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• 'Guardians' director says third film is team's last, but wait! - CNET

  07-05-2017 22:49 via cnet.com
  
  Don't panic. James Gunn's wording leaves things open for interpretation, and there's no way the Guardians are retiring to Florida.
  
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• Chris Pine clears up which Chris is which superhero - CNET

  07-05-2017 22:30 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: "SNL" host and not star of "Guardian Of The Galaxy" wants this settled once and for all. He also brings "Star Trek" back, in one lost episode.
  
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• What is caching and how does it work?

  07-05-2017 22:00
  
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• Draymond Green's blissfully mean way of shrinking phone time - CNET

  07-05-2017 21:55 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: It's not easy when you're an NBA star. You get so many texts. What to do? The Golden State Warriors star has an answer.
  
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• Senator: FBI bill to hack into terrorist's iPhone was cheaper than first thought

  07-05-2017 20:49 via zdnet.com
  
  The figure is far less than the FBI director's previous comments, who pinned the figure at more than $1 million.
  
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• Secretive space plane lands after nearly two years in space - CNET

  07-05-2017 20:32 via cnet.com
  
  The Boeing-built mini space shuttle is back in the hands of the Air Force after breaking its own record for unmanned orbit.
  
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• Behold the 'Rick and Morty' Rickmobile rolling to your town - CNET

  07-05-2017 20:22 via cnet.com
  
  "Rick and Morty" are touring the US with the Rickmobile -- a mobile shop with limited quantity merch. You can't miss it; it's a giant Rick.
  
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• Blimey! Watch Optimus Prime try to Transform his accent - CNET

  07-05-2017 20:16 via cnet.com
  
  A short clip shows the gigantic Transformers leader working with an exasperated British dialect coach.
  
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• This giant DIY mousetrap destroys everything - CNET

  07-05-2017 20:09 via cnet.com
  
  The Backyard Scientist builds a giant trap that smashes watermelons, coconuts, a mannequin head, cans of soda and a model volcano that ignites fire.
  
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• Capitalism 2.0: the economy of the future will be powered by neural lace

  07-05-2017 20:00
  
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• Amazon Echo price cut may signal arrival of new smart speaker - CNET

  07-05-2017 19:37 via cnet.com
  
  Retailer cuts price on smart speaker as it is reportedly readying an Echo with a built-in screen.
  
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• On SNL, Trump calls in to steamy 'Morning Joe' - CNET

  07-05-2017 18:20 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: At the top of the YouTube trending chart is the "Saturday Night Live" cold open, which took some strange turns.
  
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• Microsoft Build 2017 buzzword bingo: On the edge

  07-05-2017 18:16 via zdnet.com
  
  What Microsoft is doing in the edge computing/distributed computing space may be a big topic at this week's Build 2017 developer conference. Here are a few clues as to why.
  
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• Sly Stallone releases clip of his 'Guardians 2' appearance - CNET

  07-05-2017 18:00 via cnet.com
  
  The "Rocky" and "Rambo" star says the Marvel movie was a "wonderful experience."
  
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• 1,000-mph fidget spinner attacks Galaxy S8 Infinity Display - CNET

  07-05-2017 17:40 via cnet.com
  
  In this corner, a pristine new smartphone. In that corner, a psychotically sped-up schoolkid craze of the moment. Only one can win.
  
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• Mean stream: how YouTube prank channel DaddyOFive enraged the internet

  07-05-2017 17:14
  
  A US couple have lost custody of their children after featuring them in allegedly abusive prank videos. They’re not the first to go too far in search of hitsPranks have been a booming part of YouTube’s scene for years – but it’s a subculture prone to attracting controversy. The latest incident has led to a US father and a stepmother losing custody of two of their children as a result of some of their prank videos.Mike Martin of Baltimore ran a channel named DaddyOFive, fe
  
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• 'SNL' airs lost classic 'Star Trek' episode with Chris Pine - CNET

  07-05-2017 17:10 via cnet.com
  See what happens when Spock's half brother Spocko comes aboard the Enterprise to fix a mechanical issue and harass the crew, with Pine playing William Shatner's Capt. Kirk.
  
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• Samsung keyboard cover for Galaxy S8 Plus: A physical keyboard when you need it

  07-05-2017 16:40 via zdnet.com
  
  The Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus has a gorgeous large display and room for a software keyboard. However, some people still enjoy the feel of a physical keyboard and Samsung provides a simple option.
  
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• Sonus Faber SF 16: The weirdest speaker ever? - CNET

  07-05-2017 15:00 via cnet.com
  The crazy, high-end Sonus Faber SF 16 is a wireless speaker with a unique pair of motorized arms
  
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• We smashed My Little Pony to pieces with the Warhammer 40K fist

  07-05-2017 14:00
  
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• Monetising misinformation: inside the fake news capital of the world

  07-05-2017 12:00
  
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• The great British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked

  07-05-2017 10:00
  
  A shadowy global operation involving big data, billionaire friends of Trump and the disparate forces of the Leave campaign influenced the result of the EU referendum. As Britain heads to the polls again, is our electoral process still fit for purpose? “The connectivity that is the heart of globalisation can be exploited by states with hostile intent to further their aims.[…] The risks at stake are profound and represent a fundamental threat to our sovereignty.”Alex Younger, he
  
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• Hackers chase likes, just like us

  07-05-2017 09:30
  
  Is the desire to wreak global havoc online, as British teenager Adam Mudd did, really so alien?When he was 16 years old, Adam Mudd, a computer science student from Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, created a piece of software that could be used to take down even the largest, most fortified websites in the world. Mudd dubbed his tool Titanium Stresser, a name that captured both its strength and its capacity to cause niggling mischief. The software was a so-called distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)
  
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• 'Alien: Covenant' leaves too much space between thrills - CNET

  07-05-2017 08:57 via cnet.com
  Michael Fassbender shines in Ridley Scott's latest extra-terrestrial adventure, but it doesn't deliver the sustained thrills of the original "Alien" movies.
  
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• Alien: Covenant review: a stupid, disappointing mess that cheapens the original franchise

  07-05-2017 05:45
  
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• Apple exec mocks Google Home and Amazon Echo - CNET

  07-05-2017 01:34 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: In an interview, Apple's worldwide marketing chief, Phil Schiller, has nothing good to say about other companies' home AI devices.
  
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• Automation poses a high risk to 1.2m Scottish jobs, report says

  07-05-2017 01:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A think tank says 46% of jobs in Scotland are at "high risk" of automation in the period up to 2030.
  
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• Cyber-insecurity is a gift for hackers, but it’s our own governments that create it | Evgeny Morozov

  07-05-2017 01:04
  
  The insurance market is extracting millions to protect us from the built-in flaws the surveillance state relies onThe political legitimacy of democratic capitalism, that unlikely political formation that has brought us the end of history and now presents itself as the only bulwark against rightwing extremism, rests on a clear distribution of functions between governments and corporations. The former take on the role of regulating the latter in order to protect the customers from the occasional h
  
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