US technology giant Apple has been ordered to pay up to €13bn (£11bn) in back taxes to Ireland after a European probe.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Japan Team Reveals Entry In Google Race To Moon
A team of engineers shooting for the moon have put the finishing touches to a lunar rover prototype.
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Monday, August 29, 2016
Call To Test Long-Term Safety Of 'Smart Drugs'
Cognitive enhancing drugs, also known as "nootropics" or "smart drugs", could have real benefits for people like doctors, military personnel, air traffic controllers and shift workers if trials were brought in to ensure long-term safety, according to a prominent scientist.
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Mars Simulation Ends After A Year's Isolation
Six scientists have emerged from a year-long self-enforced isolation in order to simulate what it would be like to live on Mars.
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Facebook Boss Zuckerberg Meets Pope At Vatican
Pope Francis has met Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, at the Vatican.
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Juno Gets First Close-Up Look At Jupiter
Juno, the spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, has made an unprecedented close approach to the giant gas planet.
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Saturday, August 27, 2016
Apple Rushes Out Spyware Snoop Fix For iPhone
Apple has rushed out a software update after an attempt was made to break into a man's iPhone using a spyware link that could have spied on his calls and messages.
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Friday, August 26, 2016
New Planet Found 'Which Humans Could Colonise'
An Earth-like planet, which may have deep oceans and harbour life, has been discovered and could be reached in future space missions.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Nose Spray Gives Sweet Taste Without Any Sugar
A spray which tricks the brain into thinking food has more sugar than it really does could help people to lose weight.
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Monday, August 22, 2016
Stunning 360-Degree Vista Of Mars' Surface
NASA has released a stunning 360-degree image of the surface of Mars, letting you feel like you're standing on the surface of the red planet.
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Drone Caught Smuggling Drugs And Phones To Jail
Police have stopped a drone carrying a large quantity of drugs and two mobile phones into Pentonville Prison in north London.
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Astronauts Install Parking Space On Spacewalk
Two astronauts have completed a six-hour spacewalk to install a parking spot on the International Space Station (ISS).
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Friday, August 19, 2016
Birds Sing Special Song To Babies Through Shell
Scientists have discovered something unexpected about the way birds communicate with their unborn chicks.
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Six Month Old Babies Show Signs Of Maths Ability
Signs that a child will become a maths whizz later in life can be spotted when a baby is just six months old, researchers say.
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Twitter Suspends 360,000 'Terrorism' Accounts
Twitter has suspended 360,000 accounts in the past year for threatening or promoting terrorist acts, the company says.
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Thursday, August 18, 2016
Mega Volcanoes Blasted Debris Right Across Oz
Australia's east coast was once lined with volcanoes so powerful they spewed chunks of debris all the way across to the west coast, scientists have discovered.
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Gawker To Shut After Losing Hulk Hogan Case
Gawker.com will shut next week as its parent company is sold for $135m (£102m) to Spanish-language broadcaster Univision.
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Uber Launches Self-Driving Taxi Service
Taxi service Uber will start transporting passengers with self-driving cars in the next few weeks, the company has said.
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Germany To Build Radar To Scan For Space Junk
The German military is building a space-scanning radar station to monitor threats to the Earth from the space junk that's in orbit.
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Facebook Fugitive Says His Life Is In Danger
A man who claims Mark Zuckerberg owes him half of Facebook has said he fled the US because someone was planning to have him killed.
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Oh Carp! Culling Fish Using Herpes May Backfire
An attempt to kill carp with the herpes virus could backfire on officials in Australia - by wiping out the native fish it's meant to protect.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Fans Furious At 'Awful' New Metal Gear Game
The first Metal Gear game without the involvement of acclaimed creator Hideo Kojima has been announced - but fans of the series are furious.
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Unhackable? China Launches Quantum Satellite
China has launched the world's first quantum satellite in the hopes of creating encrypted long-distance communications that are impossible to hack.
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Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Apple Boss: I'm Lonely But I Don't Want Sympathy
Tim Cook has said running Apple is "sort of a lonely job" in a rare interview to mark five years at the helm of the company.
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Monday, August 15, 2016
Pokemon GO Cheats Will Be Banned For Life
Pokemon GO players who are caught cheating will be hit with a permanent ban, the game's developers have said.
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Drug Treatment Could Add Years To A Dog's Life
A trial to extend the lifespan of pet dogs has shown promise - with marked improvement in heart health.
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'Guardian Angel' AI System For Firefighters
A "guardian angel" artificial intelligence helper called Audrey could help firefighters to make split-second life-or-death decisions.
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Call For 'Drive-Safe' Modes For Smartphones
Road safety experts have called for smartphones to be fitted with a "drive-safe" mode - similar to the flight-safe option - to help stop drivers being "distracted or overwhelmed with information" at the wheel.
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Sunday, August 14, 2016
Scientists Discover 400-Year-Old Shark
Greenland sharks are the longest-living vertebrates known on Earth, with some reaching the age of 400, scientists say.
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Friday, August 12, 2016
Insect-Sized Drone Will Spy On Terrorists
An insect-sized spy drone with four flapping wings and four legs is set to become Britain's latest weapon in the war on terror.
