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• Deal alert: Apple's HomePod speaker is still $100 off for the holidays

  12-12-2018 23:52 via zdnet.com
  This device is small, can fill an office with booming sound, and it's compatible with AirPlay 2.
  
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• Deal alert: Apple's HomePod speaker is $100 off for the holidays

  12-12-2018 23:52 via zdnet.com
  This device is small, can fill an office with booming sound, and it's compatible with AirPlay 2.
  
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• In a nod to growing recognition, Moment releases lens cases for the OnePlus 6

  12-12-2018 23:40 via zdnet.com
  Six weeks ago OnePlus launched its first phone on T-Mobile. Initial indications are that this was a great success and it seems the OnePlus brand is gaining traction in the US consumer wireless market.
  
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• ACCC has concerns over TPG-Vodafone merger

  12-12-2018 23:33 via zdnet.com
  The TPG-Vodafone Australia merger decision has yet to be made, with Australia's consumer watchdog saying it has concerns about competition that need to be addressed.
  
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• Meng Wanzhou: Trump could intervene in case of Huawei executive

  12-12-2018 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  The president says he could act for the good of US trade, as Canada releases Meng Wanzhou on bail.
  
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• Want a Ryzen chip for your setup? Save $70 on AMD's second-gen 2700X

  12-12-2018 23:16 via zdnet.com
  If you're a gamer, you're getting similar performance to Intel silicon for less money, and if you're into content creation, you're getting better performance for your money.
  
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• Rhode Island sues Google after latest Google+ API leak

  12-12-2018 23:02 via zdnet.com
  Google sued within a day after announcing latest Google+ API leak.
  
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• Cat Condo is the stupidest, most cynical game in the App Store. So why can’t I stop playing? | Tom Hawking

  12-12-2018 22:55 via theguardian.com
  To win the game without spending money or watching ads, you tap your phone screen as fast as you can, nonstop, for 3,000 yearsThere’s a truism in the world of online media: if you’re not paying for the product, you are the product. The aphorism also holds true in the world of gaming – and particularly in the case of freemium phone apps.You’re probably aware of these apps, if not the terminology: they arrive as free downloads, on the proviso that in order to access all the
  
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• MLPerf benchmark results showcase Nvidia's top AI training times

  12-12-2018 22:53 via zdnet.com
  For the first release of MLPerf, an objective AI benchmarking suite, Nvidia achieved top results in six categories.
  
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• This 45% off Kindle Paperwhite bundle includes wireless headphones and Audible

  12-12-2018 22:46 via zdnet.com
  Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite is a distraction-free, single-purpose device that gives you a much better reading experience. With this deal, you can get it with a pair of wireless headphones and Audible and save about $115 altogether. It's great a savings for either yourself or a loved one this holiday season.
  
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• 5 features I'd love to see come to every smartphone in 2019

  12-12-2018 20:02 via zdnet.com
  While smartphone manufacturers try to differentiate their products, there are some features they need to be on the same page about.
  
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• Ships infected with ransomware, USB malware, worms

  12-12-2018 19:21 via zdnet.com
  Ships are the victims of cyber-security incidents more often than people think. Industry groups publish cyber-security guidelines to address issues.
  
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• Bereaved mother criticises Facebook over baby ads

  12-12-2018 19:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The woman says if companies were able to spot she had been pregnant, they should also have realised she was bereaved.
  
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• FCC affirms that wireless carriers can block unwanted text messages

  12-12-2018 19:05
  The Federal Communications Commission voted on Wednesday to clarify that wireless carriers have the authority to block unwanted or spam text messages, but Democrats warned the decision would allow carriers to block or censor texts that customers send.
  
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• Intel plans 'stacked' circuits in bid to regain its chipmaking lead

  12-12-2018 19:01
  Intel Corpsaid on Wednesday that it has developed a way to stack its computing circuits on top of one another in a bid to regain the lead in chip manufacturing technology that it has lost to rivals like Taiwan Semiconductor Co Ltdin recent years.
  
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• Robot turns out to be man in suit

  12-12-2018 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  A robot has featured on Russian TV but turns out to be a man in a suit.
  
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• Dixons Carphone posts £440m loss in first half

  12-12-2018 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The struggling retailer posts a £440m loss after it writes down the value of its Carphone Warehouse brand.
  
