According to this infographic, 40% of our happiness is controlled by our thoughts, actions and behaviour, 50% is genetically determined, and 10% is determined by our circumstances. Bummer if you’re naturally unhappy! Cheer up.

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HBO Go is an integrated service from that company that streams HBO content to mobile devices and tablets. The offering itself isn’t innovative or groundbreaking, but the marketing hook is genius. HBO took the liberty of staging a few scenarios where it would be much, much better to watch their programmes outside of the company of your parents.

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Russia’s largest social network, VKontakte is now in the hands of Igor Sechin and Alisher Usmanov. Usmanov is a metals tycoon who expanded into tech via his company Mail.ru, and Sechin is the leader of the hardline silovik faction that backs Putin, is CEO of Rosneft, the state-owned oil company, and is believed to be one of the Russian president’s closest advisors.

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Dammit, Johnny. Did you learn nothing from Lone Ranger? Riding a wave of what can only be described as unjustified confidence, Depp partnered with virgin director, Wally Pfister to crank out ‘Transcendence’, which is a story about a computer genius who gets transformed in to a megalomaniac computer. Groan.

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Well, this looks like a good way to kill yourself accidentally. What you have here is alcohol powder, derived from cane spirits. And somehow, authorities in the United States have approved it for human consumption.

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We said this was coming. Facebook is introducing a feature called “Nearby Friends”, which we guarantee will be used more for the sake of avoiding people you know but don’t like, than actually finding people you want to see.

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One of the world’s most renowned authors, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, died of pneumonia at the age of 87 this weekend. The man was a Nobel Prize winner, a friend of statesmen, and a pioneer of magical realism in literature. Get up to speed with the man, and his impact, below.

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Remember Horse Chestnut? The world lost their collective faces when that guy won South Africa’s Triple Crown in 1999. Winning the Triple Crown is a hell of a big deal, and a horse named Louis The King has two out of three events in the bag. Guess what? The last of the three legs is happening in four days.

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A group of Loch Ness Monster enthusiasts say they’ve sighted the legendary Scottish beast via satellite images on Apple Maps, which is the same app that has a large portion of the internet dedicated to recording the many hilarious instances of its failure.

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Open Vape sells one of the fastest growing products in legal pot — the vape pen –similar to an e-cigarette but with marijuana oil. Chief Revenue Officer Todd Mitchem tells NBC News’ Harry Smith it’s only a matter of time before his company is worth billions.

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Store your memories, work and media with a Western Digital 1TB Hard Drive. Ready to go from the minute it’s plugged in, this hard drive is designed to be easy to set up and simple to use. With space for 25 000 songs, you can relax knowing that their digital storage woes are over. It works with PC and Mac.

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It’s Easter Weekend, friends. You’re going to be taking chances on a lot of things this weekend: traffic, your calorie intake, and your kid’s threshold for sugar. Take the risk out of this weekend’s sports betting by betting on games WHILE they’re happening with In-Play! Check it out, after the jump! In-Play betting is available […]

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A DJ that goes by Squarepusher collaborated with a Japanese robot band called Z-Machines to create an EP called ‘Music For Robots.’ Check out the behind-the-scenes video that shows how these robots learned how to shred on the guitar.

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For a robot, Asimo is a real cutie. We wouldn’t mind adopting Honda’s humanoid robot which was first introduced to the world almost 14 years ago. Take a look at Asimo’s latest improvements.

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Four people are confirmed dead, and the death toll is expected to rise, with hundreds of passengers still missing after a ferry carrying close to 500 people capsized in South Korea. Dramatic footage showing the search and rescue effort by the South Korean coast guard has been released.

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Since its March debut at the Geneva International Motor Show, Apple’s CarPlay has been the talk of the town. On Wednesday the public got their first chance to experience Apple’s highly anticipated in-car system.

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Expect to see a lot of over-compensation by poorly endowed men in Brooklyn on June 14, as the ‘Smallest Penis Contest’ is back in New York for the second year.

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It took some magic from the Welsh Real Madrid player to clinch the Copa Del Rey Final from arch rivals Barcelona. Please enjoy Gareth Bale’s mind blowing goal on Wednesday night.

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It’s not hard to notice beards are trending. With stars like Brad Pitt and George Clooney strutting masculine and bushy beards on the red carpet, it’s clear to see beards are in vogue. But scientists believe we have hit “peak beard” levels.

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On Wednesday, a rapper affiliated with Wu-Tang Clan was taken to hospital after surviving a suicide attempt. He jumped off a second storey apartment balcony after cutting off his penis – for real.

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That is correct. When your city is striving to provide you with only the best artisanal water that mother nature can provide, it is simply not acceptable to introduce hipster urine to the supply. This, from Time: The Portland Water Bureau got pretty pissed off when cameras caught 21-year-old Josh Seater from Molalla, Oregon, urinating […]

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This stunning abode perched on the Atlantic Seaboard’s Hely Hutchinson Avenue is doing a fine impression of a top-level Constantia home. A very fine impression indeed. And you can get that very fine impression for just under 13 bar, with staff quarters.

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Can you remember your first selfie? Was it of you and mates sharing a good time or was it you pulling the dreaded duckface? It might just be a pic of two smiling old people, but we highly doubt your first selfie was as epic as Joe Biden’s.

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Hours after Boston commemorated the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, a bomb scare occurred at the marathon’s finish line, when a man wearing a black veil walked barefoot through the street, shouting “Boston Strong!”

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Facebook started in the college domain, where connecting to and sharing with everyone you met was ideal for any college student who wanted to stay in touch or know what was going on. But this model, which is basically still in use (though modified) is out of sync with the way people make and more importantly retain friends.

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With a combined age of 25, a 12 year-old girl and her 13-year-old boyfriend have become Britain’s youngest parents. The father of the girl only found out four weeks ago that he was to become a grandfather. He admitted in an interview that he broke down with emotion when he heard the news.

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Communicators swop smoke signals for chatting with the push of a button with Two-Way Radio Walkie Talkie. Boasting an impressive 38km range, the Midland Radio LXT500VP3 22-Channel GMRS Radio offers crystal clear communication. The Auto Squelch feature removes background noise, and Hi/Lo power settings allow talkies to conserve power. Running on either “AAA” or rechargeable batteries, the Walkie-Talkies allow you to stay in contact no matter wherever they are.

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Flaunt it if you got it. That’s the motto Paris Hilton is living by with her latest accessory. The heiress has never been shy with her wealth, but this see-through handbag takes the cake.

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You might not know about the Nokia Lumia 1520. It’s fairly amazing, to say the least. Why? Because it comes with a 1080p Full HD screen with a 20MP PureView camera with optical image stabilisation, oversampling technology and zooming capabilities. And you can win one right here.

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The well-known South African columnist Jani Allan, has written an open letter to Oscar Pistorius. It compares him to someone you know and it’s gone viral..

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