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• Global cyber-attack: Security blogger halts ransomware 'by accident'

  13-05-2017 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 22-year-old UK researcher tells how he stopped a global cyber-attack by spending £8.
  
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• Cyber-attack: Europol says it was unprecedented in scale

  13-05-2017 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Europe's police agency says a "complex international investigation" is needed to catch the culprits.
  
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• This arcade-style game tests your ability to drive using just your hearing

  13-05-2017 17:00
  
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• Anti-drone fence used in Guernsey prison

  13-05-2017 15:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new virtual security fence is being tested in Guernsey to stop drones getting contraband into prison.
  
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• MiRo the £600 robo-dog is part butler, part carer with an added 'sixth-sense'

  13-05-2017 13:00
  
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• Warm, wet, mysterious... sound familiar? Ah, yes, you've heard of this second Neptune, too

  13-05-2017 09:34 via go.theregister.com
  
  Boffins share findings of strange alien world 440 light years away A strange, distant planet HAT-P-26b has an atmosphere full of water vapor, hydrogen and helium – and could change how scientists think of planet formation.…
  
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• NHS cyber-attack: 'The next step for organised crime'

  13-05-2017 03:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cyber-crime experts say that we could see more of the cyber attacks that crippled NHS computers.
  
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• Stem cell sticking plaster could beat heart failure

  13-05-2017 03:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have mended damaged hearts using a tiny patch packed with the health-boosting cells.
  
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• Global cyber attack is using US spy hacking tools

  13-05-2017 02:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victims of the 'ransomware' have been reported in 74 countries around the world in the hours after the virus crippled the NHS- with Russia thought to have been hit the worst.
  
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• YouTube star Justin Escalona's vlogging tips

  13-05-2017 02:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Film-maker Justin Escalona shares his advice for anybody wanting to start video blogging.
  
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• Tweenage vlogger

  13-05-2017 02:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nikki Lilly is one of an army of children taking YouTube by storm, but she is not your average vlogger.
  
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• The rise of the tweenage vlogger

  13-05-2017 02:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nikki Lilly is one of an army of children taking YouTube by storm, but she is not your average vlogger.
  
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• 'Insect-friendly' plants laced with poisoning pesticides

  13-05-2017 01:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 70 per cent of ‘pollinator-friendly’ specimens studied by scientists tested positive for pesticides. Of 29 plants examined at Sussex University, 27 contained the chemicals.
  
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• Hubble captures look at galaxy duo in Hare constellation

  13-05-2017 01:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a peculiar object in the Hare constellation that’s made up of two individual galaxies, speeding past each other at more than 1 million miles per hour.
  
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• Vienna scientists find alligators signal size by bellowing

  13-05-2017 01:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  These bellows act as cues to other alligators, and can help to avoid direct physical confrontations during territorial fights, researchers based at the University of Vienna found.
  
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• NHS cyber-attack: GPs and hospitals hit by ransomware

  13-05-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ambulances are diverted and appointments cancelled as a ransomware infects NHS computers.
  
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• Amazon Prime video app set to hit Apple TV this summer

  13-05-2017 00:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It appears the feud between Apple and Amazon is over. After years of competing for users, the tech giants are set to add the Amazon Prime video app to Apple TV devices.
  
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• Rare tree-climbing lions forced to travel further for food

  13-05-2017 00:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers with the Wildlife Conservation Society compared recent data on the Uganda lions with data collected in the 1970s. They found home ranges have increased, while prides have shrunk.
  
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• 'Artificial blowhole' that can create energy from waves 

  13-05-2017 00:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The system, developed by Australian company Wave Swell Energy, is a hollow chamber that sits on the seabed, funneling waves in and out of an underwater opening and generating electricity via a turbine.
  
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• NHS hack is part of huge global cyber attack

  13-05-2017 00:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victims of the 'ransomware' have been reported in 74 countries around the world in the hours after the virus crippled the NHS- with Russia thought to have been hit the worst.
  
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• Analyst claims highest spec iPhone 8 will cost $1099 

  13-05-2017 00:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It seems the closer the release date of the iPhone 8 gets, the more its price increases. A Goldman Sachs analyst has now revealed that the 256GB iPhone will cost consumers $1,099.
  
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• Crabs stick seaweed and anemones to velcro on their heads

  13-05-2017 00:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The crabs stick plants and animals to rows of velcro-like hooks on their bodies to hide themselves. There are almost 700 different species of decorator about a dozen of which live off the coast of California.
  
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• NASA says it WON'T put astronauts on Orion's first mission

  13-05-2017 00:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While the study found it 'technically feasible to put crew on EM-1,' the agency has decided instead to move forward with their baseline plans for the mission, NASA said in a teleconference today.
  
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