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• Virgin Galactic will try to blast humans into space this week

  12-12-2018 18:02
  
  If all goes well, SpaceShipTwo is scheduled to enter space for the first time on December 13
  
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• Virgin Galactic will try to blast humans into space later today

  12-12-2018 18:02
  
  If all goes well, SpaceShipTwo is scheduled to enter space for the first time at around 16:00 GMT
  
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• Sick and disgusted: The worst tech failures of 2018

  12-12-2018 17:53 via zdnet.com
  It was a rough year for the technology industry: From anxiety-inducing social networks and buggy mobile devices to glitchy operating systems and killer driverless cars, we had it all.
  
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• Microsoft is readying a consumer Microsoft 365 subscription bundle

  12-12-2018 17:50 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is working to bring a consumer version of its Microsoft 365 bundle to market, which could include Windows 10, Office 365, Skype, Cortana, Outlook Mobile and/or other services.
  
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• The world's most important cold storage facility safeguards the future of food

  12-12-2018 17:27 via zdnet.com
  Halfway between Norway and the North Pole is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which stores second copies of seeds for the world's seed banks as insurance against the potential destruction of crops.
  
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• Top 5 ways technology is changing food

  12-12-2018 17:26 via zdnet.com
  Tom Merritt discusses the technologies that are making food smarter and healthier.
  
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• The Future of Food (free PDF downloads)

  12-12-2018 17:20 via zdnet.com
  Farmers and tech startups are using IoT, AI, robots, and precision agriculture to prevent a food shortage crisis. For in-depth coverage about smart farming, check out these three ebooks.
  
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• Smart farming: How IoT, robotics, and AI are tackling one of the biggest problems of the century

  12-12-2018 17:18 via zdnet.com
  It's still early days for precision agriculture, but two UK-based projects are proving the feasibility and value of the concept.
  
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• Ghana drones: Row over blood-delivery devices

  12-12-2018 17:18 via bbc.co.uk
  A government-backed scheme for supplying medicine brings accusations of a "high-tech vanity project".
  
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• Agriculture 4.0: How digital farming is revolutionizing the future of food

  12-12-2018 17:17 via zdnet.com
  The next step in feeding the world's rapidly growing population involves self-driving tractors, precision farming, and Internet of Things sensors to quantify agriculture in vast new ways.
  
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• How self-driving tractors, AI, and precision agriculture will save us from the impending food crisis

  12-12-2018 17:16 via zdnet.com
  Go inside the race to feed the 9 billion people who will inhabit planet earth in 2050. See how John Deere and others are working to change the equation before it's too late.
  
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• Infographic: How technology might solve our impending food crisis

  12-12-2018 17:15 via zdnet.com
  The future of food series takes an in-depth look at the role of technology in food production and consumption. Here are eight interesting facts about food tech.
  
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• Glossary: Smart farming

  12-12-2018 17:15 via zdnet.com
  Learn definitions of commonly used terms in smart farming. The terms include Agriculture 4.0, agronomic data, farming-as-a-service, precision agriculture, and more.
  
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• Meal replacements make tech workers more productive. Can they also solve world hunger?

  12-12-2018 17:13 via zdnet.com
  Soylent, People Chow, and Huel have found fans in the tech industry who don't want to waste working time eating meals. But some have larger aims to fill food shortages.
  
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• Intel unveils next-gen Sunny Cove CPUs, graphics plans, and 3D silicon stacking

  12-12-2018 16:36 via zdnet.com
  After a tough year where it faced competition across all fronts from AMD, Intel hopes that the switch over to 10-nanometer based chips and technologies such as 3D-stacking of logic chips will help it regain some of the ground it lost.
  
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• When out-of-date code causes chaos

  12-12-2018 16:32 via bbc.co.uk
  What is a digital certificate and why do they expire?
  
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• The rise of Kubernetes epitomizes the transition from big data to flexible data

  12-12-2018 16:23 via zdnet.com
  Can a platform conceived to support running ephemeral applications become the operating system of choice for running data workloads in the multi-cloud and hybrid cloud era? Looks like it, but we're not just there yet.
  
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• Can Firefox survive in a Google world?

