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oculus-rift

Preorders for the Oculus Rift VR headset begin on 6 January

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Those who have had their eyes on the upcoming Oculus Rift VR headset can begin received preordering the headset on 6 January - this...
Loan

UK consumer lending has surged significantly

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The rate of consumer lending in Britain rose significantly in the final months of last year, according to a recent statement by the Bank...
manufacturing

UK manufacturing growth slowed in December, disappointing end to the year

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The rate of UK manufacturing growth slowed down in December, ending the year on a disappointing note. The UK Manufacturing PMI dropped to 51.9 in...
War and Peace debut on BBC1

War and Peace debut gets rave reviews and over six million viewers

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The War and Peace debut that appeared on the BBC1  on Sunday has won rave reviews and was watched by 6.7 million viewers, easily beating...
Nadine the socially intelligent robot is friendly and nice

Socially intelligent robot is friendly and remembers all your nice chats with her

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Nadine is a socially intelligent robot who is friendly, greets you back, makes eye contact, and remembers all the nice chats you had with...
Mark Zuckerberg wants a robot butler

Zuckerberg to make AI butler robot like Jarvis in Iron Man

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Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and boss of Facebook, plans to build an AI (artificial intelligence) butler, like Jarvis, the personal assistant of Iron Man. Mr....
British manufacturing has bad year

British factories ended 2015 worse than expected with poor PMI figures

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British factories ended 2015 worse than analysts had expected, according to the Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing PMI for December, which was released on Monday, 4th...
Element 117 added to periodic table

Periodic Table gets four new chemical elements

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The periodic table gets four new chemical elements - 113, 115, 117 and 118 - so the seventh row in the scheme is now...
Lion hunt raffle outcry across the world

Lion hunt raffle cancelled by conservation safari

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An appalling lion hunt raffle has been cancelled. It had been organized by a conservation safari park that is supposed to protect the animals,...
Cameron Brexit

UK business support for remaining in the EU has dropped

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The percentage of UK businesses in favour of Britain staying in the European Union has declined over the past six months, according to a...