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• Regulators investigate parent company of Ashley Madison

  05-07-2016 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Avid Life Media, the parent company of Ashley Madison, is being investigated by the US Federal Trade Commission, the company disclosed on Tuesday.
  
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• Esports Integrity Coalition aims to clean up competitive gaming

  05-07-2016 19:37
  
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• YouTube gamers caught in gambling row

  05-07-2016 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two YouTube gamers are criticised for promoting a betting website to their viewers, without clearly disclosing that they operate it.
  
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• DJI drones gain geo-fencing safety feature opt-out

  05-07-2016 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  DJI has updated its app to allow drone owners to fly its aircraft into restricted areas they were previously prevented from entering.
  
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• Microsoft adds free standalone Skype Meetings tool for SMB users

  05-07-2016 18:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is rolling out a free, standalone Skype Meetings tool for US-based small business users.
  
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• Blizzard sues 'cheat-maker' for breaching Overwatch copyright

  05-07-2016 17:36
  
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• Researchers find cunning loophole to help dumb AI pass the Turing Test

  05-07-2016 17:32
  
  In some instances, staying silent is a sign of pure cunning
  
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• How Google Street View and exercise bikes are helping Alzheimer's patients to remember

  05-07-2016 17:32
  
  The jDome BikeAround uses virtual reality to trigger memories in dementia patients
  
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• BlackBerry will no longer make its most iconic handset

  05-07-2016 17:24 via zdnet.com
  
  Goodbye to the BlackBerry Classic.
  
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• WIRED Money 2016 Startup Stage: new ways to pay

  05-07-2016 17:15
  
  Want to save £1 every time you run five miles? How about a keyboard that lets you pay for things straight from WhatsApp?
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• Ancient ocean temperatures may finally prove how dinosaurs died

  05-07-2016 17:00
  
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• Nanovaccines could deliver cancer drugs exactly where they're needed

  05-07-2016 16:52
  
  Researchers hope to start human trails in the next three years
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• What's next for Juno's epic Jupiter mission?

  05-07-2016 15:58
  
  Nasa's space probe will search the planet's atmosphere for clues to its early formation
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• Cybercrime kingpins are winning the online security arms race

  05-07-2016 15:52 via zdnet.com
  
  Cybercrime is getting bigger and more organized. It's time to throw out the idea of the lone-wolf attacker.
  
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• How OnePlus – and its fans – are taking over the smartphone game

  05-07-2016 15:15
  
  OnePlus gave hundreds of its fans an exclusive opportunity to get their hands on the new model – and it didn’t disappoint
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• WIRED Money 2016 Startup Stage: credit scoring and insurance

  05-07-2016 15:07
  
  These startups are making credit scores work for millennials and making it easier to get insurance
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• Virtual reality finds fans at Reading University

  05-07-2016 14:15 via computerweekly.com
  Professors at Reading University see virtual reality as an increasingly important research and teaching tool in science and arts subjects
  
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• Spike in Brexit email spam following referendum result

  05-07-2016 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Email scammers launch a deluge of spam emails at Britons concerned about the results of the EU referendum.
  
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• HP’s history of innovation: The ten products that changed everything

  05-07-2016 14:05
  
  In the last 79 years HP has gone from a garage startup to a tech giant – and these are the products which made it happen
  
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• Can the police be trusted with our personal data?

  05-07-2016 14:04
  
  Big Brother Watch reveals that the UK police force has suffered 2,315 data breaches since 2011. Is it time to stop trusting them?
  
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• Google's DeepMind could be used to treat blindness

  05-07-2016 13:59
  
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• Overcoming the scale-up challenge of enterprise DevOps adoption

  05-07-2016 13:45 via computerweekly.com
  CIOs and IT leaders share their advice on what enterprises can do to accelerate the spread of DevOps within their organisations
  
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• Games developer Blizzard sues over 'cheat' tool

  05-07-2016 13:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Games developer Blizzard is determined to crack down on cheat tools that offer players advantages over others.
  
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• WIRED Money 2016 Startup Stage: working with blockchain

  05-07-2016 13:06
  
  These startups are using blockchain to democratise financial systems and guarantee trust
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• This Android malware has infected 85 million devices and makes its creators $300,000 a month

  05-07-2016 13:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Gang behind malware make money from fraudulent apps -- but if they choose to use their reach for theft, corporations could be put at risk.
  
