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• Chinese car-sharing company Ezzy suspends services

  29-10-2017 23:57 via zdnet.com
  Unlike the popular bike-sharing market in China, car-sharing has a hard time making profits in the country due to low acceptation and high maintenance costs.
  
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• Westpac opts for own wearable 'PayWear' devices

  29-10-2017 23:29 via zdnet.com
  Instead of plugging into devices manufactured by Garmin or Fitbit, the Australian bank has launched its own range of wearable, hands-free, and battery-free payment accessories.
  
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• Twitter suspends Trump ally Roger Stone after rant - CNET

  29-10-2017 20:01 via cnet.com
  Suspension came after Stone used profanity in a tweet directed at CNN anchor Don Lemon.
  
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• Star Wars costume designer John Mollo dies at 86 - CNET

  29-10-2017 19:00 via cnet.com
  Oscar-winning designer assembled Darth Vader's look with an ecclesiastical robe, motorcycle suit, and German helmet and gas mask.
  
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• NBA star appeals to NASA, Bill Nye to explain damaged plane - CNET

  29-10-2017 18:00 via cnet.com
  Commentary: The Oklahoma Thunder's Steven Adams is on a team jet that suffered serious damage to its nose, allegedly at 30,000 feet.
  
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• Trump ally Roger Stone suspended from Twitter

  29-10-2017 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The ex-Trump adviser sent abusive tweets to journalists on Twitter but says he will sue the network.
  
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• OnePlus 5T rumors: Everything you need to know - CNET

  29-10-2017 13:00 via cnet.com
  Like slimmer bezels, a bigger screen and a November launch date.
  
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• 'Independence Day' maker’s next bet? A social-VR mashup - CNET

  29-10-2017 13:00 via cnet.com
  Director Roland Emmerich gives a peek at his virtual-reality startup, Vrenetic, which remixes bits of Periscope, Snapchat and Google Cardboard.
  
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• NASA hunts first exomoon, new frontiers in search for E.T. - CNET

  29-10-2017 12:00 via cnet.com
  The Hubble telescope is taking a closer look at a star system where astronomers think they may have spotted think the first moon beyond our solar system.
  
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• Acer Swift 1 review - CNET

  29-10-2017 12:00 via cnet.com
  What the Swift 1 lacks in performance it makes up for in battery life, good looks and a low price.
  
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• Why we need a 21st-century Martin Luther to challenge the church of tech

  29-10-2017 09:30 via theguardian.com
  It’s 500 years since Martin Luther defied the authority of the Catholic church. It’s time for a similar revolt against the hypocrisy of the religion of technologyA new power is loose in the world. It is nowhere and yet it’s everywhere. It knows everything about us – our movements, our thoughts, our desires, our fears, our secrets, who our friends are, our financial status, even how well we sleep at night. We tell it things that we would not whisper to another human being.
  
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• When man meets metal: rise of the transhumans

  29-10-2017 09:00 via theguardian.com
  At the borderline of technology and biology, ‘bodyhacking’ pioneers are defying nature to redesign their own bodies. Is this really the future?Earlier this year I went to an event in Austin, Texas, billed as a sneak preview of the evolution of our species. The #Bdyhax Conference, which took place in a downtown exhibition complex, promised a front-row insight into the coming “singularity” – that nirvana foretold by science fiction in which biology and technology woul
  
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• Acer Swift 1 is a stylish long-life budget laptop for basics video - CNET

  29-10-2017 06:31 via cnet.com
  A good first laptop for kids or home office tasks, the Swift 1 delivers 10 hours of battery life and just enough performance for the money.
  
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• Heathrow probe after 'security files found on USB stick'

  29-10-2017 06:23 via bbc.co.uk
  The airport launches an inquiry after a USB stick with security information is given to a newspaper.
  
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• 'Sesame Street' parodies 'Stranger Things': Ernie Upside Down? - CNET

  29-10-2017 05:01 via cnet.com
  Watch this teaser for a kid-friendly tribute to "Stranger Things" starring Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Ernie and more.
  
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• Rumu is the sweet and sad indie game for the smart home era - CNET

  29-10-2017 01:33 via cnet.com
  Commentary: What is life like for a smart robot vacuum with feelings when the humans are gone and AI has become sentient?
  
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• Thumbs up

  29-10-2017 01:14 via bbc.co.uk
  With unemployment soaring, Prineville, Oregon, feared extinction. Then a mysterious email arrived.
  
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