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• Robot Combines Hard Shell With Soft Body for Big Hops

  09-07-2015 23:43 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Researchers have created a new robot that combines the strengths of both soft and rigid materials, allowing it to leap explosively into the air.
  
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• US: More Than 21 Million Affected by Government Data Breach

  09-07-2015 21:56
  US: More than 21 million affected by government data breach of personnel records
  
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• Facebook Makes It Easier to Tweak What You See in Your Feed

  09-07-2015 21:40
  Facebook makes it easier to tweak what you see _ and what you don't _ in your feed
  
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• Fired Reddit Exec Finally Breaks Her Silence

  09-07-2015 21:36 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Victoria Taylor is finally speaking out after her dismissal from Reddit sparked an angry wave of protests across the site.
  
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• Review: Microsoft Office in a World of Multiple Devices

  09-07-2015 21:19
  Review: Microsoft navigates shift in how we use multiple devices with new Office package
  
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• IBM Claims Breakthrough in Making Chips Even Smaller

  09-07-2015 20:57
  IBM announces computer chip breakthrough, the world's first 7 nanometer semiconductor
  
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• NASA Picks 4 Astronauts to Fly 1st Commercial Space Missions

  09-07-2015 20:31
  NASA picks 4 astronauts to fly 1st commercial space missions in couple years; all test pilots
  
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• Study: American, European Bumblebees Feeling Climate Sting

  09-07-2015 20:10
  Bumblebees in North America, Europe, getting squeezed by climate change, study finds
  
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• IBM Breakthrough Could Power New Computer Chips

  09-07-2015 20:09 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  IBM has created a working computer chip with transistors just 7 nanometers across, opening the door for even smaller, more powerful electronics.
  
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• WikiLeaks Posts Library of Leaked Italian Hackers' Emails

  09-07-2015 20:08
  Hacking Team breach: WikiLeaks posts library of leaked Italian surveillance firm's emails
  
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• 1,000-Year-Old Corn Cobs, Kernels Found at Mitchell Site

  09-07-2015 19:54
  1,000-year-old corn cobs and kernels uncovered at Prehistoric Indian Village in Mitchell
  
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• NYSE Says Software Problem Led to Trading Outage

  09-07-2015 19:04 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The NYSE that the halt on the exchange was due to a technical problem that stemmed from new software that was rolled out the previous evening.
  
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• Fin24.com | Cosatu ‘opposes’ Uber’s business model

  09-07-2015 19:02
  
  Uber is coming under increased pressure as the Congress of South African Trade Unions is now taking aim at the internet ride-sharing service.
  
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• 2 Visions Emerge for Getting Self-Driving Cars on Road

  09-07-2015 19:01
  Race between Google, automakers could determine how you experience driverless cars
  
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• Wendiceratops: Horned Dinosaur Fossil Adds Hooks to Evolutionary Tale - NBCNews.com

  09-07-2015 18:58 via nbcnews.com
  
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  Wendiceratops: Horned Dinosaur Fossil Adds Hooks to Evolutionary Tale
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  Paleontologists say a dinosaur from 79 million years ago, known as Wendiceratops pinhornensis, could help them hook into the mysteries of how horned dinosaurs evolved. The species' somewhat whimsical name is inspired by the place where its fossilized ...
  Newly-Discovered Wendiceratops Dinosaur Had Crown of HornsABC News
  Woman honoured as dino with MASSIVE arse, 'GNARLY' face named afte
  
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• New Horned Dinosaur Species – Wendiceratops Pinhornensis

  09-07-2015 18:51 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers discover a new species of horned dinosaur, Wendiceratops pinhornensis. Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology Dr. Michael Ryan co-led the discovery of a striking new species of horned dinosaur (ceratopsian) based on fossils collected from a bonebed in southern Alberta, Canada. Wendiceratops (WEN-dee-SARE-ah-TOPS) pinhornensis was approximately 6 meters (20 feet) long and weighed more than a […]
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• T-Mobile looks to unseat Sprint as third-largest US carrier - Computerworld

  09-07-2015 18:44 via computerworld.com
  
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  T-Mobile looks to unseat Sprint as third-largest US carrier
  Computerworld
  T-Mobile CEO John Legere on Thursday shared preliminary results showing that 2.1 million customers were added in the second quarter of 2015. As a result, he predicted T-Mobile will displace Sprint as the nation's third-largest carrier, bumping Sprint ...
  T-Mobile just added millions of new subscribers. Can Sprint keep up?Washington Post (blog)
  T-Mobile widens roaming as it becomes the third biggest carri
  
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• Here's why IBM's new computer chip matters - Fortune

