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• China Completes Largest Radio Telescope In The World

  Enlarge this image The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in Pingtang, China. STR/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption STR/AFP/Getty Images The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in Pingtang, China. STR/AFP/Getty Images The largest radio teles..

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• HERE, automakers team up to share data on traffic conditions

  

  Graphic depicts the range of sensor information feeding a new set of live traffic services Thomson Reuters By Eric Auchard LONDON (Reuters) - German digital map maker HERE will introduce a new set of traffic services this week that allows drivers to see for themselves what live road conditions are like miles ahead using data from competing automakers, an industry first. The Berlin-based company, owned by Germany's three premium automakers, will provide four services..

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• Samsung Galaxy C9 Pops Up On Geekbench, 6GB Of RAM In Tow

  

  Samsung had kicked off the all-new 'Galaxy C' lineup of smartphones by releasing the Galaxy C5 and Galaxy C7 handsets earlier this year. The Galaxy C5 and Galaxy C7 were introduced back in May, and have been available for purchase since June.

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• Chrome OS Stable Version Now Grants Beta Access To Google Play Store: Select Chromebooks Can Now Run Mobile ...

  

  Google has rolled out an update for the Chrome OS that will allow the stable version of the operating system to offer users access to the Google Play Store. Previously, only early adopters that utilize the development and beta channels of Chrome OS were able to access Android apps on their computers. However, as Google has now added access to the Google Play Store to the stable version of Chrome OS, more users will finally be able to natively run Android apps in their Chromebooks. The Stable ch..

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• Oops. Apple has seriously weakened iOS 10 backups against password hackers

  

  Researchers say iOS 10's password security checks for backups are now 2,500 times weaker than previous versions of iOS. Image: Apple A flaw Apple introduced in iOS 10 has made it far easier for password crackers to brute-force data backed up to iTunes, including credentials stored in Keychain. iOS 10 might be the most secure version of Apple's mobile OS, but Apple reportedly made a serious blunder in its imple..

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• One of Google's self-driving cars just got bashed up in its worst crash yet

  

  As Google and others make steady progress toward perfecting their respective self-driving technologies, one of the ongoing challenges is how to deal with the sudden careless actions of drivers in regular vehicles. After all, the switch to self-driving technology clearly isn’t going to happen overnight, meaning that for a long time the roads will be shared by driverless and traditional vehicles. Google’s high-tech cars have been involved in a few bumps and scrapes over the years, the vast majori..

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• Oculus Rift release date, price and system requirements: VR devs drop Oculus support after Luckey's Trump scandal

  

  Oculus Rift at a glance 'Oculus Touch' motion control system delayed till second half of 2016 Retail price set at £549 Headsets available online and instore Jump to: Oculus Rift latest news 26/09/2016: VR developers have begun dropping support for the Oculus Rift in droves, after claims that founder Palmer Luckey is personally funding a pro-Trump advocacy group. The news emerged last week, when a report from The Daily Beast confirmed that Luckey was an active donor to Nimble America. The Bea..

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• Google pulls Krebs on Security out of the abyss

  

  Screenshot via ZDNet Security blog Krebs on Security is back online after a week of disruptions caused by one of the largest DDoS attacks on record.Last week, security researcher Brian Krebs' blog vanished from the Internet after a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) levied against Krebs on Security sustained an attack reaching 620 Gbps in size. While not successful, the attack forced the hosting provider, Ak..

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