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• 'Call of Duty: WWII' takes one step forward, many steps back in its handling of the Holocaust - Mashable

  08-11-2017 23:49 via mashable.com
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  'Call of Duty: WWII' takes one step forward, many steps back in its handling of the Holocaust
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  SPOILER ALERT: This post contains plot details from the ending and epilogue in Call of Duty: WWII. Maybe there are places that certain games should never really go. I've been struggling to gather my thoughts on Call of Duty: WWII and its handling of ...
  Call of Duty: WWII review—The less things change…Ars Technica
  Call of Duty WWII Review: A stunning return to the beaches
  
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• SpaceX says rocket engine test failure won't affect its launch schedule - Los Angeles Times

  08-11-2017 23:42 via latimes.com
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  SpaceX says rocket engine test failure won't affect its launch schedule
  Los Angeles Times
  SpaceX confirmed that a new variant of its Merlin engine failed in a pre-test procedure on Saturday, resulting in an explosion at the company's rocket development facility in Texas. SpaceX said in a statement Wednesday that the company experienced “an ...
  SpaceX rocket engine explodes during test at Texas facilityThe Verge
  SpaceX Rocket Engine Explodes During Test: ReportSpace.
  
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• Logitech is killing its Harmony Link service and the hardware will die with it

  08-11-2017 23:42
  
  GadgetsThe device will cease working in March 2018
  The Logitech Harmony Link will stop working next year.
  
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• Let's All Calm Down and Make Sense of That Antarctic Mantle Plume - Gizmodo

  08-11-2017 23:02 via gizmodo.com
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  Let's All Calm Down and Make Sense of That Antarctic Mantle Plume
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  Three decades ago, scientists began to study the possibility that there was a plume of hot rock coming up from the mantle, heating parts of Western Antarctica. Back in September, researchers published results of a model showing how such a plume might ...
  NASA Discovers Mantle Plume Almost as Hot as Yellowstone Supervolcano That's Melting Antarctica From BelowNewsweek
  'Mantle plume' nearly as hot as Yellowston
  
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• 80 Percent of Patient's Skin Replaced With Genetically-Modified Grafts

  08-11-2017 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  Doctors have replaced the majority of a patient's damaged skin using genetically-modified grafts.In 2015, a seven-year-old boy was admitted to a German hospital with lesions and blisters across nearly his entire body. He suffered from a rare genetic condition called junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB) that prevents the epidermis, the outermost layer of our skin, from properly attaching to the underlying base. It results in extremely fragile skin prone to breaking and tearing, and pati
  
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• Harry Potter AR Game Confirmed By Pokemon Go Developer - GameSpot

  08-11-2017 21:48 via gamespot.com
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  Harry Potter AR Game Confirmed By Pokemon Go Developer
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  After the massive success of Pokemon Go, developer Niantic Labs has its sights set on a new blockbuster franchise. The company has confirmed it's making a game called Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and, like Pokemon Go and its other title Ingress, it will ...
  Niantic will follow up 'Pokemon Go' with a 'Harry Potter' AR game in 2018BGR
  Niantic's follow-up to Pokémon Go will be a Harry Potter AR game launching in 2018Tec
  
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• Gene therapy just saved a young boy’s life—by giving him new skin

  08-11-2017 21:48
  
  HealthIt’s an early success for stem cell therapies.
  Researchers replaced almost all of a young boy’s outer skin layer to treat a life-threatening skin condition, a genetic disease called epidermolysis bullosa.
  
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• Homeland nominee questions human role in climate change

  08-11-2017 21:41
  President Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that she believes climate change exists, but said she cannot determine whether humans are the primary cause
  
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• 'Zombie' star survived going supernova - BBC News

  08-11-2017 21:12 via bbc.com
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  'Zombie' star survived going supernova
  BBC News
  It's the celestial equivalent of a horror film adversary: a star that just wouldn't stay dead. When most stars go supernova, they die in a single blast, but astronomers have found a star that survived not one, but five separate explosions. The "zombie ...
  'Zombie' star won't die, even after explodingCNN
  The Star That Refused to DieThe Atlantic
  'The strangest supernova we've ever seen': A star that keeps exploding — and survivingWash
  
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• New ALMA Image Provides a Surprising Glimpse of Our Sun’s Future

  08-11-2017 20:39 via scitechdaily.com
  For the first time, astronomers have observed details on the surface of an aging star with the same mass as the Sun. The new ALMA...
  The post New ALMA Image Provides a Surprising Glimpse of Our Sun’s Future appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
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• Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk meets Erdogan in Turkey

  08-11-2017 20:32
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office says the Turkish leader has met with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in Ankara
  
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• This American auto rivals the speed and power of racecars

  08-11-2017 20:30
  
  CarsGone in 2.3 seconds.
  It takes just a little more than two seconds for the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon to reach 60 miles per hour.
  
