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• Facebook takes aim at ad-blocking software

  09-08-2016 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook fires a warning shot at ad-blocking software by making changes that will force desktop users to see advertisements.
  
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• Carved under the capital: incredible underground photos of Crossrail

  09-08-2016 19:05
  
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• Kaspersky Lab offers free anti-ransomware tool for Windows

  09-08-2016 18:10 via zdnet.com
  
  Security firm looks to offer protection from hackers to small and medium sized businesses
  
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• Retro computer project directors row

  09-08-2016 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The founders of a crowd-funded project to create a retro computer games console, backed by Spectrum inventor Sir Clive Sinclair, distance themselves from their former company.
  
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• Netflix unveils first Luke Cage trailer ahead of series debut

  09-08-2016 17:35
  
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• Security Think Tank: Queen’s Gambit – Brexit implications for infosec pros

  09-08-2016 17:30 via computerweekly.com
  What are the pros and cons of Brexit for information security professionals and data protection?
  
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• World's longest aircraft dubbed 'Flying Bum' leaves its hangar for the first time

  09-08-2016 17:08
  
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• The world's longest aircraft has left its hangar for the first time

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• Facebook blocks ad blockers but promises users more control

  09-08-2016 17:08
  
  The social network says it has improved account options to help users block irrelevant and unwanted adverts
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• Met Police quizzed by London Assembly member over Windows XP

  09-08-2016 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A London Assembly member questions why the Metropolitan Police are still using Windows XP on tens of thousands of computers.
  
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• Retail banks ordered to open up APIs

  09-08-2016 16:30 via computerweekly.com
  The Competitions and Markets Authority opens up the banking apps market following an investigation into how to create greater competition in banking
  
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• This app wants to tackle the food waste crisis - and get you a cheap dinner, too

  09-08-2016 15:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Too Good to Go app will match food heading for disposal with people looking for a good meal at a discount price.
  
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• The artist using wires to raise the ghosts of ancient monuments from the ground

  09-08-2016 15:27
  
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• From Lemmings to Lotus 1-2-3, you can now relive Commodore Amiga's glory days

  09-08-2016 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Thousands of Amiga software titles from the 1980s and 1990s are now available to experience through a browser.
  
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• E8 launches D24 NVMe PCIe SSD-based all-flash arrays

  09-08-2016 15:00 via computerweekly.com
  Startup E8 aims at high-end use cases with arrays built from commodity NVMe PCIe flash drives and performance figures that rival EMC’s high-end DSSD D5 rackscale flash
  
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• Throwing money at the problem? Security tech spending reaches $82bn a year

  09-08-2016 14:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Organisations are spending more on more on cybersecurity as they try to fight off hackers, cybercriminals, and insider threats.
  
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• Weapons-drone student fights expulsion

  09-08-2016 14:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A teenager who posted videos of drones firing a gun and a flamethrower is suing his university after he was expelled, the AP news agency reports.
  
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• Why every iPhone 7 spec and rumor points to virtual reality

  09-08-2016 14:33 via zdnet.com
  
  Perhaps Apple's iPhone 7 isn't just a smartphone, but part of an integrated system that is something else entirely? Meet iPhone 7 Pro, the VR machine.
  
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• Watchdog's banking tech reform 'not enough'

  09-08-2016 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's High Street banks are told to overhaul the services offered to their customers, but consumer groups and economists say it is 'not enough'.
  
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• Delta cancels more flights as it recovers from system-wide outage

  09-08-2016 14:19 via zdnet.com
  
  Systems are back online, but the airline still needs to 'reset' operations.
  
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• Global infosec spending to reach £63bn in 2016, says Gartner

  09-08-2016 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  Athough security spending is moving to detection and response, Gartner expects preventive security to continue strong growth
  
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• JustPark is the British startup that lets you make money with your front drive

  09-08-2016 13:49
  
  Thank the San Francisco Giants for JustPark, the company helping drivers find parking spaces in clogged town centres
  
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• Dizzying simulator shows 'black holes' being made in a water tank

  09-08-2016 13:46
  
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• Play 10,000 retro Amiga games in your browser on Internet Archive

  09-08-2016 13:35
  
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• The best Perseid meteor shower pictures

  09-08-2016 13:20
  
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• Tech after Brexit: What UK tech firms need to consider about life outside the EU

  09-08-2016 13:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Hiring, free trade agreements and GDPR are just some of the issues the UK tech sector is uncertain about following the vote to leave the European Union.
  
