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• Snapchat's new map feature raises fears of stalking and bullying

  23-06-2017 23:48
  
  Snap Maps lets users track each other’s movements in real time, but child safety groups are cautioning young people against sharing their location Snapchat has introduced a map feature that lets users track other people’s location in real time, raising concerns among safety and privacy advocates.Snap Maps, launched this week, plots users and their snaps onto a map so friends and other Snapchatters can see where they are and what they are doing. Continue reading...
  
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• Sheryl Sandberg: Tools like Facebook 'used for evil and good'

  23-06-2017 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How Facebook's new initiative plans to tackle extremist and hate speech online.
  
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• Instagram testing ‘Favorites’ list so you can control who sees your pics - CNET

  23-06-2017 23:03 via cnet.com
  
  Not everything on Instagram is worth sharing to the world.
  
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• Russians make a fidget spinner out of... cars? - CNET

  23-06-2017 22:54 via cnet.com
  
  This trend has officially gone too far.
  
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• Honda engineer debunks own claim about cause of Takata air bag failures

  23-06-2017 22:54
  
  DETROIT (Reuters) - Honda Motor Coon Friday released a 2013 email in which one of its engineers suggested that he knew some hidden truth about "the root cause" of Takata Corpair bag failures, but the engineer later said he was mistaken.
  
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• New Apple Store gets a MacBook roof - CNET

  23-06-2017 22:31 via cnet.com
  
  The roof of Chicago’s new Apple Store has been revealed. The real question is: Is it an Air or a Pro?
  
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• Samsung Galaxy Note 8 said to cost $900, launch in September - CNET

  23-06-2017 22:20 via cnet.com
  
  If rumors are true, the Note 8 will be Samsung's most expensive Galaxy phone to date.
  
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• U.S. Muslim group launches cellphone app to report hate crimes

  23-06-2017 22:09
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hoping to get an accurate count of anti-Muslim hate crimes in the United States, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Friday launched a mobile app allowing victims to report bias incidents.
  
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• Security considerations for the AI era

  23-06-2017 22:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Analytics often involves corporate data and proprietary training algorithms. Keep them out of the wrong hands with these key strategies.
  
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• Google to stop scanning Gmail for creating targeted ads

  23-06-2017 21:45
  
  (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday it would stop scanning Gmail content for creating personalized ads from later this year, bringing the widely-used email service in line with its enterprise offering, G Suite.
  
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• Linux owns supercomputing

  23-06-2017 21:01 via zdnet.com
  
  In the latest Top500 supercomputer race, only two -- count 'em, two -- of the world's fastest computers aren't running Linux.
  
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• The 3:59 extended edition: Are you an iPad Pro or Surface Pro? - CNET

  23-06-2017 20:48 via cnet.com
  
  Here's the full podcast and YouTube post-show from one of our favorite episodes this week.
  
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• 20 of the best 'Game of Thrones' fan theories - CNET

  23-06-2017 20:44 via cnet.com
  
  Who's going to kill who? Who's already dead? And who will ride the dragons?
  
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• The 404 Show 1704: What is Amazon gonna do with all these Whole Foods? (podcast) - CNET

  23-06-2017 20:41 via cnet.com
  
  Who else better to talk about Amazon's jaw-dropping purchase of Whole Foods than the man who covers the company for CNET? Ben Fox Rubin is back to share his thoughts on the deal and sticks around long enough to get an E3 2017 debriefing.
  
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• Google will stop scanning Gmail content for ad targeting

  23-06-2017 20:39 via zdnet.com
  
  The move brings the consumer version of Gmail in line with the G Suite version, which never scanned email content for ad purposes.
  
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• Trend Micro Antivirus+ Security

  23-06-2017 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It may not make as many headlines as some of the competition, but Trend Micro is a security giant, its wide range of enterprise, virtual, business and consumer products bringing in an annual revenue of $1.1 billion (around £870 million).The home product range starts with Trend Micro Antivirus+ Security, a simple package which focuses on the fundamentals, yet still manages to deliver more than you might expect.There's real-time antivirus protection and blocking of malicious URLs, of course.
  
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• Laugh it up! 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' marathon on the way - CNET

  23-06-2017 20:26 via cnet.com
  
  In the not-too-distant future, 38 classic episodes of the movie-mocking show will be livestreaming.
  
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• Google won't scan your Gmail anymore for ad targeting - CNET

  23-06-2017 20:17 via cnet.com
  
  The tech giant will stop combing through emails to tailor ads. But it’s not like it doesn't have all your info anyway.
  
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• The big flaw with Facebook's new mission video - CNET

  23-06-2017 20:11 via cnet.com
  
  CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to bring the world together using groups -- even as the News Feed's design may keep us divided.
  
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• How the iPhone came to be (Apple Byte Extra Crunchy Podcast, Ep. 89) - CNET

  23-06-2017 20:06 via cnet.com
  
  It's the 10-year anniversary of the iPhone, and Apple's Scott Forstall talks about how the iPhone happened. So which came first -- the iPhone or the iPad?
  
