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• U.S. regulators give Amazon go-ahead for drone test flights

  19-03-2015 23:38
  
  By Alwyn Scott SEATTLE (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has won U.S. federal regulators' approval to test a delivery drone outdoors, as the e-commerce giant pursues its vision of speeding packages to customers through the air, while facing public concern over safety and privacy. The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it had issued an experimental airworthiness certificate to an Amazon unit and its prototype drone design, allowing it to conduct test flights over private, rural land i
  
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• US approves Amazon drone trial

  19-03-2015 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US Federal Aviation Administration approves Amazon's plans to begin testing drones for online deliveries.
  
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• Tesla to offer hands-free steering on Model S in three months

  19-03-2015 23:17
  
  Tesla Motors Inc will soon offer upgrades including hands-free steering on its Model S sedan, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Thursday, but the news did not help the electric carmaker's volatile shares which fell more than 2 percent. It will be available only when driving on freeways or major roads, as part of a continuing series of free software upgrades delivered wirelessly to Model S owners, Musk said.
  
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• Senate committee 'bullies' NBN Co execs: Government senators

  19-03-2015 23:12 via zdnet.com
  
  Liberal senators on the NBN committee have claimed that the committee is an abuse of power used to bully NBN Co executives, and have called for the committee to be dissolved.
  
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• Amazon delivery drone wins FAA approval for testing in rural Washington

  19-03-2015 22:58 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Company must fly below 400ft in ‘visual meterological conditions’Amazon will need to obtain new certification if it modifies drone designAmazon.com Inc has won US federal regulators’ approval to test a delivery drone, as the e-commerce giant pursues a vision of speeding packages to customers through the air amid public concern over the safety and privacy implications.
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• Uber overtakes yellow taxis in NYC

  19-03-2015 22:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  For the first time, there are more black Uber cars on the streets of New York City than traditional yellow taxis, latest figures reveal.
  
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• Amazon wins U.S. regulators' approval to test-fly drone

  19-03-2015 22:26
  
  (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has won U.S. federal regulators' approval to test a delivery drone, as the e-commerce giant pursues a vision of speeding packages to customers through the air amid public concern over the safety and privacy implications. The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it had issued an experimental airworthiness certificate to an Amazon unit and its prototype drone design, allowing it to conduct outdoor test flights on private, rural land in Washington state.
  
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• Confidential FTC report found Google anticompetitive tactics - WSJ

  19-03-2015 22:18
  
  Staff at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission were in favour of suing Google Inc for violating antitrust rules before the agency settled its investigation in 2013, according a confidential report cited by The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. The report by the staff of the FTC's competition bureau argued that the owner of the world's No. 1 Internet search engine illegally took information from rival websites to improve its own search results and placed restrictions on websites and advertis
  
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• FAA issues experimental airworthiness certificate to Amazon

  19-03-2015 21:46
  
  (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration issued an experimental airworthiness certificate to an Amazon.com Inc unit's unmanned aircraft (UAS) design. Amazon Logistics Inc will use the certificate for research and development and crew training. (http://1.usa.gov/1C1w3DL) (Reporting by Subrat Patnaik in Bengaluru; Editing by Joyjeet Das)
  
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• End online humiliation says Lewinsky

  19-03-2015 21:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The surprise guest of Ted 2015 gave one of the most well-received speeches, about online humiliation and cyberbullying.
  
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• Solar-powered plane lands in Myanmar on latest leg

  19-03-2015 21:26
  
  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A solar-powered plane landed in Myanmar on Thursday night, the latest leg of a round-the-world trip aimed at highlighting clean energy.
  
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• U.S. needs offensive strategy to deter cyber attacks - NSA chief

  19-03-2015 20:36
  
  By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States needs to step up its offensive cyber capabilities, a top security official said on Thursday, warning that looming defense budget cuts could hurt efforts to bolster the nation's cyber military facilities and make the country more vulnerable. Admiral Mike Rogers, director of the National Security Agency and commander of U.S. Cyber Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that too many adversaries can attack the United States
  
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• Review: Updated: Android Wear

  19-03-2015 20:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction, installation and interfaceUpdate March 2015: Looks like Android Wear is getting fancy.Similar to the Apple Watch catering to those with fatter wallets, Google announced a partnership with Intel and Swiss watch company Tag Heuer to make an Android Wear smartwatch.The watch will probably be in a case that echoes the classic Tag Heuer Monaco "square but not quite" shape pictured here, but we can't say for sure as there were no details of shape, price, features or differentiato
  
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• Scientists create Terminator 2-inspired 3D printer

  19-03-2015 19:45 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  New technique works 100 times faster than conventional 3D printing and makes objects within minutes by simply lifting them out of a pool of resinScientists have created a Terminator 2-inspired 3D printer that lifts objects fully formed from a pool of goo in a matter of minutes.The technique, which could transform 3D printing, works up to 100 times faster than current methods and produces objects that are considerably stronger.
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• Anti-censorship activists 'attacked'

  19-03-2015 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Greatfire, which campaigns against internet censorship in China, says it has come under a cyber-attack that is taking sites offline.
  
