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• Samsung reveals TV that doubles as a picture frame

  14-03-2017 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung has unveiled a television that doubles as a decorative piece in the home. Called The Frame, the unit looks like a picture frame hanging on the wall when in 'Art Mode' - instead of fading to black.
  
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• Glitch with Google's Allo lets it share what you search

  14-03-2017 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A flaw was discovered in Google's Allo that lets it share your recent search with friends mid-conversation without you asking it to. The issue has since been fixed, but could have privacy implications.
  
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• Does Donald Trump's election show we live in a simulation?

  14-03-2017 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UK voting for Brexit and the US electing Donald Trump as president were unthinkable 18 months ago, according to Michael Frazer, of the University of East Angila.
  
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• Women more likely marry in early 50s than early 20s

  14-03-2017 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There have also been sharp rises in marriage among those aged 65 and over as people settle down with a partner in their sunset years, according to new figures.
  
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• Scientists race to prevent wipeout of world's coral reefs

  14-03-2017 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists say the health of the planet depends on saving at least a fraction of these unique ecosystems.
  
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• Spiders consume 400-800 million tons of prey every year

  14-03-2017 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of Basel and Lund University in Sweden quantified spiders’ global impact, revealing the startling magnitude of their role as ‘natural enemies of insects.’
  
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• Forget S8, Samsung to launch FOLDING phone in Apple war

  14-03-2017 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung has secretly been showing off a radical 'Foldable Valley' phone and could unveil it later this year in a bid to deflect attention from Apple's iPhone 8.
  
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• Enceladus alien life ocean closer to surface than thought

  14-03-2017 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have revealed the global underground ocean on Saturn's moonmay be closer to its surface than thought - and close enough for a radar to spot it.
  
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• Mike McGurrin hacks Amazon Echo and creates talking skull

  14-03-2017 21:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A robot enthusiast called Mike McGurrin from Virginia has transformed his Amazon Echo personal assistant, Alexa, into a terrifying talking skull using an old Christmas present from his wife.
  
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• Galapagos penguins feed their grown up offspring

  14-03-2017 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by a biologist at the University of Washington suspect that adult Galapagos penguins are more likely to give in to their grown offspring’s begging when food is bountiful.
  
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• Are teenagers replacing drugs and alcohol with TECHNOLOGY?

  14-03-2017 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Teenagers' drug and alcohol use is declining significantly in the US and the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse believes teens are using technology instead of getting high (stock image).
  
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• US Air Force buying net-releasing bullets to trap drones

  14-03-2017 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US Air Force is getting a weapon to take down small devious drones. The agency is testing 600 Skynet shotgun shells that release nets to trap the drone's propellers causing it to fall from the sky.
  
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• Scientists develop 'robo-hands' to be worn by surgeons

  14-03-2017 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The exo-skeleton device, developed by researchers at the University of the West of England, Bristol, will fit comfortably over the surgeons' hands to perform minimally invasive keyhole operations.
  
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• Red algae fossil could be oldest plant on Earth

  14-03-2017 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Swedish Museum of Natural History have found fossils bearing the oldest evidence of plant life in the world. The two fossils of red algae were found in Chitrakoot, India.
  
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• Is THIS what Robert the Bruce looked like?

  14-03-2017 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The lifesize forensic facial reconstruction was made by royal sculptor Christian Corbet, using a cast of the skull of Bruce from his resting place in Dunfermline Abbey.
  
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• Facial recognition app Facezam identifies total strangers

  14-03-2017 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new facial recognition app created by a British entrepreneur Jack Kenyon can identify anyone - provided they have a Facebook profile. It is 70% accurate, Kenyon claims.
  
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• NWS reveals the science of measuring snowfall

  14-03-2017 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An expert from Pennsylvania State University shares how the National Weather Service uses a snowboard to measure snowfall, as it is able to stay close to the ambient air temperature,
  
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• Facebook, Twitter and Google grilled by MPs over hate speech

  14-03-2017 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook, Twitter and Google are told by MPs to do a "better job" on hate speech and abuse images.
  
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• 'Band of brothers' may drive self-sacrificial behaviour 

  14-03-2017 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Tennessee suggest the willingness to fight and die for a group be motivated by 'identity fusion' (stock image).
  
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• 'Oldest plants on Earth' discovered

  14-03-2017 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The origins of plants may go back hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought, according to fossil evidence.
  
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• Extreme challenges help people escape their problems

  14-03-2017 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Extreme and painful adventure challenges help office workers deal with the impact of a sedentary lifestyle, according to new research from Cardiff University.
  
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• Simulation reveals what it's like inside a tornado

  14-03-2017 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the new simulation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, scientists recreated the conditions that gave rise to the catastrophic event using real-world observational data.
  
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• IBM Watson brings knowledge and insight to a range of sectors

  14-03-2017 18:30
  
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• Facial recognition app identifies total strangers

  14-03-2017 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new facial recognition app created by a British entrepreneur Jack Kenyon can identify anyone - provided they have a Facebook profile. It is 70% accurate, Kenyon claims.
  