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• Get set for a dazzling display as the Perseid meteor shower peaks this week

  09-08-2016 13:05
  
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• Driven to distraction: Why IBM's Watson is getting onboard with self-driving vehicles and impatient passengers

  09-08-2016 12:57 via zdnet.com
  
  IBM has teamed up with Local Motors for a new autonomous vehicle. Here's how it will handle difficult passengers - and why you won't be able to buy one.
  
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• Scientists develop dissolving battery

  09-08-2016 12:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers have developed a battery which self-destructs when dropped into water.
  
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• Vodafone to end broadband landline rental charges

  09-08-2016 12:45 via computerweekly.com
  
  Vodafone becomes the first UK internet service provider to remove line rental charges for new and upgrading fibre-based broadband customers
  
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• White House: US must open-source custom code to boost reuse, cut wasted dev

  09-08-2016 12:33 via zdnet.com
  
  Under a new federal policy, US agencies will need to factor reuse into any new custom software project.
  
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• Vodafone says it has 'ditched' line rental charges...but that's not strictly true

  09-08-2016 12:31
  
  The internet providers bold claim is misleading, but the change does make broadband prices easier to understand
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• Vodafone 'ditches' line rental fees (but will charge up to £67 to connect you)

  09-08-2016 12:31
  
  The internet providers bold claim is misleading, but the change does make broadband prices easier to understand
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• 'Project Sauron' malware hidden for five years

  09-08-2016 12:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A sophisticated form of malware known as Project Sauron went undetected for five years at a string of organisations, according to security researchers.
  
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• Met Office moves weather observation site to Azure

  09-08-2016 12:07 via computerweekly.com
  The Met Office's Weather Observation Website (WOW) used to run on Google's cloud, but has switched to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform
  
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• Oracle Micros breach highlights PoS and supply chain security risks

  09-08-2016 12:00 via computerweekly.com
  Oracle Micros breach shows supply chain and point of sale systems continue to be popular avenues of attack for cyber criminals
  
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• Pokémon Go update overhauls the “Nearby” tracker, sort of...

  09-08-2016 11:57
  
  Niantic repairs Pokémon Go’s Nearby tracker, but not everyone will see the benefits
  
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• Vodafone 'removes' broadband line rental charges

  09-08-2016 11:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Vodafone claims it is scrapping line rental charges for new and upgrading home broadband customers in the UK.
  
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• Physicists discover new form of light that could power quantum computers

  09-08-2016 11:42
  
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• The Electric Ferrari 308 GT - The Car That Shouldn't Exist

  09-08-2016 10:44
  
  Ferrari boss Sergio Marchionne is on record as saying an electric Ferrari is an obscene concept – but that didn't stop a group of guys in California from turning the 308 GT into an electric vehicle.
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• Pokémon Go tests new 'Nearby' and 'Sightings' features to help find rare Pokémon

  09-08-2016 10:23
  
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• WATCH THIS: BMW ad mocks Tesla Model 3

  09-08-2016 10:04
  
  BMW is throwing some EV shade at Tesla
  
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• See Mars like never before with Nasa's incredible HiRISE images

  09-08-2016 10:00
  
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• Welcome to the 'Great Acceleration': how a faster world is helping to make us all richer

  09-08-2016 09:53
  
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• Inside the weird world of quantum computers

  09-08-2016 09:34
  
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• Shunning overseas technologies will see Australia overtaken: Huawei

  09-08-2016 09:03 via zdnet.com
  
  John Lord, chairman of Huawei Australia, believes Australia will lose its competitive advantage if it does not embrace the technologies that are emerging from overseas.
  
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• Half of vehicle cyber vulnerabilities could give hackers control, study shows

  09-08-2016 09:00 via computerweekly.com
  Half of vehicle vulnerabilities could allow cyber attackers to take control of a vehicle and 71% are easy to exploit, according to a three-year study by IOActive
  
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• Did Tesla’s driverless Autopilot system just save a man's life?

  09-08-2016 08:43
  
  Tesla Autopilot could be called a life-saver now
  
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• ASX to develop a data lake as part of technology overhaul

  09-08-2016 08:41 via zdnet.com
  
  The Australian Securities Exchange has partnered with Tibco for its Enterprise Service Bus platform that will be used to help the ASX eventually develop a data strategy.
  
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• Shorten calls for post-Census review as OAIC remains satisfied

  09-08-2016 08:38 via zdnet.com
  
  Labor leader Bill Shorten has called for Australians to complete the Census while the Australian Privacy Commissioner continues to give the ABS its tick of approval.
  
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