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• Hundreds of Southwest flights delayed by online booking problems

  11-10-2015 23:26
  
  (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co said hundreds of its flights were delayed because of problems on its website, phone lines and airports on Sunday. In a statement on its website, Southwest said intermittent technical issues "are impacting website performance in creating new bookings and requiring us to process some customers manually as they arrive for travel." The airline, which flies in the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean, said it was asking customers to arrive at least two hours befor
  
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• Tesla CEO Elon Musk denies hating Apple

  11-10-2015 22:48 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: Tesla's CEO tries to set the record straight after being quoted as saying that Apple hires the automaker's engineering castoffs and the Apple Watch isn't all that.
  
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• Controversy after scientist finds rare bird -- and kills it

  11-10-2015 22:30 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: A US scientist finds a male mustached kingfisher in the Solomon Islands. He kills it so that he can study it. Not everyone is impressed.
  
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• Mexican regulator requires new Telmex plan to open local network

  11-10-2015 20:36
  
  Mexican telecoms regulator IFT said on Sunday that it will force Telmex to offer competitors better terms as it seeks to open up its local network, part of an effort to increase competition in a sector dominated by billionaire Carlos Slim. The move will require Telmex, owned by Slim's America Movil, to modify the terms and conditions under which it will let other companies use part of its vast fixed line infrastructure. The so-called "last mile" connects competitors using Telmex's fixed line inf
  
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• Apple reportedly blocking its own News app in China

  11-10-2015 20:30 via cnet.com
  
  Deactivation of the mobile newspaper viewer comes as the tech company expands its retail presence in the country.
  
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• Female technology journalists report abuse is still the name of the game

  11-10-2015 19:30 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Women in tech forced to disguise their identity – and even quit the industry – after facing threats online, study findsA few months ago, I stared out of the window, wondering whether to change my name. I’d been advised I “might consider” doing so if I wanted to report on video gaming. It was hard to imagine a cacophony of hate in a silent house under the quiet shade of hundred-year-old chestnut trees.But women in tech, such as games developer Zoe Quinn, had told me
  
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• UK police see spike in drone incidents

  11-10-2015 19:29 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Official figures show rise in cases, with incidents including drones being used for sexual offences and ferrying drugs into prisonsA UFO hovering outside the 72nd floor of London’s Shard skyscraper and a flying camera hurtling through the skies over Hyde Park are just two of the rising number of “drone-related incidents” reported to police forces across the UK.Figures provided to the Guardian following a freedom of information request show a significant increase in the number o
  
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• Elon Musk denies hating Apple

  11-10-2015 18:45 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: Tesla's CEO tries to set the record straight after being quoted as saying that Apple hires the automaker's engineering castoffs and the Apple Watch isn't all that.
  
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• Will you heart Facebook's new emojis?

  11-10-2015 18:34 via cnet.com
  
  The Like button, with its thumbs-up icon, has long been a staple of the world's largest social network. Now Facebook is adding six more symbols to help us express ourselves.
  
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• 'Steve Jobs,' the movie, paints a blurry portrait of Apple's co-founder

  11-10-2015 17:19 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: The creative team behind the new film say it wanted to create something akin to an Impressionist painting rather than a "photo" of Apple's mercurial leader. It is that: pretty but very blurry.
  
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• Speck MightyPack hands-on: Functional, comfortable, affordable backpack for commuters and students

  11-10-2015 15:47 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Speck is known for its great mobile cases so it's great to see the release of Speck's first backpack that continues that tradition of high quality construction.
  
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• People are still getting in trouble for flying drones near the White House

  11-10-2015 15:47
  
  If you've treated yourself to a shiny new drone recently, please don't fly it in areas where law enforcement agencies are likely to get jumpy at the sight of an unidentified aircraft.An American man has just received a criminal citation for buzzing a drone around the Washington Monument and crash-landing it on the Ellipse, the busy public park just over the road from the President's house.The pilot wasn't arrested but did have his drone confiscated. Authorities say it's the ninth time an unmanne
  
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• Facebook paid £4,327 corporation tax despite £35m staff bonuses

  11-10-2015 15:27 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Social networking firm paid average of £210,000 to staff in Britain, but overall loss in UK of £28.5m meant very little corporation tax was due Staff at Facebook’s UK arm took home an average of more than £210,000 last year in pay and bonuses, while their employer paid just £4,327 in corporation tax.Facebook made an accounting loss of £28.5m in Britain in 2014, after paying out more than £35m to its 362 staff in a share bonus scheme, according to the uni
  
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• Will you <3 Facebook's new emojis?

