Saturday, May 28, 2016

Life's Building Blocks Found On Rosetta Comet

The discovery lends weight to the theory that comets "seed" planets with the essential elements to the origin of life.

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Friday, May 27, 2016

Bank Heists Linked To Sony Hack And North Korea

Code used in cyberattacks on banks in southeast Asia is apparently similar to that used by shadowy hacking collective, Lazarus.

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Swipe: VR Wine Tasting And Smart Decanters

Wearing a virtual reality headset, users find themselves at a table in a mock wine estate with mystery bottles in front of them.

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Cold Call Opt-Out Now Available By Text

Mobile phone users can block unwanted sales and marketing calls by texting their details to the Telephone Preference Service.

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Smartphone Storage Deals Could Be Unfair

The UK competition watchdog has reviewed cloud storage services used by millions to store family photos, films and music.

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Thursday, May 26, 2016

US Nukes And Missiles Controlled By Floppy Disks

The museum-ready system, which was introduced in the 1970s, is finally being upgraded because of "obsolescence concerns".

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Gawker Boss Blasts Tycoon Who Funded Hulk Hogan

The founder of the New York media company calls Peter Thiel a "thin-skinned billionaire" who "seethes over criticism".

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NASA Left Flat As Test Fails To Inflate ISS Room

Astronaut Jeffrey Williams says "that's space business" after he is told to abandon his task after two hours.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Tycoon Reportedly Funding Hulk Hogan Lawsuits

The PayPal co-founder's reported involvement in the legal action emerges as a judge denies Gawker's motion for a new trial.

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'Mermaids Real?' And Other Top Google Queries

"How to get away with murder?", "Who let the dogs out?", and "Do cats fart?" were among other big questions in US states.

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Twitter Expands 140-Character Limit On Tweets

Photos, videos and other media will not be counted in the strict character limit under changes in the coming months.

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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Facebook Amends Trending Policy After Bias Row

An internal probe showed no evidence of political bias but it will drop its reliance on news outlets to determine what trends.

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Spotify Revenues Reach £1.5bn But Loss Widens

The music streaming service has 28 million paying customers, but still lost money as it continues to battle intense competition.

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Monday, May 23, 2016

Mars To Come Closest To Earth In 11 Years

Sky watchers will get their best chance in more than a decade to see Mars, as it moves to be just 47.2 million miles from Earth.

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Sunday, May 22, 2016

Police Join Forces To Defeat Enemy Drones

British police bosses are involved in international discussions over what technology will provide the best defence against drones.

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Saturday, May 21, 2016

China Fakes 488m Social Media Posts - Study

Government employees are inserting millions of deceptive messages into the streams of real social media posts, research suggests.

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How 3D Printing Is Helping With Relief Efforts

From printing emergency shelters to lifejackets, the potential to provide onsite assistance in disaster zones is expected to rise.

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Friday, May 20, 2016

Wristband Is Shocking Way To Control Spending

The shock is reported to be "slightly uncomfortable", rather than painful and intended to train a person into staying in credit.

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New Images Show Red Planet In All Its Glory

The new pictures come just days before Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in 11 years - just 46.8 million miles.

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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Swipe: Dancing Robots And Mind Games

Meet inventors and their cutting-edge creations as Swipe goes to the Royal Academy of Engineering's annual showcase.

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Millions Of LinkedIn Logins 'For Sale'

LinkedIn has said it will be taking immediate action to secure the affected accounts, asking members to reset their passwords.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Apple To Open App Design Centre In India

On a visit to India Apple chief Tim Cook announces plans for a new app design centre in the south of the country.

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Twitter To Cut Links And Photos From Limit

Users of the social media platform could soon have the ability to compose longer messages, according to media reports.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Earpiece Translates Real-Time Conversations

The gadget works using 'translation technology' which will be embedded in an app that will work in conjunction with the earpiece.

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Legal Firms Hire AI Robotic Assistants

LONald the robot extracts data from documents and enters it into a spreadsheet in a fraction of the time it takes humans.

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YouTube For iPhone Supports Google VR Headset

The virtual reality functionality was previously limited to the YouTube app on Android smartphones since November 2015.

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GCHQ Launches Own Official Twitter Account

The Cheltenham-based signals intelligence agency follows in the social media footsteps of its American counterparts, the CIA.

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Monday, May 16, 2016

Warren Buffett's $1bn Investment In Apple

Shares rise as the billionaire bets on a recovery for the tech giant's stock after it was hit by worries over iPhone sales.

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Rwanda To Deliver Vaccines And Blood By Drone

The drones will make deliveries to half of the transfusion centres in the east African country of 11 million people.

