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• Exmo Bitcoin exchange manager kidnapped in Kiev

  28-12-2017 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Reports say men in balaclavas kidnapped Pavel Lerner in the Ukrainian capital two days ago.
  
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• Why Uber is forking over a 15 percent stake to SoftBank - CNET

  28-12-2017 23:31 via cnet.com
  A quick look at the deal between the ride-hailing company and the big tech investor and why it matters.
  
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• Here's Apple's huge apology for slowing down your old iPhone - CNET

  28-12-2017 23:29 via cnet.com
  Apple will offer $29 battery replacements that should speed things up again, through 2018.
  
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• Batterygate: Apple betrayed its customers and now it faces a world of hurt

  28-12-2017 23:28 via zdnet.com
  It takes decades to build up fierce customer loyalty and just one mistake to completely dismantle it.
  
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• Uber: Softbank takes large stake in ride-hailing firm

  28-12-2017 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The investment comes as the ride-hailing company concludes a difficult year.
  
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• After iPhone slow-downs, Apple offers battery replacements - but it'll cost you

  28-12-2017 23:24 via zdnet.com
  Apple will discount out of warranty iPhone battery replacements to $29 for one year to make up for battery confusion.
  
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• Your favorite Roadshow videos of 2017 - Roadshow

  28-12-2017 23:12 via cnet.com
  From two-track shredding to a Hyundai that sheds its roots, these are the videos you loved the most.
  
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• Softbank buys large stake in Uber: Report

  28-12-2017 22:37 via zdnet.com
  Uber investors and employees will tender shares equal to 20 percent of the company, at a discount.
  
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• Softbank buys large stake in Uber

  28-12-2017 22:37 via zdnet.com
  Uber investors and employees will tender shares equal to 20 percent of the company, at a discount.
  
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• LG home speaker with Google Assistant launches next month - CNET

  28-12-2017 21:47 via cnet.com
  LG beats rival Samsung to announce its first smart home speaker, which will launch at CES.
  
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• With lineup widening, Apple depends less on iPhone X

  28-12-2017 21:29
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In years past, demand for Apple Inc'slatest flagship phone was critical to the company's results over the holiday shopping quarter.
  
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• YouTube on Fire TV? Things just got trickier - CNET

  28-12-2017 21:13 via cnet.com
  At the moment, Fire TV users looking to watch something on YouTube will have to detour to a web browser.
  
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• Diving deep into the tech of the 2017 Honda Civic Hatchback video - Roadshow

  28-12-2017 20:00 via cnet.com
  The infotainment system isn't Honda's latest, but it's still capable enough for your average driver.
  
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• Can Facebook win its battle against election interference in 2018?

  28-12-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Claims of Russian meddling dominated 2017. The US midterm elections will be first big test of Facebook’s effort to stamp it outSocial networks spent much of 2017 slowly coming to terms with the extent to which their platforms had been exploited to spread political misinformation. But the narrow focus of investigations over the last year is likely to cause further pain in 2018, as the US midterm elections create a new urgency for the problem to be solved.At the beginning of this year, Faceb
  
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• So Retro: The classic '80s arcade roars back to life - CNET

  28-12-2017 19:29 via cnet.com
  Arcades that died out in the '90s are being resurrected. For the Neon Retro Arcade in Pasadena, its customers are proof that games bridge generations.
  
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• Top 5 Roadshow videos of the year. video - CNET

  28-12-2017 18:58 via cnet.com
  Our videos you couldn't stop staring at in 2017
  
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• Chinese court acts against founder of ambitious LeEco - CNET

  28-12-2017 18:28 via cnet.com
  It seizes assets of Jia Yueting, who resigned as CEO earlier this year from the company that once saw itself as a mashup of Apple, Tesla and more.
  
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• 5 reasons DevOps will be a big deal in the year ahead

  28-12-2017 17:59 via zdnet.com
  The typical enterprise has become a nonstop software and data factory, operating 24x7. Technology has to be there at all times.
  
