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• How Technology Gives Stephen Hawking a Voice

  23-02-2015 23:40 via abcnews.go.com
  
  After Eddie Redmayne won the Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking Sunday, the cosmologist posted a congratulatory message.
  
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• Water Thefts on the Rise in Drought-Stricken California

  23-02-2015 23:35 via abcnews.go.com
  Water thefts on the rise as supplies become more scarce in drought-stricken California
  
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• Dawn mission makes final approach to dwarf planet

  23-02-2015 23:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  When NASA's Dawn craft arrives at its destination on the asteroid belt on March 6, it will become the first probe to orbit a dwarf planet.
  
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• Want to high-five Ronaldo? There's an app for that!

  23-02-2015 23:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
  There is nothing more thrilling than seeing your team lift the trophy at the end of the season. But are you still a fan if you can't get to the stadium?
  
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• Edward Snowden Responds to Oscars 'Treason' Joke

  23-02-2015 21:59 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Edward Snowden says he can laugh at himself.
  
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• Google Teams up With 3 Wireless Carriers to Combat Apple Pay

  23-02-2015 21:40 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Google's mobile wallet service to be built into Android phones sold by AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile
  
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• NSA Chief Declines Comment on Spyware Reports

  23-02-2015 21:26 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The head of the National Security Agency refused to comment on Monday on reports that the U.S. government implants spyware on computer hard drives.
  
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• Time for New Antlers

  23-02-2015 21:25 via nytimes.com
  When deer lose their antlers each year, do they grow back in the same pattern?
  
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• Disney Animators Win Oscar 2 Years in a Row

  23-02-2015 21:14 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Disney's Oscar wins for "Big Hero 6" and "Feast" prove the studio can win big without Pixar
  
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• Classes to Resume at Nevada School After Mercury Spill

  23-02-2015 20:16 via abcnews.go.com
  Classes to resume at Nevada junior high after student contaminated building with mercury
  
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• Now Playing: Google Launches YouTube Kids App

  23-02-2015 20:10 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The YouTube Kids app is billed as the first Google product "built from the ground up with little ones in mind."
  
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• A Parent's Guide to YouTube Kids App

  23-02-2015 18:59 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Getting a toddler's attention is hard enough, but YouTube is ready to try.
  
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• Nanotubular Structures Enable a Direct Exchange of Nutrients Between Bacteria

  23-02-2015 18:18 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research from the Max Planck Institute shows that some bacteria can form nanotubular structures between single cells that enable a direct exchange of nutrients. It is well-known that bacteria can support each others’ growth and exchange nutrients. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, and their colleagues at the […]
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• Samsung Galaxy S6: What to Expect From the Big Reveal

  23-02-2015 18:11 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Samsung has dropped some big hints leading up to what is widely expected to be the unveiling of a new Galaxy S6 smartphone on Sunday at the Mobile World Congress.
  
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• A Closer Look at the Colors of the Small Magellanic Cloud

  23-02-2015 18:01 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This composite image used data from Herschel’s Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE), Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS), and Spitzer’s Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIPS) to get a better view of the Small Magellanic Cloud. Astronomical images often look like works of art. This picture of one of our nearest neighboring galaxies, the Small Magellanic […]
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• New Circuit Reduces Power Leakage When Transmitters Are Idle

  23-02-2015 17:42 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Engineers have developed a new transmitter design that reduces off-state leakage 100-fold. At the same time, this new technology provides adequate power for Bluetooth transmission, or for the even longer-range 802.15.4 wireless-communication protocol. At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the big theme was the “Internet of things” — the idea that everything […]
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• Neuroscientists Examine How Brain Waves Guide Memory Formation

  23-02-2015 17:31 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research from MIT shows that the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex use two different brain-wave frequencies to communicate as the brain learns to associate unrelated objects. Our brains generate a constant hum of activity: As neurons fire, they produce brain waves that oscillate at different frequencies. Long thought to be merely a byproduct of […]
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• Medical Identity Theft Soared 22 Percent in 2014

  23-02-2015 17:26 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Medical identity theft soared 22 percent in 2014, according to the annual survey conducted by Ponemon Institute.
  
