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• Will the Rio Olympics resemble 'Contagion'? - CNET

  12-05-2016 23:59 via cnet.com
  
  A new report says the Summer Games might make the Zika epidemic global.
  
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• Google creates 13 emoji to represent working women

  12-05-2016 23:57
  
  Spend any time tapping out emoji and you've probably noticed that women are confined to three principal roles: bride, princess and dancer.  While these are lovely things to be, the limited selection grows tiresome quickly, especially in contrast to emojis that show men as a police officer, cyclist and weight lifter.  SEE ALSO: 16 of the most useless emoji and how to make them useful The disparity was recently the subject of a new Always advertising campaign and a New York Times op-ed.
  
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• Senator Rand Paul to back bill blocking FBI hacking expansion

  12-05-2016 23:45
  By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kentucky Senator Rand Paul plans to become the first Republican co-sponsor of legislation to block a pending judicial rule change that would let U.S. judges issue search warrants for remote access to computers located in any jurisdiction, his office told Reuters on Thursday. Backing from Paul, a former Republican candidate for president with libertarian leanings, lends bipartisan support to an effort to undo a little-noticed modification to a text governing
  
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• How Google could make its own version of the Amazon Echo - CNET

  12-05-2016 23:38 via cnet.com
  
  The search giant is said to be working on a rival to Amazon's smart speaker. Meanwhile, it also just cooked up a handy iPhone keyboard -- but didn't release one for Android.
  
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• Disney's working on robots that mimic people's movements - CNET

  12-05-2016 23:36 via cnet.com
  
  A prototype robot can do things like play a xylophone, thread string through the eye of a needle and play catch with a balloon.
  
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• LG Phoenix 2 Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  12-05-2016 23:33 via cnet.com
  
  The Android 6.0 GoPhone has a 5-inch screen and 8-megapixel camera. It sells online beginning today.
  
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• Apple won't end music downloads in 2 years, but it will someday

  12-05-2016 23:33
  
  Apple, which recently launched a music streaming service, will continue to offer music downloads — an industry it helped legitimize — for a long time. The question now is how long is long? A report surfaced on Wednesday saying plans to terminate iTunes music downloads in two years is "actively being considered and gaining favor" within the company. However, Apple representative Tom Neumayr denied the report to  Mashable and other publications. SEE ALSO: Apple Music adds ano
  
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• Halo 5's Memories of Reach update arrives today, next DLC teased - CNET

  12-05-2016 23:32 via cnet.com
  
  Infection, new multiplayer map, Noble Team armor and more come to Halo 5 today; watch first teaser for next DLC, too.
  
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• More free content for The Division Season Pass owners now available - CNET

  12-05-2016 23:26 via cnet.com
  
  May 2016's free content has arrived; here is everything that's included.
  
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• Man claims Tesla crashed itself, Tesla claims data says otherwise - Roadshow

  12-05-2016 23:14 via cnet.com
  
  Well, this is certainly more interesting than originally thought.
  
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• Researchers create machine that can detect love on a first date - CNET

  12-05-2016 22:59 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: Built by British researchers, it's based on "Blade Runner" and can save lovers so much money.
  
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• Make your own Magic Eraser for 10 cents - CNET

  12-05-2016 22:53 via cnet.com
  
  Mr. Clean Magic Erasers are great at scrubbing away the toughest grime and stains, but they can get costly if you use them too often. Use this trick to make your own Magic Erasers for a fraction of the price.
  
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• Austin sets up hotline to help out-of-work Uber, Lyft drivers find jobs - Roadshow

  12-05-2016 22:45 via cnet.com
  
  The ride-hailing companies pulled their services from the Texas city after being dealt a legislative blow. But Austin wants to help.
  
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• Audi's planning for one new EV every year starting 2018 - Roadshow

  12-05-2016 22:35 via cnet.com
  
  A new A8 is also due out next year, and it will feature semi-autonomous driving and automated parking.
  
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• Tikteck Multi-Color Bluetooth LED review - CNET

  12-05-2016 22:29 via cnet.com
  
  Love the idea of color-changing bulbs, but hate the high cost of buying in? The Tikteck LED might be for you.
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront Outer Rim DLC free trial period detailed - CNET

  12-05-2016 22:27 via cnet.com
  
  Here's when you can check out the new content, at no cost.
  
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• GameSpot's The Lobby: The Reactions to Battlefield 1 & Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare video - CNET

  12-05-2016 22:27 via cnet.com
  
  With trailers dropping for both Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, the GameSpot crew talk the big difference in fan reaction. Which one are you looking forward to?
  
