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• The next 3 'Walking Dead' episodes will be 'quantum intense' - CNET

  19-03-2017 23:51 via cnet.com
  
  Grab your barbed-wire baseball bats and hold on to your brains: The zombie show is about to step on the gas, showrunner says.
  
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• ​Commonwealth to rid provider panels to make room for startups

  19-03-2017 23:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Assistant Minister for Digital Transformation Angus Taylor's grand vision for innovation within government starts with opening up procurement opportunities to smaller Australian tech players.
  
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• Uber loses No. 2 executive amid management turmoil - CNET

  19-03-2017 23:13 via cnet.com
  
  Jeff Jones' departure comes as the company grapples with multiple controversies.
  
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• After liftoff, Samsung's Galaxy S8 will face many unknowns

  19-03-2017 23:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Samsung will unveil its Galaxy S8 flagship device on March 29. Here's a look at some of the key wildcards for the demand curve, artificial intelligence and business and financial impacts.
  
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• Government defends DTA as a change that needed to happen

  19-03-2017 22:42 via zdnet.com
  
  With the Australian government's own 'disrupter' now behaving less like a startup, Assistant Minister for Digital Transformation Angus Taylor has defended the agency's new remit, saying its redefinition was a change that needed to happen.
  
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• Shaq believes the Earth is flat, too - CNET

  19-03-2017 22:00 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: The famed former Lakers star and now TNT analyst says he drives from Florida to California and it sure seems flat to him.
  
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• Trump will make America stupid, tweet-rages DeGrasse Tyson - CNET

  19-03-2017 21:33 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: In a series of tweets, the astrophysicist says that the president's budget proposals will make America more stupid.
  
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• Latest alleged Samsung Galaxy S8 leak shows colors, pricing - CNET

  19-03-2017 20:01 via cnet.com
  
  New flagship handsets may come in hues of black, grey and silver with fancy names, gadget leaker Evan Blass says.
  
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• Man dies while charging iPhone in bath - CNET

  19-03-2017 18:25 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: A UK man plugged his iPhone into an outlet via an extension cord and appears to have rested the charger on his chest in the bath.
  
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• Gamers harass woman online over Mass Effect Andromeda - CNET

  19-03-2017 17:26 via cnet.com
  
  Woman subjected to misogynistic messages over something she apparently had nothing to do with.
  
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• Optane SSD fast enough to be used as memory extender: Intel

  19-03-2017 17:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Intel's 3D XPoint storage will not only outdo current SSDs, but can be used in memory pools, the chip giant claims.
  
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• Villanova falls to Wisconsin, takes all the brackets with it - CNET

  19-03-2017 16:30 via cnet.com
  
  Twitter is in mourning after the Badgers upset last year's reigning champs, leaving the CBS and ESPN brackets looking like Swiss cheese.
  
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• Google braces for questions as more big-name firms pull adverts

  19-03-2017 16:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Vodafone and trio of high street banks take action as industry and UK government ask how their ads became attached to extremist materialGoogle executives are bracing for a two-pronged inquisition from the advertising industry and the government over the company’s plans to stop ads being placed next to extremist material.A slew of big-name companies, advertising firms and government departments have either pulled their adverts from Google and its YouTube video site or are considering whethe
  
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• Real YouTube people fall for real mockery of Chevy ads - CNET

  19-03-2017 16:03 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: You know the ads. They show supposedly real people marveling at the hidden glories of Chevy. This mocking version may be more real.
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy A7 (2017) is a great midrange phone video - CNET

  19-03-2017 15:18 via cnet.com
  
  Samsung's midrange Galaxy A7 is a great phone. Here's why.
  
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• Giganews

  19-03-2017 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When it comes to choosing a Usenet platform, it’s never a bad decision to go for a company that’s been in the game for years. And that’s certainly the case with Giganews – founded in 1994, it has built up a positive reputation over the years.Giganews calls itself the “world’s Usenet provider” and that really isn’t an exaggeration. Since first launching over two decades ago, it has expanded exponentially and there are now over 10 million people usin
  
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• Defying Daesh – with a 3D printer

  19-03-2017 13:00
  
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• Replacing the Invincibles: inside the Royal Navy's controversial £6.2 billion warships

  19-03-2017 12:00
  
  By: Andrew HankinsonContinue reading...
  
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• Gallery: inside the Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier

  19-03-2017 12:00
  
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• Would you trust your life to an 'autopilot' robo-doctor?

  19-03-2017 11:00
  
  By: Antonio Sánchez CorderoContinue reading...
  
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• Dietary supplements – are they fit for purpose?

  19-03-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Can all those drinks, capsules and powders really improve your sporting performance? We asked the expertsThere are hundreds of powders, gels and bars that promise to improve an athlete’s performance. But judging which ones are based on good scientific evidence and which might be useful for a particular activity or individual is a bewildering business.Even the fact that professional sports teams use particular products might not be an indicator of their effectiveness – they may merely
  
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• Chuck Berry dies, Twitter cries 'Hail, hail rock 'n' roll' - CNET

  19-03-2017 04:10 via cnet.com
  
  The legendary guitarist, songwriter, singer and showman gets a final ovation from his famous disciples and others.
  
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• Phone and forest

  19-03-2017 01:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How a remote community in Guyana is using cutting-edge software and equipment against deforestation.
  
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