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• NASA plan to turn the SUN into a giant telescope

  16-03-2017 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The plan, revealed by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, could allow us to glimpse exoplanets in unprecedented detail, revealing and 'signs of habitability.’
  
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• Payment firm Square crashes across the US

  16-03-2017 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Square's payment systems were down for hours this afternoon as the firm's ‘merchant authentication service' crashed, forcing businesses to accept only cash.
  
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• Gene that helped primitive humans digest food is revealed

  16-03-2017 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of California in Berkeley have pinpointed two genes involved in the digestion of fat that may have been key to helping humans thrive in harsh environments.
  
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• Only Apple can fix some parts of iPhone with this machine

  16-03-2017 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Every Apple store is home to an 'iPhone Calibration Machine' that is designed to replace the Touch ID by connecting to Apple's internal server - something third-party repair stores are unable to do.
  
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• Apple's AC3 campus is shaped to look like a command key

  16-03-2017 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's 'spaceship' campus is set to open next month, but another site is nearing completion. ‘AC3’ Central & Wolfe campus is 3 miles from Apple Park and shaped like Apple’s ‘command key’.
  
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• Google adds tool to flag 'offensive' search results

  16-03-2017 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google has updated the rules for its 10,000 human 'quality raters' asking them to flag content that might come across as upsetting, such as content with 'racial slurs or extremely offensive terminology'.
  
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• Montblanc launches its first smartwatch, the €890 Montblanc Summit

  16-03-2017 21:31
  
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• Statue discovered in Cairo is NOT of pharoah Ramses II

  16-03-2017 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Egypt and Germany found the bust and lower part of the head. The ancient artefacts were unveiled at the Egyptian museum this evening and were found in the area of Matariya.
  
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• Dystopian 'Eco' game reveals what could happen to Earth if we don't change our ways

  16-03-2017 21:00
  
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• The sensors scientists use to spy on fat Americans

  16-03-2017 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have presented new details on the technology made up ofbeacons, wireless sensors and smartphones to spy on what obese US families are eating and to see how mood influences our diet.
  
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• NASA plans clockwork rover that could survive on Venus

  16-03-2017 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA engineers are tapping into the design of2,000-year-old technology. It's hoped that a rover with a clockwork computer and hardened metal body could withstand extreme heat on Venus.
  
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• Climate affects nose shapes says Penn State researchers

  16-03-2017 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Penn State University have found that climates around the world have altered the evolution of our noses. Factors like temperature and humidity have helped to bring about variations in populations.
  
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• Tardigrades turn into GLASS to survive dehydration

  16-03-2017 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of North Carolina were interested in understanding how the creatures are able to endure dry conditions for such long periods of time.
  
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• NASA mage reveals a look at Mars' Holden Crater

  16-03-2017 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The photo released by NASA this week shows a view of the Holden Crater in southern Margaritifer Terra, with finely layered deposits sweeping across the floor in strips of white and purple.
  
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• Google Home speaker could be launched later this month

  16-03-2017 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speculation has been growing that the Google Home smart speaker could be coming to the UK later this month, after an invite to a product launch was sent out by the Silicon Valley search engine firm.
  
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• Google Chrome update could speed up your PC

  16-03-2017 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google has devised a plan to conserve Chrome'spower usage on a desktop. A new update will 'throttle' background tabs using excessive power in order to limit the average CPU load to one percent.
  
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• Men need alcohol to enjoy social situations

  16-03-2017 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A review led by the University of Pittsburgh found men are more likely to smile at each other and talk more loudly in conversation after a few drinks (stock image)
  
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• Nauti-Craft acts as 4x4 for the ocean with ace suspension

  16-03-2017 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stunning video footage has revealed the impressive suspension system created by a company called Nauti-Craft based in Dunsborough, Western Australia.
  
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• SpaceX lights up Florida night sky with satellite

  16-03-2017 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The company's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 2 am (0600 GMT) carrying the EchoStar XXIII, a communications satellite for EchoStar.
  
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• Netflix hints at working on mobile-friendly content

  16-03-2017 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a press briefing in San Francisco, Neil Hunt, chief product officer at Netflix revealed that the firm is thinking about making mobile-friendly versions of their series (stock image).
  
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• Swatch to launch Swiss smartwatch operating system by 2018

  16-03-2017 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Swatch said this would offer absolute data protection andultra-low energy consumption and would not need regular updates.
  
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• Chimpanzee cleans the teeth of her dead son in Zambia

  16-03-2017 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of St Andrews filmed a chimpanzee in Zambia called Noel cleaning the teeth of her dead son. The footage may shed light on how humans evolved mortuary practices.
  
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• Google rumoured to be working on a third large smartphone

  16-03-2017 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The company, based in Mountain View, California, is secretly working on a device that will be the largest of its Pixel smartphones, according to rumours that have not yet been confirmed.
  
