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• Hezbollah leader says it: Yes, Obama and Clinton were 'the founders of Isis' reports Lebanese broadcaster

  14-08-2016 19:09
  
  Using the words of US presidential candidate Donald Trump as proof, the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group has accused the U.S. and President Barack Obama of creating Isis, the Islamic state.
  Bloomberg reports that Hezbollah leader  Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah also accused Trump’s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of helping create the militant group.
  “This American candidate, who speaks in the name of the American Republican party, has facts” that can support this claim
  
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• Hezbollah leader says it: Yes, Obama and Clinton were 'the founders of Isis'

  14-08-2016 19:09
  
  Using the words of US presidential candidate Donald Trump as proof, the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group has accused the U.S. and President Barack Obama of creating Isis, the Islamic state.
  Bloomberg reports that Hezbollah leader  Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah also accused Trump’s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of helping create the militant group.
  “This American candidate, who speaks in the name of the American Republican party, has facts” that can support this claim
  
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• UK police force established to combat online abuse on Facebook and Twitter

  14-08-2016 14:28
  
  Twitter trolls and those posting hate speech and abuse online in the UK are under threat as Scotland Yard has launched new police force intent on cracking down on the practice.
  The The Online Hate Crime Hub is supported by a £1.7m drive, funded for a two-year period backed by the Home Office. It is designed to cut through the “veil of anonymity” offered by social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, in the hope the team can track down the worst offenders.
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• New York Times and Donald Trump clash with both accusing each other of failure

  14-08-2016 13:42
  
  Donald Trump has launched another attack on the press, the New York Times is the latest outlet to land within his sights after it ran a critical piece on his presidential campaign.
  After the newspaper said the Trump campaign is ironically "failing" to tame Trump, the presidential candidate in turn said the publication was failing.
  A feature named ‘Inside the Failing Mission to Save Donald Trump From Himself’ invoked anger from the Donald after it argued that his campaign is spir
  
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• Match of the Day host Gary Lineker makes good on pants promise

  14-08-2016 13:26
  
  BBC Football presenter Gary Lineker has reaped the punishment of his seemingly safe December 2015 bet,” If Leicester win the Premier League I'll do the first MOTD of next season in just my undies”.
  Against all the odds, the Foxes took the top spot making Premier League history, no doubt bittering Lineker’s joy at his former club’s success.
  As a result, he hosted the 16/17 season's Match of The Day debut (on Saturday 13 August) in his boxer shorts - a stunt that
  
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• Man attempts to cycle the length of the UK with VR and an exercise bike

  14-08-2016 12:11
  
  A man is journeying through the UK from the southernmost to northernmost point from the comfort of his own home, using an exercise bike and a Galaxy Gear VR kit.
  With his Galaxy Gear hooked up to Google maps, Aaron Puzey is traveling from Land's End to John o' Groats, spending half an hour a day on his bike.
  The cyclist has been documenting his journey on a blog called Cycle VR, discussing what he says and uploading video and photo highlights.
  He told the Verge that he had to develop an app to v
  
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• Facebook updates 360 video tools to include guides and heatmaps

  14-08-2016 11:47
  
  Facebook has released more development features for users uploading 360 videos in a bid to make it easier for creators to refine their content.
  Having unrolled 360 videos to newsfeeds in September 2015, publishers can now guide viewers through videos by highlighting specific points of interest in the field of view.
  The video can automatically pan around to points of interest when it reaches the pre-selected moment.
  Additionally, the heat map will show developers exactly where the greater volume
  
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• Futurama voice actor Billy West records Donald Trump quotes as Zapp Branigan

  14-08-2016 11:24
  
  Voice actor Billy West has resurrected his Futurama character Zapp Branigan to mock Donald Trump quotes made in the run up to the presidential election.
  West has voiced characters such as Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Stimpy, Pop-Eye, Porky Pig, and much of the cast of Fox’s Futurama including Captain Kirk spoof, Zapp Branigan.
  The voice artist has been using his Branigan voice work to ridicule GOP's presidential candidate Donald Trump, likening him to the wayward space captain on Twitter using
  
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• NBC's Olympics livestreaming surpasses one billion minutes

  14-08-2016 05:50
  
  Linear TV viewership may be down for NBC’s coverage of this year’s Olympics, but on Wednesday the network announced that its livestreaming coverage surpassed one billion minutes – an Olympics record. On Tuesday, with more than a week left, livestreaming numbers surpassed those of the entire 2012 London Games.
  Some viewers have been critical of NBC’s decision to delay coverage of key events in order to save them for primetime, but the network has easily been beating CBS, A
  
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