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• Data leaks of the rich and famous: Panama Papers show no one's secrets safe - CNET

  04-04-2016 23:55 via cnet.com
  
  The wealthy's dirty financial laundry has been leaked from a law firm in Panama. We can expect more of the same as companies struggle to lock down their data.
  
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• Miele CM6310 Countertop Coffee System review - CNET

  04-04-2016 23:37 via cnet.com
  
  The $2,000 Miele CM6310 Countertop Coffee System makes better coffee than many pricier superautomatic espresso machines, but it could be more fun to operate.
  
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• Quickflix hoping to save AU$1m through redundancies, office closures

  04-04-2016 23:33 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The streaming service is again cost cutting, announcing a 15 percent reduction in staff members, the closure of two offices, and a decrease in its executives' salaries.
  
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• Feit Electric HomeBrite Bluetooth Smart LED System review - CNET

  04-04-2016 23:18 via cnet.com
  
  With decent features and a good variety of bulb shapes, there's a lot to like about Feit's HomeBrite LEDs.
  
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• Trump's hotel chain faces another credit card system breach: Blog

  04-04-2016 22:39
  (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's string of luxury hotel properties, The Trump Hotel Collection, appears to be dealing with the second breach of its credit card systems in a year, KrebsonSecurity reported on Monday. The luxury hotel fell victim to a credit card breach in July. The hotel industry has been hit by such breaches.
  
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• Proposed drone regulation could clear the way for widespread US services

  04-04-2016 22:10 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  A government-sponsored committee is recommending standards that could open a path for commercial drone flights over populated areasA committee sponsored by the US government is recommending standards that could clear the way for commercial drone flights over populated areas and help speed the introduction of package delivery drones and other uses not yet possible, the Associated Press has reported. The Federal Aviation Administration currently prohibits most commercial drone flights over populat
  
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• U.S. unveiling new comparison Internet service labels

  04-04-2016 20:24
  By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday unveiled new labels for broadband and mobile Internet service, aimed at helping the nation's web users make price and service comparisons. The labels from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission are similar to federally required nutrition labels on nearly all U.S. foods or information on credit card billing statements and will include disclosures of all fees and add-on charges and service speed and reliability. The
  
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• Amazon CEO says latest Kindle version is ready

  04-04-2016 19:59
  (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's latest Kindle version is ready and further details could be expected next week, Chief Executive Jeff Bezos tweeted on Monday. This device would be Amazon's eighth-generation e-book reader. The company launched a $50 tablet last year. Amazon declined to provide any additional comment. (Reporting by Rishika Sadam in Bengaluru; Editing by Don Sebastian)
  
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• Toyota forms company to make technology simpler

  04-04-2016 19:06
  
  Toyota is forming a new data science company in partnership with Microsoft that's designed to free customers "from the tyranny of technology." The company called Toyota Connected has a goal of ...
  
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• Forget hoverboards, electric skateboards could be the future of mobility

  04-04-2016 18:24
  
  Walking could be on the way out.
  
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• Picturing 'techies': photo project captures the unseen diversity of Silicon Valley

  04-04-2016 18:05 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  ‘Techies’ is one photographer’s mission to tell the stories of Silicon Valley’s minorities, and to disrupt your idea of what a tech worker looks likeProminent Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen recently wrote that “software coding is quite possibly the most inviting, inclusive profession ever” and linked to a study reporting that many coders are self taught. What he didn’t notice: the study also says the profession is 92.8% men. Helena Pri
  
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• VW to step up spending on automated truck technology

  04-04-2016 18:04
  Volkswagen's truck division will spend about half a billion euros ($569 million) by the end of the decade to improve automated connectivity of heavy-goods vehicles, it said on Monday. MAN, part of VW's trucks division, used an event in Munich to demonstrate the feasibility of truck "platooning", in which a human-driven truck is followed in convoy by semi-automated trucks. German rival Daimler has been at the forefront of truckmakers' push into self-driving heavy-goods vehicles, citing improvemen
  
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• Trump-ian move? Intel CEO plugs into power of reality TV

  04-04-2016 17:59
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taking a page from Donald Trump's playbook, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich is trying to do for the chipmaker what Trump did for his political career: give it a boost by being on national TV.
  