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• DeepMind accused of 'inexcusable' failings in its data deal with the NHS

  16-03-2017 17:56
  
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• DeepMind accused of accessing NHS data on an 'inappropriate legal basis'

  16-03-2017 17:56
  
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• 4x4 for the ocean incredible suspension on Nauti-Craft 

  16-03-2017 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stunning video footage has revealed the impressive suspension system created by a company called Nauti-Craft based in Dunsborough, Western Australia.
  
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• Samsung's Siri competitor will be called Bixby

  16-03-2017 17:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Italian page found on the Samsung website clearly states 'comandi vocali con Bixby', which means 'voice commands with Bixby' when translated into English.
  
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• Nintendo switch: Newsround viewers test it out

  16-03-2017 17:29 via bbc.co.uk
  The new Nintendo games console is now out and it has some new features which Nintendo hope will be a hit, but is it actually any good?
  
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• Mount Etna erupts forcing BBC film crew to flee

  16-03-2017 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Several tourists have been injured as Mount Etna erupted for the third time in just under three weeks, spitting molten lava nearly 650 feet into the sky above Sicily.
  
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• Wellcome Trust announces winners of its 2017 Image Awards 

  16-03-2017 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The London-based Wellcome Trust has announced the winners of its Image Awards. The winning image shows a skeleton and depicts the experience of Crohn's disease.
  
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• North Face widow Tompkins donates land for Chile parks

  16-03-2017 17:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chile signs a historic deal with Kristine McDivitt Tompkins to create a "network of national parks”.
  
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• Can YOU answer these fiendishly hard GCSE questions?

  16-03-2017 16:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  How would you fare if you had to sit your maths GCSE all over again? Schoolexams.co.uk has shared three fiendishly tough questions from asample paper, including probability fractions.
  
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• Test unveils the UK's toughest dialects to decipher

  16-03-2017 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Contestants score an average of six out of ten on the quiz. The results show that Glaswegian is the UK's most recognisable dialect, while the Birmingham accent is the trickiest to guess.
  
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• 'Boaty McBoatface' loaded for Friday departure

  16-03-2017 16:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's favourite yellow submarine is set to leave port for the Antarctic.
  
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• Stunning murals dating back 1,000 years uncovered in China

  16-03-2017 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A uniquely beautiful glimpse into domestic life in Datong City, an ancient city in north China, has been found inside a circular burial tomb believed to date back to the Liao Dynasty.
  
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• The airlines that offer inflight WiFi for FREE

  16-03-2017 16:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new infographic shows which airlines in the world are currently offering complimentary connectivity, with Ireland's Aer Lingus and Norwegian Air Shuttle leading the pack in Europe.
  
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• McDonald's deletes tweet attacking Donald Trump

  16-03-2017 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  McDonald's says its Twitter account was "compromised" after it sent an insulting message to President Trump.
  
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• Climate change: Biofuels 'could limit jet contrails'

  16-03-2017 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chase planes flying behind a jet are providing new insights into aircraft pollution.
  
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• Miniature lab begins science experiments in outer space

  16-03-2017 15:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The technology was launched in February by SpacePharma, a Swiss-Israeli company based in Herzliya, Israel, and now the first experiments have been completed.
  
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• Childline app 'For Me' seeks to help young people directly on their smartphones

  16-03-2017 15:03
  
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• Three-parent babies could be born in Britain THIS YEAR

  16-03-2017 14:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has given Newcastle University the go-ahead to offer mitochondrial donation to patients, in the so-called 'three-parent baby' treatment.
  
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• You can now watch declassified Cold War nuclear test films on Youtube

  16-03-2017 14:30
  
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• Russia denies Yahoo hack involvement

  16-03-2017 13:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Kremlin has denied that Russia's intelligence agency was involved in a huge hack affecting Yahoo.
  
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• 'Nude photos' of Emma Watson and Amanda Seyfried leaked

  16-03-2017 13:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pictures of the Harry Potter actress taken during a clothes fitting were hacked, as were intimate photos showing Seyfried and ex-boyfriend. Watson has denied nude photos are her, however.
  
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• Abta website: Holidaymakers hit by cyber attack

  16-03-2017 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Travel trade organisation Abta says a cyber attack on its website may have affected about 43,000 people.
  
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• Twitter to expand live streaming services to the media

  16-03-2017 13:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  San Francisco based social network Twitter has created a new piece of software, to be launched next week, which will allow professional broadcasters to stream instantly to the site.
  
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• Hackers target travel trade organisation Abta's website 

  16-03-2017 13:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A cyber attack on the website of travel trade organisation Abta may have affected around 43,000 individuals, the company said today. Pictured is CEO Mark Tanzer.
  
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• Germany to push for carbon price at G20

  16-03-2017 13:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Germany will use its G20 Presidency to nudge world leaders towards a global price on carbon, say officials.
  
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• Palimpsest is bringing the ghosts of demolished buildings back to life

  16-03-2017 13:00
  
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• How to survive a nuclear war: 1980 Government leaflet

  16-03-2017 12:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Protect and Survive was first published in 1980 to advise the public on what to do in the face of nuclear war, and provides a survival kit list, tips on sanitation and how to survive a blast.
  
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