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• 'First Apple computer' sells for $815,000

  26-08-2016 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A prototype Apple 1, a holy-grail item in electronics memorabilia, has sold for $815,000 (£618,000) in an online auction.
  
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• Robot spending spree: Automation systems are flying off the shelves

  26-08-2016 17:49 via zdnet.com
  
  The robots indeed are coming -- and in record numbers.
  
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• WhatsApp and Facebook data sharing plan being investigated

  26-08-2016 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's Information Commissioner (ICO) is looking into WhatsApp's decision to share more data with parent company Facebook.
  
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• Rackspace sold to private equity house Apollo Global for $4.3bn

  26-08-2016 15:56 via computerweekly.com
  
  After weeks of speculation about its acquisition status, Rackspace confirms definitive agreement with private equity buyer
  
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• Ramnit Trojan targeting UK banks reactivated

  26-08-2016 15:28 via computerweekly.com
  IBM X-Force researchers advise banks to use adaptive malware detection and real-time endpoint malware intelligence to counter the latest evolution of Ramnit banking malware
  
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• Judge's 'LOL' as he jails online boaster who ducked sentence

  26-08-2016 15:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man who avoided prison after being convicted of a street attack is jailed for refusing to perform unpaid work then boasting about it online.
  
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• How to stop WhatsApp sharing your phone number with Facebook

  26-08-2016 15:13
  
  The WhatsApp update is designed to improve user experience across the app and Facebook.
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• Meet the Premier League's first e-sports player

  26-08-2016 14:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Premier League's first e-sports player - Sean "Dragonn" Allen - meets the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones.
  
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• Android Nougat: Here's where to get the upgrade for your Nexus

  26-08-2016 14:52 via zdnet.com
  
  Google has released files that some Nexus owners can use to flash their devices with Android Nougat 7.0.
  
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• ​Apple sees iPhone sales decline in Brazil

  26-08-2016 14:30 via zdnet.com
  
  The manufacturer is losing market share to other companies due to the recession and lack of attractiveness to the local consumers; Samsung retains leadership.
  
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• Google Fiber reportedly told to cut half its staff to offset subscriber shortfall

  26-08-2016 14:17 via zdnet.com
  
  Google Fiber, the unit that's attempting to shakeup the US broadband market, is in for some disruption of its own, according to a report.
  
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• Stunning animation shows London Underground's 'beating heart' pulsing with passengers

  26-08-2016 14:08
  
  Around two million passengers travel on the London underground every day
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• Missing Stranger Things? Play this retro point-and-click game based on the hit show

  26-08-2016 13:53
  
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• Microbead danger, microdosing LSD: Podcast 282

  26-08-2016 13:32
  
  The science behind why cosmetic microbeads are a disaster, bad times for giant flying buttocks and we investigate the emerging trend of LSD microdosing
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• Samsung Pay used for 100 million transactions

  26-08-2016 13:30 via computerweekly.com
  Samsung reports that its mobile payments app, which will soon be available in the UK, has transacted 100 million payments in its first year of availability
  
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• Rise of the robo-journalists? Google teaches an AI the art of writing a good headline

  26-08-2016 13:27 via zdnet.com
  
  Google's machine learning models can now read news articles and write a sensible headline.
  
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• Amazon launches virtual Pimp my Ride-style hub to let you design your dream car

  26-08-2016 13:23
  
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• UK tech firms spend less, deliver more on training

  26-08-2016 13:19 via computerweekly.com
  Survey shows technology firms spend 46% of the national average on learning and development per employee, but deliver an above-average number of hours’ training
  
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• Xbox One S review: Microsoft gets it right second time round

  26-08-2016 13:13
  
  The Xbox One S is everything the original console should have been – and a bit more
  
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• Law firms planning litigation market for GDPR

  26-08-2016 13:00 via computerweekly.com
  Businesses should be preparing for the storm of litigation that is likely to be unleashed when the GDPR goes into force, warns Stewart Room of PwC Legal
  
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• Behind the scenes of Ben Hur: using GoPros and drones to bring the brutal Circus Maximus to life

  26-08-2016 13:00
  
  Director Timur Bekmambetov on how to re-boot a movie classic
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• The deep-sea 'weather bomb' that shook the planet – and what it reveals about Earth's interior

  26-08-2016 12:35
  
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• Russian MP's son convicted of hacking scheme

  26-08-2016 11:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russian Roman Seleznev has been found guilty in the US of running a hacking scheme that stole $169m (£131m).
  
