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• Facebook's Internet.org Takes Heat From Around the World

  18-05-2015 23:49 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The Facebook-led initiative to bring Internet access to the billions who don't have it is running into opposition from groups around the world.
  
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• Fujifilm X-T10 Trims Size, Price of Flagship Camera

  18-05-2015 23:30 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The X-T10 packs most of the features of the company's fanciest interchangeable-lens camera, the X-T1, into a cheaper and lighter package.
  
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• Dotcom to .Pizza: Welcome to the Web Domain Rush

  18-05-2015 22:39 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The Internet's long-restricted virtual real estate market is open for business.
  
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• LG's G4 Smartphone: What You Need to Know

  18-05-2015 21:40
  
  A leather-clad smartphone may be the last thing anyone dreamed of but LG hopes customers will take to its flagship G4 smartphone.
  
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• Watch: Nissan Self-Driving Car Ready by 2020, CEO Says

  18-05-2015 21:34
  
  Take a ride in the Japanese automaker's autonomous car.
  
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• Court: YouTube Can Show 'Innocence of Muslims' Video

  18-05-2015 21:06 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Google-owned YouTube should not have been forced to take down anti-Muslim film, a federal appeals court has ruled.
  
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• Appeals Court Sides With Google in Anti-Muslim Film Case

  18-05-2015 21:03
  
  Court: YouTube should not have been forced to take down anti-Muslim film that sparked rioting
  
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• 8 States Get New Drought Aid for Farms, Ranches

  18-05-2015 20:19
  Drought areas in 8 states getting $21 million to help farms, ranches deal with dry spell
  
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• 'Phantom Menace' Hack Strikes Oil Industry Computers

  18-05-2015 20:18 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  What looked to be an ordinary malware attack on a computer at an oil-trading firm turns out to have been part of a targeted attack on the industry.
  
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• Protesters of Arctic Drilling Block Entry to Seattle Port

  18-05-2015 19:59
  
  Hundreds of critics of Arctic drilling block entry to Seattle port to stop work on Shell rig
  
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• Watch: Thefts of Hybrid Car Batteries Rising in San Fran

  18-05-2015 19:58
  
  Experts believe the thieves must have professional knowledge for stealing the batteries without getting electrocuted.
  
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• FBI: Hacker claimed to have taken over flight's engine controls

  18-05-2015 19:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A cybersecurity consultant told the FBI he hacked into computer systems aboard airliners up to 20 times and managed to control an aircraft engine during a flight, according to federal court documents.
  
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• Trading in Bitcoin Made Simpler Through New Exchange

  18-05-2015 19:10
  Investors can bet on bitcoin value after Stockholm stock exchange launches new index
  
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• Court: YouTube Should Not Have Been Forced to Take Down Anti-Muslim Film That Sparked Rioting

  18-05-2015 19:03
  Court: YouTube should not have been forced to take down anti-Muslim film that sparked rioting
  
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• Court Agrees Samsung Copied Apple, but Reduces Damage Award

  18-05-2015 19:00
  Appeals court agrees Samsung infringed on Apple patents, but trims $930 million damage award
  
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• Discovery Opens Door for Homemade Morphine, Painkillers

  18-05-2015 18:35
  
  Discovery opens door for homemade morphine and other painkillers; regulations urged
  
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• Samsung Phases Out Wallet in Favor of Samsung Pay

  18-05-2015 18:10
  
  What you need to know about Samsung's new credit card killer.
  
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• Evidence of a New Type of Star Cluster

  18-05-2015 18:01 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered a new class of “dark” globular star clusters around Centaurus A. These star clusters contain much more mass and may either harbor unexpected amounts of dark matter, or contain massive black holes. Globular star clusters are huge balls of thousands of stars that orbit most […]
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• Optimal Size and Shape Results in Better Medical Implants

  18-05-2015 17:39 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In a newly published study, scientists from MIT reveal that the geometry of implantable devices has a significant impact on how well the body will tolerate them. Biomedical devices that can be implanted in the body for drug delivery, tissue engineering, or sensing can help improve treatment for many diseases. However, such devices are often […]
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• Fin24.com | Cape Town group wins BBC tech contest

  18-05-2015 17:25
  
  A Cape Town group has been selected as part of the BBC development studio.
  
