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• GoPro shows off its fold-up Karma drone

  19-09-2016 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  GoPro reveals its first drone - a fold-up quadcopter that doubles as a handheld camera stabiliser.
  
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• Andrea Wulf's The Invention of Nature wins the Royal Society's science book prize

  19-09-2016 20:45
  
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• How architects built China's terrifying glass bridge

  19-09-2016 20:30
  
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• iPhone 7 Plus hands-on: A weekend full of adjustments

  19-09-2016 20:22 via zdnet.com
  
  Moving from the smaller iPhone 6S to the larger iPhone 7 Plus is a learning experience full of excitement and frustration. Here are my thoughts after a weekend with the bigger iPhone.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy Note 7 swaps begin in UK

  19-09-2016 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 exchange programme launches in the UK.
  
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• GoPro unveils its first fully waterproof $399 Hero5 flagship camera

  19-09-2016 18:29
  
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• GoPro unveils its first fully waterproof £250 Hero5 flagship camera

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• GoPro unveils its first fully waterproof £250 Hero5 camera

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• GoPro finally unveils its Karma camera drone - but it will set you back £1,000

  19-09-2016 18:29
  
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• GoPro finally unveils its Karma camera drone

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• Dispute over games removed from Steam

  19-09-2016 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Games made by studio Digital Homicide have been removed from the Steam game-playing service after some users claimed the studio was suing them.
  
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• Apple Watch Series 2 review: The Apple Watch you’ve been waiting for has arrived

  19-09-2016 17:43
  
  The Apple Watch gains GPS, water resistance, and more of a reason to exist with this excellent update
  
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• Italian bottle maker deploys 88TB of Syneto hyper-converged storage

  19-09-2016 17:30 via computerweekly.com
  Serioplast gets reliable disaster recovery as it replaces NetApp plus remote physical servers with Syneto hyper-converged infrastructure at factories across Europe, Africa and Asia
  
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• Ransomware's next target: Your car and your home

  19-09-2016 17:12 via zdnet.com
  
  Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated how vulnerabilities in everyday connected devices can allow hackers to hold whole areas of your life to ransom.
  
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• Watch Final Fantasy XV's anime prequel Brotherhood now

  19-09-2016 16:51
  
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• Which is the best drone? WIRED puts quadcopters to the test

  19-09-2016 16:30
  
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• Microsoft cuts Skype jobs in London

  19-09-2016 16:30 via computerweekly.com
  Microsoft is consolidating its Skype staff in London to one office and merging some roles, which could result in more than 200 job cuts
  
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• PS4 Slim review: Compact, beautiful and exactly what you’d expect

  19-09-2016 16:01
  
  Everything and nothing has changed in this welcome redesign of Sony’s brilliant PS4
  
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• How to make killer emails to promote your business

  19-09-2016 15:35
  
  Social and viral marketing are currently on-trend, but email is still the king of business marketing
  
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• Lyft founder: Self-driving cars will own the roads in 2021

  19-09-2016 15:30
  
  Autonomous cars will make up most of Lyft's vehicles within five years
  
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• Virgin and BT team up against threat of Openreach split

  19-09-2016 15:25
  
  Rivals join forces to fight Ofcom proposals
  
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• UK Cloud Awards returns for its fourth year

  19-09-2016 15:13
  
  The Cloud Industry Forum — in conjunction with Alphr’s sister site Cloud Pro — announce the fourth annual awards
  
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• Consumers trust banks more than government for biometric security

  19-09-2016 15:04 via computerweekly.com
  UK citizens think banks are the best organisations to provide biometric authentication for payments
  
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• Apple $14bn tax ruling: Just first of several US targets in EU crackdown?

  19-09-2016 14:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Europe's competition boss signals more major US companies could face scrutiny after a US group calls for Apple decision to be overturned.
  
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• HP printers start rejecting budget ink cartridges

  19-09-2016 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Large numbers of HP printer owners found their printers stopped recognising unofficial printer ink cartridges last week.
  
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• The Little Acre: A love letter to Broken Sword

  19-09-2016 14:25
  
  Pewter Games’ debut title is an eye-catching adventure set in 1950s Ireland
  
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• Galaxy Note 7: Samsung starts exchange programme in the UK and Ireland

  19-09-2016 14:14 via zdnet.com
  
  Samsung is also sending out a software upgrade to limit battery charging in pre-ordered handsets.
  