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• Uber Partners With NASA to Help Develop Flying Taxis, Wants to Have Demos in LA by 2020 - KTLA

  08-11-2017 20:26 via ktla.com
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  Uber Partners With NASA to Help Develop Flying Taxis, Wants to Have Demos in LA by 2020
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  Uber has partnered with NASA to help it develop air traffic management systems for its flying taxi initiatives, chief product officer Jeff Holden said on Wednesday. Holden made the announcement at Web Summit, a technology conference in Lisbon. A ...
  Uber Wants to Bring On-Demand Flying Taxis to LAIGN
  Uber partners with Nasa to launch flying car service by 2020The Week UK
  Uber's 'flying cars' could
  
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• Sheep can recognize Baaaa-rack Obama's face, new study shows

  08-11-2017 20:11
  A new study shows that sheep have the ability to recognize human faces from photographs on computer screens
  
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• Boy with rare disease gets new skin with gene therapy - Newburgh Gazette

  08-11-2017 20:03 via newburghgazette.com
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  Boy with rare disease gets new skin with gene therapy
  Newburgh Gazette
  "While only a case report, the seven-year-old boy was in a life-threatening condition and this intervention can be credited to saving his life". "Within five weeks, the cells had covered about 80 percent of the boy's body", explained De Luca. But his ...
  Gene Therapy Creates New Skin to Save a Dying ChildNew York Times
  9-year-old boy with rare disease now has engineered skin covering 80% of his bodyLos Angel
  
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• Sheep can recognize Baaaa-rack Obama's face, new study shows - Washington Post

  08-11-2017 19:53 via washingtonpost.com
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  Sheep can recognize Baaaa-rack Obama's face, new study shows
  Washington Post
  LONDON — A new study shows that sheep have the ability to recognize human faces from photographs on computer screens. The Cambridge University study published Wednesday also shows that sheep can recognize the faces of their human handlers ...
  Study Finds That Sheep Are Surprisingly Good at Recognizing Photos of CelebritiesSlate Magazine (blog)
  Sheep can be trained to recognize celebritiesThe
  
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• Microscopic Video Reveals How Platelets Naturally Form Unobtrusive Clots

  08-11-2017 19:45 via scitechdaily.com
  The first microscopic video of how a blood clot contracts at individual platelets provides biologists with a new look at a natural process of blood...
  The post Microscopic Video Reveals How Platelets Naturally Form Unobtrusive Clots appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
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• Twitter is now 280 characters. Here's how to not be annoying

  08-11-2017 19:41 via rss.cnn.com
  Just because we HAVE more than 140 characters doesn't mean we have to USE more than 140 characters in every single tweet. Here are some tips:
  
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• Astronomers Discover a Star That Exploded Multiple Times Over a Fifty Year Period

  08-11-2017 19:30 via scitechdaily.com
  An international team of astronomers has discovered a star that exploded multiple times over a period of more than fifty years. Supernovae, the explosions of...
  The post Astronomers Discover a Star That Exploded Multiple Times Over a Fifty Year Period appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
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• Five animals that do our dirty work for us

  08-11-2017 19:15
  
  AnimalsDogs and crows with unusual nine to fives.
  Other species do endless amounts of work crucial to continued human existence. Even without the motivation of cash, we persuade animals to do our bidding.
  
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• Exposure to BPA During Pregnancy May Cause Health Problems for Offspring

  08-11-2017 19:12 via scitechdaily.com
  New research shows that offspring not directly exposed to BPA still received exposure to the chemical from their mother through the placenta and in milk....
  The post Exposure to BPA During Pregnancy May Cause Health Problems for Offspring appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
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• Fin24.com | Tencent buys minority stake in developer of Snapchat

  08-11-2017 18:43
  
  Tencent, China’s biggest instant messaging company, bought 145.8 million non-voting shares in Snap saying it plans to work closely with the social media company.
  
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• NASA Needs Your Help Naming a New World

  08-11-2017 18:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  NASA needs your help.The New Horizons probe, which flew past Pluto two years ago to much fanfare, is heading towards another, even more distant world — (486958) 2014 MU69. It's a maddeningly boring name, and it just doesn’t quite capture the adventure, the thrill, the awe of an earthly spacecraft visiting an object over 4 billion miles away. But if you act now, you can help give the target a more fitting nickname.NASA announced earlier this week they’ll be looking to the public
  
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• The best kits and gadgets that encourage your kids to be more creative

  08-11-2017 18:15
  
  GadgetsI love Youtube. Your kids love Youtube. But there's more to life than Youtube.
  The internet is wonderful, but still, sometimes it’s good to get your kids out from behind the computer and in a place where they can be creative and get their hands…
  
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• This Chinese Company Just Invested $2 Billion in Snap

  08-11-2017 17:26 via nbcnews.com
  Snap shares plunged after a dismal earnings report, but bounced back a little after it was revealed that Chinese internet giant Tencent had invested $2B.
  
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• 2017 is set to be among the three hottest years on record—and that's even worse than it sounds

  08-11-2017 16:45
  
  EnvironmentIt's the hottest year without an El Niño boost.
  We can already be sure that 2017 will be among the hottest years on record for the globe.
  
