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• End of an Era: RadioShack Files for Bankruptcy

  05-02-2015 23:39 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The struggling electronics retailer says it will sell up to 2,400 stores.
  
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• Verizon Gets $15B From Wireline Sale, Tower Leasing Deal

  05-02-2015 23:36
  Verizon will sell non-East Coast wireline unit for $9.9B, gets $5B in tower leasing deal
  
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• Twitter disappoints on user growth - USA TODAY

  05-02-2015 22:24 via usatoday.com
  
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  Twitter disappoints on user growth
  USA TODAY
  SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter showed Wall Street the money but not the user growth investors were looking for. Twitter had 288 million monthly active users in the fourth quarter, far less than Wall Street forecast and the smallest gain in Twitter's history.
  Twitter Reports Better Than Expected Q4 Profit, Weak User GrowthTechCrunch
  Twitter's Revenue Tops Estimates as Site Draws More AdsBloomberg
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• Apple previews new Photos app to OS X developers - Computerworld

  05-02-2015 22:06 via computerworld.com
  
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  Apple previews new Photos app to OS X developers
  Computerworld
  Apple today released the first preview of Photos, its iPhoto replacement, to registered developers. Photos, slated for an official launch later this year, will be offered free to OS X Yosemite users, Apple said in 2014, when it announced the iPhoto substitute ...
  Hands On: Apple's New 'Photos for Mac' Is a Vast Improvement Over iPhotoWired
  First look: Apple's all-new Photos for OS X brings the best
  
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• Hubble Space Telescope Captures Images of Rare Jupiter Triple-Moon - ABC News

  05-02-2015 21:57 via abcnews.go.com
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  Hubble Space Telescope Captures Images of Rare Jupiter Triple-Moon
  ABC News
  The Hubble space telescope captured three of Jupiter's largest moons in transit at the same time across the banded face of the planet. The sharp photos released today by NASA were taken on January 24 with the Hubble telescope. They show three of ...
  Rare Jupiter triple-moon conjunction spotted by HubbleCNET
  Hubble Captures Rare Transit of Moons Across JupiterWall Street Journal
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• An Even Closer View

  05-02-2015 21:53 via pinterest.com
  
  An Even Closer View of Ceres Shows Multiple White Spots Now
  
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• Images Of Dwarf Planet Ceres Captured By Dawn Spacecraft - CBS Local

  05-02-2015 21:48 via losangeles.cbslocal.com
  
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  Images Of Dwarf Planet Ceres Captured By Dawn Spacecraft
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  PASADENA (CBSLA.com) — NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured the sharpest images ever of the dwarf planet Ceres, Jet Propulsion Laboratory officials said Thursday. The pictures were snapped from a distance of about 90,000 miles, the closest a camera ...
  NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Snaps Ceres' Portrait From 90000 Miles AwayInternational Business Times
  Now we have an even better view of Ceres and its mysterious
  
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• IBM brings more Watson smarts to developers - PCWorld

  05-02-2015 21:16 via pcworld.com
  
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  IBM brings more Watson smarts to developers
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  IBM is expanding its roster of Watson online services that can be deployed by developers to enhance their apps with analysis and data processing capabilities. Launched in October 2013, the Watson Developer Cloud has so far attracted more than 5,000 ...
  IBM Watson branches out into speech, text, visuals, and analysisInfoWorld
  IBM Puts More Machine Learning Services in Watson CloudData Center Knowledge
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• New Olympus Camera Can Double Your Megapixels

  05-02-2015 21:14 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Everybody wants more megapixels, but at some point you just can't fit any more onto a camera's sensor. What do you do then?
  
