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• Samsung's Galaxy Note FE 7 pictured for the first time

  29-05-2017 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The handset has the same look as the original, but is believed to have a smaller 3,200 mAh battery, and a large R stamped onto the back of the handset.
  
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• BMW smart scooter always knows where you want to go

  29-05-2017 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'BMW Motorrad Concept Link' has a touchscreen dashboard, and can be connected to the rider's online calender so it always knows where they want to go.
  
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• Artificial 'eTree' with solar panels unveiled in France

  29-05-2017 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The eTree tree has WiFi, seating, USB charging and a water fountain, with a separate water trough for pets. It was unveiled in the town of Nevers in France and is the first eTree in Europe.
  
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• Tesla Model 3's radical single screen dashboard revealed

  29-05-2017 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The shots, takennear Tesla’s headquarters in Palo Alto, California, reveal the car has a single screen and no traditional instruments.
  
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• Explorers venture into Britain's hidden underground caves

  29-05-2017 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Antonio Llufriu and his group, Underground Explorers C9C, travel far into the darkness, exploring abandoned mines and caves that have often never been touched.
  
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• Hubble telescope spots 'Vermin Galaxy' transiting a star

  29-05-2017 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Vermin Galaxy was first spotted in 2004, and then again in 2011. In the NASA/ ESA Hubble image, it can be seen as it began to align with a star that scientists say is much like our sun.
  
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• Smart system could cut test times for self driving cars

  29-05-2017 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers at the University of Michigan say their find would allow manufacturers to bypass the billions of miles they would need to log for consumers to consider them road-ready.
  
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• Frank Underwood or Donald Trump: can you tell who said and did what?

  29-05-2017 21:00
  
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• Wozniak says TESLA will create next 'moonshot' technology

  29-05-2017 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a recent interview with Bloomberg , Wozniak explained that self-driving cars are ‘probably the biggest, most obvious moonshot,’ at the moment. And, he says Tesla is leading the way.
  
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• Smartphone thumb is becoming a major problem in the US

  29-05-2017 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to researchers at the Mayo Clinic, smartphone thumb causes joints in the hand to get loose, and the abnormal thumb bone movement could be causing pain and eventual arthritis.
  
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• Scientists develop a way to detect 'hidden' traces of HIV

  29-05-2017 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  HIV is notorious for lying dormant in immune cells in a way that even the most developed and expensive methods could not spot.
  
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• Robot priest grants auto-blessings Germany Martin Luther

  29-05-2017 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Five hundred years after Luther published the 95 Theses in the town of Wittenberg, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, an evangelical church unveiled an automatic blessing robot.
  
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• Scientists spot 'potentially habitable' super-Earth planet

  29-05-2017 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The planet was spotted by researchers at the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) using the 3.6-meter Galileo National Telescope at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory.
  
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• Richard Branson: 'Brexit shouldn't deter startups'

  29-05-2017 19:00
  
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• Software that can turn your face into the style of a photo

  29-05-2017 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The AI-based filter software, designed by researchers at the Czech Technical University in Prague, can analyze a photograph and transfer its style to a face in a video in real-time.
  
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• The 'psychedelic' virtual fidget spinner

  29-05-2017 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Creator Mike Bodge built the virtual fidget spinner after finding them sold out across LA when he tried to buy one. He gave it the online version an added twist - the background changes color as it spins.
  
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• Heat-not-burn cigs contain more cancer-causing chemicals

  29-05-2017 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Smoking giant Philip Morris markets its IQOS device, which tobacco sticks can be placed into, as containing 90 per cent less toxins. But a new Swiss study suggests the opposite.
  
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• Cities should paint building roofs WHITE 

  29-05-2017 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, led by Sussex University, also found towns and cities will bear the brunt of global warming, because they are much hotter than the surrounding countryside or sea.
  
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• Crispr gene tool can cause hundreds of unplanned mutations

  29-05-2017 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The finding, led by researchers at Columbia University in New York, could put a stop to clinical trials of the controversial technology scheduled in the US next year.
  
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• Researchers test self-destructing moth in cabbage patch

  29-05-2017 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in a New York cabbage patch are planning the first release on American soil of insects genetically engineered to die before they can reproduce.
  
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• Great Barrier Reef can no longer be saved

  29-05-2017 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts on a committee set up by the Australian government to improve the health of the reef say scientists should instead focus on maintaining its 'ecological function' rather than saving it.
  
