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Indian government accuses Google of unfair and uncompetitive practices

India's business watchdog has filed a report that calls the legitimacy of Google's search results into question, raising similar complaints to the US' FTC and European Union's EC in years past.

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Apple said to be exploring making its own movies and TV shows

Original content could be a valuable addition to a much-hinted-at Web-based subscription TV service.

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Aftershock SM-15 gaming notebook comes loaded with Intel's Skylake (pictures)

Made in Singapore, this gaming notebook is one of the first few in the world to pack Intel's latest sixth-generation processor.

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What it takes to be a Madame Tussauds wax figure (pictures)

Ever wonder how the famous museum's artists manage to create such eerily accurate, life-size celebrity models? We're here to spill the wax.

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Ancient scorpion of the sea is the granddaddy of arachnids

A newly described species of sea scorpion measures over 1.5 metres long and lived 460 million years ago.

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Automate Deploying the Most Cost-effective Spot Instances

You can now automatically launch Amazon EC2 Spot instances that have the lowest price per unit of capacity using the RequestSpotFleet API. You can define and set target capacity in any unit including instances, vCPUs, memory, storage, or network throughput. Since applications typically perform differently on different instance types, you can specify how much each instance type is worth, which automatically adjusts your bid price for each instance type. This enables you to bid on multiple instance types in a single request and provision cost-effective capacity available on any instance type.

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Check out these weird back-to-school breakfast contraptions (Tomorrow Daily 234)

Ashley and Khail discuss their favorite PAX Prime 2015 moments and a brilliant breakfast partnership between an eccentric inventor and cereal maker Kellogg's.

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Guy shocks his own tongue to learn more about electricity

YouTuber Mehdi Sadaghdar shows how the pain caused by electricity varies according to frequency by hooking some electrodes up to his own tongue. No, seriously.