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• Why Pandas Eat So Much Bamboo: They Can Bear-ly Digest It - Newsweek

  19-05-2015 23:59 via newsweek.com
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  Why Pandas Eat So Much Bamboo: They Can Bear-ly Digest It
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  Giant panda Wei Wei sticks out his tongue during snowfall at a zoo in Wuhan, China. REUTERS / China Daily. Filed Under: Tech & Science, Animals, Wildlife. If you're a panda bear, there's one thing you do a lot: eat bamboo. These creatures actually spend ...
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• LG Shows Off 'Wallpaper' TV No Thicker Than a Sticker

  19-05-2015 23:54 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  If you thought TVs couldn't get any thinner, think again. LG Display's "wallpaper" display is 55 inches wide, but less than a millimeter thick.
  
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• Significant iPhone 6, 6 Plus Penetration In U.S. - Huffington Post

  19-05-2015 23:20 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  Significant iPhone 6, 6 Plus Penetration In U.S.
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  Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, LLC released research on the installed based of iPhones in the US. CIRP finds that as of the end of the March 2015 quarter, 94 million iPhones were in use in the U.S., including 25 million iPhone 6 and 13 million ...
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• Advocacy Groups: Raunchy Videos on YouTube Kids

  19-05-2015 22:20 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Drugs, sex and booze? Two consumer-advocacy groups say they found references to all three kids' no-nos in videos on Google's YouTube Kids.
  
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• The Top iPhone and iPad Apps on App Store - ABC News

  19-05-2015 22:19 via abcnews.go.com
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  The Top iPhone and iPad Apps on App Store
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  App Store Official Charts for the week ending May 18, 2015: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Minecraft: Pocket Edition, Mojang. 2. Heads Up!, Warner Bros. 3. Monument Valley, ustwo. 4. Dark Sky - Weather Radar, Hyperlocal Forecasts, and Storm Alerts, Jackadam.
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• Light Phone Lets You Leave Your Real Phone at Home

  19-05-2015 21:53 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Who hasn't wanted to run to the store, or grab lunch, or just go for a walk — but been reluctant to take your phone? Take Light Phone instead.
  
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• Anti-Muslim Film Back up on YouTube After Court Ruling

  19-05-2015 20:50
  
  Anti-Muslim film that sparked Mideast violence goes back up on YouTube after court ruling
  
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• Electronic skin makes your body a computer

  19-05-2015 20:35 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A patch of gold, just a few centimeters wide and light as a feather, could reveal your innermost thoughts and feelings.
  
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• JXE Streams: Slaying monsters with a vengeance in 'The Witcher 3' - Engadget

  19-05-2015 20:30 via engadget.com
  
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  JXE Streams: Slaying monsters with a vengeance in 'The Witcher 3'
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  You've likely seen the infamous "sex on a stuffed unicorn" scene by now, but what's the rest of The Witcher 3: WIld Hunt really about? That's what I'm hoping to show you today on this latest edition of JXE Streams. The Witcher is kind of an anomaly, really: a ...and more »
  
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• 2 Dead Whales to Be Buried South of San Francisco

  19-05-2015 20:12
  2 dead beached whales to be buried after Northern California residents complain of stench
  
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• Mobile Shapes How Video, Wireless Providers Evolve

  19-05-2015 20:06
  Mobile shapes how video, wireless providers evolve: A look at AT&T, Verizon and Comcast
  
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• Air Force Mystery Space Plane Poised for Wed. Launch

  19-05-2015 20:03
  Air Force mystery space plane set for Wed. launch; NASA flying experiment on hush-hush craft
  
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• Air Force X-37B Spac

  19-05-2015 18:57 via pinterest.com
  
  Air Force X-37B Spaceplane Launches on May 20 with Military, NASA and LightSail Payloads: Watch Live
  
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• Opah – The First Fully Warm-Blooded Fish

  19-05-2015 18:20 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A newly published study reveals details about the opah – the first fully warm-blooded fish that circulates heated blood throughout its body. New research by NOAA Fisheries has revealed the opah, or moonfish, as the first fully warm-blooded fish that circulates heated blood throughout its body much like mammals and birds, giving it a competitive […]
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• MESSENGER Collects Important Data on Mercury during Its Orbital Decay

  19-05-2015 17:57 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft collected low-altitude magnetic field measurements during its orbital decay, revealing that magnetism generated by the Mercury’s core dates to the very early history of the planet. Providence, Rhode Island (Brown University) — Though the MESSENGER mission to Mercury ended late last month with a planned collision into the planet’s surface, analysis of […]
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• Why Google, Apple Don't Want to Give Law Enforcement the Key to Your Data

  19-05-2015 17:29
  
  The biggest names in technology signed an open letter to President Obama today asking him to protect encrypted data.
  
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• Drug-Resistant EGFR May Have “Achilles Heel”

  19-05-2015 17:27 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers from Yale University have discovered a key structural difference in the drug-resistant form of EGFR that could lead to new strategies to combat the disease. Drugs introduced more than a decade ago that target mutations in a protein known as the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) held the promise of personalized treatments for a […]
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• Testing Environment for Future Astronaut Expeditions into Deep Space

  19-05-2015 17:06 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA’s Glenn Research Center Vacuum Chamber 5 provides a testing environment for Glenn’s advanced Solar Electric Propulsion technology needed for future astronaut expeditions into deep space, including to Mars. When you need to test hardware designed to operate in the vast reaches of space, you start in a vacuum chamber. NASA’s Glenn Research Center in […]
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• Facebook, Google Urge Obama to Reject 'Back Doors'

  19-05-2015 16:54 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  In an open letter sent to President Barack Obama on Tuesday, leading tech firms urged against encryption 'back doors.'
  