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• Swatch Smartwatch to Battle Apple - PC Magazine

  05-02-2015 21:03 via pcmag.com
  
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  Swatch Smartwatch to Battle Apple
  PC Magazine
  Swiss watchmaker Swatch will reportedly launch its own smartwatch in the next three months—smack dab in the middle of the Apple Watch (pictured) release. As reported by Bloomberg, Swatch has already developed long-lasting batteries so thin they're ...
  Swatch readies Apple Watch killerUSA TODAY
  Swatch readies smartwatch to face off against Apple WatchComputerworld
  Swatch smartwatch has zero chance against the Apple Watch (unless i
  
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• 'We've sucked at it for years': Twitter CEO admits fault in failing to deal with trolls ... - Sydney Morning Herald

  05-02-2015 20:57 via smh.com.au
  
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  'We've sucked at it for years': Twitter CEO admits fault in failing to deal with trolls ...
  Sydney Morning Herald
  Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo has never deigned to address rampant harassment on his platform, despite the frequency with which that subject makes the news. But on Wednesday, in the wake of a blockbuster radio piece by the feminist writer Lindy ...
  Twitter fourth-qarter revenue rises 97 percentReuters Canada
  
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• Led by Tinder, a Surge in Mobile Dating Apps - New York Times

  05-02-2015 20:23 via nytimes.com
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  Led by Tinder, a Surge in Mobile Dating Apps
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  BLESS or curse the smartphone, but you can't doubt its impact. Even digital dating has become a hand-held activity. Online dating, long dominated by big outfits like Match.com and eHarmony, has in the last two years been transformed by the rise of Tinder, ...
  A Tinder-like App for Potheads is Finally HerePapermag
  Siren Dating App Gives Women More Control Over Their Online IdentitiesBustle
  
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• What Anthem Hackers Can Do With Your Medical Information

  05-02-2015 19:46 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Criminals can use the numbers at hospitals and pharmacies to receive care and prescriptions, racking up charges and wrecking victims' medical records.
  
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• CINTIA: ME PARECE MU

  05-02-2015 19:39 via pinterest.com
  
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• Chimps Learn New Language When They Change Locale - NBCNews.com

  05-02-2015 19:37 via nbcnews.com
  
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  Chimps Learn New Language When They Change Locale
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  In a novel example of vocal learning, chimpanzees picked up what might be considered the equivalent of a Scottish brogue after they were moved from a Dutch zoo to Edinburgh. "It's the first time we've seen another primate species — not humans — change ...
  Chimps Can Learn Foreign 'Dialects,' Experiment ShowsLive Science
  Chimps learn grunt for "apple" from each otherWorld Science
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• Now we have an even better view of Ceres and its mysterious white spot - Washington Post

  05-02-2015 19:24 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Now we have an even better view of Ceres and its mysterious white spot
  Washington Post
  Remember how last week NASA released the best-ever image of Ceres, a dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter? Well now we've got a better one. Welcome to the future, people. These are exciting times. And what a world this dwarf planet is: In March, ...
  Craters Pop as NASA's Dawn Probe Approaches CeresDiscovery News
  Dawn probe reveals animations of Ceres as it edges closer to its 'alie
  
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• This Japanese Hotel Will Be Staffed by Robots

  05-02-2015 19:01 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A theme park in Japan is opening a high-tech hotel that will be staffed by robots, according to the hotel's website.
  
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• First stars get 150 million years younger overnight - New Scientist

  05-02-2015 18:57 via newscientist.com
  
  First stars get 150 million years younger overnight
  New Scientist
  The first stars were born nearly 150 million years later than we thought, according to new data from the European Space Agency's Planck space telescope. Planck spent three years, between 2009 and 2012, measuring the cosmic microwave background ...
  
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• 12-Year Study Shows Strenuous Joggers as Likely to Die as Sedentary Non-Joggers

  05-02-2015 18:54 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A newly published study suggests that too much strenuous jogging may be harmful, revealing that over the 12-year study strenuous joggers were as likely to die as sedentary non-joggers, while light joggers had the lowest rates of death. Washington – Jogging may be best in small quantities according to a study published in the Journal […]
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• Hello, Pluto! New Horizons sends its first pictures of the dwarf planet - PBS NewsHour

  05-02-2015 18:40 via pbs.org
  
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  Hello, Pluto! New Horizons sends its first pictures of the dwarf planet
  PBS NewsHour
  This gif shows New Horizon's first two images of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, taken January 25 and January 27, 2015. New Horizons is the first exploratory mission to Pluto and its moons. Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics ...
  Early New Horizons Images of Pluto: NASA Honors the Astronomer Who ...University Herald
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• New Titius-Bode-Based Exoplanet Predictions – 2 Planets in the Habitable Zone of Each Star

