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Facebook buys virtual reality specialist Oculus VR
Facebook is to acquire Oculus VR, the company that makes the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, in a cash-and-stock deal worth around $2 billion »
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Neurosurgeons successfully implant 3D printed skull
A 22-year-old woman from the Netherlands who suffers from a chronic bone disorder has had the top section of her skull removed and replaced with a 3D printed implant »
T E C H N O L O G Y
HTC One M8 revealed: hands-on preview
A first-look review of the HTC One M8, which wants to dethrone the Galaxy S5 and Xperia Z2 »
C U L T U R E
Laser Cat beams artworks out of his eyes
Do you like cats? Do you like lasers? Then you will like Laser Cat, a giant inflatable feline that shoots projections of artworks out his eyes like laser beams »
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VAT reform will mean more expensive downloads in UK
Companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Apple will no longer be able to exploit a tax loophole that lowered the cost of online purchases of apps, ebooks and music from January 2015 »
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IBM can find you using non-geotagged tweets
A team of IBM researchers has developed an algorithm that can infer the hometown of Twitter users by analysing their last 200 non-geotagged tweets »
C U L T U R E
Map Victorian London using museum's interactive tool
The Museum of London needs your help with an experimental project through which it is attempting to create the first searchable business directory of early Victorian London »
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Homeopathic remedies recalled for containing real medicine
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled homeopathic remedies made by a company called Terra-Medica because they may contain actual medicine -- possibly penicillin or derivatives of the antibiotic »
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Engineer Palmer Luckey wanted a virtual-reality headset for gaming, but not one of the devices he collected fitted the bill. So he invented the Oculus Rift VR
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HTC One M8 review
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