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• Huawei's Mate 9 is a big-screened beast video - CNET

  18-12-2016 23:50 via cnet.com
  
  The Mate 9 has a 5.9-inch screen, dual-lens camera, a powerful processor and a battery that will outlast most of its high-end phone rivals.
  
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• ​LinkedIn's Lynda.com suffers database breach

  18-12-2016 23:47 via zdnet.com
  
  LinkedIn resets 55,000 passwords after Lynda.com experiences database breach.
  
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• It's Academic for Telstra Business Technology Services

  18-12-2016 23:42 via zdnet.com
  
  It seems like only yesterday when coming straight out of the school certificate in 1981, my dad told me it was time I got a job, a real one.
  
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• Vodafone builds cybersecurity centre for enterprise customers

  18-12-2016 23:27 via zdnet.com
  
  Vodafone Hutchison Australia is building its first Cyber Defence and Response Centre in an effort to help protect its enterprise customers from online security threats.
  
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• ​The best Linux laptop: The 2016 Dell XPS 13

  18-12-2016 23:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Dell's fifth-generation open-source developer laptop isn't just good, it's great.
  
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• Apple's not very good, really quite poor 2016 - CNET

  18-12-2016 22:00 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: It's not so much about the profits. It's more about how much, or how little, Apple has thought about its customers.
  
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• See 4,000 Santas and 11,000 penguins fight to the death - CNET

  18-12-2016 21:20 via cnet.com
  
  Ho ho, oh no!Who will win in the epic battle between thousands of jolly Saint Nicks and adorable penguins? Find out in this festive Epic Battle Simulator video.
  
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• Headphone deal: Jaybird X3 Bluetooth is $30 off at Best Buy today - CNET

  18-12-2016 21:01 via cnet.com
  
  The highly rated Jaybird X3, regularly $130, is on sale for a limited time at Best Buy for $100
  
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• CeeLo Green injured by exploding phone? Just a publicity stunt - CNET

  18-12-2016 20:00 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: A video emerges that appears to show Green's phone explode as he's using it. And then he pops up on Facebook Live to explain.
  
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• Super Mario Run, Pixel XL, Moto Z, T-Mobile DIGITS (MobileTechRoundup show #387)

  18-12-2016 19:40 via zdnet.com
  
  I finally bought a Pixel XL while Kevin can't stop playing Super Mario Run. These topics and many more were discussed on this week's podcast.
  
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• Apply the brakes and rethink driverless cars | Letters

  18-12-2016 19:22 via theguardian.com
  
  The problems with introducing driverless cars are greater than you identify in your editorial (Intelligent cars raise questions that only society can answer, 16 December) and yet almost certain to be ignored.No amount of testing can prove them as safe as human drivers unless the software is frozen and never updated Continue reading...
  
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• Labour calls for closer scrutiny of tech firms and their algorithms

  18-12-2016 19:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Industrial strategy paper demands regulation of unseen and automated bits of digital economy whose outcomes have real impact on people and societyLabour’s industrial spokesperson has called for the algorithms used by technology firms to be made transparent and subject to regulation, as the party prepares the new year launch of its industrial strategy consultation.Related: German courts should tackle fake news now, says justice ministerContinue reading...
  
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• Get in the holiday spirit with 'Sense8' Christmas trailer - CNET

  18-12-2016 19:00 via cnet.com
  
  The holidays and Netflix's surreal sci-fi series have something in common: the power of togetherness. See why in the "Sense8 - A Christmas Special" trailer.
  
