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• The 24 deadliest animals on Earth, ranked - CNET

  15-10-2016 23:51 via cnet.com
  
  The prospect of being fatally attacked by an animal is a gruesome one, but do you know which species are most likely to kill you? We've culled data from sources ranging from the Gates Foundation to National Geographic to provide a comprehensive list of the 24 creatures that kill the most humans each year.
  
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• Vodafone Egypt and Etisalat request Egypt 4G licenses: regulator

  15-10-2016 23:11
  By Ehab Farouk CAIRO (Reuters) - Vodafone Egypt and Etisalat have requested fourth-generation mobile phone service licenses in Egypt, an official at the telecom regulator said on Saturday. Egypt is selling four 4G licenses as part of a long-awaited plan to reform the telecoms sector and raise money for stretched government finances. The country's three existing mobile phone operators - Orange, Vodafone and Etisalat - initially all turned down the 4G licenses saying the amount of spectrum on offe
  
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• Sexy ebola? Halloween costumes that make the regular racy (pictures) - CNET

  15-10-2016 22:56 via cnet.com
  
  Halloween's supposed to be scary, not sexy, right? We discovered a treat bag of science, sci-fi and fantasy-themed costumes that blur the lines.
  
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• Internet upset that Ken Bone is not a saint - CNET

  15-10-2016 22:52 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: It seemed inevitable that the red-sweatered hero of a week ago would have his image examined. And now he's less of a hero.
  
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• En garde, Jedi! US to get its first lightsaber academy - CNET

  15-10-2016 21:20 via cnet.com
  
  Train to battle like a Jedi Master at the new competitive lightsaber academy LudoSport, opening this week in San Francisco.
  
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• Insanely expensive high-end audio might not be so crazy after all? - CNET

  15-10-2016 21:17 via cnet.com
  
  Is high-end audio a more sensible buy than a Rolex watch or Prada flight jacket?
  
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• Watch a man accidentally smash TVs worth thousands of dollars - CNET

  15-10-2016 21:09 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: In the UK, a customer is looking at large-screen TVs when suddenly there's a large-scale problem.
  
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• This is what some airlines are using to protect you from the Samsung Note7

  15-10-2016 20:49
  
  If, for some reason, a passenger on your flight ignored the recall warnings, and somehow slipped past the new ban on Samsung Note7 devices, some airlines have deployed a solution for any burning smartphones. SEE ALSO: Here's what to do if your smartphone's battery starts smoking On Thursday, Alaska Airlines (whose $2.6 billion merger with Virgin America airlines is under Justice Department review) posted a safety notice on its site that prominently displays a fire containment bag in direct relat
  
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• 40 percent now say they won't buy another Samsung phone - CNET

  15-10-2016 20:42 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: In a survey conducted over the last few days, many Samsung customers say they're done with the brand for good.
  
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• 7 can't-miss apps: Switchcam, Face Swap Live and Tribe

  15-10-2016 19:24
  
  With recent tech headlines dominated by Samsung finally killing the Note7 and Periscope launching its new Producer platform, 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 an app for face swapping, an artificially intelligent messaging app and Pandora's new iMessage app. Check out the gallery below to see our top picks. If you're looking for more items to fill up your phone, take a look
  
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• Canada officially bans Samsung Galaxy Note7 from all flights

  15-10-2016 19:16
  
  The problem-plagued Samsung Galaxy Note7 has already been banned from all U.S. flights and now the country's northern neighbor, Canada, has officially followed suit.  SEE ALSO: Samsung to permanently stop production of Galaxy Note7 Transport Canada, the country's official transportation organization, posted the notice on its website on Saturday, stating that the device is "no longer allowed in any aircraft effective immediately." Like the U.S.'s Note7 flight ban, the Canadian ban applies to
  
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• ​Innovation is the budding theme at marijuana summit - CNET

  15-10-2016 18:47 via cnet.com
  
  Everything from high-tech advancements in edible weed to big-data analysis can be seen at this year's New West Summit in San Francisco.
  
