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US Senate passes cybersecurity bill The US Senate  The US Senate passed a bill aimed at promoting better cybersecurity information sharing between the private sector and the government.The Senate voted 74 to 21 to approve the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), despite concerns over privacy from tech companies such as Apple, Xinhua.  http://bit.ly/1MkddZl http://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/us-senate-passes-cybersecurity-bill
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Watching TV for long may shorten your life Watching TV Viewing television for over three-four hours daily is associated with increased risk of mortality from most of the major causes of death including cancer and heart diseases, warns a new study. "We know that television viewing is the most prevalent leisure time sedentary behaviour and our working hypothesis is that it is an indicator of overall physical inactivity,” explained lead investigator Sarah Keadle from the US National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.  http://bit.ly/1MvcrPl http://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/watching-tv-long-may-shorten-your-life
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Kendall, Kylie Jenner voted Most Influential Teens Kendall, Kylie Jenner Models Kendall and Kylie Jenner have made it to Time magazine's 30 Most Influential Teens List 2015.  Kendall, 19, has been chosen for her impressive modeling career and for holding the record of the most-liked Instagram photograph ever -- an image of herself lying down with her hair in heart shapes -- which gained over three million likes, reports femalefirst.co.uk.   http://bit.ly/1MVQC5R http://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/kendall-kylie-jenner-voted-most-influential-teens
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Two US astronauts conduct spacewalk ASTRONUTS Two US astronauts on Wednesday ventured outside the International Space Station for the first spacewalk of their career to service and upgrade the orbital laboratory. Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren from the US space agency NASA started the endeavour at 8.03 a.m., which was expected to last six hours and 30 minutes, NASA said, Xinhua reported. http://bit.ly/1kV6jDP http://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/two-us-astronauts-conduct-spacewalk
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BRICS meeting discusses R&D priorities BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Research and development priorities, cooperation on innovation and a work plan for the next three years were discussed on Tuesday in the ongoing third BRICS ministerial meeting in Moscow, an official statement said. http://bit.ly/1NCAxoC http://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/brics-meeting-discusses-rd-priorities
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Twitter launches Brand Hub to help advertisers Twitter Micro-blogging site Twitter on Wednesday launched its Brand Hub feature that will help advertisers understand more about their brands. "Today Twitter is excited to announce Brand Hub, the newest addition to our suite of analytics tools. It helps advertisers quickly understand their brand's share of conversation, key audiences, and trends about their brand's conversation," the company said in a release. http://bit.ly/20c5NS8 http://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/twitter-launches-brand-hub-help-advertisers  
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President Park Geun-hye ,Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to hold one-on-one summit in Seoul President Park Geun-hye ,Japanese PM Shinzo Abe South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold their first one-on-one summit in Seoul next week on the sidelines of the trilateral leadership meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Seoul's presidential office said on Wednesday.  http://bit.ly/1GLDwex http://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/president-park-geun-hye-japanese-pm-shinzo-abe-hold-one-one-summit-seoul  
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