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• Best Buy Flash Sale: Best deals from the 24-hour discount sale

  05-04-2019 23:54 via zdnet.com
  Best Buy is holding a day-long flash sale with deals on TVs, phones, laptops, and more. Here are some of the best discounts we've spotted.
  
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• iPad Air (2019) review: Apple's newest tablet combines productivity with affordability

  05-04-2019 22:55 via zdnet.com
  Apple brought the iPad Air back and it's one heck of a tablet.
  
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• Microsoft is closing its HealthVault patient-records service on November 20

  05-04-2019 22:12 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's HealthVault personal-health-record service is closing on November 20 and any data left in it at that time will be deleted, Microsoft officials are telling users via e-mail.
  
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• Microsoft is ready to move Windows 10 Fast Ring testers to build 20H1

  05-04-2019 21:25 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is switching up the way it's going to be testing Windows 10 with the next couple of releases. What's behind its latest moves? I have some theories.
  
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• Judge orders SEC, Tesla's Musk to meet for at least an hour on new settlement

  05-04-2019 20:52
  A federal judge in Manhattan on Friday ordered Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to meet for at least an hour to try to settle the agency's concerns over the billionaire entrepreneur’s use of Twitter.
  
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• IoT botnet targeting your enterprise? Nope. Just a kid with an ExploitDB account

  05-04-2019 20:45 via zdnet.com
  Most IoT botnets are the work of kids playing with exploits they've found online.
  
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• iOS 12.2: Should you install it?

  05-04-2019 20:36 via zdnet.com
  If you are the cautious type then chances are that you don't rush out to install new releases of iOS, but instead wait for those who are braver – or foolhardy – to go first.
  
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• Our security recommendations will help you handle the worst of what 2019 throws at you

  05-04-2019 20:13 via zdnet.com
  Things could get a little bumpy for security professionals in 2019 as external factors put more pressure them.
  
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• How to schedule emails in Gmail

  05-04-2019 19:38 via zdnet.com
  Here's how you send an email in the future using Gmail without having to be at your device, or use any third-party services or extensions.
  
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• Apple Music's U.S. subscriber count overtakes Spotify: source

  05-04-2019 19:34
  Apple Inc's streaming music service overtook rival Spotify Technology SA in terms of paid subscribers in the United States, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
  
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• Comedian rips up the play book in Ukraine election success

  05-04-2019 19:21
  As a comedian, TV host and actor, Volodymyr Zelenskiy knows how to start a show with a bang. He proved that by beating all comers in the first round of Ukraine's presidential election.
  
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• Exclusive: United States sets sights on China in new electric vehicle push

  05-04-2019 18:49
  U.S. government officials plan to meet with executives from automakers and lithium miners in early May as part of a first-of-its-kind effort to launch a national electric vehicle supply chain strategy, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
  
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• Lyft's shares rise after Citron advises against shorting stock

  05-04-2019 18:17
  Shares of ride-hailing company Lyft Inc rose as much as 4 percent on Friday, setting the stock for its best day since its market debut last week, after short-seller Citron Research advised investors to hold on to the stock.
  
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• We could lose the 5G race to China, warns US Department of Defense

  05-04-2019 18:12 via zdnet.com
  "China has taken the lead in 5G development," warns new report - and the US is worried about allies using Chinese 5G networks.
  
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• Google's ethics board shut down

  05-04-2019 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Just over a week after it was announced, an ethics board set up to oversee Google's AI has been shut.
  
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• Facebook 'hosts' cyber-crime marketplaces

  05-04-2019 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Security researchers found credit card numbers and phishing campaigns being openly traded online.
  
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• FAA chief defends 737 MAX safety inspectors from whistleblower

  05-04-2019 17:31
  The acting top U.S. aviation regulator defended the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday from charges by an unnamed agency employee who told congressional investigators that aviation safety inspectors that worked on the certification of now-grounded Boeing 737 MAX may have been unqualified.
  
