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• Could you use these new emoji in a sentence? - CBS News

  17-07-2015 23:57 via cbsnews.com
  
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  Could you use these new emoji in a sentence?
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  It's World Emoji Day, the day when the world celebrates those little digital pictograms that say what we want in a way that words can't. World Emoji Day was created by Jeremy Burge, founder of Emojipedia, a source of all things emoji. It falls on July ...
  Letting Our Emojis Get in the WayNew York Times
  LOOK: Classic sports moments given the #WorldEmojiDay treatmentCBSSports.com
  Twitter's Mastering The Emoji, But Are They
  
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• Hitchhiking Robot Embarks on Cross-Country Tour

  17-07-2015 23:46 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  With its thumb raised skyward, the robotic creation of two researchers in Canada has embarked on a hitchhiking journey across the U.S.
  
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• 'Ludicrous Mode'? Tesla Adds Power to Already-Fast Model S

  17-07-2015 23:38 via abcnews.go.com
  Tesla says it's creating 'Ludicrous Mode' of Model S sedan that goes zero-to-60 faster
  
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• Kube Cooler Keeps Drinks and Music Flowing at Your BBQ

  17-07-2015 23:19 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The high-tech Kube cooler/speaker combo will keep things going at your party for a long time - if you're willing to shell out.
  
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• Uber, Lyft Face Questions Over Disability Access

  17-07-2015 23:01 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The Massachusetts attorney general's office is examining how Uber and Lyft ensure equal access for people with disabilities.
  
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• Uber Vs. De Blasio in Fight Over Access to NYC Streets

  17-07-2015 22:55 via abcnews.go.com
  Uber vs. Mayor Bill de Blasio in escalating political fight over access to NYC streets
  
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• 'Beautiful Eye Candy': Frozen Plains in Pluto's Heart

  17-07-2015 22:31 via abcnews.go.com
  
  'Beautiful eye candy': Frozen plains spotted near peaks in Pluto's heart, named after Sputnik
  
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• Tesla's 'Ludicrous Mode' Gets You From 0-60 in 2.8 Seconds

  17-07-2015 21:29 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Environmentally conscious thrill-seekers can now get a "ludicrous mode" upgrade for their Tesla Model S ... if they're willing to shell out an extra $10,000.
  
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• Apple's Siri: 7 of Her Most Surprising Answers

  17-07-2015 21:28 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  With every update Apple issues for iOS, the iPhone's digital assistant Siri gains a few new abilities — sometimes ones they don't tell you about.
  
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• Watch: New Horizons Reveals Pluto's Frozen Plains

  17-07-2015 21:21 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Sputnik Planum is a craterless plain believed to be less than 100 million years old, located in the heart-shaped feature of the dwarf planet.
  
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• UCLA Health Says Hack Exposed Data on 4.5 Million People

  17-07-2015 20:10 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  University of California Health, which runs four hospitals in the university's campuses, said a hack exposed data on as many as 4.5 million individuals.
  
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• Apple Appears to Have Fixed That Unusual Siri Glitch

  17-07-2015 19:34 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Saying the words "charge my phone 100 percent" into some iPhones caused the devices to automatically start calling emergency services.
  
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• Fin24.com | SA should set up new state broadcaster - panel

  17-07-2015 19:00
  
  SA should set up its own 24-hour television news channel that would focus on conveying the government’s message and achievements, says an advisory panel.
  
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• Electronic Waste: U.S. Is World's Biggest Producer By Far

  17-07-2015 18:35 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A recent UN study shows the U.S. is the world's biggest producer of electronic waste, more than one million tons ahead of China.
  
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• Japan's robot hotel opens its (automatic) doors

  17-07-2015 18:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Android receptionists greet guests checking into what is claimed to be a world's first
  
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• Uber Vs. De Blasio in Battle Over Access to NYC Streets

  17-07-2015 17:47 via abcnews.go.com
  Uber vs. Mayor Bill de Blasio in escalating political battle over access to NYC streets
  
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• Feathered Dinosaur With Bird-Like Wings Discovered

  17-07-2015 17:39 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Paleontologists have discovered a bird-like dinosaur in China that lived 125 million years ago and had a set of wings that surprisingly weren't used for flight.
  
