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• DeRay Mckesson at centre of #GoHomeDeray Twitter storm

  21-06-2015 23:43 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Black Lives Matter activist in Charleston after church shootingSupporters say abuse is testament to power of voice Related: Charleston church remembers shooting victims with service of sadness and joy A prominent young civil rights campaigner was targeted in a divisive spat on social media, after joining crowds mourning the shooting deaths of nine people in a church in Charleston, South Carolina this week.Continue reading...
  
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• UPDATED: HBO Now: Everything you need to know about HBO's standalone service

  21-06-2015 22:56
  
  HBO NowUPDATE: HBO Now is coming to the Google Play Store on Android devices. More details coming soon.Film critic Roger Ebert once said, "We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls. They allow us to enter other minds, not simply in the sense of identifying with the characters, although that is an important part of it, but by seeing the world as another person sees it."HBO Now, a new standalone service from Home Box Office, will offer its users just that:a wind
  
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• IN DEPTH: Surprise! Nintendo's best E3 game has an odd multiplayer setup

  21-06-2015 21:58
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes will give me a reason to unearth my Nintendo 3DS after E3 2015, and I'm fully expecting to pull the underutilized system out of a treasure chest with the series' patented chime when it releases later this year.This top-down Zelda video game with a three-player cooperative twist makes up for the fact that Nintendo failed to demo the new Legend of Zelda game for Wii U. It's been teased since January 2013, but won't launch until 2016.Magically healing that pain
  
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• The PC Gamer: Why Dota 2 Reborn is finally a game for everyone

  21-06-2015 17:01
  
  IntroductionI'm far more excited about Valve's Dota 2 Reborn than someone who doesn't play Dota 2 should be. It may not have been the Half-Life 3 announcement we're still hoping to hear (keep the faith, everyone!), but it's based on Valve's new Source 2 graphics engine and could easily end up being more exciting - games as a platform, finally pushed into the mainstream limelight.This isn't of course a world first by any stretch. FPS games have long been the building blocks for other games, with
  
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• Dylann Roof: FBI probes website and manifesto linked to Charleston suspect

  21-06-2015 15:15 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Photographs on website show shooting suspect at civil war era sites
  Former stepmother says 21-year-old was affected by ‘internet evil’Related: Charleston shooting echoes a painful history of attacks on black churches The FBI and local authorities are investigating a website that may contain a manifesto created by the white supremacist Dylann Roof before he walked into a South Carolina church this week and shot dead nine black churchgoers. Continue reading...
  
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• Taylor Swift says Apple Music's three-month trial is a big mistake

  21-06-2015 15:09
  
  Taylor Swift has well and truly put the cat among the pigeons this Sunday with a Tumblr post criticising Apple for its approach to royalties - specifically during the three-month free trial that all Apple Music users will get through iOS.It sounds like artists won't receive any payments during that three-month period, and they aren't too happy about it. Taylor Swift is by far the biggest name to voice her complaints so far.The decision over royalties is "shocking, disappointing, and complet
  
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• The innovators: the customised robotic hand you can print out at home

  21-06-2015 15:03 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Joel Gibbard has developed a method of producing bespoke bionic prostheses for a fraction of the price of similar devices on the market by using a 3D printerAs a teenage hobbyist building robots at home in Bristol, Joel Gibbard had a leftfield thought when pondering his next project. How would he continue to make models if he lost a hand?“The critical thing to me in continuing to play with robotics and tinker with making things was to use my hands. So I thought it would make sense to make a ro
  
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• Taylor Swift criticises 'shocking, disappointing' Apple Music

  21-06-2015 14:34 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Star says plans to not pay royalties during free streaming trial are ‘completely unlike this historically progressive and generous company’Taylor Swift has spoken out again about streaming music, but this time her target is Apple rather than Spotify.Swift has joined independent labels in attacking Apple’s plans not to pay royalties during the three-month free trial of its new Apple Music streaming service. Continue reading...
  
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• Are drones really on the verge of delivering packages to your doorstep?

  21-06-2015 13:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Amazon says it is ready to fly deliveries by drone as soon as federal rules allow but experts suggest technological intricacies still need to be ironed outHow far away are we from a world where drones deliver packages? If Amazon is to be believed, not far at all. Others are not so sure: technical progress past this point isn’t merely a matter of invention, it’s a matter of public safety. Related: Congress warned that drones present 'a nightmare scenario for civil liberties'Continue reading..
  
