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• Surface Pro 4, Samsung Galaxy Tab S3, Xfinity Wireless, Garmin Forerunner 935 (MobileTechRoundup show #395)

  09-04-2017 23:47 via zdnet.com
  
  While we've spent weeks talking about new phones on MoTR, we also cover tablets, wearables, and other mobile gear. This week we covered these other areas.
  
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• Hackers are attacking Word users with new Microsoft Office zero-day vulnerability

  09-04-2017 23:41 via zdnet.com
  
  The bug affects all supported versions of Microsoft Word, including users of Windows 10.
  
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• Loud roommates keeping you up? Not with this sleep machine video - CNET

  09-04-2017 23:30 via cnet.com
  
  The $300 Nightingale sound machine is super easy to install and helps mask ambient noise.
  
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• Holy $#*% it's the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk - Roadshow

  09-04-2017 23:21 via cnet.com
  
  Take one Jeep Grand Cherokee, add the 707-hp powerplant from the Charger/Challenger Hellcat and you get one bad-ass SUV.
  
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• Twitter's livestreaming effort takes a body blow from Amazon - CNET

  09-04-2017 22:27 via cnet.com
  
  The social network loses leverage in the emerging livestreaming race after Amazon wins NFL streaming rights.
  
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• Liberal Facebook activism skewered by Louis C.K., SNL - CNET

  09-04-2017 21:30 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: You know those liberals who think that all they have to do is post their support on social media and not actually do anything? This is for them.
  
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• Uber banned from operating in Italy - CNET

  09-04-2017 20:40 via cnet.com
  
  Ruling in suit filed by taxi groups finds the mobile app constitutes unfair competition, Reuters reports
  
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• Hackers blamed for activating emergency sirens in Dallas - CNET

  09-04-2017 20:17 via cnet.com
  
  Residents get a Texas-size wake-up call from 156 city emergency sirens.
  
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• Wonga data breach 'affects 245,000 UK customers'

  09-04-2017 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The payday lender says bank account numbers and home addresses were among the information stolen.
  
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• UK tourists to US may get asked to hand in passwords or be denied entry

  09-04-2017 19:58
  
  Although mitigation options exist, lawyers warn attempts to protect personal data may be seen as ‘probable cause’ for searchingBritish travellers to the United States face the uncomfortable choice of handing over personal information, including social media passwords and mobile phone contacts, or running the risk of being denied entry to the country, under a new “extreme vetting” policy being considered by the Trump administration.Tourists from the UK and other US allies
  
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• False alarms: hackers take over Dallas's 156 sirens before system deactivated

  09-04-2017 18:43
  
  Unknown hackers triggered about 15 alarm cycles before city officials took down emergency notification system used during inclement weather eventsHackers took control over the 156 sirens in Dallas this weekend, triggering false alarms on the system used to alert residents to take shelter from inclement weather, until officials deactivated the system early Saturday morning.The person or people responsible were able to hack into a part of the system that was communicating with all 156 of the city&
  
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• Wonga data breach could affect nearly 250,000 UK customers

  09-04-2017 18:40
  
  Personal details from hundreds of thousands of accounts may have been illegally accessed, admits payday lender More than a quarter of a million customers of payday loan firm Wonga are being warned that their personal data may have been stolen in a data breach at the firm. The online lender said it was “urgently investigating illegal and unauthorised access” to the personal data of some of its customers in the UK and Poland. It is understood that the breach could affect up to 270,000
  
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• Trump suddenly tweets explanation for not bombing runway - CNET

  09-04-2017 18:30 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: After the bombing of a Syrian airport, the president turns to Twitter to answer a question that he must have felt many were asking.
  
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• VRS Design LG G6 case roundup: Affordable style, protection, and functionality

  09-04-2017 17:33 via zdnet.com
  
  One of the things I enjoy about a new phone is the search for affordable cases. I'm not fan of bulky cases and also like to swap them out for different occasions.
  