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• DeepMind's new algorithm adds 'memory' to AI

  14-03-2017 18:15
  
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• Forget the S8 Samsung to launchFOLDING phone in Apple war

  14-03-2017 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung has secretly been showing off a radical 'Foldable Valley' phone and could unveil it later this year in a bid to deflect attention from Apple's iPhone 8.
  
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• Beyond hospitals: how data is putting 'doctors' in our pockets

  14-03-2017 17:55
  
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• Smart sex toy maker forced to payout £2.4million

  14-03-2017 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Federal courts in Illinois have ordered the firm behind the We-Vibe smart dildo to payout up to $3 million (£2.4 million) in totals, after it was revealed they were recording intimate details.
  
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• World's first fluorescent frog found in South America

  14-03-2017 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from a Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina, were surprised to find that the dull-coloured frog gleamed with fluorescent light under their UV torches.
  
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• Expert reveals the science of measuring snowfall

  14-03-2017 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An expert from Pennsylvania State University shares how the National Weather Service uses a snowboard to measure snowfall, as it is able to stay close to the ambient air temperature,
  
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• Most people will hurt others if told to do so by authority

  14-03-2017 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Poland have recreated the famous 1961 Milgram experiments to show that people follow orders even if they harm others.
  
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• Oxford Uni boffins say internet filters probably won't protect teens

  14-03-2017 17:11 via go.theregister.com
  
  Propbably better to, erm, talk to them and do some parenting Researchers from the University of Oxford have suggested that, instead of rolling out internet filters, those who are concerned about what teenagers encounter online should spend some time helping their parents parent them.…
  
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• Sex toys tested: WIRED reviews the best adult gadgets

  14-03-2017 17:10
  
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• Robot buses will hit the streets of Dubai by 2019

  14-03-2017 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Authorities in Dubai have purchased a network of robotic pods to shuttle people between a man-made island and the mainland, once construction of the island is completed in the next year.
  
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• Gloucester Cathedral excavated to find a false leg

  14-03-2017 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Metal fastenings for a prosthetic leg from the 17th century were unearthed in the grounds of Gloucester Cathedral in the city centre of Gloucester in southwest England.
  
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• Robot enthusiast hacks Alexa and creates a talking skull

  14-03-2017 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A robot enthusiast called Mike McGurrin from Virginia has transformed his Amazon Echo personal assistant, Alexa, into a terrifying talking skull using an old Christmas present from his wife.
  
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• Digging deep into the Earth to test Einstein's theory of relativity

  14-03-2017 16:43
  
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• Trappist-1 planets are so close life could hitchhike

  14-03-2017 16:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Harvard University say that bacteria and other forms of life might be able to hitch-hike between Trappist-1 worlds in a process called panspermia.
  
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• Eating cheese everyday WON'T give you heart disease

  14-03-2017 16:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite being high in saturated fat, consuming large amounts of cheese is safe and may help to reduce bad cholesterol levels, researchers from University College Dublin found.
  
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• Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer could land $23m payout

  14-03-2017 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Yahoo chief could receive a bumper payout if she loses her job as part of the Verizon deal.
  
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• Batch of Android phones reportedly shipped with malware pre-installed

  14-03-2017 16:11
  
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• Evidence suggests humans lived in Tunisia 72,000 years ago

  14-03-2017 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Oxford University and Kings College London discovered the bones and tools on the margins of the dried up Chotts megalake in Tunisia.
  
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• Cyber security: Experts warn on rise of hacker ransoms

  14-03-2017 16:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Smartphones, watches and fitness trackers could be made unusable by criminals, security chiefs say.
  
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• E-cigarettes are NOT a gateway to smoking

  14-03-2017 15:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Buffalo and Michigan universities highlighted several shortfalls in previous studies that appear to show a link between e-cigarettes and traditional tobacco products.
  
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• Germany warns social media firms over illegal content

  14-03-2017 15:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fines of up to 50m euros are being proposed for social media sites that do not quickly remove illegal content.
  
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• Archaeologists discover 'mini pyramid of China'

  14-03-2017 14:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ancient burial site has been found in Zhengzhou, central China. Chinese media have dubbed the tomb the 'pyramid of Zhengzhou' and residents are amazed by the strange tomb.
  
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• These glowing tree frogs are literally unmissable

  14-03-2017 14:06
  
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• Study finds internet filters won't protect kids from porn

  14-03-2017 13:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Oxford University found almost one in four teenagers with internet restrictions at home have had a bad experience nonetheless (stock image).
  
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• Anger over UK ship's damage to pristine reef

  14-03-2017 13:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ship damaged a large area of one of Indonesia's best coral reefs, in an area dependent on tourism.
  
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• WIRED Retail 2017: The greatest innovators in commerce

  14-03-2017 13:00
  
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