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• Apple Updates MacBook Pro, Cuts Price on High-End iMac

  19-05-2015 16:42 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Apple is introducing an updated MacBook Pro and iMac and lowering the price for its top-end iMac.
  
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• Fin24.com | How hackers exploit hotel Wi-Fi

  19-05-2015 16:18
  
  Poorly secured Wi-Fi networks at hotels are spurring on cyber criminals to swoop in and steal guests’ private information
  
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• Feds Charge Chinese Professors With Economic Espionage

  19-05-2015 15:55 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Three Chinese professors are among six people charged with economic espionage and stealing trade secrets, the Department of Justice said.
  
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• Photos: Baby Gorilla Rides Mom's Back

  19-05-2015 15:43
  
  Absolutely adorable baby animals!
  
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• Video Appears to Teach Uber Drivers How to Gouge

  19-05-2015 15:30 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  An online video has emerged that claims to teach a method that tricks the system into jacking up fares.
  
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• Fin24.com | Novus Holdings snaps up digital printing business

  19-05-2015 15:25
  
  Newly listed printing company Novus Holdings has acquired a Cape Town based specialist digital print business.
  
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• Fin24.com | Vodafone returns to quarterly sales growth

  19-05-2015 14:29
  
  Vodafone posted a rise in quarterly sales for the first time in nearly three years in the clearest sign yet that Europe's mobile market is edging toward recovery.
  
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• Has Distracted Driving Met Its Match?

  19-05-2015 13:58 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  It's a device that prevents a driver's cell phone from making or receiving phone calls or text messages when the vehicle is in drive.
  
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• The Netflix of China muscles in to U.S. market

  19-05-2015 13:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Letv announced its entry into the Chinese smartphone market in April and the company plans to offer phones in the United States by year's end.
  
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• Fin24.com | Cyber attacks targeting oil sector - researchers

  19-05-2015 13:48
  
  A series of cyber attacks has been targeting the oil and gas sector in what appears to be a variant of the so-called Nigerian email scam, security researchers have said.
  
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• Positive train control wasn't installed in Philadelphia Amtrak derailment

  19-05-2015 13:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A system known as positive train control likely would have kept the Amtrak train from derailing in Philadelphia, National Transportation Safety Board Member Robert Sumwalt says.
  
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• Superbowl of robotics makes STEM subjects exciting

  19-05-2015 13:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Forty-thousand fans were chanting, screaming and cheering on their teams. The enthusiastic spectators had painted faces, were donning costumes, and no one was actually sitting in their seats -- all were standing to get a better look at the action happening in the pens.
  
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• Fin24.com | Beware fake online job ads - Gumtree

  19-05-2015 12:21
  
  With a number of cyber criminals posting fake job ads online, it is important that internet users protect themselves from fraud and harassment says the company.
  
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• Fin24.com | Reunert shakes off Nashua Mobile blues

  19-05-2015 11:54
  
  The sale of Nashua Mobile’s subscriber base has helped lift Johannesburg listed Reunert’s half year results for the period ending March 2015.
  
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• Fin24.com | Telkom to expand LTE Advanced network

  19-05-2015 10:49
  
  The telecommunications company says it is expanding its LTE-A network footprint to a further 22 suburbs across South Africa.
  
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• Fin24.com | SA's Mobicel smartphone can copy iPhone design - expert

  19-05-2015 10:26
  
  The design of the Mobicel Air may look like the iPhone, but it doesn't break patent rules, says a top industry expert.
  
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• Fin24.com | Vodacom seeks partnering with Naspers on video content

  19-05-2015 09:26
  
  Vodacom is exploring a partnership with media and TV company Naspers to deliver video content onto mobile devices.
  
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• Fin24.com | Apple gets partial win in Samsung patent case

  19-05-2015 08:56
  
  Apple has been handed a mixed ruling by a US appeals court in the latest twist in a blockbuster intellectual property battle with Samsung Electronics.
  
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• Fin24.com | Obama tweets, and a million follow

  19-05-2015 07:56
  
  US President Barack Obama has sent his first tweet from his very own account on Twitter, quickly amassing a million followers in five hours.
  
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• Chemo for the Planet

  19-05-2015 06:00 via nytimes.com
  Instead of focusing on human behavior to reduce global warming, try using technology.
  
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• LG adds two new models to G4 smartphone series - CNET

  19-05-2015 05:03 via cnet.com
  
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  LG adds two new models to G4 smartphone series
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  Less than a month after LG launched its G4, the flagship handset is getting a pair of new smartphone siblings. The Korean electronics giant on Monday took the wraps off the new G4 Stylus and G4c, handsets that incorporate many of the features of the G4 in ...
  LG unveils two mid-range devices to its G4 family—the G4 Stylus and G4cPCWorldall 233 news articles »
  
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