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• Nissan buys controlling share in Mitsubishi for $2.1 billion

  12-05-2016 22:26
  
  Mitsubishi, days after admitting it had falsified fuel-efficiency ratings, just got snapped up by Nissan. SEE ALSO: Volvo's in-car delivery service will bring packages to your trunk Nissan Motors announced Thursday that it will be purchasing a 34% stake in Mitsubishi Motors for $2.1 billion. The buying up of Mitsubishi shares will give Nissan a controlling stake in the carmaker. The move comes just days after Mitsubishi admitted it had knowingly manipulated fuel economy tests on some of its glob
  
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• See an obnoxious cat bugging a snake who's being eaten by a toad - CNET

  12-05-2016 22:23 via cnet.com
  
  It was already a bad day for this poor snake, but the cat makes it worse in a bizarre video shot in Thailand.
  
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• A gaming laptop with a colorful personality video - CNET

  12-05-2016 22:20 via cnet.com
  
  The Razer Blade is one sold-separately accessory away from being ready for high-end VR.
  
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• Watch Dogs 2 has a 'new tone,' expected to be big seller - CNET

  12-05-2016 22:16 via cnet.com
  
  The sequel has potential to be one of the best-selling games in Ubisoft's history.
  
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• This tiny ancient Egyptian coffin hid a big secret for over a century - CNET

  12-05-2016 22:00 via cnet.com
  
  Researchers make a rare discovery when they look deep inside a extraordinary coffin collected decades ago from Egypt.
  
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• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan trailers show unique fighting styles - CNET

  12-05-2016 21:58 via cnet.com
  
  Four new trailers released for Platinum's action game.
  
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• It's on like Donkey Kong: Nissan buys up controlling stake in Mitsubishi Motors - Roadshow

  12-05-2016 21:52 via cnet.com
  
  But don't think that Nissan is going to be forced to fix Mitsubishi's fuel-economy problems.
  
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• Google has big plans for Project Tango this year, report says

  12-05-2016 21:45
  
  The company is ramping up Project Tango, its technology for 3D-sensing smartphones and tablets, and hopes to eventually make the technology "ubiquitous," according to a new report in Bloomberg. SEE ALSO: If you always get lost in museums or malls, you'll love 3D indoor navigation That plan is primarily centered around indoor mapping and virtual reality, according to the report, which is on line with what we've previously heard about Tango. Project Tango, if you remember, uses a combination
  
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• Device makers, telecoms face competing government demands on privacy

  12-05-2016 21:42
  By Alison Frankel NEW YORK (Reuters) - For tech companies, there was a confounding juxtaposition in the news this week. On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission announced a joint effort to assure that businesses are safeguarding their customers’ data. The FTC simultaneously ordered eight manufacturers of mobile devices to respond to a detailed set of questions about how they update the devices’ security protections and keep customers informed
  
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• Google's Parsey McParseface helps machines understand English almost as well as humans

  12-05-2016 21:00
  
  Understanding human language is easy for humans. Not so for machines; making them understand human sentences is one of the biggest challenges in today's field of artificial intelligence (AI).  Now, Google has open sourced its new English language parsing model, called Parsey McParseface (yes, really), which helps a computer understand human language with an amazing degree of accuracy.  SEE ALSO: Google AI beats one of world's best Go players The process of parsing is analyzing a senten
  
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• LAPD finds Tesla impractical as a police cruiser

  12-05-2016 20:43
  
  After a year of patrolling the streets of Los Angeles with a pair of Tesla Model S police cruisers, the LAPD just isn't ready to convert to electric... yet. SEE ALSO: Tesla crashes into trailer while in autonomous Summon mode, owner claims LAPD Police Administrator Vartan Yegiyan told CNBC,  "Tesla definitely stepped up and gave us the Model S to do some evaluation with them," but added, "Is it practical now? No." There are many reasons the LAPD isn't ready to patrol with a fleet of EV
  
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• Walmart gets speedier with two-day delivery - CNET

  12-05-2016 20:41 via cnet.com
  
  The company, in its latest effort to take on Amazon, says it will deliver your packages one day faster than it did before.
  
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• Google's Gboard puts search in the iPhone keyboard video - CNET

  12-05-2016 20:37 via cnet.com
  
  No need to bounce between apps with Google's new iOS keyboard. It's a handy way to share search results, animated GIFs, YouTube videos and more in a chat.
  
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• Facebook used to let editors decide what's trending, leaked docs show - CNET

  12-05-2016 20:37 via cnet.com
  
  Internal guidelines obtained by The Guardian show that the social media network has relied on a small editorial team to decide what news topics to show. But Facebook says those guidelines are old.
  
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• 2016 Nissan Altima review - Roadshow

  12-05-2016 20:22 via cnet.com
  
  Not too soft, and not too harsh, the Altima strikes a good balance between the extremes in the segment.
  
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• TAG Heuer Connected is the most stylish Android Wear watch around (pictures) - CNET

  12-05-2016 20:04 via cnet.com
  
  Feast your eyes on the titanium body of the TAG Heuer Connected Android Wear smartwatch.
  
