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• Drone racing takes to the Sky with $1m investment

  14-09-2016 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Satellite broadcaster Sky is spending $1m (£757,000) to bring live drone racing to UK viewers.
  
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• Microsoft's Windows 10 'Redstone 2' build 14926 adds minor new features, many fixes

  14-09-2016 23:04 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft released this week new Insider test builds for PCs and Windows Phones, as well as cumulative updates with lots of fixes for those Windows 10 users not in the Insider program.
  
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• iOS 10 adoption nears 15 percent after first day of availability

  14-09-2016 21:31 via zdnet.com
  
  Users are installing iOS 10 faster than previous iOS releases.
  
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• Solving the mystery of why Pluto's largest moon has a 'red cap'

  14-09-2016 19:00
  
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• Hands-on with Amazon's British-accented Echo speaker

  14-09-2016 18:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rory Cellan-Jones tries out Amazon's voice-controlled speaker that now features a British-accented virtual assistant.
  
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• European Commission plans free wi-fi in public spaces

  14-09-2016 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The president of the European Commission seeks to offer the public free wi-fi in parks and public buildings.
  
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• Microsoft to make Desktop bridge more readily available to Win32 developers

  14-09-2016 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is looking to entice more Win32 and .NET developers to bring their apps to the Windows 10 Store via its Desktop Converter, a k a its 'Centennial' bridge.
  
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• Amazon Echo: The four hard problems Amazon had to solve to make it work

  14-09-2016 17:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Talking to Alexa might be easy but there's a huge amount of complexity inside Amazon's smart home assistant.
  
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• A new social network, Nextdoor, launches in the UK for you and your neighbours

  14-09-2016 17:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A virtual space for passive-aggressive messages or a network which could bring communities together?
  
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• YouTube ordered to pay more for music by Europe

  14-09-2016 17:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Video sites such as YouTube will be forced to pay more to musicians and record companies under plans to reform European copyright laws.
  
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• The 10 best launch partners for Amazon Echo's Alexa

  14-09-2016 16:28
  
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• Zika in Northern Ireland: 'several' residents have been treated for the disease, officials reveal

  14-09-2016 16:16
  
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• Amazon Echo voice-controlled smart speaker comes to UK and Germany

  14-09-2016 15:29 via zdnet.com
  
  Speaker and cloud-powered digital assistant goes on sale in UK and Germany along side smaller Echo Dot device.
  
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• GCHQ wants to protect the UK from cyberattacks with a government firewall

  14-09-2016 15:25
  
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• ​EU to Skype, WhatsApp: You'll have to support emergency calls under new rules

  14-09-2016 15:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Europe hopes a new set of telecoms rules, which now cover online services such as WhatsApp, will boost investments in high-speed broadband.
  
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• The next Marvel hero to hit the big screen? Stan Lee himself (as a Bond-style spy)

  14-09-2016 15:05
  
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• Amazon Echo and Echo Dot review (hands on): A really good listener

  14-09-2016 15:03
  
  Amazon Echo is launching in the UK with a tempting Prime discount
  
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• Sophisticated hackers 'aim to put net out of action'

  14-09-2016 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Unidentified hackers are carrying out a campaign to find out how to take down the net, warns a security expert.
  
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• ​Microsoft's newest milestone? World's lowest error rate in speech recognition

  14-09-2016 13:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft leapfrogs IBM to claim a significant test result in the quest for machines to understand speech better than humans.
  
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• YouTube launches community tab to allow gifs and live video

  14-09-2016 13:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  YouTube is launching new community features allowing users to add text, live videos, images and gifs.
  
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• Half of the UK's wildlife is in danger, including hedgehogs and dormice

  14-09-2016 12:55
  
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• Toymakers fined for tracking children online

  14-09-2016 12:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hasbro, Mattel and others are penalised for tracking under-13s who visited their websites.
  
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• Violin pins hopes on FSP 7650 and 7450 all-flash arrays

  14-09-2016 12:46 via computerweekly.com
  Troubled all-flash pioneer Violin Memory launches two new all-flash arrays, the FSP 7650 for extreme high performance and 7450 for general workloads at 60c per gigabyte
  
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• Hubble captures a star being 'reborn' in real time

  14-09-2016 12:36
  
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• Dell kicks HPE off top spot for server shipments

  14-09-2016 12:30 via computerweekly.com
  Dell has finally become a market leader in the server market, shipping more x86 servers than rival HPE
  
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• Crest takes over NSA Cira accreditation

  14-09-2016 12:30 via computerweekly.com
  Crest hopes to grow the accreditation programme into a global initiative to certify cyber response capabilities
  
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• Amazon's Echo speakers head to UK and Germany

  14-09-2016 12:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amazon says its voice-controlled speakers will become available in the UK and Germany this autumn.
  
