Sci-Tech news

• Exmo Bitcoin exchange manager kidnapped in Kiev

  28-12-2017 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Reports say men in balaclavas kidnapped Pavel Lerner in the Ukrainian capital two days ago.
  
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• Uber: Softbank takes large stake in ride-hailing firm

  28-12-2017 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The investment comes as the ride-hailing company concludes a difficult year.
  
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• Could freaky Albanian lake creature be the new nessie?

  28-12-2017 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The creature was filmed in the Albanian section of the Great Prespa Lake, which is shared by Albania, Greece and Macedonia.
  
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• Look up on New Year's Day for 'Wolf Moon' supermoon

  28-12-2017 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  January's first full moon, which is nicknamed the Wolf Moon, will peak on January 1st at 9:24 p.m. ET, although it will appear full and bright for the days immediately surrounding the new year as well.
  
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• How to keep your smartened-up home safe from hackers

  28-12-2017 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Internet-connected lights, locks and speakers are close to becoming everyday household items. However, installing them could also be giving hackers a key to your home.
  
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• Best way to slice up blocks of cheese

  28-12-2017 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Good Housekeeping Institute has released a guide showing how you should slice up your cheeses differently depending on the texture, size and shape of the block.
  
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• Great white tracked for last five years 'falls off radar'

  28-12-2017 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 16-foot-long shark named Mary Lee was tagged in the Atlantic Ocean back in 2012 by Ocearch – but, the team now says her transmitter hasn’t sent out a signal since June.
  
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• T-rex may have had tufty hair and orange eyebrows

  28-12-2017 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The T-rex has long been regarded as the slickest villains of the prehistoric world but tyrannosaurus Rex may looked very different to what we imagine according to a new documentary.
  
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• 'Internal bathroom scales' are discovered by scientists

  28-12-2017 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Gothenburg researchers have uncovered evidence of a mechanism in the brain of mice that operates in the exact same way as bathroom scales.
  
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• The gadget that can charge your electronics from 80ft away

  28-12-2017 20:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Powercast's technology, set to be demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month, creates a coverage area similar to WiFi, to automatically charge devices over the air.
  
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• SpaceX raises Elon Musk's 'megarocket' at Cape Canaveral

  28-12-2017 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Falcon Heavy is expected to blast off early next year on an unmanned mission with a unique payload - Elon Musk's cherry red Tesla roadster car.
  
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• Folding electric car modelled on robots developed in Japan

  28-12-2017 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Called 'Earth-1', the folding car was developed by Tokyo-based firm Four Link Systems and was designed after shape-shifting robots that feature in a popular Japanese anime series.
  
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• Details of Chinese 7,680mph hypersonic aircraft emerge

  28-12-2017 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Last month, China conducted the first flight tests of its new hypersonic ballistic missile, revealing new insight on how it might operate in the real world. DF-17 could hit 10 times the speed of sound.
  
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• Pressure over iPhone slowdown as South Korea investigates

  28-12-2017 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  South Korea's Communications Commission has asked for an explanation of the issue from Apple, while in France a consumer group has filed filed preliminary, legal complaints in court.
  
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• Snapchat developing new 'Stories Everywhere' feature

  28-12-2017 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest change comes after a series of improvements by the New York-based app to make it more user-friendly and stay one step ahead of Facebook and Instagram.
  
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• NASA's Cassini captures shot of 'glowing' Enceladus

  28-12-2017 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new image shows Saturn's moon Enceladus drifting before the rings, which glow in sunlight.Just visible at the moon's south pole is a plume of water ice that spews from an underground ocean.
  
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• Tim Cook required to fly only by private jet

  28-12-2017 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Tim Cook is required to fly on private aircraft for "security and efficiency".
  
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• Previously unseen asteroid skims past Earth in 'near miss'

  28-12-2017 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 2017 YZ4 asteroid, which is 22.6 to 49 feet in diameter (7 to 15 metres), skimmed past Earth at 4.56pm GMT (11.56 ET) this afternoon at a distance of just 139,433 miles (224,000 km).
  
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• Doll unearthed as part of 'world's oldest toy collection'

  28-12-2017 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The find was made in the grave of a 'common' child from the Okunev culture, which was found in Siberia's remote Khakassia region.
  
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• Bosses with 'Jekyll and Hyde' personalities bad for staff

  28-12-2017 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Exeter researchers found having an unpredictable boss prone to mood swings was worse for staff morale than a consistently moody manager (stock image).
  
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• Eagle flies over Aiguille du Midi mountain in French Alps

  28-12-2017 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the spectacular first-person view of an eagle soaring above the Aiguille du Midi, one of the Mont Blanc mountains in the Swiss Alps. The two-minute clip shows the bird fly 12,000 feet high.
  
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• Remote control Liebherr crane made of Lego in action

  28-12-2017 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This almighty toy crane built by LEGO lover Dawid Szmandra in Poland stands at about 10 feet tall and takes up half the size of a large living room. It is still 24 times smaller than real life Liebherr cranes.
  
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• New couples should only see each other twice a week

  28-12-2017 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A psychiatrist from the University of New Mexico Children's Hospital has warned spending time apart helps our subconscious work out if our new love interest is the one (stock image).
  
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• American Girl reveals astronaut Luciana Vega is 2018 doll

  28-12-2017 16:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Luciana Vega, an 11-year-old aspiring astronaut was revealed as the 2018 doll of the year on Thursday while 20 girls filled the Good Morning America studiowearing NASA jumpsuits.
  
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• Hackers could crack your phone PIN in just three attempts

  28-12-2017 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singaporefound that phone PINs can be easily hacked using sensors in your phone. (stock)
  
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• Bitcoin prices slip $1,000 in a day amid South Korea plans

  28-12-2017 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With fears increasing that the bitcoin bubble is set to burst, prices are swinging up and down wildly, with the cryptocurrency shedding 18 per cent of its value in a single day last week.
  
