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• Hasselblad's £199 True Zoom turns Motorola phones into high-end cameras

  31-08-2016 21:30
  
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• Holy cats! The Moto Z Play has a 50-hour battery life

  31-08-2016 20:51
  
  Motorola's latest handset, announced at IFA 2016, is making a big battery claim
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• Lenovo Yoga Book reads scribbles made on paper

  31-08-2016 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lenovo unveils a tablet that can read notes and drawings made on a pad of paper put on top of its digitiser.
  
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• Lenovo Yoga Book copies handwriting off paper notepads

  31-08-2016 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lenovo unveils an unusual tablet that detects handwriting on a notepad placed above.
  
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• Lenovo's £449 Yoga Book has a virtual keyboard you can draw on and learns your typing style

  31-08-2016 20:30
  
  When is a keyboard not a keyboard? When it's also a notepad and a graphics tablet
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• Samsung Gear S3 watches get bigger screens and batteries

  31-08-2016 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Samsung gives its new smartwatches bigger screens and longer-lasting batteries, but interest in the sector is limited.
  
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• Celebrity YouTube promotion fee '$187,000 on average'

  31-08-2016 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  YouTube personalities charge an average of $187,500 (£143,000) for each sponsored video, a talent agency says.
  
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• Tesla launching 'major improvements' to Autopilot in coming weeks

  31-08-2016 19:01 via zdnet.com
  
  The improvements follow a probe from the NHTSA and two high-profile crashes.
  
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• Day two at IFA 2016: wireless headphones, OLED TVs and smartphone stabilisers

  31-08-2016 18:02
  
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• Day two at IFA 2016: wireless headphones, OLED TVs and smartphone stabalisers

  31-08-2016 18:02
  
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• Day one at IFA 2016: Stylish speakers, silent mice and Bluetooth trackers

  31-08-2016 18:02
  
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• Samsung unveils the Gear S3 smartwatch range

  31-08-2016 18:00
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg: I am sticking with Free Basics in Africa

  31-08-2016 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg tells the BBC he is sticking with his controversial Free Basics scheme during a trip to Nigeria.
  
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• Dropbox hack 'affected 68 million users'

  31-08-2016 17:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Dropbox security breach that occurred in 2012 appears to have affected more than 68 million accounts.
  
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• Businesses struggling with EU-US data transfer uncertainty

  31-08-2016 17:05 via computerweekly.com
  Businesses are facing a highly complex regulatory landscape due to uncertainty around the future of transatlantic data transfers, according to the initial findings of an IAPP report
  
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• Nubia's bezel-less Z11 phone is heading to the UK and US

  31-08-2016 16:55
  
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• Pakistani farmers to be given five million smartphones

  31-08-2016 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five million smartphones are to be given to farmers in Pakistan in an effort to improve knowledge of modern farming techniques.
  
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• Banks facing persistent and sophisticated cyberattacks, warns SWIFT

  31-08-2016 16:14 via zdnet.com
  
  Some financial institutions have yet to plug security holes despite facing a sustained threat from online hackers.
  
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• WIRED Audi Innovation Awards: The experience design innovators shaping how we interact with the world

  31-08-2016 15:44
  
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• Blockchain and the promise of cooperative cloud storage

  31-08-2016 15:25 via computerweekly.com
  Blockchain technology allows distributed retention of encrypted data and is at the heart of cooperative cloud storage
  
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• WIRED Audi Innovation Awards: The moonshots set to radically impact human progress

  31-08-2016 15:24
  
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• Alder Hey Cognitive Hospital: Why cognitive?

  31-08-2016 15:16
  
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• WIRED Audi Innovation Awards

  31-08-2016 15:13
  
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• Audi AI innovation awards

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• Google DeepMind AI to help doctors treat head and neck cancers

  31-08-2016 15:09 via zdnet.com
  
  A new collaboration between DeepMind and the UK's National Health Service hopes to cut radiotherapy planning times from four hours to just one.
  
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• Curved screen Predator laptop unveiled by Acer at Ifa

  31-08-2016 15:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Acer unveils the world's first laptop to feature a curved screen, saying it will make games more immersive.
  
