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• Exploding Kittens, an $8.8 m Kickstarter phenomenon is already #1 on the App Store - Pulse Headlines

  23-01-2016 22:43 via pulseheadlines.com
  Pulse Headlines
  Exploding Kittens, an $8.8 m Kickstarter phenomenon is already #1 on the App Store
  Pulse Headlines
  The record-breaking card game, Exploding Kittens, has smashed the App Store just a day after it was officially launched. The game, which is already number one in the Paid Apps classification, have collected almost $8.8 millions from Kickstarter ...
  Bizarre, explosive new game is the latest sensation in the Apple storeMorning Ticker
  Exploding Kittens' Bursts Its Way To Top Of The Ap
  
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• Apple iPhone 5se -- 4 inches of terrible value for money - Computerworld

  23-01-2016 22:41 via computerworld.com
  
  Computerworld
  Apple iPhone 5se -- 4 inches of terrible value for money
  Computerworld
  Here's the Apple iPhone 5se—the next small phone from Cupertino. Yes, it's not going to be known as 6c, like everyone was expecting, and the release date could be as early as late-March. For people who dig Apple rumors, this one should give them food ...
  iPhone 7/6c/5se: What can Apple reinvent this time around?ZDNet
  New Apple iPhone: Why bigger isn't always betterChristian Science Monitor
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• Bezos' Blue Origin makes history 'demonstrating reuse' Why a big deal? - Christian Science Monitor

  23-01-2016 21:05 via csmonitor.com
  
  Washington Post
  Bezos' Blue Origin makes history 'demonstrating reuse' Why a big deal?
  Christian Science Monitor
  Blue Origin made history as the first private company to reuse a spacecraft to launch into space and land on Earth. The major space-race competitors seems focused more than ever on unlocking reusable spacecraft.
  Blue Origin Relaunches (and Relands) New Shepard RocketPC Magazine
  Blue Origin Launches and Lands Recovered RocketTechCrunch
  Blue Origin launches and lands reusable rocketCNN
  
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• 100 classic Atari games will arrive on Steam this Spring - PCWorld

  23-01-2016 20:19 via pcworld.com
  
  Destructoid
  100 classic Atari games will arrive on Steam this Spring
  PCWorld
  One of the great travesties of the digital age is that some excellent games and programs eventually become effectively unusable. Technology marches forward while those games and apps get lost to the ages. If you're longing to relive the golden age of ...
  100-game Atari collection is coming to SteamDestructoid
  Atari To Bring 'Vault' Of Arcade Classics Like Missile Command, Asteroids, Tempest And More To SteamHot Hardwar
  
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• Q&A: Details about what's next in bird flu response efforts

  23-01-2016 18:38
  
  More than 414,000 turkeys and chickens have been killed, some through a method considered a "last resort" of euthanasia, at 10 southwest Indiana farms affected by a bird flu outbreak. Testing and monitoring will continue for weeks to determine if the outbreak of the H7N8 viral strain is contained. That strain is different from one that led to the deaths of more than 48 million birds last summer.
  
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• Bezos space firm duplicates reusable rocket breakthrough

  23-01-2016 18:38
  
  Two months after the breakthrough launch and vertical landing of a reusable rocket, the space firm created by Internet entrepreneur Jeff Bezos did it again.
  
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• Geologist says dinosaur fossils found in western India

  23-01-2016 18:37
  
  A geologist said Saturday his team has discovered what it believes are dinosaur fossils in the western Indian state of Gujarat that could be millions of years old.
  
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• Finland begins controversial wolf hunt

  23-01-2016 18:37
  
  Finland on Saturday began a controversial wolf cull that gives hunters the right to kill around one fifth of the endangered animals, in a decision that has angered environmentalists.
  
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• How a desert beetle could help stop frost on airplanes - Christian Science Monitor

  23-01-2016 18:12 via csmonitor.com
  
  Capital Wired
  How a desert beetle could help stop frost on airplanes
  Christian Science Monitor
  A Namib Desert beetle helped scientists unlock the key to preventing or slowing frost. The solution is the latest in a growing trend of nature-inspired technology. By Corey Fedde, Staff January 23, 2016. Save for later Saved. close. An image from a ...
  Scientists Discover How To Control FrostImmortal News
  Beetle-inspired discovery could help prevent frost on airplane partsDispatch Tribunal
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• Galaxy S7 Release Date Revealed In Major Leak - Forbes

  23-01-2016 17:50 via forbes.com
  
  The Independent
  Galaxy S7 Release Date Revealed In Major Leak
  Forbes
  We now know almost everything about the Galaxy S7: design changes, the new screen sizes, even a brand new model – and now we know when it will go on sale… Taking to Twitter @evleaks, arguably the world's most famous smartphone tipster, has ...
  Samsung To Use Own Touchscreen Digitizer For The Galaxy S7Ubergizmo
  Best Buy is giving a Gear VR to buyers of a Note 5 or Galaxy S6 todayThe Vergeall 255 news articles&
  
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• If not to deter predators, why do zebras have stripes? - Christian Science Monitor

  23-01-2016 17:48 via csmonitor.com
  
  Lighthouse News Daily
  If not to deter predators, why do zebras have stripes?
  Christian Science Monitor
  New research appears to discredit the age-old theory that zebras' stripes help them evade predators. But if this hypothesis no longer holds up to scrutiny, what alternatives exist? By Jason Thomson, Staff January 23, 2016. Save for later Saved. close ...
  Zebra Stripes Do Not Camouflage Them From Predators: StudyTech Times
  Zebra Stripes Not for Camouflage, New Study FindsUC Davis
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• Head of Apple electric car team to leave: report

  23-01-2016 10:38
  
  The head of Apple's automotive team plans to leave the company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources.
  
