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• Here's How Criminals Could Steal Your Tax Return

  06-04-2016 23:07 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The incident highlights a growing scam involving phishing attacks, where criminals use stolen W-2 information to impersonate taxpayers.
  
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• Humans Get Aroused When Touching Robots, Says Study

  06-04-2016 22:33 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  In a first for mechanical man, scientists have revealed that humans get aroused by touching robots, according to a new study from Stanford University.
  
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• Hackers for Hire: $500 For a Corporate Email Account

  06-04-2016 21:20 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  New trends have emerged in the underground world of computer hackers, including an increase in working hours for Russian cybercriminals.
  
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• FAA Panel Recommends Rules for Drone Flights Over People

  06-04-2016 20:22 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A FAA advisory panel on Wednesday recommended that regulators set new rules allowing drones to fly over members of the public.
  
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• Watch: Mars Dust Devil Photobombs NASA Rover Photo

  06-04-2016 20:13
  
  The Mars Opportunity rover snapped a photo of the dusty vortex while exploring the crater Endeavour.
  
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• Fin24.com | Cape Town Uber drivers strike over price cuts

  06-04-2016 20:06
  
  Unhappy Uber drivers embarked on strike after the ride-booking service said tariffs will be cut by as much as 20% to boost demand during the winter months.
  
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• Gigantic Black Hole Way Found in Cosmic Backwater

  06-04-2016 19:57 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  One of the biggest black holes ever found sits in a cosmic backwater, like a towering skyscraper in a small town.
  
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• Hot Jupiter KELT-4Ab Boasts Rare Triple Suns

  06-04-2016 19:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using the Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered an alien planet that has three suns in its sky. Eat your heart out, Tatooine: A newly discovered alien planet has not one, not two, but three suns in its sky. While scientists know of many planets with two suns, a planet with […]
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• Fin24.com | SA Post Office to return to profit in 2018

  06-04-2016 18:56
  
  The South African Post Office is likely to return to profit in 2018, boosted by new revenue streams, says CEO Mark Barnes.
  
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• Samsung Pay Sees VR, In-App Purchases in the Future

  06-04-2016 16:39 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The company is considering the next steps to build out the product, which could include loyalty schemes and in-app purchases.
  
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• Fin24.com | Uber cuts SA winter fares by up to 20%

  06-04-2016 16:28
  
  Internet ride-sharing service Uber says it will cut fares on its UberX option in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban by up to 20% during the quieter winter period.
  
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• Amazon Chief Bezos Defends Corporate Culture in Letter

  06-04-2016 15:55 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  In a letter sent to shareholders on Tuesday, Amazon's founder and chief executive, Jeff Bezos, defended the online retailer's corporate culture.
  
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• Does Apple's Future Lie Beyond Its Flagship iPhone?

  06-04-2016 15:47 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The iPhone still accounts for more than two-thirds of Apple's revenue, but there's a growing consensus that the company's future lies elsewhere.
  
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• Fin24.com | Why the FPB wants Netflix to cough up R795k

  06-04-2016 14:46
  
  Content classification authority the Film and Publication Board has explained why online video services like Netflix are urged to pay a R795 000 licensing fee.
  
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• Watch: WhatsApp Announced End-to-End Encryption for Chat Messages

  06-04-2016 13:46
  
  WhatsApp has enabled encryption for all of its messages, only the sender and recipient of a message can see it.
  
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• Fin24.com | EXCLUSIVE: FPB asks Netflix to pay R795k licensing fee

  06-04-2016 13:34
  
  Netflix is nearing an agreement with SA’s classification body that could see the internet video service paying a R795 000 licensing fee to stay operational in the country.
  
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• New App Designed to 'Bust' Tinder Users

  06-04-2016 13:05 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  If you've ever wondered if anyone you know is on the popular dating site Tinder, a new app claims it can help you find the answer.
  
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• PayPal Pulls $3.6M N. Carolina Plan After Transgender Law

  06-04-2016 12:50 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  PayPal canceled plans to open a global operations center in Charlotte, North Carolina and invest $3.6 million in the area after the state passed a controversial law.
  
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• Panama Papers Law Firm Says Data Hack 'External'

  06-04-2016 12:30 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The Panamanian lawyer at the center of a data leak scandal said on Tuesday his firm was a victim of a hack from outside the company.
  
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• ASU Mars camera celebrates 15 years of discoveries at Red Planet

  06-04-2016 12:30
  
  This week 15 years ago, NASA launched a spacecraft with the name 2001 Mars Odyssey, and onboard was the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS), a multi-wavelength camera designed at Arizona State University.
  
