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• Remembering Si Newhouse

  01-10-2017 22:16
  
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• FBI doesn't have to reveal iPhone hack details, judge rules - CNET

  01-10-2017 21:35 via cnet.com
  Agency doesn't have to name the vendor that helped hack iPhone from San Bernardino attack, judge rules.
  
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• Should Apple feel threatened by Amazon's smart speaker show? - CNET

  01-10-2017 21:00 via cnet.com
  Commentary: When it comes to smart speakers, Amazon seems not to know what people want. Apple, on the other hand, seems completely sure. Should it be?
  
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• Si Newhouse dies at the age of 89

  01-10-2017 20:34
  
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• Uber hits minicab firms – but helps disabled people | Letters

  01-10-2017 20:05
  Ibrat Ali doubts many driving jobs would be lost, but Srin Madipalli and others fear problems for those with access problemsMy company, Embassy Direct, which is based in Hanwell, west London, has been trading for 50 years in the private hire transport sector. It has been said that banning Uber (Report, 30 September) would put “40,000 people out of work”. But all this would do is give us, the independent private hire operators, our drivers back. Many companies’ doors have closed
  
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• D'oh! 'The Simpsons' meets 'Game of Thrones' in season premiere - CNET

  01-10-2017 19:00 via cnet.com
  Like another famously doomed Ned, "Simpsons" nemesis Ned Flanders learns it's tough to get ahead in Westeros.
  
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• SNL brings back alien abductees for strange encounter - CNET

  01-10-2017 18:00 via cnet.com
  Commentary: Kate McKinnon, Ryan Gosling and Cecily Strong return to recount what it's really like when you've communed with beings up there.
  
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• You won't see iPhones in 'Blade Runner 2049', director says - CNET

  01-10-2017 17:01 via cnet.com
  Denis Villeneuve explains why the sequel to the 1982 science fiction classic conjures an alternative future that doesn't depend on digital data the way we do.
  
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• FBI allowed to keep secret details of iPhone hacking tool, court rules

  01-10-2017 16:45 via zdnet.com
  The case sparked months of legal tension between Apple and the FBI, before federal agents eventually bought a hacking tool to break into a terrorist's iPhone.
  
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• 'SNL' skit mocks 'Avatar' use of Papyrus font - CNET

  01-10-2017 16:44 via cnet.com
  If you're a graphic designer with a sense of humor, this "SNL" skit was probably exactly your type.
  
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• System76 Galago Pro

  01-10-2017 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The current king of high-end Linux laptops is the Dell XPS 13 (Kaby Lake) Developer Edition, but independent reseller System76 has launched its own lightweight laptop, the Galago Pro.Our review model has a base spec of an Intel Core i7-7500U processor running at 3.5GHz, 8GB of DDR4 RAM, 250GB M.2 SSD, Intel HD Graphics 620 and a lovely 13-inch HiDPI display – a similar spec to the Dell, albeit without the same level of finish.
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• Yuneec Typhoon Q500 4K

  01-10-2017 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There was a time when the idea of getting a 4K-ready drone for a price that didn't require you to remortgage your home was the stuff of a madman's dreams, but the rapid advancement of this particular field of gadgetry means such opulence is now well within the grasp of even casual aerial photographers.Drones like the Yuneec Typhoon Q500 4K are paving the way for a low-cost revolution by offering professional-standard video recording that doesn't cost the earth. The Q500 4K captures excellent foo
  
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• Hey Apple: Let's bring Face ID to Macs - CNET

  01-10-2017 14:30 via cnet.com
  The facial recognition technology in the iPhone X would be perfect for the MacBook and iMac.
  
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• Google Pixel 2 event: What to expect on Oct. 4 - CNET

  01-10-2017 14:01 via cnet.com
  Ready for more Google phones, smart speakers and laptops? Here's what to expect this week.
  
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• This app helps you find ATM skimmers so you don't get scammed video - CNET

  01-10-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  Now you don't have to fidget card readers to figure out if there's a skimmer. Meet the Skimmer Scanner.
  
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• Credit card thieves are getting smarter. You can, too - CNET

  01-10-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  Card skimmers have gotten so advanced, even experts may be fooled. But there's a way to spot at least some of them.
  
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• There’s a copycat killer on the loose

  01-10-2017 10:30
  Developers can’t copyright a game’s mechanics, as the team behind the phenomenally successful PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds have learned to their costPart of the elemental appeal of zombie fiction is the permission it provides to imagine which household item, when pressed, you might use to stove in the face of a lunging, undead version of Mrs Brown from No 37. In the glare of such an apocalypse, familiar domestic items such as tea towels, cafetieres and loo brushes must be reap
  
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• Omega has relaunched its classic 1957 trilogy as a set

  01-10-2017 10:00
  
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• Can you really trust the medical apps on your phone?

  01-10-2017 10:00
  
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• Behind the glare of recent hacks, some companies actually paying homage to data protection

  01-10-2017 04:41 via zdnet.com
  Pro-active efforts set breach protection as a corporate priority
  
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• British courts may unlock secrets of how Trump campaign profiled US voters

  01-10-2017 01:05
  Legal mechanism may help academic expose how Big Data firms like Cambridge Analytica and Facebook get their informationA US professor is trying to reclaim his personal data from the controversial analytics firm that helped Donald Trump to power. In what legal experts say may be a “watershed” case, a US citizen is using British laws to try to discover how he was profiled and potentially targeted by the Trump campaign.David Carroll, an associate professor at Parsons School of Design in
  
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