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• Urgent upgrade: Apple II gets its first OS update in 23 years

  19-09-2016 13:55 via zdnet.com
  
  There's a new ProDOS update available for the Apple II, almost a quarter of a century after Apple's last official software release for the machine.
  
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• Game of Thrones prequel teased at Emmy Awards 2016

  19-09-2016 13:53
  
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• Play Pacman and Donkey Kong on this tiny arcade machine that fits in your pocket

  19-09-2016 13:43
  
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• Tech and Brexit: London is still Europe's top tech hub, but for how much longer?

  19-09-2016 13:31 via zdnet.com
  
  London is still ahead of Berlin and other European cities on investment, but the Brexit vote casts a cloud of uncertainty over the future.
  
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• Hardware hack defeats iPhone passcode security

  19-09-2016 13:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  IPhone passcodes can be bypassed using just £75 ($100) of electronic components, research suggests.
  
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• Writing a novel? Nine tips to make sure it's a bestseller

  19-09-2016 13:00
  
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• Surrey and Borders NHS Trust launches IoT trial for dementia patients

  19-09-2016 13:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  A major trial of IoT technology in the homes of vulnerable dementia patients could pave the way for a revolution in how elderly care is delivered in the NHS
  
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• Tech Talent: 'I would turn down £1bn for my company'

  19-09-2016 12:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  TransferWise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus says he would turn down £1bn for his company
  
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• No more ducking duck: Microsoft's iPhone keyboard learns from you how to swear

  19-09-2016 12:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's keyboard for iOS will no longer filter your cursing from messages.
  
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• Game of Thrones, Orphan Black and Mr. Robot sweep the board at the Emmys

  19-09-2016 12:31
  
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• ​ASX blames hardware failure for potential AU$3.5b trading blunder

  19-09-2016 12:18 via zdnet.com
  
  The Australian Securities Exchange has said a hardware failure in the main database used by the system was behind Monday's series of trading glitches.
  
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• YouTube stars fined £265k for promoting Fifa gambling to minors

  19-09-2016 12:03
  
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• YouTube stars charged with promoting gambling to minors

  19-09-2016 12:03
  
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• Microsoft is closing its Skype offices in London and shedding 400 jobs

  19-09-2016 11:20
  
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• Amazon Kindle 2016, First Take: Affordable, but backlight-free

  19-09-2016 10:35 via zdnet.com
  
  The new entry-level Kindle should deliver a perfectly acceptable e-reading experience, but it has a lower-resolution screen than more expensive models, and lacks a backlight.
  
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• Mars and beyond: Elon Musk teases his plans for interplanetary travel

  19-09-2016 10:30
  
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• Watch James Corden try to impress stony-faced Apple execs in two minutes of your life that you’re never getting back

  19-09-2016 10:19
  
  Featuring real Apple executives and Pharrell
  
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• Tech start-up funding 'appallingly bad' in UK

  19-09-2016 09:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Star fund manager Neil Woodford says the UK is 'appallingly bad' at helping small tech start-ups find the money they need to grow.
  
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• Connected tech: Smart home robots and sake fridges

  19-09-2016 09:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Jen Copestake looks at some of the latest internet of things technology.
  
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• Why more people aren’t cloud bursting

  19-09-2016 09:00 via computerweekly.com
  The appeal of cloud bursting is easy to see, but the level of complexity involved negates its benefits – at least for now
  
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• ​Ongoing tech troubles end ASX trading early

  19-09-2016 08:55 via zdnet.com
  
  The Australian Securities Exchange has ended trading early after technical faults affected the management of individual shares.
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for September 19

  19-09-2016 08:53
  
  Elon Musk says new SpaceX transporter can go well beyond Mars, Samsung Galaxy Note 7 owners aren't returning their potentially explosive phones
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• Ride-hailing firm Lyft predicts driverless cabs in 5 years

  19-09-2016 08:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The majority of ride-hailing company Lyft's rides will be in self-driving cars within five years, the company's president predicts.
  
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