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Apple Watch hands-on: New gadget isn't just ahead of the times… it's the future

Apple CEO Tim Cook was enthusiastic and excited at the Apple Watch launch in San Francisco
The Apple Watch, revealed six months ago by Apple’s CEO Tim Cook as Apple’s most personal gadget, could also be its most eye-wateringly expensive. At least, that’s if you go for the 18-carat gold version, which starts – starts – at £8,000.
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A Blue Tit sits in the lake amongst blossom in Forest Hill on March 7, 2014 in London, England.

Earth’s wobble shortens spring by 30 seconds each year

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Taylor Swift has previously acted to protect her intellectual property, including song lyrics

Celebrities race to beat trolls to internet domains

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Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne pose for a selfie photograph with an apprentice during a visit to the Spooner engineering works in Ilkley

Bitcoin: Government to regulate cryptocurrency to avoid money laundering, says Treasury

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Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla Motors, at the launch of the Model S electric sports car in the UK last week

Elon Musk: cars are 'death machines' and humans will be banned from driving them

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Windows 10 release date: new Microsoft operating system will be free, even for pirates

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Internet Explorer brand killed off by Microsoft, making way for new, renamed browser

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Around the UK the proportion of the Sun covered by the Moon during the near-total solar eclipse will increase towards the North, ranging from 84 per cent in London to 89 per cent in Manchester, 93 per cent in Edinburgh, and 97 per cent in Lerwick in the Shetland Isles

UK solar eclipse 2015: How to safely take pictures of the sun on Friday

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The Budget included a £100m pledge towards developing driverless cars

Budget 2015 – technology: Next-generation tech receives £500m investment

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Boss Tim Cook says it’s time for the Apple Watch. But what can it do that we can’t do without?

Apple is launching a revival of the watch - but how do we really tell the time in the digital age?

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The contestants battle it out in the Cyber Security Challenge aboard HMS Belfast

Cyber Security Challenge: Hack into HMS Belfast and blow up the Mayor

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The Large Hadron Collider in Geneva has been successful in its research

Cern's Large Hadron Collider turns back on: scientists hope to explain dark matter and mysteries of the universe in 'season 2'

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Nasa launches spacecraft into magnetosphere hoping to solve mysteries of space weather

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Evan Spiegel, the founder of Snapchat, dropped out of Stanford University just before graduation to develop his app

Alibaba is planning a $200 million stake in Snapchat

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A Trident nuclear submarine

UK’s nuclear weapons data and other sensitive internet traffic accidentally sent through Ukraine

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Japanese hold funerals for robot dogs, after Sony lets them die

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Wikipedia foundation sues NSA over mass surveillance programme

The NSA in Fort Meade, Maryland. The Office of Tailored Operations, whose existence is rarely acknowledged by the NSA, hacks computers around the world – harvesting data, monitoring communications and even mounting its own cyber-attacks
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Scientists are divided about raising mammoths from the dead

Woolly mammoth could be revived after scientists paste DNA into elephant’s genetic code

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Astrological signs are almost all wrong, as movement of moon and sun throws out zodiac

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'Star Wars' force fields to protect vehicles patented by Boeing

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Internet Explorer is dead, but will continue as a work-focused zombie

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Making and maintaining solar panels will soon be cheaper than fossil fuels

Solar eclipse: blackout to challenge Europe’s electricity supplies

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Windows 10: Microsoft hopes to end the password with ‘Windows Hello’

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Drones are increasingly used by hobbyists and private individuals

Drones operator summoned to court over flying ‘surveillance aircrafts’ above football grounds and palaces

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Facebook Messenger introduces new feature to allow users to send money to friends

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The AeroMobil could be available to buy in two years.

Aeromobil: Flying cars could be on sale by 2017

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A still from the latest Anonymous video

Anonymous releases list of Isis-linked Twitter accounts, asks social network to remove users

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Dyson invests in Sakti3: new technology could double smartphone battery life

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Facebook updates banned content guidelines, including what nudity can be shared

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Soon, you'll pay for YouTube

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State of Decay: Game developer finds ‘ridiculous amount’ of hidden penises in backgrounds

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The solar flare that erupted on Wednesday

Nasa video shows massive solar flare that is the equivalent of millions of 100-megaton atomic bombs

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The towns that tech built: Mark Zuckerberg (second right), and architect Frank Gehry

Facebook is planning a new company town - but would you want to live so near work?

