Thursday, June 2, 2016

BMW has facelifted the 3-Series GT and other top stories.

  • BMW has facelifted the 3-Series GT

    Last year, Bee-Em's well-established 3-Series went under the knife for some minor tweaks to bring it inline with Jaguar's XE. Today, the longer, taller, hatchbacked version of BMW's compact – the Gran Turismo – has had the same treatment. As you can ...
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  • New Deus Ex Projects, Announcement Coming Before E3

    New Deus Ex Projects, Announcement Coming Before E3
    Square Enix is planning to expand its Deus Ex universe, as the company teased new Deus Ex projects on twitter. Bethesda will host an E3 event, the Deus Ex Universe Pre-E3 Showcase, where the company will showcase new projects in Deus Ex Universe. Not only this, Square Enix will also showcase a demo for the upcoming Dues Ex Mankind Divided. The event will take place on June 8 at 8:30 AM PST / 11:30 AM EST, and you will also be able to watch live stream of this event on Dues Ex twitch channel. De..
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  • Secret modelling estimates it could cost $16 bilion to save Great Barrier Reef

    Secret modelling estimates it could cost $16 bilion to save Great Barrier Reef
    TONY EASTLEY: Secret Queensland Government modelling, obtained by the ABC, estimates it could cost up to $16 billion over 10 years to achieve the sort water quality needed to help save the Great Barrier Reef. The $16 billion dwarfs the sort of money set aside by both the major parties for fighting pollution on the reef. Mark Willacy has this exclusive report.GEOFF GARRETT: If we carry on as we are, with poor water quality, we are stuffed with a capital S underlined bold. MARK WILLACY: Stuffed..
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  • Australia to trial ground-level traffic lights for smartphone users

    Australia to trial ground-level traffic lights for smartphone users
    Australia to trial ground-level traffic lights for smartphone users By Afp Published: 03:07 EST, 2 June 2016 | Updated: 03:07 EST, 2 June 2016 Ground-level traffic lights for pedestrians constantly looking down at smartphones are set to be trialled in Sydney as Australian authorities seek to drive down the road death toll.It comes amid alarm about rising road fatalities this year, with officials launching the "Towards Zero" advertising campaign this week to increase awareness about ..
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  • Ancient rice seeds help explain settlement of Madagascar

    Ancient rice seeds help explain settlement of Madagascar
    BRISTOL, England, June 1 (UPI) -- Researchers in England believe the remnants of ancient crops in East Africa and on Madagascar hold clues to the settlement of the island by people of Southeast Asian origins. How Southeast Asian peoples came to settle the remote island of Madagascar is one of the enduring mysteries of Indo-Pacific prehistory. Analysis of ancient crops has offered archaeologists a better sense of when the ancient settlers first arrived. Scientists from the University of Bristol,..
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  • Microsoft Doesn't Want Companies Building Ads in Minecraft

    Microsoft Doesn't Want Companies Building Ads in Minecraft
    Microsoft has bad news for any companies looking to engage in a little brand building on Minecraft. Mojang, the Swedish game developer bought by Microsoft MSFT two years ago, wrote in a blog post on Tuesday that advertisers are no longer welcome inside its signature game where more than 100 million registered users spend time building landscapes and structures. Mojang published new “Commercial Usage Guidelines” for Minecraft, one of the world’s most popular video games, that ban companie..
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  • Four great white sharks caught, tagged and released in NSW 'smart' drum line trial

    Four great white sharks caught, tagged and released in NSW 'smart' drum line trial
    Four great white sharks caught, tagged and released in NSW 'smart' drum line trial Posted June 02, 2016 18:40:52 Four great white sharks have been caught using "smart" drum-line technology on the far north coast of New South Wales.All four animals were caught, tagged and released off Evans Head on Wednesday and Thursday, marking the first successful use of the technology on great white sharks in the state.Primary Industries Minister Niall Blair said it was a "watershe..
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  • King Tutankhamun buried with dagger made of space iron

    King Tutankhamun buried with dagger made of space iron
    King Tutankhamun buried with dagger made of space iron, study finds Updated June 02, 2016 14:18:23 King Tutankhamun, the boy king of Egypt, was buried with a dagger made of iron from space, a new study has found. The weapon, placed on the right thigh of the mummified body, came from iron of meteoric origins, a team of Italian and Egyptians researchers has confirmed.The team used a non-invasive X-ray technique to confirm the composition of the iron without damaging it, a..
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  • Facebook Messenger adds 1500 emoji to 'increase diversity'

    Facebook Messenger adds 1500 emoji to 'increase diversity'
    Thursday 2 June 2016 Facebook is introducing a new raft of better, and more diverse, emoji.ADVERTISEMENT The tech company said the move is its attempt to "make emojis more representative of the world we live in"."Emojis have changed the way we talk to each other and people love them!" wrote the company in a post. "In fact, nearly 10 per cent of mobile sends in Messenger include emojis."Read more"However, not all platforms have kept up with emoji standards as they've evolved - which means somet..
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