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• 81-year-old Japanese woman releases her first app

  28-02-2017 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Masako Wakamiya learned how to use a computer at the age of 60 and now, at 81-years-old, she has released an app that shows people how to properly display traditional dolls for Hinamatsuri.
  
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• Google reveals plans for new campus in Mountain View

  28-02-2017 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Not only did Google change the location of its futuristic campus, but it has also altered the design.
  New renders of Charleston East campus show a two-story building that boasts a petal-like canopy.
  
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• Trappist-1 could have FOUR planets capable of hosting life

  28-02-2017 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers from Cornell University say volcanoes on icy planets could improve our chances of finding alien life. Warming from volcanic hydrogen could extend the habitable zone by 60%.
  
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• YouTube reveals users watch a BILLION hours of video a day

  28-02-2017 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  YouTube has revealed that a billion hours of video is being watched around the world daily. The firm also announced it will soon unveil its own television streaming service that will start at $30 a month.
  
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• Will SpaceX be ready to fly tourists around the moon?

  28-02-2017 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two private citizens are reported to have paid large deposits to fly around the moon in 2018
  
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• Mongoose gangs: Creatures raid dens and kill other pups

  28-02-2017 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Banded mongooses, participate in gang warfare. Fights are most common when females are receptive to breeding and when there's competition for food and territory, University of Exeter research found.
  
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• Siberian 'hellmouth' crater could reveal climate changes

  28-02-2017 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  By looking at the ancient layers exposed in the process, scientists can create a picture of what the Siberian landscape once looked like, helping them to predict the changes yet to come.
  
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• Can you solve the 'hardest logic puzzle ever?'

  28-02-2017 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a new TedEd video, answering the 'hardest logic puzzle ever' requires carefully formulated questions that can work around your limitations to reveal which alien is which.
  
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• Mount Etna volcano erupts in eastern Sicily

  28-02-2017 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mount Etna has erupted in a fiery show of lava in eastern Sicily. The volcano's latest eruptions, which can last days and even weeks, began on Monday evening.
  
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• Amazon cloud crash causing major internet issues

  28-02-2017 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon.com said on Tuesday its cloud service was affected by the partial failure of ahosting platform, affecting a number of internet services andmedia outlets.
  
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• Chinese phonemaker Xaomi declares war on Apple and Samsung

  28-02-2017 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chinese smartphone firm Xiaomi has announced its first in-house designed chipset in a bid to take on Apple, Samsung and others by lowering prices, and gaining greater control over handset design.
  
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• Is augmented reality Apple's next 'product innovation'

  28-02-2017 20:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new leak suggests Apple could be betting big on augmented reality. Experts have revealed that the firm ‘may have over 1,000 engineers working on a project in Israel that could be related to AR’.
  
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• Google's 'Home' smart speaker comes to the UK this year

  28-02-2017 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google has announced its smart speaker Google Home will be released in the UK before the end of June. The voice-activated device was launched in the US last October.
  
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• Dyson plans to create new research and development centre

  28-02-2017 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Plans for a multi-million pound research and development centre at a former RAF base in Wiltshire have been announced by vacuum and electronics inventor Sir James Dyson.
  
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• Xbox unveils $9.99 monthly subscription for videogames

  28-02-2017 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft is to offer games fans a Netflix-life subscription service. The $9.99-per-month service will allow gamers to play over 100 Xbox One and'backward compatible' Xbox 360 videogames.
  
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• Augmented reality display help to reduce road rage

  28-02-2017 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An augmented reality app developed by researchers at Eindhoven University allows users to project information to the driver's windshield to notify them if they're rushing for emergency reasons.
  
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• Xbox Game Pass lets you download and play more than 100 games for £7.99 a month

  28-02-2017 18:44
  
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• Porsche releases a laptop that can rotate 360 degrees 

  28-02-2017 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Porsche unveiled its first laptop at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The 2-in-1 laptop will go on sale next month and will retail at £2,008 ($2,495).
  
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• 'Oldest' Iron Age gold work in Britain found in Staffordshire

  28-02-2017 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A British Museum expert says the Leekfrith Iron Age Torcs are of international importance.
  
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• King Richard III noted his own birthday in a prayer book

  28-02-2017 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The personal reminder written in sprawling hand writing was found in the private prayer book of King Richard III, which is currently being preserved at Lambeth Palace Library in south London.
  
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• Feathered beast dinosaurs Anchiornis had bird-like arms

  28-02-2017 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Hong Kong and Linyi University in China used laser-stimulated fluorescence imaging on nine specimens of the bird-like dinosaur, Anchiornis.
  
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• Robots with TAILS could easily communicate with humans

  28-02-2017 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Manitobapulled inspiration from man’s best friend in order to understand robots. By attaching a fluffy dog-tail to a Roomba, the team was able to determine the state of the machine.
  
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• iPhone 8 could drop lightening connector for USB-C

  28-02-2017 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rumours that Californian tech firm is considering dropping the Lightning connector in favour of USB-C has lead to concern from customers who are worried they may be left out of pocket.
  