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• Fitch says 737 Max grounding to hurt Asian airline industry more in second quarter

  05-04-2019 17:22
  Fitch Ratings said on Friday the impact on the airline industry in Asia from the grounding of Boeing 737 Max jets has been muted so far but may worsen in the second quarter of 2019.
  
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• Ethiopian crash report highlights sensors, software, leaves questions

  05-04-2019 17:22
  Faulty sensor readings and multiple automatic commands to push down the nose of a Boeing plane contributed to last month's fatal crash in Ethiopia, leaving the crew struggling to regain control, according to a preliminary accident report.
  
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• Serverless computing 101: What it really means, and where servers enter the picture

  05-04-2019 17:10 via zdnet.com
  If you think the term "cloud" obscures the technology behind interoperable network platforms, consider "serverless:" A style of programming for cloud platforms that is changing the way applications are built, deployed, and ultimately, consumed.
  
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• Norsk Hydro's production near normal after cyber attack

  05-04-2019 16:28
  Production at Norwegian aluminum maker Norsk Hydro was back to near normal after a cyber attack last month, the company said on Friday.
  
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• Installing Microsoft Visual Studio Code on Linux is a snap

  05-04-2019 16:28 via zdnet.com
  Canonical, Ubuntu's parent company, in partnership with Microsoft has made it possible to install Visual Studio Code on any Linux distribution which supports snap.
  
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• Huawei allegations driven by politics not evidence: U.N. telecoms chief

  05-04-2019 15:59
  U.S. security concerns about 5G mobile networks built by Chinese telecoms giant Huawei appear to be driven by politics and trade rather than any evidence, the head of the U.N. internet and telecoms agency said on Friday.
  
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• Inside North Korea's elite hacker army

  05-04-2019 15:49
  
  Coming up today: Inside North Korea’s elite hacker group, we mourn the death of Google+ and explain why the clocks changing will soon be a thing of the past.
  
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• Twelve years later: Firefox to add full protection against 'login prompt' spam

  05-04-2019 15:48 via zdnet.com
  Firefox to limit the number of "Authentication Required" popups to two per page.
  
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• Plan to crack down on social media firms is 'massive step', say MPs

  05-04-2019 15:39
  White paper proposes making executives liable for harmful content on their platformsMPs have welcomed news that the government is considering personally fining social media executives deemed to have failed to meet their duty of care to users, with one calling the decision a “massive step forward in making companies actually liable” for activity on their platforms.The Guardian revealed on Thursday that the online harms white paper, due to be published on Monday, will call for the crea
  
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• Facebook closes groups that offered phishing services, hacked data for sale to thousands of members

  05-04-2019 15:08 via zdnet.com
  Researchers at Cisco Talos uncover 74 Facebook groups being used for illicit activity by hundreds of thousands of users.
  
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• Facebook is riddled with hacker groups sharing tools and tech

  05-04-2019 15:00
  
  Dozens of Facebook groups were selling phishing tools, spam tech and people's credit card details
  
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• Microsoft responds to female harassment claims

  05-04-2019 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Dozens of incidents of sexual harassment and discrimination have been lodged by women at the firm.
  
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• Teens 'not damaged by screen time', study finds

  05-04-2019 14:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Oxford University study finds no evidence of link between adolescent wellbeing and screen time.
  
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• Amazon's big internet plan: 3,236 satellites to beam faster, cheaper web to millions

  05-04-2019 14:06 via zdnet.com
  Soon you could be buying your goods online from Amazon using the company's own satellite broadband system.
  
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• How hyperscale data centers are reshaping all of IT

  05-04-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  In a world where technology and miniaturization are often considered BFFs, the most important innovations of the 21st century take place in facilities that may be seen from space.
  
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• Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo quizzed over subscriptions

  05-04-2019 13:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The Competition and Markets Authority wants to be sure console service contracts are fair to gamers.
  
