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• Nintendo Switch already has a game bigger than its internal memory

  20-02-2017 18:45
  
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• Star Trek-like glasses allow blind people to see

  20-02-2017 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The device is the third visor system from Toronto-based eSight.A HD camera and two OLED displays allow video to be filmed and processed in real-time, enhancing both contrast and quality.
  
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• Slippery bottle solves ketchup problem

  20-02-2017 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists in Boston have found a way to get every last drop of ketchup out of the bottle.
  
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• Smart devices could still be controlled by former owners

  20-02-2017 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Texas-based IBM security specialist, Charles Henderson, discovered the flaw a number of years after selling his car to a new owner. He found he could control it via the car manufacturers app.
  
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• You're different at 14 and 77 says personality study

  20-02-2017 17:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Edinburgh researchers carried out a personality test on Scottish school children in 1947 and then again 63 years later - and results show they had completely different characters.
  
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• World's first HOVERBIKE the Scorpion-3 is tested

  20-02-2017 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazing footage shows the world's first fully manned hoverbike. The company, with offices in Russia and the US, want to develop on the current prototype and see their widespread usage.
  
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• End of Days will happen this year, claims fundamentalists

  20-02-2017 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Christian fundamentalists from the site Signs of End Times claim that the world could end within a few months. The group say an increase in earthquakes and solar eclipses is a sign that the apocalypse is here.
  
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• Mars' moons may be creating rings around the planet

  20-02-2017 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Data from the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) satellite suggests Mars is already forming proto-rings which are coming from the disintegration of its moons.
  
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• Separation from your phone 'makes you stressed within minutes'

  20-02-2017 17:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists find that separating young people from their phones for a few minutes causes "stress behaviour".
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg starts US-wide tour with visit to Alabama

  20-02-2017 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg appears to be taking cues from Forrest Gump with his new US tour, which started in Gump's hometown and will introduce him to regular people across the US.
  
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• Mystery of the ancient 'Tully Monster' is far from solved

  20-02-2017 16:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study led by University of Pennsylvania researchers claims that the 300 million-year-old Tully Monster is in fact not a fish, reigniting a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades.
  
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• Iran bans private drones from skies over Tehran amid security fears

  20-02-2017 16:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Military officials act to remove "security threat" of private drones after shooting at two devices.
  
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• Can YOU spot the hidden harp in this tricky puzzle?

  20-02-2017 16:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fun game was posted to Playbuzz yesterday by Hugh Hughes who claimed: 'Only one per cent of people with a keen eye for detail will see where it is.'
  
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• ‘Texting during meals is the start of war,' says the Pope

  20-02-2017 15:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In an improvised speech at the Roma Tre public university, the pontiff warned against the death of face-to-face conversations.
  
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• Sir David Attenborough is back to narrate BBC's Blue Planet II

  20-02-2017 15:48
  
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• Aztecs downfall is linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak

  20-02-2017 15:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany studied the teeth of Aztecs and found traces of salmonella DNA. The bacteria is believed to have come from Europe.
  
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• Genetically-modified hornless cows developed by scientists

  20-02-2017 15:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of California created the hornless cows to improve safety and stop the practice of cutting off cow horns. The new cows will have soft hair where their horns should be.
  
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• Radioactive particles have been spotted across Europe

  20-02-2017 15:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The presence of the radioactive compound Iodine-131 was first detected in Norway in January. Particles have now been detected in Poland, Germany, France and Spain.
  
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• Stephen King and JJ Abrams partner for anthology horror 'Castle Rock'

  20-02-2017 15:13
  
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• Snap Spectacles roll out ahead of IPO

  20-02-2017 15:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The company behind Snapchat sells its flagship video-recording sunglasses online in the US.
  
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• The language that won Trump the presidential election: 'I, deal, tremendous, Mexico'

  20-02-2017 15:06
  
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• Fire and fury: the dangerous rhetoric keeping Trump in power

  20-02-2017 15:06
  
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• Warning on used cars failing to forget old owners

  20-02-2017 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Car makers need to disconnect old owners from cars as vehicles change owners, an expert says.
  
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• Death to damp: buildings could soon be protected by paint that both attracts and repels water

  20-02-2017 14:00
  
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• Disney is working on wireless phone-charging technology

  20-02-2017 13:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Disney's research lab in Pittsburgh have developed a method similar to Wi-Fi to transmit power wirelessly. The technology uses powerful magnetic fields to charge devices simultaneously.
  
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• Driverless Roborace car crashes at speed in Buenos Aires

  20-02-2017 13:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A landmark race involving two driverless cars sees one of them crash and the other avoid running over an animal.
  
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• Top Nasa scientist wants the Moon turned into a planet

  20-02-2017 13:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alan Stern, who led a successful mission to send a spacecraft to photograph Pluto believes the rules determining what defines a planet should be re-written to encourage more scientific research.
  
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• This boat will make its own fuel on a round-the-world voyage

  20-02-2017 13:13
  
  World's first boat powered solely by hydrogen made from renewable energies is due to set sail around the world
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• Google and Bing demoting pirate sites in UK web searches

  20-02-2017 13:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Talks between the companies and the entertainment industry were led by the UK government, and the changes could be introduced as early as this summer.
  
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• Beachside photo has left people scratching their heads

  20-02-2017 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The image shared by Imgur user youneverknowwhatyouregoingtoget has attracted thousands of views as the web try and figure out what's happening in the snap.
  
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• Success for SpaceX as reusable rocket lands without a hitch

  20-02-2017 13:04
  
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• Chinese power company uses flame-spewing drone

  20-02-2017 12:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A power company in China is using drones, kitted out with flame throwers, to clear waste of power cables.
  
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• Uber investigates sexual harassment claims, will fire 'anyone who behaves this way'

  20-02-2017 12:47
  
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• Uber fires 20 staff as part of its investigation into sexual harassment and bullying

  20-02-2017 12:47
  
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• Guru Brian Krebs' attackers sentenced for data theft

  20-02-2017 12:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Convicted duo also tried to frame security researcher Brian Krebs.
  
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• YouTube ditches unskippable 30-second ads

  20-02-2017 12:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The video-sharing website will focus on shorter and skippable advertisements.
  
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