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• Instagram for a Cause: Movement to Feed Homeless

  27-01-2015 23:51 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  HashtagLunchbag, a movement that began with a few brown-bag lunches for the homeless on Skid Row, has spread to 100 cities and five continents.
  
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• It's Official: Apple Watch Will Ship in April

  27-01-2015 23:39 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Chief Executive Tim Cook announced the timing as part of the company's holiday quarter earnings call.
  
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• Lawmakers: Should Social Media Ban Terrorist Posts?

  27-01-2015 22:50 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Lawmakers and policy experts discussed whether social media sites should be held responsible when terrorists use them.
  
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• Yahoo to Spin Off Its Remaining Stake in Alibaba

  27-01-2015 22:43 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A newly formed entity called SpinCo will inherit ownership of Yahoo's remaining 384 million shares in the Chinese ecommerce giant.
  
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• Why People Are So Excited About Google Fiber

  27-01-2015 22:32
  
  Google announces 18 new cities for its speedy Internet service.
  
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• Pay Attention! Your Car May Be Watching You

  27-01-2015 22:21 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The next wave of technology designed to keep drivers from getting distracted or dozing off could soon be watching you behind the wheel.
  
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• A US Green-Energy Blueprint, Meant to Help Liberia, Fails

  27-01-2015 21:47
  US-backed Liberia project fails: Insider connections, questionable scrutiny, environment harm
  
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• Weather Service Chief Sees Need to Communicate Uncertainty

  27-01-2015 21:44
  National Weather Service chief says agency needs to communicate forecast uncertainty better
  
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• Snapchat to Show Content From Big Media Brands

  27-01-2015 21:27
  Snapchat to show content from big media brands through new 'Discover' feature
  
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• See the Rocket That Could Send Humans to Mars

  27-01-2015 21:20
  
  A new animation from SpaceX shows hows the Falcon Heavy, called the "most powerful rocket in the world," would operate from liftoff to booster recovery.
  
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• The mysterious world of 'lightbombing'

  27-01-2015 21:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's 4 o'clock in the morning. Most of Birmingham, the second most populated city in England, is fast asleep. But like a thief in the dead of night, a solitary figure slips through the city's deserted streets. Arriving at a derelict warehouse, he is brandishing what looks like a lightsaber as he makes his way to the roof.
  
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• Forget Your Keys? Use Your Phone Instead With 'Bolt'

  27-01-2015 21:05 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  If you're forgetful, Lockitron's smart Bolt door lock might be a good backup plan for when you leave your keys in the office or a cab.
  
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• Microsoft Tanks 10 Percent, Hit by 4 Downgrades on Earnings

  27-01-2015 21:01
  Strong dollar, dwindling PC upgrades, troubles in China and Japan markets hit Microsoft stock
  
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• Dawn Captures Best I

  27-01-2015 21:01 via pinterest.com
  
  Dawn Captures Best Images Ever of “Hipster Planet” Ceres
  
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• Apple Sells Record 74.5 Million iPhones in Three Months

  27-01-2015 20:58 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Apple had another blowout quarter thanks to its new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, which helped the company smash sales records for the holiday season.
  
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• Google Translate Gets Rid of Gay Slurs

  27-01-2015 19:55
  
  When Andre Banks typed the word "gay" into Google's translation tool he said he was dismayed to see several anti-gay slurs were suggested as synonyms.
  
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• Astronomers Find Solar System More Than Double Ours in Age

  27-01-2015 19:53
  Astronomers find solar system more than double ours in age, with close-to-Earth-size planets
  
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• Obama Sees Need to Move on Drone Rules Now

  27-01-2015 19:11
  After wayward drone crash, Obama says US needs laws to make drone use safer, beneficial
  
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• Facebook Outage Brings Jokes, Marketing Pitches to Twitter

  27-01-2015 19:08
  Hourlong global Facebook outage also takes down other websites, generates jokes and ad pitches
  
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• Northeast Blizzard Wasn't a Bust, but It Was a Miss for Many

  27-01-2015 19:07
  Blizzard tracks east, leaving forecaster to apologize and some to ask 'Where's the snow?'
  