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• How Deciem launched 10 beauty brands in three years

  04-04-2016 17:55
  
  Deciem have launched ten brands and sold 2.5 million units in just three years - founder Brandon Truaxe puts its success down to speed, control and honestyBy: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Toyota expands Microsoft partnership in connected vehicle services

  04-04-2016 17:51
  By Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp is expanding a five-year-old partnership with Microsoft Corp to develop new internet-connected vehicle services for owners and dealers, Toyota said on Monday. The automaker has established Toyota Connected at its U.S. headquarters in Plano, Texas, to consolidate its existing connectivity services and serve as the company's "data science" hub. Microsoft has a 5 percent stake in the venture.
  
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• Google can now teach you what all sorts of animals sound like

  04-04-2016 17:38
  
  Google has put a zoo on its search page.
  
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• Six shoes that stand out from the crowd

  04-04-2016 17:28
  
  WIRED picks six pieces of footwear that will keep you a step ahead of the packBy: Kathryn Nave, Continue reading...
  
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• Database allegedly containing ID numbers of 50m Turks posted online

  04-04-2016 17:14 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Half the population of Turkey potentially opened up to identity theft and privacy violations after information posted to server hosted in RomaniaA database posted online allegedly contains the personal information of 49 million people on the Turkish citizenship database, potentially making more than half of the population of the country vulnerable to identity theft and massive privacy violations.The database, which has not been verified as authentic, was posted to a server apparently hosted in R
  
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• Cast revealed for Doctor Who spin-off 'Class'

  04-04-2016 16:58
  
  The BBC has revealed the cast for its upcoming Doctor Who spin-off, the teen-focused Class.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• This lab-grown skin sweats and sprouts hair

  04-04-2016 16:50
  
  A Japanese lab has grown a 3D layer of skin which can sweat and sprout hairs. By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Orders for lower-price Tesla reach 276,000

  04-04-2016 16:33
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Tesla Motors' CEO says worldwide orders for a new lower-priced electric car hit 276,000 during the weekend.
  
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• Taliban app removed from Google Play Store

  04-04-2016 16:08
  
  The app included official statements and videos from the group.
  
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• NBN solidifies CVC discount pricing

  04-04-2016 16:01 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  The CVC wholesale charge will be continually lowered over time as data usage increases, and will be calculated on an industry-wide basis, NBN has announced.
  
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• Uncharted 4 – how stealth and exploration will shape Drake's final adventure

  04-04-2016 16:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The Uncharted series has always boasted beautiful cinematic action, but now it’s looking to add greater combat depth and a more expansive worldNathan Drake spots them first. In the distance, among the craggy ruins of an old look-out post, there’s a group of armed mercenaries unloading equipment and patrolling the area. The sun beats down, the sky is cloudless, in the still air you can just make out their voices. It’s a classic Uncharted set piece. “How do we deal with thi
  
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• UK builds £40m military cyber defence centre

  04-04-2016 15:22 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  'State-of-the-art' facility to be opened to boost cyber defences, although details on personnel and capabilities remain vague.
  
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• 3D Systems names former HP exec as CEO

  04-04-2016 15:14
  (Reuters) - 3D printer maker 3D Systems Corp said it appointed former HP Inc executive Vyomesh Joshi as its president and chief executive. Joshi, who headed HP's printing business, succeeds Andy Johnson, who was serving as the interim president and CEO, the company said in a statement on Monday. The past two years have been tumultuous for 3D Systems, with its stock crashing about 90 percent as investors raised questions about the viability of consumer 3D printers.
  
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• Is Samsung working on a much-rumoured folding phone?

