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• Internet cat video festival is 'harder to get tickets to than Burning Man'

  25-01-2016 23:47 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The viral videos have become an industry, now with their own gathering – and with that comes a ‘cattoo’ parlor, astrology readings and a sexed-up music videoWhen Joel Shepard started selling tickets for an internet cat video festival, he wasn’t sure how much interest there would be beyond the cat fanatics (of which I am one).Shepard, video curator at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, was astonished when tickets sold out a month before the festival. An
  
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• 15 things you need to qualify for NASA's astronaut program (pictures) - CNET

  25-01-2016 23:46 via cnet.com
  
  NASA is officially looking for new space sailors. Here's what you need to qualify, but you'd better apply soon.
  
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• BMW is first carmaker to integrate with IFTTT service - Roadshow

  25-01-2016 23:29 via cnet.com
  
  BMW Labs portal now lets customers test new services still under development such as connecting with IFTTT.
  
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• How to restore deleted Google contacts - CNET

  25-01-2016 23:14 via cnet.com
  
  With Gmail auto-adding everyone you communicate with, pruning your address book becomes a must. If you happen to delete a contact in error, Google has added a restore option for your convenience.
  
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• Data lakes, don't confuse them with data warehouses, warns Gartner

  25-01-2016 23:11 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  After the hype comes disillusionment - and finally something of value emerges.
  
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• Hey You experiences 400 percent growth in cashless payments

  25-01-2016 23:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Hey You has attributed the momentum in the last six months to its partnership with Westpac, which has seen the system integrated into each of Westpac Group's banking apps.
  
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• Spotify: Your new place for video? - CNET

  25-01-2016 22:38 via cnet.com
  
  The streaming-music app is set to evolve beyond audio this week. Also, Snapchat may be getting new video calling features, and Cortana nags about e-mail promises.
  
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• Spotify: Your new place for video? video - CNET

  25-01-2016 22:03 via cnet.com
  
  The streaming-music app is set to evolve beyond audio this week. Also, Snapchat may be getting new video calling features, and Cortana nags about e-mail promises.
  
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• Patriots' coach: Microsoft Surface breakdowns are common - CNET

  25-01-2016 21:50 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: In the AFC championship game, the New England Patriots couldn't get their tablets to work. Coach Bill Belichick reportedly says this has happened many times before.
  
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• Latest Apple TV software upgrade beams all your podcasts straight into your living room - CNET

  25-01-2016 21:46 via cnet.com
  
  Apple pushed tvOS version 9.1.1 to Apple TV users today, adding a new Podcasts app that automatically syncs with your iCloud and iTunes subscriptions to stream your favorite podcast shows onto your TV screen.
  
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• 2016 Buick Cascada Release Date, Price and Specs - Roadshow

  25-01-2016 21:29 via cnet.com
  
  New 2016 Buick Cascada hopes to draw in new and younger customers to the brand.
  
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• Twitter parts with 4 key execs in latest sign of turmoil

  25-01-2016 20:42
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Four of Twitter's key executives are leaving the company in an exodus that has escalated the uncertainty facing the messaging service as it struggles to broaden its audience and lure back disillusioned investors.
  
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• See which apps are using Apple's location services in OS X - CNET

  25-01-2016 20:33 via cnet.com
  
  Do you know when an app is accessing your Mac's location? Add an arrow indicator to the menu bar to stay informed.
  
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• Kingdom Hearts II Sora Halloween Town unboxing video - CNET

  25-01-2016 20:23 via cnet.com
  
  GameSpot's Alexa Ray Corriea unboxes the latest Play Arts Kai series action figure.
  
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• SUHD, Super UHD, uLED, Quantum Dots and nits: What do they all mean? - CNET

  25-01-2016 20:12 via cnet.com
  
  It's a new year with a bunch of new TVs and plenty of confusing tech terms. Here's what they mean, and if they should matter to you.
  
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• How to find the cell phone family plan that's right for you - CNET

  25-01-2016 20:10 via cnet.com
  
  How much does it cost for a family of four across the major cell phone plan providers?
  
