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• Pouting about your Pottermore Patronus results? Try this quiz - CNET

  09-10-2016 23:48 via cnet.com
  
  Maybe you're unconvinced that a rat really best represents your spiritual protector? A new quiz offers all the Potter questions, and lets you retake it if you're not satisfied.
  
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• NSPCC warns YouTubers over fan relationships

  09-10-2016 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The NSPCC warns that "blurred boundaries" between prominent YouTube stars and their viewers can put young people at risk.
  
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• AT&T suspends Galaxy Note 7 exchange amid new fire reports - CNET

  09-10-2016 22:24 via cnet.com
  
  As reports mount of replacement phones also experiencing fires, the wireless carrier says it will offer other phones in exchange, but not a new Note 7.
  
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• Facebook paid £4.1m in UK tax last year

  09-10-2016 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook says it paid £4.16m in corporation tax in the UK last year, a sharp increase on the previous year, when there was an outcry at how little it had paid.
  
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• AT&T stops Note 7 replacements after reports of fire

  09-10-2016 22:06
  A Southwest Airline flight was evacuated earlier this week after a replacement model of the fire-prone Samsung Note 7 smartphone began smoking inside the plane. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it had confirmed a Samsung phone had caused the smoke and was investigating the incident, putting pressure on the Korean company as it struggles with the global scandal which has hurt its reputation.
  
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• New incidents defy Samsung's efforts to end smartphone woes

  09-10-2016 21:50
  Samsung Electronics seemed to have its smartphone troubles under control — until authorities had to evacuate a Southwest Airlines flight in Kentucky last week for an incident that involved a replacement ...
  
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• Is it time for all replacement Galaxy Note 7s to be shut down? - CNET

  09-10-2016 21:30 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: A Kentucky customer says his Galaxy Note 7 caught fire in the middle of the night. He also claims he saw a text not meant for him that doesn't show the company in a good light.
  
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• Tesla's Musk says will not have to raise funds in fourth quarter

  09-10-2016 21:26
  (Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Sunday said the company would not need to raise equity or corporate debt in the fourth quarter for its planned acquisition of SolarCity Corp, contradicting a filing the company made with regulators last week. Asked on Twitter whether the company would raise funds in first quarter of 2017, Musk tweeted, "Probably not then either." A spokeswoman said the company would not comment beyond Musk's tweets. In a filing with the Securities and Exc
  
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• 'Power Rangers' trailer showcases superpowered outcast teens - CNET

  09-10-2016 20:55 via cnet.com
  
  No, "Power Rangers" isn't "The Breakfast Club," but fans might see similarities as a group of young misfits come together.
  
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• Elon Musk teases 'unexpected' new Tesla product

  09-10-2016 20:34
  
  Elon Musk is getting ready to announce a new product — but he's not giving many clues about what it might be.  On Sunday morning, the Tesla CEO sent out a tweet about a "product unveiling" on Oct. 17.  Tesla product unveiling on the 17th (unexpected by most), followed by Tesla/SolarCity on the 28th — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 9, 2016 So what is this new Tesla product, which, according to Musk, will be "unexpected by most?"  SEE ALSO: Elon Musk: Is his Mars Shot imp
  
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• New Netflix trailer for Marvel's 'Iron Fist' packs a punch - CNET

  09-10-2016 19:30 via cnet.com
  
  Get ready for Netflix's new Marvel superhero series to bring some martial arts justice to New York City.
  
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• SNL mercilessly mocks Donald Trump's Facebook apology - CNET

  09-10-2016 19:00 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump decides to "applgize" because he can't quite apologize for crude words about women caught on camera.
  
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• Sigourney Weaver joins cast of Marvel's 'Defenders' - CNET

  09-10-2016 18:06 via cnet.com
  
  Will Weaver's character team up with or fight against superheroes Luke Cage, Daredevil, Jessica Jones and "Iron Fist" Danny Rand in "The Defenders" on Netflix in 2017?
  
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• Two more replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7s said to explode - CNET

  09-10-2016 17:55 via cnet.com
  
  Man in Kentucky and girl in Minnesota report incidents with the handset, already the subject of a massive recall.
  
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• Humor and YouTube break down social barriers - CNET

  09-10-2016 17:51 via cnet.com
  
  One of Germany's biggest YouTube stars shows Syrians and Germans have more in common than they think.
  
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• How Mark Zuckerberg became the new face of VR - CNET

  09-10-2016 17:06 via cnet.com
  
  Analysis: WhatsApp, Instagram and Oculus are all wholly-owned Facebook acquisitions. But only the virtual reality pioneer is getting a rebranding push from its parent company.
  
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• UberEats to expand to Berlin in 2017: Tagesspiegel

  09-10-2016 16:49
  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Ride hailing business Uber Technologies [UBER.UL] will offer takeaway meal delivery services in Berlin in 2017 using bicycle courier services, Uber's manager in Germany, Christoph Weigler, told Germany's Tagesspiegel newspaper. The push to expand UberEats is part of a broader drive to compete with Deliveroo, the paper said, according to an advance copy of its Monday edition. Late last month Uber said it was expanding food delivery services to 22 new countries. (Reporting by
  
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• Drones carrying medicines, blood face top challenge: Africa

  09-10-2016 15:35
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At first, the drone took some explaining. Anxious villagers buzzed with rumors of a new blood-sucking thing that would fly above their homes. Witchcraft, some said.
  
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• Update your Raspberry Pi to Raspbian Pixel for fancy new features - CNET

  09-10-2016 15:00 via cnet.com
  
  A recent update vastly improves the Raspbian experience on your Raspberry Pi, here's how to get it.
  
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• Turning brains to 'soup' could unlock secrets of our most complex organ

  09-10-2016 15:00
  
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• Humor and hugs turn a Syrian refugee into a YouTube star video - CNET

  09-10-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Syrian filmmaker Firas, now living in Germany, uses YouTube and comedy to break down barriers between Germans and refugees. This video is part of Life, Disrupted: a special CNET report on tech and the refugee crisis.
  
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• Apple v. Samsung heads to Supreme Court: What you need to know - CNET

  09-10-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  FAQ: Remember that tiff about how Galaxy phones look like iPhones? That'll be heading to the highest court in the land.
  
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• Get children coding with Technology Will Save Us kits

  09-10-2016 13:00
  
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• LeBron James complains about NBA app, NBA jumps - CNET

  09-10-2016 01:14 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: All it takes is a powerful star to complain about the GameTime app and it's immediately seen to.
  
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• How Shazam boss 'invented the toolbar'

  09-10-2016 01:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rich Riley, chief executive of Shazam, offers the business advice he wishes he had been given when he started out.
  
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