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• Facebook restores services after users report outages

  14-04-2019 21:43
  Thousands had difficulty accessing social networks including Instagram and messaging service WhatsApp, says tracking siteFacebook has said it has restored services on Sunday after some users were unable to access its social networking site, photo-sharing network Instagram and messaging app WhatsApp. However, Facebook did not specify the cause or scope of the outages. Related: Facebook to use AI to stop telling users to say hi to dead friendsContinue reading...
  
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• Gatwick drone attack possible inside job, say police

  14-04-2019 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The drone operator was monitoring activities at the airport during the attack, officials believe.
  
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• Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp suffer outages

  14-04-2019 15:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Users said the sites, and messaging service WhatsApp, were unavailable for more than three hours.
  
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• Dump Apple's ecosystem? A Microsoft saleswoman told me it's so easy

  14-04-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Is it hard to give up on Apple's seductive ecosystem? Not according to this Microsoft store, which even suggested Redmond will come out with new phones.
  
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• AWS bets on services portfolio amidst increasing APAC cloud competition

  14-04-2019 12:32 via zdnet.com
  With cloud market players Alibaba and Google ramping up their regional data centre footprint, Amazon Web Services is relying on the "breadth and depth" of its service offerings and platform maturity to maintain its competitive edge.
  
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• The 10 best full-frame DSLRs in UAE for 2019

  14-04-2019 09:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Most entry-level and mid-price DSLRs sport an APS-C sized sensor, with the physical dimensions of the chip measuring 23.6 x 15.7mm (22.2 x 14.8mm on Canon DSLRs). A full-frame sensor on the other hand has larger dimensions of 36 x 24mm - the same size as a frame of 35mm film, hence the name 'full-frame', and offering a surface area 2.5x larger than an APS-C sized sensor. This allows for larger photosites (pixels to you and I) on the sensor, delivering better light gathering capabilitie
  
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• Who will die in Game of Thrones season 8? Science has the answer

  14-04-2019 07:00
  
  Daenerys has a one per cent chance of death; Arya is on 47 per cent and Bronn, poor Bronn, has a 94 per cent chance of snuffing it
  
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• These are the best electric cars and bikes for a high-tech road trip

  14-04-2019 07:00
  
  What's that? You also want a haptic bike jacket that taps you on the shoulder when it senses danger? Oh, go on then
  
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• The smartest tech for the ultimate road trip holiday

  14-04-2019 07:00
  
  Packing for a vehicle-based vacation? Don't leave home without consulting our guide to the must-have gear
  
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• First it was football streams, now Reddit is going after r/piracy

  14-04-2019 07:00
  
  Reddit has warned r/piracy it could be banned if streaming links keep appearing. But the threats won't eradicate the pirates
  
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• Acer launches two new Chromebooks for the enterprise starting at $499

  14-04-2019 04:19 via zdnet.com
  Both the 14-inch Chromebook 714 and the 15.6-inch Chromebook 715 will feature full HD displays, integrated fingerprint readers, and eighth-generation Intel Core processor options when they arrive in July.
  
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• Plane with the largest wingspan in the world takes flight

  14-04-2019 01:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Its wingspan measures 117m - the length of an American football field.
  
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• UFC 236 live stream: how to watch Holloway vs Poirier and the rest from anywhere

  14-04-2019 00:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Fight night is here! Max “Blessed” Holloway first went up against Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier back in 2012, at just 20 years old, in his UFC debut. In their last fight, Poirier won via first-round submission but a lot has changed since then. And you can see how a Holloway vs Poirier match-up looks in 2019 with a UFC 236 live stream.
  Holloway is now the current reigning featherweight champion and he even moved up a weight class for this match, but will he be able to settl
  
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• F1 live stream: how to watch the 2019 Chinese Grand Prix online from anywhere

  14-04-2019 00:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  So Mercedes is looking like the team to beat at the Chinese Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton on the front row of the grid at the Shanghai International Circuit. You can watch the crazy cornering, exciting straights and nail-biting near misses from anywhere in the world, using this guide to getting an F1 live stream.
  The Shanghai Formula 1 track is relatively youthful with a 2003 birth following a whooping $450 million investment and 18 months of building. The track itself is d
  
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