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• Virtual assistants expected to top virtual reality in holiday sales

  18-12-2016 18:56
  Virtual assistants are set to pummel virtual reality headsets in the fight for consumer dollars this holiday season, while smartwatches drive wearable sales. VIRTUAL REALITY After dubbing virtual reality as the "next mega tech theme" in a May 2015 industry report, brokerage Piper Jaffray will cut its 2016 estimate for sales of VR headsets by 65 percent to 2.2 million units in an as yet unpublished report. Sales of high-end VR headsets including Facebook Inc's $599 Oculus Rift and Sony Corp's $39
  
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• Google doodle honors Steve Biko's courage - CNET

  18-12-2016 18:41 via cnet.com
  
  Famous for the slogan "black is beautiful," the anti-apartheid activist fought racial discrimination in South Africa in the 1960s and '70s.
  
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• 'SNL' ruthlessly mocks Trump's spelling, calls him Putin's gift - CNET

  18-12-2016 18:30 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: If you thought 'Saturday Night Live' would go easy on the president-elect and his Twitter account, think again.
  
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• Google doodle honors Stephen Biko's courage - CNET

  18-12-2016 18:03 via cnet.com
  
  Famous for the slogan "black is beautiful," the anti-apartheid activist fought racial discrimination in South Africa in the 1960s and '70s.
  
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• What it's really like living next door to an Airbnb

  18-12-2016 17:00
  
  By: Nicole KobieContinue reading...
  
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• California tries again to thwart prison cellphone smuggling

  18-12-2016 16:36
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is installing nearly 1,000 sophisticated metal detectors and scanners at its prisons in its latest attempt to thwart the smuggling of cellphones.
  
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• Telecoms giant to buy stake in cab-hailing firm Careem

  18-12-2016 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Saudi Arabia's STC plans to buy a 10% stake in cab-hailing firm Careem.
  
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• Being Siri: meet the woman behind Apple's personal assistant – tech podcast

  18-12-2016 16:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Imagine waking up one day to find that your voice is programmed into tens of millions of mobile phones without your prior knowledge. For voiceover artist Susan Bennett, in 2011, that was her realityIn 2005, Atlanta-based voiceover artist Susan Bennett recorded hundreds of hours of audio for a text-to-speech company. Six years later, on 4 October 2011, she quickly learned that those recordings had been licensed by Apple for the iPhone 4S’s built-in personal assistant, Siri. Overnight, Susan
  
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• This MIT robot shape-shifts into various gadgets in seconds

  18-12-2016 16:00
  
  MIT's 'LineFORM' is a prototype robot snake, designed to rearrange itself into various objects, like a phone, lamp and data cable.
  
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• Untangling the mesh: Everything you need to know about Wi-Fi systems - CNET

  18-12-2016 15:00 via cnet.com
  
  CNET editor Dong Ngo explains the good and the bad of Wi-Fi systems (aka mesh networks) and their alternatives that will make your home Wi-Fi great.
  
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• Keeping the tech giants in check: how should Google, Facebook et al. be held to account?

  18-12-2016 15:00
  
  By:Ruby Lott-Lavignaand Pauline BockContinue reading...
  
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• Ticwatch 2 hands-on: Forget expensive Apple and Google watches, this $200 smartwatch packs it all in

  18-12-2016 14:47 via zdnet.com
  
  The wearable market continues to struggle and its tough to justify a smartphone companion priced at $350 to more than $1,000. Mobvoi's Ticwatch 2 offers all you need, including GPS, music storage, a voice assistant, vibrant display, and heart rate monitor. At just $199.99 for all of this, it is the watch to get for those with any interest in wearable technology.
  
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• CNET's 10 most popular guides of 2016 - CNET

  18-12-2016 14:30 via cnet.com
  
  Here's everything you needed to know in 2016.
  
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• 'Passengers' gets lost in supermassive plot holes - CNET

  18-12-2016 14:05 via cnet.com
  
  With strange tonal beats and plot holes bigger than Jupiter, this film aims for heady ideas but misses the mark. Caution: spoilers ahead.
  