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App Shows Fire-Hit Homes To Evacuated Canadians

The Alberta government hopes that the high-res images will help homeowners with insurance claims and other recovery actions.

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Mario Time? Nintendo Plans Move Into Movies

Nintendo characters have previously starred in movies and now the video game company is considering making its own animated films.

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Criminals Planting Keyloggers On Smartphones

Security experts warn the devices are increasingly being targeted by hackers covertly installing viruses that steal personal data.

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Friday, May 13, 2016

Apple Invests $1bn in Chinese Uber Rival

It is a rare outward investment for the tech giant that analysts say may be linked to slowing iPhone sales.

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'Origami Robot' In Pill Could Carry Out Surgery

The miniature device can be swallowed and guided around the body by magnets to pick up foreign bodies or perform internal surgery.

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TalkTalk Profits Halve Following Cyber Attack

Telecoms provider TalkTalk saw profits more than halve after its systems were hacked last October but business has 'bounced back'.

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

World eSports Body To Run 'Booming' Industry

The booming computer games industry aims to bring players, fans and publishers together under a world governing body.

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Swipe: Is Drone Racing The Sport Of The Future?

In this week's Swipe, the team sees how racing with quadcopters, cameras and video goggles is taking off in the UK.

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Instagram Gets New Logo - And Reaction Is Mixed

Many of the app's 400 million monthly users complain that the new brightly coloured logo is ugly.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Google Proposes New Set Of Female Emojis

A group of Google staff members submit 13 new emoji ideas, and hope to have them approved by the end of the year.

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Hyperloop In First Test Of Super-Fast Transport

A vehicle known as a "sled" is accelerated down a rail track at speeds of up to 400mph in the desert near Las Vegas.

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Web Tool Predicts Kentucky Derby Winner

The long-term aim of the tool - which uses an online 'magnet' to help make choices - is to make healthcare and politics better.

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More Than 1,000 New Planets Discovered By NASA

The findings bring hope that "another Earth" could be found and may also mean there are more planets than stars, experts say.

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Crime Agency Loses Fight Against Alleged Hacker

Lauri Love is fighting extradition to the US to face charges which his lawyers say could mean him facing up to 99 years in prison.

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Twitter Cuts Off Spooks From Sifting Tweets

Some have speculated that Twitter may not want to be seen as too close to US intelligence services.

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Monday, May 9, 2016

Glider Set To Fly 17 Miles Above Earth

The conditions at 90,000 feet are similar to those on Mars - with a thin atmosphere and extremely cold temperatures.

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Amazon To Improve Delivery Amid Race Concerns

Amazon denies that race plays a role in determining delivery boundaries, but has plans to improve its coverage.

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Saturday, May 7, 2016

Da Vinci Painting DNA Could Solve Grave Mystery

Initial tests are due to take place on the Adoration of the Magi painting, which is being restored in Florence, Italy.

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Man Gets 20 Years For Online Money Laundering

Arthur Budovsky started an online digital currency service described as a "financial hub" for credit card traffickers and hackers.

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

Apple Music: Five Ways To Fix Streaming Service

An improved version of the music service will reportedly be announced at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference next month.

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Human Embryos Grown In Lab For Two Weeks

The breakthrough promises advances in assisted reproduction and stem-cell therapies, but also raises ethical concerns.

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Robot Outperforms Human Surgeons In Pig Gut Op

The Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) managed to stitch together the intestines of live and dead pigs.

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Apple Loses Suit Against 'iPhone' Wallet Maker

The US company was trying to stop a Chinese manufacturer from using the word "iPhone" on wallets, handbags and mobile phone cases.

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Child Who Hacked Instagram Given $10k Reward

A boy who found a way to permanently delete any comment from the site - even Justin Bieber's - has been given a handsome payout.

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Play Mobile Game To Help Dementia Research

If 100,000 people play for two minutes, it will create as much data as 50 years of laboratory-based studies, developers say.

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Apple Shares On Longest Losing Streak Since 1998

Asked if Apple's best days are behind it in a television interview, chief executive Tim Cook says: "I couldn't disagree more".

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App Could Stop Young Drivers From Checking Phone

If the app detects the car is in use, the phone is locked - disabling calls, texts, emails and social media.

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Internet Explorer Dethroned As Biggest Browser

Chrome now makes up 41.66% of the browser market, 0.31% more than Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge.

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Three Planets Are New 'Hunting Ground' For Life

Scientists say they have hit the "jackpot" after discovering three Earth-like planets orbiting a dwarf star.

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Monday, May 2, 2016

Australian Claims He Is Creator Of Bitcoin

Craig Wright appears to have ended much speculation about the identity of the person who used the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.

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