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• Privacy Shield: White House makes EU spying promise

  24-06-2016 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The EU and US agree final changes to a new data protection agreement known as the EU-US Privacy Shield.
  
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• BT Smart Hub review: It's fast, very fast

  24-06-2016 18:36
  
  BT's newest router is a brilliant piece of kit, and it's a fabulous bargain to boot
  
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• Inside Euro 2016's tech, Brexit fallout: Podcast 273

  24-06-2016 18:23
  
  We find out how Euro 2016 is broadcast to the world and examine the impact of Brexit on the UK's technology, science and gaming industries
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• Is Brexit catastrophic for the UK tech startup scene? We asked some startups how Leave effects them

  24-06-2016 18:21
  
  Startups on Brexit: "European tech growth has lost some momentum"
  
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• Is Brexit catastrophic for the UK tech startup scene? We asked some startups how Leave affects them

  24-06-2016 18:21
  
  Startups on Brexit: "European tech growth has lost some momentum"
  
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• Brexit: UK tech sector reacts to Leave vote

  24-06-2016 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Now the UK has decided to leave the European Union, technology firms are left to wonder what the future holds.
  
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• Unleashing the beast: Red Bull's Dakar Kamaz trucks in pictures

  24-06-2016 17:43
  
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• Netflix is going offline and portable very soon

  24-06-2016 17:38
  
  Netflix has listened – the feature we’ve always wanted is coming: Offline Netflix playback
  
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• Prosthetics may soon predict every move a wearer makes

  24-06-2016 17:24
  
  The Linx has won the 2016 MacRobert Award for innovation in engineering
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• Micro-segmentation key to new approach to infosec, says Unisys

  24-06-2016 17:15 via computerweekly.com
  
  Micro-segmentation enables organisations to improve data security at reasonable cost without compromising agility, governance, risk and compliance, says Unisys
  
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• From instinct to data: Meet the companies trying to take the guesswork out of sports coaching

  24-06-2016 17:14
  
  The technology helping the top clubs get a handle on sporting data
  
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• Bringing ideas to life: How to have better ideas in business

  24-06-2016 16:47
  
  Welcome to our series on how to bring your business idea to life
  
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• Who are SAM Labs?

  24-06-2016 16:38
  
  Winner of the Alphr/IT Pro 01/10/100 best startup award, SAM Labs have an amazing product, and a great story
  
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• Brexit could affect talent pipeline for games industry

  24-06-2016 16:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  The gaming industry holds concerns that leaving the European Union will affect access to games development talent
  
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• The next Industrial Revolution is coming and it will be fuelled by AI

  24-06-2016 14:39
  
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• Boston Dynamics' SpotMini robot and banana peels don't mix

  24-06-2016 14:30
  
  SpotMini can walk around for 90 minutes on a full charge and weighs 55lbs
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• “What is the EU?” and other stupid questions voters asked after polls closed

  24-06-2016 14:25
  
  Google Trends searches give us a frightening look into how Brits didn’t understand Brexit
  
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• Fibre and plywood: this is how Euro 2016 is broadcast to the world

  24-06-2016 14:20
  
  24 teams, 51 matches, 46 cameras per stadium and a whole lot of plywood. WIRED goes inside Uefa's giant broadcasting hub
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• "They've just shot the wrong thing." Automation, immigration and Brexit at London Tech Week

  24-06-2016 14:17
  
  Brexit overshadows end of London Tech Week
  
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• Brexit overshadows end of London Tech Week

  24-06-2016 14:17
  
  “People have done a protest vote, but they've made the wrong protest”
  
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• UK to exit the EU: What are tech firms worried about?

  24-06-2016 14:07 via zdnet.com
  
  Technology firms operating in the UK identify the biggest challenges facing the IT industry following the British public's decision to leave the EU.
  
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• UK IT community rocked but keeping calm in face of Brexit

  24-06-2016 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  The UK IT sector reacts with alarm, tempered by a calm pragmatism, to the British Referendum verdict to leave the European Union. Reporting by the Computer Weekly team
  
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• Uber to 'hide' surge pricing notifications

  24-06-2016 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Uber is to hide surge pricing notifications for more users to make its app less "complicated".
  
