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• How fintech could be the key to surviving the Brexit fallout

  29-07-2016 22:30
  
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• Robot control: There's an app for that

  29-07-2016 19:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Efforts are underway to build robotics smartphone applications.
  
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• How a 'vortex laser' could save Moore's Law

  29-07-2016 18:19
  
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• The OnePlus 3 is leading the charge

  29-07-2016 18:11
  
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• Time travel: WIRED handpicks the best watches for globetrotters

  29-07-2016 17:57
  
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• Infoporn: how free apps eavesdrop on your entire private life

  29-07-2016 17:39
  
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• 2016 Vauxhall Astra review: Impressive tech and even better value

  29-07-2016 16:43
  
  The 2016 Astra isn’t the most advanced car ever, but it packs in several important surprises
  
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• Manchester taxi firm will drive you around the city to catch Pokemon

  29-07-2016 16:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Manchester taxi firm introduces dedicated Pokemon rides that take passengers to known Pokemon hotspots around the city.
  
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• Researcher uncovers UK government threat to privacy

  29-07-2016 15:54 via computerweekly.com
  Despite concerns about the draft Investigatory Powers Bill, a legal researcher has highlighted that existing legislation is a much bigger threat to privacy than most UK citizens realise
  
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• Nasa captures 'choir' of supermassive black holes 'singing' in the cosmos

  29-07-2016 15:41
  
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• Disney reveals plans for a sequel to 90s cult classic The Rocketeer

  29-07-2016 15:33
  
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• X-ray scanning proves Fifa paid £250,000 for a replica Jules Rimet trophy

  29-07-2016 15:31
  
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• The HTC 10 is now a bargain £470, SIM-free

  29-07-2016 15:24
  
  HTC knocks £100 off its brilliant flagship for a limited time
  
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• Dota 2 fans now able to watch games via VR

  29-07-2016 15:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fans of the Dota 2 video game can now watch the arena battle's biggest tournament via their Vive virtual reality headset.
  
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• Virgin Media engineers 'cut off home'

  29-07-2016 14:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A home in the north-west of England has been cut off by digging work carried out to install super-fast broadband services.
  
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• Yahoo's anti-abuse AI can hunt out even the most devious online trolls

  29-07-2016 14:30
  
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• AWS vs Google vs Microsoft: How the enterprise cloud war is hotting up

  29-07-2016 14:24 via computerweekly.com
  
  With Amazon, Google and Microsoft all reporting strong growth on the back of cloud, we take a closer look at how they have achieved it
  
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• CIO interview: Gary Steen, chief technology officer, TalkTalk

  29-07-2016 13:48 via computerweekly.com
  TalkTalk has overhauled security since its controversial data breach in 2015, according to CTO Gary Steen, and is investing in technology to beat its rivals on customer service
  
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• Net's .web domain sold for $135m

  29-07-2016 13:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The auction for ownership of the .web domain has ended with one company paying $135m (£102m) for rights to use the suffix.
  
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• WATCH THIS: Prototype Corvette smashes electric speed record

  29-07-2016 13:34
  
  Watch the fastest road legal electric car hit its top speed
  
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• TFL's futuristic Elizabeth Line trains take to the tracks

  29-07-2016 13:30
  
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• Behold the futuristic Elizabeth Line Crossrail trains being tested by TfL

  29-07-2016 13:30
  
  The 66-strong train fleet will start start being used in 2017 and enter full operation in 2019
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• Windows Mobile shrinks as Microsoft prioritises productivity and platforms

  29-07-2016 13:12 via computerweekly.com
  Microsoft prepares to axe 2,850 jobs as it culls smartphone business and majors on productivity and platforms
  
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• How many robots does it take to run your data center?

  29-07-2016 12:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Organizations are finding new ways to automate their IT infrastructure
  
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• Is there no stopping these tech behemoths? Alphabet, Amazon and Samsung earnings soar

  29-07-2016 12:40
  
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• Cleaning up after cyber attacks is good, but deterring attackers is better

  29-07-2016 12:31 via zdnet.com
  
  President Obama's cyber strategy directive sets out which agencies will lead cyber attack response, but dealing with the hackers themselves is a more vexed issue.
  
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• Last call for free Windows 10 upgrade

  29-07-2016 12:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  29th July is the last chance for upgrading to Windows 10 for free.
  