  09-07-2015 18:42 via fortune.com
  
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  Here's why IBM's new computer chip matters
  Fortune
  IBM announced Thursday that it, along with a group of partners, has made a working version of a computer chip roughly four times more powerful than today's top-of-the-line hardware. Here's what that means in plain English. What makes IBM's new chip ...
  IBM Just Made the World's Most Advanced Computer ChipSlate Magazine (blog)
  IBM Claims Breakthrough in Developing Tiny Computer ChipNew York Times
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• NASA Just Picked the First Astronauts for Commercial Space Flights - TIME

  09-07-2015 18:36 via time.com
  
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  NASA Just Picked the First Astronauts for Commercial Space Flights
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  NASA announced on Thursday the names of the first astronauts chosen to fly commercial space flights. Sending commercial flights to space is “all part of our ambitious plan to return space launches to U.S. soil, create good-paying American jobs and ...
  The new 'Right Stuff': Meet the NASA astronauts who will fly from US soil for ...Washington Post (blog)
  NASA Picks Four Astronauts to Train for Commercial US Sp
  
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• MIT Engineers Develop Basic Computing Elements for Bacteria

  09-07-2015 18:33 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research from MIT unveils a series of sensors, memory switches, and circuits that can be encoded in the common human gut bacterium. The “friendly” bacteria inside our digestive systems are being given an upgrade, which may one day allow them to be programmed to detect and ultimately treat diseases such as colon cancer and […]
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• Power to the people: Facebook news feed tool lets users pick posts to see first - PCWorld

  09-07-2015 18:24 via pcworld.com
  
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  Power to the people: Facebook news feed tool lets users pick posts to see first
  PCWorld
  Facebook is adjusting its news feed and adding a tool that will let users pick the content that appears at the top of their news feeds, among other new features. The “see-first” tool for news feeds comes as a minor victory for users who want to wrest ...
  Here's Why Facebook Won't Put Your News Feed in Chronological OrderTIME
  Facebook lets you rank friends in news feedLos Angeles Times
  
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• Kilo-Degree Survey Shines Light on Dark Matter

  09-07-2015 18:14 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The first results from the Kilo-Degree Survey have been released, helping to further expand our understanding of dark matter. The first results have been released from a major new dark matter survey of the southern skies using ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. The VST KiDS survey will allow astronomers […]
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• New Office 2016 for Mac makes life easier for the cross-platform - ZDNet

  09-07-2015 18:09 via zdnet.com
  
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  New Office 2016 for Mac makes life easier for the cross-platform
  ZDNet
  Mac users have always been an important market for Microsoft, especially in the early days of Office. Excel, after all, was one of the original killer apps for the Macintosh, and it's about to celebrate its 30th birthday. Excel for the Macintosh ...
  Microsoft Releases Office for Mac 2016, Pledges Better Support for OS XWall Street Journal (blog)
  Microsoft launches Office 2016 for Mac: Office 365 subsc
  
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• Google Chromecast ethernet adapter quietly goes on sale, sells out immediately - Mashable

  09-07-2015 18:09 via mashable.com
  
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  Google Chromecast ethernet adapter quietly goes on sale, sells out immediately
  Mashable
  Google Chromecast is a solid little device that plugs into your TV and allows video streaming from computers and mobile devices, but it's only as good as your Wi-Fi network. Now, the company has a new ethernet adapter to fix that — if you can find it.
  Fight Weak Wi-Fi With Chromecast Ethernet AdapterPC Magazine
  Google's new Ethernet Adapter for Chromecast “out of stock” as soon as rele
  
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• Synaptics Tips Secure, Isolated Fingerprint Sensor - PC Magazine

  09-07-2015 18:01 via pcmag.com
  
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  Synaptics Tips Secure, Isolated Fingerprint Sensor
  PC Magazine
  Fingerprint sensors are an easy way to protect your phone from prying eyes, but are they secure enough? Synaptics has a new solution that isolates the fingerprint data on its own chip. The company's Match-in-Sensor is an SoC-based (System on Chip) ...
  Synaptics Launches Fingerprint Authentication TechnologyInformationWeek
  Synaptics creates a way to easily authenticate your fingerprint on a laptopVentureBeat
  
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• New Timescale Firmly Implicates Volcanic Eruptions as the Dominant Drivers of Past Climate Variability

  09-07-2015 17:51 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A newly published study resolves the inconsistencies in the timing of atmospheric volcanic aerosol loading determined from ice cores and subsequent cooling from climate proxies such as tree rings and shows that large eruptions in the tropics and high latitudes were primary drivers of interannual-to-decadal temperature variability in the Northern Hemisphere during the past 2,500 […]
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• Microsoft's mobile future hinges on success of Windows 10 - The Indian Express

  09-07-2015 17:41 via indianexpress.com
  
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  Microsoft's mobile future hinges on success of Windows 10
  The Indian Express
  Microsoft Inc's future in mobile devices likely hinges on the software maker's ability to convince developers to create apps for the phone version of Windows 10 after its ill-fated Nokia acquisition helped trigger 7,800 layoffs. The job cuts ...
  Microsoft is having an identity crisisMashable
  The problem with Windows phonesLivemint
  Microsoft writes off Nokia investment, sacks workersThe Au
  