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• Nordic CIO interview: Tore Burheim, University of Bergen

  05-07-2016 12:53 via computerweekly.com
  
  IT director of Norwegian university tells Computer Weekly about digitising education and creating co-operative clusters
  
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• 6,000-year-old 'telescope' discovered in Portuguese tombs

  05-07-2016 12:36
  
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• Google's DeepMind to peek at NHS eye scans for disease analysis

  05-07-2016 12:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One million anonymised eye scans from Moorfields Eye Hospital are to be used to train an artificial intelligence system from Google.
  
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• Google DeepMind is working with the NHS to fight blindness

  05-07-2016 12:21
  
  Google is using machine learning to identify and understand degenerative eye conditions
  
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• How the Fifth Amendment exposes a 'serious' flaw in the Turing Test

  05-07-2016 12:19
  
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• Does the Fifth Amendment 'expose a serious flaw' in the Turing Test?

  05-07-2016 12:19
  
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• Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of Hardware (Full Documentary)

  05-07-2016 12:01
  
  Future Cities, a full-length documentary strand from WIRED Video, takes us inside the bustling Chinese city of Shenzhen.
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• Google Doodle celebrates Juno's arrival at Jupiter

  05-07-2016 12:01
  
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• More than 2,000 police data breaches in 4.5 years, report reveals

  05-07-2016 11:45 via computerweekly.com
  Big Brother Watch calls for new policies to ensure police forces keep personal data safe after FOI requests show an average of 10 data breaches a week
  
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• Huge home-built computer used for Tetris

  05-07-2016 11:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man has finished building an enormous computer in the sitting room of his bungalow in Cambridge.
  
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• Decomposition, decay and the 'future of death': what really happens when we die

  05-07-2016 11:34
  
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• Industrialised cyber crime disrupting business, report reveals

  05-07-2016 11:00 via computerweekly.com
  A majority of businesses do not comprehend the methods and motivations of cyber attackers or fully understand the scale of the threat, a BT-KPMG report reveals
  
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• Identity fraud up by 57% as thieves 'hunt' on social media

  05-07-2016 10:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The number of victims of identity fraud rose by 57% last year with thieves targeting social media for people's information, fraud prevention service Cifas says.
  
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• How to hack your senses: from 'seeing' sound to 'hair GPS'

  05-07-2016 10:30
  
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• Hands on with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

  05-07-2016 10:16
  
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• Xbox Play Anywhere release date and game list: Microsoft unveils first batch of cross-platform games for Xbox One and PC

  05-07-2016 09:59
  
  Xbox Play Anywhere is coming later this year. Here’s the games you’ll be able to play
  
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• Bulgarian government banks on open source software

  05-07-2016 09:48
  
  Parliament passes act, closing the door to closed software
  
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• Bringing home a robot baby

  05-07-2016 09:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Roboticist Angelica Lim programmes robots to be more human - what happened when she brought one home?
  
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• NASA’s Juno probe just made it into Jupiter’s orbit

  05-07-2016 09:14
  
  It only took five years to get there, but NASA’s Juno probe is now circling the gas giant
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for July 5

  05-07-2016 08:44
  
  China cracks down on social media news hoaxes, hacker pleads guilty to stealing celebrity nudes
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• Watch a frantic timelapse of the 2,526-piece LEGO Batcave being built

  05-07-2016 08:07
  
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• CW@50: The story of the internet, and how it changed the world

  05-07-2016 08:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  Computer Weekly’s journey through 50 years of innovation in technology continues with a look back at the history of internet and the huge changes it has brought to society
  
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• Bulgaria passes law requiring government software to be open source

  05-07-2016 06:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Amendments to the country's Electronic Governance Act have been voted on in Parliament and are now in effect.
  
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• South Korea launches first Internet of Things network

  05-07-2016 05:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  South Korea launches its first commercial, low-cost Internet of Things network which helps devices talk to each other, making the country even more connected.
  
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• IT professionals: volunteer your skills to help a charity

  05-07-2016 04:53 via computerweekly.com
  The newly launched Charity IT Association wants to helpcharities improve their use of technology – and they’re looking for support from IT expertvolunteers
  
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