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Advocaat: No repeat

Sunderland boss Dick Advocaat has promised there will be no repeat of last October’s 8-0 drubbing at Southampton when the two sides meet at the Stadium of Light this weekend.

Review: Updated: Sling TV

Features and FAQ Update: DISH has signed a deal with NBC to bring The Weather Channel to Sling TV. The deal will apparently start in July, though no details on where TWC fits into Sling TV’s pricing model have been released. Imagine everything you liked about cable. You probably enjoyed surfing the channels, watching the shows people were talking about when they aired instead of months after. And, if you

Quantum computing OS could speed up arrival of powerful PCs

Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQCL) has developed a new OS designed to run the quantum computers that will shape our future. The new OS, which is called t|kit>, has been facilitated by CQCL’s own proprietary custom designed high-speed super computer and this allowed the company to accurately mimic how a quantum processor will work. “CQCL is at the forefront of developing an operating system that will allow users to harness the

7 days in Phones: LG goes hell for leather and the vegetarian in me isn't pleased

7 days in phones The inevitable march of time continues apace, each heavy tick and every despairing tock carrying us ever closer to the cold embrace of the grave. With that cheery thought it is time for another 7 days in phones! Maybe this week my witterings will be posted on time and not unceremoniously dumped at a random day. It’s “7 days in phones” after all, not “7ish, maybe

This creepy female android can blink and fidget like a human

Hiroshi Ishiguro, the director of the Intelligent Robotic Laboratory, has just unveiled his lab’s latest creation. Her name is Yangyang. She’s an android – a robot designed to look and act as human as possible – and by all accounts seems to have been the star of the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing between April 28 and 30 2015. Ishiguro has spent almost his whole life creating and designing