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• Hoverboards, dinosaurs and Star Wars drones help shovel snow - CNET

  25-01-2016 20:00 via cnet.com
  
  The East Coast blizzard might be a giant hassle, but that doesn't mean geeks aren't making the most of it. Even dinosaurs had a blast during Snowmaggedon.
  
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• Google back tax: just £130m to sweeten the deal

  25-01-2016 20:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  With the the prime minister otherwise engaged, the defence of HMRC’s ‘sweetheart deal’ was left to a delighted treasury ministerWhen George Osborne typed “How much tax should I pay?” into Google, only one answer appeared: “Absolutely nothing for 10 years and then only £130m if you twist my arm.” Having entered the same question into a different search engine and come up with a figure roughly 10 times higher, John McDonnell asked the chancellor to e
  
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• Can Apple escape iPhone fatigue? - CNET

  25-01-2016 19:40 via cnet.com
  
  A year ago, the iPhone 6 helped Apple report the best quarter in its 38-year history. This time around, the company must deal with consumers who don't race to buy the latest smartphone like they once did.
  
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• 8 things you should be doing with Command Hooks - CNET

  25-01-2016 19:37 via cnet.com
  
  3M's Command Hooks are useful for far more than temporarily hanging Christmas decor. Here are some things you probably didn't know you could do with Command Hooks.
  
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• NASA satellite sees beauty in a moonlit blizzard - CNET

  25-01-2016 19:16 via cnet.com
  
  Moonlight and clouds star in a NASA image of the big US blizzard showing the storm lit up from above and below.
  
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• Vantrue Ondash R1 Pro Dash Cam review - CNET

  25-01-2016 19:10 via cnet.com
  
  The R1 Pro's video looks good, but the lack of telemetry information about speed and location limit this dashcam's output for litigation.
  
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• Everything coming and going on Netflix for February 2016 - CNET

  25-01-2016 18:59 via cnet.com
  
  "Full House" is back this month -- and it's even fuller! Plus, you can't top "Teen Witch."
  
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• New MacBooks loom on Apple's horizon, analyst predicts - CNET

  25-01-2016 18:45 via cnet.com
  
  The new laptops, expected by June, will incorporate upgrades that could boost sales, says KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo.
  
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• Floating bonsai trees defy gravity through magnetic levitation - CNET

  25-01-2016 18:40 via cnet.com
  
  Most trees grow in the ground. Kickstarter project Air Bonsai defies the conventions and helps tiny well-pruned trees float in the air.
  
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• EU says to monitor, not regulate 'hyped' virtual currencies

  25-01-2016 18:36
  By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union will monitor rather than regulate "hyped" virtual currencies for now, because too little is known to justify new rules beyond reining in specific risks like money-laundering, the body's executive said on Monday. The world's 600 virtual currencies are tiny, with bitcoin alone accounting for 90 percent of the $7 billion sector, compared with daily turnover of about $5 trillion on global foreign exchange markets. Virtual currencies are traded onlin
  
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• Review: Gigabyte P37X v5

  25-01-2016 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and design The Gigabyte P37X series has been around for a few years now. Just like last year's model, the 2016 Gigabyte P37X v5 is a gaming laptop for 'real' gamers. With a GTX 980M GPU, graphics performance in a laptop frame doesn't get much better than this. It's also a lot less of a shoulder-ache burden than a lot of similarly-specced alternatives like the Asus G752 and Acer Predator G9-751 laptops. If you're after a seriously powerful 17-inch gaming laptop that doesn't make movi
  
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• Japanese police are now taking mugshots in 3D

  25-01-2016 18:12
  
  Criminals in Tokyo have one more thing to worry about now -- police are taking 3D mugshots.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Sky Q: hands-on with the next generation of TV

  25-01-2016 17:51
      WIRED tests Sky's reinvention of TVBy: Jeremy White, Continue reading...
  
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• Her Story 2 developer teases 'spiritual successor'

  25-01-2016 17:48
  
  The creator of indie gaming hit Her Story has teased his next project, promising a new enigma for fans of the FMV sleeper hit to unravel.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Facebook needs more friends in its new Sports Stadium - CNET

  25-01-2016 17:48 via cnet.com
  
  Not only is it hard to find Facebook's new Sports Stadium feature, but it may be lonely once you do.
  
