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• 'Bomb threat' scammers are now threatening to throw acid on victims

  15-12-2018 15:51 via zdnet.com
  Bomb threat extortion campaign yielded less than $1 for the spammers.
  
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• 5 gadgets every homebrewer needs

  15-12-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Every homebrewer, regardless of experience, appreciates an easy brew day, and that's just what these gadgets will help you achieve.
  
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• Blockchain, artificial intelligence top LinkedIn fastest-growing job categories

  15-12-2018 13:00 via zdnet.com
  Blockchain may still be an emerging frontier for business, but that's not holding back a surge in skills.
  
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• Seven from ten Americans worried about holiday shopping identity theft

  15-12-2018 10:06 via zdnet.com
  Almost all US shoppersplan to shop during the holiday season but many are worried about their data being compromised according to a new survey
  
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• Will you lose out if you back a venture on Kickstarter?

  15-12-2018 08:00
  After complaints about a project called Zen Blanket, we look at the pros and cons of crowdfundingIt is described as a hi-tech blanket that will give you “the best sleep ever” and reduce your stress levels, though at about £195 ($249) a pop it is certainly not cheap. The Zen Blanket was promoted on the crowdfunding websites Kickstarter and Indiegogo, prompting thousands of people to sink money into the venture – but some are now crying foul, demanding their money back and
  
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• Why the cheaper Pixel 3 Lite won't be a hardware hit for Google

  15-12-2018 07:00
  
  With OnePlus, Huawei and Honor skewing expectations of what a “Lite” phone should be, is there room for downgraded versions of flagship handsets from Google, or even Apple?
  
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• Inside the control room as Voyager 2 made its historic call from interstellar space

  15-12-2018 07:00
  
  Earlier this week, Voyager 2 became the second craft to venture into interstellar space. In Australia, a small team are listening for its distant calls
  
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• How the Baby Shark (doo doo doo) song became 2018's biggest meme

  15-12-2018 07:00
  
  Baby Shark's success was no fluke; it was carefully orchestrated to go viral through iteration, A/B testing, and a touch of K-pop magic
  
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• Formula E is fighting to fix Manila's choking traffic chaos

  15-12-2018 07:00
  
  As Formula E’s new season gets ready to kick off on December 15 in Saudi Arabia, the company behind the championship is trying to turn Manila’s iconic jeepneys green
  
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• All the awesome electric car tech to get excited about in 2019

  15-12-2018 07:00
  
  From high-performance electric cars to augmented reality and wireless charging, it's going to be a landmark year for the EV industry
  
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• Alfonso Cuarón's Roma puts Netflix in the running for Oscar glory

  15-12-2018 07:00
  
  Roma could be Netflix's first Oscar best picture winner – and it has the whole industry watching
  
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• Robinhood's checking plan could face regulatory scrutiny

  15-12-2018 05:15
  Financial technology startup Robinhood could face scrutiny by U.S. regulators over statements that its new checking and savings accounts are insured by an industry-backed protection fund.
  
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• Exclusive: T-Mobile, Sprint see Huawei shun clinching U.S. deal - sources

  15-12-2018 02:07
  T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp believe their foreign owners' offer to stop using Huawei Technologies equipment will help with the United States clearing their $26 billion merger deal, sources said, underscoring the lengths to which Washington has gone to shut out the Chinese company.
  
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• Nvidia's fabulous fakes unpack the black box of AI

  15-12-2018 01:44 via zdnet.com
  Innovating in the technology of “adversarial” neural networks, Nvidia researchers create some amazing fake headshots and also get a better glimpse of the inner workings of AI’s “black box” functions.
  
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• Facebook's privacy problems: a roundup

  15-12-2018 01:10
  The social media giant’s troubles have led to lawsuits, House of Commons hearings and several apologiesFacebook disclosed on Friday that a bug may have affected up to 6.8 million users, allowing app developers to see photos that users had uploaded but never posted – but this was hardly the first mea culpa the social media giant has had to send out regarding data and security as of late. Related: Facebook admits bug allowed apps to see hidden photosContinue reading...
  
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• SQLite bug impacts thousands of apps, including all Chromium-based browsers

  15-12-2018 00:49 via zdnet.com
  New 'Magellan' vulnerability will haunt the app ecosystem for years to come.
  
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