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• Google: Gmail Smart Compose will write your email subject lines by default

  05-04-2019 13:21 via zdnet.com
  Gmail Smart Compose can write your email subjects by analyzing the body of an email.
  
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• Here are the gender pay gaps at Apple, Facebook and Google

  05-04-2019 13:14
  
  The latest figures show that gender pay gap remains a major problem in the technology industry
  
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• France not on 'crusade' against U.S. with digital tax: finance minister

  05-04-2019 13:08
  France is not specifically targeting U.S. internet giants with a planned tax on digital service companies, its finance minister said in an interview, pushing back against pressure from Washington to drop the levy.
  
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• Watch: A team of robots fulfills an order in 1 hour

  05-04-2019 13:05 via zdnet.com
  The next evolution of the logistics automation may be in robot-run micro-fulfillment.
  
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• Google pulls plug on AI ethics group only a few weeks after inception

  05-04-2019 12:46 via zdnet.com
  The current climate has been blamed -- not due to AI, but rather its members.
  
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• EU charges six video game companies with unfair 'geo-blocking'

  05-04-2019 12:41
  The European Commission charged Valve, the owner of a video distribution platform, and five game publishers on Friday with preventing EU consumers from shopping around within the European Union to find the best deal for the games they offer.
  
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• Factbox: What we know about Boeing 737 MAX crashes and what comes next

  05-04-2019 12:36
  More than 300 Boeing 737 MAX jets have been grounded worldwide after two fatal crashes in five months in Ethiopia and Indonesia killed nearly 350 people.
  
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• Rare overtime protest by China tech workers goes viral

  05-04-2019 12:35
  Chinese technology workers are protesting online against grueling overtime hours at some companies, a rare push back against the work culture in the country's tech industry.
  
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• Mozilla: Google Accounts, Android trip up Firefox's 'passwordless' sign-in plans

  05-04-2019 12:29 via zdnet.com
  Firefox will gain support for the legacy secure sign-in standard FIDO U2F in upcoming releases.
  
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• Bafta games awards: God of War wins best game of the year

  05-04-2019 12:24
  The mythological epic leads a diverse slate of winners as Return of the Obra Dinn and Nintendo Labo pick up two awards eachThe Bafta games awards are always slightly different from the institute’s TV and film evenings. Instead of glitzy celebrities, there are endearingly earnest speeches from the developers, artists, musicians, designers and performers behind the year’s most creatively accomplished video games.The awards went to a diverse range of games, but one dominated the evening
  
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• Focus falls on crypto's flaws as puzzlement over bitcoin's jump reigns

  05-04-2019 12:00
  Collective puzzlement has reigned among cryptocurrency analysts and traders since bitcoin's dramatic jump on Tuesday, with the mysterious spike shedding harsh light on flaws in a market the mainstream considers too opaque, too volatile and too risky.
  
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• Doctor apps vs the NHS: Are virtual GPs kill or cure for the health service?

  05-04-2019 12:00 via zdnet.com
  Patients like video consultations with a doctor. But what does the rise of private GP apps mean for the future of the NHS?
  
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• Apple scammed by college students through fake iPhone replacement scheme

  05-04-2019 11:31 via zdnet.com
  The students who are allegedly involved in the scam stole close to a million dollars.
  
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• How the customs union became Brexit Britain's political hot potato

  05-04-2019 11:17
  
  This is the story of how an obscure trade arrangement suddenly found itself at the centre of all Brexit arguments
  
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• A potted history of how the customs union became Brexit Britain's political hot potato

  05-04-2019 11:17
  
  This is the story of how an obscure trade arrangement suddenly found itself at the centre of all Brexit arguments
  
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• Box lifting warehouse robots unveiled

  05-04-2019 11:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Click's Jen Copestake looks at some of the week's best technology stories.
  
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• Friday briefing: Australia passes law requiring social media to rapidly remove violent material

  05-04-2019 08:49
  
  Social networks in Australia must remove images of violence rapidly or face legal penalties, Amazon is planning its own satellite broadband constellation
  
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