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• EU wants Facebook and Google to share the wealth with news publishers

  26-08-2016 11:31
  
  Proposed plans are intended to give more power to traditional outlets, but critics doubt their effectiveness
  
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• Microsoft Planner for Office 365, First Take: Shaping up to be useful

  26-08-2016 11:03 via zdnet.com
  
  A visual planning tool that fits in between personal task management and full project management, Planner has a nice approach to the basics but needs more powerful features to really shine.
  
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• EE pushes further into content delivery with Apple Music tie-up

  26-08-2016 10:49 via computerweekly.com
  Mobile network operator will offer six months of Apple Music free to new and upgrading customers as it expands into content provision
  
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• Apple patches triple iOS security threat

  26-08-2016 10:45 via computerweekly.com
  
  Businesses and consumers are being urged to update their versions of Apple's iOS to fix three critical, zero-day vulnerabilities that enable attackers to spy on victims
  
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• Whatsapp wants to share your phone number with Facebook

  26-08-2016 10:35
  
  Whatsapp rescinds early promise not to reduce its privacy protections, but there’s still time for users to opt out of the targeted ads
  
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• Information Commissioner's Office investigates WhatsApp's Facebook data share

  26-08-2016 10:35
  
  WhatsApp rescinds early promise not to reduce its privacy protections, but there’s still time for users to opt out of the targeted ads
  
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• Information Commission investigates Whatsapp's Facebook data share

  26-08-2016 10:35
  
  Whatsapp rescinds early promise not to reduce its privacy protections, but there’s still time for users to opt out of the targeted ads
  
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• Update your iPhone to avoid this massive security flaw

  26-08-2016 10:29
  
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• Everything you need to know about the Trident iPhone zero-day exploit

  26-08-2016 09:55
  
  A new zero-day exploit is doing some pretty nasty things to iPhones
  
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• Exoskeleton gloves allow you to feel in VR and other news

  26-08-2016 09:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Marc Cieslak looks at some of the best of the week's technology news.
  
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• Labor questions whether NBN is 'abandoning' HFC network

  26-08-2016 09:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Despite 1Gbps HFC costing the same per premises and less in capex as 100Mbps FttN, the footprint of the former has been reduced by up to 13 percent in favour of FttN.
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for August 26

  26-08-2016 08:34
  
  Apple patches iOS vulnerabilities that gave hackers root access, Juno spacecraft to make its closest approach to Jupiter this Saturday
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• ​Australia Post returns to profit of AU$36m, continues ecommerce investments

  26-08-2016 08:33 via zdnet.com
  
  Australia Post has made a AU$258 million recovery in profit after tax on EBITDA of AU$400 million and revenue of AU$6.6 billion.
  
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• ​ZTE attributes 1.77b yuan H1 profit to increase in market share

  26-08-2016 08:15 via zdnet.com
  
  ZTE has reported overall operating revenue of 47.76 billion yuan, with the Chinese smartphone manufacturer attributing the 4 percent revenue growth to its increasing market share.
  
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• US authorities investigate cyber-attack against Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones

  26-08-2016 07:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Department of Homeland Security says it's looking into a cyber-attack on Leslie Jones' website and iCloud account.
  
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• Ambiguity turning students away from STEM: Deloitte

  26-08-2016 07:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Rob Hillard, managing partner at Deloitte Consulting, believes it is the ambiguity of a future job description that is holding students back from embracing a career in STEM.
  
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• ​Monitoring SSL traffic now everyone's concern: A10 Networks

  26-08-2016 06:23 via zdnet.com
  
  As the uptake of SSL grows, Tim Blombery, systems engineer at A10 Networks, said threat actors are increasingly leveraging SSL-based encryption to hide malicious activity.
  
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• ​Uber suffers $1.2b half year loss: Report

  26-08-2016 05:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Uber has blamed the subsidies it is forking out for its drivers globally for dragging the company's 2016 half year results into the red.
  
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• NBN reduces peak funding by AU$2b down to AU$54b

  26-08-2016 02:49 via zdnet.com
  
  NBN has updated its forecasts on network technology footprints, as well as narrowing and reducing its peak funding requirements for the high-speed broadband rollout.
  
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• Westpac, Deloitte-backed Day of STEM launches in Australia

  26-08-2016 01:24 via zdnet.com
  
  Australian tech leaders have launched LifeJourney's Day of STEM program, using the power of the industry to get the word out to inspire kids to take up a career in the tech industry.
  
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• Love to chat

  26-08-2016 01:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As chat apps achieve colossal valuations and more keep coming onto the market, are we reaching chat saturation point?
  
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