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• Google to exclude 'revenge porn' from internet searches

  21-06-2015 12:31 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Search giant to issue forms for people to request removal of links to pictures and video of them as images ‘serve only to degrade victims’Google plans to exclude “revenge porn” from its internet searches in future, limiting the spread of unauthorised nude or sexually explicit photos and videos posted on websites by spurned ex-partners without the subject’s consent.
  Amit Singhal, a senior vice-president, announced in a post on the Google public policy blog on Friday that the company wou
  
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• Fighting Talk: It's time we stopped getting angry about our internet speeds

  21-06-2015 11:36
  
  Do you spend your evenings sitting in the kitchen, counting how long it takes to fill a bucket of water from your cold tap, then sending angry emails to your water supplier when it's not filling as fast as Simon's identical bucket is three doors down on the same street?Probably not. That would be weird, wouldn't it?It still works. You still get water out of it. There are no obvious bits of poo or dead insects in it, and the toilet flushes. In fact all of the toilets flush even at the same time (
  
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• Amazon's star ratings are about to get a lot more useful

  21-06-2015 10:41
  
  Do you pay much attention to the star ratings left by previous purchasers when shopping for stuff on Amazon? The e-commerce giant has told CNET that those star ratings are being tweaked to be more useful.Newer reviews get more priority over older reviews, while ratings left by "verified Amazon purchasers" will also carry extra weight. Reviews upvoted by other users get pushed to the top too."The system will learn what reviews are most helpful to customers... and it improves over t
  
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• OS showdown: OS X 10.11 El Capitan vs Windows 10

  21-06-2015 09:22
  
  Introduction and split screenApple showed off its latest computer operating system, OS X 10.11 "El Capitan," at WWDC and as predicted it was an iterative upgrade, based around improving the core features of OS X and providing a better experience to users. Just like iOS 9, El Capitan takes the essentials of OS X – Safari, desktop management, Spotlight – and makes them better, tweaking the interface or reworking it slightly. Microsoft's Windows 10 is coming at the end of next month a
  
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• ‘Hi, your bank here. Need cheap suncream?’ Welcome to the future of mobile apps

  21-06-2015 09:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Banks want to become a ‘lifestyle partner’ but consumers are warned to be wary of sharing their dataYou walk past your favourite clothing retailer. You’ve not bought anything for a while, so your mobile phone flashes offering you a discount on the type of things you usually buy.You receive an alert from your bank saying your water bill has shot up and you should check for a leak. Another arrives saying you are paying 20% more for broadband than your neighbours. But don’t worry – your b
  
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• The Future TV tech you need to know about

  21-06-2015 08:00
  
  Future TV techYou know the deal, you turn the TV on at the end of a long day and you think "I've had this TV nearly a year now, must be time to get a new one". Of course, for most people this doesn't progress much further than that initial thought, happily there are usually other people sharing our houses that can talk some sense into us. But, eventually you will want to upgrade your TV, so what technologies should we all be on the lookout for? Here's a list of some of the thanks that
  
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• Review: Panasonic TX-32CS510

  21-06-2015 08:00
  
  Introduction and featuresDoes anyone remember the HD-ready TV? While Panasonic – like every other TVmaker – has gone gung-ho on Ultra HD and fitted most of its new 2015 TVs with 4k panels, this 32-incher gets the opposite treatment.Its 1366 x 768 pixels don't even muster a Full HD image, but what the 32CS510 lacks in dots it makes up for in advanced usability features. For inside the 32CS510 is not only a Freeview HD tuner, but also a Freetime user interface for easy catch-up TV, and Panason
  
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• Mercedes-Benz C300 BlueTEC Hybrid AMG: car review | Martin Love

  21-06-2015 07:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The Mercedes-Benz C300 is compact and frugal, yet also smart and luxurious – perfect for the undercover boss£38,120
  Combined 78.5
  Top speed 152mphThis week, as Meridian Dan raps in his hit song, “I’ve been driving a German whip.” It’s a new word on me, but then I’m always playing catch- up with these grime artistes. A “whip” is any buff car, and specifically a Benz. Dan’s lyrics are genius: “Dem man wanna mess with my aura / Someone said that’s bang out of order…”
  
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• VIDEO: Robot stars on Berlin opera stage

  21-06-2015 01:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A small robot, the same size as an 8-year-old child, is the star of an opera performance at Berlin's Komische Oper.
  
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• VR 'disappoints' at E3 games show

  21-06-2015 01:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Did virtual reality technology make an impact at the E3 show?
  
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• The town that banned Wi-Fi

  21-06-2015 01:05 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  ‘Electrosensitive’ people are flocking to the West Virginian home of a deep-space telescope, attracted by the rules prohibiting phones, TVs and radios. But, as Ed Cumming reveals, their arrival means Green Bank is far from peacefulUp and up the roads to Green Bank went, winding into the West Virginian hills as four lanes thinned to one. It was early March and snow was still spattered on the leaf mould between the firs and larches. Hip-hop and classic rock radio stations were gradually replac
  
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