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• Sony will ensure 'The Banner Saga' comes to PS Vita - Engadget

  24-12-2015 22:30 via engadget.com
  
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  Now that Sony has more or less given up on first-party support for the Vita, indie games have become the portable system's lifeblood. It should come as no surprise, then, that when The Banner Saga developer Stoic announced it was putting its Vita port ...
  'Volume' PS Vita version to come out in JanuaryMNR Daily
  Sony Will Make Sure 'The Banner Saga' Comes To PS VitaMirror Daily
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• Kids' Tablets Grow Up as Competition Increases

  24-12-2015 22:10 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The new products have more features, better screens, speedier chips and fashionably slim bodies.
  
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• You could be owed a refund from Verizon and Sprint, but you'll have to act fast - CNNMoney

  24-12-2015 21:11 via
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  You could be owed a refund from Verizon and Sprint, but you'll have to act fast
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  Verizon and Sprint customers have a week to claim their refunds for unauthorized charges on their bills. The two wireless carriers settled with the FTC after allowing third-party companies to charge customers for "premium" text messages without their ...
  Deadline Approaching for 'Cramming' Refunds From Verizon, SprintABC News
  Verizon/Sprint Customers Must Submit Cramming Claims SoonAndroid Headline
  

• Drone Battle's Next Front: Your Local Government

  24-12-2015 21:07 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  As the FAA continues to craft rules for using drones, conflict has arisen over what role state and local governments should have in the process.
  
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• Sony acknowledges Vita, saves Banner Saga Vita port - Destructoid

  24-12-2015 21:03 via destructoid.com
  
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  Sony acknowledges Vita, saves Banner Saga Vita port
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  While Sony is busy blaming everyone but themselves for the failure of the Vita, they basically took it and shot it behind the barn. There's almost nothing coming out for it from Sony, and as I've noted in the past, Atlus is a first-party Vita developer ...
  Sony will ensure 'The Banner Saga' comes to PS VitaEngadget
  'Volume' PS Vita version to come out in JanuaryMNR Daily
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• Oculus founder: Rift VR headset is 'fancy wine'; Google Cardboard is 'muddy water' - VentureBeat

  24-12-2015 21:03 via
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  Oculus founder: Rift VR headset is 'fancy wine'; Google Cardboard is 'muddy water'
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  Above: Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey talks virtual worlds at his Connect event in Los Angeles. Image Credit: Jason Wilson/GamesBeat. Check out all of our GamesBeat Rewind 2015 end of the year coverage here. If the future ever brings us virtual ...
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• Apple Lawsuit Over iMessage Blocking To Android Thrown Out - Android Headlines - Android News

  24-12-2015 20:24 via
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  Apple Lawsuit Over iMessage Blocking To Android Thrown Out
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  A while back, a class action lawsuit was initiated against Apple, claiming that Apple's iMessage app caught messages on their way from iDevices to Android devices and blocked them from being sent. The suit was brought on by a few disgruntled ex-owners ...
  Judge Throws Out 'iMessage Purgatory' CasePC Magazine
  Android vs. iPhone: Which Enforces Parental Control Better?Tech
  

• Here's What Made Obama's Christmas Spotify Playlist

  24-12-2015 20:06 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  How does the Obama family celebrate Christmas?
  
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• Choking on smog, Rome and Milan issue no-car day edicts

  24-12-2015 19:47
  
  Rome and Milan have ordered no-car days next week to combat pollution, which has hit unhealthy levels for weeks mainly because no rain has fallen to wash away the smog.
  
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• Apollo 8 crew wish the world a Merry Christmas from the moon's orbit in 1968 - New York Daily News

  24-12-2015 19:24 via
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  Apollo 8 crew wish the world a Merry Christmas from the moon's orbit in 1968
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  (Originally published by the Daily News on Dec. 25, 1968. This story was written by Mark Bloom.) HOUSTON, Wednesday, Dec. 25 - The Apollo 8 astronauts wished the world a Merry Christmas last night and departed a “vast, lonely forbidding” moon early ...
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• Scientists look deeper into the body with new fluorescent dye

  24-12-2015 19:19
  
  Glowing dyes help scientists see inside the body and diagnose ailments, but they needed a certain type of molecule to improve the imaging depth. They invented a long wavelength near-infrared fluorescent molecule, and it works.
  
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• EPA wants toxic Nevada mine on Superfund list

  24-12-2015 18:53
  
  Fifteen years after U.S. regulators started assessing damage and health risks at an abandoned Nevada copper mine, the Environmental Protection Agency is moving to designate the contaminated land a Superfund site, a step the state could still oppose.
  
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• How to Track Santa Claus Online on Christmas Eve

  24-12-2015 18:20 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake, but even Santa Claus can't escape the all-knowing Google and NORAD.
  
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• Amtrak activates speed-control system

  24-12-2015 18:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Amtrak rails between New York and Philadelphia are now equipped with a speed-control and collision-avoidance system.
  
