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• Auditors struggle to keep up with the implications of digital transformation

  15-04-2018 23:24 via zdnet.com
  In an era when every single process is becoming digitized, IT auditors need to figure out new ways to assess the health and wealth of their operations..
  
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• Fortnite on the Jumbotron? Yes, at the Cleveland Indians - CNET

  15-04-2018 21:25 via cnet.com
  Commentary: During a rain delay, staff at the Indians game offers another game.
  
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• Huawei P20, Android security, Chromebooks, Huami Stratos, and Sony Xperia (MobileTechRoundup #429)

  15-04-2018 19:01 via zdnet.com
  The Huawei P20 Pro and P20 arrived for testing and are gorgeous smartphones. HP also announced a detachable Chrome OS device that has Kevin thinking of trading in his Pixelbook.
  
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• Amazon delivery driver tries to toss package, fails, tries again - CNET

  15-04-2018 19:00 via cnet.com
  Commentary: Surveillance video shows an Amazon delivery that seems to have been inspired by the NBA playoffs.
  
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• How the Galaxy S9's worst feature was made by Oscar-winners - CNET

  15-04-2018 18:43 via cnet.com
  The startup that made 3D emojis for Samsung's phones promises change.
  
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• Acer prepping Chromebox CXI3 desktop lineup starting at $300

  15-04-2018 18:14 via zdnet.com
  The new PC family -- featuring 7th- and 8th-generation Intel Core CPUs -- hopes to revitalize the nearly forgotten desktop sibling of the far more popular Chromebook.
  
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• MCU timeline: Watch every Marvel movie and TV show in the perfect order - CNET

  15-04-2018 17:00 via cnet.com
  Every MCU property currently airing or announced -- and the absolute ideal order for watching them -- so you can check out "Avengers: Infinity War" movie super-prepared.
  
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• Facebook paid $7.3m for Mark Zuckerberg's security last year

  15-04-2018 16:39
  In all the company has spent about $20m on security and private planes for Zuckerberg since 2015. The security funds were required ‘due to specific threats to his safety’Facebook increased its spending on security for Mark Zuckerberg by 50% last year, the company has disclosed, paying more than $7.3m (£5.1m) to protect its top executive.The security funds were required “due to specific threats to his safety arising directly as a result of his position as our founder, chai
  
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• Donald Glover's dual SNL role has Twitter doubling over - CNET

  15-04-2018 16:35 via cnet.com
  The actor who plays young Lando will host Saturday Night Live next month and will also perform as rapper Childish Gambino.
  
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• BenQ InstaShow WDC10

  15-04-2018 16:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Boardroom presentations can be a bit of a nightmare sometimes. You have to fumble with which cables to connect, make sure you’re on the right video source on your projector, and then quickly disconnect your laptop if someone else in the room needs to present something. While wirelessly connected projection systems have been in the market for a little while, they haven’t quite been up to mark, often suffering from severe lag or other limitations.BenQ aims to prove that presentations d
  
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• The Galaxy S9 nails this drinking game video - CNET

  15-04-2018 16:00 via cnet.com
  We use AR Emoji to play "guess the celebrity".
  
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• Australia doesn’t exist! And other bizarre geographic conspiracies that won’t go away

  15-04-2018 16:00
  A theory denying the existence of the country is gaining ground. But the suggestion that countries and cities are mere figments of our imagination is a meme that dates back to the birth of the webAustralia doesn’t exist. The signs were there the whole time: in what country is the only thing more poisonous than the snakes the spiders? How did we ever believe that kangaroos were a thing?This discovery, believed by some to be a joke or a conspiracy theory, has been circulating on social media
  
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• 2019 Subaru WRX STI may finally get more power - Roadshow

  15-04-2018 15:00 via cnet.com
  It’s not a big addition, and it’s not confirmed yet, but more power is always welcome.
  
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• iPhone X vs. Galaxy S9 Plus camera showdown - CNET

  15-04-2018 14:30 via cnet.com
  See the results of our real-world camera comparison between the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus and the Apple's iPhone X.
  
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• Facebook's real fake-news problem: It’s the memes, stupid - CNET

  15-04-2018 14:00 via cnet.com
  The social network continues to roll out tools to take on hoax articles and propaganda ads. But what about the memes?
  
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• AI chips may give you a real reason to upgrade your smartphone - CNET

  15-04-2018 14:00 via cnet.com
  Processors with artificial intelligence will spread from today's top-end phones to cars, PCs, security cameras, smart speakers and mainstream phones.
  
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• WhatsApp photo drug dealer caught by 'groundbreaking' work

  15-04-2018 10:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Police use a "groundbreaking" fingerprint technique to convict a drugs gang from a picture message.
  
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• Facebook says its ‘voter button’ is good for turnout. But should the tech giant be nudging us at all?

  15-04-2018 09:00
  What do we really know about the influence of the ‘voter button’? On the morning of 28 October last year, the day of Iceland’s parliamentary elections, Heiðdís Lilja Magnúsdóttir, a lawyer living in a small town in the north of the country, opened Facebook on her laptop. At the top of her newsfeed, where friends’ recent posts would usually appear, was a box highlighted in light blue. On the left of the box was a button, similar in style to the fam
  
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• IBM adept at transformation amidst market changes: APAC CEO

  15-04-2018 08:19 via zdnet.com
  Having experienced several significant market changes, IBM is adept at transformation and will continue to do so by focusing on "strategic imperatives", says its first female Asia-Pacific chief Harriet Green.
  
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• Game on for Ian Dallas, a man who tells a good tale | Rebecca Nicholson

  15-04-2018 07:00
  The creator of Bafta award winner Edith Finch is pushing the boundaries of storytellingWhat Remains of Edith Finch was a surprise best game winner at the Bafta Games awards on Thursday night. The indie release had been nominated in several other categories, but its top prize victory was such a shock that its creative director, Ian Dallas of Giant Sparrow, claimed not to have prepared a speech. “I wrote a speech for all the other awards, but this one I figured there would be something in Ja
  
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• Google enables Android Auto wireless for Pixel, Nexus devices

  15-04-2018 06:49 via zdnet.com
  It's a limited initial rollout, but a start. Google says Android Auto wireless support should come to more phones and car displays soon.
  
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• Unreleased gold iPhone X leaks thanks to the FCC

  15-04-2018 03:18 via zdnet.com
  All gold everything: Did Apple ditch this color before the iPhone X's September release?
  
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• UK could launch retaliatory cyber attack on Russia if infrastructure targeted: Sunday Times

  15-04-2018 00:04
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain would consider launching a cyber attack against Russia in retaliation if Russia targeted British national infrastructure, the Sunday Times reported, citing unnamed security sources.
  
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