Second-hand copies of an out-of-print history book have soared in price from £4.50 to £75 after tech pioneer Elon Musk recommended it.
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Friday, July 29, 2016
Scramble For Old Book After Musk Recommendation
Second-hand copies of an out-of-print history book have soared in price from £4.50 to £75 after tech pioneer Elon Musk recommended it.
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GPS-Equipped Seagulls Are Flytipping Eyes In Sky
Garbage-loving seagulls have been turned into private eyes in the sky and could one day help police swoop on illegal flytippers.
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Google's Wacky Moonshot Ideas Lose $859bn
Google's moonshot factory lost the search giant almost $1bn in just 12 weeks - more than many tech firms rake in each year.
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iTunes Users Targeted In Email Phishing Scam
Scammers have targeted iTunes users with emails telling them they have been charged more than £20 to download a song.
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Fence Could Save World's Largest Living Thing
The world's largest living thing is dying - and building a huge fence around it could be the only way to save it.
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Thursday, July 28, 2016
Watch Robot Builder Construct House In Two Days
A new robot builder can construct an entire house in two days - and never needs a tea break.
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Ant Species Named After Game Of Thrones Dragons
Two scary-looking new ant species have been named after Daenerys Targaryan's dragons in Game of Thrones.
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Antibiotic Found In Nose Could Fight MRSA
A new class of antibiotics has been discovered - and it was right under our noses all along.
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Facebook Profits Leap After Push Into Video
Facebook has seen its second quarter profits leap 186% from a year ago to $2bn, the company has announced.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Purple Orb On Ocean Floor Baffles Scientists
A mysterious purple orb spotted on the sea bed during a live-streamed ocean exploration temporarily stumped scientists.
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Twitter To Show Goals After Sky Sports Deal
Twitter has struck a deal with Sky Sports to show Premier League highlights and goals on the social network.
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YouTube Star's Video Sparks Kidnapping Fears
A YouTube star's cryptic message sparked panic among her fans - who called police because they thought she had been kidnapped.
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Ice Bucket Challenge Leads To ALS Breakthrough
Money raised by the viral charity campaign where people poured a bucket of ice water over their head has helped researchers discover a new gene associated with ALS.
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Twitter Earnings Fail To Meet Expectations
Twitter failed to meet financial analyst expectations in its latest earnings announcement amid another period of slow user growth.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Spacecraft Has Five Seconds To Vacuum Asteroid
NASA is putting the finishing touches to a spacecraft that will land on an asteroid for just five seconds to scan for the building blocks of life.
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Triple Eruption From Sun Captured On Camera
The sun has fired out the three most powerful solar flares seen this year, NASA has revealed.
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Amazon To Test Drones In UK After Rules Lifted
Amazon's most extensive drone trials yet will take place in UK airspace after strict flying restrictions were lifted.
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Solar Plane On Last Leg Of World Tour
A solar-powered plane has left Egypt on the last leg of the first ever fuel-free flight around the globe.
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Saturday, July 23, 2016
Remember VCRs? Production To End As Sales Slump
The world's last maker of VCRs has announced it is going to stop producing the videocassette recorders in the coming days.
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Friday, July 22, 2016
3D Print Of Hand Could Hold Key In Murder Case
Police are attempting to unlock a murder victim's phone using a 3D replica of his fingertips.
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Japan Goes Wild As Pokemon GO Launches
Pokemon GO has finally launched in Japan - the place where the gaming and cartoon phenomenon was born.
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Some Bacteria Lived In Gut Before We Were Human
Some of the bacteria in our guts was passed down from a time before we were even human, it has been discovered.
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Pokemon GO 'Haram' As Islamic Fatwa Renewed
Saudi Arabia has renewed a fatwa on Pokemon because it violates Islamic rules on gambling and uses images such as Christian crosses and Jewish stars.
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Thursday, July 21, 2016
Artificial Intelligence Used To Brew Beer
A pair of London-based entrepreneurs have created a beer that has been brewed with the help of artificial intelligence.
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Experiment Fails To Shed Light On Dark Matter
An experiment to find dark matter using a giant £7m machine - buried under a mile of rock in the Black Hills of Dakota - has failed.
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Humanity Could Be 'Backed Up' On Space Chip
The genetic blueprint for human life and the sum of our knowledge could be fired into the cosmic cloud to "back up humanity".
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Twitter's Blue Tick To Be Available To All
Twitter's blue tick badge is to be made available to all users to "help people find great, high quality accounts to follow", the social network says.
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Right-Wing Writer Banned From Twitter For Life
Right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been permanently banned by Twitter after Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones was abused by trolls.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Pokemon Craze Sees Nintendo Value Double
Nintendo's value has more than doubled since the launch of its Pokemon GO mobile game two weeks ago, as the latest surge in shares saw it overtake rival Sony.
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What It's Like To Be Headhunted By Apple
Landing a dream job at Apple usually requires a gruelling series of interviews and a lot of luck.
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Softbank Shares Plunge On £24bn ARM Deal
Shares in Japan's Softbank have fallen 10% after it agreed a controversial £24.3bn deal to buy UK microchip designer ARM Holdings.
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Monday, July 18, 2016
Old Postcard Twitter Account Is Unlikely Hit
One man's online tribute to the dying tradition of sending postcards has become an unlikely Twitter hit.