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• Christmas Full Moon Will Be the First Since 1977

  24-12-2015 18:03 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The last time a full moon appeared on Christmas Day, Luke Skywalker was flying across the screen in the original "Star Wars." So not much has changed.
  
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• Here comes the sun: Cellular sensor helps plants find light

  24-12-2015 18:00
  
  Despite seeming passive, plants wage wars with each other to outgrow and absorb sunlight. If a plant is shaded by another, it becomes cut off from essential sunlight it needs to survive.
  
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• How Tupac Led Agents to Celeb Email Hacker

  24-12-2015 17:47 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A production company behind an upcoming biopic about hip hop artist Tupac Shakur acknowledged that the film's script was allegedly stolen by a hacker.
  
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• Samsung and HTC both launch new phones in China - The Verge

  24-12-2015 17:45 via
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  Samsung and HTC both launch new phones in China
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  HTC and Samsung have each officially announced new phones exclusive to China today, after weeks of rumors and leaks. The 5.5-inch HTC One X9 has a full HD screen and is powered by an octa-core MediaTek processor and 3GB of RAM. It costs about ...
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• The Last Great Discovery Of Our Trip To The Moon: Lunar Volcanic Glass! - Forbes

  24-12-2015 17:42 via forbes.com
  
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  The Last Great Discovery Of Our Trip To The Moon: Lunar Volcanic Glass!
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  Image credit: NASA / Apollo 17; photo by Harrison Schmitt of the lunar rover and Cmdr. Gene Cernan. In all of human history, only 24 people have flown to the Moon, with 12 walking on the lunar surface. The final two, Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt ...
  Moments of Grace in a Grim YearNew York Times
  Apollo 8 crew wish the world a Merry Christmas from the moon's orbit in 1968New York Daily News
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• Bats found to produce longer and more intense calls when crowded by other bats

  24-12-2015 17:40
  
  (Phys.org)—A trio of researchers with Tel-Aviv University has found that bats produce calls that are longer and more intense when among a crowd of others of their own kind as a means to hear themselves among the din. In their paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Eran Amichai, Gaddi Blumrosen and Yossi Yovel describe lab experiments they conducted with trained bats to learn more about how bats contend with noise from surrounding bats.
  
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• Engineers Develop New Lightweight Metal from Carbide Nanoparticles

  24-12-2015 17:39 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using magnesium infused with dense silicon carbide nanoparticles, engineers from UCLA have developed an exceptionally strong and lightweight metal that could be used for airplanes, cars, mobile electronics and more. A team led by researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has created a super-strong yet light structural metal with […]
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• Gilman, 1994 Nobel Prize-winning scientist in Texas, dies

  24-12-2015 17:30
  
  Dr. Alfred Gilman, a 1994 Nobel Prize-winning scientist and former dean of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, has died after a lengthy illness. He was 74.
  
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• Kiddie tablets 'grow up' as competition grows

  24-12-2015 17:25
  
  Kiddie tablets have grown up.
  
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• ESOcast 79 Video Explores 20 Years of Exoplanets

  24-12-2015 17:25 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This seven minute video from the European Southern Observatory details the discovery of exoplanets over the last twenty years. Not a single confirmed planet outside the Solar System had been detected before the year 1990. But, remarkably, we now know of thousands and have studied many in surprising detail. This ESOcast takes a look at […]
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• A Holiday Gift from NASA – Christmas Pluto

  24-12-2015 17:19 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This false color image of Pluto is perfect for the holiday season. Pluto gets into the holiday spirit, decked out in red and green. This image was produced by the New Horizons composition team, using a pair of Ralph/LEISA instrument scans obtained at approximately 9:40 AM on July 14, from a mean range of 67,000 […]
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• Two studies reveal new ideas on plant form, function and competitive nature

  24-12-2015 16:58
  
  (Phys.org)—Two large international teams of researchers have conducted two separate analysis of the nature of plants and each has found something new. Both teams have had their work published in the latest issue of the journal Nature—the first looks at trait commonalities among plant forms that allow for surviving natural selection. The second looks at the traits that are responsible for giving plants a competitive advantage. Jonathan Levine of the Institute of Integrative Biology in
  
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• Infrared encoding of images with metasurfaces

  24-12-2015 16:54
  
  Researchers at MINAO, a joint lab between The French Aerospace Lab in Palaiseau and the Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures in Marcoussis, have recently demonstrated metamaterial resonators that allow emission in the infrared to be tuned through the geometry of the resonator.
  
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• Choreographing the dance of electrons

  24-12-2015 16:51
  
  Scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have demonstrated a new way of controlling electrons by confining them in a device made out of atomically thin materials, and applying external electric and magnetic fields. This research, published on Dec. 23, 2015 in the prestigious scientific journal Nature, was led by Professor Antonio Castro Neto and his research team at the Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM) of the NUS Faculty of Science.
  
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• Guam students build underwater robots

  24-12-2015 16:30
  
  A group of students in Guam is learning about the connection between marine robotics and environmental sustainability by creating their own underwater robots.
  