  05-02-2015 18:35 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using the Titius-Bode relation and Kepler data, astronomers from Australian National University estimate that the standard star has about two planets in the habitable zone. Planetary scientists have calculated that there are hundreds of billions of Earth-like planets in our galaxy which might support life. The new research, led by PhD student Tim Bovaird and […]
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• Anthem Hack: What You Need to Do to Protect Yourself

  05-02-2015 18:23
  
  What to do if you're one of the 80 million people who may have been exposed in the Anthem hacking attack.
  
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• Crystal Boundaries Can Enhance, or Reduce, Hydrogen Embrittlement

  05-02-2015 18:15 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A newly published study from MIT details how certain crystal boundaries can enhance, or reduce, the damaging effects that lead to metal embrittlement. When a metal tube lines an oil well thousands of feet below the surface of the ocean, that metal had better be solid and reliable. Unfortunately, the environment in such deep wells […]
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• New Research Shows Seizures Knock Out Brain Arousal Centers

  05-02-2015 17:55 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers from Yale University found that during seizures the arousal centers in the brain stem are actually suppressed, leading to a loss of consciousness. People with epilepsy who experience focal seizures sometimes remain mobile but are unable to hear or respond to their environment. Yale School of Medicine researchers have discovered a surprising explanation for […]
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• Deep Sea Microbes' Lack of Evolution Confirms Darwin's Theory? - Viral Global News

  05-02-2015 17:46 via viralglobalnews.com
  
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  Deep Sea Microbes' Lack of Evolution Confirms Darwin's Theory?
  Viral Global News
  Researchers have recently stumbled across a deep sea microbe that has not undergone any changes for approximately two billion years. According to researchers, the microorganism could bolster Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Geobiologist William ...
  No Evolution in a Microorganism for 2 Billion YearsMaine News Online
  Scientists discover static organisms that failed to evolve i
  
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• Hubble Views Three Moons Transiting the Face of Jupiter

  05-02-2015 17:35 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Taken with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 in visible light, these new images capture the rare occurrence of three of Jupiter’s largest moons (Europa, Callisto, and Io) racing across the banded face of the gas-giant planet. These so-called Galilean moons, named after the 17th century scientist Galileo Galilei, who discovered them with a telescope, complete […]
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• New Horizons Returns New Images of Pluto

  05-02-2015 17:21 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Headed towards Pluto, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has captured this new image of Pluto and its moon Charon. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft returned its first new images of Pluto on Wednesday, as the probe closes in on the dwarf planet. Although still just a dot along with its largest moon, Charon, the images come on […]
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• NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Gets a Closer View of Ceres

  05-02-2015 17:08 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has acquired its latest and closest-yet snapshot of Ceres. At a resolution of 8.5 miles (14 kilometers) per pixel, the pictures represent the sharpest images to date of Ceres. After the spacecraft arrives and enters into orbit around the dwarf planet, it will study the intriguing world in great detail. Ceres, with […]
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• Early New Horizons Images of Pluto: NASA Honors the Astronomer Who ... - University Herald

  05-02-2015 17:02 via universityherald.com
  
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  Early New Horizons Images of Pluto: NASA Honors the Astronomer Who ...
  University Herald
  Pluto (Photo : NASA/JHU APL/SwRI) New Horizons' view of Pluto from about 203 million kilometers away. In honor of the late Clyde Tombaugh, the man who discovered Pluto, NASA has released the New Horizons probe's first images of the planet to ...
  New Horizons Beams Amazing New Images Of PlutoValueWalk
  New Horizons spacecraft snaps new images of PlutoCBC.ca
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• Pope Francis Says He's a 'Dinosaur' With Computers

  05-02-2015 16:57 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The pontiff has offered tempered praise of technology and social media in public comments, and is hosting a second hangout Thursday morning.
  
