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• Uber resumes self-driving car program after crash

  27-03-2017 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Uber says it is resuming its self-driving car program in Arizona and Pittsburgh after it was suspended following a crash over the weekend.
  
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• SpaceX test fires rocket to go into space for SECOND time

  27-03-2017 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The historic launch will see the Dragon first launched on April 8, 2016, and the first the firm managed to land on a droneship, take to the skies again.
  
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• The satellite system that can avoid another MH370

  27-03-2017 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Iridium launched the first ten satellites in January, and so far, two have been switched on and begun to send back data. The technique could allow air traffic control to monitor global flight activity.
  
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• Elon Musk firm to make computers implanted into the BRAIN

  27-03-2017 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neuralink will develop 'neural lace' technology that implants tiny brain electrodes that may one day allow users to upload and download thoughts.
  
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• Apple iOS update can help find lost AirPods

  27-03-2017 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Find My iPhone app included in iOS 10.3 let users locate their AirPods - as long as they are in Bluetooth range of any iOS devices.
  
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• Autism was key to human evolution claims new study

  27-03-2017 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A high number of people not diagnosed with autism have autistic traits too. Genetic research has revealed that autism and autistic traits have been part of what makes us human for a long time.
  
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• Why introverts make BETTER employees

  27-03-2017 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A West Virginia University School researcher told DailyMail.com why introverts are better workers than extroverts and how they can use their traits to climb the career ladder.
  
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• Astroboffins clock thriving stellar nursery nestled in violent supermassive black hole

  27-03-2017 22:20 via go.theregister.com
  
  First time star formation seen in such extreme conditions Astronomers have for the first time found stars forming within the violent outflows of material ejected from a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy.…
  
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• Mystery as 'tribesman' is spotted scurrying from bushes

  27-03-2017 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The man was spotted near Banda Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra. He appeared to be half-naked and ran down a dirt track carrying a stick. Some say he is a member of the mythical Mante tribe.
  
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• Android inventor Andy Rubin reveals 'Essential' phone

  27-03-2017 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andy Rubin's teaser image has revealed his firm's new handset has an extremely small bezel, with Rubin saying he was 'excited to get it into more people's hands'.
  
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• Bigger brains help primates make up after a fight

  27-03-2017 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Primates living in larger groups evolved larger brains to help individuals cope with aggression, researchers at the University of Manchester have found.
  
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• Lost your AirPods? iOS update will help you find them

  27-03-2017 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Find My iPhone app included in iOS 10.3 let users locate their AirPods - as long as they are in Bluetooth range of any iOS devices.
  
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• The science behind sporting streaks

  27-03-2017 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In basketball, winning streaks are referred to as experiencing the 'hot hand'. While this idea was widely disproven by researchers in 1985, new research has found that there is some truth to the hot hand.
  
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• Disturbing YouTube videos being posed as popular cartoons

  27-03-2017 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One shocking Peppa Pig fake, found by New York-based journalist Laura June, shows a dentist with a huge syringe pulling out the cartoon character's teeth as she screams in distress.
  
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• Humans developed larger brains in the search for food

  27-03-2017 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from New York University have studied more than 140 species of primate and found that a more varied diet is associated with a larger brain size.
  
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• Amazon AR stores to sell furniture and home appliances

  27-03-2017 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon is exploring ideas for physical furniture and home appliance stores that let customers shop using augmented reality, allowing them to see how a product looks in their home before buying it.
  
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• Tesla boss Elon Musk warns there could be 'no stopping' AI

  27-03-2017 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tech giant Elon Musk has revealed he’s kept a ‘wary eye’ on the growth of AI for years as an investor in DeepMind, which was acquired by Google in 2014.
  
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• Samsung plans to relaunch refurbished Note 7 devices

  27-03-2017 19:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The technology giant says it may be able to offer the recalled devices as refurbished phones.
  
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• Light entertainment programmes can dull the brain

  27-03-2017 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Queen Mary University, London discovered children who viewed light entertainment programmes scored five per cent worse in mental ability tests as adults (stock image).
  
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• Stunning time lapse of shows cell division in a frog egg

  27-03-2017 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video, created by YouTube user francischeefilms, focuses on a common frog zygote. The video is just 23 seconds long, but captures roughly 33 hours of cell division.
  
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• Ancient Egyptian mummy shroud will go on museum display

  27-03-2017 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 2,000-year-old mummy shroud will go in display at 'The Tomb: Ancient Egyptian Burial' exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh after being left in storage since the 1940s.
  
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• Is this Britain's earliest curry?

  27-03-2017 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The antique cookbook was written in 1793 and contains a recipe for chicken curry. It was found in the archives of a Benedictine monastery in Somerset, and painstakingly transcribed.
  
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• Chinese man finds a strawberry inside a tomato

  27-03-2017 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wang Xiaowen, a university student from Shenyang, China, shot to fame after sharing pictures of his 'straw-mato' on social media. The 24-year-old claimed the tomato tasted normal.
  
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• Facebook Messenger will be axed from 76% of Windows phones

  27-03-2017 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook Messenger will no longer run on any of Microsoft's smartphones using the Windows Phone 8.1 operating system, or any of its earlier systems. The withdrawal will affect users across the world.
  