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• Search engine lets users find live video of sleeping babies

  25-01-2016 17:41 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Shodan’s search engine capabilities show the need for ‘internet of things’ security to be taken more seriously For every benefit of the internet of things, such as being able to unlock a garage door with your mobile phone, or find your car keys by sending them a text message, there’s a downside.
  From web-connected smoke-alarms that can be “unintentionally deactivated” with the wave of a hand to smart light fixtures that, after a software update, refuse to work
  
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• Why I still don't want to wear smartglasses - CNET

  25-01-2016 17:27 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: There might be a lot of new takes on smart things to wear on your face...but if they aren't amazing like VR or at least good-looking to wear, I'm out.
  
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• Lego previews 2016 bricksplosion at London Toy Fair

  25-01-2016 16:49
  
      London Toy Fair is currently in full swing, with the world's biggest toy companies showing off their wares for the year ahead at London Olympia. Among the throng of action figures, board games, and outdoor play wares, there's one exhibitor whose latest offerings are as likely to appeal to full grown adult as they are to actual children -- WIRED gets a first look at Lego's 2016 plans.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Spotify will bring you video starting this week - CNET

  25-01-2016 16:30 via cnet.com
  
  The mobile apps for the streaming-music service will finally incorporate short video clips. The trick will be to convert listeners to viewers.
  
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• No money, no problem with these affordable cars - Roadshow

  25-01-2016 16:28 via cnet.com
  
  From bare bones to econo-boxes to vehicles that offer terrific value for money, affordable cars are a huge segment.
  
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• Twitter says 4 executives are leaving the company

  25-01-2016 16:19
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter says that four executives are leaving the company.
  
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• Do probiotics cure asthma? Don't believe the hype

  25-01-2016 16:09
  
  Can faecal transplants treat schizophrenia? Do probiotics cure asthma? Only in Jonathan Eisen's awards for fake science and hyped reporting.By: Emma Bryce, Continue reading...
  
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• Can Apple escape phone fatigue? - CNET

  25-01-2016 15:42 via cnet.com
  
  A year ago, the iPhone 6 helped Apple report the best quarter in its 38-year history. This time around, the company must deal with consumers who don't race to buy the latest smartphone like they once did.
  
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• 'Fake' ISIS encryption should be ignored, Snowden says

  25-01-2016 15:40
  
  Edward Snowden has warned governments not to be fooled by the Islamic State's (ISIS) propaganda showing sending encrypted messages.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• The Nevada town whose brothels could be done in by sex tech (pictures) - CNET

  25-01-2016 15:29 via cnet.com
  
  Two decades ago, there were 36 legal brothels in Nevada. Now, there are 17. Will the brothels on the outskirts of Pahrump survive?
  
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• Why do whales explode?

  25-01-2016 15:24
  
  As a fifth whale washes up on the east coast of England, WIRED takes a look at exactly why whales explode.
   By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Review: Updated: Huawei Mate 8

  25-01-2016 15:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designAlthough Chinese manufacturer Huawei still can't claim much in the way of brand recognition, it's expanded its reputation in the US and UK with every release. That's down to the eternally appealing equation of more for less: the company offers high-end hardware at affordable prices.The new Huawei Mate 8 is no exception. It offers the top-end spec you'd expect from a flagship phone, but at a lower price than the big competition like Samsung and Apple.Following up on the Hua
  
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• Multideal Monday: Beats, Batman, Bruce and more! - CNET

  25-01-2016 15:08 via cnet.com
  
  From the Cheapskate: Bruce?! Yeah, as in "The Boss." Score his live "The River" tour album for free! And lots more.
  
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• Sending link to website lets you crash Safari and anyone's iPhone

  25-01-2016 15:06 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Prank website forces iPhones to reboot and will cause computers and Android devices to hangFollowing the fun users had with the “effective power” iPhone text message bug, people have been sending a link to users of Apple’s Safari browser that will crash their iPhones or Macs.
  The link, which is simply crashsafari.com, overloads the default browser with a self-generating text string which populates the address bar. After about 20 seconds or so it will force an iPhone to reboot,
  
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