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• Obama Floats Offering First-Ever Drilling Lease in Atlantic

  27-01-2015 19:04
  Obama signals opening up Atlantic Ocean to drilling for first time, removes areas off Alaska
  
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• HESS Discovers New Gamma Ray Sources in Large Magellanic Cloud

  27-01-2015 18:53 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The H.E.S.S. telescope system has discovered three extremely luminous gamma-ray sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Once again, the gamma ray observatory H.E.S.S. has demonstrated its detecting capabilities: in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the High Energy Stereoscopic System discovered most luminous high-energy gamma-ray sources. These are three objects of different type: a powerful pulsar wind […]
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• Ring System Around J1407b is Roughly 200 Times Larger Than Saturn’s Rings

  27-01-2015 18:24 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new study from astronomers at the Leiden Observatory reveals details about the gigantic ring system around J1407b. Astronomers at the Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands, and the University of Rochester, USA, have discovered that the ring system that they see eclipse the very young Sun-like star J1407 is of enormous proportions, much larger and heavier […]
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• Hackers Infiltrating Your Cellphone? It Could Happen

  27-01-2015 18:08 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  These days, it's the norm to protect your home computer from malware. But what are you doing to protect your cellphone?
  
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• Lyft Cars Still Think Pink, but Streamline the 'Stache

  27-01-2015 18:03
  Rail-hailing company Lyft still thinks pink, but rolls out streamlined 'glowstache' for cars
  
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• New Experiments and Simulations Help Explain Collagen’s Force

  27-01-2015 18:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research from MIT shows that adding or removing small amounts of water from collagen in tendons can generate surprisingly strong forces, as much as 300 times stronger than the forces generated by muscles. Research combining experimental work and detailed molecular simulations has revealed, for the first time, the complex role that water plays in […]
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• Asteroid Zooms Past Earth With a Surprise Moon

  27-01-2015 17:47
  
  When a massive asteroid whipped past Earth overnight, it brought with it a surprise moon.
  
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• Kepler-444: An Ancient Extrasolar System with Five Sub-Earth-Size Planets

  27-01-2015 17:31 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using data from the Kepler spacecraft, astronomers have discovered a compact system of five transiting planets with sizes between those of Mercury and Venus. They validate this system as a true five-planet system orbiting the target star and provide a detailed characterization of its planetary and orbital parameters based on an analysis of the transit […]
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• Gotta go? App tells you who's renting seats

  27-01-2015 17:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A new app shows you where there's a nearby toilet at someone's home or even office. WABC has the story.
  
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• Facebook, Instagram goes down; Twitter freaks out

  27-01-2015 17:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's bad enough that the northwest has a horrible storm to contend with, but then Facebook and Instagram goes out?
  
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• Dawn Spacecraft Captures Best-Ever View of Ceres

  27-01-2015 17:13 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The sharpest images ever seen of the dwarf planet Ceres were taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on January 25. The images were taken 147,000 miles (237,000 kilometers) from Ceres and represent a new milestone for a spacecraft that soon will become the first human-made probe to visit a dwarf planet. “We know so little about […]
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• Astronomers Discover Ancient Solar System

  27-01-2015 17:02
  
  A replica solar system that dates back to the dawn of time and includes five Earth-like planets has been discovered by researchers in the U.K.
  
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• Asteroid 2004 BL86 Has a Small Moon

  27-01-2015 16:53 via scitechdaily.com
  
  As asteroid 2004 BL86 made its way past Earth yesterday, scientists were able to better measure the asteroid’s size, rotation and location and detected a tiny moon orbiting the asteroid. This “movie” of the asteroid was generated from radar data collected on that date by NASA’s Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, California. Twenty individual […]
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• Sitting will kill you, even if you exercise

  27-01-2015 16:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  One of your favorite activities may actually be killing you.
  
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• Asteroid's moon seen during Earth flyby

  27-01-2015 16:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The asteroid that flew close to Earth Monday didn't come alone.
  
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• Laser-transformed metal so slick that water bounces off

  27-01-2015 16:28 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Water often damages metals, causing rust, wear and decay.
  
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• Obama: Drones Need to Be Better Regulated

  27-01-2015 16:27 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  One day after a small drone drifted onto White House property, President Obama told CNN that the US needs to do more to regulate drone use.
  