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• 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk Release Date, Price and Specs - Roadshow

  09-04-2017 17:06 via cnet.com
  
  When the 475-horsepower Grand Cherokee SRT just isn't enough, throw a 6.2-liter supercharged V8 under the hood.
  
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• On SNL, Alec Baldwin is both Bill O'Reilly and Donald Trump - CNET

  09-04-2017 17:00 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: In a skit already popular on YouTube, the Fox News personality and the president decide they have much in common. What could it be?
  
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• Woman falls off bridge while taking selfie, police say - CNET

  09-04-2017 16:46 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: A woman allegedly gets onto a closed walkway on California's tallest bridge just to take a selfie. It's not a good idea.
  
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• ​Commonwealth Bank prepares for quantum computing with launch of QxBranch simulator

  09-04-2017 16:05 via zdnet.com
  
  The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has partnered with QxBranch to build a quantum computing simulator as it readies for the availability of the real thing.
  
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• Twitter's livestreaming effort takes a serious blow from Amazon - CNET

  09-04-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The social network lost some leverage in the emerging livestreaming race after Amazon won NFL streaming rights.
  
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• Xbox One changes up the Home button video - CNET

  09-04-2017 13:00 via cnet.com
  
  More clicks to get to the main menu screen, but faster Guide access.
  
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• Microsoft changed how the Xbox One Home button works, and I'm not sure I like it - CNET

  09-04-2017 13:00 via cnet.com
  
  One button press becomes three. Also, I'm old and resistant to change.
  
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• Sonos PlayBase review: superb build quality but misses mark on connectivity

  09-04-2017 11:00
  
  By: Adrian JustinsContinue reading...
  
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• Getting started with Google Home: the best things to do with personal assistant

  09-04-2017 10:00
  
  By: Matt BurgessContinue reading...
  
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• Games reviews roundup: Persona 5; Yooka-Laylee; Virry VR

  09-04-2017 08:00
  
  Teen rebellion is even better fifth time around, while a crowd-funded platformer revives the 90s and Kenya’s wildlife gets up close and personalPS4, PS3, Sony, cert: 12
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  Following the success and acclaim of Persona 4, this new entry in developer Atlus’s series of turn-based role-playing games has a lot to live up to. Thankfully, Persona 5 exceeds these high expectations, oozing style and personality. In both the dynamic, context-specific loading scr
  
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• 20 apps to get you out and about

  09-04-2017 07:59
  
  Your smartphone needn’t keep you sedentary: these apps will soon have you cycling, exploring forests or gazing at night skiesWhy don’t you just switch off your smartphone and go out and do something less boring instead? Although with all due respect to the famous intro for children’s TV show Why Don’t You?, perhaps better advice for 2017 would be to keep your smartphone on – but seek out some apps that will get you out into the world.Whether you’re spotting wi
  
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• Nokia bets on APAC nostalgia to drive smartphone comeback

  09-04-2017 03:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Smartphone licensee HMD is hoping "positive" memories about Nokia in Asia and its strategy to offer stock Android will drive its aim to become the leading player in this market.
  
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• Virtual reality: Is this really how we will all watch TV in years to come?

  09-04-2017 01:04
  
  At the media industry’s annual bash in Cannes, virtual reality is the next mass medium that will take TV to a new levelVirtual reality (VR) technology secured its place in popular culture through films such as The Lawnmower Man and The Matrix, as well as books such as Ready Player One, which Steven Spielberg is adapting for a movie. They presented visions of technology whereby strapping on a VR headset (or, as in The Matrix, being imprisoned in pods and hooked up to a computer network by h
  
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• Morgan Freeman spoofs 'Shawshank Redemption' narration - CNET

  09-04-2017 00:54 via cnet.com
  
  The acclaimed actor is ready to get busy living, or get busy going viral, with this clip from "The Graham Norton Show."
  
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• Woman falls 60 ft while taking selfie on bridge, police say - CNET

  09-04-2017 00:35 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: A woman allegedly gets onto a closed walkway on California's tallest bridge just to take a selfie. It's not a good idea.
  
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