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• UK gambling machines loaded with AI 'cool off' system - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 20 Nov 2019
  Software designed to curtail excessive play has come to all gambling machines in betting shops.
  
• Amazon gets closer to getting Alexa everywhere - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 20 Nov 2019
  Alexa chief discusses plans to make the virtual assistant more useful when used outside the home.
  
• What's inside a black hole? - FOX News
  Wed, 20 Nov 2019
  You've managed to travel tens of thousands of light-years beyond the solar system. Bravely facing the depths of the great interstellar voids, you've witnessed some of the most achingly beautiful and outrageously powerful events in the universe, from the births of new solar systems to the cataclysmic deaths of massive stars. And now for your swan song, you're going big: you're about to take a dip into the inky blackness of a giant black hole and see what's on the other side of that enigmatic event horizon. What will you find inside? Read on, brave explorer.
  
• Election debate: Conservatives criticised for renaming Twitter profile 'factcheckUK' - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 20 Nov 2019
  Twitter said the stunt was misleading to the public and would not be tolerated in future - but did not take any direct action.
  
• Arron Banks' private messages leaked by hacker - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  The founder of Leave.EU's Twitter account has been breached and messages spanning years leaked.
  
• Can Valve tempt gamers to try virtual reality? - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  The game studio is preparing a prequel to its iconic Half-Life title that will be set entirely in VR.
  
• Snapchat says it will fact-check political ads - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  The policy distinguishes the platform from other tech giants such as Twitter and Facebook.
  
• 'Rude' robot able to distract gamers - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  Gamers make fewer rational decisions when faced with insults - even from robots, a study suggests.
  
• TSB lacked common sense before IT meltdown, says report - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  Some customers were left without online banking access for several weeks after the problems last year.
  
• New WhatsApp security concern: India cyber cell advises update - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  In a statement, WhatsApp said that it had no reason to believe that users phones were affected.
  
• How China plans to lead the computer chip industry - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  China wants to end its dependence on imported computer chips, but experts says it will struggle.
  
• Fix Force Quit (X Is Not Responding) Dialog Freezing GNOME Shell 3.34 - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  

  This article presents a very simple workaround for this issue.

  
  
• Making Code More Secure with gcc - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  

  The Linux toolchain has many qualities of a program checker: the compiler can flag potential errors in the code

  
  
• IPFire Open-Source Linux Firewall Gets Improved and Faster QoS, Latest Updates - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  

  IPFire 2.23 Core Update 137 is now available for download with improved Quality of Service (QoS), which allows the firewall to pass even more traffic on smaller systems,

  
  
• How To Easily Recall Forgotten Linux Commands - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  

  Apropos command and BASH history that helps me to easily recall forgotten Linux commands.

  
  
• NASA picks SpaceX, Blue Origin and more for private moon lander project - FOX News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  NASA has picked SpaceX's Starship, Blue Origin's Blue Moon and three other commercial lunar lander companies to bid on proposals for its Artemis moon program.
  
• How to find the size of a file or directory on Linux using du and ncdu commands - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  

  Learn how to use two simple and lightweight command line tools to help you analyze the space usage of your files and folder

  
  
• Uniq Command in Linux Explained With Examples - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  

  The uniq command in Linux and Unix is used for removing duplicate lines from a file.

  
  
• ALT Linux: Worthy Linux Alternatives, With a Catch - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  

  LinuxInsider: ALT Linux offers a buffet of Linux distributions that meet a variety of specialized needs.

  
  
• Jewish gravestones used as cobblestones in Prague to be returned to Old Jewish Cemetery - FOX News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  Pieces of Jewish gravestones unearthed during excavation work in Prague will be returned to the Czech capital's Old Jewish Cemetery.
  