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• Hubble Image of Globular Cluster Palomar 12

  23-02-2015 17:08 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, astronomers view a globular cluster of stars known as Palomar 12. Panta rhei is a simplified version of the famous Greek philosopher Heraclitus’ teachings. It basically means, everything flows. And everything in the Universe is indeed continually on the move, spiraling and shifting through space. Some cosmic objects move […]
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• Pebble Countdown Teases New Smart Watch

  23-02-2015 17:00 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Smart watch maker Pebble is upping the ante ahead of the Apple Watch release.
  
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• Apple Wants to Make iPad Films a Thing

  23-02-2015 16:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Apple wants people to pick up their iPads and make movies.
  
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• Hubble Image of the Week – A Galactic Cloak for an Exploding Star

  23-02-2015 16:55 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy NGC 4424. The galaxy pictured here is NGC 4424, located in the constellation of Virgo. It is not visible with the naked eye but has been captured here with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Although it may not be obvious from this image, NGC 4424 is in […]
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• Dream Job? Apple Wants to Hire a Music Journalist

  23-02-2015 16:13 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The tech giant has posted a job for London-based editorial producer.
  
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• Fin24.com | Apple drops cash on European data centres

  23-02-2015 15:30
  
  Apple plans to invest €1.7bn ($2bn) to expand its business in Europe by building two data centres in Ireland and Denmark.
  
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• Gemalto Sees No Significant Impact from Hacking Issue

  23-02-2015 15:18 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Gemalto said on Monday its initial investigations into a report that U.S. and British spies had hacked it systems showed its products were secure.
  
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• Fin24.com | More Gauteng schools to get tablet tech

  23-02-2015 14:17
  
  Six more Gauteng schools are planned to go paperless, says Premier David Makhura.
  
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• Lenovo's Superfish spectacle: 'Catastrophic' security failures discovered - ZDNet

  23-02-2015 13:51 via zdnet.com
  
  ZDNet
  Lenovo's Superfish spectacle: 'Catastrophic' security failures discovered
  ZDNet
  credit-cnet.jpg CNET. Lenovo has promised not to include Superfish with products in the future, but how dangerous is the adware to consumers? According to security researchers, the problem is worse than we thought. Last week, reports surfaced which ...
  Furious Lenovo users get bad aftertaste from smelly SuperfishComputerworld
  Lenovo to customers: We only just found out about this Superfish vul
  
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• France bans 6 from traveling to extremists in Syria - Washington Post

  23-02-2015 13:46 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  France bans 6 from traveling to extremists in Syria
  Washington Post
  PARIS — France has barred six people from leaving the country because they wanted to join extremists in Syria, the first such travel ban under a new law aimed at keeping French radicals from gaining violent experience abroad. Interior Minister Bernard ...
  France seizes passports of six 'Syria-bound' citizensBBC News
  France seizes passports of suspected jihadists headed for SyriaReuters UK
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• Gene Responsible for Brain Size in Humans Identified - Maine News

  23-02-2015 13:43 via newsmaine.net
  Maine News
  Gene Responsible for Brain Size in Humans Identified
  Maine News
  A gene accountable for brain size in humans has been identified by researchers. This is a major breakthrough in evolutionary theory to distinguish between the brains and our closest simian cousins. According to the researchers, brain size is a major ...
  Scientists Discover Gene That Determines The Size Of Our BrainsYibada (English Edition)
  Researchers Figure out Gene that Plays Key Role in Growth of Brain Size in ..
  
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• Fin24.com | Visa brings ‘fast’ online checkout service to SA

  23-02-2015 13:41
  
  Electronic payments company Visa is launching a service in South Africa that quickens the online checkout process.
  
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• Mars One mission: 'My boyfriend is cool with me going to Mars on a one-way trip' - Telegraph.co.uk

  23-02-2015 13:38 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Mars One mission: 'My boyfriend is cool with me going to Mars on a one-way trip'
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Ex-Apprentice star and all-round menace to society Katie Hopkins recently tweeted: “Brit, 24 on short list for one-way trip to Mars 'my family are thrilled for me'. With respect, you must have been a pretty bad daughter.” She was referring to 23-year-old (get your ...
  Mars One Mission In Big Trouble, Running Short Of MoneyYibada (English Edition)
  Mars One Tak
  
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• Ancient and Modern Cities Have the Same Urban Patterns - Science World Report

