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• Obama speaks out on Internet's big issue: Dog pants - CNET

  16-01-2016 20:00 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: The Web cannot decide which sort of pants dogs would wear. The president weighs in.
  
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• Beyerdynamic DT 1770 Pro headphones feel and sound like a contender for the price - CNET

  16-01-2016 17:10 via cnet.com
  
  Made in Germany, high-in-comfort, with a big, warm, yet high-resolution sound, the Audiophiliac finds a lot to like about Beyerdynamic's new DT 1770 Pro headphones.
  
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• Beware of the 'good for what it is' speaker syndrome - CNET

  16-01-2016 16:05 via cnet.com
  
  A 'good for what it is' sound system isn't usually all that good. The Audiophiliac offers a budget-priced wired alternative.
  
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• How to watch Sunday's Democratic debate - CNET

  16-01-2016 15:42 via cnet.com
  
  NBC and YouTube are hosting the next Democratic debate on January 17; here's what you need to know to watch it.
  
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• What's the best phone to have when dumping your carrier? - CNET

  16-01-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Carriers have eliminated contracts and device subsidies, and we're all now paying full price for expensive phones. Does that mean we're free to move among operators? CNET's Marguerite Reardon explains the ins and outs.
  
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• What do smart kitchens need to be successful? - CNET

  16-01-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  With the addition of cameras, connectivity and sensors, are smart kitchen appliances poised to change the way we interact with food in our home?
  
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• Our annual mega-show from Detroit and CES (CNET On Cars, Episode 81) video - CNET

  16-01-2016 13:50 via cnet.com
  
  Sit back and be blown away by the amount of car tech and passion that kicks off 2016.​
  
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• Power to the poop: one Colorado city is using human waste to run its vehicles

  16-01-2016 13:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Renewable natural gas is a growing industry for fuel, electricity and heat, but advocates says it’s a largely untapped market in the USNo matter how you spin it, the business of raw sewage isn’t sexy. But in Colorado, the city of Grand Junction is making huge strides to reinvent their wastewater industry – and the result is like finding a diamond in the sludge.
  The Persigo Wastewater Treatment Plant is processing 8m gallons of Grand Junction’s human waste into renewable n
  
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• Uber's Kalanick: India's payment system prompted a change in operations

  16-01-2016 12:09
  India's payment system has been a big factor that made Uber Technologies change the way it handled transactions in the country, company founder Travis Kalanick said at a conference of start up businesses on Saturday. The ride hailing company had run into trouble with India's regulatory requirements which needed two-step credit card authentication for making payments as against direct payment to Uber via credit card details stored in the app. Subsequently last year Uber, which announced a plan to
  
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• ‘Trident is old technology’: the brave new world of cyber warfare

  16-01-2016 09:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Forget debates about Britain’s nuclear deterrent. New technology means a country can be brought to its knees with the click of a mouseThe naval base at La Spezia in northern Italy is in an advanced state of decay. The grand Mussolini-era barracks are shuttered; the weeds won their battle with the concrete some time ago. But amid the crumbling masonry, there is an incongruously neat little building, shaded behind a line of flags, with smartly outfitted security men behind its glass doors. T
  
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• Dieting? Calorie-counting? Four of the best food-tracking apps

  16-01-2016 09:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  How MyFitnessPal, Lose It, Noom Coach and HAPIcoach could help you towards healthier eating habits in 2016“Never mind the calories, it’s time to eat more turkey / pour more sherry / wolf another chocolate orange. I’ll eat healthily in January though … ”The traditional British approach to Christmas is well known, but now January has come and the festive treats have run out. And for many of us trying to get back to healthy habits, food-tracking apps are playing a rol
  
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• China's JD.com finance subsidiary raises $1 billion

  16-01-2016 07:35
  China's largest online direct sales firm, JD.com, said on Saturday it will raise 6.65 billion yuan ($1 billion) for its JD Finance subsidiary from investors including Sequoia Capital China, China Harvest Investments and China Taiping Insurance. The financing values JD Finance at 46.65 billion yuan on a fully-diluted, post-investment basis. Following the financing, JD.com will maintain majority ownership in JD Finance, a company news release said.
  
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• On the road: ‘A hurricane couldn’t shift it’ – BMW X1 car review

  16-01-2016 07:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  It is so poky in its upper ranges that a lesser driver might have hit 104mph without noticingMy authority on the subject of high winds on British motorways isn’t unchallengeable, but I can tell you one thing: how it feels to drive the BMW X1, amid leaves and twigs swirling like the start of The Wizard Of Oz, and wee Fiats and Corsas buffeting involuntarily between fast and slow, like a safety video about lane discipline. It feels good. I felt like a king. It is as solid as a rock, and so
  
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• Honda, GM consider joint fuel cell plant: Asahi Shimbun

  16-01-2016 06:39
  Honda Motor and General Motors are considering jointly building a fuel cell plant as the automakers try to cut the cost of developing electric cars, Japan's Asahi Shimbun daily reported on Saturday. Honda and GM have been collaborating on developing fuel cells since 2013. While working jointly on fuel cells, the two companies continue to develop their own cars separately, Asahi reported.
  