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• Would YOU buy a refurbished Samsung Galaxy Note 7?

  27-03-2017 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung has unveiled an eco-friendly strategy for dealing with the millions of recalled Samsung Galaxy Note 7s. The firm will sell refurbished units and recover and reuse or resell reusable components.
  
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• Superyacht called 'Dare to Dream' shown in stunning photos

  27-03-2017 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Monaco-based designer, George Lucian, has drawn up plans for an airship-carrying superyacht called 'Dare to Dream' which is over 460 ft long and could carry up to 40 crew.
  
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• Quadriplegic man uses brain chip to control movements

  27-03-2017 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ian Burkhart, from Dublin, Ohio, is the first person to be implanted with the NeuroLife brain system, which allows him to control his limbs through a brain chip.
  
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• Stars born in supermassive black holes spotted

  27-03-2017 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Cambridge discovered that stars can form in the harsh 'winds' of supermassive black holes, incredibly dense areas that sit at the core of most galaxies.
  
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• Cats prefer spending time with humans to eating food

  27-03-2017 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Oregon State University undertook a study of 50 cats found that a feline's favourite activity is playing with humans. The discovery could help owners to better train their pets.
  
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• Dinosaur tracks found in 'Australia's Jurassic Park'

  27-03-2017 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Palaeontologists unearthed the 5ft 9 inch (1.75 meter) track alongside 21 different types of dinosaur print in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
  
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• We need to talk about the internet's fake ads problem

  27-03-2017 18:00
  
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• The new pound coin is here – and it's so high-tech, it's 'impossible' to fake

  27-03-2017 17:52
  
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• The new pound coin arrives tomorrow – and it's so high-tech, it's 'impossible' to fake

  27-03-2017 17:52
  
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• The new pound coin arrives today – and it's so high-tech, it's 'impossible' to fake

  27-03-2017 17:52
  
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• Earth-like waves spotted around the Sun could help us predict space weather

  27-03-2017 17:00
  
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• Robot can build walls six times faster than humans 

  27-03-2017 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Semi-Automated Mason (Sam) was built by New York-based Construction Robotics. Experts worry that the robot's arrival in UK could threaten jobs in construction.
  
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• Drone without a pilot set to hit the skies of Israel

  27-03-2017 16:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Its creator, Airobotics, recently became the first in the world to be granted permission to fly an automated drone. The drone is pictured on a test flight near Petah Tikva in Israel.
  
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• Historian builds up a huge collection of torture devices

  27-03-2017 16:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Historian Steve Santini, from Ontario, Canada,has a mind-boggling collection of torture instruments and he has tested most of them out on himself.
  
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• Samsung is about to start selling the Galaxy Note 7 again

  27-03-2017 16:19
  
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• Granny-friendly phone lets family remotely take control

  27-03-2017 15:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The £180 ($227) Amplicomms PowerTel M9500, made by Düsseldorf-based Aamplicomms, helps old people get help from loved-ones - even when they're miles apart.
  
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• Hilarious photos show a wearable computer from 1995 

  27-03-2017 14:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Xybernaut Mobile Assistant was a voice-controlled contraption created by Computer Products and Service, a Virginia-based technology firm.
  
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• WhatsApp's privacy protections questioned after terror attack

  27-03-2017 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Privacy measures offered by chat apps are called into question by last week's London terror attack.
  
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• WhatsApp privacy

  27-03-2017 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Privacy measures offered by chat apps are called into question by last week's London terror attack.
  
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• UFO drone seats two passengers and reaches 120mph (190kph)

  27-03-2017 13:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The flying saucer drone concept, designed by Pierpaolo Lazzarini from Naples-based company Jet Capsule, is driven by eight electric rotor engines that can power the machine for over an hour.
  
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• Vodafone worker reveals Galaxy S8 will have 3D CAMERA 

  27-03-2017 13:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An anonymous woman based in the UK called Vodafone last week to ask about a new phone, and was told by a worker that she could expect something exciting from Samsung on April 1.
  
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• Female cockroaches can reproduce for years without a male

  27-03-2017 13:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Hokkaido University in Japan used 15 virgin femalesto produce an all-female colony that stuck together for more than three years.
  
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• Boffins name 12 new types of cloud in first Cloud Atlas since 1986

  27-03-2017 13:21 via go.theregister.com
  
  Actual fluffy things in the sky found by digicam-wielding masses, but hosted in AWS The World Meteorological Organisation has published the first new edition of its Cloud Atlas since 1986 and in so doing named eleven new types of cloud, some identified by digital-camera-wielding citizen cloud wonks.…
  
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• Nasa satellite spots bright sphere on the surface of Mars

  27-03-2017 13:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Captured by the Washington-based Nasa's 'Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter', the image appears to show a bright sphere casting a long shadow across the familiar red dust and craggy rocks.
  
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• Google is axing its Gchat app in June

  27-03-2017 12:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California-based Google is axing its Google Talk application on June 26. Google Talk users will be automatically rolled over to Hangouts, another of Google's chat platforms.
  
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• Dear Amber Rudd, don't use the Westminster attack to break encryption

  27-03-2017 12:32
  
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