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• Solo: A Star Wars Story expected to hit $101 million opening weekend - CNET

  27-05-2018 23:35 via cnet.com
  That's a lot, but not as much as Star Wars films usually earn.
  
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• Solo's big cameo: Everything we know about the Star Wars character - CNET

  27-05-2018 21:48 via cnet.com
  It's been a while since movie audiences have seen this Star Wars character.
  
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• France, Germany push for EU funding for technology start-ups

  27-05-2018 21:28
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France and Germany are pushing for an EU-wide initiative to fund innovation and research in tech start-up projects across the bloc so that Europe can compete more effectively against the likes of China and the United States.
  
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• How Fortnite conquered the world

  27-05-2018 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Millions of teenagers have turned this unheralded video game into a cultural giant – and even parents are relaxed about itFortnite, a video game released without much fanfare last July, is now arguably the most popular diversion in the world; a cultural juggernaut on a par with Star Wars, or Minecraft – though one now also attracting players with a $100m prize fund. Playgrounds jostle as children showboat dance moves copied from the game, while parents tip from mournful anxiety about
  
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• HTC U12 Plus, Tab Active2, and new Chromebooks (MobileTechRoundup show #434)

  27-05-2018 18:50 via zdnet.com
  HTC announced the new U12 Plus and it's fantastic. Acer also revealed four new Chromebooks, one that Kevin thinks challenges the Pixelbook. Samsung released an enterprise-focused tablet too.
  
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• 12 things we want to see on Apple's iOS 12 at WWDC - CNET

  27-05-2018 18:25 via cnet.com
  It's time to take it past 11.
  
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• See what's inside this insane $51M townhouse - CNET

  27-05-2018 16:50 via cnet.com
  Every year, the Kips Bay Decorator Show House offers tours of the swankest smarthome imaginable to raise money for charity.
  
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• Indy 500 is today: Start time, how to watch and more - CNET

  27-05-2018 16:42 via cnet.com
  Race fans, start your livestreams.
  
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• Busking goes cashless with 'a world first' for London

  27-05-2018 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  London introduces a contactless payment scheme for buskers that allows tap-to-pay donations.
  
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• Apple CarPlay is now offered on more than 400 different cars - Roadshow

  27-05-2018 15:00 via cnet.com
  The latest addition to the CarPlay roster is the 2019 Subaru WRX.
  
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• Best horror movies on Netflix for June 2018 - CNET

  27-05-2018 14:00 via cnet.com
  All the best the screaming -- er, streaming -- service has to offer through June.
  
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• Amazon proves the smart home is as halfwitted as we are

  27-05-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  After a woman says recordings of her domestic conversations were sent to a random contact, isn't it worth wondering about whether the smart home is a smart decision?
  
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• Monsanto closes first startup deal in Brazil

  27-05-2018 13:38 via zdnet.com
  The biotech giant is backing Grão Direto, a platform digitizing the grain buying and selling chain.
  
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• The OnePlus 6 could have been nearly perfect if only... - CNET

  27-05-2018 13:00 via cnet.com
  Too bad 'perfection' often comes at a price.
  
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• Qualcomm to meet China regulators in push to clear $44 billion NXP deal: sources

  27-05-2018 11:33
  BEIJING (Reuters) - Qualcomm Incis expecting to meet this week in Beijing with China's antitrust regulators in a final push to secure clearance for its proposed $44 billion acquisition of NXP Semiconductors NV , three sources told Reuters.
  
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• ​How WhatsApp has emerged as an unwitting messenger of hate and division in India

  27-05-2018 11:29 via zdnet.com
  Opinion: While the app has been widely used in the past to goad religious groups into violent acts, the dissemination of deeply bigoted fake news during the state elections in Karnataka is a small example of how technology is destined to adversely affect the 2019 federal elections.
  
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• Emporio Armani Connected

  27-05-2018 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  If you are looking to buy the Emporio Armani Connected smartwatch, then you have already bought into the brand. Your expectations will be high that Armani’s first foray into the world of proper smartwatches (it previously launched a line of hybrid offerings) will be as fitting as its haute couture, and for good reason - this is a fashion brand that’s precious over its label, so it’s to be expected that it wouldn’t put its name to any old piece of gadgetry. That’s wh
  
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• Six reasons why social media is a Bummer

  27-05-2018 10:00 via theguardian.com
  Jaron Lanier, pioneer turned digital sceptic, explains in an extract from his new book why we must take back controlIt might not seem like it at first, but I’m an optimist. I don’t think we have to throw the whole digital world away. But there is one particular hi-tech thing that is toxic even in small quantities.The issue isn’t only that internet users are crammed into environments that can bring out the worst in us, or that so much power has concentrated into a tiny number of
  
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• Tencent chairman pledges to advance China chip industry after ZTE 'wake-up' call: reports

  27-05-2018 07:33
  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings chairman pledged to advance China's semiconductor industry, saying the blow to ZTE Corp from Washington's ban on U.S. firms supplying telecommunications company was a "wake-up" call, local media reported.
  
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• Tomorrow's cities: Google's Toronto city built 'from the internet up'

  27-05-2018 03:12 via bbc.co.uk
  A disused waterfront in Toronto is being transformed by a firm owned by Google's parent company.
  
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• Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, 4th man on moon, is dead at 86 - CNET

  27-05-2018 01:21 via cnet.com
  Bean also spent time on Skylab, NASA's '70s-era space station.
  
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• Cloud computing sticker shock is now a monthly occurrence at many companies

  27-05-2018 00:50 via zdnet.com
  Many chief financial officers as well as CIOs are gasping at the unexpected expenses seen in their monthly cloud bills. survey finds.
  
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