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• Microsoft in 2017: Windows 10, company layoffs are the big stories

  28-12-2017 17:55 via zdnet.com
  In spite of Microsoft's continued push to be a cloud-first/AI-first company in 2017, ZDNet readers still were Windows watchers, first and foremost.
  
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• T-Mobile chief: We're on the fast track to 5G - CNET

  28-12-2017 17:06 via cnet.com
  CEO John Legere expects the year ahead to continue T-Mobile's advance toward 5G as it builds on the wireless spectrum it acquired in 2017.
  
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• Wireless charging reaches beyond the charging pad, finally - CNET

  28-12-2017 15:12 via cnet.com
  Powercast has some good news about juicing your headphones, smartwatch or fitness band. Your phone? That gets more complicated.
  
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• VPN Speed

  28-12-2017 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VPN Speed is a torrent-friendly Android VPN app with more than a million installs reported on Google Play.The free service supports only three countries: Netherlands, UK and US. There are ads – lots of ads – and individual sessions will be disconnected after an hour unless you remember to tap a Reset button.VPN Speed doesn't have any bandwidth limit, though. It doesn't require registration either. The developer claims it unblocks Netflix and many other sites (more on that later), and
  
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• The best games of the year video - CNET

  28-12-2017 15:00 via cnet.com
  Today's headlines include some of our picks for the very best games of 2017.
  
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• The 41 best VR games - CNET

  28-12-2017 15:00 via cnet.com
  What's worth playing in virtual reality? Here are all our favorites.
  
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• 2017 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe review - Roadshow

  28-12-2017 15:00 via cnet.com
  The C43 Coupe proves that the AMG-lite trim stays true to the name, but it's not the most comfortable car on the road by a long shot.
  
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• 2017 Mercedes-AMG C43 Coupe is a stiffly-sprung performer - Roadshow

  28-12-2017 15:00 via cnet.com
  If you don't mind a ride that's almost always a bit too stiff, the C43 is a rather rewarding sports coupe.
  
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• Favorite Portrait Mode photos: CNET Editors share their best - CNET

  28-12-2017 14:52 via cnet.com
  One of the biggest trends in phone photography in 2017 was the adoption of portrait mode that creates a blurry, artistic background much like a dSLR can. We tested a lot of phones, and here are our favorite outcomes.
  
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• Samsung Gear Sport review: Smartwatch and activity tracker with enterprise-focused functionality

  28-12-2017 14:47 via zdnet.com
  The Samsung Gear Sport offers a high end stainless steel smartwatch with a user interface optimized for the wrist. It supports activity tracking with the capability for customized healthcare solutions while also offering business app support.
  
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• These robots sweat while doing pushups

  28-12-2017 14:22 via zdnet.com
  Researchers designed humanoids that mimic our musculoskeletal structure.
  
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• Amazon versus Google: When ecosystems collide

  28-12-2017 14:16 via zdnet.com
  As their interests have expanded, Amazon and Google's many steps into each others' turfs have turned nasty. But the need to keep Alexa at the top of her game could drive an uneasy truce.
  
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• Apple's Tim Cook paid $102m this year including bonuses worth $98m

  28-12-2017 14:05 via theguardian.com
  Maker of iPhone publishes the pay of its top earners in a regulatory filing, but its chief designer, Jony Ive, is not includedApple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, was paid $102m (£76m) this year after collecting a huge share bonus linked to the iPhone maker’s stock market performance.Cook was paid a basic salary of $3.06m, a cash bonus of $9.3m (up from $5.4m last year), and collected share awards worth $89m taking his total 2017 payout to $102m, Apple disclosed in a regulatory f
  
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• Time in a Bottle, Part 2 - CNET

  28-12-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  Original fiction from CNET's Technically Literate series. In this three-part story, a glass of precious wine leads to a precious technological breakthrough.
  
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• The best quotes that sum up tech in 2017 video - CNET

  28-12-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  2017 brought us AI nightmares, trouble at Uber and a Twitter-happy president. Here are the biggest tech stories of the year... in their words.
  