  12-12-2018 16:00 via zdnet.com
  With Microsoft's decision to switch to Chromium for its Edge browser, Mozilla's Firefox remains the only major browser developer that still maintains its own alternative engine. In a world dominated by Google, can Firefox remain competitive?
  
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• Super Smash Bros Ultimate review – the fighting game with everything

  12-12-2018 15:52 via theguardian.com
  Nintendo Switch; Sora/Bandai Namco/Nintendo
  Wildly disparate heroes from Nintendo history – from Mario and Pikachu to Street Fighter II’s Ryu – meet for matches of thrilling, barely controlled chaosThere’s magic to the concept of the crossover, when strange worlds collide and wildly disparate characters meet, which Nintendo has often leveraged by bringing its various mascots together to engage in mortal combat (or occasionally go-karting). But Smash Bros Ultimate takes th
  
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• ​Bitnami Kubernetes Production Runtime released

  12-12-2018 15:46 via zdnet.com
  Want a trustworthy, full-featured Kubernetes package that's not tied to a specific vendor? Then you should talk to Bitnami.
  
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• Word processor pioneer Evelyn Berezin dies aged 93

  12-12-2018 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Evelyn Berezin put the Data Secretary on sale in 1971, creating a new industry.
  
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• Twitter's Jack Dorsey answers critics of Myanmar meditation retreat

  12-12-2018 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Twitter's chief executive says he needs to learn more about the plight of the Rohingya in Myanmar.
  
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• Artificial intelligence and machine learning aren't just for the big guys

  12-12-2018 14:14 via zdnet.com
  The hype surrounding AI and machine learning is cacophonous - and small businesses hoping to take advantage of emerging technology might be fearful the cost will be even greater than the hysteria. But it doesn't have to be that way.
  
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• Windows 10 update fixes bug triggering blue screens on Surface Book 2

  12-12-2018 14:11 via zdnet.com
  Tuesday's Windows 10 cumulative update fixes bug that annoyed owners of the flagship Surface Book 2.
  
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• Xfinity takes out Ookla's US broadband report

  12-12-2018 14:01 via zdnet.com
  According to Ookla's latest fixed broadband report, the fastest major US city is Kansas City on 159/127Mbps and the fastest state is New Jersey on 121/56Mbps.
  
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• One screen not enough? Vivo packs two OLED screens, 10GB of RAM into Nex phone

  12-12-2018 13:35 via zdnet.com
  Vivo's dual-screen phone enables a notch-free design.
  
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• The rise, fall, and rise of the supercomputer in the cloud era

  12-12-2018 12:59 via zdnet.com
  Though the personal computer was born from garage projects, the supercomputer had been declining to the back of the garage.That's until a handful of trends conspired to poke the reset button for the industry.Now the race is back on.
  
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• Is Windows 10 still telling Microsoft what you're doing even if you don't want it to?

  12-12-2018 12:47 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft baffles Windows 10 users by apparently collecting data about recently opened websites and apps when users have opted against sharing that information.
  
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• Google hearing sees 'idiot' trending

  12-12-2018 12:36 via bbc.co.uk
  A question about why typing "idiot" into Google throws up pictures of President Trump sees the term trend.
  
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• Former Mt. Gox CEO could face 10 years behind bars in embezzlement case

  12-12-2018 12:10 via zdnet.com
  Prosecutors are gunning for a lengthy prison sentence. Mark Karpeles has denied stealing investor funds.
  
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• Tell us: what was your favourite game of 2018?

  12-12-2018 12:00 via theguardian.com
  As we publish the Guardian’s top 20 video games of 2018, we want to hear what you’ve been playing
  The year in video games has truly brought something for everyone, whether you’re into cute stories about anthropomorphic mice, psychedelic Tetris, or unnervingly detailed historical role-play in the Old West. Our critics’ top games of the year range from the utter chaos that is Smash Bros Ultimate to the minimalist, calming love story found in Florence, and from Red Dead Rede
  
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• Streets with UK's slowest and fastest broadband named

  12-12-2018 11:55 via bbc.co.uk
  But uSwitch survey says homes in a Birmingham avenue have the fastest access.
  
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• How to add two or more SIM cards into your existing iPhone

  12-12-2018 11:53 via zdnet.com
  You don't need to buy a new iPhone to be able to run multiple SIM cards. In fact, you can run as many as five SIM cards in your existing iPhone.
  
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