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• 21 incredible innovations that improved the world in 2016

  18-12-2016 14:03
  2016 may have been a terrible year in many ways, but there was still some undeniable good to come out of the past 12 months. For proof, look no further than the year's most impactful innovations, offering solutions to some of the world's most pressing problems. SEE ALSO: 16 brilliant innovations tackling poverty around the world From a futuristic bus that glides over traffic to a $1 cup saving countless babies' lives, inventors developed ingenious gadgets and ideas that tackle inequality and imp
  
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• This $1,300 countertop cooker ain't cheap, but it is drool-worthy video - CNET

  18-12-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The Thermomix TM5 can knead, blend and chop, and it just might change your mind about how much you're willing to pay for a multicooker.
  
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• Thermomix TM5 review - CNET

  18-12-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The $1,300 Thermomix TM5 takes care of a dozen common kitchen tasks. Too bad the price will keep this good product out of reach.
  
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• RIP to the on-demand companies that fizzled in 2016 - CNET

  18-12-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. We take a look back at those on-demand companies that perished over the last year, from SpoonRocket to Shuddle to Sidecar to Washio.
  
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• 'Passengers' stars chat about future space travel, tech video - CNET

  18-12-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Sitting down with Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence and Michael Sheen to talk about space travel and the tech in the film.
  
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• As illness shrinks my dad's world, tech expands it - CNET

  18-12-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: When a loved one suffers a traumatic brain injury, video brings the world, and lots of smiles, to intensive care.
  
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• 2016 wasn't so bad: 5 ways this year will shape the future - CNET

  18-12-2016 13:59 via cnet.com
  
  When we look back, 2016 could be the year we started to live longer, better, and beyond Earth.
  
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• YouTuber, rapper, actor: KSI Olatunji is the new triple threat

  18-12-2016 13:00
  
  By: Chris Stokel-WalkerContinue reading...
  
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• Sit back and enjoy the show: five of the best projectors

  18-12-2016 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A good projector can transform a patch of plain wall in your home into your very own movie theatreThe big screen at home has become commonplace of late. TVs the size of small aquariums can be bought for such paltry sums that everyone, it seems, now owns a domestic cinema of sorts.A projector takes that to the next level, creating the illusion of living room as auditorium for a fraction of the cost of the equivalent television. You don’t even need to splash out on a dedicated projector scre
  
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• German courts should go after fake news on Facebook now: minister

  18-12-2016 12:46
  By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN (Reuters) - German judges and state prosecutors need to crack down straight away on fake news disseminated through social media platforms such as Facebook, Germany's Justice Minister Heiko Maas said in an interview published on Sunday. Maas, a Social Democrat in conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition, has repeatedly warned the U.S. technology company to respect laws against defamation in Germany that are more rigid than in the United States. "Defamation and m
  
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• Chuwi LapBook

  18-12-2016 11:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The recent months have seen several laptops that get their inspiration from Apple’s iconic MacBook range. The Jumper EZBook 2 looks like a 13-inch MacBook Air while the Xiaomi Air 12 borrows heavily from the MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro.Chinese vendor Chuwi follows that trend with the LapBook, a notebook that sharply differs from the competition in physical terms. Firstly, it adopts a white finish throughout (except for the screen bezel and the keyboard), then there’s the fact tha
  
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• Rolls Royce Dawn: car review | Martin Love

  18-12-2016 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The new convertible from Rolls-Royce is packed with surprises. The biggest being that not everyone hates youPrice: £265,155
  Engine: 6.6-litre V12 twin-turbo
  Power: 563bhp
  Transmission: eight-speed auto, rear-wheel drive
  0-62mph: 4.9 seconds
  Top speed: 155mph
  MPG: 19.9
  CO2: 330g/kmLast Saturday, just after dark, a white van pulled alongside us at the lights. The driver glanced over, then his eyes swivelled and he gawped. What he saw in the gloom was a turquoise convertible Rolls-Royce, its
  
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• Tesla will charge drivers who hog its Superchargers