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• Terminator 2-inspired 3D printing method - video

  19-03-2015 19:18 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  A new method of 3D printing demonstrates how detailed solids can be 'grown' out of a liquid bath. Researchers have come up with a 3D printing method that dwarfs conventional 3D print speeds, making it possible to convert 3D designs into parts in minutes instead of hours. The technology could be used to print soft elastic materials, ceramics, and biological materials like tissues Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: Students go social media cold turkey

  19-03-2015 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Students from Haggerston School in Hackney gave up their social media accounts for a week for BBC News School Report.
  
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• US hopes reward offers can help net foreign cyber criminals

  19-03-2015 18:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI considers Evgeniy Bogachev one of the world's most prolific and brilliant cyber criminals, slapping his photos — bald, beefy-faced and smiling faintly — on "Wanted" fliers posted online. The Russian would be an ideal target for prosecution — if only the Justice Department could find him.
  
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• Branson says Virgin working on electric cars - Bloomberg TV

  19-03-2015 18:35
  
  Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson's Virgin Group may take on Tesla Motors Inc and other companies in developing electric cars, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Branson, whose empire ranges from airlines to music stores, mobile phones and spaceships, said electric cars may be next. "We have teams of people working on electric cars," Branson told Bloomberg TV in Miami where his Virgin Racing team competed in the all-electric Formula E race that involves battery-powered cars.
  
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• Tesla to roll out hands-free steering on Model S in three months

  19-03-2015 18:24
  
  Tesla Motors Inc plans to offer hands-free steering on its Model S sedan in about three months, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said Thursday. The automatic steering feature, which will be available only when driving on the highway, will be part of a continuing series of free software upgrades delivered wirelessly to Model S owners, Musk said. Tesla is among several automakers, including BMW and Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz, offering over-the-air updates.
  
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• Tesla to roll out hands-free steering on Model S in 3 months

  19-03-2015 18:24
  
  Tesla Motors Inc plans to offer hands-free steering on its Model S sedan in about three months, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said Thursday. The automatic steering feature, which will be available only when driving on the highway, will be part of a continuing series of free software upgrades delivered wirelessly to Model S owners, Musk said. Tesla is among several automakers, including BMW and Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz, offering over-the-air updates.
  
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• Tesla to roll out automatic steering on Model S in three months

  19-03-2015 17:56
  (Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc plans to offer automatic steering on its Model S sedan in about three months, Chief Executive Elon Musk said Thursday. The feature will be part of a continuing series of free software upgrades delivered wirelessly to Model S owners, Musk said.
  
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• #BeforeTwitterI … five ways the little blue bird has changed our lives

  19-03-2015 16:52 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The hashtag #BeforeTwitterI is trending on the social network - for good or ill, here’s how it has changed our lives It’s almost impossible to imagine a world before Twitter, a world pre-2006. A world in which MySpace was still a thing, and in which the selfie was in preschool. But exist it did. And today people are discussing what that looked like. One of the highest trending hashtags worldwide is currently #BeforeTwitterI. There’s deep discussion about how the little blue bird has change
  
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• Review: Microsoft Lumia 535

  19-03-2015 16:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designIf you've handled one of Nokia's vast array of Windows phones in the past few years twirling the Microsoft Lumia 535 round in your hands will feel instantly familiar.It's a plastic shell, with rounded corners and anonymous black front. Slippy but able to take a few knocks, this screamingly orange device is yet another in a succession of absolutely unsubtle Lumia devices – and it's goshdarned cheap too at £89 (around US$135, AU$164).But this isn't a Nokia phone. Well, fo
  
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• Mirror Group accused of 'cynicism' in calling Paul Gascoigne to testify

  19-03-2015 16:49 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Ex-footballer’s lawyer condemns MGN’s refusal to question his client, and accuses defence of only calling him in the hope he would fail to attend Continue reading...
  