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• ESA Selects Contractor for JUICE Mission to Jupiter and Its Icy Moons

  17-07-2015 17:27 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Airbus Defence & Space in France has been selected as the prime industrial contractor for ESA’s JUICE mission to Jupiter and its icy moons. The spacecraft should be launched in 2022 and arrive in the Jovian system in 2030. The agency’s Industrial Policy Committee approved the award of the €350.8 million contract yesterday. Pending the […]
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• New Statistical Technique to Help Evaluate Sites for Offshore Wind Farms

  17-07-2015 17:14 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists at MIT have developed a new statistical technique that yields better wind-speed predictions than existing techniques do, saving power companies’ time and money in the evaluation of sites for offshore wind farms. When a power company wants to build a new wind farm, it generally hires a consultant to make wind speed measurements at […]
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• Google Self-Driving Cars Spotlight Problem of Distracted Drivers

  17-07-2015 17:09 via abcnews.go.com
  
  One of Google's self-driving cars was involved in its first-ever injury accident.
  
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• Physicists Observe Weyl Points for the First Time

  17-07-2015 17:02 via scitechdaily.com
  
  An international team of physicists has confirmed for the first time the experimental observation of Weyl points. Part of a 1929 prediction by physicist Hermann Weyl — of a kind of massless particle that features a singular point in its energy spectrum called the “Weyl point” — has finally been confirmed by direct observation for […]
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• New Stem Cell Study May Lead to New Drug Targets for Autism Treatment

  17-07-2015 16:50 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using stem cells generated from skin biopsies of four patients with ASD, researchers from Yale University grew the stem cells into three-dimensional simulated miniature human brains to compare gene expression between the patients and their family members. A larger head size — or macrocephaly — is seen in many children with severe autism spectrum disorder […]
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• New Horizons Reveals Methane Ice on Pluto

  17-07-2015 16:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  As data from New Horizons continues to come in, the latest spectra from the Ralph instrument reveals an abundance of methane ice with striking differences from place to place across the frozen surface of Pluto. “We just learned that in the north polar cap, methane ice is diluted in a thick, transparent slab of nitrogen […]
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• NASA to Release New Pluto Images from New Horizons on July 17

  17-07-2015 16:23 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA prepares to reveal new images of Pluto taken by the New Horizons Spacecraft. NASA will hold a media briefing at 1 p.m. EDT Friday, July 17, to reveal new images of Pluto and discuss new science findings from Tuesday’s historic flyby. The briefing will be held in James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, […]
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• How Google's robotic cars deal with human stupidity - Engadget

  17-07-2015 16:04 via engadget.com
  
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  How Google's robotic cars deal with human stupidity
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  Like the Terminator T-800, Google's self-driving cars don't feel pity, remorse or fear. But they also never lose their patience or get distracted by smartphones like we do, and Google has revealed data collected by its vehicles showing just how bad we ...
  A Google Self-driving Car Was Rear-ended Once AgainTIME
  Google Self-Driving Car Accident Injures 4ABC News
  Google self-driving car has 1st accident involving inj
  
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• Renowned Scientist Who Helped Lead Mission to Jupiter Dies

  17-07-2015 16:02 via abcnews.go.com
  Renowned scientist Claudia Alexander, who helped lead NASA mission to Jupiter, dies at 56
  
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• Polar Bears Unable to Conserve Energy While Fasting - Times Gazette

  17-07-2015 15:52 via thetimesgazette.com
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  Polar Bears Unable to Conserve Energy While Fasting
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  A new study of the polar bear population in Alaska during the summer concluded that the bear's body would not help to hold off starvation in the face of global warming. A study was done on the polar bears from the southern Beaufort Sea by private ...
  Study: No warming-proof polar bear traitContra Costa Times
  Polar Bears Cannot Adapt To Extended Food Deprivation As Arctic Warms UpInternational Business Times
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• Uber Goes After NYC Mayor in New App Feature, Ads

  17-07-2015 15:51 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Riders can now choose "de Blasio's Uber."
  
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• Bolstered by Turbocharged Engines, Audi R8 and R8 Plus Supercars All Set to ... - Times Gazette

  17-07-2015 15:45 via dailytimesgazette.com
  
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  Bolstered by Turbocharged Engines, Audi R8 and R8 Plus Supercars All Set to ...
  Times Gazette
  German car manufacturer Audi is set to unfurl supercars that are expected to give its chief rivals a run for their money. Though relatively smaller, the R8 and R8 Plus versions aren't pushovers as they are beefed up with immense power and superb features.
  Audi R8 and R8 Plus to Come With A Turbocharged EngineI4U News
  Built with Turbocharged Engines, Audi R8 and R8 Plus Supercars Ready
  
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• Beloved Walrus at Washington State Zoo Dies After Surgery