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Why Do Pokemon GO Servers Keep Going Down?
Pokemon GO servers have struggled to cope with the demand of millions of players logging on around the world.
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Kiss Of Death Marks Ants For Assassination
Some adult male ants have their rivals killed by smearing them with bodily fluids - effectively creating a bullseye marking them for assassination by worker ants.
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Ants Mark Rivals For Assassination Using Faeces
Some adult male ants have their rivals killed by smearing them with bodily fluids - effectively creating a bullseye marking them for assassination by worker ants.
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Brexit Brain Drain? Fears Talent Will Leave UK
After the UK voted to leave the EU last month, many observers have predicted an exodus of talent from the country.
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iPhone Chip Supplier ARM In £24bn Takeover Deal
The British company which designs microchips for iPhones is to be bought by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank in a £24.3bn deal.
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Saturday, July 16, 2016
1,300 Galaxies In First Super Telescope Image
South Africa's new MeerKAT radio telescope has found 1,300 galaxies in a tiny corner of the universe where only 70 were known to before.
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Friday, July 15, 2016
Nintendo Shares Up 56% Amid Pokemon GO Craze
Shares at Japanese firm Nintendo have soared by 56% since the launch of its mobile game Pokemon GO, which has become an instant hit worldwide.
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Thursday, July 14, 2016
Google Facing Third EU Competition Charge
EU regulators have brought a third antitrust charge against Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Sega Saturn Console Given New Lease Of Life
The Sega Saturn games console has been saved from extinction after its security systems were cracked after almost 23 years.
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eBay Bans Macabre Auctions Of Human Skulls
eBay has banned the sales of human body parts after hundreds of mystery skulls were sold for up to $5,500 (£4,150).
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Holocaust Museum: Stop Catching Pokemon Here
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum has told Pokemon GO fans not to play the game on its premises - describing it as "extremely inappropriate".
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'Spider-Man Gene' Is Discovered In Flies
A gene has been discovered in flies that could be switched off to make them stick to the wall like Spider-Man.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Mars Curiosity Back In Action After 'Sick Leave'
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover tweeted song lyrics by English rock band Whitesnake as it got back to work after its first period of "sick leave" in three years.
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Blind Mice Get Sight Back In Landmark Procedure
Blind mice have had their sight restored in a landmark procedure which could give hope to millions of glaucoma sufferers.
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Four Cyber Attacks On UK Railways In A Year
Sky News has learned that the UK railway network has suffered at least four major cyber attacks over the last year alone.
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Monday, July 11, 2016
10 Things You Need To Know About Pokemon GO
It's the game everyone is talking about - Pokemon GO is taking over the world and sending Nintendo's share price soaring.
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Elon Musk Teases 'Secret Tesla Masterplan'
Elon Musk has revealed he's working on a "Top Secret Tesla Masterplan" - setting tongues wagging about what the genius inventor is up to.
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US Teens Accused Of Using Pokemon Go To Rob
Four teenagers have been accused of using the popular new Pokemon Go game to lure victims to certain locations before robbing them.
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Sunday, July 10, 2016
How To Get Apple's New iPhone Software Today
Apple's new operating system is available to download today - if you're willing to put up with a few glitches and bugs.
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Friday, July 8, 2016
Did Dope Dealers Found Western Civilisation?
The founders of Western civilisation may have been prehistoric dope dealers, a new study suggests.
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Nintendo Surges On Pokemon Mobile App Success
Nintendo shares have surged after its Pokemon GO smartphone game shot to the top of Apple's free app chart following its release this week.
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Thursday, July 7, 2016
Doomed Satellite Sends Back Spectacular Images
A doomed Japanese satellite captured the first ever images of one of the largest weather systems in the universe before it spun itself to pieces.
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Smartwatch Movement Data Could Give Away PINs
Smartwatch owners have been warned that their PIN numbers could be compromised because hackers could potentially track their hand movements.
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Self-Driving Robots To Deliver Food In London
Six-wheeled delivery robots which trundle along at 4mph will soon be used to deliver meals to homes around London.
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Stars Hoover Up Cosmic Dust To Clean Universe
Astronomers have revealed that the universe is becoming cleaner over time, as cosmic dust is mopped up by stars.
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Coconuts Inspire Earthquake-Proof Buildings
Earthquake-proof buildings could be created by using concrete which mimics the structure of a coconut shell.
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Coconuts Inspire Earthquake-Proof Buildings
If textile fibres within concrete are arranged so that they mimic those of a coconut, then it could help make buildings stronger.
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'Welcome To Jupiter': Juno Enters Orbit
Cheers erupt at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as Juno begins its mission to explore our solar system's largest planet.
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Monday, July 4, 2016
Stars Hoover Up Cosmic Dust To Clean Universe
A study of "almost all of cosmic history" shows that, over time, galaxies get cleaner as stars vacuum up interstellar particles.
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Zapping Cancer Tumours Triggers 'Cell Suicide'
The non-invasive technique could be ideal for treating hard-to-reach cancers such as those on the brain stem or spine.
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Tesla Driver In First Self-Drive Fatal Crash
Joshua Brown was killed when his car's cameras apparently failed to pick out a white trailer against a bright sky.
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Friday, July 1, 2016
Bluetooth Buttons Helping The Visually Impaired
The smart buttons called Pips, are linked via Bluetooth and use sound to help visually impaired people find their way.
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