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• The Note 9 is coming: Samsung sends out invites to New York event on August 9th 

  27-06-2018 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung sent out press invitations for its upcoming Unpacked event in New York City. The company is widely expected to unveil the successor to the Galaxy Note 8.
  
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• Ticketmaster UK customers might have had personal information stolen security breach

  27-06-2018 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ticketmaster UK says personal information and credit card data from customers in Britain and other countries may have been stolen in a security breach.
  
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• Apple and Samsung finally settle seven year U.S. patent dispute

  27-06-2018 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple and Samsung have settled a years long patent dispute, according to a filing the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. 
  
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• Apple and Samsung end patent fight after seven long years

  27-06-2018 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The two firms have reached a final settlement in a patent dispute that has been in court since 2011.
  
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• NASA: First interstellar immigrant to solar system got speed boost

  27-06-2018 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The cigar-shaped object, named 'Oumuamua, was spotted by the Haleakala observatory in Hawaii on October 19 last year. Now they have found it got a strange speed boost while passing through.
  
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• Graphene sheet with 'thermal camouflage' can hide soldiers from infrared

  27-06-2018 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The technology, developed by scientists at the University of Manchester, could lead to full-body suits that camouflage soldiers from state-of-the-art night-vision devices.
  
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• Does your child cradle their dolls on the left? That's a sign of a strong mind, study suggests

  27-06-2018 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Children who hold baby dolls to the left are giving themselves the best line of sight for processing facial cues. These children also perform better on cognitive and social tests, London University research found.
  
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• Flamingo that escaped a zoo in 2005 spotted in Texas

  27-06-2018 21:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The bird, tagged as number 492, is seen near Lavaca Bay, Texas, after fleeing a Kansas zoo in 2005.
  
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• Tanita's handheld 'stink scanner' ES-100 warns if you have body odor

  27-06-2018 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Japanese company has developed a sensor that can warn users of body odor. It uses technology similar to breathalyzers to detect chemical compound responsible for smell.
  
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• French pizza robot creates pizza from scratch in under 5 minutes

  27-06-2018 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paris-based start-up Ekim wants to change and speed up the way pizza is made and served using a pizzaiolo robot the company hopes to soon install in an autonomous 24/7 restaurant.
  
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• A scientist breaks down what actually happens during a workout

  27-06-2018 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When you begin and maintain a new exercise regimen and limit calories, the body does two things to 'burn fat'. Understanding them both is key to staying fit, says David Prologo of Emory University.
  
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• Facebook reveals new 'keyword snooze' for News Feed

  27-06-2018 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook is testing a feature to 'snooze' certain words in the News Feed. The feature will allow people to temporarily filter out posts by keywords.
  
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• Bronze Age barley beer found in 3500 year old Mesopotamian goblets

  27-06-2018 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists say the areas Late Bronze Age inhabitants enjoyed drinking barley beer not unlike today's popular craft brews.
  
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• Three-armed pizza robot can create a pizza from scratch in less than five minutes

  27-06-2018 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paris-based start-up Ekim wants to change and speed up the way pizza is made and served using a pizzaiolo robot the company hopes to soon install in an autonomous 24/7 restaurant.
  
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• Babylon claims its chatbot beats GPs at medical exam

  27-06-2018 20:15 via bbc.co.uk
  The Royal College of General Practitioners disputes the abilities of Babylon's software.
  
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• AI smartphone 'as good as a doctor' for diagnosing patients

  27-06-2018 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The app has been developed by a controversial London-based private firm, Babylon Health, which also offers GP appointments via Skype. (Stock image)
  
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• Saturn's moon Enceladus has all of the ingredients needed for life

  27-06-2018 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Saturn's moon Enceladus pumps organic molecules from its liquid subsurface ocean, an analysis led by scientists at the Southwest Research Insitute in San Antonio, Texas, shows.
  
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• Bronze Age barley beer found in 3500 year old Mesopotamian drinking vessels 

  27-06-2018 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists say the areas Late Bronze Age inhabitants enjoyed drinking barley beer not unlike today's popular craft brews.
  
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• NASA: $9.7bn 'super Hubble' James Webb Telescope will launch in 2021

  27-06-2018 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Independent Review Board (IRB) unanimously recommended that the project should go ahead after massive delays and cost overruns. NASA now plans to launch on March 30, 2021
  
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• Exercise is the best medicine: Working out combats depression

  27-06-2018 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The earlier someone takes up regular exercise and the better they are at sticking to a work out plan, the less likely they are to develop depression or heart disease, a University of Texas study found.
  
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• Want to avoid spoilers or baby pictures? Facebook reveals new 'keyword snooze' for News Feed

  27-06-2018 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook is testing a feature to 'snooze' certain words in the News Feed. The feature will allow people to temporarily filter out posts by keywords.
  
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• Interstellar visitor's identity solved

  27-06-2018 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  'Oumuamua's shifting identity may reveal details about other solar systems.
  
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• PoshBee is a five-year project that aims to reduce the risks to the health of bees around the world. #biology… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  27-06-2018 19:10 via twitter.com
  PoshBee is a five-year project that aims to reduce the risks to the health of bees around the world. #biology… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• LiveATC.net - the app that allows you to eavesdrop on air traffic control

  27-06-2018 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's called LiveATC.net and can patch passengers into the air traffic control network at 1,200 airports around the world.
  
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• Ticketmaster admits personal data stolen in hack attack

  27-06-2018 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Up to 40,000 UK customers may have had data stolen, the BBC understands.
  
