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• Dear noisy texters, please be quiet - CNET

  27-11-2016 22:03 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: Some people simply never mute their phones. Why?
  
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• See what's inside a Furby Connect - CNET

  27-11-2016 21:28 via cnet.com
  
  Ever wonder what lurks inside the original Furby and the brand new Furby Connect? Luckily, the YouTube channel What's Inside opens him up so you don't have to.
  
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• Even molten copper can't obliterate a rubber band ball - CNET

  27-11-2016 21:24 via cnet.com
  
  When pouring 1,984-degree liquid copper onto a ball of rubber bands, things get interesting.
  
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• Someone changed Trump Tower to 'Dump Tower' on Google Maps

  27-11-2016 21:08
  
  The issue appears to have been fixed.
  
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• Watch as a giant colosseum of dominoes gets demolished - CNET

  27-11-2016 20:46 via cnet.com
  
  YouTuber Hevesh5 spends four days setting up a colorful 3D structure using thousands of dominoes; then she topples them dramatically.
  
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• Trump unleashes tweetstorm over recount, Hillary Clinton - CNET

  27-11-2016 19:57 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: The president-elect is unhappy that Greens and Democrats are participating in a push for a vote recount in Wisconsin and elsewhere.
  
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• The best Cyber Monday deals on iPads, laptops, and PCs [Updated]

  27-11-2016 18:52 via zdnet.com
  
  The sales might not be as exciting as those on Black Friday, but you can still grab 15 percent off the iPad Air 2 at Target, $150 off the Apple MacBook at Best Buy, or a $129 laptop from Dell.
  
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• The best Cyber Monday deals on iPads, laptops, and PCs

  27-11-2016 18:52 via zdnet.com
  
  The sales might not be as exciting as those on Black Friday, but you can still grab 15 percent off the iPad Air 2 at Target, $150 off the Apple MacBook at Best Buy, or a $129 laptop from Dell.
  
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• Why is NOW the time to rethink your 2-tier ERP Strategy

  27-11-2016 16:34 via zdnet.com
  
  Multinational companies directly drive the major part of global businesses. Often the business of subsidiaries, dedicated Line of business, acquisitions or divestitures are run with the ERP system of the headquarters, but there are cases where it is advantageous to run the subsidiary with their own independent ERP system.
  
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• Why the US government wants to bring cryptocurrency out of the shadows

  27-11-2016 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The IRS has issued a summons for data on millions of users of the bitcoin exchange Coinbase, but some are dismayed by sweeping nature of the requestA US government request to trawl through the personal data of millions of users of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase signals the start of an effort to pull digital currencies like bitcoin into the mainstream, experts have said.The “John Doe” summons, a broad order for data on all Coinbase users in 2013, 2014 and 2015, was filed by the
  
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• Cyber Monday 2016: The best deals we've found so far - CNET

  27-11-2016 15:07 via cnet.com
  
  Black Friday has ended, but Cyber Monday is coming. Here are all the online tech deals we've found so far -- including some that are available now.
  
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• This 'bank for the poor' could hold the key to ending poverty and inequality

  27-11-2016 15:00
  
  By: Muhammad YunusContinue reading...
  
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• Can tech save the rhino? - CNET

  27-11-2016 14:30 via cnet.com
  
  From CNET Magazine: Poachers are slaughtering rhinos to the edge of extinction. Scientists, conservationists and tech companies are working to stop the killings.
  
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• Take a tour through Japanese suburbia in this beautiful book

  27-11-2016 14:00
  
  By: Victoria WoollastonContinue reading...
  
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• Gorgeous images give a glimpse into the heart of Japanese suburbia

  27-11-2016 14:00
  
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• Think your job is safe from the robo-uprising? Think again

  27-11-2016 13:00
  
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• Has the internet become a failed state?

  27-11-2016 08:59 via theguardian.com
  
  The internet was once a land of promise, with few fears about crime or privacy. Thirty years on, scammers, thieves and spies have created a place of chaosHere are some stories about the world we now inhabit…• In February this year, Bangladesh Bank was hit by the biggest bank robbery in history when thieves got away with $101m. The heist was accomplished not by tunnels or explosives, but by acquiring the access codes for the Swift global messaging system, which is what banks use to se
  
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• Genevieve Bell: ‘Humanity’s greatest fear is about being irrelevant’

  27-11-2016 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The anthropologist explains why being scared about AI has more to do with our fear of each other than killer robotsGenevieve Bell is an Australian anthropologist who has been working at tech company Intel for 18 years, where she is currently head of sensing and insights. She has given numerous TED talks and in 2012 was inducted into the Women in Technology hall of fame. Between 2008 and 2010, she was also South Australia’s thinker in residence.Why does a company such as Intel need an anthr
  
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• BMW to offer new version of i3 electric car in 2017: Welt am Sonntag

  27-11-2016 07:03
  German luxury carmaker BMW plans to launch a new version of its i3 electric car next year with a longer range and revamped design, German weekly Welt am Sonntag reported, citing company sources. BMW will rework the front and rear of the i3 and equip the car with a new battery to increase its range substantially beyond the current 300 km maximum, the paper said, adding that the increase would be below 50 percent. BMW has been torn about whether to accelerate development of new electric cars given
  
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• McLaren 650S Spider: car review | Martin Love

  27-11-2016 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Few cars can match the performance of a McLaren on the road or the track, but from the air it’s a sitting target…The word McLaren sends a shiver of expectation down the spine of anyone who thinks life on four wheels is how God intended us to spend our most fulfilled moments. On the track it’s the most successful marque in Formula 1 history, the car in which Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Lewis Hamilton and co have smashed records and set pulses racing. On the road it i
  
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• 'Firefly,' 'Barney Miller' star Ron Glass dies at 71 - CNET

  27-11-2016 04:16 via cnet.com
  
  Glass, who earned fans with his TV characters Shepherd Book and Detective Ron Harris, has died. Nathan Fillion, Joss Whedon and other co-stars pay tribute to him online.
  
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• Women in the workplace: A $12 Trillion opportunity

  27-11-2016 02:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Large-scale research on gender diversity demonstrates the enormous financial impact of women as a demographic. Here's what you need to know about this crucial issue.
  
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• Samsung Pay on Gear S3 now supported on many Android phones, Pixel excluded

  27-11-2016 00:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Less than a week after its release in the US, the Samsung Gear S3 can now be used to pay for goods and services with Samsung Pay even if you don't own a Samsung phone. If you own a Pixel though, you are out of luck at this time.
  
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• Lunchtime liaisons

  27-11-2016 00:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A crop of apps want to use the methods of dating apps like Tinder to transform the world of business networking.
  
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