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• Simple and smart: the best stripped-back smartwatches

  29-07-2016 12:23
  
  The best analogue smartwatches from Timex, EMIE, Mondaine and Helvetica
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• Hinkley Point C nuclear plant in doubt after government delays approval

  29-07-2016 12:19
  
  If built Hinkley Point C would be the first nuclear facility to be constructed in the UK for 20 years
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• Hinkley Point C deal 'risky and expensive' for taxpayers, National Audit Office finds

  29-07-2016 12:19
  
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• Amazon boss Bezos becomes world's third richest

  29-07-2016 12:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Strong earnings from Amazon and a boost to the company's stock make its founder, Jeff Bezos, the world's third richest person, according to Forbes.
  
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• The Great Wall: Is Matt Damon 'whitewashing' or good business?

  29-07-2016 12:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Social media is both excited and confused by Matt Damon's starring role in the upcoming US-Chinese joint production - a monster adventure epic called The Great Wall.
  
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• Amazon rides high on sales growth, especially in cloud services

  29-07-2016 11:51 via computerweekly.com
  Amazon's share price climbed 2% on news of strong second-quarter sales growth boosted by a 58% year-on-year rise in sales of cloud services
  
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• Mobile and video pay off for Google’s parent company Alphabet

  29-07-2016 11:45 via computerweekly.com
  
  Alphabet ascribes strong second quarter financial results to long-term investments in mobile and video as demand for advertising through these channels increases
  
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• A quarter of UK developers are self-taught

  29-07-2016 11:45 via computerweekly.com
  
  As the skills gap leaves firms scrambling for tech talent, self-taught developers are taking advantage of the need for skilled workers
  
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• Microsoft strips thousands of jobs from its Windows Phone division

  29-07-2016 11:35
  
  Microsoft has announced a further swathe of job cuts to its smartphone and global sales units
  
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• Australia plans new co-ordinates to fix sat-nav gap

  29-07-2016 11:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia is to shift its longitude and latitude to address a gap between local co-ordinates and those from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).
  
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• Those chats you thought you deleted on WhatsApp? They may not be fully deleted after all

  29-07-2016 11:13
  
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• Universities give free cloud services to UK medical researchers

  29-07-2016 10:56 via computerweekly.com
  
  The Universities of Bath, Birmingham, Cardiff, Swansea and Warwick are giving researchers free access to cloud-based compute resources to speed up scientific discovery process
  
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• Space travel may have a new health risk we didn’t know about

  29-07-2016 10:48
  
  Study of 77 astronauts suggests the cardiovascular disease is four to five times more prominent in those that enter deep space
  
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• German digital bank Fidor acquired by French banking giant

  29-07-2016 10:11 via computerweekly.com
  
  Fidor CEO says merger with BPCE will allow challenger to continue its international expansion
  
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• If alien life is out there, why haven't we found it? WIRED explains the Fermi Paradox

  29-07-2016 10:00
  
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• Vodafone loses AU$10m in EBITDA due to ACCC decision

  29-07-2016 09:29 via zdnet.com
  
  The ACCC's decision to slash wholesale call pricing cost Vodafone Australia AU$10 million in EBITDA and AU$230 million in revenue over the last six months.
  
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• Megaport picks up ECIX and OM-NIX in first string of European acquisitions

  29-07-2016 09:12 via zdnet.com
  
  Australian-listed Megaport has announced plans to acquire German internet exchange operator ECIX after scooping up Bulgaria's carrier-grade pan-European network services provider OM-NIX.
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for July 29

  29-07-2016 08:32
  
  Delays to the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, WhatsApp isn't fully deleting its iOS chat logs
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• ​VC funder says startup community leaders must be entrepreneurs

  29-07-2016 08:24 via zdnet.com
  
  The success of a startup ecosystem is dependent on having entrepreneurs lead the way, Brad Feld, managing director at Foundry Group and co-founder of Techstars, has said.
  
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• What's next for Solar Impulse? Pilots reveal where their iconic plane is going to take them now

  29-07-2016 08:00
  
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• Era of banks owning all technology is gone: ANZ Bank

  29-07-2016 07:54 via zdnet.com
  
  ANZ Bank believes the future of banking is about partnering with specialist providers that can provide new technology investments.
  
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• Telstra allowed to continue Olympic advertisements by court

  29-07-2016 06:51 via zdnet.com
  
  The Australian Olympic Committee's application to get Telstra to stop its 'I go to Rio' marketing campaign has been dismissed by the Federal Court.
  
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• How worryingly addicted to Pokemon Go are you?

  29-07-2016 06:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  You've been playing Pokemon Go for two to three weeks. And you are horribly addicted.
  
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