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• I've used the iPhone 8 and the iPhone X — and the winner is clear - Business Insider

  08-11-2017 15:32 via businessinsider.com
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  I've used the iPhone 8 and the iPhone X — and the winner is clear
  Business Insider
  Apple now sells three premium iPhone models for the first time in the product's history. So which should you buy? The iPhone 8? The 8 Plus? The X? I've used all three models extensively. Here's how they compare.
  There's a trick that makes your iPhone X battery pretty much last foreverBGR
  6 Reasons Google, Apple and Other Tech Giants Have Had Such Strong EarningsTheStreet.com
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• How to convert any file to any format

  08-11-2017 15:30
  
  DIYOrganize your work your way.
  Got a Microsoft Word doc that needs to be a PDF? A JPEG image you want to change to TIFF? Here's everything you need to know about converting file formats.
  
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• Amazon's Cloud Cam checks all the right boxes at a very nice price - The Verge

  08-11-2017 15:17 via theverge.com
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  Amazon's Cloud Cam checks all the right boxes at a very nice price
  The Verge
  Amazon is taking over my house. Cardboard boxes emblazoned with its brand arrive in a steady stream at my doorstep. I watch shows from its studio on my television through a Fire TV stick, and Alexa is a constant companion, updating me on the weather, ...
  Amazon Cloud Cam review: A Nest Cam rival with Alexa smartsEngadget
  Review: Amazon Cloud CameraWIRED
  Amazon Cloud Cam Review: Home Monitoring in an Affo
  
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• WATCH: Twitter expands character length

  08-11-2017 14:45
  The social media platform increased the number of characters in a tweet from 140 to 280.
  
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• Do you know enough basic anatomy to keep yourself healthy? It's time to find out.

  08-11-2017 14:00
  
  HealthBecause most people don't.
  Most people couldn't tell you where their diaphragm is, even though we us it—consciously—every day.
  
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• Flying Taxis? Uber and NASA Just Paired Up to Make That Happen

  08-11-2017 12:40 via nbcnews.com
  A commute between San Francisco and San Jose, which would typically take two hours during rush hour, would be cut down to just 15 minutes.
  
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• Fin24.com | Funny reactions to Twitter’s character increase

  08-11-2017 11:44
  
  On Tuesday Twitter doubled the number of characters one can use in their posts from 140 to 280.
  
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• Fin24.com | Snapchat and Twitter adopting new looks to gain more users

  08-11-2017 10:58
  
  A pair of struggling social-media darlings have decided they need new looks if they want to prosper.
  
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• Fin24.com | Sagarmatha Technologies invests R1bn in African News Agency

  08-11-2017 10:18
  
  Sagarmatha Technologies will make an investment of over a R1bn in African News Agency over the next five years.
  
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• Fin24.com | SA IoT start-up could see global expansion into the US

  08-11-2017 09:24
  
  South African start-up IoT.nxt could possibly further its global expansion into the US.
  
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• Fin24.com | Its official! Twitter expands tweet character limit

  08-11-2017 09:03
  
  Twitter has announced it would double the limit for tweets to 280 characters, a bid to draw in more users and boost engagement at the social network.
  
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• 'We still need to eat': Tech boom creates working homeless

  08-11-2017 05:14
  San Francisco is well-known for its homeless population, but the homeless crisis has been spreading rapidly into Silicon Valley as the tech boom has led to skyrocketing rents
  
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• Fin24.com | Vodacom to trial SA's first 5G service with Nokia

  08-11-2017 05:00
  
  Vodacom has agreed to a partnership with Nokia Oyj that will see the mobile-network operator trial high-speed 5G internet service.
  
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• NASA: It’s Volcanic Activity that Is Heating Up Antartica’s Ice Sheet

  08-11-2017 02:47 via technocracy.news
  Global warmists hate to be upstaged by non-man made volcanic activity in the Antarctic because it reveals the corruption in their own data and models. Global warming science is about control and not about saving the earth. ⁃ TN EditorAncient underground streams of heated rock, called a mantle plume, might be an explanation for the instability of Antarctica’s western ice sheet, according to a new NASA study.
  Scientists have been debating whether or not mantle plume heat contribut
  
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• Waymo Putting Self-Driving Vans On Public Roads, Nobody At The Wheel

  08-11-2017 02:27 via technocracy.news
  Waymo’s parent company is Google, which is bent on installing Technocracy throughout the world, with Technocrats like them running things. Some are saying that no one will own a car in 20 years, that all transportation will be a service. ⁃ TN EditorWaymo, the self-driving car company created by Google, is pulling the human backup driver from behind the steering wheel and will test vehicles on public roads with only an employee in the back seat.
  The company’s move — w
  
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• The physics keeping Star Wars' Cloud City afloat

  08-11-2017 01:45
  
  EntertainmentAnd why it has a limited lifespan in the sky.
  Other planets tend to be less hospitable than Earth, so it makes sense that the imagination would go to an idealized, fully controllable environment like a floating…
  
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