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• Best iPhone 2019: which Apple phone is the best?

  12-04-2019 23:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The best iPhone tends to just be the newest one, but that system for selection gets a little tricky when Apple releases three models at the same time, as it did last year with the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR. While these new iPhones are undeniably great options for those with the money, we've still set out to rank all of the best iPhones for you. This can help you see how the three newest iPhones compare to one another, and to see where previous models of the iPhone stand among t
  
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• Disgruntled drivers and 'cultural challenges': Uber admits to its biggest risk factors

  12-04-2019 23:10
  Company issues warnings over workplace environment in public disclosures filed to the SECWhen Uber filed the paperwork for its initial public offering on Thursday, the quintessential bad boy startup signaled to the world that it was ready to grow up. In a letter to potential investors, the CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, acknowledged the “greater responsibilities” the company will take on once it goes public, and promised to act with “passion, humility, and integrity”.But referen
  
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• U.S. Senator Warner eyes social media bills for hate speech, data portability

  12-04-2019 23:07
  U.S. Senator Mark Warner, who co-sponsored legislation this week to ban deceptive practices by social media companies, said on Thursday he was eyeing additional bills aimed at limiting hate speech and allowing users to move their data across platforms.
  
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• Disney unveils price, launch date for big streaming push

  12-04-2019 23:07
  Walt Disney Co priced its highly anticipated streaming video service below Netflix in an aggressive move to challenge the dominant streaming service and entice families to buy yet another monthly subscription.
  
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• The best 13-inch laptop 2019: the top 13-inch laptops we've reviewed

  12-04-2019 22:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It’s hard to imagine a world without the best laptops – pretty much everyone needs one these days. However, for the best 13-inch laptops, there’s one core reason to choose them over any other – they’re the perfect size. 15-inch laptops are just too big, and if you get something less than 12-inches, you’ll be left squinting. The best 13-inch laptops, then, hit the sweet spot.-- they’re perfect for watching online videos, and even getting some work done.We
  
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• Trump says he opposes nationalizing U.S. 5G network

  12-04-2019 21:47
  President Donald Trump said Friday the United States should not nationalize its 5G network and said private companies should move quickly to deploy the faster next-generation network.
  
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• Trump says he does not want government to lead 5G effort

  12-04-2019 21:05
  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he does not want government to lead the effort to deploy next-generation 5G wireless networks.
  
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• California proposes steps to allow small self-driving delivery trucks on roads

  12-04-2019 20:51
  California regulators on Friday proposed regulations that would allow vehicle manufacturers to test or deploy small self-driving delivery trucks on public roads, the state's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) said in a statement.
  
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• Wyndham Hotels & Resorts tackled technical debt, cloud, hybrid cloud in a hurry [Cloud TV]

  12-04-2019 20:16 via zdnet.com
  Wyndham has more than 9,000 hotels globally and had to come up with a best-of-breed cloud stack while sorting out its hybrid cloud approach. CIO Scott Strickland walks us through the strategy and how Wyndham has selected and managed multiple cloud vendors.
  
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• EU copyright revamp targeting Google, Facebook set for approval on Monday

  12-04-2019 20:16
  EU countries are set to agree an overhaul of the bloc's two-decade old copyright rules next week, requiring Google to pay publishers for news snippets and Facebook to filter out protected content, despite increasing opposition from some governments.
  
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• Financial technology at banks, insurers could inadvertently discriminate: N.Y. regulator

  12-04-2019 20:08
  The new chief of New York State’s financial services regulator on Friday said she is concerned that the complex technology used by banks and insurers to make business decisions could inadvertently discriminate against some consumers.
  
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• The Black Hole: It's time for Apple to ditch the MacOS trash can

  12-04-2019 19:17 via zdnet.com
  You know what is way cooler than a clear plastic bucket that you throw trash in? A singularity that sucks all the garbage out of your life.
  
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• Disney hits record on streaming plans; Netflix slips

  12-04-2019 19:17
  Shares of Walt Disney Co touched an all-time high on Friday after Wall Street analysts said the aggressive pricing of its new video streaming service could help it better compete with Netflix Inc.
  
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• Liverpool 'dropout' jailed for Silk Road dark web site

  12-04-2019 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Investigators believe Thomas White traded around £70m worth of goods online on his Silk Road site.
  
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• China warns Australia at WTO about 5G restriction

  12-04-2019 18:47
  China told Australia at the World Trade Organization on Friday that Australia's restriction on Chinese 5G telecoms technology was "obviously discriminative" and appeared to break global trade rules, according to a transcript seen by Reuters.
  