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• BA boss 'won't resign' over flight chaos

  29-05-2017 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chief executive Alex Cruz says flight disruption at Heathrow and Gatwick had nothing to do with cost cutting.
  
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• Construction begins on world's first 'super telescope'

  29-05-2017 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Located on a 3,000 meter-high mountain in the middle of the Atacama desert, theEuropean Extremely Large Telescope is due to begin operating in 2024.
  
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• WannaCry ransom notice analysis suggests Chinese link

  29-05-2017 16:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers say the WannaCry ransom note was poorly translated - possibly using Google Translate.
  
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• The camping hacks that will make your summer easier 

  29-05-2017 15:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Happy campers from far and wide have been sharing their top tips for outdoor survival and MailOnline Travel has rounded up some of the best.
  
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• World's biggest beach cleanup wraps up after 85 weeks

  29-05-2017 15:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The formerly litter-stacked Versova beach in Mumbai, India, is unrecognisable from its former self. The UN has called it one of the world’s largest beach clean-ups in history
  
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• Photos celebrates UK's once-great maritime tradition

  29-05-2017 14:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The archive, taken by Aerofilms, include images of landmarks includingBrighton West Pier, Blackpool Pier and ships HMS Britannia and theRMS Queen Mary.
  
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• Horrifying moment a snake regurgitates another live snake

  29-05-2017 14:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A US couple, their exact location is unknown, were shocked to see that the reptile's dinner was still wriggling as it was squeezed from its attacker's jaws.
  
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• How businesses can turn one-off customers into loyal fans

  29-05-2017 14:00
  
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• Conservatives are influenced more by threats than liberals

  29-05-2017 13:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research from the University of California claim that liberals are more likely to ignore negative statements from politicians while conservatives are more likely to believe them.
  
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• Wearable 'Anti AI AI' detects fake voices

  29-05-2017 13:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Melbourne-based researchers, DT, who built the device said that as AI designed to mimic the human voice improves, we could be left in a 'sea of disinformation powered by AI'.
  
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• Technology has changed the face of politics, but the enemies of free speech are catching up fast

  29-05-2017 13:00
  
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• Bigger wine glasses are encouraging us to drink more

  29-05-2017 12:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Theresa Marteau, based at Cambridge University, discovered the average size of glasses have increased by nearly 600 per cent in three centuries.
  
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• What I've learned: Lyst's Chris Morton shares his valuable business insights

  29-05-2017 12:00
  
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• Prepare for the internet of the future warns Stephen Fry

  29-05-2017 11:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The actor and comedian, 59, criticised ‘technophobes’ who have been too slow to adapt during a speech at the Hay literary festival in Brecknockshire, Wales.
  
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• Man 'disgusted' after ancient jewel valued at just £2.8k

  29-05-2017 11:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Hardcastle, 52, was erecting a fence post in his garden in Acomb, York, when he came across a jewel - thought to have been buried with a high-status Anglo-Saxon woman.
  
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• Why pugs and bulldogs have flat faces

  29-05-2017 11:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute hopetheir discovery may also shed light on the causes of birth defects that affect babies' head development in the womb.
  
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• British Airways flight chaos lessens after weekend of disruption

  29-05-2017 11:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some short-haul flights from Heathrow continue to be disrupted by a worldwide computer failure.
  
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• Google's 'godlike' AlphaGo AI retires from competitive Go

  29-05-2017 10:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AlphaGo defeated 19-year-old world number one Ke Jie (pictured) in the Chinese city of Wuzhen. DeepMind Technologies, a London-based AI firm, is behind the system.
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for May 29

  29-05-2017 08:41
  
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• Water voles thrive in Britain's highest freshwater lake

  29-05-2017 03:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Water voles have been reintroduced by the National Trust, who put more than 100 in streams around Malham Tarn in the Yorkshire Dales last August.
  
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• More than 200 drivers a DAY flouting mobile laws

  29-05-2017 01:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Drivers are ignoring tougher penalties for using their mobiles behind the wheel, figures show. More than 200 motorists a day were caught using their phones illegally in the first month of the new law.
  
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• Found, gene that raises hope of weak bladder cure

  29-05-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Their discovery brings hope that the problem, which affects millions of women at some time in their lives, could eventually be cured by adapting existing drugs.
  
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