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• Westpac ups stake in quantum security firm QuintessenceLabs

  22-01-2017 23:53 via zdnet.com
  
  The banking giant has taken an additional 5 percent ownership in QuintessenceLabs, with the partnership expected to expand the security products used by Westpac.
  
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• UK seeks interventionist approach to drive post-Brexit industrial revival

  22-01-2017 23:38
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will on Monday outline a new, interventionist approach to balancing its heavily services-based economy for the post-Brexit era, seeking to reinvigorate industrial production and stimulate investment in technology and R&D. Unveiling her long-awaited 'Modern Industrial Strategy', Prime Minister Theresa May will demand closer collaboration within key industries in exchange for government support on regulation, trade and research. May will ask business
  
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• Samsung burning to regain trust with results of Note 7 fires probe

  22-01-2017 23:05
  By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd plans on Monday to reveal reasons behind the spontaneous combustion of its recalled Galaxy Note 7, as the world's biggest smartphone maker works to regain consumer trust before launching its next premium model. The announcement would come more than three months after Samsung scrapped the short-lived competitor of Apple Inc's iPhones, costing $5.3 billion in operating profit. Its reputation damaged, sales of the Galaxy S8 will be widely
  
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• NFL's Antonio Brown apparently has big six-figure Facebook deal - CNET

  22-01-2017 22:49 via cnet.com
  
  Maybe this is the reason for the Pittsburgh Steelers' All-Pro taking to Facebook Live in the locker room after team's big win.
  
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• Princess Leia becomes protester mascot of Women's March events - CNET

  22-01-2017 22:43 via cnet.com
  
  Carrie Fisher may be gone, but her role as Princess Leia serves as the icon of the Rebellion both here and in a galaxy far, far away.
  
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• The only white 'Star Wars' characters are stormtroopers, jokes Aziz Ansari - CNET

  22-01-2017 22:00 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: In an impassioned "Saturday Night Live" monologue, the comedian muses on the state of the nation and our view of race, politics and entertainment.
  
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• Twitter users mock Trump advisor's 'alternative facts' comment - CNET

  22-01-2017 20:55 via cnet.com
  
  Actual facts not working for you? Social-media users found more than a few ways Kellyanne Conway's phrase could come in handy.
  
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• Samsung will reveal Note 7 findings later today. Here's what to expect - CNET

  22-01-2017 20:11 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: Samsung will tell the world what made Note 7 phones explode in the first place. It's the company's chance to be open and honest about what went wrong.
  
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• SNL offers message from new US president: Putin - CNET

  22-01-2017 19:15 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: Oh, don't worry about that hacking thing. "Saturday Night Live" goes all out to suggest that the US is now a Russian state.
  
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• You can now virtually experience Donald Trump in the Oval Office, if you're into that

  22-01-2017 19:14
  
  It’s not the most welcoming of experiences…
  
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• FinchVPN

  22-01-2017 18:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FinchVPN is a Malaysian-based privacy service which offers some capable features for a very low price.The company ‘only’ has 17 locations, but they cover everywhere you'd expect (USA, Europe, Canada), and a few countries you might not: Brazil, Hong Kong, Latvia, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore and South Africa.A website status page displays the current load for each server, including the number of connected users, a handy way to see how overloaded (or not) the network might be.
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• On Twitter, Trump mocks women marchers - CNET

  22-01-2017 18:30 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: The president suggests that the marchers should have voted. He also offers alternative facts about his inauguration's popularity.
  
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• Roku Ultra review - CNET

  22-01-2017 18:28 via cnet.com
  
  Want the highest quality Netflix and Amazon to feed your brand-new 4K HDR TV? Don't want to ditch your old AV receiver quite yet? Roku Ultra is the answer.
  
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• The Women's March on Washington - CNET

  22-01-2017 17:57 via cnet.com
  
  Organizers say more than 500,000 people came to the Women's March on Washington, DC to protest the policies of the newly inaugurated President Donald Trump.
  
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• Villains and vixens dominate cartoon roles for women

  22-01-2017 17:55
  
  SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — More women are entering the field of animation, and one of their goals is to create more realistic female characters — not just the stereotypical nerds, sex bombs and villains that dominate now.
  
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• No more nerds, sex bombs: Female animators draw away clichés

  22-01-2017 17:22
  
  SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — The California Institute of the Arts was created partly by Walt Disney's desire to bring more top-flight animators into the profession. And it has during its 47 years, though for a long time almost all were men.
  
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• We might be saying goodbye to the iPhone's home button

  22-01-2017 16:26
  
  When the iPhone 7 killed off the headphone jack, some Apple fans were up in arms. If the rumors about the features of 2017's iPhone X (or whatever Apple winds up calling it) are true, the flagship phone will be losing another long-standard feature: the home button.  Don't be too sad about its passing, though — everyone will likely be too excited about what's replacing it to even notice that it's gone.  SEE ALSO: Apple files $1 billion lawsuit against major iPhone partner MacRumor
  
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• This cute robot will teach your 3-year-old to code

  22-01-2017 16:00
  
  The educational kids toy 'KUBO' uses an intuitive puzzle-based design to help kids learn coding, math, language and music.
  
