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• Deadpool 2 star Ryan Reynolds, Michael Bay team for Netflix action movie - CNET

  22-05-2018 23:56 via cnet.com
  The Deadpool star and screenwriters will work together on Six Underground, coming to the digital streaming service in 2019.
  
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• Xbox meets PlayStation in this $200 monster of a PS4 gamepad - CNET

  22-05-2018 23:40 via cnet.com
  Scuf's Vantage controller packs in extra buttons like the Microsoft Elite does, and it ain't cheap.
  
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• New calendar controls let Alexa move that meeting you can't make - CNET

  22-05-2018 23:34 via cnet.com
  You can now schedule appointments and move them around using shared availability from your Google, Apple and Microsoft calendars.
  
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• Acer to unveil new Chromebooks, next step in Google's business pitch

  22-05-2018 23:34
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Acer Inc will unveil its first line of high-end laptops running Google's Chrome OS on Wednesday, an executive told Reuters, as the computer maker looks to help Google in its effort to win over business users after taking the U.S. education market by storm.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg gets grilled by EU over data mining, election meddling - CNET

  22-05-2018 23:29 via cnet.com
  The CEO of the world’s largest social network was supposed to charm European regulators. It didn't work after he dodged some questions.
  
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• Five things we learned from Mark Zuckerberg's European parliament appearance

  22-05-2018 23:24 via theguardian.com
  The format didn’t let MEPs question the Facebook boss too deeply – but there were worries over its monopoly1. The European Parliament’s chosen format was a terrible way to elicit answers from one of the most powerful people in the world.Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance in front of the European parliament’s conference of presidents was a long-awaited opportunity to press the founder of the world’s biggest social network – which also owns Instagram and WhatsAp
  
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• Microsoft's XiaoIce is an AI bot that can also converse like a human - CNET

  22-05-2018 23:20 via cnet.com
  It could give Google's Duplex a run for its money.
  
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• SpaceX launches NASA, Iridium satellites with used Falcon 9 - CNET

  22-05-2018 23:15 via cnet.com
  A Falcon 9 from Elon Musk's rocket company delivered seven satellites to their new home in space.
  
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• Tesla hires Snap exec as engineering VP

  22-05-2018 23:13
  (Reuters) - Electric carmaker Tesla Inc said on Tuesday it had hired Snapchat maker Snap Inc's vice president of monetization engineering, Stuart Bowers, as VP of engineering, to work on its Autopilot software and other projects.
  
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• Privacy shake-up looms

  22-05-2018 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  If you are fed up of "stay on our mailing list" emails, spare a thought for those having to send them.
  
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• Facebook face-off: EU gets little news from Zuckerberg

  22-05-2018 23:03
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sailed through a grilling from EU lawmakers about the social network's data policies aslengthy questions left the 34-year-old American little time to answer.
  
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• How to port your landline number to Google Voice - CNET

  22-05-2018 22:49 via cnet.com
  If you want to ditch your home service but keep your number, you can park it at Google for a one-time fee.
  
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• Yelp seeks to revive EU antitrust complaint against Google

  22-05-2018 22:36
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yelp Inc said on Tuesday it has renewed a European antitrust complaint against Alphabet Inc's Google, seeking to gain traction on a longstanding accusation that the search giant unfairly promotes its own services in results.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook's openness, vows to fight election interference - CNET

  22-05-2018 22:28 via cnet.com
  The CEO tells EU leaders the social network will continue to allow for a range of political views while combating bullying and hate speech.
  
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• The questions Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg didn't answer for EU Parliament - CNET

  22-05-2018 22:25 via cnet.com
  "I asked you six yes and no questions and I got not a single answer."
  
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• Intuit tops Q3 earnings targets after strong tax season

  22-05-2018 22:23 via zdnet.com
  Intuit has also raised its guidance for the fiscal year.
  
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• HPE beats Q2 expectations

  22-05-2018 22:18 via zdnet.com
  The company saw revenue growth across its business segments and raised its fiscal 2018 outlook.
  
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• Grace mission launches to weigh Earth's water

  22-05-2018 22:17 via bbc.co.uk
  The joint US-German Grace satellites go into orbit to monitor Earth's most important resource.
  
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• Snap's Stuart Bowers joins Tesla as VP of engineering

  22-05-2018 22:12
  (Reuters) - Electric carmaker Tesla Inc said on Tuesday it had hired Snap Inc's vice president of monetization engineering, Stuart Bowers, as VP of engineering.
  
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• ​Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth pulls no punches on Red Hat and VMware in OpenStack cloud

  22-05-2018 22:08 via zdnet.com
  Canonical CEO and Ubuntu Linux founder Mark Shuttleworth claims Canonical OpenStack is a better deal than either Red Hat or VMware's OpenStack offerings.
  
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• Facebook's Zuckerberg apologizes to EU lawmakers over data leak

  22-05-2018 22:06
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg apologized to European Union lawmakers on Tuesday for a massive data leak, in his latest attempt to draw a line under a scandal that has rocked the world's biggest social media network.
  
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• BMW Designworks will make EV chargers for Ionity, and they're gorgeous - Roadshow

  22-05-2018 21:58 via cnet.com
  What's even more gorgeous is the idea of a pan-European network of fast chargers.
  
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• Trump floats management changes instead of sanctions for China's ZTE

  22-05-2018 21:55
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday floated a plan to fine ZTE Corp and shake up its management as his administration considered rolling back more severe penalties that have crippled the Chinese telecommunications company.
  
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• WWDC 2018: 9 features I want to see in iOS 12

  22-05-2018 21:41 via zdnet.com
  With iOS 12 set to make its initial debut in early June, here are some features I want to see added.
  