  11-10-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The Like button, with its thumbs-up icon, has long been a staple of the world's largest social network. Now Facebook is adding six more symbols to help us express ourselves.
  
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• How to set up Apple Watch

  11-10-2015 14:00
  
  Get started with Apple WatchThe first thing you'll want to do is put the Apple Watch on your wrist. Not so quick, flip the Apple Watch over and spot the two small indents next to the straps. These are the band release buttons, press and hold one and slide the band out sideways to remove it. Check in the Watch's packaging and you'll find another band (you get one large and one small). Try both and see which fits best.Now lay your Watch on a flat surface; this makes the automatic sync with your iP
  
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• Breville adds more precision, safety to its Fast Slow Pro cooker

  11-10-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The Fast Slow Pro is Breville's updated version of a combination pressure and slow cooker that first appeared in 2013. The small appliance manufacturer added more cooking options and safety features.
  
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• The TV setup mistake you might regret

  11-10-2015 13:50 via cnet.com
  
  The way you set up your A/V equipment matters. Sharon Profis explains on "You're Doing it All Wrong."
  
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• 2016 Honda Accord: Evolution of a mainstream classic (CNET On Cars, Episode 75)

  11-10-2015 13:50 via cnet.com
  
  What's changed in the newest Honda Accord, what nation's cars are the best to crash in, and the amazing gall of the VW diesel tech scandal.
  
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• A better (but pricer) Moto smartwatch

  11-10-2015 13:44 via cnet.com
  
  The new Moto 360 features improved performance, a more comfortable fit and has longer battery life than the original, but it's also more expensive.
  
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• New HTC One A9 leaks show off the handset from every angle

  11-10-2015 12:22
  
  A fresh batch of leaked images of the HTC One A9 have made their way online courtesy of serial tipster @OnLeaks. The pictures show a dummy version of the phone from just about every angle you could want.For those new to this particular handset, we were expecting it to be another flagship to sit alongside the One M9 and One M10 coming next year - but recent rumours suggest it's going to have a much more mid-range feel.In fact the most promising aspect of the new phone we've heard so far is that i
  
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• Virtual reality? Not for me. Then I turn into Wonder Woman and fly over New York

  11-10-2015 12:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Elizabeth Day visits the virtual human interaction laboratory at Stanford University in Silicon Valley – and it blows her mindMy interest in virtual reality was virtually nil – until last month. When I thought of it, I pictured low-budget sci-fi movies with bad special effects. I thought of those pixellated posters, popular in the mid-1990s, the ones where you would stare at the wall and a three-dimensional vision of an underwater city would slowly emerge from a cluster of purple dot
  
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• Louis Smith: ‘There's some messed up stuff on the internet – but porn's all right’

  11-10-2015 11:30 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The Olympic gymnast on living in a ‘brilliant party house’, his 50 pairs of headphones and why he wouldn’t want to travel in a driverless carAre you a gadget fiend?I do like gadgets, yes. Growing up in a single-parent family meant we didn’t always have the money to buy the latest thing, so the more successful I’ve got the more I’ve enjoyed being able to see what’s out there. I have loads: cameras, video cameras, consoles, headsets, about 50 pairs of head
  
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• Opinion: Should Apple merge iOS and OS X together?

  11-10-2015 09:18
  
  Introduction and Windows 10On stage a few weeks ago, Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, stated that the company has "no intention" of merging iOS and OS X, Cupertino's two main operating systems upon which almost all of its hardware is based. While it may seem odd to consider merging two almost completely contradictory elements – after all, what does the iPhone have in common with the Mac Pro? – another technology giant is currently doing just that, and going ahead merging a phone operating
  
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• Cyanide in fruit seeds: how dangerous is an apple?

  11-10-2015 09:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The seeds, pips and stones of many varieties of fruit contain small amounts of cyanide, so here’s your handy guide on the pips not to eatYou’re highly unlikely to manage to eat enough apple seeds to poison yourself, so you can rest easy if you occasionally swallow one. Apples contain a compound called amygdalin in their seeds, which is a cyanide-and-sugar based molecule. If the seed is chewed or otherwise broken, human or animal enzymes come into contact with the amygdalin and effect
  
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• Volkswagen Golf GTE: car review | Martin Love

  11-10-2015 07:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Volkswagen’s new electric hybrid Golf is as green as they come, but can VW ever clean up its ruined reputation?Price: £28,755 (with government grant)
  Top speed: 138mph
  0-62mph: 7.6 seconds
  MPG: 166 After the scandals in sport, food and banking (doping, horse meat, Libor and the rest), only a fool would have bet against the motor industry not cheating the system, too. But no one would have fingered Volkswagen as the culprit. A byword for trust and decency for more than 75 years and th
  
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