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• Lockheed Martin's superdrone can fly for fifteen hours

  28-04-2017 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lockheed Martin is getting closer to unleashing Fury on the battlefield. The drone, called Fury,demonstrated, a flight endurance time of 15 hours, while operating nearly 200lbs of payload.
  
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• Apple,Tesla ask California to change self-driving car rule

  28-04-2017 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple Inc has asked the state of California to make changes in its proposed policies on self-driving cars, the latest sign the technology giant is pursuing driverless car technology.
  
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• Elon Musk's underground roads will have car 'elevators' and no speed limits

  28-04-2017 22:21
  
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• Traffic light for your desk stops interruptions at work

  28-04-2017 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  FlowLight is a desk-mounted traffic light capable of measuring the person's productivity and uses different colors to indicate four states - available, busy, away and do not disturb.
  
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• New material inspired by the gelatinous jaw of a sea worm

  28-04-2017 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new material, developed by MIT researchers, can adapt to changing environments. It has a Jell-O like consistency, but it can be as strong as a mineral found in human teeth.
  
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• Uber updates app to make it easier to delete

  28-04-2017 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Uber is giving its users more control over their accounts by letting them decide what data is shared and letting them delete their accountsin the app, instead of through customer service.
  
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• Video reveals what happens in an average minute

  28-04-2017 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From births and deaths, to thousands of hours of Netflix watched, a new video from ASAP Science reveals just how much takes place in a span of sixty seconds. And, the numbers are staggering.
  
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• Nasa megarocket Trump promised delayed until at least 2019

  28-04-2017 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A report from the US Government Accountability Office found that the SLS rocket, the Orion capsule, and the Exploration Ground Systems are all facing challenges.
  
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• Elon Musk's Boring Company will transport cars on 'skates'

  28-04-2017 21:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At the TED conference in Vancouver, Musk showed off a new videoof electric skates transporting cars in a narrow tunnel, the raising them back to street level in a space as small as two parking spaces.
  
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• YouTube ad boycott could spell trouble

  28-04-2017 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  YouTube's inability to keep big-brand ads off unsavory videos is threatening to transform a rising star in Google's digital family into a problem child.
  
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• Your phone's microphone could help cure malaria

  28-04-2017 20:52
  
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• Plane in UK's first double-drone near-miss case

  28-04-2017 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The near-miss with a passenger jet is the first in the UK to involve more than one drone.
  
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• Experts warn of Amazon Echo Look's privacy issues

  28-04-2017 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Seattle-based Amazon's newly announced Echo Look device uses the company's Alexa AI to take photos and videos of users in their homes and make judgements on their outfits.
  
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• UFO hunters claim to see an alien passageway on moon

  28-04-2017 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A UFO hunting website called SecureTeam 10, based in Cleveland, Ohio, claims to have spotted a passageway hidden on the moon which could be the stairway to extraterrestrial life.
  
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• Finland's oldest operating ferry given electric motor

  28-04-2017 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Fori passenger ferry will now use electric power to make its river crossings.
  
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• Call of Duty: World War II has mode with 'Nazi zombies'

  28-04-2017 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The player experiences historical battles, from the storming of Omaha Beach for the D-Day landings to the liberation of Paris. It also features a zombie mode where players can shoot Nazi Zombies.
  
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• Slender faced people 25 per cent more likely to be lefties

  28-04-2017 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Washington analysed the faces of 13,536 individuals who participated in three national surveys in the US when they discovered the link.
  
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• 'Epidemic' of van tool thefts blamed on skeleton key

  28-04-2017 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The skeleton key, easily bought online for £20, is blamed by increasing numbers of victims.
  
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• FaceApp reveals what famous faces could look like

  28-04-2017 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Saint-Petersburg-based face-scanning app FaceApp reveals what celebrities might look like if they were a different age or gender.
  
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• Apple is 'finalizing' the design for its smart speaker

  28-04-2017 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is 'finalizing' its secret weapon to take on Amazon's Echo. A new leak revealed the firm's smart speaker is nearing completion andwill be marketed as a ‘Siri/AirPlay device’.
  
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• Nintendo unveils new 2DS XL handheld as Switch sales soar

  28-04-2017 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nintendo is introducing a hand-held device called the 2DS XL, which will fit somewhere between the 2DS and New Nintendo 3DS XL. The new system is set to launch July 28th for $149.99.
  
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• Uber's flying fantasy, Wikitribune launch: Podcast 315

  28-04-2017 18:14
  
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• 'World's most secure' email service is easily hackable

  28-04-2017 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Security expert, Scott Helme, has found an easy way for hackers to break into the $199 (£154) service, created by Viriginia-based startup Nomx, and take control of a user's email account.
  
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• See if a ‘brain-teasing’ clock would leave you stumped

  28-04-2017 17:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Albert Clock is designed by Axel Schindlbeck, a lecturer in Product Design at ESADMM College of Art and Design in Marseille, and Fred Mauclere, a software engineer.
  