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• Drone racing will soon come to a Sky TV near you

  14-09-2016 12:26
  
  Sky signs a $1m deal to broadcast the future of high-speed racing
  
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• Logitech K780 multi-device wireless keyboard hands-on: Fast text entry on computer, phone, and tablet

  14-09-2016 12:21 via zdnet.com
  
  Text entry on a tablet or phone can limit you to short messages. With the new Logitech K780, a single button press can make a full size keyboard work for you and improve your productivity.
  
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• Woman's £56,000 benefit fraud uncovered on Facebook

  14-09-2016 12:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Dundee mother-of-five's £56,000 benefit fraud was uncovered through her Facebook page, a court hears.
  
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• WADA condemns Russian hackers for leaking Olympic athletes' medical data

  14-09-2016 12:02 via computerweekly.com
  The global anti-doping agency confirms attack on database led to leak of data belonging to Olympic athletes
  
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• NHS trusts and suppliers not ready for end of N3 network

  14-09-2016 12:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  Network integrator Updata has warned that NHS organisations and network suppliers must mobilise now to get ready for the transition to the Health and Social Care Network next year
  
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• Drone Racing League is coming to Sky as part of $1 million investment

  14-09-2016 11:49
  
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• Royal Shakespeare Company targets more groundlings with Progress

  14-09-2016 11:45 via computerweekly.com
  The Royal Shakespeare Company revamps its web site and gets its customer engagement act together with content management and digital marketing tools from Progress Software
  
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• Yorkshire Bank to invest in online banking to support cost cutting

  14-09-2016 11:11 via computerweekly.com
  Clydesdale and Yorkshire group to invest in technology at retail bank while reducing staff and number of branches
  
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• Microsoft patches critical IE bug that was under attack for nearly three years

  14-09-2016 11:07 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft has decided that an Internet Explorer bug it knew of last year was in fact worth patching.
  
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• Headscarf emoji proposed by 15-year-old Saudi girl

  14-09-2016 11:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Saudi 15-year-old girl living in Germany proposes creating a headscarf emoji.
  
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• The connected home is finally here

  14-09-2016 10:35
  
  The Hive family of products has the capacity to transforms every house into a smart environment.
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• Adblock Plus is going to start selling 'acceptable' ads. But you can still block them

  14-09-2016 10:35
  
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• MPs split on BT Openreach and broadband USO

  14-09-2016 10:32 via computerweekly.com
  At the second reading of the controversial Digital Economy Bill, MPs debated the future of BT and Openreach and the proposed universal service obligation for broadband
  
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• Google launches $200,000 Project Zero bug prize for hacking the Nexus 6P and 5X

  14-09-2016 10:30
  
  Google entices hackers with a cash prize to hack its handsets
  
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• Europe's hottest startups 2016: Amsterdam

  14-09-2016 10:20
  
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• Hackers split on 'ethics' of ransomware attacks on hospitals

  14-09-2016 09:55 via zdnet.com
  
  Ransomware might be lucrative for some cybercriminals, but there are those who condemn holding hospitals to ransom.
  
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• Russian hackers leak medical files of US Olympians

  14-09-2016 09:46
  
  Gymnast Simone Biles and tennis players Venus and Serena Williams are amongst those who have had medical details leaked
  
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• Adblock Plus to start selling “acceptable” ads itself

  14-09-2016 09:13
  
  The leading adblocking service Adblock Plus is to launch a marketplace to sell whitelisted ads
  
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• Inside the 'University of YouTube' where children are transformed into YouTubers

  14-09-2016 09:00
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for September 14

  14-09-2016 08:48
  
  Apple resolves iOS 10 update bug, 56 per cent of British wildlife is in decline
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• Vodafone NZ fined NZ$165,000 for Red Essentials plan pricing error

  14-09-2016 08:40 via zdnet.com
  
  Vodafone failed to backdate a NZ$10 discount on its Red Essentials plan for more than 15,000 customers, overcharging them by a collective NZ$92,000 in 2014.
  
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• Amazon Echo speakers set to launch in UK and Germany

  14-09-2016 08:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amazon is bringing its range of voice-controlled Echo speakers to the UK and Germany.
  
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• Amazon Echo speakers set to launch in UK and Europe

  14-09-2016 08:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amazon is expected to shortly launch its range of voice controlled Echo speakers in the UK and other parts of Europe.
  
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