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• Gravity Rush 2 review: Fanciful, high-flying but ultimately flawed

  22-01-2017 15:00
  
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• Cascade failure: an inside look at the Y2K bug - tech podcast

  22-01-2017 14:23 via theguardian.com
  
  On 31 December 1999, the unknowns of Y2K - or, the millennium bug - made for an uncertain New Years Eve. This week, we explore the plausibility of a mass technology failure with Martyn Thomas CBE., IT professor at Gresham CollegeDuring the final hours of the year 1999, as crowds of tens of thousands gathered in city centres to ring in the new year, Martyn Thomas filled his bathtub with cold water and stocked up on food and supplies. He was one of many who feared that the “millennium bug&rd
  
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• CM4 Q Card Case for the Apple iPhone 7 Plus: Protective wallet case with kickstand option

  22-01-2017 14:21 via zdnet.com
  
  Many of the iPhone cases designed to hold credit cards are folio style cases. The Q Card Case includes a card holder on the back with a design that lets you prop it up for media.
  
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• Women's March overwhelms mobile network in DC - CNET

  22-01-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Hundreds of thousands of marchers descending on Washington the day after Donald Trump's inauguration in protest broke the wireless internet.
  
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• How to watch the Patriots play the Steelers live - CNET

  22-01-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Are you ready for some football? Here's how to make sure you don't miss any of the action.
  
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• The Gogo factor: how to make your fortune through crowdfunding

  22-01-2017 13:00
  
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• Foxconn CEO says investment for display plant in U.S. would exceed $7 billion

  22-01-2017 13:00
  Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, is considering setting up a display-making plant in the United States in an investment that would exceed $7 billion, company chairman and chief executive Terry Gou said on Sunday. The plans, which would be carried out with its unit Sharp Corp , still depend on many factors such as investment conditions that would have to be negotiated at the U.S. state and federal levels, Gou told reporters on the sidelines of a company event. The plans co
  
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• UK's May looks to boost technology industry as she eyes life after Brexit

  22-01-2017 12:41
  The government's plan to reshape Britain's economy to adapt to Brexit will be announced next week, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday, highlighting technology as one growth sector and setting out a new technical education strategy. May has made rebalancing the heavily services-based economy one of her top priorities since coming to office last July, as a way to deal with the economic impact of Britain's exit from the European Union and re-engage with disillusioned working class voters. On
  
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• China sets up $14.6 billion internet investment fund: Xinhua

  22-01-2017 08:20
  By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) - China has set up a 100 billion yuan ($14.55 billion) fund to support investment in the internet sector, said official news agency Xinhua on Sunday. The fund, backed by China's cabinet, is designed to help turn China into a major player in internet technology, said the report. An initial 30 billion yuan has already been raised from major banks and telecoms firms including ICBC, China Mobile and China Unicom.
  
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• Is Facebook Live dead and buried?

  22-01-2017 08:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Less than a year after Mark Zuckerberg paid millions to media companies to promote online live video coverage, the Facebook founder is changing tackRemember the time (actually only last April) when Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook Live and paid 140 or so media companies around the world some $50m to provide video coverage that made Live live. Ah! welcome to the surging, dominant video age. Except that now the major news analytics player, parse.ly, has just concluded that audiences spent 30% les
  
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• Amazon and Google fight crucial battle over voice recognition

  22-01-2017 08:03 via theguardian.com
  
  The retail giant has a threatening lead over its rival with the Echo and Alexa, as questions remain over how the search engine can turn voice technology into revenueAmazon and Google always thrive in the fourth quarter as people get out their wallets for Christmas. Both companies – or in Google’s case, its parent group, Alphabet – are therefore expected to announce booming revenues in their fourth-quarter results over the next fortnight, with Alphabet going first on Thursday an
  
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• Chief of Taiwan's Foxconn says rise of protectionism unavoidable

  22-01-2017 04:17
  The head of Foxconn, the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronic goods and a major Apple Inc supplier, said on Sunday that the rise of protectionism is unavoidable. Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, warned that uncertainties for this year make it tough to have a very clear analysis and outlook, but he said it was clear politics would underpin economic development.
  
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• Cyberattack on Sundance briefly shutters box office

  22-01-2017 03:21
  
  PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Representatives for the Sundance Film Festival say that their network systems were subject to a cyberattack that caused its box offices to shut down briefly Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Virtual reality offers spooky, realistic view of Trump in the Oval Office

  22-01-2017 03:06
  
  A new virtual reality experience for the HTC Vive is dedicated to depicting the newly elected President Donald Trump. But it doesn't deliver the post-inauguration fanfare some might expect.  Created by Los Angeles-based VR production studio MacInnes Scott, the hyper-realistic model of Trump stands alone in a darkened Oval Office — an environment you can explore in full detail by walking around the room. The preview video (above) features no sound, just a stern figure cloaked in shadow
  
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• How to grow a huge tech firm

  22-01-2017 02:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  CEO Secrets asks four founders what it's like to turn a small company into a huge one.
  
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• 7 can't-miss apps: Color by Disney, 'Time Turner' and more

  22-01-2017 02:07
  
  After an eventful weekend, you may need to take some time away from your news apps. Instead, check out some of our favorite apps from this week that might make your day-to-day life a little easier and funner. Each weekend, we round up a few of our favorite new and updated apps. This week's list includes a time travel game, an adult coloring app by Disney and an app that helps you learn languages faster by connecting you with a native speaker. Bazaart Image: Bazaart Thanks to Bazaart, moving phot
  
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• Unwanted Trump in your feed? Twitter says it's sorry - CNET

  22-01-2017 01:25 via cnet.com
  
  Some Twitter users who weren't interested in following The Donald via the official presidential account, @POTUS, wound up following him anyway.
  
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