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• Cool 19 Beautiful Ar

  27-01-2015 16:21 via pinterest.com
  
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• Driverless Cars Get Green Light on German Autobahn

  27-01-2015 15:43 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Prototypes of driverless cars are set to get the go-ahead on a stretch of Germany's busy A9 autobahn.
  
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• #ThingsIDidWhenFacebookWasDown: Social Sites Suffer Outage

  27-01-2015 15:39 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram were both down between Tuesday between about 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. ET.
  
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• #ThingsIDidWhenFacebookWasDown

  27-01-2015 15:39 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram were both down between Tuesday between about 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. ET.
  
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• Snow Letdown: How Do Weather Forecasts Go Wrong?

  27-01-2015 15:27 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  New York City was expecting a massive amount of snow, but it never materialized.
  
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• Nice 19 Beautiful Ar

  27-01-2015 15:03 via pinterest.com
  
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• Fin24.com | MTN links up to Amazon Web Services

  27-01-2015 15:00
  
  Africa’s biggest mobile network plans to directly connect its business customers to the cloud computing offering.
  
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• Microsoft Profits Slip On Restructuring, Tax Expenses - Forbes

  27-01-2015 14:09 via forbes.com
  
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  Slightly stronger sales could not make up for growing expenses for Microsoft MSFT -0.36%. The company reported slightly better than anticipated second quarter revenue – although some units proved more fruitful than others — and profits in line with The ...
  Microsoft brings SUNSHINE - but it's a CLOUDY DAYThe Register
  Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Uncovers Cloud but Windows Revenue takes a hitInvestCorrectly
  
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• Bill Nye and The Planetary Society to launch a satellite that will 'sail on sunbeams' - Washington Post

  27-01-2015 14:00 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Bill Nye and The Planetary Society to launch a satellite that will 'sail on sunbeams'
  Washington Post
  Bill Nye (The Science Guy) wants you to get excited about space exploration. His latest effort is pretty tantalizing: Along with the rest of The Planetary Society, Nye is getting ready to launch a satellite powered by the sun. And we're not talking about boring old ...
  Planetary Society's LightSail Solar Sail to Launch in MaySpace.com
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• Planetary Society's LightSail Solar Sail to Launch in May - Space.com

  27-01-2015 13:49 via space.com
  
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  Planetary Society's LightSail Solar Sail to Launch in May
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  A solar sail mission funded entirely by private citizens will launch to Earth orbit just a few months from now. The nonprofit Planetary Society announced today (Jan. 26) that its first LightSail spacecraft will blast off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket in ...
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  The Planetary Society to Send Its First Craft 'LightSail' Into Orbit around Earth In ...New Hamps
  
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• Earth's moon may not be critical to life - Phys.Org

  27-01-2015 13:41 via phys.org
  
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  Earth's moon may not be critical to life
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  Could Earth have become habitable without the Moon to watch over it? Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS. The Moon has long been viewed as a crucial component in creating an environment suitable for the evolution of complex life on Earth, but a number of scientific ...
  LOOK! The Asteroid That Flew Past Earth Tuesday Has Its Own MoonNPR (blog)
  Asteroid 2004 BL86 flies past EarthDelhi Daily News
  PHOTO: Asteroid that flew past Earth has moonWHA
  
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• 'Super Saturn' with giant rings is first outside solar system - BBC News

  27-01-2015 13:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  'Super Saturn' with giant rings is first outside solar system
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  A Mars explorer robot that went missing on Christmas Day eleven years ago has been found on the planet's surface. Astronauts on board the ISS Crew safe after leak fears on ISS. Russian cosmonauts and American astronauts are safe after fears of a gas ...
  Exoplanet's Massive Rings are as Large as a Solar SystemChinatopix
  'Super Saturn' with gigantic ring system foundBusiness Standard
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• Facebook takes blame for service outages, which hit wider Web - Reuters

  27-01-2015 13:30 via in.reuters.com
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  Facebook takes blame for service outages, which hit wider Web
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  Man poses in front of on a display showing a Facebook logo and the word 'cyber' in binary code, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica December 27, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Files. Related Topics. Top News » · Tech » · Facebook ». Stocks.
  Facebook says it caused fault that sent services offlineBBC News
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