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• Peak friendship—data reveals when you'll be most popular

  06-04-2016 12:13
  
  Making friends can seem easy when you're young. You encounter more new people and have more free time when you're first venturing out into the world than when you're more likely to be settled down with a steady job, a long-term partner and children.
  
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• Terahertz technology reaches industrial maturity

  06-04-2016 12:06
  
  Terahertz is a new technology in which nondestructive testing of components and surfaces is possible. Until now, these devices and, in particular, the sensor heads have been expensive and unwieldy. Researchers at Fraunhofer have now succeeded in making sensor heads more compact and, thus, cheaper, which facilitates their handling considerably. First prototypes are already being used for the production of plastic pipes. They are also very well suited for analyzing coatings of fiber composites. Fr
  
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• Slimmed-down aircraft wing expected to reduce fuel and emissions by 50%

  06-04-2016 12:05
  
  Every bit of weight on an aircraft increases the fuel, emissions and money required to put it in the air. NASA and Boeing have been working together to design a longer, thinner and lighter wing – so different from typical commercial transport aircraft wings that it requires a brace, or truss, to provide the wing extra support.
  
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• Image: Saturn askew

  06-04-2016 12:05
  
  As a convention for public release, Cassini images of Saturn are generally oriented so that Saturn appears north up, but the spacecraft views the planet and its expansive rings from all sorts of angles. Here, a half-lit Saturn sits askew as tiny Dione (698 miles or 1,123 kilometers across) looks on from lower left. And the terminator, which separates night from day on Saturn, is also askew, owing to the planet's approach to northern summer solstice. As a result, the planet's northern pole is in
  
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• Metal organic framework materials enable highly sensitive fiber sensor for real-time detection of water contaminants

  06-04-2016 12:01
  
  Trace contaminants in water are often measured by taking samples from the environment to a lab for analysis, which can lead to inaccurate results due to delayed and irregular sample collection or long-transportation and handling times. Thus, techniques enabling in-situ or real-time measurements of water contaminants are no doubt one of the major steps towards effective control of water quality.
  
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• Scientists measure energetic gaps in iron-based superconductors

  06-04-2016 12:00
  
  Scientists from the Faculty of Physics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University conducted a study evaluating the appearance of the superconducting state in iron-based superconductors with two energetic gaps. The report on the study was published in the latest issue of the Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism.
  
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• Rare Sumatran rhinoceros, captured on Borneo, dies

  06-04-2016 11:56
  
  A rare Sumatran rhinoceros has died just a month after being captured by Indonesian conservation experts on Borneo where only of a few of the animals survive.
  
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• Graphene is both transparent and opaque to radiation

  06-04-2016 11:00
  
  A microchip that filters out unwanted radiation with the help of graphene has been developed by scientists from the EPFL and tested by researchers of the University of Geneva (UNIGE). The invention could be used in future devices to transmit wireless data ten times faster.
  
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• Cambodia to repopulate forests with tigers from abroad

  06-04-2016 10:45
  
  Cambodia has unveiled a plan to reintroduce tigers from abroad into the dry forests of the country, where the big cat has become virtually extinct thanks to poaching, conservation officials said Wednesday.
  
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• Daimler wants Amazon, Microsoft onboard mapping service Here: report

  06-04-2016 10:42
  
  German automakers Audi, BMW and Daimler are in talks with Amazon and Microsoft over the possibility of them taking minority stakes in the Here digital mapping service, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, quoting a senior Daimler executive.
  
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• Fin24.com | Apple iPhone SE local launch date revealed

  06-04-2016 10:17
  
  South African iPhone fans will soon be able to get their hands on the latest handset from Apple.
  
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• Fin24.com | Samsung Galaxy S7 strategy a 'hit'

  06-04-2016 09:31
  
  Samsung Electronics is deploying a new strategy that’s being credited for making the Galaxy S7 smartphone a surprise hit.
  
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• US hands over looted dinosaur fossils to Mongolia

  06-04-2016 09:30
  
  The United States on Tuesday handed back to Mongolia fossil remains of six species of dinosaur smuggled out of the country and impounded by agents in New York and Utah.
  
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• Spanish port becomes global 'smart city' laboratory

  06-04-2016 09:20
  In Spain's historic port of Santander, parking is no longer a headache, rubbish bins never overflow and grass is watered only when needed since this northern resort town became a testing ground for "smart cities" around the world.
  
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• Pinterest takes ads global

  06-04-2016 09:04
  Popular online bulletin board Pinterest on Wednesday began pushing "pins" sponsored by advertisers into countries outside the United States, starting with Britain.
  
