Nations Agree To Establish World's Largest Marine Reserve In Antarctica and other top stories.

• Nations Agree To Establish World's Largest Marine Reserve In Antarctica

  Enlarge this image Boats sit on the beach at Bahia Almirantazgo in Antarctica. An agreement was reached on Friday to create the world's largest marine protected area in the ocean next to the frozen continent. Natacha Pisarenko/AP hide caption toggle caption Natacha Pisarenko/AP Boats sit on the beach at Bahia Almirantazgo ..

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• Facebook tests Snapchat-style camera special effects with ephemeral sharing

  

  Facebook is overhauling its in-app camera to embrace the next era of augmented reality visual communication pioneered by Snapchat. The new features include Snapchat-style animated selfie masks, overlaid graphics, and geofilters; Prisma-esque fine art-themed style transfer filters; and some innovative new “reactive” filters that respond to your body’s movements. What Facebook is calling “the new camera” will be instantly accessible from the News Feed with a quick right swipe. And instead of jus..

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• Hacker tweets 'No Man's Sky was a mistake' from Hello Games account

  

  Hello Games, the indie studio behind sci-fi sim No Man’s Sky, appears to have been hacked by disgruntled fans. Earlier today, a since-deleted tweet appeared stating that “No Man’s Sky was a mistake.” The tweet came after months of quiet following the controversial launch of the game, and was followed by director Sean Murray stating that “Server hacked. We're binging Mr. Robot episodes as quickly as we can looking for answers. Ep05 is a cracker.” In addition to the Hello Games Twitter acco..

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• The world's first fossilized dinosaur brain may have been found

  

  The first known example of fossilized brain tissue from a dinosaur was identified using a scanning electron microscope to peer inside a rock. Scientists say it resembles the brains of modern-day crocodiles and birds. (Reuters) A bit of lumpy brown rock no bigger than an orange could be the world's first fossilized dinosaur brain. The 133-million-year-old specimen came from the skull of an Iguanodon, a genus of large, iconic herbivores that lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods...

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• Spending vs. profits: Amazon and investors at odds again

  

  Amazon Inc may be a "buy" for the vast majority of analysts, but it was a "sell" for a lot of investors on Friday.Few of those investors would have been disappointed, though. While Amazon's stock was down 4.4 percent at $782 in early trading, it had risen 36 percent in the past six months alone.The trigger for the selling was the company's statement on Thursday that its operating income for the holiday shopping quarter would range from nothing to $1.25 billion, due to heavy investment across..

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• Why Vine died

  

  The thing about Vine becoming the internet’s premiere tool for making short-form videos is that it happened almost completely by accident. Its founders had envisioned their tool for making 6-second clips as a way to help people capture casual moments in their lives and share them with friends. It was part of their pitch to Twitter, which bought the company for a reported $30 million in October 2012, seeing it as a near-perfect video analog to its flagship app’s short-form text posts. And yet ev..

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• 15 hours with the 13” MacBook Pro, and how Apple's T1 bridges ARM and Intel

  

  reader comments 86 The lower-end 13-inch MacBook Pro with the row of function keys instead of the Touch Bar. Andrew Cunningham The space gray version of the same computer. Andrew Cunningham ..

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• Can Dell's best all-in-one challenge Microsoft's new Surface Studio?

  

  After much anticipation, Microsoft has finally unveiled the Surface Studio at a press event in New York City. This all-in-one unit adds a unique, top-of-the-line desktop model to the existing Surface lineup. It’s a great option for group collaborations and creative professionals, particularly because it comes outfitted with a 28-inch display that touts 4,500 x 3,000-pixel resolution and the ability to lie nearly flat. It might showcase a hefty price tag and pack last-gen innards — Nvidia GTX 96..

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