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• Traeger smart grill, new Fitbits, Polar Vantage V, and Android Q beta (MobileTechRoundup show #463)

  17-03-2019 19:55 via zdnet.com
  Mobile technology can be used to help you perfect your summer BBQ sessions while Fitbit and Polar have some new wearables to help you get fit. The first Android Q beta is now available for public testing.
  
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• Round 4: Hacker returns and puts 26Mil user records for sale on the Dark Web

  17-03-2019 19:15 via zdnet.com
  Gnosticplayers returns with new user records, most of which he obtained by hacking companies last month.
  
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• How Apple stores changed for the worse, according to a former employee

  17-03-2019 17:48 via zdnet.com
  Apple stores are still held up to be the gold standard of tech retailing. But, says one former employee, they're just not what they used to be.
  
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• Microsoft releases Application Guard extension for Chrome and Firefox

  17-03-2019 17:43 via zdnet.com
  Extensions only available for Windows Insiders for now. To work for everyone once Windows 10 19H1 is live.
  
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• How to charge your iPhone as fast as possible, no matter what charger you have!

  17-03-2019 12:45 via zdnet.com
  You've got about 30 minutes until you're out of the door and you realize that your iPhone's battery is almost dead! What's the best way to get as much charge into the battery as possible?
  
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• 'Shame!' Amazon gets $23m from Virginia county amid fierce protests

  17-03-2019 12:27 via theguardian.com
  Tech giant will build second HQ in Crystal CityProtesters echo New Yorkers who forced company outProtesters repeatedly shouted “shame” as a northern Virginia county board unanimously approved a $23m incentives package for Amazon to build a new headquarters there.Related: 'Amazon isn't bigger than New York': meet the man who killed the dealContinue reading...
  
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• UK's Corbyn says social media platforms must act after New Zealand attack

  17-03-2019 12:08
  Social media platforms must be able to react more quickly and stop the broadcast of live events, the leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party said on Sunday, after a gunman in New Zealand broadcast a shooting rampage last week.
  
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• 'Americans have a fascination with fraudsters': Alex Gibney on the fall of Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes

  17-03-2019 11:00 via theguardian.com
  The Oscar-winning director presents a sympathetic portrait of the Silicon Valley CEO who fooled the world into believing she had built a better blood testWe can’t get enough of Elizabeth Holmes. The founder and CEO of Theranos once captivated the imaginations of venture capitalists and magazine profile writers with her too-good-to-be-true tale of a revolutionary blood testing technology. Three years, numerous federal investigations, and eleven felony counts later, our appetite has shifted
  
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• Inside the daring mission to build alien-hunting space submarines

  17-03-2019 07:00
  
  In the hunt for alien life, the icy ocean worlds of our solar system could hold the answers. Autonomous submarines are being built to dive to their depths
  
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• How dark mode took over our screens

  17-03-2019 07:00
  
  The latest version of Google Chrome includes a new feature that users have hankered after for years: dark mode. But despite its growing popularity, the science around shady screens leaves much to be desired
  
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• China and the US are locked in a crucial battle for space domination

  17-03-2019 07:00
  
  China's military ambitions hinge on controlling outer space. The US is worried
  
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• Facebook says it removed 1.5 million videos of the New Zealand mosque attack

  17-03-2019 06:44
  Facebook Incsaid it removed 1.5 million videos globally of the New Zealand mosque attack in the first 24 hours after the attack.
  
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• Dutch hacker who DDoSed the BBC and Yahoo News gets no jail time

  17-03-2019 03:59 via zdnet.com
  Hacker used a Mirai botnet to DDoS companies and ask for ransoms to stop attacks.
  
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• Amazon's second headquarters clears blocks in Virginia funding vote

  17-03-2019 02:42
  Amazon.com Inc's planned second headquarters in northern Virginia cleared a key test on Saturday when local officials approved a proposed financial package worth an estimated $51 million amid a small but vocal opposition.
  
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• Errol Spence vs Mikey Garcia live stream: how to watch tonight's boxing online from anywhere

  17-03-2019 02:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ding ding - it's fight time! The welterweight title is on the line in Texas tonight, with Errol Spence Jr defending his belt against the awesome Mikey Garcia. And with this handy guide we'll tell you how simple it is to get a Spence vs Garcia live stream no matter where you are in the world.Garcia is ascending two whole weight classes to take on Spence Jr in a title bout for the latter's IBF welterweight belt. Spence is arguably the world's best fighter at his weight, so the appeal for legendary
  
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• Facebook faces fresh questions over when it knew of data harvesting

  17-03-2019 02:16 via theguardian.com
  Allegations come as US prosecutors investigate claims of cover-upFacebook is facing explosive new questions about when senior executives knew of Cambridge Analytica’s abuse of users’ data, one year on from when the scandal first broke, as federal prosecutors investigate claims that the social media giant has covered up the extent of its relationship with the firm.The Observer has also learned of claims that a meeting was hosted at the office of Facebook board member and confidant of
  
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• F1 live stream: how to watch the Australian Grand Prix online from anywhere

  17-03-2019 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The burn of the rubber, the sound of the engines, the screech of the tyres! The 2019 F1 season is here with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne getting the season kicked off. And you're in the right place to discover how to live stream F1 action - regardless of where in the world you are when it's on.
  Lewis Hamilton once again heads into the first Grand Prix of the season as champion - it's the fourth time in the last five seasons. And he'll be thrilled to be on pole, qualifying just ahead of
  
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• Can you murder a robot?

  17-03-2019 01:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Does it matter if we hurt a robot? And should we have rules to make sure they don't hurt us?
  
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