  04-04-2016 15:07
  
  Could we soon be opening up our smartphones into tablets?
  
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• 13 fascinating games from the Now Play This Festival

  04-04-2016 15:07 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Somerset House hosted a diverse and fascinating selection of experimental games as part of the 2016 London Games Festival. Here are the highlightsThe Now Play This festival took place this weekend at Somerset House in London, bringing together a vast array of interesting experimental game projects. Organisers Holly Gramazio and George Buckenham arranged the exhibits into themed rooms, with quieter areas for more intimate projects, and open spaces for a range of raucous physical games.Here are so
  
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• How the 11.5 million Panama Papers were analysed

  04-04-2016 15:04
  Optical character recognition, vast databases and algorithms were all used to investigate the 2.6 terabytes of data in the Panama Papers.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Two farmers built a chainsaw drone and it is the stuff of nightmares

  04-04-2016 14:57
  
  Why use a ladder when you can use a drone?
  
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• Gamer with cerebral palsy gets 'specially modified' PS4 controller

  04-04-2016 14:56
  
  A Sony employee took it upon himself to fashion a custom Dual Shock 4 controller after a player with cerebral palsy was having difficulty with the standard model.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Oculus offers shipping refund

  04-04-2016 14:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook-owned Virtual Reality firm Oculus is offering shipping refunds on all pre-ordered devices following delays.
  
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• Quantum Break review – a costly and unrepeatable mistake

  04-04-2016 14:38 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  With this time-spanning opus, Remedy Entertainment hoped to unite narrative gaming and linear television for its Xbox One title. But neither comes out of the experiment wellThe problem for any writer of time travel fiction – at least, the kind that tries to fortify its premise with a spattering of science – is how to communicate the theory behind the time-hopping high jinks. In 1978’s Superman, we watch the hero fly around Earth, rewinding history like reeling back a spool of t
  
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• Hack the Pentagon: First US government bug bounty programme opens for business

  04-04-2016 14:36 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  If you're not afraid of the Pentagon running a criminal background check on you, the department has some cash to fork out on security bugs in its public websites.
  
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• Movie studios attack revenge porn law

  04-04-2016 14:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Motion Picture Association of America opposes draft "revenge porn" legislation that is being considered in the US state of Minnesota.
  
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• Hip tech startup Uber ditches hip tech startup Slack

  04-04-2016 13:40 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Is Slack slacking? The chat app couldn’t handle Uber’s relatively small workforce. Is this a serious failing or just a bump in the road for the $3.8bn company?What happens when two darlings of the American tech scene meet in the workplace? It seems that magic emphatically does not happen – at least if the parting of ways between Slack and Uber is anything to go by.The New York Times reports that the fancy chat app (latest valuation: $3.8bn) didn’t play nicely with the fan
  
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• Watch this chainsaw-wielding drone destroy some snowmen

  04-04-2016 13:23
  
  Technology has enabled some amazing things; innovative medical devices, artificial intelligence, mind-controlled wheelchairs. Also: this drone with a chainsaw attached to it.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• The Last Man on the Moon: a remarkable story made dull

  04-04-2016 13:12
  
  Mark Craig's latest documentary tells the story of Eugene Cernan, the twelfth and last person ever to step foot on the MoonBy: Matthew Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• How to factory reset a laptop

  04-04-2016 13:03
  
  How to factory reset a laptopSometimes Windows can be clogged with speed-sapping software or even malicious programs. If this happens, your best bet is to wipe the slate clean and reinstall Windows afresh.How you achieve this depends on the company that assembled it. Custom-built desktop PCs and laptops from smaller system builders may well include a Windows installation DVD, but if your PC comes from the likes of Lenovo or HP, you'll need to follow a different process that will reset your compu
  
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• Blackstone takes control of India's Mphasis in up to $1.1 billion deal

  04-04-2016 12:54
  By Himank Sharma and Devidutta Tripathy MUMBAI (Reuters) - Blackstone Group is buying a majority stake in Indian IT outsourcing services provider Mphasis Ltd from Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co in an up to $1.1 billion deal, in the U.S. asset manager's single-biggest investment in India. The all-cash deal reinforces Blackstone's bullish outlook on the outsourcing business, where western clients send IT jobs to countries such as India to cut costs. In December, Blackstone announced the purchase of
  
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• The first mass-produced computer in Britain has gone on public display

  04-04-2016 12:50
  
  The HEC-1 was one of the first computers Britain successfully produced.
  