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• New Image Shows X-Rays Lighting Up the Surface of Our Sun

  09-07-2015 17:33 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New observations from NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, Japan’s Hinode Spacecraft and NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory have been combined to form this new image of the Sun. X-rays light up the surface of our sun in a bouquet of colors in this new image containing data from NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. The […]
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• NASA’s New Horizons Pluto Flyby Begins

  09-07-2015 17:20 via scitechdaily.com
  
  After three-billion plus miles and over nine years, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is set to begin its Pluto flyby observations. In the early morning hours of July 8, mission scientists received this new view of Pluto—the most detailed yet returned by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard New Horizons. The image was taken on […]
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• Surfer-Shaped Waves Discovered at the Boundaries of Near-Earth Space

  09-07-2015 17:13 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Two published papers reveal Kelvin-Helmholtz waves at the boundaries of near-Earth space, showing that they can appear under any conditions and are much more prevalent than previously thought. The universe overflows with repeating patterns. From the smallest cells to the largest galaxies, scientists are often rewarded by observing similar patterns in vastly different places. One […]
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• Facebook Wants to Know Your News Feed Priorities

  09-07-2015 17:07
  
  If you just can't get enough of your best friend, crush or sibling's Facebook posts, it's now even easier to make sure you don't miss anything in your news feed.
  
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• Fin24.com | SA public ICT spending to hit $707m in 2019

  09-07-2015 16:42
  
  Experts are projecting that South Africa’s public sector ICT spending will rise to over $700m in four years from now.
  
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• Fin24.com | Pollsmoor prison Facebook page causes a stir

  09-07-2015 16:30
  
  Prisoners at a Cape Town institution appear to have broken rules by actively posting content to social networks.
  
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• Scientists Demonstrate Animal Mind-Melds

  09-07-2015 16:27 via nytimes.com
  New studies say rats and monkeys whose brains are linked by electrodes can coordinate their brains to carry out tasks, often better than individuals do.
  
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• Facebook's New News Feed: See Best Friends' Updates First

  09-07-2015 16:19 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook's news feed update lets users choose which friends' updates they want to see first.
  
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• Fin24.com | Wi-Fi roll-out planned for CPT MyCiTi buses

  09-07-2015 16:16
  
  Officials of the City of Cape Town have announced a tender to expand free Wi-Fi internet access on all MyCiTi buses.
  
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• Pluto Probe Spots Donut and Whale-Shaped Features

  09-07-2015 15:58
  
  Less than a week away from its flyby of Pluto, NASA's New Horizons probe is sending back incredible images to Earth.
  
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• Scientists Demonstrate Animal Mind-Melds - New York Times

  09-07-2015 15:00 via nytimes.com
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  Scientists Demonstrate Animal Mind-Melds
  New York Times
  A single neuron can't do much on its own, but link billions of them together into a network and you've got a brain. But why stop there? In recent years, scientists have wondered what brains could do if they were linked together into even bigger ...
  Wiring Monkey Brains Together Has a Point, Say ScientistsWired
  Real-Life Mind Meld? Scientists Link Animal BrainsLive Science
  Neuroscientists Develop 'Organic Computer'
  
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• Steal My Naked Photos, Not My Bank Info! Survey Says

  09-07-2015 14:25 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The research also found that more people would rather have their email accounts hacked—or even have their homes robbed.
  
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• Watch: Record Number of New iPhone Production

  09-07-2015 13:06
  
  Apple preps biggest iPhone order ever for new devices.
  
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• Fin24.com | SA startup helps taxis take on Uber

  09-07-2015 12:56
  
  Resurrected startup Zapacab plans to equip local metered taxis with technology to help them be more competitive against internet ride sharing service Uber.
  
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• Fin24.com | Rethink over SA internet censorship

  09-07-2015 12:50
  
  Online content in SA could be regulated by the Press Council rather than the Film and Publications Board, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
  
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• Watch: Technology Show Highlights Innovative Gadgets

  09-07-2015 12:25
  
  ABC's Tina Trinh checks out the latest consumer electronics and tech gadgets at CE Week in New York City.
  
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• Fin24.com | Microsoft to cut 7 800 jobs amid Nokia woes

  09-07-2015 09:42
  
  The software giant has announced plans to cut 7 800 jobs along with a reorganisation of its Windows Phone unit which has struggled in the mobile market.
  
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• Fin24.com | BlackBerry blasts snooping proposals

  09-07-2015 08:46
  
  The Canadian phone maker has rejected political moves to ban strong encryption, saying that it's a short-sighted policy that would not serve companies or governments.
  
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