  18-12-2016 04:59
  
  Tesla is sick of ya'll hogging their Supercharger stations. You've already got a Tesla, don't be greedy. The electric car company announced in a blog post Friday that owners who use Telsla's power stations will face charges if they don't move on fast enough. Drivers who fail to remove their car within five minutes of completing charge will pay a penalty of $0.40 per minute. SEE ALSO: Tesla's Enhanced Autopilot is coming mid-December, but not all of it "A customer would never leave a car parked b
  
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• John Glenn 'stole America's heart,' Joe Biden says at funeral - CNET

  18-12-2016 02:32 via cnet.com
  
  The space pioneer and senator was remembered Saturday during a public memorial service at Ohio State.
  
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• CIO leadership: Two role models (who happen to be women)

  18-12-2016 01:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Senior executives from Intel and Biogen explain the unique opportunities and challenges of Chief Information Officers. Ground truths from two powerful women.
  
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• CIO leadership: Two female role models

  18-12-2016 01:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Senior executives from Intel and Biogen explain the unique opportunities and challenges of Chief Information Officers. Ground truths from two powerful women.
  
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• Social storage: The people profiting from surplus space

  18-12-2016 01:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The traditional warehouse model of self-storage is under threat from "citizen storers".
  
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• Internet thinks exploding phone victim is CeeLo, but whoever it is, it looks bad

  18-12-2016 01:33
  
  Thanks to a certain massive recall by one of the world's biggest smartphone manufacturers, most of us thought the recent danger of exploding phones had passed. But a new video, which some believe features singer CeeLo Green, may begin stoking fresh fears regarding defective smartphones.  SEE ALSO: Samsung is taking a drastic step to permanently end the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco In a video posted to Instagram on Saturday by music producer and blogger Philly Chase, a person labeled as CeeLo is sho
  
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• 'Forgive me ya'll:' CeeLo (kinda) explains that weird exploding phone video

  18-12-2016 01:33
  
  UPDATE: Dec. 18, 2016, 1:57 p.m. AEDT So, that was CeeLo, but we still don't have answers. At around 9:30 p.m. ET, CeeLo showed up on Facebook and broadcast a live video to confirm that the person in the video was indeed him, and that he's fine.  CeeLo's frustratingly vague explanation is that the video is part of something he's shooting for an upcoming project, and it's meant to set up a character's story. He never comes out and says it was fake, but since he has no visible wounds, it appe
  
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• Letters: tech companies must take responsibility for algorithms

  18-12-2016 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Google and others reap profits from their searches and they should be properly controlledCarole Cadwalladr is absolutely right to highlight how Google’s autocomplete and algorithmic search results can reinforce hate speech and stereotypes (“Google is not ‘just’ a platform”, Comment).But she is less right to claim I tried to absolve Google of responsibility by tweeting: “I’m sure @google will argue they aren’t responsible for the results” in s
  
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• Nissan, Renault, Mitsubishi to share electric car platform: Nikkei

  18-12-2016 00:16
  Nissan Motor Co , Renault SA and Mitsubishi Motors Corp will combine their electric vehicle platforms in an effort to slash prices down to levels comparable to conventional gasoline cars, the Nikkei newspaper said. The strategy comes as auto giants Volkswagen AG and Toyota Motor Corp are also aiming to mass-produce battery electric vehicles amid tightening emissions and fuel-economy regulations around the world. Franco-Japanese alliance partners Renault and Nissan have been among the most vocal
  
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• 2018 BMW 550i xDrive Release Date, Price and Specs - Roadshow

  18-12-2016 00:05 via cnet.com
  
  Sure, there are a ton of BMW models to choose from, but the M Performance five-series might be the quasi-sports car of your dreams.
  
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• Uber operating self-driving cars in California, despite threatened legal action

  18-12-2016 00:02 via zdnet.com
  
  California regulators want Uber to obtain proper permits for its self-driving car service. Uber isn't budging. For defying the order, Consumer Watchdog is calling for Uber executives to be arrested.
  
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