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• Apple chief Tim Cook earnings go up 74% to $102 million

  28-12-2017 16:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A bonus of 560,000 shares paid out in September added $89 million (£66 million) to Tim Cook's earnings, Cupertino-based company Apple disclosed in a regulatory filing.
  
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• WATCH: Start-up Stories: Glissed siliconrepublic.com/video/glissed-…

  28-12-2017 16:00 via twitter.com
  WATCH: Start-up Stories: Glissed siliconrepublic.com/video/glissed-…
  
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• Instagram is rolling out 'Recommended' posts

  28-12-2017 15:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new section 'Recommended for You' contains three to five suggested posts and is rolling out on Android and iOS, reports suggest (stock image).
  
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• ‘We’re in great danger of undoing the current fight against sexism’ #robots siliconrepublic.com/people/robots-…

  28-12-2017 15:30 via twitter.com
  ‘We’re in great danger of undoing the current fight against sexism’ #robots siliconrepublic.com/people/robots-…
  
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• App that lets men test sperm at home available on Amazon

  28-12-2017 15:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  YO Home Sperm Test lets men test their motile sperm count via an app and is now sold by Amazon in the US and UK. In about 40% of cases, the male is the sole or contributing cause of infertility.
  
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• TV binge material for the Christmas break, anyone? #womeninSTEM siliconrepublic.com/people/women-i…

  28-12-2017 15:00 via twitter.com
  TV binge material for the Christmas break, anyone? #womeninSTEM siliconrepublic.com/people/women-i…
  
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• Nintendo Switch secret golf game wiped

  28-12-2017 14:38 via bbc.co.uk
  A 1984 video game hidden on the Nintendo Switch console has been deleted.
  
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• 130-million-year-old dinosaur eggs found in China

  28-12-2017 14:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Up to 30 fossolised eggs were found by construction workers on Christmas Day in the city of Ganzhou, which is known in China as the 'hometown of dinosaurs', according to Chinese state media.
  
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• Thinking of pivoting to a new career? siliconrepublic.com/people/darrin-…

  28-12-2017 14:30 via twitter.com
  Thinking of pivoting to a new career? siliconrepublic.com/people/darrin-…
  
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• WATCH: NDRC investors commend start-ups for thinking globally siliconrepublic.com/video/ndrc-inv…

  28-12-2017 14:00 via twitter.com
  WATCH: NDRC investors commend start-ups for thinking globally siliconrepublic.com/video/ndrc-inv…
  
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• Failed satellite programmed with 'wrong co-ordinates'

  28-12-2017 13:58 via bbc.co.uk
  A multi-million pound weather satellite is lost after being programmed to take off from the wrong base.
  
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• Rare intersex shark found off the coast of Taiwan

  28-12-2017 13:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The intersex Pacific spadenose shark was caught in a fishing trawl in the southern Taiwan Strait, and landed at Xiamen, China, earlier this year.
  
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• Alcohol makes people more racist and homophobic

  28-12-2017 13:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Cardiff University interviewed people attending accident and emergency with injuries from violence in Cardiff, Blackburn and Leicester (stock image).
  
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• Troll alert tool banned by Twitter

  28-12-2017 13:44 via bbc.co.uk
  A crowd-sourced effort to tackle fake accounts on the social network has been banned.
  
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• John McAfee says his Twitter account was hacked

  28-12-2017 13:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Cyber-security pioneer reports his Twitter account was hacked and used to promote crypto-currencies.
  
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• Nelson's letters to his married lover revealed

  28-12-2017 13:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A set of letters for sale at Sotheby's include two from the 35-year-old married captain to his mistress Emma Hamilton - and one where he complains about the behaviour of his wife, Fanny.
  
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• Is it time we got serious about performance design? siliconrepublic.com/companies/perf…

  28-12-2017 13:30 via twitter.com
  Is it time we got serious about performance design? siliconrepublic.com/companies/perf…
  
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• Apple and Amazon in talks to set up in Saudi Arabia

  28-12-2017 13:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The move is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's push to give the conservative kingdom a high-tech look. Both companies already sell products in Saudi Arabia via third parties.
  
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• More than 6,000 drivers are caught on their phone twice

  28-12-2017 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 6,000 motorists have been caught at least twice for driving while distracted by using a mobile phone, in the past four years. Over 400 drivers were caught three times,
  
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• What will the brave new world of 2018 mean for the average sci-tech employee? #FoW #SciTech100 siliconrepublic.com/careers/sci-te…

  28-12-2017 13:00 via twitter.com
  What will the brave new world of 2018 mean for the average sci-tech employee? #FoW #SciTech100 siliconrepublic.com/careers/sci-te…
  
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• YouTube removes less than half of hate content reported

  28-12-2017 12:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Only 47 out of 107 Islamist extremist postings were removed, according to a three-month long experiment run by the London-based Henry Jackson Society think tank.
  
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• Apple and Amazon in talks to set up in Saudi...

  28-12-2017 12:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The move is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's push to give the conservative kingdom a high-tech look. Both companies already sell products in Saudi Arabia via third parties.
  
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• Apple to release source code for pre-Mac computer Lisa

  28-12-2017 12:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Next year, Apple fans will be able to tinker with the source code for the firm's Lisa computer.
  
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• asteroid set to have a 'near miss' with Earth TODAY

  28-12-2017 10:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 2017 YZ4 asteroid, which is 22.6 to 49 feet in diameter (7 to 15 metres) is due to skim past Earth at 4.56pm GMT (11.56 ET) this afternoon at a distance of just 139,433 miles (224,000 km).
  
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