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• Nevada board gives final approval to Faraday tax incentives

  23-01-2016 10:37
  
  A Nevada board gave final approval Friday to tax incentives to attract electric carmaker Faraday Future to Nevada, formalizing a deal that state lawmakers authorized in a special session last month.
  
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• Uber to resume chopper flights despite sheriff's order

  23-01-2016 10:32
  
  Uber plans to resume helicopter flights at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday in spite of a cease-and-desist order from a Utah sheriff who says he could arrest pilots who land near Park City.
  
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• Former US auto hub reeling from tainted water scandal

  23-01-2016 10:27
  
  For months, people in Flint, Michigan—a dying industrial town in the American heartland—consumed water contaminated with lead. And the country ignored it.
  
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• Space telescope captures stunning image of 'dazzling diamonds' - the brightest stars in the galaxy - Washington Times

  23-01-2016 03:38 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Washington Times
  Space telescope captures stunning image of 'dazzling diamonds' - the brightest stars in the galaxy
  Washington Times
  A stunning new image from the Hubbell Space Telescope shows the Trumpler 14 star cluster, home to the brightest stars in the galaxy. (NASA/ESA, Jesus Maiz Apellaniz) more >. By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times - Friday, January 22, 2016.
  Hubble spots 'dazzling diamonds' in spaceChristian Science Monitor
  Space Photos of the Week: A Galaxy Breakin' All the
  
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• Google to Pay $140 Million in Back Taxes in Britain

  23-01-2016 00:49 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The company had been accused of avoiding taxes by keeping its European headquarters in Ireland, where tax rates are lower.
  
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• Apple to open apps center in Naples; CEO Cook meets Renzi

  23-01-2016 00:39
  
  Apple has chosen Naples, Italy, to establish Europe's first iOS App Development Center.
  
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• Storm slams into Eastern US with wet snow, strong gales (Update)

  23-01-2016 00:29
  
  A storm that arrived postcard-pretty in the nation's capital Friday was morphing into a painful, even paralyzing blizzard with gale-force winds pushing heavy snow and coastal flooding. One in seven Americans could get at least half a foot of snow by Sunday, and Washington could see snowdrifts more than 4 feet high.
  
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• It starts postcard-pretty, but this snowstorm is deadly

  23-01-2016 00:29
  
  A storm that arrived postcard-pretty in the nation's capital Friday was morphing into a painful, even paralyzing blizzard with gale-force winds pushing heavy snow and coastal flooding. One in seven Americans could get at least half a foot of snow by Sunday, and Washington could see snowdrifts more than four feet high.
  
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• Google paid $1 bn for search spot on iPhones: report

  23-01-2016 00:28
  
  US Internet giant Google paid Apple a billion dollars in 2014 to be the go-to search tool on iPhones, Bloomberg reported, citing court documents.
  
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• Virtual reality experience highlight of new Dali Museum show

  23-01-2016 00:27
  
  Visitors to a new exhibition at The Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, won't just be looking at art. Thanks to virtual reality, they'll be exploring a Dali painting in a dreamy, three-dimensional world that turns art appreciation into an unforgettable, immersive experience.
  
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• Newly discovered star offers opportunity to explore origins of first stars sprung to life in early universe

  23-01-2016 00:26
  
  A team of researchers has observed the brightest ultra metal-poor star ever discovered.
  
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• Virtual Reality Takes You Inside the Work of Dali

  23-01-2016 00:25 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Visitors to a new exhibition at The Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, won't just be looking at art.
  
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• NASA sees Corentin reach hurricane strength

  23-01-2016 00:24
  
  The Southern Indian Ocean's Tropical Cyclone Corentin achieved hurricane strength on Jan. 22 as NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead.
  
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• NASA eyes powerful winter storm spreading into mid-Atlantic

  23-01-2016 00:23
  
  The winter storm that caused damage during the night along the Gulf Coast has deepened and has started to spread heavy rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow northward into the Mid-Atlantic region. NASA's GPM and NOAA's GOES satellites are providing data on rainfall, cloud heights, extent and movement of the storm.
  
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• NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Victor weakening under wind shear

  23-01-2016 00:16
  
  After days at hurricane-force, NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite showed that Tropical Cyclone Victor in the South Pacific Ocean was falling apart as a result of wind shear. Victor has weakened to a tropical storm.
  
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• Accumulating questions: What's a blizzard? Is this El Nino?

  23-01-2016 00:16
  
  Oh, the weather outside is frightful. Winds will soon turn spiteful. The East has no place to go. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
  
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• Google to pay £130 mln to Britain in back taxes: report

  23-01-2016 00:13
  
  Technology giant Google is to pay £130 million (172 million euros, $185.4 million) in back taxes to Britain after an "open audit" of its accounts, the BBC reported Friday.
  
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• The Internet Can't Get Enough of This Paul Ryan Livestream

  23-01-2016 00:09 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Not long ago the Internet at large was captivated by a puddle in England - and this week's obsession is no less strange.
  
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