People who want you to part with your cash and property can steal your passwords and personal details, but what about your voice? That's what some big companies asked themselves before turning their attention to voice biometrics in their war against
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Do you scream on a roller coaster ride? You slowly climb up a steep slope until an almost vertical drop, and then... Ahhhhhhhh! Thrill-seekers like me are in luck because theme parks are pushing the boundaries of technology to create the fastest, tal
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Can you resist the pleading eyes of a cat keen on the piece of ham you're just about to eat? I can't, and this is bad news for my cat Freddy. He is getting very fat. More than 18 million of the UK's pets could have a premature death because of their
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I'm sometimes told you have to make your own luck. If you don't try something, how can you succeed? This is very true for competitions - if you want a chance of winning something you have to take part. In other words, you have to be in it to win it!
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Do you lose sleep when you are invited to parties? I do - and I wonder if I'm part of the estimated 10% of the UK's population who suffer from what's called social anxiety. The first clinical guideline on the subject, published by the National Instit
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Do you shop for groceries online and have them delivered to your door? Well, this might be just the start of a digital revolution in food. How about tattooed fruit, ice cubes which send text messages, and wine from the bottom of the ocean? All these
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Can you be brainy and brawny at the same time? The sport of chess boxing suggests you can. The former boxing world heavyweight champion, Lennox Lewis, is keen to dismiss the idea that if you're muscular you can't be smart enough to succeed in a cereb
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Are you angry? Unhappy in your job? Wish you had an outlet for those feelings? Well, if you lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, you could go to Break Club. It's made up of a group of people who get together to smash up rubbish as a way of venting their
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What's the allure of coffee shops? It's been said that JK Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books sitting in one in Edinburgh. Many people spend hours in these places nursing a coffee as they work away on their laptops. But if you're spending all day bu
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For me, one of the greatest pleasures in life is going to watch a great film - or movie - at the cinema. It's a chance for escapism - getting away from real life. There's nothing better than being engrossed in a story unless, of course, someone decid
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Here's a hotel worth writing home about: a company in Poland plans to build tourist accommodation under the sea. The structure can be towed to a suitable location and placed on supports on the sea bed. The 'Water Discus' will be made up of an underwa
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Would you like to live in a city where buildings turn the lights off for you, where self-driving cars find the nearest parking space, and where even the rubbish bins know when they're full? Although it might sound like science-fiction, living in a 's
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Do you like shopping? Or does the thought of traipsing round the shops fill you with dread? For some of us, shopping is an enjoyable way of spending our leisure time and our money. For me, it's something I would rather avoid. Thank goodness for the i
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What do you remember about your childhood? I have good memories of exploring the fields near my house and riding my bike around the park. Most of my free time, it seemed, was spent outdoors. Today, we are told, children don't spend enough time in the
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Are you absent-minded? Sometimes I wish I were. So many things were achieved by people who just left something in their pocket or forgot to switch off a machine. Like what happened to this group of Swedish scientists. According to the British newspap
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Sometimes I can't sleep because a problem plays over and over in my mind. Does this happen to you? Psychologists who used the results of an online test conducted by the BBC and the University of Liverpool say that some self-reflection can be good. Bu
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What to cook when you have guests? I always feel like I'm walking on eggshells when I have to prepare a dinner party for new friends or people I don't know well. Some eaters are picky and don't like cheese. Others can't stand a particular vegetable.
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How do you feel about job interviews? I'm never ready for them no matter how I prepare. In my attempts to impress my prospective employers I end up talking too much and losing my train of thought. Sometimes they ask difficult questions like: Where do
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I feel a bit sad today because I'm homesick. I miss the delicious plates of pasta with a special sauce my mother used to make. She was a great cook! But I work abroad and I have to cope with the occasional feeling of nostalgia. The footballer Jesus N
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If you could travel in time, where would you go? Perhaps you would watch an original performance of a Shakespeare play in Elizabethan England? What about hanging out with Laozi in the Spring and Autumn period? Or maybe you'd voyage far ahead of the p
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