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Virtual Reality Helps Paralysed Regain Feeling
Virtual reality has helped eight paralysed patients regain some feeling in their legs in "a big surprise", say scientists.
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Thursday, August 11, 2016
Down's Syndrome: Prozac Could Boost Intelligence
Some parents of children with Down's syndrome are giving them Prozac after tests showed that brain chemistry-altering drugs could boost intelligence.
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Snowden 'Earned $200,000' From Speaking Fees
Edward Snowden has reportedly earned $200,000 (£155,000) in speaking fees over the past year, despite being holed up in an undisclosed Russian location.
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Software Jobs Help Power Creative Industry Boom
Britain's creative industries are booming - with jobs being created three times faster than in other areas of the economy.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Sherlock Creator Cleared Of Piltdown Man Hoax
Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has been cleared of hoaxing the scientific world with remains that were once believed to be the 'missing link' between humans and apes.
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Oz Census Chaos As Website Is Attacked
Australia's census website was shut down by overseas hackers last night, stopping thousands of people from taking part.
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NASA Accidentally Sells Moon Landing Bag
NASA accidentally sold a priceless Apollo 11 artefact and now faces a legal battle to get it back.
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Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Wireless Hotspot: Volcano Is Connected To Web
An active volcano known as the "mouth of hell" is being connected to the internet so WiFi sensors can send alerts if an eruption is imminent.
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Detonating Plasma Bombs May Boost Radio Signals
The US Air Force wants to detonate plasma bombs - clouds of ionised gas - in the sky using tiny satellites.
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Watch: NASA Tests World's Biggest Rocket
NASA blasted the world's biggest rocket at its desert test base - and caught the spectacular results on camera.
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Friday, August 5, 2016
Swipe: Iconic Glacier Is Rapidly Melting
France's most iconic glacier is losing between four and five metres in thickness every year.
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Oh Great ... Now Computers Can Spot Sarcasm
A new artificial intelligence system is able to recognise when someone is being sarcastic online - something even humans sometimes struggle to do.
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Samsung Used 'Apple Watch' Pics In Patent
A tit-for-tat tussle between Apple and Samsung for tech supremacy has taken a bizarre twist - with Samsung filing for a smartphone patent apparently using images of the Apple Watch.
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Apple Offers $200k Reward For Bug Reports
Spotted a security flaw in Apple's software? The tech giant will now pay up to a record $200,000 as a thank you.
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Bitcoin Heist 'Mastermind' In £450k 'Giveaway'
A person claiming to be the mastermind behind a £52m bitcoin heist is promising to give away £450,000 in an online prize draw.
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Thursday, August 4, 2016
Battery Life Could Be Used To Track You Online
A cunning new way has been discovered to monitor the activity of internet users - tracking battery life.
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Six In 10 Britons 'Hooked' On Smartphone
The UK is spending more time online than ever with the average person on the internet for 25 hours each week, according to an Ofcom report.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Brain Tracker Finds Birds Sleep During Flight
A team from Germany has found great frigatebirds sleep mid-flight after fitting them with small brain activity monitors and movement trackers.
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Saturn Lander May Hit Surface With Force Of Bomb
Planterary scientists are considering smashing a lander into the frozen surface of Saturn's icy moon with the force of a bomb to reach the sea underneath.
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EU Issues Kill List of 37 'Invasive' Species
A kill-list featuring 37 species of mammals, exotic pets and plants has come into force across Europe.
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Facebook Suspends Armed Mum's Account Mid Siege
Facebook granted an emergency request from police to take down the account of a woman who was brandishing a shotgun at officer during a seven-hour standoff in Baltimore, it has emerged.
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Hackers Steal £50m Worth Of Bitcoin Currency
Bitcoin's value has plummeted by 13% after hackers stole $65m (£49m) of the digital currency.
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Bar Blocks Signal To Stop Unsocial Mobile Use
Of all the gin joints in all the world, one bar in Hove is taking a different approach to stop its patrons using smartphones.
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Monday, August 1, 2016
Couple Admit Leaving Son To Play Pokemon GO
A couple from Arizona have been arrested after leaving their two-year-old son at home to go out and play Pokemon GO.
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Apple To Swap Revolver Emoji For Water Pistol
Apple is to replace its controversial handgun emoji with a water pistol amid mounting concern over gun violence in the US and worldwide.
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Uber To Sell China Business To Rival for £26bn
Ride-hailing app Uber has agreed to sell its China arm to its rival after losing billions trying to achieve dominance in the country.
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Could Hackers Turn Amazon Drones Deadly?
Amazon's delivery drones could be hacked and hijacked - turning them into flying killing machines, a security expert has warned.
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GSK And Alphabet Team Up For Bioelectronics Medicine
GlaxoSmithKline and Google's parent company are joining forces to develop bioelectronics, which involves targeting electrical signals in the body to fight chronic diseases.
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Amazon Patents Headphones That Auto-Mute
Headphones that mute themselves when you may need to hear the sound from your surroundings have been patented by Amazon.
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Asteroid Strike Could Cause 'Immense Suffering'
A huge asteroid hurtling through space at 63,000mph could one day hit Earth causing "immense suffering and death", astronomers say.
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Swipe: Bike Couriers Monitoring Pollution
Bike couriers are being turned into human pollution monitors to gather more data on London's air quality.
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