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• New Chemical Catalysts Are Less Expensive and More Sustainable

  18-05-2015 17:21 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers from Yale University have developed a new family of chemical catalysts that are expected to lower the cost and boost the sustainability of the production of chemical compounds used by a number of industries. The new catalysts are based on palladium, a rare and expensive metal. Palladium catalysts are used to form an array […]
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• Cassini Views Saturn’s Moon Janus

  18-05-2015 17:06 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This image from the Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn’s moon Janus at a distance of approximately 2.5 million kilometers. Although Janus should be the least lonely of all moons – sharing its orbit with Epimetheus – it still spends most of its orbit far from other moons, alone in the vastness of space. Janus (111 miles […]
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• Future for Warming US: Not Just the Heat but the Humanity

  18-05-2015 17:01
  
  Study: Many more Americans will feel high heat as global warming, population shifts combine
  
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• Hubble Image of the Week – Tangled NGC 6240

  18-05-2015 16:51 via scitechdaily.com
  
  First viewed in 2008, this Hubble image shows galaxy NGC 6240. Not all galaxies are neatly shaped, as this new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 6240 clearly demonstrates. Hubble previously released an image of this galaxy back in 2008, but the knotted region, shown here in a pinky-red hue at the center of […]
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• Great White Cruising East Coast Becomes Twitter Star

  18-05-2015 16:21 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  @MaryLeeShark is the fake Twitter handle for a very real, nearly 3,500-pound great white whose movements can be tracked online and in real time.
  
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• Fin24.com | Data centre glitch disrupts Telkom services

  18-05-2015 15:43
  
  Internet services, contact centres and shops affiliated with telecoms company Telkom were briefly offline following a network switch failure in Centurion.
  
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• Fin24.com | Vodacom: Regulators slow on Neotel deal feedback

  18-05-2015 15:06
  
  Mobile network Vodacom is hoping regulators could provide more clarity at the end of May about whether it will be allowed to buy fixed-line business Neotel.
  
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• Fin24.com | MTN warns of service disruptions ahead of strike

  18-05-2015 14:53
  
  Staff affiliated with the Communication Workers Union have outlined their intention to strike over bonus pay.
  
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• Future floating cities can be yours in Civ: Beyond Earth's first add-on - Mashable

  18-05-2015 14:02 via mashable.com
  
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  Future floating cities can be yours in Civ: Beyond Earth's first add-on
  Mashable
  Waterworld is a legendarily terrible movie, but its floating cities were an spectacular idea that stuck with you, even after the bad movie memories faded. The inevitable first expansion for Civilization: Beyond Earth turns the alien oceans of the game's distant ...
  Colonize the Ocean in Civilization: Beyond Earth's First Expansion, The Rising ...GameSpot
  Civilization: Beyond Earth's Ri
  
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• Alaska's Chinook Salmons' Birth, Migration History Revealed By Chemical Tags ... - International Business Times

  18-05-2015 13:56 via ibtimes.com
  
  International Business Times
  Alaska's Chinook Salmons' Birth, Migration History Revealed By Chemical Tags ...
  International Business Times
  In the left-hand-side image, an otolith is pulled out from inside the brain cavity of a Chinook salmon. The other image shows an otolith, which has been extracted from a fish. University of Washington. Scientists have identified a chemical signature on the ear ...
  How to track the last salmon: Ear bonesNature World Report
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• FBI affidavit claims security expert admitted to briefly hacking flight controls - Fox News

  18-05-2015 13:46 via foxnews.com
  
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  FBI affidavit claims security expert admitted to briefly hacking flight controls
  Fox News
  An FBI affidavit claims that a security expert who was pulled off a flight last month for sending tweets about hacking into a plane's controls admitted to briefly taking control of an aircraft and causing it to fly sideways. According to an application for a search ...
  FBI flight hacker claims queried by security expertsBBC News
  The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Monday, May 18PCWorl
  
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• Fin24.com | Vodacom: Cell C’s R10k deal is a ‘marketing gimmick’

  18-05-2015 13:45
  
  South Africa’s biggest mobile network Vodacom has brushed aside the possible impact that rival Cell C’s R10 000 buy-back deal could have on the local market.
  