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• E-cigarettes do NOT cause cancer

  28-04-2017 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from UK-based British American Tobacco exposed laboratory cells to the emissions of an electronic or standard cigarette. Only traces of the standard cigarette collected in cells.
  
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• What is VTOL? A beginner's guide to vertical take-off and landing technology

  28-04-2017 17:12
  
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• Flight of fancy: here are all the reasons why Uber's flying car plans are fantasy

  28-04-2017 17:09
  
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• The CIA implanted microphones into the skin of CATS

  28-04-2017 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The cat had a microphone, antenna and battery pack surgically embedded into its skin so the feline could help the CIA eavesdrop on Russian officials.
  
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• Biggest orchards could soon use ROBOT fruit pickers

  28-04-2017 16:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  FFRobotics and Abundant Robotics, of Hayward, California, are racing to get their mechanical pickers to market within the next couple of years.
  
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• NatWest and RBS banking app fails

  28-04-2017 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Customers complained on social media that payments and money transfers had not gone through.
  
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• Google and Facebook fall for $100 MILLION phishing scam

  28-04-2017 16:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Evaldas Rimasauskas was arrested this month in Lithuania at the request of US authorities and is currently in jail on wire fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft charges.
  
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• Xbox chief says gaming industry needs an on-demand service

  28-04-2017 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Phil Spencer, the head of Redmond, Washington gaming firm Xbox believes a subscription service for video games could help independently produced and single player titles to flourish.
  
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• DNA of extinct humans found in caves

  28-04-2017 15:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The DNA of extinct humans can be retrieved from sediment in caves - even in the absences of skeletal remains.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S8 devices are restarting by themselves

  28-04-2017 15:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of users have reported that their phones are repeatedly restarting themselves, on South Korea-based Samsung's community website.
  
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• Female dragonflies fake their own DEATH to avoid males

  28-04-2017 15:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Zurich witnessed the behaviour for the first time in moorland hawker dragonflies in the Swiss Alps.
  
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• Amazon 'style assistant' divides opinion

  28-04-2017 15:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amazon's new Echo Look device takes full length photos and offers advice on outfit choices.
  
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• China will start building a space station in 2019

  28-04-2017 15:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The announcement of a space station comes after China successfully launched its first cargo spacecraft into orbit from a site in the southern province of Hainan last week.
  
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• Apple self-driving test vehicle captured in Silicon Valley

  28-04-2017 14:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The white Lexus RX450h SUV was snapped by a passerby near a Silicon Valley research facility just two weeks after Apple was granted permission to test its autonomous vehicles in California.
  
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• Top Indonesia phone company Telkomsel's website defaced

  28-04-2017 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The attacker replaced the homepage with a profanity-laden message criticising the company.
  
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• Audiobook projected into space for the first time

  28-04-2017 14:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An audiobook was transmitted from the Royal Observatory Greenwich in London in the hope it would reach 55 Cancri which is in the constellation of Cancer, 40 light-years from Earth.
  
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• Time travel is mathematically possible, but don't expect it anytime soon

  28-04-2017 14:23
  
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• BLACK foxes are spotted in Halifax

  28-04-2017 13:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There have been four sightings in Halifax, West Yorks this year, including two on Wednesday. The animal gets its colouring from a rare genetic defect and has only been seen a few times in recent history.
  
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• Want to lose weight? Eat off a red plate

  28-04-2017 13:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Red plates are thought to trigger a danger signal that reduces the amount we eat, according to Dr Charles Spence, professor of experimental psychology, University of Oxford.
  
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• Nuclear fusion reactor switches on to supply power by 2030

  28-04-2017 13:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new reactor was built at Milton Park, Oxfordshire, by Tokamak Energy, a private company pioneering fusion power in the UK. It could trigger nuclear fusion next year.
  
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• Female rulers are 27% more likely to wage WAR than males

  28-04-2017 13:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of researchers from the University of Chicago studied the European rulers between 1480 and 1913. Europe's queens were 27 per cent more likely than its kings to wage war.
  
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• British inventor takes flight in 'Iron Man' suit

  28-04-2017 13:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wiltshire-based inventor Richard Browning lifted off from the shore of Vancouver Harbour in a flight suit that inspired references to comic book hero Tony Stark's Iron Man suit of armour.
  
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• Hundreds of caterpillars form weird loop in Thailand

  28-04-2017 13:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wossawat Inplang, 25, spotted the creepy crawlies on the ground outside his home in Kalasin province, northeast Thailand, on Wednesday. He filmed the bugs as wriggled.
  
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• How to make your own NES Classic Mini using Raspberry Pi

  28-04-2017 13:00
  
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• US Marines could use robots to lead beach invasions

  28-04-2017 12:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers are quietly testing around 50 weaponised robots at the Navy's Camp Pendleton base in California. Using robots on the front line could help protect the lives of soldiers.
  
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• Google and Facebook duped in huge 'scam'

  28-04-2017 12:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The two tech firms have confirmed they were tricked out of $100m (£77m) in an alleged scam.
  
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