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4 years ago+1 1 0Donald Trump's special day
The President talked of reopening the country by Easter, which he called a "very special day." But public health officials stressed that America was in for a longer period of enforced isolation, saying the April 12 target was "aspirati ...
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6 years ago+29 29 0 x 1Timing your meals may help with weight loss. That’s what it seems to do in mice.
Animal studies show limiting food intake to eight to 12 hours a day can boost cognitive and physical performance.
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7 years ago+31 31 0 x 1Scarily convincing fake video tool puts words in Obama’s mouth
A computer program that can edit videos of people speaking to realistically make it look like they said something else has been created, raising fears of clips being tampered with online.
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7 years ago+32 32 0 x 1Why Is the Speed of Light So Slow?
In 2015, a team of Scottish scientists announced they had found a way to slow the speed of light. By sending photons through a special mask, the researchers altered their shape.
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7 years ago+32 32 0 x 1Bitcoin surges to all-time high above $1,700
Digital currency bitcoin hit a record high on Tuesday as demand for crypto-assets soared with the creation of new tokens to raise funding for start-ups using blockchain technology.
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7 years ago+21 21 0Facebook Launches Social VR App 'Facebook Spaces' in Beta for Rift
On stage at Facebook’s F8 conference this morning, CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that the company will today launch their first social VR application. Back in October, Facebook Social VR Product Manager Mike Booth said that the company intended to la ...
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7 years ago+24 24 0NASA Just Found a Lost Spacecraft Orbiting the Moon
Much like George Clooney in Gravity, sometimes, spacecrafts meet unfortunate fates—they get lost in space, and are almost always victims of the final frontier. But over the last few years, NASA has been having some real success locating wayward space ...
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7 years ago+12 12 0Tesla Autopilot crash caught on dashcam shows how not to use the system
Earlier this week, a Tesla Model S hit a barrier on the highway near Dallas, Texas. The driver, who fortunately wasn’t injured, first blamed Tesla’s Autopilot for the crash. We now have footage of the accident and it actually shows a situation that t ...
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7 years ago+35 35 0Epic Oscars Mistake: Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty Announce Wrong Best Picture Winner
“Moonlight” walked away with best picture honors at the end of Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony in Hollywood. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were given the best actress award envelope. A confused Beatty saw Emma Stone’s name and “La La Land,” and hande ...
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7 years ago+29 29 0Bill Gates: the robot that takes your job should pay taxes
In an interview with Quartz editor-in-chief Kevin Delaney, Bill Gates explains why robots that take jobs away from people shouldn't get a free pass when it comes to income tax.
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7 years ago+46 46 0 x 1Super Bowl 51: New England Patriots Defeat Atlanta Falcons in Thrilling Overtime Comeback
New England Patriots came back in the fourth quarter to win Super Bowl 51 in overtime against the Atlanta Falcons.
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7 years ago+52 52 0 x 1NASA scientists join resistance with rogue Twitter account
Scientists resisting the Trump regime are growing in number, with a new NASA Twitter account emerging that’s solely dedicated to bypassing censorship.
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7 years ago+34 34 0 x 1Japanese insurance firm replaces 34 staff with AI
Japan's Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance will use artificial intelligence instead of humans to calculate payouts.
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7 years ago+51 51 0 x 1Scientists reverse ageing in mammals and predict human trials within 10 years
An end to grey hair and crows-feet could be just 10 years away after scientists showed it is possible to reverse ageing in animals.
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7 years ago+24 25 1Billionaire founder of Corona beer makes entire Spanish village millionaires in his will
Antonino Fernández made all 80 residents of Cerezales del Condado millionaires when he died aged 99.
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7 years ago+25 25 0Mozilla releases Firefox 50
Faster, happier, more productive
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7 years ago+42 42 0 x 1Making a Murderer nephew Brendan Dassey freed by judge
A judge orders the immediate release of Brendan Dassey, whose case featured in Netflix's Making a Murderer.
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7 years ago+24 24 0The Christmas Trampoline feat. BusterTheBoxer
This is the story of a little girl called Bridget who loves to bounce. When her mum and dad buy her a trampoline for Christmas, they soon discover that she isn’t the only one with a passion for jumping.
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7 years ago+36 36 0 x 1Uber’s ad-toting drones are heckling drivers stuck in traffic
Forget billboards—motorists now have ads buzzing a few feet above their windshields.
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7 years ago+24 24 0Apple is in talks with McLaren for a potential acquisition, report says
Apple, the tech company, is negotiating with McLaren, the car manufacturer, according to the Financial Times. Yes, you've read that correctly.