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Watch this robot doing parkour better than most humans can
In the latest eye-catching demonstration of its somewhat unsettling technological prowess, robotics specialist Boston Dynamics has unveiled footage of its humanoid Atlas robot performing parkour. In the video, the 1.5...
Babies for sale on Instagram: four arrested in Indonesia
Indonesian police say they have cracked an Instagram baby selling racket, arresting four people for their alleged involvement in buying and selling babies on the picture sharing site....
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US trade spat needs 'constructive solutions': China central bank
Yi Gang cautioned that a clash between the world's two biggest economies was a 'lose-lose' situation China's central bank governor Sunday sought to cool the temperature on a brewing trade-and-currency war with the United States, calling for "constructive solutions" as the spat threatens to knock the...
Bottle of 1945 fine French wine fetches record-breaking $558,000 at auction
A bottle of 1945 Romanée-Conti wine fetched a record-breaking $558,000 at a Sotheby's auction in New York today, at which two bottles broke the previous record. The final price, including taxes and commissions, was 17 times the auction house's $32,000 upper estimate for the...
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Pink Ribbon appeal and Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) supports the Pink Ribbon street appeal which begins today, as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Today we pay tribute to survivors, those living with the condition and their families ... ......
German implant tester faces retrial
PARIS — France’s highest court on Wednesday overturned an appeals court ruling that would have required some 1,700 women in multiple countries to pay back compensation they received over rupture-prone...
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SV Pool Mines Its First Block as November’s Bitcoin Cash Fork Approaches
On Wednesday, Oct. 10, the mining operation SV Pool mined its first Bitcoin Cash block. The pool operators led by the blockchain firms Nchain and Coingeek say that hundreds of miners from all around the world have signed up to mine with the pool. Also Read: Zigzag Platform Provides Bitcoin Cash...
Yobit Crypto Exchange Announces Public Pump and Dump Scheme
Yobit may normally barely be able to hold onto the #50 spot on Coin Market Cap, but someone over there must have cojones the size of coconuts. In an apparent effort to boost trading on the platform, the exchange is promoting its upcoming pump event – which is to be followed by the inevitable...
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Federer gets a scare
SHANGHAI — Roger Federer admitted that he came “very close” to defeat as he was given a huge scare before seeing off Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to open his Shanghai Masters defense on Wednesday. The 37-year-old Swiss top seed faces Spain’s unseeded Roberto Bautista Agut on Thursday in the Last 16...
Djokovic dazzles but Del Potro feels the strain in Shanghai
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer progressed in contrasting fashion at the Shanghai Masters but Juan Martin del Potro's bid for glory in China came to a painful end on Thursday. A red-hot Djokovic eased to a 6-4 6-0 victory over Marco Cecchinato, avenging a surprise defeat against the Italian at the...
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Jose Mourinho and Eden Hazard could reunite at Real Madrid, says Neil Custis
Could Jose Mourinho and Eden Hazard be set for a surprise reunion at Real Madrid, in light of the player's comments this week? Chelsea midfielder Hazard told Belgian newspaper HLN his one regret in football was being unable to work with Mourinho following his sacking from Chelsea three years ago,...
Novak Djokovic outclasses Borna Coric to seal Shanghai Masters title
Novak Djokovic continued his unstoppable run of form by outclassing Borna Coric 6-3, 6-4 in the Shanghai Masters final for his 18th successive win on Sunday. Djokovic was a class above all week, and Coric, who so impressively knocked out defending champion Roger Federer in...
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