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• Your music deserves better than your phone's sound quality - CNET

  15-10-2016 18:38 via cnet.com
  
  If you want to take portable sound to the next level, you'll love the Cowon Plenue M2 music player.
  
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• Amazon's $50 phone is as basic as it gets so long as you're cool with ads

  15-10-2016 17:40
  
  The Blu R1 HD starts at $50, works on T-Mobile or AT&T, and will arrive on your doorstep in two days. It is, for all intents and purposes, an Amazon phone.  Not the Amazon phone, the Fire, that failed so hard a few years ago. The R1 HD is a phone made by another company, with a few customizations by Amazon, and sold by Amazon.  SEE ALSO: Amazon's new shopping 'wand' isn't as magical as it sounds For Prime members who are fully entrenched in Amazon’s ecosystem, from Photos to
  
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• Hurricane or storm knock power out? Stay charged up with Mophie universal power packs

  15-10-2016 17:36 via zdnet.com
  
  Today's phones will get your through a day, but when you lose power and need to stay connected you need another solution. Mophie offers several great options for your mobile needs.
  
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• Poland's Enigma mathematicians honoured

  15-10-2016 15:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Polish mathematicians who laid the groundwork for cracking the WW2 Nazi Enigma code, are being honoured at the country's embassy in London.
  
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• Singapore Airlines bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on its flights

  15-10-2016 15:32
  Singapore Airlines said on Saturday it has banned Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 mobile phones from all its flights and any passenger carrying one will not be allowed to board its planes. The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued an emergency order banning the devices from aircraft in the United States as of Saturday at noon EDT. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has recalled its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphones worldwide because of incidents of the phones emitting smoke or catching fire, dealing a h
  
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• Breathtaking shots of Mount Fuji make it look like 18th Century works of art

  15-10-2016 15:00
  
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• 8 easy ways to guard your privacy on your iPhone

  15-10-2016 14:22
  
  Phone security isn't the most rock-and-roll topic to ponder, but with nefarious types getting more and more devious, it's something worth putting a bit of thought into. We've got a checklist of eight easy ways you can increase your iPhone's security. While deploying every single option might be overkill, you can pick and choose a combo of options that suit you. 1. Activate 'Limit Ad Tracking' Apple can supply limited user information to apps with advertising, which promises to "provide ads based
  
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• What is OLED and what can it do for your TV? - CNET

  15-10-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  For the last several years the TVs with the best picture quality have used OLED, or Organic Light Emitting Diodes. Curious what makes them different from other TVs? You've come to the right place.
  
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• The UK has a new AI centre – so when robots kill, we know who to blame

  15-10-2016 14:00
  
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• The one mistake people make when asking for tech support - CNET

  15-10-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Don't make this one communication mistake when explaining your computer problem to an expert.
  
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• The Nikon D3400's still a first-dSLR favorite video - CNET

  15-10-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  A little better than its predecessor, but not as cheap.
  
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• Read this before you spend more than $1,000 on a smart mattress - CNET

  15-10-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  I'm starting to test out the It Bed by Sleep Number, a smart mattress that works with other apps to help me get a good night's sleep. But first, I have to get connected.
  
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• Do Hisense TVs make high-end sense? - CNET

  15-10-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Chinese TV maker Hisense is entering the US market in force with a bunch of new televisions. They boast larger screen sizes, better technologies and higher prices than previous efforts. Can they compete?
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 is no more video - CNET

  15-10-2016 13:50 via cnet.com
  
  This week of tech saw Samsung discontinue the Note 7, Amazon introduce a new music service and more trouble pop up for Yahoo.
  
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• People are going mad for the newly reopened Regent Street Apple store

  15-10-2016 13:11
  
  So many plants!
  