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Adblock Plus: Google, Amazon and Microsoft pay to avoid ad filter

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Twitter to create personalised timelines when people sign up

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Mayor of London Boris Johnson looks through a periscope as he takes a tour of Hong Kong International Airport on arrival from Shanghai in China

Periscope: Twitter joins live-streaming war with new app

Site recently announced the $100 million acquisition, which looks part of plan to take on competitor Meerkat
Facebook Messenger updated with gifs, third-party apps, chatting to shops and more
Nasa is giving the moon its own moon, to keep Earth safe from asteroid impacts and prepare for mission to Mars
China's growing social media army mobilises against animal TV show
Facebook Messenger's huge update: how to watch F8 event live
HTC One M9 review: still the best-looking Android smartphone money can buy
International Space Station: Russia to take tourists to satellite when US stops supporting it
Large Hadron Collider: atom smashing delayed by short circuit
Facebook 'On This Day': new feature takes on Timehop with automated nostalgia
Facebook F8: app leaks new features, including Messenger update and ‘Teleportation Station’
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In recent months Twitter has been forced to recognise that bullied people walking away isn't good for its reputation

Twitter has introduced a quality filter, but can it keep the bullies out?

Twitter says the filter "aims to remove all tweets from your notifications timeline that contain threats, offensive or abusive language… or are sent from suspicious accounts"
'Hactivists' are trying to reboot democracy from the bottom up with interactive voting apps
Meerkat app: Real-time video streaming to become a way of life
Woolet wallet: Leaving valuables behind could be a thing of the past if tech firms have their way
Apple, Google and Amazon are said to be chasing second acts - will their efforts to evolve succeed?
Apple is launching a revival of the watch - but how do we really tell the time in the digital age?
WhiteAlbum app harks back to an era of terrible holiday photos
Facebook is planning a new company town - but would you want to live so near work?
Apple Watch review: critics aren’t convinced, the battery is disappointing and it’s very expensive — but will it matter?
Customer service in the social media age: How companies deal with the daily Twitter storm
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Xenoblade: Chronicles review - despite the tropes and narrative problems, it's a very fun game for the new Nintendo 3DS

New Nintendo 3DS; £34.85; Release date: 2 April (10 April in US)
Blacksmiths forged a perfect replica of The Legend of Zelda's Hylian Shield
Bloodborne review: it's easily the best game of this generation so far
Magic Leap: mysterious virtual reality company releases video demo
Mario Party 10 review: fun minigames - but you don't get to play enough of them
Mario vs. Donkey Kong Tipping Stars review: this would be a great title for Nintendo's mobile gaming
Mario Party 10; Battlefield Hardline, gaming reviews: Too much luck, not enough skill
Ori And The Blind Forest review: A game to show the mainstream publishers how it's done
Budget 2015: up to £8 million pledged to UK video game industry
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD review: a decent title for those looking to scratch their Final Fantasy itch until 15 is released
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The greenhouses where Monsanto 'plays God' with the future of the planet
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Britain's mild winters could be numbered

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The most borrowed book at Bank of England library? Oh dear

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Cowslips vs honeysuckle

It's the hunt for UK’s favourite wildflower
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Did a botched blackmail attempt help Cyril Smith escape justice?

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Tony Blair joins a strange and exclusive club of political leaders whose careers have been blighted by the Middle East

Blair has joined a strange and exclusive club

A new tomb has just gone up in the Middle East's graveyard of US and British political reputations, says Patrick Cockburn
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Meet the top 12 wacky candidates seeking your vote in May
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Operation Save Danny Alexander shifts into high gear

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury didn’t forget his Highland roots in the Budget. But the SNP is after his Commons seat
The US economy is under threat because of its neglected infrastructure

The US is getting frayed at the edges

Public spending on infrastructure is only half of Europe’s, and some say the nation’s very prosperity is threatened, says Rupert Cornwell
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New Yorkers raise a glass to Mad Men

A museum exhibition is just part of the hoopla greeting the final run of the 1960s-set TV hit
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British-built hybrid rocket car aims to be the fastest on Earth

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Housebuilders go back to basics by using traditional methods and materials

Housebuilders go back to basics - throwing mud at the wall until it sticks

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Daniel Brühl: 'Envy is very German'

He's got stick for his golden acting career and for his beloved restaurant - but Daniel Brühl is staying put in Berlin (where at least the grannies love him)
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Celebrating 100 years of Leica

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