  17-07-2015 15:42 via abcnews.go.com
  Beloved 33-year-old walrus at Washington state zoo dies after surgery for bacterial infection
  
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• iPhone Users Should Be Wary of This One Siri Command

  17-07-2015 15:22 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Some iPhone users are scratching their heads over an unusual Siri phenomenon that takes place when commanding the technological assistant to charge th
  
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• Nintendo fans visit Satoru Iwata's final resting place - Irish Examiner

  17-07-2015 15:18 via irishexaminer.com
  
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  Nintendo fans visit Satoru Iwata's final resting place
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  Satoru Iwata was laid to rest today with many members of the Japanese gaming industry in attendance. Nintendo fans visit Satoru Iwata. Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, Reggie Fils-Aime and Bill Trinen were present. They were joined by former Sonic Team ...
  Thousands of fans attend Satoru Iwata funeralMetro
  Fans Remember Nintendo President Iwata at FuneralWall Street Journal (blog)
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• It Looks Like Bacon, Tastes Like Bacon, But It's Seaweed - NBCNews.com

  17-07-2015 15:16 via nbcnews.com
  
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  It Looks Like Bacon, Tastes Like Bacon, But It's Seaweed
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  Researchers have patented a new strain of seaweed that they say tastes like bacon and might help feed a growing, hungry world. The red seaweed is called dulse, and it's been eaten by people for millennia. The team at Oregon State University has bred a ...
  Get in: You can now get seaweed that tastes of bacon, but is as healthy as kaleMetro
  The holy grill: A guilt-free superfood that tastes like baconWFSB
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• Google's YouTube growth allays fears over Facebook threat - Reuters

  17-07-2015 15:11 via reuters.com
  
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  Google's YouTube growth allays fears over Facebook threat
  Reuters
  Google Inc's (GOOGL.O) strong growth in mobile advertising revenue allayed concerns the company's YouTube business could be hurt by Facebook Inc's (FB.O) efforts to cash in on the growing popularity of videos on smartphones and tablets. Google's ...
  The average mobile YouTube session is now 40 minutesPCWorld
  On First Conference Call, Google's New CFO Is a HitWall Street Journal (blog)
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• New Horizons: More Pluto pictures set for release - BBC News

  17-07-2015 14:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  New Horizons: More Pluto pictures set for release
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  The American space agency will release more pictures later from the New Horizons flyby of Pluto. Scientists promise to show further close-ups of the dwarf planet, and talk about some of the other types of data acquired during Tuesday's close pass ...
  Looking good, PlutoLos Angeles Times
  This Week In Space: A Whole Lot Of Little Pluto And A Step Toward Asteroid ...Tech Times
  To Pluto and beyond: a salute to those who think o
  
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• Is 'Angry Birds 2' Already Available As 'Under Pigstruction'? - Forbes

  17-07-2015 14:44 via forbes.com
  
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  Is 'Angry Birds 2' Already Available As 'Under Pigstruction'?
  Forbes
  It looks like Angry Birds 2 is the official name for Angry Birds Under Pigstruction, but there is likely more to the game still to be announced. While we wait for official news on what exactly Angry Birds 2 has to offer us, it seems that Rovio may have ...
  Angry Birds 2 Coming to App Store on July 30I4U News
  'Angry Birds 2' Coming July 30! Rovio Promises 'Bigger, Badder, Birdier' Game ...
  
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• Watch: Google Self-Driving Car Accident Injures 4

  17-07-2015 14:43 via abcnews.go.com
  
  This is the first time one of Google???s self-driving car prototypes has been involved in an accident that caused injuries.
  
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• Study: No warming-proof polar bear trait - San Jose Mercury News

  17-07-2015 14:42 via mercurynews.com
  
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  Study: No warming-proof polar bear trait
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A study of an Alaska polar bear population in summer concludes the bear's biology will not help stave off starvation in the face of global warming. The study of southern Beaufort Sea polar bears by university, federal and private ...
  Polar Bears Unable to Conserve Energy While FastingTimes Gazette
  Polar Bears Cannot Adapt To Extended Food Deprivation As Arctic Warms UpInternational Busine
  
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• Fin24.com | Nedbank takes the fight to cyber scammers

  17-07-2015 14:38
  
  Nedbank's new big data security tool will help the bank's clients avoid being victims of fraud.
  