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• Tweets Coming to Your Google Search Results: Re/Code

  05-02-2015 16:56 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Twitter and Google have struck a deal that will ensure tweets now appear in Google search results, according to people familiar with the matter.
  
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• 3-D projector makes court vanish

  05-02-2015 16:44 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The 3-D projection system being used by the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, among other teams, transforms the basketball court into a three-dimensional display. Other teams across the NBA and NHL are working to incorporate this type of technology into their arenas, making for a more unique and dynamic game experience.
  
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• Have you been reading stories written by robots?

  05-02-2015 16:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Advancements in programming and artificial intelligence are creating "bots" that can write copy good enough to pass the scrutiny of a human reader.
  
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• Fin24.com | Sapa to close shop

  05-02-2015 16:04
  
  The South African Press Association will send out its last story at midnight on March 31, says its board.
  
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• Fin24.com | Vodacom to launch low-cost 4G smartphone

  05-02-2015 15:25
  
  South Africa’s biggest mobile network plans to start selling its LTE-enabled smartphone, the Smart 4 Turbo, this month at a price of R1 499.
  
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• Architecture.

  05-02-2015 14:38 via pinterest.com
  
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• Ship cruises on bubbles

  05-02-2015 13:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A boat is copying the tech behind a super-fast Russian torpedo by riding a foam tunnel through the water.
  
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• Bleep blorp: New Japanese hotel to be staffed by robots

  05-02-2015 13:30 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Huis Ten Bosch theme park plans to introduce a cost-saving hotel run by porter-bots and reception-bots.
  
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• Fin24.com | Hackers target Adobe Flash - again

  05-02-2015 13:30
  
  Adobe has been hit with a second zero day exploit in as many months and hackers are taking full advantage.
  
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• Fin24.com | US official proposes regulating internet

  05-02-2015 13:02
  
  Declaring that the internet must not be taken over by big business interests, a top US regulator has proposed dramatically expanding the government's power.
  
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• Watch: Twitter and Google to Make Tweets More Searchable

  05-02-2015 12:37
  
  Google will have direct access to tweets, making them visible in search results.
  
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• Fin24.com | Orange 'eyes' Bharti, Millicom assets in Africa

  05-02-2015 11:57
  
  The French telecoms group may consider merging its African assets with those of Bharti's, thereby completing the creation of 'Orange Africa', according to a report.
  
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• Fin24.com | SA firms take huge hit from hackers

  05-02-2015 11:06
  
  Cyber crime is a lucrative industry that is milking South African companies but the hackers have little risk of being caught, says an expert.
  
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• Wanna Chat? Pope to Talk to Kids in Google Hangout

  05-02-2015 10:42 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The pontiff has offered tempered praise of technology and social media in public comments, and is hosting a second hangout Thursday morning.
  
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• Fin24.com | Watch out for WhatsApp ‘snooping’ on web browsers

  05-02-2015 09:50
  
  Forgetting to log out of the web browser version for WhatsApp could open users up to being snooped on if somebody else accesses their computers.
  
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• Fin24.com | Could a $34 device improve HIV diagnosis in Africa?

  05-02-2015 09:40
  
  A $34 device that plugs into the audio jack of a smartphone has been nearly as effective as far more costly diagnostic blood testing equipment in identifying antibodies for HIV.
  
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• Hackers Infiltrate Insurer Anthem, Access Customer Details

  05-02-2015 09:19
  Hackers infiltrate health insurer Anthem, access personal information about customers
  
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• Fin24.com | South Korea rejects Uber proposal, vows crackdown

  05-02-2015 08:48
  
  South Korea has rejected a proposal by the web-based taxi firm Uber to legalise its business by registering its drivers.
  
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• 1, 2, 3 Octopuses: Divers Conduct Underwater Census

  05-02-2015 08:04
  1, 2, 3 octopuses: Off Seattle coast, volunteer divers conduct an underwater census
  
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• Fin24.com | Apple in talks for streaming TV content - report

  05-02-2015 07:50
  
  Apple is in talks aimed at getting hold of content for a pay-television service, technology news website Re/code reports.
  
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