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• OPM Suspends Background Check System in Wake of Hack

  29-06-2015 22:54 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing system will be offline for four to six weeks.
  
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• Cause of SpaceX Falc

  29-06-2015 22:48 via pinterest.com
  
  Cause of SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Failure Unknown; Launch Explosion Photos
  
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• WikiLeaks Says NSA Spied on French Business

  29-06-2015 22:46 via abcnews.go.com
  WikiLeaks: NSA spied on French exports bids, finance chiefs in a decade of economic espionage
  
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• Venus and Jupiter Me

  29-06-2015 22:45 via pinterest.com
  
  Venus and Jupiter Meet At Last
  
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• Disney Merges Consumer Product, Interactive Divisions

  29-06-2015 22:10 via abcnews.go.com
  Disney merges consumer product, interactive divisions ahead of launch of Playmation wearables
  
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• Why These Kids Were Especially Saddened by SpaceX Explosion

  29-06-2015 21:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Four Tennessee students had the thrill of watching their science experiment being launched into space on board SpaceX's Dragon vehicle, only to see it explode.
  
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• Fin24.com | Facebook opens Johannesburg office

  29-06-2015 20:29
  
  Social media giant Facebook has opened its first office in South Africa in a bid to boost its African presence.
  
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• Fin24.com | Naspers core headline earnings grow by 30%

  29-06-2015 20:19
  
  Naspers says its core headline earnings, a measure it considers a reliable indicator of sustainable operating performance, has grown 30% to R11.2bn, up from R8.6bn.
  
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• Apple Music: Everything You Need to Know About the Launch

  29-06-2015 19:49 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Apple Music launches on Tuesday offering three free months of membership.
  
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• Watch: New Google Maps Feature Could Help Prevent Accidents

  29-06-2015 19:13 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Google plans to work with the Federal Railroad Administration to add crossings to their application.
  
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• New Google Maps Feature Could Help Prevent Accidents

  29-06-2015 18:53 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A potentially life-saving new feature marking the location of railroad crossings will be integrated into Google Maps in the United States.
  
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• 11 Billion Year Old Stars Have Earth-like Planets

  29-06-2015 18:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A newly published study has shown with high precision that even stars older than 11 billion years have Earth-like planets. A new study of 33 Kepler stars with solar-like oscillations to be published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. According to lead author of the article Víctor Silva Aguirre from the Stellar Astrophysics […]
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• New Battery Design Cuts Lithium-Ion Battery Cost in Half

  29-06-2015 18:11 via scitechdaily.com
  
  By using a battery design that is a hybrid between flow batteries and conventional solid ones, engineers have developed a new manufacturing approach that slices lithium-ion battery cost in half. An advanced manufacturing approach for lithium-ion batteries, developed by researchers at MIT and at a spinoff company called 24M, promises to significantly slash the cost […]
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• Solar plane faces most dangerous part of round the world flight

  29-06-2015 18:08 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Solar Impulse 2 pilot begins the most dangerous leg of an attempt to fly a solar powered plane around the world for the first time.
  
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• Overuse of Medical Services Increases Healthcare Costs

  29-06-2015 17:54 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Are doctors running the bill up on you? A new study from Yale University shows that a key factor to increased healthcare costs is overuse of medical services. As the cost of health care in the United States continues to rise, a new study by Yale researchers offers insight into a key factor influencing increased […]
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• Study Shows Muscle Contraction May Contribute to Stroke Damage

  29-06-2015 17:39 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The precise regulation of cerebral blood flow is critical for normal brain function, and its disruption underlies many neuropathologies. Using optical imaging, researchers from Yale University found that capillary pericytes in mice and humans do not express smooth muscle actin and are morphologically and functionally distinct from adjacent precapillary smooth muscle cells (SMCs). An investigation […]
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• SOFIA Telescope Preparing for Pluto’s Occultation

  29-06-2015 17:28 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy will attempt to view the dwarf planet Pluto as it passes in front of a distant star. The Stratosphere Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is a modified Boeing 747SP aircraft that makes celestial observations with its German-built 100-inch telescope. The telescope is enhanced to collect infrared radiation, and is […]
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• Cassini Reveals the Spirals in Saturn’s D Ring

  29-06-2015 17:17 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In this image NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft reveals the spiral structures in Saturn’s D ring. Although the D ring of Saturn is so thin that it’s barely noticeable compared to the rest of the ring system, it still displays structures seen in other Saturnian rings. Here the spiral structures in the D ring are on display. […]
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• Hubble Views Starbursting Galaxy SBS 1415+437

  29-06-2015 17:05 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This Hubble image of the week shows a galaxy named SBS 1415+437 or SDSS CGB 12067.1, which is located roughly 45 million light-years from Earth. SBS 1415+437 is a Wolf–Rayet galaxy, a type of starbursting galaxy with an unusually high number of extremely hot and massive stars known as Wolf–Rayet stars. These stars can be […]
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• Google to Alert Drivers to Railroad Crossings

  29-06-2015 16:37 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Google will add audio and visual alerts to warn drivers about upcoming railroad crossings on Google's navigation system.
  
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• Fin24.com | Google rejected by US court in Java copying case

  29-06-2015 16:05
  
  The US Supreme Court let Oracle press accusations that Google developed its Android smartphone operating system by improperly copying the Java programming language.
  
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• What SpaceX Failure Means For Astronauts

  29-06-2015 15:56 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The second catastrophic failure in recent months of a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station has once again left astronauts without new supplies.
  
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• Fin24.com | Fin24 users unhappy over SA internet speeds

  29-06-2015 14:21
  
  In light of South Africa’s internet population growing, Fin24 users say that it’s high time that the country steps up its internet speeds as well.
  
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• Watch: TechBytes: Samsung Says It Found a Way to Double Battery Life

  29-06-2015 11:55 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The rollout of the new batteries could take years.
  
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• Fin24.com | Companies face major cybercrime offensive

  29-06-2015 11:19
  
  Businesses across the globe are facing unprecedented cyber attack risks as criminal groups bombard servers with malware, new research has revealed.
  
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• Fin24.com | eBay-PayPal breakup set for July

  29-06-2015 10:29
  
  US online giant eBay said its board has approved the planned spinoff of its PayPal online payments unit, which will trade as an independent company.
  
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• Solar Plane Takes Off, Passes 'Point of No Return'

  29-06-2015 09:15 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A solar-powered plane took off from Japan to attempt a five-day flight over open water to Hawaii, the eighth leg of its bid to fly around the world.
  
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• Solar-Powered Plane Takes Off From Japan Bound For Hawaii

  29-06-2015 08:56 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Solar Impulse 2 left Japan's Nagoya airport early Monday for a five-day flight to Hawaii without using a drop of fuel.
  
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• Fin24.com | Internet access to 'spike' in SA

  29-06-2015 08:35
  
  South Africa is forecast to see a massive jump in internet traffic as more people switch to smartphones and other smart devices, according to a survey.
  
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  29-06-2015 07:24 via pinterest.com
  
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• Women in Science

  29-06-2015 06:00 via nytimes.com
  A professor at Harvard Medical School writes of a need to “create new visions” to help women succeed.
  
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• High Schoolers' Experiment Lost Again on Launch Failure

  29-06-2015 02:03 via abcnews.go.com
  Rocket science lesson for high school student turns out to be more about determination, loss
  
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