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• Delhiites urged to accept controversial car ban plan

  24-12-2015 16:10
  
  Delhi's firebrand Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called on residents of India's capital Thursday to cooperate with his ambitious plans to clean up the toxic air of the world's most polluted city.
  
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• Japan court gives go-ahead for restart of two nuke reactors

  24-12-2015 15:59
  
  A Japanese court gave the go-ahead for the restart of two nuclear reactors Thursday after its operator said in an appeal they were safe.
  
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• Bored? These 5 Apps Will Help You Survive the Holidays

  24-12-2015 15:29 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Trying to escape your relatives for a few minutes is a holiday tradition.
  
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• Watch: Apple TV Now Plays 360-Degree Video

  24-12-2015 13:16 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Customers can now watch interactive 360-degree videos on the big screen via Apple TV.
  
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• Paris Climate Goals Mean Emissions Need to Drop Below Zero

  24-12-2015 12:35 via abcnews.go.com
  
  What Paris climate deal means but doesn't say: Emissions need to drop below zero
  
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• Japan Court Gives Go-Ahead for Restart of 2 Nuke Reactors

  24-12-2015 11:11 via abcnews.go.com
  Japan court gives go-ahead for restart of 2 nuke reactors within weeks
  
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• Fin24.com | Wearables, smartphones to 'dominate' Christmas

  24-12-2015 09:19
  
  Despite fears that the smartphone market is tanking, a research firm believes that the consumer market will show healthy growth as shoppers spend cash on tech during the holiday season.
  
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• Colombia hoping to 'repopulate the skies' with condors

  24-12-2015 07:30
  
  A pair of Chilean condors have been brought to a zoo in Medellin as part of an effort to reintroduce the majestic birds in Colombia, where they have become all but extinct.
  
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• More Chinese cities issue red alerts for heavy smog

  24-12-2015 07:13
  
  More Chinese cities are issuing their first red alerts for pollution in response to forecasts of heavy smog, after the capital, Beijing, issued two this month following criticism for not releasing them earlier.
  
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• Fungus killing tree critical to Hawaii's native forests

  24-12-2015 07:10
  
  A newly discovered fungus is killing a tree that's critical to Hawaii's water supply, endangered native birds and Hawaiian cultural traditions like hula.
  
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• Hyatt Hotels computers infected with malicious software

  24-12-2015 07:09
  
  Hyatt Hotels on Wednesday revealed that it recently discovered malicious computer code on computers used for processing payments at locations it manages.
  
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• Utility Agrees to Faster Resident Relocation Amid Gas Leak

  24-12-2015 06:35 via abcnews.go.com
  Utility agrees to faster resident relocation over months-long gas leak in Los Angeles
  
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• New Research: Devastating Washington Landslide No Outlier

  24-12-2015 06:35 via abcnews.go.com
  Study: Devastating Washington landslide no fluke; nearby slopes collapse about every 140 years
  
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• Fin24.com | MTN doesn't need to pay fine before deadline, says official

  24-12-2015 06:21
  
  A Nigerian official has contradicted another source who said "appropriate action" would be taken against MTN if it failed to pay the fine by a December 31 deadline.
  
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• Another pirated app service uses Apple enterprise license to distribute stolen ... - Apple Insider

  24-12-2015 05:37 via
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  Another pirated app service uses Apple enterprise license to distribute stolen ...
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  Word of a fairly well known pirated app service called vShare hit mainstream media outlets on Wednesday as part of a CNNMoney feature, which said the nefarious firm leverages Apple's own enterprise tools to distribute free versions of top paid iOS ...
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• Hyatt Reports Malware on Hotel Payment Systems

  24-12-2015 00:35 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Hyatt announced on Wednesday that it had "recently identified malware on computers that operate the payment processing systems."
  
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• Snowden moment may be passing with new fears, pushback

  24-12-2015 00:00
  
  Fears of terrorism are once again trumping talk of civil liberties.
  
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• Flexible soaring style keeps vultures aloft longer

  24-12-2015 00:00
  
  Vultures are poor flappers and need to soar in order to fly, relying on updrafts to gain altitude. Spend enough time watching vultures, though, and you'll notice them wobbling at low altitudes as well as circling high in the air. New research in The Auk: Ornithological Advances shows how vultures use small-scale turbulence to stay aloft even when weather conditions don't favor the formation of thermals. The mechanism and purpose of this behavior, which researchers have dubbed 'contorted soaring,
  
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• Competition and climate change combine to threaten Bicknell's thrush

  24-12-2015 00:00
  
  Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus bicknelli) is a songbird that breeds in New England mountaintop forests threatened by climate change. Research forthcoming in The Condor: Ornithological Applications shows that this threat could be exacerbated by competition from related birds living downslope. Climate change may cause Bicknell's Thrushes' preferred habitat of spruce-fir forests to shift to even higher elevations, constricting their range, and new data suggests that aggression from related Swainson's
  
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