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Rare plant named after legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix

California researchers have named a newly discovered rare plant after Jimi Hendrix. The plant, found in Baja California, Mexico, has been christened Dudleya hendrixii , or “Hendrix’s liveforever.”

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Scientists confirm large stores of frozen ice on dwarf planet Ceres

The dwarf planet Ceres, an enigmatic rocky body inhabiting the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is rich with ice just beneath its dark surface, scientists said on Thursday in research that may shed light on the early history of the solar system.

 
Amazon Echo a ‘game-changer’ for Wynn Las Vegas

Wynn Las Vegas is setting a new standard on the Strip: all 4,748 guest rooms will be equipped with artificial intelligence by next summer, the company announced Wednesday.

Facebook partners with fact checkers to fight spread of fake news

Facebook is taking new measures to curb the spread of fake news on its huge and influential social network, partnering with outside fact-checkers to sort honest news reports from made-up stories.

Yahoo says newest data breach affects 1B user accounts

Yahoo Inc. said on Wednesday that it has identified a new system breach that occurred in August 2013 and involved data associated with more than 1 billion user accounts.

 
Amazon Drone makes first Prime Air delivery in England

Retail giant Amazon.com has made its first drone delivery to an actual customer, dropping off a Fire TV device and a bag of popcorn to a house in the rural English countryside 13 minutes after receiving an online order.

Now you can stream live video from Twitter

Twitter users can now start streaming live video right from within the service’s mobile apps, courtesy of Periscope.

Samsung to remotely disable Note 7 phones

Three months after first announcing a recall of its Note 7 phone, Samsung is getting ready to force any remaining users of the device to stop using it.

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