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• The Next Cybersecurity Target: Medical Data

  19-03-2015 16:35
  
  Hackers often carry out massive cyberattacks to gain access to financial data through banks and retail companies, but this week's cybercrime hit a seemingly new target: medical data, taken from the health insurance company Premera Blue Cross.  The attack affected 11 million patients, making it the largest cyberattack involving medical information to date. The healthcare industry has been catching hackers' attention lately. In February, the health insurance company Anthem reported a b
  
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• Tag Heuer To Release Smartwatch

  19-03-2015 16:31
  
  Luxury Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer is to join forces with Google and Intel to make a smartwatch that will compete with the recently announced Apple Watch. Chief executive Jean-Claude Biver said the watch is expected to be released by the end of the year and will use Google's Android operating system. "Silicon Valley and Switzerland are going to conquer the market of the connected watch," Mr Biver told a press conference at the Baselworld watch and jewellery fair in Switzerland.
  
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• Tag Heuer to release first luxury Android smartwatch

  19-03-2015 16:11 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Company set to compete with 18-carat gold version of Apple Watch by launching device using Google’s operating system in time for Christmas rush
  Tag Heuer plans to release a smartwatch in time for the Christmas rush using Google’s Android operating system to compete head-on with the Apple Watch.The company’s chief executive, Jean-Claude Biver, did not give any details about pricing, functionality or design. “We don’t want the competition to know what we are going to do. We want them to
  
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• Celestial Commons: SpaceX Makes Its Photos Easier for Everyone to Use

  19-03-2015 15:51
  
  The private space contractor SpaceX has released its photos under a “some rights reserved” copyright license and posted them to a new Flickr account. The move makes it relatively straightforward for members of the public to download SpaceX photos, and allows anyone to use or remix the photos as long as they cite them as SpaceX’s creation and do not sell their work. On its Flickr profile page, SpaceX also grants news organizations permission to publish the photos. Photos from NASA employees
  
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• Competition: Win a place in Battlefield Hardline: Live for a chance to win a £10,000 bounty

  19-03-2015 15:47
  
  To coincide with the UK release of Battlefield Hardline on 20 March, Battlefield Hardline: Live is a competition giving players the chance to lead their crew in a high-adrenaline, high-stakes experience that could see them win £10,000. Theatre company differencEngine is hosting Battlefield Hardline: Live at a secret central London location, for eight days. Drawing inspiration from three of Battlefield Hardline's new game modes – Heist, Blood Money and Rescue, as well as the multiplayer
  
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• Tag Heuer, Intel challenge Apple with Android smartwatch

  19-03-2015 15:18
  
  By Astrid Wendlandt BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Tag Heuer, French luxury group LVMH's biggest watch maker, said it will launch a smartwatch later this year using Google Inc's Android operating system in a venture with Intel Corp to compete head-on with the Apple Watch. Tag Heuer Chief Executive Jean-Claude Biver declined to give any details about pricing, functionality or design, but said on Thursday that it aimed to launch what would be the first Android luxury smartwatch in the fourth quart
  
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• Opera buys SurfEasy in bid to build software that boosts online privacy

  19-03-2015 15:10 via zdnet.com
  
  The Norwegian maker of the Opera web browser buys Canadian VPN specialist SurfEasy.
  
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• Rakuten acquires Overdrive for $410 million

  19-03-2015 14:59 via zdnet.com
  
  The move makes Rakuten a global e-book player with Overdrive's network of library and content partnerships.
  
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• Solar-powered plane lands in Myanmar on 3rd leg of journey

  19-03-2015 14:45
  
  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A solar-powered plane landed in Myanmar on Thursday night, the third leg of a round-the-world trip aimed at highlighting clean energy.
  
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• Can TAG Heuer, Intel, Google collaborate and create a smart enough watch?

  19-03-2015 14:40 via zdnet.com
  
  The partnership between TAG Heuer, Intel and Google aims to meld artistry, luxury and technology. What remains to be seen if this trio can avoid bogging down the end product with too many features.
  
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• Tag Heuer unveils smartwatch venture with Intel, Google

  19-03-2015 14:39
  
  BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Tag Heuer, French luxury group LVMH's biggest watch maker, announced a partnership with Google Inc and Intel Corp to create a luxury smartwatch to compete head-on with Apple Inc. Tag Heuer said the partnership aimed to bring to market the first luxury watch using Google's Android operating system. It plans to launch the watch in the last quarter of this year. Tag Heuer Chief Executive Jean-Claude Biver declined to give any details about pricing, functionality or de
  
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• Charlie Sheen launches racist Twitter tirade against President Obama

  19-03-2015 14:31 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Former Two and a Half Men star calls Obama ‘Barry Satera Kenya’Rambling message criticises president for filling out NCAA bracket
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• Tag Heuer to make Android Wear watch

  19-03-2015 14:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer partners with top tech firms to build an Android Wear-powered smartwatch.
  
