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• New iOS 10 security flaw makes it easier to crack iPhone backups - The Verge

  25-09-2016 23:00
  
  The Verge
  New iOS 10 security flaw makes it easier to crack iPhone backups
  The Verge
  According to Forbes, Apple's latest iOS release seems to have accidentally weakened the the iPhone's security, potentially allowing unauthorized access to localized backups. Elcomsoft, a Russian firm that has created tools to break into iPhones ...
  iOS 10 iTunes Backup Found To Be Less Secure Than iOS 9Ubergizmo
  Forensics firm says backups easier to crack in iOS 10, Apple promises fixAppleInsider (press release
  
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• California eyes unusual power source: its gridlocked roads

  25-09-2016 22:48
  
  All those cars on California's famously gridlocked highways could be doing more than just using energy - they could be producing it.
  
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• China Completes Largest Radio Telescope In The World - NPR

  25-09-2016 21:57
  
  NPR
  China Completes Largest Radio Telescope In The World
  NPR
  The largest radio telescope in the world officially opened on Sunday, according to China's official Xinhua News. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, is named after its diameter, which at 500 meters makes it 195 meters wider ...
  China begins test of world's largest radio telescope: What might it find?Christian Science Monitor
  China unveils world's biggest radio telescope in search for extraterrestrial lifeCNBC
  
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• Quick take: The iPhone 7 Plus in Jet Black really shines - Computerworld

  25-09-2016 21:10
  
  Computerworld
  Quick take: The iPhone 7 Plus in Jet Black really shines
  Computerworld
  The iPhone 7 series was supposed to disappoint. It didn't look much different from the last two iPhones -- a break from update tradition by Apple -- and wasn't expected to offer any wow features that could stir buyers. But when Apple CEO Tim Cook and ...
  iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Availability And Wait Times To Improve On All Models, Colors And Storage SizesTech Times
  Clueless iPhone 7 owners tricked into DRILL
  
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• MIT's flea market specializes in rare, obscure electronics

  25-09-2016 20:54
  
  Once a month in the summer, a small parking lot on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's campus transforms into a high-tech flea market known for its outlandish offerings. Tables overflow with antique radio equipment, some of it a century old. Visitors can buy a telescope that's the size of a cannon. One man has hauled in a NASA space capsule he owns.
  
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• MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 2016: Analyst Sees Both Arriving Soon - Forbes

  25-09-2016 20:52
  
  USA TODAY
  MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 2016: Analyst Sees Both Arriving Soon
  Forbes
  When is the MacBook Pro arriving? And is the MacBook Air dead? Read on. Here's the quick answer to those two questions, according to a projection from Rhoda Alexander, Director Tablet and Notebook PCs at IHS Markit Technology, who I had some back ...
  Macbook Pro 2016 Leaks, Release Date, Price, Specs and Features: Everything to knowHeadlines & Global News
  MacBook Air 2016 Release Next Year With 5K Display?T
  
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• India to sign Paris accord: What would Gandhi say about climate change? - Christian Science Monitor

  25-09-2016 19:32
  
  Christian Science Monitor
  India to sign Paris accord: What would Gandhi say about climate change?
  Christian Science Monitor
  On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India will ratify the Paris climate agreement on Oct. 2 – Mohandas Gandhi's birthday. By Joseph Dussault, Staff September 25, 2016. Save for later Saved. close. In this 2012 file photo, a worker ...
  India Announces It Will Ratify The Paris Climate AgreementHuffington Post
  India seizes the day at the UN climate ev
  
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• Macbook Pro 2016 Leaks, Release Date, Price, Specs and Features: Everything to know - Headlines & Global News

  25-09-2016 19:24
  
  Headlines & Global News
  Macbook Pro 2016 Leaks, Release Date, Price, Specs and Features: Everything to know
  Headlines & Global News
  Macbook Pro 2016 fans up to this moment are patiently waiting for the release of this Macbook Pro 2016. They can't wait to see the new advanced features and full specs, price and release date of this new Apple's darling of the crowd. By Cristina ...
  How to prolong your MacBook's battery lifeUSA TODAY
  MacBook Air 2016 Release Next Year With 5K Display?The Bi
  
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• Top 10: Android News Stories - 09/25/16 - Android Headlines

  25-09-2016 19:15
  
  Android Headlines
  Top 10: Android News Stories - 09/25/16
  Android Headlines
  In the world of Android, there is always something interesting happening whether it's revolving around a new application or a slew of new device hardware. While there was no new hardware launched this past week, it was confirmed that Google will be ...
  $129 Google WiFi router that can team up with others tipped for Oct 4TechCrunch
  New Google Wi-Fi router may share stage with Pixel phone Oct. 4CNET
  Google Home is ru
  
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• Plainfin Midshipman mystery: Scientists discovered why these fish sing - Pulse Headlines

