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Kevin Kilbane, the former Republic of Ireland footballer turned TV pundit, has reported West Ham fans to the FA after they appeared to mock the disabled in a chant about Tottenham Hotspurs frontman Harry Kane.

Kevin Kilbane has reported West Ham fans for their chant about Harry Kane [Getty/Julian Finney]

During Sunday's match against Spurs, it's alleged that Hammers fans sang: "Harry Kane talks like a mong and plays like one too".

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In news altogether insignificant for the world’s population of monkeys, but bad for the British photographer attempting to claim ownership of a self-portrait taken by a macaque, The United States has decided that ‘monkey selfies’ can’t be copyrighted.

Don't even try and copyright a monkey selfie! [Getty/Buddhika Weerasinghe]

We’re assuming any picture taken by a monkey – a sunset behind a pier or a meadow in full blossom, for instance – can’t be copyrighted either. The news comes after a public draft of the Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition - which was released Tuesday and says it will only register only works created by human beings.

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Richard Dawkins, one of the world's foremost scientists, thinkers and philosophers, is embroiled in a Twitter row after claiming it would be "immoral" to carry on with a pregnancy if the mother knew her baby had Down's syndrome. The author of The Selfish Gene made the comment in response to another user who said she would be faced with "a real ethical dilemma" in the situation. Dawkins tweeted: "Abort it and try again. It would be immoral to bring it into the world if you have the choice."

Richard Dawkins has caused controversy on Twitter [Getty/Mark Renders]

After facing a backlash from users, Dawkins defended his view saying he would not apologise for "approaching moral philosophic questions in a logical way." 

Continue reading: Richard Dawkins On Down's Syndrome Babies, "Abort It And Try Again"

For most hotels, the way to stop bad reviews is to increase the level of service, spruce the place up a bit and have a staff meeting on manners. But The Union Street Guest House, charging $500k for every negative thought written on the Internet is the chosen technique.

Perhaps you'd prefer to stay in a Marriott Hotel? [Getty/Andreas Rentz]

Situated in the town of Hudson, amongst New York’s Catskill Mountains, The Union explains that “wedding couples love Hudson and our Inn, your friends and families may not,” because “your guests may not understand what we offer – therefore we expect you to explain that to them.”

Continue reading: Hey Who Wants To Stay In A Hotel Where It Costs $500 To Leave A Bad Review?

If E-Cigarettes satisfy the cravings of smokers attempting to quit, then the E-Joint satisfies those who want to smoke marijuana without the health risks attached to tobacco. This is a real thing, and it comes from Holland. 

'Fast Eddy' has a little smoke at a Marijuana smokeout [Photo: Getty Images, Credit: Marc Piscotty]

It’s actually called the E-NJoint and is produced by a company called E-NJoint BV. They produce 10,000 joints every day which are rolled out across Europe. It comes in different flavours and contains no THC, tobacco or nicotine, making it totally legal.

Continue reading: Soon, People Will Be Walking Around Smoking E-Joints

Retail giants Amazon have already entered the content streaming, e-reader, tablet and remote computing markets, so it was only a matter of time before they released their own mobile handset. In fact, it was the worst kept secret in tech before the Fire was announced yesterday (June 18).

“It's time to whip the crown from Apple,” said Mr Bezos before showing off the new handset for the first time. “Fire Phone puts everything you love about Amazon in the palm of your hand—instant access to Amazon’s vast content ecosystem and exclusive features like the Mayday button, ASAP, Second Screen, X-Ray, free unlimited photo storage, and more,” said Bezos.

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The YouTube sensation that is PewDiePie has attracted nearly 30 million subscribers to his channel on which he essentially plays video games and lets people watch him. It’s a simple concept, but one that reportedly nets the Swedish entrepreneur $4m per annum in advertising sales.

Felix Kjellberg’s story is straightforward: as a geek with a penchant for video games and showing off, he decided to film himself playing some popular titles. When his target audience – mostly young teenagers – cottoned on to his playful, often goofy online persona, the phenomenon started. Now The Wall Street Journal are publishing profiles on him.

PewDiePie attends the Social Star Awards in May 2013 in Singapore. (Photo by Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images)

Continue reading: Confirmation: Felix Kjellberg AKA PewDiePie Really Is Living The Dream

Pablo Picasso's painting The Blue Room has a hidden secret and, 113 years after its completion, it's finally been revealed. But what have art experts uncovered?

Pablo Picasso photographed in August, 1955. Picture: Getty - Keystone/Stringer

The painting, completed in 1901 at the start of Picasso's Parisian Blue Period, was painted on a canvas which was already occupied by a gentleman in a bow tie. The Blue Room painting shows a blonde woman bathing in a (surprise, surprise) blue tinged bedroom. Picasso's early Blue Period comprised of his blue and green tinged paintings between 1901 and 1904. 

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In a bid to connect with grumpy teenagers all over America, Lifetime are working hard on bringing ‘Grumpy Cat’ to life in a live-action Holiday movie: ‘Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever’, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Hey, it's Grumpy cat - looking grumpy

Tardar Sauce, the real name of Grumpy Cat typifies the Internet’s current fascination with felines. And Lifetime, despite any protestation that they’ve got some creative reasoning behind making a movie about this cat, are looking to capitalise on that. Expect Meme: The Movie, Gif Warrior 2 and Reddit: R/Uncut very soon. 

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Microsoft’s decision to unbundle the controversial Kinect camera from retail units of their new console, the Xbox One, was initially seen as a financial incentive for potential customers. But it would appear as though there are performance benefits too with a reported 10% increase in GPU speeds. 

"The additional resources allow access to up to 10 per cent additional GPU performance," a spokesperson told Eurogamer. "We're committed to giving developers new tools and flexibility to make their Xbox One games even better by giving them the option to use the GPU reserve in whatever way is best for them and their games."

Continue reading: Stripping The Xbox One's Kinect Feature Boosts GPU By 10%