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• Motorola Moto G7 review: An impressive phone that shouldn't be this cheap

  12-04-2019 18:41 via zdnet.com
  Need a new phone but don't want to spend a ton of money? You can't go wrong with the Moto G7.
  
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• Russia fines Facebook $50 for failing to comply with local data privacy law

  12-04-2019 18:13 via zdnet.com
  Twitter fined the same sum last week. LinkedIn was blocked inside Russia's borders in 2016 for the same offense.
  
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• Backstory: Three cameras, two ladders - snapping Tesla's Elon Musk at court

  12-04-2019 17:56
  (Backstory is a series of reports showing how Reuters journalists work and the standards under which they operate)
  
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• You cheated not only the game, but you became a meme

  12-04-2019 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  A Twitter user's exaggerated statement becomes so viral Sega joins in the fun with a creative video.
  
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• Parenting club Bounty fined £400,000 for selling users' data

  12-04-2019 16:40
  Company illegally shared 34.4m records with 39 companies, information commissioner findsThe parenting club Bounty has been fined £400,000 – one of the largest penalties possible – for sharing its data with marketing agencies without users’ permission.Bounty offers support and advice to new parents who sign up through its website and mobile app, or are directly recruited on maternity wards. Without securing consent from those parents, the company sold their information to
  
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• Dutch PM Rutte: no decisions yet on Chinese role in 5G roll out

  12-04-2019 16:12
  Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday said his government is exploring how to design the construction of a 5G telecoms network, but has no opinion yet on the possible role of Chinese technology companies in this.
  
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• OpenStack Stein: A new cool drink of open-source cloud

  12-04-2019 16:05 via zdnet.com
  The latest version of OpenStack is more container and telecom friendly than ever.
  
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• Russia finds Facebook failed to provide information on data-agencies

  12-04-2019 15:46
  A court in Russia fined Facebook on Friday for failing to tell authorities where it stores Russian user data, Russian news agencies reported, a ruling that highlights wrangling between tech giants and Moscow as it ramps up Internet controls.
  
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• UK man jailed for being 'guiding mind' behind Silk Road drugs site

  12-04-2019 15:41
  Thomas White sentenced over Silk Road 2.0 site and having indecent images of childrenA university dropout who was the “guiding mind” behind an online black market for illegal drugs has been jailed for five years and four months.Thomas White was sentenced at Liverpool crown court on Friday for running the Silk Road 2.0 site on the dark web, and for possessing hundreds of indecent images of children found on an encrypted laptop after his arrest. Continue reading...
  
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• SAP has 50 percent more customers than 5 years ago: A look at the road ahead

  12-04-2019 15:20 via zdnet.com
  In SAP Nation 3.0, Vinnie Mirchandani looks at SAP's recent history and prospects for the road ahead.
  
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• How scientists captured the first image of a black hole

  12-04-2019 15:16
  
  The UK takes aim at online harms, we get our first glimpse at a black hole and Vicki sleeps with a robot
  
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• Internet Archive denies hosting 'terrorist' content

  12-04-2019 15:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Europol has sent 550 "false" demands to the site asking for "propaganda" to be removed immediately.
  
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• Audi e-tron review: a slick, smooth, Tesla-beating electric SUV

  12-04-2019 14:57
  
  Audi's first all-electric car has arrived. It's cost the company £2 billion, so it had better be good - and fortunately it is. Capable of taking on the Jaguar I-Pace and Tesla's Model X, this SUV bodes very well for future of Audi EVs
  
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• Programming languages: Don't bother learning these ones in 2019

  12-04-2019 14:47 via zdnet.com
  Developer-advice platform Codementor hopes to narrow the field of languages worth the time and effort to learn.
  
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• Alibaba founder defends overtime work culture as 'huge blessing'

  12-04-2019 14:23
  Alibaba Group founder and billionaire Jack Ma has defended the grueling overtime work culture at many of China's tech companies, calling it a "huge blessing" for young workers.
  
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• Chinese group to get control of Japan Display after $2.1 billion bailout

  12-04-2019 14:15
  A Chinese-Taiwanese group will take control of Apple Inc supplier Japan Display after pumping in funds as part of a 232 billion yen ($2.1 billion) bailout plan for the troubled display panel maker.
  
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• Need a Windows 10 laptop? $5,000 buys you Acer's new high-end ConceptD 9

  12-04-2019 14:06 via zdnet.com
  Acer launches its new ConceptD range of laptops, desktops and more, with prices from $1,699 to $20,000.
  
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• Why Walmart's robot army won't be a job killer

  12-04-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Walmart's robotics push rhymes more with data and digital commerce than it does with job cuts and cost savings.
  
