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• You won't believe who ruled Twitter in 2015 video - CNET

  07-12-2015 23:58 via cnet.com
  
  The network shares top hashtags, tweets and topics of the year. Also a new antibullying emoji is coming to Twitter, and Android begins to roll out its new emojis.
  
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• Sous vide machines hit their stride (pictures) - CNET

  07-12-2015 23:56 via cnet.com
  
  Sous vide machines occupy a small corner of the kitchen appliance market, but these tools for water bath cooking have grown in popularity since the method's debut in the 1970s. Immersion circulators and countertop systems have added technology and connectivity to make precision cooking easier. Here are the sous vide appliances we've reviewed so far.
  
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• Darth Vader Cat will Force-purr you into submission - CNET

  07-12-2015 23:55 via cnet.com
  
  Darth Vader in cat form takes on its Jedi owner in a sci-fi battle worthy of a George Lucas movie.
  
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• 'Smart City' project to steer US toward better roadways - CNET

  07-12-2015 23:47 via cnet.com
  
  US transportation chief offers up a $50 million prize for the city that can best lead the US out of its "20th century thinking."
  
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• Sony cuts PlayStation Now price to $100 a year - CNET

  07-12-2015 23:35 via cnet.com
  
  The streaming game service is normally $20 a month. A new promotion offers a hefty discount, but it's available only for a limited time.
  
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• France's Orange in talks to buy Bouygues telecom, media assets: Bloomberg

  07-12-2015 23:06
  
  (Reuters) - France's largest telecom operator, Orange SA, is in talks to buy telecommunication and media assets from Bouygues SA, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing sources. Bloomberg said a tie-up with its domestic rival was among several possibilities the French carrier was considering. The multimedia news agency said Bouygues would continue to hold a minority stake in the combined media and telecom business and would cut out its construction unit.
  
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• More AT&T customers will soon get access to its fastest broadband option - CNET

  07-12-2015 22:55 via cnet.com
  
  The company is expanding its fiber-optic-based service, which will let you download an episode of "The Walking Dead" faster than you can say the word "zombie."
  
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• Apple Maps, once a laughingstock, now dominates iPhones

  07-12-2015 22:36
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Apple Maps quickly became the butt of jokes when it debuted in 2012. It overlooked many towns and businesses and misplaced famous landmarks. It marked New York's Madison Square Garden arena as park space because of the word "Garden." The service was a rare blunder for a company known for simple, easy-to-use products.
  
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• Here's how much it would cost to send snail mail to the Mars rovers - CNET

  07-12-2015 22:28 via cnet.com
  
  Sure, the idea of a Mars colony is cool, but sending holiday cards to the Red Planet could bankrupt us, as one young boy found out.
  
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• Astronaut captures Cygnus spacecraft launch from space - CNET

  07-12-2015 21:59 via cnet.com
  
  The Cygnus cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station and astronaut Scott Kelly captured a spectacular image of it in flight.
  
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• Neuroscientists light up a fly's brain to see into the past - CNET

  07-12-2015 21:45 via cnet.com
  
  Using a fluorescent protein from jellyfish, scientists from Northwestern University figure out what a fly had been experiencing hours earlier.
  
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• Volvo brings Apple CarPlay to its XC90 crossover - CNET

  07-12-2015 21:37 via cnet.com
  
  Both current and future owners will be able to take advantage of the tech giant's smartphone connectivity system.
  
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• Windows 10 Settings menu: The Privacy tab - CNET

  07-12-2015 21:35 via cnet.com
  
  Windows 10 attempts to make privacy settings -- for tablets and PCs -- accessible.
  
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• ​Commbank, UNSW to address cybersecurity skill shortage with AU$1.6m initiative

  07-12-2015 21:30 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The Commonwealth Bank and the University of New South Wales will be building a cybersecurity education security to educate the next line-up of online security experts.
  
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• Congress group to target extremists in online 'dark space'

  07-12-2015 20:56
  
  By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Violent extremists’ use of encryption to evade law enforcement in communicating online will be examined by a task force proposed by a Republican lawmaker on Monday, adding to pressures on Silicon Valley to do more in fighting militant groups. Citing concerns about violent extremists communicating in potentially undetectable "dark space" online, Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said he wants to set up a c
  
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• Amazon's '12 Days of Deals' includes discounts across all product categories - CNET

  07-12-2015 20:53 via cnet.com
  
  Amazon is rolling out heavy discounts in all product categories from now until December 17, arranged in daily gift themes for kids, travelers, animal lovers and more.
  