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• Jeremy Clarkson immortalised with Hungry Hippos heads

  19-03-2015 13:50 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Cheeky marketing wheeze from 3D printing company CEL pays homage to currently-suspended Top Gear presenterIf you had 19 March in the “When will someone respond to Jeremy Clarkson’s latest controversy by turning his head into a 3D-printable part for Hungry Hippos?” sweepstakes, this is very much your lucky day.3D printing firm CEL has found one of the more inventive ways to capitalise on the TV presenter’s suspension from Top Gear for marketing purposes, releasing a 3D-printable version o
  
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• VIDEO: Twitter, The Simpsons and the Budget

  19-03-2015 13:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News finds out why a City firm watches Twitter and hears The Simpsons while following a modern Budget.
  
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• Snowden: IT workers are now the target of spies

  19-03-2015 13:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Spies will target IT staff with access to infrastructure and information, says NSA whistleblower in a video-link interview at CeBIT in Hannover.
  
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• Target willing to pay $10m to settle data breach lawsuit

  19-03-2015 13:40 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Individuals affected by the breach – which exposed details of up to 40m credit and debit card accounts – could get up to a maximum of $10,000, proposal says Continue reading...
  
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• Angry Birds maker bets on animated movie as profit drops

  19-03-2015 13:36
  
  By Jussi Rosendahl HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish mobile games maker Rovio pinned its hopes on Thursday on a costly 3D movie project helping it return to growth, after a 73 percent profit drop gave the latest sign its mainstay Angry Birds brand is losing appeal. A decline in its business licensing the Angry Birds brand on toys, clothing and sweets is adding to the problems of Rovio, which has yet to repeat the success of its original slingshot-based game which became the No.1 paid mobile app of al
  
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• Claims of satanic cult and child sacrifices in London are baseless, judge rules

  19-03-2015 13:20 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  High court judge was asked by social services bosses to investigate lurid claims that have been circulating on internet Continue reading...
  
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• Little Baby Bum: how UK couple built world's fifth-biggest YouTube channel

  19-03-2015 13:08 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The rise and rise of an animated nursery rhymes channel whose most popular video has been watched more times than Frozen’s Let It Go“The other day, I got an alert saying our Wheels on the Bus compilation was 63rd on YouTube’s all-time chart. I had a look, and number 64 was the theme tune from Frozen.”Derek Holder, who runs the Little Baby Bum YouTube channel with his wife, sounds both amused and baffled as he tells the Guardian about its startling growth. But he’s absolutely right. Rel
  
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• Is it worth waiting for Windows 10 before replacing a PC?

  19-03-2015 12:33 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Michael wants to replace his five-year-old laptop and wonders whether to buy now or wait in the hope of getting something cheaperI want to buy a new laptop for general purpose family use. Should the launch of Windows 10 affect whether I buy now or wait in the hope that vendors sell off older models cheaply? Given that it might be a free upgrade, I’m wondering if this changes what normally happens before a large upgrade.I’m currently using Windows 7 on a five-year-old Toshiba Satellite L500-1
  
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• If you don't fail, you aren't innovating: How to keep tech staff engaged and customers happy

  19-03-2015 12:30 via zdnet.com
  
  How the head of data and analytics at British Gas Connected Homes is keeping staff engaged and customers happy.
  
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• China's Huawei leads international patent filings - WIPO

  19-03-2015 12:30
  
  By Gerry Shih BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd became the world's No. 1 applicant for international patents in 2014, a United Nations agency said Thursday, underscoring the innovative strides made by Chinese technology companies. Huawei was followed by San Diego-based chipmaker Qualcomm Inc while Huawei's crosstown rival ZTE Corp, which was the world's leading applicant in 2012, took third place in its number of filings, according to the World Intellectual Pro
  
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• Big dark-web market goes offline

  19-03-2015 12:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of the biggest drug marketplaces on the dark web shuts down amid accusations its owners have fled with cash belonging to the site's traders.
  
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• Updated: Apple Watch release date, price and features

  19-03-2015 12:07
  
  Apple Watch release date and priceApple Watch launches on Friday, April 24 - you can set your friend's inferior Android Wear smartwatch to that release date - and we finally know everything about what's been hiding up Tim Cook's sleeve.Want to see it in action? Check out our hands on: Apple Watch reviewIt's an iPhone-compatible smartwatch officially dubbed Apple Watch, shedding the fabled iWatch moniker, as the company is focusing on its first chic wearable over geeky tech.To that lavish point,
  
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