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• Martian rock suggests habitable conditions existed on the red planet 100 million years before Earth 

  27-06-2018 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Copenhagen made the finding by studying a meteorite known as NWA 7034, or Black Beauty, discovered in the Sahara in 2011.
  
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• Researchers find humans only visit 25 places regularly

  27-06-2018 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The London study found we really are creatures of habit - even though our 25 places often change over time. The researchers behind it say it reveals 'entirely new aspects of human behaviour.'
  
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• Saturn moon a step closer to hosting life

  27-06-2018 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Researchers have found complex molecules in the ocean of Enceladus, only previously known on Earth and in meteorites.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg branded a 'dictator' by 6 rebel Facebook shareholders

  27-06-2018 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The investors believe Facebook's corporate structure gives Zuckerberg too much power and lets him swat away opponents wanting change after failures like the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
  
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• JWST: Launch of Hubble's successor pushed back to 2021

  27-06-2018 18:56 via bbc.co.uk
  The space telescope that will take over from the Hubble observatory suffers a further delay.
  
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• Is the millennial world in meltdown as #Slack investigates connectivity issues? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sla…

  27-06-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  Is the millennial world in meltdown as #Slack investigates connectivity issues? siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/sla…
  
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• BDE: What is big dick energy and who really has it?

  27-06-2018 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  A burning question's been swinging around the internet. Here's the long and short of it.
  
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• Galapagos' Sierra Negra volcano eruption triggers evacuation

  27-06-2018 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  The volcano on Isabela Island is spewing lava from fissures which opened after two strong earthquakes.
  
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• Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe arrives at strange 'Dragon Palace' asteroid 187 million miles away

  27-06-2018 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Japanese probe has reached an asteroid 300 million km away to collect information about the birth of the solar system and the origin of life after a more than three-year voyage through deep space.
  
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• What do you think #millennials want in their career? Do you think you have them figured out? Think again. siliconrepublic.com/careers/millen…

  27-06-2018 17:50 via twitter.com
  What do you think #millennials want in their career? Do you think you have them figured out? Think again. siliconrepublic.com/careers/millen…
  
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• 'Invisibility cloak' graphene glove with 'thermal camouflage disguises hot and cold'

  27-06-2018 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The technology, developed by scientists at the University of Manchester, could lead to full-body suits that camouflage soldiers from state-of-the-art night-vision devices.
  
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• What our lives could look like on Mars and the moon

  27-06-2018 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The concept was created by the firm set up by acclaimed designer Norman Foster, best known in the tech world for his work on Apple's 'spaceship' campus in Cupertino, California.
  
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• Google prepping its Duplex bot for a summer rollout

  27-06-2018 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google says that the bot will now identify itself as an automated assistant upfront and will disclose that it's recording calls.
  
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• US app Papa provides the elderly with 'grandkids on-demand'

  27-06-2018 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Based in Miami, Florida, Papa is a startup app that plays matchmaker between lonely senior citizens and university students with time on their hands.
  
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• #MostRead Today: What you need to know about WPA3 ow.ly/25pW30kGWj6

  27-06-2018 17:38 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: What you need to know about WPA3 ow.ly/25pW30kGWj6
  
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• Yet more evidence fast-rising cryptocurrencies a scam?

  27-06-2018 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cryptocurrencies have continued to raise money at a record pace, despite worldwide bans on advertising from the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Google.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Grocery delivery platform Buymie raises seed round ow.ly/C3GV30kGWgp

  27-06-2018 17:37 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Grocery delivery platform Buymie raises seed round ow.ly/C3GV30kGWgp
  
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• #MostRead Today: Deloitte brings clarity to the blockchain revolution ow.ly/54Qq30kGWcP

  27-06-2018 17:37 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Deloitte brings clarity to the blockchain revolution ow.ly/54Qq30kGWcP
  
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• #MostRead Today: 11 productivity tips to help you work smarter without burning out ow.ly/mRG130kGW5O

  27-06-2018 17:37 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 11 productivity tips to help you work smarter without burning out ow.ly/mRG130kGW5O
  
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• #MostRead Today: Fortnite fans, beware – that Android app might be too good to be true ow.ly/hyH130kGVLq

  27-06-2018 17:35 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Fortnite fans, beware – that Android app might be too good to be true ow.ly/hyH130kGVLq
  
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• Scientists create device that sends rotten food warning to smartphones

  27-06-2018 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of researchers from Nanjing University in China and The University of Texas at Austin created the device using Near Field Communications (NFC) labels, which transmit data wirelessly.
  
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• Google And Facebook Are Fighting California’s Privacy Rights Initiative

  27-06-2018 17:16 via technocracy.news
  Big Tech joins a number of data hungry companies to defeat the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which will allow citizens to opt out of the collection and/or sale of their personal data. CCPA also expands the definition of personal data to include biometrics, geolocation and browsing history. ⁃ TN Editorlargest technology and telecommunications firms have only three days to prevent the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, a ballot initiative that would usher in the stronge
  
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• Fortnite physical copies selling for up to £750 on Amazon and eBay 

  27-06-2018 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One ambitious Californian Fortnite player is trying to sell an unused disc for £750 ($999) — despite there being no difference in the content included in the physical copy and a digital download.
  
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• PoshBee: New €9m project aims to boost global bee health siliconrepublic.com/innovation/pos…

  27-06-2018 17:02 via twitter.com
  PoshBee: New €9m project aims to boost global bee health siliconrepublic.com/innovation/pos…
  
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• #Microsoft says it has improved its facial recognition technology, which was called out in a study for racial bias.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  27-06-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  #Microsoft says it has improved its facial recognition technology, which was called out in a study for racial bias.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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