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• Smartwatches were finally worth our time this year - CNET

  28-12-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  High-end wearables have emerged from last year's market slump and are taking over from basic fitness trackers.
  
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• Bonavita's Connoisseur Coffee Maker is its best brewer yet - CNET

  28-12-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  Bonavita's Connoisseur improves on the BV1900's design yet its brew is just as delicious.
  
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• Bonavita Connoisseur review - CNET

  28-12-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  Bonavita's new Connoisseur coffee maker is the best deal around.
  
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• Bitcoin falls $1,000 after South Korea promises crackdown on trading

  28-12-2017 13:51 via theguardian.com
  Move comes less than two weeks after high-profile digital currency exchange in Seoul was hacked and went bankruptBitcoin plunged by more than $1,000 (£740) on Thursday after South Korea said it was planning a crackdown on trading in the digital currency in the latest of a string of warnings for investors. It dropped to about $13,500 after trading at about $15,400 on Wednesday. The dip was seen as a further illustration of bitcoin’s volatility. Continue reading...
  
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• My favorite cheap tech of 2017

  28-12-2017 13:50 via zdnet.com
  Some great products and services made this year more affordable than ever.
  
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• John McAfee says his Twitter account was hacked

  28-12-2017 13:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Cyber-security pioneer reports his Twitter account was hacked and used to promote crypto-currencies.
  
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• Tim Cook gets a pay raise amid better iPhone profits - CNET

  28-12-2017 12:07 via cnet.com
  Apple's CEO saw a 46 percent increase in total income and was told to fly private for security reasons.
  
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• Forget Juicero, here are the tech gadgets we can actually get excited about in 2018

  28-12-2017 12:00 via theguardian.com
  If this year’s $120m juicing flop gave you reason to doubt in human ingenuity, take heart in these incredible inventions to come: from an artificial kidney to a breast pump you might actually want to use
  Silicon Valley lost a valiant soldier in 2017. Internet-connected juice maker Juicero, funded to the tune of $120m, drowned in schadenfreude after it was discovered that its pre-portioned $7 packets of fruit and veg could be squeezed just as effectively by hand. Never before has a company
  
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• Free for all: How to find free (and legal) books and movies - CNET

  28-12-2017 11:37 via cnet.com
  Don’t be a pirate! There's endless Public Domain content online, if you know where to look.
  
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• Koenigsegg destroys a Regera hypercar and films it for "science" - Roadshow

  28-12-2017 11:05 via cnet.com
  To mark reaching one million followers, Koenigsegg releases torture test footage on Instagram.
  
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• 11 tips and tricks for your new Apple AirPods - CNET

  28-12-2017 11:00 via cnet.com
  There's more to the tiny wireless earbuds than meets the eye. Here's how to get the most out of your AirPods, and a few things you may not know.
  
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• 11 things to tweak when setting up a Windows 10 laptop - CNET

  28-12-2017 10:43 via cnet.com
  Got a new laptop? Start out by checking or changing these settings.
  
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• Video games are unlocking child gambling. This has to be reined in | Alex Hern

  28-12-2017 10:00 via theguardian.com
  The system of ‘loot box’ gaming is perfectly pitched to profit from players and drive addiction, with all its associated costsIn a tale of gambling addiction posted to Reddit shortly before Christmas, the numbers were as shocking as they were unsurprising. First the anonymous addict frittered away $200 (£149), in November 2016. Then $700 more, later that month. Then $300, $400, $1,500 … eventually, by December 2017, a credit card debt of $16,000, too large to be kept a s
  
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• Safety Check: is Facebook becoming fear’s administrator-in-chief?

  28-12-2017 09:00 via theguardian.com
  This year, Facebook turned on its notification function for attacks in London and Las Vegas, Stockholm and St Petersburg. But do we feel more secure?You know the drill by now: a terrorist atrocity or catastrophe occurs in your home town, and no sooner have you seen the news than you receive a Facebook notification that one of your friends has marked themselves safe, or that another is asking you to do so.This was my experience during the attack in Westminster in March, with friends as far away a
  
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