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• The questions Mark Zuckerberg didn't answer for European Parliament - CNET

  22-05-2018 21:40 via cnet.com
  "I asked you six yes and no questions and I got not a single answer."
  
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• EU Parliament grills Facebook's Zuckerberg over data mining, election meddling - CNET

  22-05-2018 21:38 via cnet.com
  The CEO of the world’s largest social network answers questions about the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.
  
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• Civil rights groups warn Amazon about govt use of facial recognition

  22-05-2018 21:37
  (Reuters) - U.S. civil liberties groups on Tuesday called on Amazon.com Inc to stop offering facial recognition services to governments, warning that the software could be used to target immigrants and people of color unfairly.
  
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• Zuckerberg defends Facebook's openness, vows to fight election interference - CNET

  22-05-2018 21:34 via cnet.com
  The CEO tells EU leaders the social network will continue to allow for a range of political views while combating bullying and hate speech.
  
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• SpaceX exec says Elon Musk's Boring Company could dig out homes on Mars - CNET

  22-05-2018 21:32 via cnet.com
  Maybe it'd be easier for Matt Damon to grow potatoes there.
  
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• CarGurus polls drivers about self-driving cars, has surprising results - Roadshow

  22-05-2018 21:32 via cnet.com
  Are American drivers ready to accept autonomous cars and everything that comes along with them?
  
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• This PS4 controller steals liberally from Xbox -- but I still want one - CNET

  22-05-2018 21:30 via cnet.com
  Scuf's Vantage controller packs in extra buttons like the Microsoft Elite, and it ain't cheap.
  
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• Best Buy offers unlimited Geek Squad support for $200 a year - CNET

  22-05-2018 21:30 via cnet.com
  The retailer's new Total Tech Support membership program offers Geek Squad assistance for all of your gadgets and appliances -- no matter where or when you bought them.
  
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• Special Olympics USA to host its first-ever video game tournament - CNET

  22-05-2018 21:29 via cnet.com
  The organization is working with Xbox for the event.
  
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• Starbucks, not Apple Pay, is the king of mobile payments - CNET

  22-05-2018 21:15 via cnet.com
  If we're talking "tap-to-pay" services, anyhow.
  
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• ACLU tells AWS: Stop selling facial recognition tools to the government

  22-05-2018 21:05 via zdnet.com
  Forty civil rights groups sent a letter to Jeff Bezos, decrying the fact that Amazon is helping law enforcement agencies use its Rekognition service.
  
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• How well does a Tesla battery survive being underwater for 10 days? - Roadshow

  22-05-2018 21:01 via cnet.com
  This is a super interesting and super sketchy look at the guts of a Tesla Model S battery pack that spent 10 whole days submerged in fresh water.
  
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• FBI won't say how many investigations are hindered by encryption

  22-05-2018 21:00 via zdnet.com
  The agency says encrypted phones harm its investigations, but it won't say how many are affected.
  
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• FBI won't say how many investigations are hampered by encryption

  22-05-2018 21:00 via zdnet.com
  The agency says encrypted phones harm its investigations, but it won't say how many are affected.
  
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• Grab Unreal Gold for free today to celebrate 20th anniversary - CNET

  22-05-2018 20:50 via cnet.com
  The classic shooter Unreal is 20 years old today, so Fortnite developer Epic is giving it away for free.
  
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• Loch Ness monster hunters will dip into lake's DNA - CNET

  22-05-2018 20:48 via cnet.com
  If there's a dinosaur in Loch Ness, they'll find it.
  
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• Nickelodeon's Double Dare revival debuts June 25 - CNET

  22-05-2018 20:43 via cnet.com
  And it will bring back Marc Summers along with new host Liza Koshy.
  
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• Zuckerberg's European Parliament testimony criticised

  22-05-2018 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  The Facebook founder faces questions from European lawmakers over the data scandal and fake news.
  
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• Consumer Reports to retest Tesla Model 3 after brake fix

  22-05-2018 20:42
  (Reuters) - Consumer Reports said Tuesday it will retest brakes on Tesla Inc's new Model 3 sedans after Chief Executive Elon Musk promised a software update, but the potential hit to sales from the magazine's negative review weighed on Tesla stock.
  
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• Facebook hearing at EU Parliament gets heated over style format video - CNET

  22-05-2018 20:37 via cnet.com
  The EU Parliament hearing turned contentious when members complained they didn't get their questions answered directly by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
  
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• PicoBrew Pico Model C review - CNET

  22-05-2018 20:36 via cnet.com
  The Picobrew Pico Model C gets a lot of things right, but it's not a great fit for most.
  
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• Zuckerberg: We'll block interference in European elections - CNET

  22-05-2018 20:32 via cnet.com
  Mark Zuckerberg tells EU leaders that Facebook won't let what happened in the US recur in Europe.
  
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• AutoComplete: Mercedes-AMG replaces the E43 with the straight-six E53 video - Roadshow

  22-05-2018 20:29 via cnet.com
  Plus: Americans are increasingly wary of self-driving cars, and BP invests in what could be some killer EV tech.
  
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• A Beats-branded HomePod? Why would Apple do that?

  22-05-2018 20:25 via zdnet.com
  It's the latest pulsating rumor. But does it really make any sense?
  
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• Practical applications of AI for businesses

  22-05-2018 20:14 via zdnet.com
  With all the hype around AI, can businesses use this technology in a practical way across the enterprise?
  
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• Hammond to pledge superfast broadband for most homes

  22-05-2018 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  The Chancellor pledges full-fibre connections for most homes and businesses by 2025.
  
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