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• Windows 10 Settings menu: The Ease of Access tab - CNET

  07-12-2015 20:42 via cnet.com
  
  The Ease of Access tab is organized, but it could be a little more helpful.
  
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• Bentley will also skip this year's Detroit auto show - CNET

  07-12-2015 20:23 via cnet.com
  
  Volkswagen's super-luxe marque won't make an appearance at any US-based auto show in 2016.
  
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• Cisco chairman promises 'win-win' deal with China over network control

  07-12-2015 20:22
  
  By Matt Smith DUBAI (Reuters) - Cisco’s executive chairman on Monday declined to say whether it would cede to China’s demands to be able to control equipment deployed in the world’s largest internet market, instead pledging to find a “win-win” solution. The world’s top maker of switching equipment and routers that run the Internet has a bet big on China, announcing in June it would invest more than $10 billion in the country along with local business partners.
  
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• Silicon Valley VCs still clueless when it comes to women - CNET

  07-12-2015 20:06 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: Mike Moritz, one of the most influential venture capitalists in tech, suggests that it's women's fault they can't get ahead. He says there's a pipeline problem. I've got an easy fix.
  
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• HBO's year-end video flashes new 'Game of Thrones' footage - CNET

  07-12-2015 19:52 via cnet.com
  
  It might be brief, but HBO's year-end celebratory video includes a few brief scenes from the highly anticipated sixth season of "Game of Thrones."
  
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• How to give an e-book as a gift - CNET

  07-12-2015 19:39 via cnet.com
  
  Give your friends and family the gift of reading with this simple guide.
  
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• Facebook shuts down Creative Labs, apps - CNET

  07-12-2015 19:20 via cnet.com
  
  The initiative behind some of the company's most experimental apps has gone away, along with the apps it produced over the past year. But Facebook says it will still encourage experimentation.
  
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• Keurig, maker of single-cup coffee machines, is being sold

  07-12-2015 19:01
  
  The battle over the world's coffee drinkers is getting hotter. Keurig, the maker of single-cup coffee machines sitting on millions of kitchen counters, agreed to sell itself Monday for almost $14 billion ...
  
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• Twitter will now display your photos in full

  07-12-2015 18:51
  
  Twitter is great for many things -- communication, social movements, memes -- but one thing it's never excelled at is image sharing. Although your experience will vary depending on which app you use or browser plug-ins you may have active, the platform isn't brilliant for photography.
  It's an area the social media giant is looking to correct with its latest update. As of today, images shared via tweet will be displayed in full as you browse the core Twitter.com, rather than the a
  
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• Anonymous declares December 11 'Isis Trolling Day'

  07-12-2015 18:48
  
  Following the hacking of several hundred Isis Twitter accounts, Anonymous has announced it will carry out an 'Official Isis Trolling Day'. By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Obama asks social networks to join fight against ISIS - CNET

  07-12-2015 18:38 via cnet.com
  
  The president wants the major tech companies to assist in preventing incidents like last week's mass shooting in California.
  
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• Microsoft brings Windows 10 to budget-priced Lumia 550 - CNET

  07-12-2015 18:37 via cnet.com
  
  It's not the first Lumia smartphone to adopt Microsoft's new operating system, but the 550 is the lowest-cost one so far.
  
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• The Latest: Kerry: Tough Paris climate pact can change world

  07-12-2015 18:18
  
  PARIS (AP) — The latest news related to the U.N. climate conference in Paris, which runs through Dec. 11. All times local:
  
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• The truth about horsepower in blenders and food processors - CNET

  07-12-2015 18:14 via cnet.com
  
  Does your food processor really have as much horsepower as a weed wacker? Those horsepower ratings aren't always what they seem.
  
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• This is the last crazy airplane-landing video you ever need to see - CNET

  07-12-2015 18:05 via cnet.com
  
  A normal airplane landing into a Frankfurt airport turns into something unexpected when the jet undergoes a startling transformation.
  
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• Toshiba faces £40 million fine over accounting scandal

  07-12-2015 17:57
  
  Toshiba recently admitted to overstating its earnings by ¥224.8billion (£1.2billion) over seven years -- and now it's been hit by a ¥7 billion (£40 million) fine. By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Darth Vader interviews for a job with a Texas police department - CNET

  07-12-2015 17:52 via cnet.com
  
  The famous Star Wars Sith Lord looks for post-Death Star job opportunities in a whimsical video from the Fort Worth, Texas, police department.
  
