Monday, October 24, 2016

Vikings Took Cats on Their Voyages, Study Says and other top stories.

  • Vikings Took Cats on Their Voyages, Study Says

    Vikings Took Cats on Their Voyages, Study Says
    Sure, Viking raiders were brutal and ruthless. But did you know they also took cats with them on their voyages? That's according to a study out of Harvard Medical School that studied the spread of felines in the ancient world and found that everyone from farmers to warriors couldn't get enough of their pets.While famously embedded within Egyptian mythology, cats also played a large role for Norse gods. Freja, the goddess of love, had two cats pull her carriage. Myths like this have given researc..
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  • Luckey on pro-Trump donation: “My actions… do not represent Oculus”

    Luckey on pro-Trump donation: “My actions… do not represent Oculus”
    Luckey (right) speaks at an event promoting VR games (and not Donald Trump).Sam Machkovech reader comments 35 Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey is apologizing for "the impact my actions are having on the [VR] community," even as he seeks to minimize his support for a pro-Trump political group and push back against reports that he was behind some of the group's controversial online posts. In a public Facebook post late last night, Luckey confirmed earlier reports that he donated $10,000 to Ni..
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  • Big email hack doesn't exactly send the message Yahoo needed

    Big email hack doesn't exactly send the message Yahoo needed
    FILE - In this June 5, 2014, file photo, people walk in front of a Yahoo sign at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Yahoo says the personal information of 500 million accounts have been stolen in a massive security breakdown that represents the latest setback for the beleaguered internet company. The breach disclosed on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, dates back to late 2014. Yahoo is blaming the hack on a “state-sponsored actor.” (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) ..
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  • Fears Latrobe Valley will turn into a ghost town as news of Hazelwood power station's closure spreads

    Fears Latrobe Valley will turn into a ghost town as news of Hazelwood power station's closure spreads
    They knew it was coming. Yet another big employer was soon to close in the already disadvantaged Latrobe Valley. But it was a blow for valley residents to wake up to news on Saturday morning that the Hazelwood power station would almost certainly close in April. The Hazelwood Power Station could be closed as soon as April. Photo: Chris Hopkins They say they are angry at the Andrews government, which they believe hasn't done enough to create new jobs for the up to 1000 workers who will be..
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  • Tech firms talking about sale of Twitter

    Tech firms talking about sale of Twitter
    Tech firms talking about sale of TwitterTwitter Inc has initiated talks with several technology companies to explore selling itself, a person familiar with the matter says, signalling the start of what is likely to be a slow-rolling auction of the high-profile but money-losing social media company.A sale of Twitter has been the subject of on-again, off-again rumours for many months as the company grapples with stagnant user growth, soft advertising sales and losses running at hundreds of million..
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  • Snapchat's New Spectacles For $130 Have A Built-in Camera To Record 10-second Videos

    Snapchat's New Spectacles For $130 Have A Built-in Camera To Record 10-second Videos
    The Snapchat Spectacles are official. Snapchat’s 26-year-old CEO Evan Spiegel says Spectacles are a smart wearable for video-sharing, according to the Wall Street Journal. Since this is the first hardware product offering, Spiegel stated that the company is taking things slow with Spectacles and shall release limited units for $130 this fall. This update comes within a few hours of the leak of Snapchat’s entry into hardware segment reported by the Inquisitr. Snapchat has christened its name to ..
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  • Forza Horizon 3 review - A relentlessly upbeat festival of driving joy

    Forza Horizon 3 review - A relentlessly upbeat festival of driving joy
    This is a lovely touch as, if you are a bit attention deficit when it comes to racers like I am, you are always given the opportunity to switch vehicles race-to-race. While some areas of the diverse map are better for certain cars than others (Outback is fabulous for buggy and rally-racing; the seaside city Surfer’s Paradise favours sharp turns and road cars) Horizon’s Blueprints sum up the game’s ethos of letting you do pretty much whatever you want. This extends to your driving style. Want to..
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