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Newly discovered planet could be home to alien life
Scientists at the European Southern Observatory think "Ross 128 B" may be capable of sustaining life. Lead author Doctor Xavier Bonfils , said that many red dwarf stars , including Proxima Centauri , are subject to flares that occasionally bathe their orbiting planets in deadly ultraviolet and X-ray radiation.
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Apple Watch retakes lead of wearables market, Xiaomi second
The only official metric that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) disclosed about Apple Watch during last quarter's earnings release was that the smartwatch enjoyed "unit growth of over 50% for the third consecutive quarter". Apple's smartwatch ads are full of feel-good stories about how the wearable changes people's lives for the better, mainly on the physical activity side of the everyday spectrum, but this next story is something else, and forced even Tim Cook to react.
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SoftBank: Uber investment under consideration but no final agreement reached yet
A day after Uber said that it has agreed to SoftBank's multibillion dollar investment, the Japanese conglomerate said that it was still only considering the investment and that there was no final agreement at this stage, according to a report in Reuters .
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Hulu plans to make a Hitman television series with 'John Wick' creator
How an emotionless, nearly personality-free, hitman , who stars in very slow-paced stealth adventures, became one of the most frequently filmed video game characters we don't know. Previously, there was a Hitman movie starring Timothy Olyphant, but it wasn't exactly the kind of film that inspired confidence in the Hitman fanbase.
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Broadcast your voice to Google speakers around your house with Google Assistant
The search giant has announced a new broadcast feature for Google Assistant , which will allow you to relay messages across all your Google Home smart speakers. Google Assistant is getting a new feature that lets you send a message throughout a smart home in one go. To activate the feature, a user can say "OK Google, broadcast" followed by the desired announcement.
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GameStop Delays All-You-Can-Play Used Game Rental Program, PowerPass
PowerPass was an intriguing idea when it was first announced but GameStop's decision to put the program on pause may suggest the service hasn't been met with quite as much interest as they would have liked. GameStop's game subscription service is here, aaaand it's gone. For now, buying games at GameStop requires old-fashioned monetary exchange. Additionally, they can pick out any used game to have for free-not a bad tradeoff.