  23-02-2015 13:35 via scienceworldreport.com
  
  Science World Report
  Ancient and Modern Cities Have the Same Urban Patterns
  Science World Report
  Scientists have taken a closer look at the functioning of both old and new cities and have found that ancient human settlements worked in much the same way as modern ones. (Photo : Flickr/Roy Niswanger). When it comes to ancient and modern cities, their ...
  Ancient People followed Same Pattern to Build Cities that We Use TodayMaine News Online
  Ancient Cities Were Similar To Today's Cities I
  
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• The favorite scientist of climate change deniers just got caught taking oil money - Washington Post

  23-02-2015 13:20 via washingtonpost.com
  
  New York Times
  The favorite scientist of climate change deniers just got caught taking oil money
  Washington Post
  Wei-Hock Soon is always in hot demand. Among climate change skeptics, few commodities are rarer. Soon isn't just a scientist. He's a scientist who doubts climate change is man-made. Soon doesn't work for just any university — he works for the ...
  Energy companies paid Climate Change denier Wei-Hock Soon more than $1.2 ...Uncover California
  Climate Change Denying &#
  
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• America Ferrara at t

  23-02-2015 12:39 via pinterest.com
  
  America Ferrara at the Oscars
  
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• Gina Rodriguez at th

  23-02-2015 12:37 via pinterest.com
  
  Gina Rodriguez at the Oscars
  
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• Italians to ISIS: Avoid Rome's Rush Hour (and Sandals)

  23-02-2015 12:34 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Italian twitter users have been reacting to threats by ISIS propagandists to "conquer Rome" by offering humorous travel advice to the militants.
  
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• Zoe Saldana at the O

  23-02-2015 12:29 via pinterest.com
  
  Zoe Saldana at the Oscars
  
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• Fin24.com | Japan clocks keep time for 16 billion years

  23-02-2015 12:25
  
  Researchers have built a pair of clocks which they say are so accurate they will lose a second only every 16 billion years - longer than the Earth has been around.
  
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• Jennifer Lopez at th

  23-02-2015 12:24 via pinterest.com
  
  Jennifer Lopez at the Oscars
  
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• Watch: Techbytes: YouTube Launches Kids App

  23-02-2015 11:35 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The app will allow only child safe content and features a timer that parents can control.
  
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• Fin24.com | SA ripe for a mobile banking revolution

  23-02-2015 11:15
  
  An expert says the rapid adoption of feature phones, smartphones and online technology has positive implications for financial inclusion policies.
  
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• Fin24.com | Wipro injects R3.8m in SA tech skills

  23-02-2015 10:27
  
  The New York Stock Exchange listed technology company is boosting its skills development and job creation efforts in South Africa.
  
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• Fin24.com | US judge throws out Google Android case

  23-02-2015 09:29
  
  A US federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Google of harming smartphone buyers by making the search engine company's own applications the default option.
  
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• Fin24.com | Cuba wants internet for all its citizens

  23-02-2015 08:06
  
  Internet laggard Cuba has once again pledged online access for all its people, acknowledging the country cannot develop without being better connected.
  
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• Apple CarPlay partner Toyota not planning to add support any time soon - report - Apple Insider

  23-02-2015 06:02 via appleinsider.com
  
  NDTV
  Apple CarPlay partner Toyota not planning to add support any time soon - report
  Apple Insider
  Despite being among the first automakers to sign on with Apple's CarPlay initiative, Japanese marque Toyota is reportedly planning to stick with its own in-house infotainment system for the foreseeable future. "We may all eventually wind up [with CarPlay or ...
  Rivals Google and Apple Fight for the DashboardNew York Times (blog)
  Toyota Has No Plans To Adopt CarPlay Or Android Auto In
  
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• Sprint announces details for date and pricing for LG G Flex2 - SMN Weekly

  23-02-2015 05:04 via smnweekly.com
  SMN Weekly
  Sprint announces details for date and pricing for LG G Flex2
  SMN Weekly
  Sprint has announced it will be the first to carry the LG G Flex2, publicizing its release date, price and preorder date for the 5.5 inch smartphone with its distinctive curved display. The LG G Flex2 was announced at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in ...
  LG G Flex 2 Review – Killer CurvesSlashGear
  Sprint Offering Preorders for the LG G Flex 2 SmartphoneeWeek
  LG G Flex 2 Is The World's Faste
  
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• The Three-Parent Baby's First Step

  23-02-2015 00:58 via nytimes.com
  I don't often praise British lawmakers for their ethical judgment. This was an exception.
  
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