• Deepin Linux Is Getting A Killer New Feature That Every Distribution Needs - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  

  Forbes: I’ve just obtained a video that was shared inside the Deepin Telegram Group, and it contains some compelling evidence that the upcoming version of the slick Desktop Linux distribution may ship with an AI Voice Assistant

  
  
• Your dog’s real age in ‘dog years’ revealed (and it’s not their age multiplied by seven) - FOX News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  Working out your pet's age in 'dog years' simply by multiplying it by seven is actually a myth.
  
• NASA maps Saturn's moon Titan, which may support extraterrestrial life - FOX News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  NASA recently unveiled a new mission to fly to Saturn's moon, Titan, which could potentially host extraterrestrial life. But before it gets there, the space agency has mapped out the celestial satellite for the first time, further showcasing its similarities to Earth.
  
• Extraterrestrial life could be more common than previously thought, new study says - FOX News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  While some in the scientific community believe finding extraterrestrial life is "probably going to take a long time," others believe aliens could be more prevalent than previously thought. 
  
• Gay penguin couple steals egg from hetero couple at Dutch zoo - FOX News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  A pair of gay male penguins at a Dutch zoo stole an egg from a pair of heterosexual penguins, zoo officials said.
  
• Mystery of Tutankhamun’s death ‘solved’ as academic claims infection after leg fracture killed boy king - FOX News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  A leading Egyptian archaeologist has claimed he is close to solving the mystery surrounding the death of King Tutankhamun.
  
• forgit: Interactive Git Commands With Previews Powered By fzf Fuzzy Finder - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  

  forgit is a command line utility that takes advantage of the popular fzf fuzzy finder to provide interactive git commands, with previews.

  
  
• Fossil hunter finds 185M-year-old ‘golden snitch’ with ancient sea creature inside - FOX News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  Quidditch ball shaped fossils are just some of the many discoveries that have been made by amateur archaeologist Aaron Smith.
  
• Massive 91M-year-old shark species with in utero 'cannibalistic behavior' discovered - FOX News
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019
  The fossilized remains of a 91-million-year-old shark previously unknown to science have been discovered in Kansas, according to a new study.
  
• Should we be worried by ever more CCTV cameras? - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 18 Nov 2019
  The global surveillance market continues to grow at a fast pace, led by Chinese technology.
  
• Thousands flock to Wikipedia founder's 'Facebook rival' - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 18 Nov 2019
  Jimmy Wales says his new social network, WT:Social, now has more than 160,000 members.
  
• Why US tech giants are putting billions into housing - BBC News - Technology
  Sun, 17 Nov 2019
  The booming tech industry has pushed San Francisco house prices out of the reach of ordinary workers.
  
• Huge inflatable breast outside Facebook HQ - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 15 Nov 2019
  Medical tattoo artists takes on Facebook over nipple block and she is joined by cancer patients to protest
  
• Will fibre broadband be obsolete by 2030 - and what about 5G? - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 15 Nov 2019
  Labour promises to give every home in the UK full-fibre internet if it wins the general election.
  
• Election 2019: What big tech isn't telling us about ads - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 15 Nov 2019
  Exploring the gaps in the political advertising databases provided by the tech giants.
  
• The £7,500 dress that does not exist - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 15 Nov 2019
  Fashion collections that only exist in digital form are being sold, as the fashion industry learns from computer games.
  
• Life-like Russian androids and other news - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 15 Nov 2019
  BBC Click's Paul Carter looks at some of the week's best technology stories.
  
• Could 'invisible barcodes' revolutionise recycling? - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 14 Nov 2019
  A pilot is in progress to see if invisible barcodes on packaging can improve recycling rates.
  
• Jet suit inventor breaks speed record off Brighton beach - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 14 Nov 2019
  Richard Browning says he wants to show how the technology had improved since his previous record.
  
• UK's first full-size 'driverless' bus tested in Glasgow - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 13 Nov 2019
  The UK's first full-size 'driverless' bus is tested in Glasgow.
  
• Adobe readies for the age of smart glasses and deepfakes - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 13 Nov 2019
  Richard Taylor looks at what is new at the LA Adobe Max Creative Conference for BBC Click.