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12:47 • 26.07.14iPhones allow extraction of deep personal data, researcher findsThe same techniques to circumvent backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to the "trusted" computers to which the devices have been connected ...
18:40 • 25.07.14Tree that bears 40 different fruit: magical-looking plant produces varieties of peaches, plums, apricots, cherries“So rather than having one variety that produces more than you know what to do with, it provides good amounts of each of the 40 varieties…”
17:04 • 25.07.14Wikipedia blocks 'disruptive' page edits from US Congress“There is a belief from some of the [Wikipedia] community that it only provoked someone - some prankster there in the office - to have an audience now for the pranks…”
13:14 • 25.07.14Google starts taking European personal data link removal requestsThe form’s appearance follows a judgement by the Court of Justice of the European Union, in which the court said people had a right to have stop search providers
17:09 • 24.07.14Tutankhamun: How 'Tut-mania' gripped the world"There was an extraordinary outpouring of games and ceramics and costumes and posters. Everybody wanted a little bit of Tut…"
08:28 • 24.07.14India doctors remove 232 teeth from boy's mouth"Once we opened it, little pearl-like teeth started coming out, one-by-one. Initially, we were collecting them, they were really like small white pearls. We counted 232 teeth..."
16:52 • 23.07.14Third mom's the charm! Watch tender moment baby orangutan finally bonds with surrogate after two false starts“Maggie is an easygoing and gentle orangutan. The two have been together since Kecil’s arrival, and Maggie has provided care and attention that he needs to receive from an orangutan…”
13:33 • 23.07.14Japan’s premier wants to host the first 'robot Olympics' in 2020Tokyo is already hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics, but presumably the robot competition would be ...
15:36 • 22.07.14Armenia launches linear accelerator"The key engineering personnel comprised young people. Two laboratories will be put into operation this October. We have received 15 bids from different research centers to conduct research in...
15:01 • 22.07.14Apple eyes return of $100m worth shares“We view the Apple ‘halo effect’ rather than the current watch market as the more accurate predictor of iWatch sales ...
10:40 • 22.07.14Last month was the hottest June since 1880Last month saw the highest temperatures on the water for any June on record, and the highest departure from the average for any single month ever. Average global ...
14:13 • 21.07.14Sandstone shapes 'forged by gravity'"It was very clever to find this rock out of a quarry that would behave in an accelerated way, compared to those famous sandstone arches…"
10:59 • 21.07.14Smartphone displays smart enough to sense user’s spitSuch a capability may allow smartphones, wearables and tablets to expand their usefulness in personal medicine, security, and food and environmental safety. Such features could be indispensable ...
10:26 • 21.07.14Early HIV drugs may not stop virusMonkey research, published in the journal Nature, suggests untouchable "viral reservoirs" form even before HIV can be detected ...
10:36 • 20.07.14Snowden seeks to develop anti-surveillance technologies"You in this room, right now have both the means and the capability to improve the future by encoding our rights into programs and protocols by which we rely every day…"