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• IBM Watson: Rethinking global finance

  31-08-2016 15:05
  
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• Smart energy

  31-08-2016 15:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A "smart energy" revolution could help ensure that the UK does not suffer blackouts, according to National Grid's new UK chief.
  
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• Google steps in to help the Faroe Islands with Sheep View

  31-08-2016 14:42
  
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• Google steps in to help the Faroe Islands with its Sheep View project

  31-08-2016 14:42
  
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• Ultra-slim Windows 10 notebooks, 13-inch convertible Chromebook, and first curved screen laptop launched by Acer

  31-08-2016 14:40 via zdnet.com
  
  Acer has launched the new Chromebook R 13 and the Windows 10-powered Swift and Spin notebooks with Intel's new seventh-generation processors.
  
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• IoT will help ease transition to renewables, says National Grid chief

  31-08-2016 14:30 via computerweekly.com
  The National Grid’s chief executive, Nicola Shaw, wants to use the internet of things to balance energy demand as the UK transitions to renewable energy sources
  
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• What Jeremy Corbyn's digital manifesto will mean for the UK

  31-08-2016 14:14
  
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• The Crystal Maze is back! One-off special will air in October with Stephen Merchant as host

  31-08-2016 14:00
  
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• The Crystal Maze is back! One-off special will air in October - but not with David Tennant

  31-08-2016 14:00
  
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• Raising IT’s game through effective business relationship management

  31-08-2016 13:39 via computerweekly.com
  Business relationship managers in an organisation have a vital role to play in enabling digital transformation
  
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• Evidence of DNS tunnelling in two-fifths of business networks

  31-08-2016 13:38 via computerweekly.com
  Cyber criminals are capitalising on the failure of many businesses to examine their DNS traffic for malware insertion and data exfiltration, according to Infoblox
  
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• Challenger bank Fidor adopts attack formation

  31-08-2016 13:34 via computerweekly.com
  Computer Weekly talks to the man behind the digital challenger bank recently acquired by French retail banking giant BPCE
  
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• New EU net neutrality guidelines ensure open internet access

  31-08-2016 13:29
  
  This will prevent bigger companies paying for faster access and pave the way for competition
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• EU's net neutrality guidelines close 'fast lane' loopholes - but do they go too far?

  31-08-2016 13:29
  
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• Google DeepMind targets NHS head and neck cancer treatment

  31-08-2016 13:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Anonymised scans from 700 former cancer patients at a London hospital will be analysed by Google's artificial intelligence division, DeepMind.
  
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• Welcome Break uses SAP Jam to spread collaboration

  31-08-2016 13:21 via computerweekly.com
  Motorway services company is using SAP SuccessFactors HR technology to manage its people across franchises that include Starbucks and KFC
  
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• Garmin VIRB Ultra 30 action camera hands-on: Voice control, GPS, touchscreen, and more

  31-08-2016 13:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Garmin thought of everything when it created the VIRB Ultra 30, including the ability to start and stop recording without having to take your hands off the handles, poles, rods, and more.
  
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• How the blockchain could make you thousands through car shares and selling electricity

  31-08-2016 13:00
  
  The Internet of Things will be powered by the blockchain, transforming how we live
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• Apple iOS 10: ​First look at improved Siri shows better control of third-party apps

  31-08-2016 12:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Siri could be much more compelling to use in iOS 10 thanks to a better grasp of natural language and more control of third-party apps.
  
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• How Google's bug bounties reward you for hunting out flaws in its Android software

  31-08-2016 12:30
  
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• Latest Broadband Forum spec offers faster route to gigabit speeds

  31-08-2016 11:52 via computerweekly.com
  
  The Broadband Forum’s new specifications for FTTdp management use software-based techniques to offer an easier and quicker route to gigabit broadband for comms providers
  
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• Cyber security breaches reported to ICO double in a year

  31-08-2016 11:48 via computerweekly.com
  An increase in cyber security incidents reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office is further evidence of the need to shift to automated, artificial intelligence-led defences, says Huntsman Security
  
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• RIP Nexus? Google is rumoured to be dropping the brand name from its phones

  31-08-2016 11:46
  
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• Security Think Tank: Blended attacks require blended defences

  31-08-2016 11:30 via computerweekly.com
  How can businesses best prepare their cyber defences in light of the fact that attackers are increasingly using malware designed to evade detection and analysis?
  
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