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• WIRED Weekender: 10 stories you may have missed this week

  15-10-2016 13:00
  
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• Samsung has already started work on one part of the Galaxy S8

  15-10-2016 11:31
  With the Galaxy Note 7 now officially unsafe for public use, Samsung could use a hit with its next handset, and we've got every reason to believe that handset will be the Galaxy S8 in a choice of two sizes.According to sources speaking to SamMobile, work has already begun on the firmware for the new phones - that's the lower-level software that sits below Samsung's TouchWiz version of Android, controlling the most basic device operations.Work on the Samsung Galaxy S7 firmware began around the sa
  
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• Linksys WRT 1200AC with ExpressVPN

  15-10-2016 11:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Routers, like pretty much every other piece of computing hardware, have reached a maturation peak with very little disruptive innovation now happening.A few smaller vendors are trying new things to differentiate themselves from the rest of the competition, often by offering fine-tuned, bespoke services.It certainly came as a surprise when one VPN provider, ExpressVPN, offered to send us the Linksys WRT 1200AC router with its services baked in by way of a customised firmware.Note that in our case
  
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• We tried Nike's 'Back to the Future' self-lacing trainers

  15-10-2016 11:00
  
  By: Ruby Lott-LavignaContinue reading...
  
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• En garde, Jedi! First lightsaber academy set to open in US - CNET

  15-10-2016 02:55 via cnet.com
  
  Train to battle like a Jedi Master at the new competitive lightsaber academy LudoSport opening this week in San Francisco.
  
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• Why Google is retooling search to put mobile first

  15-10-2016 02:51
  
  Google is getting ready to make some major changes to search.  The company is in the process of creating a new index for mobile devices, which will become the "primary" index for search, according to Google webmaster trends analyst Gary Illyes. This means searches from mobile devices will serve up the freshest results as Google will update its mobile index more frequently. Google has previously discussed such plans but Illyes' comments, which were reported by Search Engine Land , are the fi
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S8's firmware said to already be in production - CNET

  15-10-2016 01:51 via cnet.com
  
  Samsung has already started software production for the anticipated Galaxy S8, according to a new report.
  
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• Power Rangers will cross over to DC Universe in comic miniseries - CNET

  15-10-2016 01:48 via cnet.com
  
  DC Comics and BOOM! Studios are launching one morphin' collaboration this January.
  
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• See a giant bag of snakes get released into the wild - CNET

  15-10-2016 01:23 via cnet.com
  
  Almost 350 snakes are released in just one day. Add this to your list of reasons to never, ever go outside again.
  
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• Twitter charts solo path as Salesforce rules out takeover

  15-10-2016 01:19
  Twitter and Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey may now have to chart an independent course in the face of stagnant user growth, heavy losses and mounting competition from the likes of Facebook's Instagram and Snap Inc's Snapchat. Dorsey is likely to face intense scrutiny over his continued role as CEO of both Twitter and the payment company Square , especially if the company's next quarterly report in late October is as weak as some analysts expect. Twitter grew rapidly for years after it was f
  
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• Fujitsu to cut 400-500 jobs in Germany: Nikkei

  15-10-2016 00:56
  (Reuters) - Japanese electronics giant Fujitsu Ltd will cut 400-500 jobs in Germany, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday.
  
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• Apple believes in AR versus VR (Apple Byte Extra Crunchy Podcast, Ep. 59) - CNET

  15-10-2016 00:35 via cnet.com
  
  Apple's ambitions for augmented reality are clear, and they have the team to make it happen. The Apple v. Samsung patent battle wages on, and you can finally get a jet black iPhone 7 Plus.
  
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• Note 7 alternatives that won't explode video - CNET

  15-10-2016 00:26 via cnet.com
  
  We look at the Note 7's design flaws and why it could never recover. Rumors point to a Samsung Galaxy S8 with two different models and Google's smartwatches are coming next year.
  
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• See a sweating robot do push-ups like it's Schwarzenegger - CNET

  15-10-2016 00:15 via cnet.com
  
  If the "Terminator" actor took off his skin but still wanted to work out, he might be Kengoro, a skeleton robot that actually perspires.
  
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• Teens still heart the iPhone, dissing Android - CNET

  15-10-2016 00:06 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: In a new Pipper Jaffray survey, almost four out five teens say their next phone will be an iPhone.
  
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• Power Rangers will crossover to DC Universe in comic miniseries - CNET

  15-10-2016 00:00 via cnet.com
  
  DC Comics and BOOM! Studios are launching one morphin' collaboration this January.
  
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