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• Attack on Yahoo hit 500 million users

  22-09-2016 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yahoo says hackers stole information from about 500 million users in 2014 in what appears to be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in history.
  
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• UK reaches out to Whitefield, Bengaluru's ICT hub that's craving for civic attention - YourStory.com

  22-09-2016 23:47
  
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  UK reaches out to Whitefield, Bengaluru's ICT hub that's craving for civic attention
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  The UK's Deputy High Commissioner today reached out to stakeholders in Whitefield, a once sleepy Anglo-Indian suburb turned tech-hub in Bengaluru. Dominic McAllister and his team engaged with Whitefield-based businesses, civic society, and British ...en meer »
  
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• Investigatory Powers Bill – the case for mass surveillance

  22-09-2016 19:53 via computerweekly.com
  As the Investigatory Powers Bill goes through its final stages in Parliament, a former GCHQ intelligence officer puts the case for the bulk surveillance powers contained in the legislation
  
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• Uber for poop, Zuckersplurge: Podcast 286

  22-09-2016 18:32
  
  The UK's oldest robot is reborn, we chat to Palmer Luckey on his 24th birthday and we 'solve' poop
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• Accenture apprentice scheme gets first female graduate

  22-09-2016 18:00 via computerweekly.com
  Accenture’s IT apprentice programme has its first female graduate, and the company hopes this is the start of more female graduates to come
  
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• Huawei Nova review: Good, but no OnePlus 3

  22-09-2016 17:45
  
  The Huawei Nova has an awful lot going for it, and yet it’s powerless when set alongside the OnePlus 3
  
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• The downside to driverless cars: More time for email and conference calls

  22-09-2016 17:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Companies are trying to answer the question: if you're not driving, what are you actually going to do?
  
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• Spotify still leads streaming – but can it turn a profit?

  22-09-2016 17:04
  
  Spotify recently announced it had reached 40m paying customers, but with Apple Music breathing down its neck can it survive?
  
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• Zuckerberg v disease

  22-09-2016 16:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife want to tackle all diseases by the end if the century. Just how feasible is this aim?
  
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• Why we shouldn’t be so in awe of coincidences

  22-09-2016 16:38
  
  Robert Matthews gives a valuable lesson in why big coincidences usually aren’t so coincidental – and suggests an easy bet to win
  
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• TV energy efficiency ratings 'flawed'

  22-09-2016 16:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Energy efficiency ratings on televisions are flawed and likely to mislead consumers, a US environment advocacy group has claimed.
  
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• Cuba plans to install wi-fi on Havana's iconic Malecon seafront

  22-09-2016 16:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plans to install wi-fi along Havana's iconic Malecon seafront are announced by the Cuban government, making it the largest hotspot on the island.
  
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• DC movies have 'room for improvement' admits Warner Bros CEO

  22-09-2016 16:00
  
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• Government 'committed' to Alan Turing gay pardon law

  22-09-2016 15:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Proposals to introduce new legislation which would pardon gay men convicted under historical gross indecency laws will be brought forward "in due course", the government says.
  
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• Want to own Steve Jobs' first Apple stock certificate? That'll be $195,000

  22-09-2016 15:50 via zdnet.com
  
  If you have $200,000 spare cash you could take a gamble on Apple's stock, or you could buy Steve Jobs' certificate of his first stock in the company.
  
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• I explored Tomb Raider’s Croft Manor in VR and couldn’t find a butler to lock in a fridge

  22-09-2016 15:29
  
  Tomb Raider: Gone Home edition
  
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• I explored Rise of the Tomb Raider’s Croft Manor in VR and couldn’t find a butler to lock in a fridge

  22-09-2016 15:29
  
  Tomb Raider: Gone Home edition
  
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• MI6 to hire 1,000 new staff by 2020

  22-09-2016 15:25
  
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• Openreach responds to Fix Britain’s Internet broadband campaigners

  22-09-2016 15:01 via computerweekly.com
  Openreach CEO Clive Selley has criticised rival broadband providers campaigning for the separation of the infrastructure business from its parent, BT, saying they are ignoring important facts
  
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• Pizza Hut Hong Kong rips up traditional CRM rule book

  22-09-2016 14:33 via computerweekly.com
  IT director of parent company Jardine Restaurant Group has transformed the way Pizza Hut interacts with customers in Hong Kong and plans the same in Myanmar and Vietnam
  
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• Windows 10: 'Microsoft should pay compensation for user upgrade woes'

  22-09-2016 14:27 via zdnet.com
  
  Now Microsoft's pushy Windows 10 upgrade offer is over, a consumer rights group has called on Microsoft to compensate users for the issues it caused.
  
