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• Apple's new iBooks Instagram account has a birthday message for J.K. Rowling

  31-07-2016 23:55
  
  We just got more proof that Instagram is an essential social media tool, even for the world's richest tech company, as Apple's iBooks finally launched its account on the service on Saturday.  SEE ALSO: Instagram is making it easier to hide comments Starting with an animation of the cover of Emma Cline's widely praised debut novel The Girls , the post includes a blurb about the book's "terrifying events that forever change protagonist Evie Boyd, a disaffected teenager drawn into a Mason Fami
  
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• Ex-Apple store employees reveal how customers try to fool them - CNET

  31-07-2016 23:30 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: In an entertaining exposé, three former Apple store workers explain what customers fail to mention about their malfunctioning iPhones.
  
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• Relive Comic-Con 2016 with impressive cosplay video - CNET

  31-07-2016 22:00 via cnet.com
  
  See talented cosplayers dressed as Doctor Strange, Wonder Woman, Xena the Warrior Princess, and more in this new video from Sneaky Zebra.
  
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• Baguette vending machine bakes up French-style bread at anytime - CNET

  31-07-2016 20:51 via cnet.com
  
  Micro bakery Le Bread Xpress offers oven-baked baguettes on demand, with no trip to France needed. Sacré bleu!
  
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• Some genius has combined Daft Punk and Pokemon Go in the best way possible

  31-07-2016 20:31
  
  Who says video games aren’t good for your imagination?
  
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• Uber to invest $500 million in global mapping project: FT

  31-07-2016 20:29
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ride-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] has decided to invest $500 million into an ambitious global mapping project to wean itself off dependence on Google Maps and pave the way for driverless cars, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The San Francisco-based company is ramping up spending in new technologies such as mapping and driverless cars following new investments into the company earlier this year. A representative for Uber could not immediately be reached for comment.
  
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• Wowed (again) by Woo Audio's WA7tp headphone amplifier - CNET

  31-07-2016 19:53 via cnet.com
  
  The Audiophiliac auditions the latest version of Woo Audio's sweet little tube headphone amp.
  
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• What will be the role of humans in a world of intelligent robots? | Letters

  31-07-2016 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Further automation of the retail sector raises issues far beyond the needless luxuries of choice, convenience and speed of delivery (Amazon to test drone deliveries in British skies, 27 July). I wonder if the “demand” for stuff to be delivered by robot to our door within 30 minutes of ordering really exists – is modern satisfaction really that shallow? But in an increasingly automated society, where are the wages to buy these goods going to come from?While Brexit showed that po
  
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• Q&A: Netmarble founder Bang on US mobile game opportunities

  31-07-2016 19:16
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jun Hyuk Bang founded Netmarble Games in 2000 and has grown it into a powerhouse mobile gaming company with nearly $1 billion in annual revenue. Its game, "Seven Knights," has broken into Japan's list of top 10 mobile games.
  
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• Pokemon Go has ditched its 'footsteps' tracking device, Pokevision has been shut down and players are angry

  31-07-2016 19:02
  
  The ‘three-step glitch’ had caused problems for players.
  
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• Watch a man skydive 25,000 feet without a parachute (and survive) - CNET

  31-07-2016 18:57 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: Luke Aikins become the first ever human to leap from a plane high up and just dive right down.
  
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• USB Type-C is taking over -- here are the phones to prove it - CNET

  31-07-2016 16:00 via cnet.com
  
  Move over Micro-USB. The USB Type-C standard is here, faster and (best of all) flippable -- so you can plug it in right the first time, every time.
  
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• Samsung WF50K7500AV review - CNET

  31-07-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Gimmicky hatch aside, this premium Samsung washer makes a great laundry upgrade.
  
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• Microsoft is updating Windows 10 again, in its latest bid to win you back - CNET

  31-07-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The company is following through on its commitment to regularly refine its Windows 10 software. Now it needs to get you to care.
  
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• Here's what Samsung's AddWash washer does differently - CNET

  31-07-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Samsung's $1,499 WF50K7500AV AddWash washing machine had a quirky new feature you've never seen before.
  
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• Amazon's next noise-canceling headphones could turn off when someone yells your name - CNET

  31-07-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The online sales giant just patented designs for the first headphone that can save lives.
  
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• Five of the best budget smartphones

  31-07-2016 11:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Want the best apps and breaking news on the go without breaking the bank? These may be the devices you’re looking forRRP £109 Continue reading...
  
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• 7 can't-miss apps: Zagat, Potterize, 'Kubic,' and more

  31-07-2016 09:47
  
  With Yahoo's big sale to Verizon finally becoming official and a new look at how the iPhone without a headphone jack could work, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps. Each weekend, we round up a few of our favorite new and updated apps. This week's list includes a DJing app, a new puzzle game and an app that will make your GIFs look like they came out of Harry Potter. SEE ALSO: 6 apps to help you win summer Check out the gallery below to see our top picks. If you're looking for
  
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• Game on: A history of computer games

  31-07-2016 08:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An exhibition at the Science Museum looks at the history of computer games.
  
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• China's nuclear power ambitions sailing into troubled waters

  31-07-2016 04:22
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China's ambitions to become a pioneer in nuclear energy are sailing into troubled waters.
  
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• How to watch Netflix together without being in the same room

  31-07-2016 01:39
  
  Just because you and your friends have moved to different corners of the globe doesn’t mean you have to stop watching shows and movies together. Trying to all hit play at the same moment — as well as juggling between Netflix and Skype, a Facebook chat, Slack, Discord or any other online chat program — isn't exactly the most convenient thing in the world. Luckily, there is another way.  SEE ALSO: Get rid of Netflix's annoying 'Continue Watching' button with this extens
  
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• CEO Secrets: Reddit boss shares three tips for success

  31-07-2016 01:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Steve Huffman, co-founder and chief executive of Reddit, offers the business advice he wishes he had been given before he started out, for the BBC News series CEO Secrets.
  
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• Hashtag ban

  31-07-2016 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The United States Olympic Committee have been accused of bullying companies who want to talk about #Rio2016
  
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• Pokemon Go just changed battles for the better - CNET

  31-07-2016 00:51 via cnet.com
  
  The damage of each Pokemon's attacks has changed, rebalancing the game's Gym battles.
  
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• 'Stranger Things' re-created as an adventure video game - CNET

  31-07-2016 00:39 via cnet.com
  
  Game designer Jacob Janerka pays homage to the hit supernatural Netflix series with this point-and-click adventure game art.
  
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• 'Game of Thrones' will officially end after season 8, confirms HBO boss - CNET

  31-07-2016 00:15 via cnet.com
  
  The network would "take 10 seasons if we could," but the show's creators are adamant that eight will be the number.
  
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