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• Here's What Wall Street Is Saying About That Big Google Earnings Beat - Bloomberg

  17-07-2015 14:29 via bloomberg.com
  
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  Here's What Wall Street Is Saying About That Big Google Earnings Beat
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  After the bell yesterday, Google unveiled earnings that topped analysts' estimates, sending shares up as much as 14 percent in late trading on investor optimism that the Internet search giant can keep costs in check. As of 7:15 a.m. in New York, the ...
  On First Conference Call, Google's New CFO Is a HitWall Street Journal (blog)
  CEO DailyFortune
  Google Surges 14%: Porat's Calming Words on
  
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• Google Self-Driving Car Involved in First Injury Accident

  17-07-2015 14:09 via abcnews.go.com
  
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• Google Self-Driving Car Accident Injures 4 - ABC News

  17-07-2015 14:07 via abcnews.go.com
  
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  Google Self-Driving Car Accident Injures 4
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  This is the first time one of Google's self-driving car prototypes has been involved in an accident that caused injuries. 0:17 | 07/17/15. Share. Title. Description. Share From. Share With. Facebook. Tweet. </> Embed. Email. <br/><a ...
  A Google Self-driving Car Was Rear-ended Once AgainTIME
  Google's autonomous car injuries: Blame the humanZDNet
  BONK! Google ROBO-CAR REAR-ENDED by cack-handed fleshy driverT
  
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• Why Mosquitoes Will Always Track You Down - TIME

  17-07-2015 14:02 via time.com
  
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  Why Mosquitoes Will Always Track You Down
  TIME
  Ever wonder why mosquitoes seem drawn to your body like magnets? Scientists now understand the method the insects use to find their human prey, and it involves three steps. According to new research published in the journal Current Biology, mosquitoes ...
  Mosquitoes use 3 senses to find and bite youFuturity: Research News
  How mosquitoes sniff out 'tasty' humans before bitingIndia Today
  Mosquitoes use smell to see their hostsR & D
  
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• Fin24.com | Shareholders back Samsung $8bn merger plan

  17-07-2015 13:30
  
  Samsung C&T shareholders have approved an $8bn takeover offer from sister firm Cheil Industries in a close-run vote.
  
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• Astronauts take emergency shelter after junk threatens space station - The Guardian

  17-07-2015 13:17 via theguardian.com
  
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  Astronauts take emergency shelter after junk threatens space station
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  A fragment from a Russian weather staellite threatened to smash into the international space station. Photograph: NASA/Getty Images. Associated Press. Thursday 16 July 2015 23.11 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email · Share on ...
  ISS astronauts forced to evacuate into Russian Soyuz to dodge flying space trashDaily Mail
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• Watch: Strong Emmy Support for Online Streaming Services

  17-07-2015 13:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Netflix and Amazon emerge as major awards players.
  
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• Facebook Wants to Own Your Life, Not Imitate Amazon - Wired

  17-07-2015 13:02 via wired.com
  
  Wired
  Facebook Wants to Own Your Life, Not Imitate Amazon
  Wired
  Tech giants increasingly want to be the one and only stop for every aspect of your life. They want to be where you go to socialize with friends, where you go to read the news, and where you go to be entertained—without ever leaving their enclave. They ...
  Facebook to soon add 'buy button' on e-tailers' pagesTimes of India
  Is Facebook becoming a mobile mall?CBS News
  Facebook Wants You to Shop While You Share Baby PicsP
  
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• 'Coontown': A noxious, racist corner of Reddit survives recent purge - Washington Post

  17-07-2015 12:52 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  'Coontown': A noxious, racist corner of Reddit survives recent purge
  Washington Post
  Warning: This post contains graphic language. In a place where anything went, it seems that more and more has got to go — and some of what remains is still exceptionally objectionable. That place is Reddit, which calls itself the “front page” of the ...
  Bits | Daily Report: Reddit Proposes New Content Rules as a Founder Steps In ...New York Times (blog)
  New Reddit CEO Promises Site
  
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• Virtual reality for beginners: Everything you need to know to wrap your head ... - PCWorld

  17-07-2015 12:31 via pcworld.com
  
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  Virtual reality for beginners: Everything you need to know to wrap your head ...
  PCWorld
  Two years and five iterations of the Oculus Rift later, it's finally time to start writing about virtual reality as a thing that's happening, not something that will happen. Less than six months from now the first of the heavy hitter consumer-grade ...
  Facebook's Oculus Buys Hand-Tracking Startup PebblesNDTV
  Oculus VR's $60 Million Acquisition Could Make Controllers RedundantForbes
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• Fin24.com | Huawei: We don't build rubbish smartphones

  17-07-2015 12:02
  
  Huawei has been on the charm offensive after it was accused of manufacturing devices with back doors to allow Chinese government agencies to hack in and steal secrets.
  
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