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• Lack of sleep linked to depression, weight gain and cancer

  04-04-2016 12:44
  
  Britons aren't getting nearly enough sleep – and it's having a negative effect on their health, according to a new study.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Taliban app removed from Google store

  04-04-2016 12:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new app for Android phones created by Islamist fundamentalist group the Taliban has been removed from the app store.
  
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• Updated: The best iPhone 6S deals in April 2016

  04-04-2016 12:30
  Best iPhone 6S dealsHere resides the best iPhone ^S deals in the UK for April 2016. This is the latest flagship iPhone and probably the greatest ever. Featuring all of the excellence of last year's best selling phone - the iPhone 6 - with added features like improved battery life and 3D touch, where you can press a bit harder on the screen to get a different response, it's the most advanced smartphone Apple has ever made. On this page you'll find a comparison tool right at the top so that you ca
  
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• Updated: iOS 9.3 problems: Here's how to fix the most common issues

  04-04-2016 12:22
  
  Update: Some people are experiencing a problem with iOS 9.3 that freezes their device if they click on links to websites in their emails. We've got a guide on how to fix that problem.Apple has now launched iOS 9.3, its latest update to the iOS 9 software that runs on most of the world's iPhones and iPads. While the free update should go smoothly, you may find you're encountering some problems with iOS 9.3 after (or even during) the update.We've put together this guide covering the most common is
  
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• BlackBerry drops fee for self-destructing BBM messages and other privacy features

  04-04-2016 12:22 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  BlackBerry has done a U-turn on two privacy features it originally wanted BBM users to pay for.
  
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• Meet the economist taking on drug-resistant superbugs

  04-04-2016 12:15
  
  The former chief economist at Goldman Sachs has turned his attention to reducing deaths from antibiotic-resistant superbugs By: Olivia Solon, Continue reading...
  
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• Crowdfunded Russian satellite will be used to help fight space junk

  04-04-2016 12:02
  
  Last month, we wrote about a team of Russian engineers building a satellite that would appear as the brightest object in the sky, but at the time there didn't seem to be any real purpose to the mission.Now, however, the project leaders have announced that the spacecraft - named Mayak (which translates to 'Beacon') - will carry a prototype of an aerobraking system that could help combat the problem of space junk.Satellites that are decommissioned tend to remain in orbit: dead lumps of metal whizz
  
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• FBI to help US law enforcement unlock iPhones, report says

  04-04-2016 12:01 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Leaked FBI advisory tells state and local law enforcement that they are ‘in this together’ and federal agency will aid unlocking of iPhones where possibleThe FBI has told other US law enforcement agencies that it will help them to unlock the iPhones of suspected criminals.
  In a memo sent to law enforcement agencies, published by BuzzFeed, the FBI said that following the successful unlocking of the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone 5C without Apple’s help, it will consider a
  
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• Nokia may return to making phones later this year

  04-04-2016 12:00
  
  A new leak of a Nokia branded handset suggests the Finnish company may be ready to jump back into the mobile phone game for the first time since 2013.When Nokia's handset business was bought by Microsoft in 2013 the Finnish firm was blocked from releasing Nokia branded phones until 2016, and now that time has come it looks like it may be readying itself for a return.The latest leak, from insider sources speaking to Android Authority, suggests the Nokia A1 will be ready for release by the middle
  
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