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• Netherlands rushes to mobile payments

  24-06-2016 13:46 via computerweekly.com
  
  Following the wave of e-commerce that has swept the Netherlands, there is a surge to use mobile payment systems
  
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• Bitcoin value spikes in wake of EU referendum

  24-06-2016 13:43
  
  The EU referendum leave vote has pushed bitcoin's value to a two year high
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• How to use the face-swap feature in Snapchat

  24-06-2016 13:25
  
  Snapchat has loads of features nowadays. Here’s how to use the face swap feature
  
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• This 'map of the universe' is the first full model of Einstein's theory of relativity

  24-06-2016 13:00
  
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• How cognitive will affect every business decision within the next five years

  24-06-2016 13:00
  
  CEO of IBM Ginni Rometty explains why cognitive will affect every business decision within the next five years
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• Brexit: 'Surge' in searches on Irish passports, says Google

  24-06-2016 12:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google says there was a large spike in searches for Irish passport applications as news of the UK's decision to leave the EU broke.
  
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• How to speed up your Android device: give your device a performance kick for free

  24-06-2016 12:42
  
  Android phone or tablet lagging? Here’s how to speed up your Android device and give it a performance boost
  
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• Real-time tracker shows how the Leave vote impacts universities

  24-06-2016 11:50
  
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• Ransomware is helping make the cyber threat real

  24-06-2016 11:45 via computerweekly.com
  The Scottish government is working to help businesses understand and manage the cyber security risk
  
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• How Brexit will impact the science and technology industry

  24-06-2016 11:40
  
  Policy, regulation, trade, and science funding will all be hit by the UK's decision to leave the EU
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• Snap, swipe, like

  24-06-2016 11:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How are fashion retailers responding to the world of smartphones and social media?
  
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• Telcos argue costs of compliance and workarounds process in piracy website blocking

  24-06-2016 11:05 via zdnet.com
  
  The final day of the piracy site blocking hearing involved arguments from the ISPs about costs, workarounds, and who should host landing pages.
  
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• Gallery: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End review - a thrilling finale

  24-06-2016 10:36
  
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• The UK votes for Brexit: The Twitter fallout

  24-06-2016 10:30
  
  The United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union. Twitter is unimpressed
  
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• Local Government Ombudsman moves to cloud network service

  24-06-2016 10:30 via computerweekly.com
  Ombudsman service is on the way to realising 30% cost savings with 50% faster connectivity after procuring a cloud telephony service through G-Cloud
  
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• Britain votes for Brexit: Twitter reacts

  24-06-2016 10:30
  
  The United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union. Twitter is unimpressed
  
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• Watch how cancer spreads through the body

  24-06-2016 10:09
  
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• Microsoft's hi-tech mosquito trap and other tech news

  24-06-2016 09:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Lara Lewington looks at some of the best of the week's technology news
  
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• "Buy Gold" search spike 500% after pound nosedives following EU Referendum

  24-06-2016 09:30
  
  People Googling "buy gold" is up 500% this morning after the arse falls our of the pound thanks to Brexit
  
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• "Buy Bitcoins" and "buy gold" searches spike 900% and 500% after pound nosedives following Brexit

  24-06-2016 09:30
  
  People Googling "buy Bitcoins" is up 900% and "buy gold" up 500% this morning after the arse falls our of the pound thanks to Brexit
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for June 24

  24-06-2016 08:42
  
  A dark vortex in Neptune's atmosphere, should self-driving cars prioritise the safety of drivers or pedestrians?
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• ​Telcos must share data for contagion prevention: KT

  24-06-2016 07:39 via zdnet.com
  
  Speaking at the United Nations Global Compact, KT Chairman Hwang Chang-gyu said global telcos must take new roles to prevent contagions by sharing their big data during a state of emergency.
  
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• ​Time to scale, not venture capital, holding back Australian startups: Data61 CEO

  24-06-2016 06:34 via zdnet.com
  
  Adrian Turner, Data61 CEO, has said the biggest problem facing Australia's startup scene is not access to capital, rather the time it takes to get a product out in the big wide world.
  
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• ​Samsung launches mobile startup incubation program

  24-06-2016 05:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Samsung has launched a program called Creative Square that plans to find and help startup and designers in mobile.
  
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• Your election guide to the NBN

  24-06-2016 03:42 via zdnet.com
  
  With one week left before the federal election, we've provided a guide for which candidates support fibre to the premises and which are opting for a multi-technology mix for Australia's National Broadband Network.
  
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• ​Turnbull pledges AU$12m for mobile coverage on Central Coast trains

  24-06-2016 03:23 via zdnet.com
  
  If the Coalition is re-elected on July 2, Malcolm Turnbull has said he will provide Wi-Fi at each Central Coast train station and stable mobile coverage on trains moving through the corridor.
  
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• Australian Institute of Sport taps into data to help athletes train for gold

  24-06-2016 02:33 via zdnet.com
  
  The Australian Institute of Sport has been using data analytics to ensure some of Australia's top athletes have been able to train at their optimum level for the Rio Olympics and Paralympics.
  
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