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• LOS ALAMOS, a once secret city where scientists participated in the United States’ classified World War II nuclear development programme, can now be experienced much like it was then with a new app.

WORDS OF WISDOM FROM THE ICT SECTOR

MORE THAN 100 students, teachers and industry representatives participated in the second celebration of Girls in ICT Day in the Bahamas.

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• A TEAM accompanied by renowned Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass is testing a new scanner on the Great Pyramid of Giza tomorrow, hoping that modern technology could help unlock ancient secrets buried deep beneath the stone.

NFL Twitter account sacked by hackers

IT LOOKS like the NFL needs to change its Twitter password after another high profile hacking yesterday.

Samsung challenges Fitbit with Gear Fit2

SAMSUNG is unveiling a new fitness tracker that aims to undercut gadgets from market leader Fitbit.

ENJOY THE RIDE

THRILLING new experiences await visitors at theme parks across the United States this summer, with park-goers no longer just sitting back to enjoy the ride.

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• FACEBOOK, Twitter, Microsoft and YouTube have agreed to new rules to tackle online hate speech. The Internet titans agreed yesterday to a new code of conduct by the European Union that takes aim at illegal hate speech and terrorist propaganda posted online.

The lure of VR

Virtual reality is all the rage these days. Mae Anderson tried it for the first time.

Google plays catch-up with new products

GOOGLE wants to play an even bigger role in managing people’s daily lives while also nudging them into an alternate reality, as the Internet company responds to competitive threats posed by Facebook, Amazon and Apple.

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• TWITTER is making big changes, at least in the context of its signature 140 characters or fewer.

Doom cursed and blessed by nostalgia

BEFORE there was “Halo” or “Call of Duty”, the first-person shooter video games “Wolfenstein” and “Doom” defined the trigger-happy genre in three dimensions. While the former received a thoughtful re-imagining in 2014’s “Wolfenstein: The New Order”, the same cannot be said for a new “Doom”.

Apple stores set for a major overhaul

APPLE is overhauling its nearly 480 stores worldwide, starting with its new two-storey location in San Francisco.

SMART HOTELS: Interactive digital walls offer art and information

IF YOU walk down a hallway in the new Renaissance New York Midtown hotel, the walls come alive.

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• YOUTUBE is testing a messaging feature in its smartphone app so people can share and discuss videos without resorting to other ways to connect with their friends and family.

Hyperloop One shows off super-speed propulsion technology

A LOW-profile block of aluminum zipping across a short stretch of what looked like railroad tracks before crashing into a tuft of sand seconds later in the desert north of Las Vegas last week marked the first public glimpse of the Hyperloop One propulsion system that its creators hope will rocket people and cargo through tubes at the speed of sound in five years.

Setting the trends on Facebook

FACEBOOK has revealed how its ‘Trending Topics’ feature works after a report in the tech blog Gizmodo claimed that the social media giant downplays conservative news subjects.

Cayman fights Zika with genetically modified mosquitoes

BRITISH biotech company Oxitec and the Cayman Islands government have announced plans to release millions of genetically modified mosquitoes in the fight against a species that spreads Zika and other diseases.

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• AMAZON has launched a self-publishing platform for video creators, a move that could make money for the company and budding filmmakers in the same way YouTube has created a community of online celebrities.

Self-driving cars could be on roads in five years

FIAT Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) chief executive Sergio Marchionne says working with Google convinced him that self-driving technology is closer than he thought and could be on the road in five years.

Shooters and drivers make video games hall of fame

A VIDEO game that allowed players to zap marching aliens with dot lasers and another that gave them flamethrowers and put them in the driver’s seat in a violent 3-D world are among six games inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame.

Oculus loses its VR headset edge

AFTER delaying orders because of component shortages and angering wannabe early adopters, virtual reality (VR) company Oculus is confronting another headache as it seeks to technologically and culturally establish the immersive medium.

Students show off science skills

STUDENTS of Tambearly School, Sandyport, showed off their scientific skills to parents and the public during the school’s science fair last week.

Smartphone Health: Apple releases software for medical apps

APPLE is edging its way further into health care with the release of new iPhone apps that patients can use to manage their own medical condition, from diabetes to pregnancy and even depression.

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• AN Australian man long rumoured to be associated with the digital currency Bitcoin has publicly identified himself as its creator, a claim that would end one of the biggest mysteries in the tech world.

A blip or a breakthrough?

SCIENTISTS around the globe are excited as the world’s biggest atom smasher, best known for revealing the Higgs boson - or ‘God particle’ - four years ago, starts whirring again to churn out data that may confirm cautious hints of an entirely new particle.