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• Leveraging cloud for AI success

  23-06-2017 20:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Hosted infrastructure may be spun up and leveraged on a pay-as-you-go basis, a smart option for IT departments that don't have machine learning experts on-staff.
  
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• How the iPhone came to be (Apple Byte Extra Crunchy, Ep. 89) video - CNET

  23-06-2017 19:42 via cnet.com
  
  It's the 10-year anniversary of the iPhone, and Scott Forstall talks about how the iPhone happened. So which came first -- The iPhone or the iPad?
  
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• Dodge Demon acknowledgement letter ensures owners don't screw it up - Roadshow

  23-06-2017 19:26 via cnet.com
  
  Owners can still do what they want, but Dodge gives some pretty good advice in this document.
  
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• Dean Karnage Kearney drifts this 1,150 HP supercharged Dodge Viper video - Roadshow

  23-06-2017 19:14 via cnet.com
  
  A fully-built supercharged V10 with a dash of nitrous makes drifting real fun.
  
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• Tech Tent: Uber at a crossroads

  23-06-2017 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  On the Tech Tent podcast this week, we explore the stunning resignation of Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick.
  
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• Stop checking your phone so much video - CNET

  23-06-2017 19:00 via cnet.com
  
  Can't stop checking your phone? It's time to put your screen time on a diet.
  
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• Finding alien life across the Universe is more a question of when, not if

  23-06-2017 19:00
  
  By: James TempertonContinue reading...
  
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• Router hack risk 'not limited to Virgin Media'

  23-06-2017 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A weakness in some Virgin Media routers also affects routers by other providers, experts warn.
  
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• Mysterious Planet 10 could be hiding out beyond Pluto - CNET

  23-06-2017 18:37 via cnet.com
  
  Move over, Planet 9. There's a new possible planet lurking out in the solar system and it could be messing with a whole lot of distant space rocks.
  
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• Affordable adventure in the $25,895 2018 Subaru Outback - Roadshow

  23-06-2017 18:30 via cnet.com
  
  The prices aren't much higher than last year, which is always nice.
  
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• Mozilla: This $2M is yours if you can 'decentralize' the web - CNET

  23-06-2017 18:02 via cnet.com
  
  It's not a "Silicon Valley" plot line. The Firefox maker and the National Science Foundation are aiming for a free and accessible internet for everyone.
  
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• LG SJ9 review - CNET

  23-06-2017 17:59 via cnet.com
  
  The LG SJ9 Atmos sound bar sounds very good, but its main draw is Dolby Atmos audio and Chromecast built-in for a relatively affordable price.
  
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• How safe is your internet router?

  23-06-2017 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Virgin Media is warning its customers to change the password on their internet routers. A Which? investigation found its Super Hub 2 router is vulnerable to hackers.
  
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• Subaru prices fancier, prettier 2018 Legacy from $22,195 - Roadshow

  23-06-2017 17:46 via cnet.com
  
  It's not much more expensive than last year, at least for the base trim.
  
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• Friday Freebie: PhraseExpress automatically inserts and corrects text - CNET

  23-06-2017 17:39 via cnet.com
  
  This indispensable utility will save you tons of time. Plus: Get the horror co-op shooter Killing Floor absolutely free. Plus-plus: two other awesome bonus deals!
  
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• Six features the iPhone 8 needs to stay ahead of Android

  23-06-2017 17:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Forget wireless charging and hyped up features such as AR. Here's what the next iPhone needs to stay ahead of the competition.
  
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• Russian hackers are selling British officials' passwords - CNET

  23-06-2017 17:06 via cnet.com
  
  The massive, illegal trading market among hackers includes senior British politicians, police officers and diplomats.
  
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• This bug-zapper has laser-guided precision

  23-06-2017 17:00
  
  By: Bonnie ChristianContinue reading...
  
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• Calibre

  23-06-2017 16:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  You don’t need a dedicated device to enjoy ebooks. There are some excellent free apps around for reading them on your desktop too, and Calibre is one of the best. 
  Calibre is a free, open source ebook reader that’s available for Windows, Mac and Linux, with an extra portable version for Windows PCs. This is particularly handy, because you can keep on a USB stick or other removable storage device along with your book collection, enabling you to read them on any PC.Calibre also su
  
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• Mozilla offering $2M to anyone who can decentralize the web - CNET

  23-06-2017 16:34 via cnet.com
  
  This is not a Silicon Valley plot line. Mozilla wants to make a free and accessible internet for everyone.
  
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• A sticky situation: Legal weed linked to increased collisions - Roadshow

  23-06-2017 16:14 via cnet.com
  
  The crash rate isn't that much higher, but drivers could very well be.
  
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• Alleged robocall scammer faces $120 million fine - CNET

  23-06-2017 16:11 via cnet.com
  
  The Florida man made up to 96 million calls in three months last year, according to the FCC.
  
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• Catching the new and classic aircraft at the Paris Air Show - CNET

  23-06-2017 16:10 via cnet.com
  
  You can catch all kinds of aircraft at the world's biggest aviation party, from a vintage Concorde to a new regional jet from Mitsubishi.
  
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