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• Jeff Bezos defends Amazon culture in shareholders note

  06-04-2016 09:03
  
  Amazon chief executive and founder Jeff Bezos defended his company's workplace culture and costly growth strategy in a letter to shareholders made public Tuesday.
  
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• Industry threatens nearly half of natural heritage sites: WWF

  06-04-2016 09:03
  Almost half of all natural World Heritage Sites, including the Great Barrier Reef and Machu Picchu, are threatened by industrial activities such as mining, oil exploration and illegal logging, conservation group WWF warned Wednesday.
  
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• Antarctica: International relations in a cold climate

  06-04-2016 09:02
  
  Winter is coming, and like many scientists posted in Antarctica, Bogdan Gavrylyuk is looking forward to going home.
  
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• Stone Age humans brought deer to Scottish islands by sea: study

  06-04-2016 09:00
  
  Stone Age humans populated the Scottish islands with red deer transported "considerable distances" by boat, said researchers Wednesday who admitted surprise at our prehistoric ancestors' seafaring prowess.
  
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• Pollution woes to keep 40 percent of cars off Mexico City roads

  06-04-2016 09:00
  
  The environmental authorities in Mexico City will keep 40 percent of cars off the roads on Wednesday because of extremely high pollution levels, officials said.
  
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• 'Panama Papers' law firm says 'hacked by servers abroad'

  06-04-2016 08:58
  
  One of the founders of the law firm at the center of the explosive "Panama Papers" revelations on off-shore holdings told AFP on Tuesday his company was hacked by servers abroad.
  
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• Fin24.com | WhatsApp adds 'powerful' encryption to photos, videos

  06-04-2016 07:09
  
  WhatsApp says it's now using a powerful form of encryption to protect the security of photos, videos, group chats and voice calls in addition to text messages.
  
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• Banned EU pesticide affects learning of honeybees but not bumblebees

  06-04-2016 06:00
  
  Exposure to a pesticide banned by the European Union significantly affects the learning of honeybees but has no effect on bumblebees - scientists from the University of Sussex have discovered.
  
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• Hackers Broke Into Hospitals Despite Software Flaw Warnings

  06-04-2016 01:21
  The hackers who disrupted operations at a large hospital chain broke into a computer server left vulnerable on its corporate network despite urgent public warnings, The Associated Press has learned
  
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• Biomechanics team discovers how insects repair their 'bones'

  06-04-2016 01:00
  
  Biomechanics researchers from Trinity College Dublin have discovered how insects build internal bandages to repair their broken 'bones'. A DIY cuticle repair kit allows wounded insects to go about their day-to-day lives almost as efficiently as they would have done before meeting with mishap.
  
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• How We Immersed 7 Artists Inside Virtual Reality - TIME

  06-04-2016 00:51 via
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  How We Immersed 7 Artists Inside Virtual Reality
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  The following details the process behind creating TIME's Virtual Reality Is For Artists. After adding the final brush strokes, Tim O'Brien raised his hands to his head and pulled off the HTC Vive virtual reality headset he had been wearing. Back in our ...
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• HP Debuts Skinniest Laptop Ever - TechNewsWorld

  06-04-2016 00:36 via
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  HP Debuts Skinniest Laptop Ever
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  HP on Tuesday unveiled its latest challenger to Apple's laptops at the International Luxury Conference in Versailles, touting it as the thinnest laptop in the world. At 10.4 mm, the HP Spectre's chassis is as thin as a triple-A battery, the company noted.
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• Nvidia Unveils Massive Chip to Target 'Machine Learning' - Wall Street Journal

  06-04-2016 00:30 via
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  Nvidia Unveils Massive Chip to Target 'Machine Learning'
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  SAN JOSE, Calif.—Nvidia Corp. is stepping up plans to expand beyond computer graphics into the field of artificial intelligence, unveiling an unusual processor for the purpose and a computer that uses it to solve scientific problems at extremely high ...
  Nvidia Places Its Bets on Virtual Reality and Artificial IntelligenceFortune
  Nvidia's Pascal GPU tech specs revealed: Full CUDA count, clock speeds, and
  

• Facebook Taps Into Artificial Intelligence to Help Blind People See Photos - Newsweek

  06-04-2016 00:29 via
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  Facebook Taps Into Artificial Intelligence to Help Blind People See Photos
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  45_Facebook Facebook announced a new feature that can describe aloud the contents of pictures to the blind and visually impaired, on April 5. Facebook/Courtesy. Tech & Science Facebook Blindness. In recent months, Silicon Valley companies like ...
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