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• Upskirting now a crime after woman's campaign

  12-04-2019 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Gina Martin campaigned after a man photographed her at a festival, changing the law in England and Wales.
  
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• Bounty pregnancy club fined £400,000 over data handling

  12-04-2019 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The club shared the personal data of more than 14 million people without proper consent.
  
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• A thermal camera company is eating the defense & enterprise drone sector

  12-04-2019 13:40 via zdnet.com
  FLIR identified drones as a platform pairing for its sensing technology. Now it's going shopping.
  
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• Wikileaks: Document dumps that shook the world

  12-04-2019 13:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Since 2006, Wikileaks has published thousands of classified documents and emails.
  
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• US probe prompts Russia-linked Pamplona to sell stake in cybersecurity firm Cofense

  12-04-2019 13:32 via zdnet.com
  There has been "strong interest" in the sale.
  
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• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice review: a samurai sword through the heart

  12-04-2019 13:30
  PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC; From Software/Activision
  This often breathtaking game of serial assassination in 16th-century Japan is a treasure chest for players able to commit to learning its secrets
  This is a game about fighting through a supernaturally tinged recreation of 16th-century Japan as a deathless assassin with a sharp blade and a weaponised prosthetic arm, but there are plenty of moments when the sword is sheathed and the game shows a quiet cinematic discipline. A castle aflame on a
  
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• Wifi woes: why do we accept poor service?

  12-04-2019 13:12
  How many times have you sat down after a long day to relax with the latest episode of your favourite TV show only to be met with a frozen screen? And yet so many of us accept bad service as par for the courseWhen the beautifully curved, extra-high-res screen of your beloved mobile glints up at you from the bottom of the toilet, you reconsider the life choices that have brought you to this point …The choice to leave buying gig tickets until the last minute, for instance. Or the choice to d
  
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• They said it was destined to fail: the evolution of the internet

  12-04-2019 13:11
  Once upon a time, online shopping sounded like a distant dream. Now, we feel at a complete loss if we lose our signal for a mere minute. How did we get here – and what does the future hold?Everyone gets it wrong sometimes. Luckily, for most of us, our daftest statements are said out loud and fast forgotten, rather than recorded in major publications and kept for posterity.The big names of the 90s and early noughties had a lot to say about the internet, and from our smug vantage point of th
  
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• The internet of things: the importance of staying connected

  12-04-2019 13:11
  We expect our electricity to be in constant working order but, in an era when demand for digital connectivity is at an all-time high, why don’t we require the same service from our wifi connection? Have you ever had to wait for a much-needed cup of tea because your mug needed an update first? During the interminable minutes while said update downloads, installs, and reboots itself, you have plenty of time to think about what our future homes will look like.Like it or not, most people&rsquo
  
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• Monkey brains in a modern world: why bad wifi makes us go ape

  12-04-2019 13:10
  Humanity has come a long way, but when something we rely on – such as technology – has a glitch, our animal instincts come to the fore. How can we combat our rage?As humans, we believe we have transcended nature in many ways. We are creatures of intelligence, not of instinct. Unlike our ancestors, our logic drives us, and we are the masters of our own destinies. Of course, spending 10 seconds on any social media platform will quickly prove that none of this is true.No matter how evol
  
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• NoScript extension officially released for Google Chrome

  12-04-2019 13:09 via zdnet.com
  After more a decade, NoScript is finally available for Chrome users.
  
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• Chinese firm claims ownership of iconic black hole shot, backlash causes closure

  12-04-2019 13:07 via zdnet.com
  The first-ever image of a black hole has swallowed up China’s largest image provider.
  
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• Disney, Netflix, Amazon: The battle for streaming survival

  12-04-2019 12:54 via bbc.co.uk
  As Disney moves into streaming TV what will it mean for Netflix, Apple and Amazon?
  
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• Google, Huawei to Nexus 6P owners: You'll get up to $400 for battery, bootloop issues

  12-04-2019 12:50 via zdnet.com
  Google and Huawei settle complaints that the 2015 Nexus 6P was defective.
  
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• World Snooker Championship: Mark Williams left off official video game cover

  12-04-2019 12:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Snooker fans wonder where the world champion could be on the official video game's jacket.
  
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• Inside SoftBank's push to rule the road

  12-04-2019 12:28
  SoftBank Group Corp leader Masayoshi Son has much bigger ambitions for transportation than simply seeing his investment in Uber Technologies Inc turn into more than $13 billion when the company goes public next month.
  
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• Marvel, monsters and 'Mandalorian' coming to Disney+ app

  12-04-2019 11:42
  Walt Disney Co unveiled new details on Thursday about Disney+, a family-friendly digital video subscription that is set to debut later this year and compete with Netflix Inc.
  
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