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• Softbank CEO says will 'seriously' accelerate investments in India

  16-01-2016 06:34
  Japanese telecom and media group SoftBank will "seriously" accelerate its investments in India, Chief Executive Masayoshi Son told a start-up conference in New Delhi on Saturday. Softbank had previously said it would invest $10 billion in India over 10 years.
  
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• Game that rewards players for killing Indigenous Australians pulled from app stores

  16-01-2016 05:27 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Survival Island 3 – Australia Story 3D removed from Apple and Google app stores after public outcry over gameplay showing an Aboriginal man being beaten to death with a stone axeA mobile game that purportedly rewarded players for bludgeoning Indigenous Australians to death has been removed from both Apple and Google app stores following public outcry.Survival Island 3 – Australia Story 3D tasked players with surviving in the outback. A cached snapshot of the game taken by Google as i
  
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• Google is giving away a free Chromecast to Android Pay users

  16-01-2016 04:57
  
  You could be the owner of a brand new Chromecast if you actually start to use Android Pay, as Google is giving away its streaming dongle as a reward to some users.Tap 10 is the company's latest Android Pay Rewards promotion, and this time it's asking phone users to make ten transactions through its mobile payments app by February 29.All of this is an incentive for new users to begin drawing money via Android Pay, which Google hasn't highlighted nearly as well as Apple did with Apple Pay. This co
  
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• Samsung Electronics held talks with GE for appliances business: Yonhap

  16-01-2016 04:05
  SEOUL (Reuters) - Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd held talks with General Electric Co about buying the U.S. company's appliances businesses but negotiations broke down on antitrust issues, South Korea's Yonhap News agency reported on Saturday. The report said Samsung initiated the talks after General Electric (GE) walked away from a deal with Electrolux AB due to opposition from U.S. antitrust regulators. Without citing its sources, Yonhap said GE ended talks with Samsung after U.S. regula
  
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• Apple to start charging for iTunes Radio

  16-01-2016 03:23
  (Reuters) - Apple Inc said it will soon start charging for iTunes Radio, its music-streaming service that competes with Pandora Media Inc. ITunes Radio, which was announced in 2013, will no longer be free from the end of January, Apple said in statement. The ad-supported service, available only in the United States and Australia, will be folded into Apple Music, which costs $9.99 a month. Beats 1, the global 24/7 radio station, will now be the free music option for listeners.
  
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• Driving Detroit: MCity - America's true nexus of self-driving research video - Roadshow

  16-01-2016 02:51 via cnet.com
  
  The heart of the world's autonomous and connected car research isn't in Silicon Valley, it's at a University of Michigan research facility. Roadshow's new video series, 'Driving Detroit,' kicks off with an in-depth look at this groundbreaking future mobility cityscape.
  
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• Researchers confirm site of hangings for Salem witch trials

  16-01-2016 02:17
  
  SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A team of researchers using historical documents and 21st-century archaeological techniques has confirmed the site where 19 innocent people were hanged during the Salem witch trials more than three centuries ago.
  
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• UK press accused of 'misinformed media storm' over email spying story

  16-01-2016 02:11 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Europe’s top human rights body issues statement explaining how body works after what it deemed a series of inaccurate scare stories were publishedThe British press has been accused of whipping up a “misinformed media storm” over a court case in which judges decided that a man whose employer accessed his personal messages had not had his rights violated.Europe’s top human rights body took the unusual step of issuing a statement explaining how the European court of human ri
  
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• Interview: Wikipedia is still disrupting after 15 years

  16-01-2016 01:55
  
  Growing up WikipediaIf you're reading this, chances are you've read a Wikipedia article at one time or another. The go-to resource for free online information turned 15 on January 15, marking a major milestone for any web-based service, let alone one that isn't supported by ads.What started as a single-language site in 2001 is now available in nearly 300 languages, and the Wikimedia Foundation, steward of Wikipedia, has a whole portfolio of free knowledge projects, including Wikimedia Commons (h
  
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• New X-Files trailer lands with a UFO crash

  16-01-2016 01:04
  
  A rebooted X-Files is about to land with a bang in just nine days, or so we assume with a new trailer that begins with a UFO crashing to Earth and Fox Mulder asking, "Are you ready for this?"The six-episode reboot is set to premiere over two nights on January 24 and 25, bringing back our favorite protagonists, Mulder and Dana Scully.The new trailer features inhuman creatures, dead bodies and the main duo running down dark hallways, all to the backdrop of the X-Files theme song, slowed down to ee
  
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• Heart-pounding action? Hollywood can now measure that

  16-01-2016 00:48
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ever been told a movie is a heart-pounding thriller that'll have you on the edge of your seat? Thanks to wearable technology, Hollywood has the tools to prove it.
  
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• 'Poor internet for poor people': India's activists fight Facebook connection plan

  16-01-2016 00:17 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Ferocious momentum continues to build against social media giant’s bid to take charge of the country’s internet through a program called Free BasicsIndia is having its internet uprising, and many western activists can’t figure out what to do about it.Since the spring of 2015, Indian activists have built ferocious momentum against Facebook’s bid to take charge of the nation’s internet through a program called Free Basics. Continue reading...
  
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