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• Take the A train? Apple, Google and other apps can tell you

  07-12-2015 17:50
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — HopStop, a pioneer in offering transit directions in major cities, disappeared in October — not because it failed, but because Apple bought it and shut it down after putting its engineers to work building Apple's own transit-navigation service. That feature went live on Apple Maps in September, narrowing a major feature gap with Google Maps.
  
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• Chinese researchers unveil brain powered car

  07-12-2015 17:50
  
  Chinese researchers have developed what they say is the country's first car that uses nothing but brain power to drive.     The research team from Nankai University, in the north-eastern Chinese port city of Tianjin, has spent two years bringing the mind-controlled vehicle to reality.     By wearing brain signal-reading equipment a driver can control the car to go forward, backwards, come to a stop, and both lock and unlock the vehicle, all without moving their hand
  
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• Volumique's digital games mix origami art with smartphones

  07-12-2015 17:49
  
  Designer Etienne Mineur is reuniting digital and physical through board games by blending origami art with smartphones.By: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Continue reading...
  
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• Old mobile phones are helping to save the rainforest

  07-12-2015 17:41
  
  Give your old mobile to Topher White and he'll use it to save the rainforest. The founder and CEO of San Francisco-based non-profit Rainforest Connection has made a cheap, solar-powered surveillance network of discarded mobilesBy: Kathryn Nave, Continue reading...
  
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• Twitter tallies the tweeting trends of 2015 - CNET

  07-12-2015 17:31 via cnet.com
  
  Here are the topics that drove the most tweets over the past year. Let's just say that sex and violence rile us up more than anything else.
  
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• These walls eat smog

  07-12-2015 17:29
  
      The white walls of the Italian Pavilion at the Milano 2015 Expo act like a forest.By: Sophia Epstein, Continue reading...
  
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• Hack a hairdryer: Campaign aimed at women suddenly backfires

  07-12-2015 17:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A campaign designed to get women into tech provoked a backlash online.
  
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• Apple busts out new products in 2015, but iPhone still dominates - CNET

  07-12-2015 16:57 via cnet.com
  
  The tech titan entered new realms this year, with a smartwatch and a subscription music service. Consumer reaction to the new products is still up in the air.
  
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• The Latest: India hints it may contribute to climate fund

  07-12-2015 16:42
  
  PARIS (AP) — The latest news related to the U.N. climate conference in Paris, which runs through Dec. 11. All times local:
  
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• Apple in 2015: New products galore, but iPhone still dominates - CNET

  07-12-2015 15:56 via cnet.com
  
  The tech titan went to new places this year, with a smartwatch and a subscription music service. It also updated its Apple TV box and unveiled a tablet with keyboard and stylus.
  
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• Twitter Mocks IBM’s Sexist #HackAHairDryer Project

  07-12-2015 15:52
  
  The tech firm tried to 'dismantle stigmas', but ended up getting roundly mocked...
  
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• NXP completes deal to buy Freescale and create top auto chipmaker

  07-12-2015 15:52
  
  By Eric Auchard FRANKFURT (Reuters) - NXP has completed its nearly $12 billion deal to buy Freescale, doubling the proportion of auto-related revenue to 40 percent to create the world's top maker of automotive electronics, it said on Monday. Faltering demand in computer and phone markets, once semiconductor industry mainstays, have fueled a year-long merger wave as firms look to formerly unappealing areas like auto electronics for sales growth. NXP automotive unit chief executive Kurt Sievers sa
  
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• Create your own NBA highlight reel in minutes? We're almost there - CNET

  07-12-2015 15:49 via cnet.com
  
  The National Basketball Association is employing technology that can quickly create custom video packages. It's only a matter of time before that capability is released to fans.
  
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• Minecraft is definitely coming to Wii U

  07-12-2015 15:45
  
  First it was, then it wasn't, but now Minecraft definitely is coming to Wii U.
   By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Coffee machine maker Keurig to be sold for almost $14B

  07-12-2015 15:26
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Keurig, the maker of single-cup coffee machine maker, said Monday that it has agreed to be sold to private equity firm JAB Holding Co. for almost $14 billion.
  
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• Apple's year in products -- 2015 (pictures) - CNET

  07-12-2015 15:26 via cnet.com
  
  The company released a number of new products this year, including the Apple Watch, an updated Apple TV video-streaming device, a supersized iPad and the Apple Music streaming service.
  
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• Despite Windows 10, ​Windows Phone is doomed: ​IDC

  07-12-2015 15:22 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Windows Phone won't breach five percent of worldwide smartphone shipments any time soon.
  
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