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• Porsche's £2,000 Windows 10 laptop has a hinge 'inspired by a car transmission'

  28-02-2017 18:00
  
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• MWC 2017: DJI M200 drone works in rain and winds

  28-02-2017 17:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new drone is being pitched to business that want to safely carry out inspections from the sky.
  
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• Horizon Zero Dawn is one of the best franchises for PS4

  28-02-2017 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Horizon Zero Dawn is a fresh, masterfully crafted and astoundingly detailed open world adventure with some of the most polished and fully-realized action the genre has ever seen
  
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• Toys leak 2MILLION voice recordings from kids online

  28-02-2017 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The leak from California-based 'Spiral toys' left millions of families' private conversations, including voice recordings of their child alone with the toy, exposed for days before it was stolen by hackers.
  
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• Stuffed animal sleepovers help children learn to read

  28-02-2017 16:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of Japanese researchers found that showing children pictures of a 'stuffed animal sleepover' not only encouraged extra reading in children but also boosted their social skills.
  
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• Full extent of damage to the Oroville dam revealed

  28-02-2017 15:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Authorities this week started the huge clean-up process, with tons of rubble needing to be excavated from the bottom of the broken spillway from Oroville Dam, California.
  
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• BT landline-only customers set to get £5 off monthly bills

  28-02-2017 15:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Customers who only buy a landline service from BT are not getting value for money, Ofcom says.
  
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• Londoner accidentally gets Uber to Croydon, via Bristol

  28-02-2017 15:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Uber is refunding the £467 taxi fee as a "goodwill" gesture, describing the trip of 280 miles as an "unfortunate mistake".
  
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• Caterpillars vibrate their ANUSES to send out sounds

  28-02-2017 15:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, discovered that the masked birch caterpillar scrapes its 'anal oar' and body against leaves to attract the attention of others.
  
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• De-extinction might cause existing animals to die out

  28-02-2017 15:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Ottawa, Canada, have warned that bringing back extinct species, such as the mammoth, could put a strain on conservation budgets.
  
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• Lexus has an all-new racing car. Behold the RC F GT3

  28-02-2017 14:17
  
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• Children's messages in CloudPets data breach

  28-02-2017 14:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 2 million voice messages left between parents and children exposed, security researcher claims.
  
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• Not all Nintendo Switch games will work on your TV

  28-02-2017 14:00
  
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• Footprints reveal how Mesolithic hunters tracked prey

  28-02-2017 13:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The pre-historic footprints at Port Eynon, South Wales, were initially thought to date to the Bronze Age. But new research from Cardiff University has revealed they were a Mesolithic hunting party.
  
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• Firm raises $4 million to build space junk radar tracker

  28-02-2017 13:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new radar array in Texas could help future space tourists to avoid colliding with some of the growing amounts of 'space junk'. Over 100 million pieces of garbage are thought to currently orbit the planet..
  
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• Google robot leaps and spins with leg-wheels

  28-02-2017 13:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Handle - a human-sized robot that can travel over uneven surfaces and jump over obstacles - makes its debut.
  
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• How little the Thames has changed in 160 years

  28-02-2017 13:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A rare collection of 40 images taken byVictor Prout who started photographing the Thames in 1857 using a camera which could produce wide-vision images is up for sale.
  
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• This edible spoon could help save the planet

  28-02-2017 13:00
  
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• 2018 may be the year we finally find signs of alien life

  28-02-2017 13:00
  
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• MWC 2017: Google Home speaker to launch in UK by June

  28-02-2017 12:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google's smart speaker will compete against Amazon's Echo in the UK this summer.
  
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• Bad bug found in Microsoft browsing code

  28-02-2017 12:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  If exploited, the bug could let attackers run their own code on victims' machines.
  
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• MWC 2017: Google Home challenges Amazon Echo

  28-02-2017 12:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google suggests its expertise in search will help its Home speaker triumph over Amazon's Echo.
  
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• Man jailed for hitting woman with drone

  28-02-2017 12:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The pilot of a drone that knocked a woman unconscious has been jailed for 30 days in the US.
  
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• Elon Musk says he'll build a roller coaster at his factory

  28-02-2017 12:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk promised to build a 'Tesla electric pod car roller coaster' to help his employees get around at his factory in Palo Alto, California. The billionaire revealed his plans in a leaked email to workers.
  
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• As it sells its 12 millionth board, Raspberry Pi reveals why it's shifting away from hardware

  28-02-2017 12:00
  
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• Fears for environment as automatic legal 'cost cap' scrapped

  28-02-2017 11:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Environmental groups have launched a legal challenge to the government's rule change.
  
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• UK’s ‘oldest Iron Age gold' is revealed

  28-02-2017 11:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The collection, which has been named the Leekfrith Iron Age Torcs, was found in December on farmland within the parish of Leekfrith, in the Staffordshire Moorlands.
  
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