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• Indigenous Australians are the most ancient civilisation on Earth

  22-09-2016 14:18
  
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• Palmer Luckey's building a VR utopia. And he's only 24

  22-09-2016 13:56
  
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• Feast your eyes on the first five trailers for Ghost in the Shell

  22-09-2016 13:38
  
  Five micro-trailers tease the live action take on the cyberpunk world, based on Masamune Shirow's classic manga and anime
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• YouTube launches scheme to offer rewards to users who report videos

  22-09-2016 13:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Website looks to users to report inappropriate content, but many people are critical of the new system.
  
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• Dropbox gives UK enterprises option to host cloud data in Europe

  22-09-2016 13:28 via computerweekly.com
  
  Cloud storage firm makes good on an earlier pledge to give enterprises the opportunity to host data in Europe, as its efforts to court the business community continue
  
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• Massive web attack hits security blogger

  22-09-2016 13:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of the biggest web attacks ever seen has been aimed at a security blogger after he exposed hackers who carry out such attacks for cash.
  
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• Fifa 17 review: the personal game

  22-09-2016 13:20
  
  Fifa 17 introduces The Journey and tweaks to Ultimate Team - but is it better than PES?
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• The 'unpredictable' architect behind Victoria Beckham's flagship store

  22-09-2016 13:00
  
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• Hackers in the house: Why your IoT devices may have already joined a botnet

  22-09-2016 12:57 via zdnet.com
  
  Hackers are taking advantage of lax security attitudes around connected devices to hijack them for malicious means, warn Symantec researchers
  
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• Google Allo: Don't use it, says Edward Snowden

  22-09-2016 12:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Google has come under fire again for the privacy choices its made for its new smart chat app, Allo.
  
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• Hypergrid adds metered usage and networks to hyper-converged kit

  22-09-2016 12:07 via computerweekly.com
  Hyper-converged appliance maker will allow customers to pay for what they use in hardware that will now add networking
  
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• Yahoo expected to disclose 'massive' data breach

  22-09-2016 12:04
  
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• US authorities set to indict four people over Yahoo's 2014 hack

  22-09-2016 12:04
  
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• Russian spies charged with 2014 Yahoo hack

  22-09-2016 12:04
  
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• 500m Yahoo accounts were hacked in 2014, company confirms

  22-09-2016 12:04
  
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• Explore the AMAZING McLaren F1 HQ with Google Street View

  22-09-2016 11:36
  
  See what Apple might be getting for £1-1.5 billion
  
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• Which? calls for user compensation over Windows 10 upgrade issues

  22-09-2016 11:08 via computerweekly.com
  
  Consumer rights champion’s research shows 12% of Windows 10 users have downgraded to an older version of the software because of troublesome updates
  
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• 'You can make anything better than it is today' - Zuckerberg

  22-09-2016 11:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new initiative to "cure, prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century".
  
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• Hackers targeting satellites could cause 'catastrophic' damage

  22-09-2016 11:01
  
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• ReCore is Xbox One's answer to Metroid Prime

  22-09-2016 10:51
  
  ReCode is what happens when you put Mega Man and Metroid Prime creators in a room together
  
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• Want to transfer money? There’s now a bot for that

  22-09-2016 10:50
  
  Money transfer company Azimo has created the world's first chat bot for sending money
  
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• How Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan plan to eradicate disease

  22-09-2016 10:35
  
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• Cyber attack aimed at destruction, says TV5Monde

  22-09-2016 10:15 via computerweekly.com
  TV5Monde counting the cost of not being adequately prepared for a cyber attacked that downed the network in 2015
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan pledge $3bn to tackle “all diseases” by 2100

  22-09-2016 10:06
  
  Facebook founder launches ambitious fund for medical research to “cure, prevent or manage”
  
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• Census funding uncertainty meant ABS was underprepared: Union

  22-09-2016 09:37 via zdnet.com
  
  Relentless cuts to the ABS and an uncertain funding future spelt doom for the Australian 2016 Census, the Community and Public Sector Union has said.
  
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• ​WA parliamentary committee confident government CIO will fix current IT problems

  22-09-2016 09:24 via zdnet.com
  
  A WA parliamentary committee is concerned for the future of state health IT contracts, pointing to the establishment of a government chief information officer as an opportunity to prevent history repeating itself.
  
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• Taiwan asks Google to blur images from disputed island

  22-09-2016 09:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Taiwan asks Google to blur satellite images of what appear to be new military installations on a disputed island in the South China Sea.
  
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• Telstra explores blockchain, biometrics to secure smart home IoT devices

  22-09-2016 09:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Telstra's efforts to blockchain IoT are being augmented by identity verification using voice, fingerprint, and facial biometrics.
  
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• North Korea has fewer websites than were created for GTA 5

  22-09-2016 09:00
  
  North Korean top-level name server misconfigured, giving the outside world a brief glimpse into the secretive state’s internet
  
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