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Supercomputer with ‘One Million Cores’ Built in Manchester
The World’s Largest Neuromorphic Supercomputer Although Intel announced that they will have a 48-core Xeon processor coming out soon, AMD rained on their parade by announcing a 64-core EPYC processor of their own the next day. However, both pale in comparison to what scientists in the University of Manchester’s School…
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Scientists Train Spider To Jump For Robot Research
Scientists Train Spider to Jump! I think it’s pretty safe to say that spiders are somewhat divisive when it comes to our likes and dislikes. While some are happy to have them in their homes eating insects and flies, others of us have to consider burning down the house to ensure the…
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Manchester Students Robbed Playing Pokémon Go
Three students in Manchester were mugged at knifepoint while playing Pokémon Go. The incident took place in Hulme Park at around 8pm on Friday night (15th July), less than 24 hours after Greater Manchester police warned players of criminals taking advantage of the augmented reality game. First Pokemon Go robberies?…
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Manchester to Host Retro Games Festival
Manchester’s wonderful Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) is hosting a celebration of video games, starting Saturday, featuring a collection of 120 playable consoles and computers, dating back to the 1980s up to present day. The PLAY it! Manchester festival is the biggest retro gaming event in the UK, and…
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Thieves Attempted to Use An iPod nano to Take Credit Card Information
We’ve all been warned of the many ways thieves can take our card information from ATMs. There’s all the elaborate card readers, cameras and other devices that criminals secretly attach to cash machines in an attempt to take our card information. Never have we seen one like this though. Greater…
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Namco Bandai Bring Dark Souls II Play Expo In Manchester
Dark Souls II is on its way to Manchester this weekend (12th – 13th October) and will offer many fans the opportunity to play for the first time and take on the irrepressible, Mirror Knight. Well when I say “take on” what I actually mean is get publicly humiliated by…
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