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Netflix customers have ridiculed a feature which flags up crucial scenes and asks if they wish to re-watch them. Ensuing pop-up notifications are designed to allow viewers to lavish the most important scenes but many customers have slammed them as ‘distracting and obnoxious’.    A small population of users have been privy to the feature and many have been aggravated by its introduction. It is unclear what regions or subscribers are being used to test the idea but the widespread public backlash may force Netflix to abandon the feature.  Scroll down for…

A boot worn by Neil Armstrong has sold for $49,000 (£38,000) as part of an auction of space memorabilia.  The prototype Apollo A7L lunar boot never went to the moon with the astronaut but it is believed it was used in a different flight or served as a backup.  It is embroidered with ‘Armstrong’ on the inside of the tongue and has a silver, gold and blue exterior. Parts of the shoe are believed to have been re-purposed by the designers and used on other NASA items. A host of…

A 3D-printed head can trick your smartphone’s facial recognition technology into unlocking your phone.  Experts showed that Android’s models were the least secure, with some devices opening by simply showing a photograph of the owner. It was found that Apple, who got rid of its finger print reading ID in favour of facial recognition last year, was the most secure when tested. The findings bring up concerns over offering hackers and police an entry route into your personal information stored on your handset.  Scroll down for video  A test conducted…