uk-hotdailynews: 2015-07-03 U.K. Technology

Google is 'ruining our memories', study claims
Telegraph.co.uk
The UK population is suffering from 'digital amnesia', brought on by over-reliance on smartphones and Google to summon up information people no longer retain as memories. Just under half of connected adults cannot recall their partner's phone number, ...

Digital amnesia: Mobile phones deprive users of memory skills   RT
Here's why none of us can remember phone numbers anymore   Today.com
Our smartphones are giving us 'digital amnesia,' researchers warn. So what?   Christian Science Monitor
Stars and Stripes
Newsmax
News 12 Brooklyn
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Google has set its terrifying, dreaming image robots on the public
The Independent
Google has opened up its image recognising robots to anybody — letting people create strange, horrifying images out of their own pictures. Google released the half-horrifying, half-amazing pictures that it had created itself last week, with pictures ...
Google unleashes machine dreaming software on the public, nightmarish ...   Telegraph.co.uk
Google releases machine dreaming code, bizarre images start popping up   ITProPortal
Google throws open DeepDream software to create bizarre images   International Business Times UK
International Business Times
BT.com
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Metro

The iPhone 6S is hard to show off as it looks exactly like the iPhone 6
Metro
That's why people who buy the highly anticipated iPhone 6S, which is expected to be released this autumn, might be a little disappointed. Photos released by 9to5Mac.com suggest the upcoming phone will have many new features and upgrades, but sadly it ...

iPhone 6S Updates & Specs: Leaked Images of Upcoming Apple Handset ...   Christianity Daily
See Leaked Photos of the New iPhone   POPSUGAR
Leak Ignites iPhone 6S Mill, From Force Touch To Faster LTE   STGIST
Vine Report
MNR Daily
Inferse
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Selfies to replace passwords in Mastercard online payments trial
Telegraph.co.uk
Mastercard is testing new app that could allow customers to make purchases online by taking a selfie rather than entering a password. Currently, Mastercard customers use a system called SecureCode to verify their identity while shopping online.
MasterCard's Testing Facial Recognition To Authorize Payments   Ubergizmo (blog)
MasterCard's Gonna Let You Pay With Your Face   Gizmodo Australia
MasterCard is testing a new way for you to pay with your face   Engadget
PC Magazine
Irish Examiner
Softpedia News
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Snapchat debuts tap-to-view controls promising 'no more tired thumbs'   The Guardian
Cheeky Snapchat messages now just a tap away   Inquirer
Snapchat ditches tap-and-hold to save 'tired thumbs'   Irish Examiner
Financial Express
Hindustan Times
Daily News & Analysis
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Minecraft reaches 20 million sales on PC and Mac
Sydney Morning Herald
When Microsoft bought the free-form exploration and building game Minecraft along with Mojang, the studio behind it, for a gobsmacking $US2.5 billion last year, many industry commentators questioned their wisdom. There was no doubt that Minecraft was ...

Minecraft sales exceed 20 million copies   BetaNews
Microsoft launches site for teachers taking Minecraft into the classroom   The Guardian

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