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• Google's new iPhone keyboard puts search, emojis and GIFs front and center

  12-05-2016 20:03
  
  It must be iPhone keyboard season or something because it seems like everybody but Apple is hellbent on making a better keyboard. Microsoft's Word Flow keyboard released last month makes one-handed texting easier, Giphy Keys is arguably the best GIF keyboard and now Google's got its own Gboard keyboard. SEE ALSO: The Air Case is the ultra-thin battery case Apple should have made Gboard isn't simply Google Keyboard ported over to iOS. It's chock full of Google features, like built-in Google searc
  
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• Google's new iPhone keyboard puts search, emoji and GIFs front and center

  12-05-2016 20:03
  
  It must be iPhone keyboard season or something because it seems like everybody but Apple is hellbent on making a better keyboard. Microsoft's Word Flow keyboard released last month makes one-handed texting easier, Giphy Keys is arguably the best GIF keyboard and now Google's got its own Gboard keyboard. SEE ALSO: The Air Case is the ultra-thin battery case Apple should have made Gboard isn't simply Google Keyboard ported over to iOS. It's chock full of Google features, like built-in Google searc
  
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• I went to the launch of Will.i.am's new smartwatch and it was rid.ic.ulous - CNET

  12-05-2016 20:02 via cnet.com
  
  The i.am+ Dial's virtual assistant singing a Britney duet with its creator was just one surreal moment in a weirdly endearing night.
  
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• A night out with Will.i.am's new smartwatch (pictures) - CNET

  12-05-2016 20:00 via cnet.com
  
  Pop star turned tech evangelist Will.i.am launches his i.am+ Dial watch with the help of some celebrity chums in London.
  
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• Apple falls below $90 as iPhone worries fester

  12-05-2016 19:53
  Shares of Apple dropped below $90 on Thursday for the first time since 2014 as Wall Street worried about slow demand ahead of the anticipated launch of a new iPhone later this year. A mainstay of many Wall Street portfolios, Apple fell to as low as $89.47 before recovering slightly to $90.13, a 2.55 percent loss. Component suppliers in Taiwan will receive fewer orders from Apple in the second half of 2016 than in the same period last year, the Nikkei Asia Review reported on Thursday, citing sour
  
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• Hyperloop One goes from 0-116mph in TWO SECONDS in its first ever propulsion test

  12-05-2016 19:46
  
  Groundbreaking demo featured a metal sled gliding down a 1,000-metre track.
  
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• Watch out, Alexa! Google might be making its own Echo video - CNET

  12-05-2016 19:42 via cnet.com
  
  Another report indicates Google is cooking up its own voice-controlled smart home hub, just like Amazon's Echo. But don't count on seeing it in action at Google I/O.
  
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• 5 reasons to install Google's keyboard on your iPhone - CNET

  12-05-2016 19:39 via cnet.com
  
  Google's new keyboard for iOS has some tricks sure to make Android users jealous.
  
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• Land O'Lakes taps the Google Cloud to help farmers till the Earth

  12-05-2016 19:33 via zdnet.com
  
  Using the Google Cloud Platform, the agricultural business wants to help farmers share and manage data they previously had to share with USB sticks.
  
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• Google, Oracle court battle hinges on rights to brew with Java software - CNET

  12-05-2016 19:28 via cnet.com
  
  Oracle's plan to cash in on Android now depends on whether Google knowingly used Java code without a license.
  
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• Peanut-butter-pocalypse: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups could cram in Reese's Pieces - CNET

  12-05-2016 19:27 via cnet.com
  
  Candy company Hershey is likely to confirm the sweet rumor via Facebook on Thursday, but a chocolate-craving Internet is already convinced it's true.
  
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• Is your PC safe? Research suggests one in four Windows devices are open to hack

  12-05-2016 19:13
  
  Windows users could be at risk from cyber criminals.
  
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• Apple: No, we're not killing off iTunes music downloads - CNET

  12-05-2016 18:57 via cnet.com
  
  A report claims that Apple will ditch downloads sometime in the next few years. Apple says no.
  
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• There's something scary on one of the space station windows - CNET

  12-05-2016 18:54 via cnet.com
  
  The International Space Station isn't alone up there in orbit. Earth is surrounded by bits and bobs of debris running loose and sometimes that junk makes an impact.
  
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• I, Robot car: BMW to launch autonomous electric flagship in 2021 - Roadshow

  12-05-2016 18:53 via cnet.com
  
  It's apparently going to be called i Next, which is not exactly falling in line with BMW's current taxonomic structure.
  
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• Facebook news selection is in hands of editors not algorithms, documents show

  12-05-2016 18:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Leaked internal guidelines show human intervention at almost every stage of its news operation, akin to a traditional media organizationLeaked documents show how Facebook, now the biggest news distributor on the planet, relies on old-fashioned news values on top of its algorithms to determine what the hottest stories will be for the 1 billion people who visit the social network every day.The documents, given to the Guardian, come amid growing concerns over how Facebook decides what is
  
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• AXA PPP Health Tech & You Awards 2016

  12-05-2016 18:45
  
    The Health Tech and You Awards Gala was held at BAFTA Piccadilly on April 26, 2016 in association with The Design MuseumBy: Wired UK Staff, Continue reading...
  
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