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• Apple Maps Looks Set For A Big Upgrade With Yet Another Mapping Acquisition - Forbes

  18-05-2015 13:43 via forbes.com
  
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  Apple Maps Looks Set For A Big Upgrade With Yet Another Mapping Acquisition
  Forbes
  The Apple Maps app on display on an Apple Watch. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File). With the number of GPS companies Apple has been scooping up in the last few years, Tim Cook may have a whopper of upgrade to announce for Apple Maps at the company's ...
  Apple buys high-precision GPS firm Coherent NavigationBetaNews
  Apple Buys GPS Startup Coherent Navigation To Bolster Its Mapping ServicesTech Times
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• LG rolls out latest smartphone `G4` for sale worldwide - Web India

  18-05-2015 13:40 via news.webindia123.com
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  LG rolls out latest smartphone `G4` for sale worldwide
  Web India
  LG has confirmed that it has started to roll out its latest flagship device, G4, for sale worldwide, starting with Hong Kong. The 5.5-inch screen smartphone, which went up on sale in its native Korea first, will eventually come to Turkey, Russia and Singapore.
  Global rollout of LG G4 starts this weekPhone Arenaall 44 news articles »
  
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• New 2016 Chevrolet Camaro is a 'hoot' to drive - USA TODAY

  18-05-2015 13:08 via usatoday.com
  
  USA TODAY
  New 2016 Chevrolet Camaro is a 'hoot' to drive
  USA TODAY
  In a rare instance for the unveiling of a brand-new car, Chevrolet brought six prototypes — 2016 Camaros with V-6 engines — to the unveiling for journalists to flog around the road course of the upcoming Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix. The assembled ...
  GM Takes Wraps Off 2016 Chevrolet Camaro And We're Salivating AlreadyTech Times
  GM reveals all-new CamaroCNN
  Lighter, tighter new Camaro revealedInd
  
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• Fin24.com | Net1 makes U-turn on Sassa tender process

  18-05-2015 12:31
  
  Electronic payments company Net1 UEPS Technologies has chosen to withdraw from an upcoming social grants tender process following years of controversy.
  
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• Staff Picks: Our favorite ways to use the Apple Watch - Macworld

  18-05-2015 12:30 via macworld.com
  
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  Staff Picks: Our favorite ways to use the Apple Watch
  Macworld
  At 50 minutes past the hour, you'll see Macworld staffers' heads pop up—our Apple Watches are buzzing our wrists again, prompting us to stand, and our coworkers at PCWorld and Greenbot roll their eyes a little as we stretch and pace for one minute exactly ...
  6 Apps for People Who Hate AppsTIME
  Lufthansa launches new app for Apple WatchFinancial Express
  Deutsche Lufthansa Develops App For Apple Inc. WatchBidne
  
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• Fin24.com | FNB website hit by downtime

  18-05-2015 11:53
  
  The bank's website has been experiencing problems and FNB is telling customers to rather use ATMs in the meantime.
  
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• Fin24.com | FNB fixes website, mobile app outage

  18-05-2015 11:49
  
  First National Bank has recovered from a system outage that hit both its website and mobile banking application.
  
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• Watch: Techbytes: Consumer Reports Releases Smartphone Rankings

  18-05-2015 11:27
  
  The Samsung Galaxy S5 took the top spot on the list.
  
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• Fin24.com | Vodacom suffers R2bn service revenue knock

  18-05-2015 11:12
  
  Mobile network Vodacom has suffered a hit in South Africa largely owing to major cuts in local mobile termination rates.
  
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• Fujifilm announces X-T10 with new AF system, high speed EVF - SlashGear

  18-05-2015 10:03 via slashgear.com
  SlashGear
  Fujifilm announces X-T10 with new AF system, high speed EVF
  SlashGear
  As expected, Fujifilm has finally revealed the latest member in its long line of X-series interchangeable lens cameras. And as expected, the new X-T10 is pretty much a minor upgrade from last year's X-T1. That said, if you're a digital photography enthusiast ...
  Fujifilm X-T10 Interchangeable Lens Camera with 16-Megapixel Sensor LaunchedNDTV
  Fujifilm X-T10 Camera Promises Better Action ShotsTom's Guidea
  
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