  25-09-2016 19:02
  
  Pulse Headlines
  Plainfin Midshipman mystery: Scientists discovered why these fish sing
  Pulse Headlines
  Males of the plainfin midshipman fish court females while singing to them at nights. Their nocturnal love song has been a mystery since 1980, but scientists finally discovered in 2016 what makes this species sings only at night. The study was published ...
  Mystery solved: Melatonin makes these fish sing at nightWashington Post
  Singing fish: Unraveling the secrets of mysterious humming at
  
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• Europa changed how we saw the solar system - The Verge

  25-09-2016 18:00
  
  The Verge
  Europa changed how we saw the solar system
  The Verge
  On Monday, NASA is set to hold a press conference about some “surprising activity” on Jupiter's icy moon of Europa. There's no indication as to what that activity might be, other than it involves the Hubble Space Telescope, but it's garnering more than ...
  3 facts and 1 big question about Jupiter's icy moon EuropaMashable
  Is There Life on Europa?Heavy.com
  News Alert! -- Don't Miss Monday's NASA TV Livecast of New Discove
  
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• Narendra Modi Says India to Ratify Paris Climate-Change Pact Oct. 2 - Wall Street Journal

  25-09-2016 17:16
  
  Wall Street Journal
  Narendra Modi Says India to Ratify Paris Climate-Change Pact Oct. 2
  Wall Street Journal
  NEW DELHI—India will ratify the 2015 global climate agreement early next month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday, bringing the deal a significant step closer to taking effect this year. The accord, struck in Paris by 195 countries, laid out a ...
  India to sign Paris accord: What would Gandhi say about climate change?Christian Science Monitor
  India's In — Now, The Paris
  
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• Fin24.com | Firefighting: Samsung recall threatens reputation, profits

  25-09-2016 16:20
  
  Exploding batteries and an embarrassing recall of a flagship gadget during a controversial, closely-watched leadership transition - it's been a bad year for Samsung, and analysts warn the trouble isn't over yet.
  
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• Stephen Hawking Is Still Afraid of Aliens - Live Science

  25-09-2016 15:55
  
  News18
  Stephen Hawking Is Still Afraid of Aliens
  Live Science
  Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking views a CGI alien civilization on the exoplanet Gliese 832c in this still from the new documentary "Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places." Credit: "Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places"/CuriosityStream. Humanity should be wary ...
  If Aliens Call, We Might Not Want To Answer, Says Stephen HawkingHuffington Post
  Stephen Hawking warning: If aliens call, should we answer?Christian Science Monitor
  Stephen Hawking
  
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• India to ratify Paris Agreement on climate change

  25-09-2016 14:01
  
  India's prime minister said Sunday that his country will ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change early next month.
  
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• African elephants 'suffer worst decline in 25 years'

  25-09-2016 14:01
  
  Africa's elephant population has suffered its worst drop in 25 years, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said Sunday, blaming the plummeting numbers on poaching.
  
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• China Hunts for Scientific Glory, and Aliens, With New Telescope - New York Times

  25-09-2016 13:40
  New York Times
  China Hunts for Scientific Glory, and Aliens, With New Telescope
  New York Times
  The new Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, in Guizhou Province, is roughly twice as sensitive as the world's next-biggest single-dish radio telescope. Credit Liu Xu/Xinhua, via Associated Press. PINGTANG COUNTY, China — When ...
  China Completes Largest Radio Telescope In The WorldNPR
  China's colossal radio telescope begins testingBBC News
  China begins test of world's
  
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• Shy pangolins need world spotlight to survive

  25-09-2016 12:32
  
  Reclusive, gentle and quick to roll up into a ball, pangolins keep a low profile.
  
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• Firefighting: Samsung recall threatens reputation, bottom line

  25-09-2016 12:13
  
  Exploding batteries and an embarrassing recall of a flagship gadget during a controversial, closely-watched leadership transition—it's been a bad year for Samsung, and analysts warn the trouble isn't over yet.
  
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• Indonesia struggles to tap volcano power

  25-09-2016 12:07
  
  Columns of steam shoot from the ground at an Indonesian power plant sitting in the shadow of an active volcano, as energy is tapped from the red-hot underbelly of the archipelago.
  
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• US guidelines on self-driving cars get good reception at G-7

  25-09-2016 11:58
  
  U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Sunday that his counterparts in the Group of Seven nations welcomed U.S. guidelines on regulating self-driving cars and have agreed to work together on creating such standards to maintain safety.
  
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• China begins operating world's largest radio telescope

  25-09-2016 11:55
  
  The world's largest radio telescope began searching for signals from stars and galaxies and, perhaps, extraterrestrial life Sunday in a project demonstrating China's rising ambitions in space and its pursuit of international scientific prestige.
  
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• Fin24.com | Snapchat debuts sunglasses with built-in camera

  25-09-2016 10:12
  
  Snapchat said it will release a wearable gadget called Spectacles, which resembles a pair of sunglasses with a built-in camera for shooting video.
  
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• Snapchat introduces video-catching sunglasses

  25-09-2016 00:23
  
  Vanishing message service Snapchat announced Saturday it will launch a line of video-catching sunglasses, a spin on Glass eyewear abandoned by Google more than a year ago.
  
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