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• Plotting success

  07-10-2016 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There are three main issues the UK needs to address if it is going to build a technology company on the scale of Google, according to a group of entrepreneurs.
  
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• Voltron: Legendary Defender season two lands on Netflix in January

  07-10-2016 21:00
  
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• Her Story and Papers, Please are changing gaming forever

  07-10-2016 21:00
  
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• Backpage website head Carl Ferrer faces sex charges

  07-10-2016 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Carl Ferrer, head of small ads website Backpage.com has been arrested on charges of pimping, says the California Attorney General.
  
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• Audi Innovation Awards: Scientific Breakthrough

  07-10-2016 18:22
  
  Which UK project thrilled and amazed us in 2016?
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• Can science tell us how to achieve true fulfilment?

  07-10-2016 18:00
  
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• Virtual reality, augmented reality markets poised for growth spurt

  07-10-2016 17:36 via zdnet.com
  
  VR and AR are more than just fun and games -- recent research predicts the adoption of these technologies in multiple industries, including education, healthcare, and travel.
  
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• SSP set for showdown with insurance brokers over two-week Solihull datacentre meltdown

  07-10-2016 17:01 via computerweekly.com
  
  Senior leaders from insurance software provider will meet brokers next week to discuss the precautions it has taken to prevent a repeat of Solihull datacentre outage
  
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• Credit card with fraud-busting display

  07-10-2016 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A credit card with an ever-changing security code is being launched in France and may also come to the UK.
  
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• Google hardware, fish accents: Podcast 288

  07-10-2016 16:06
  
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• Do you have 'security fatigue'? Too many warnings makes us give up trying to be safe online

  07-10-2016 16:00
  
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• Yahoo's spying billboard: It would ID you, watch and listen to your reactions to ads

  07-10-2016 15:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Yahoo is exploring a smart billboard that would use microphones, cameras and other sensors to bring targeted advertising to outdoor displays.
  
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• Rinspeed's Oasis car spins on the spot and has a garden on the dashboard

  07-10-2016 15:40
  
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• No more three-point turns! Rinspeed's Oasis car spins on the spot

  07-10-2016 15:40
  
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• Lady Gaga: Clips from new album 'leak' on Amazon

  07-10-2016 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Snippets of Lady Gaga's new album have been shared online after fans "tricked" the Amazon's virtual assistant into playing preview clips.
  
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• Singapore launches department to drive digital public services

  07-10-2016 15:12 via computerweekly.com
  
  GovTech agency will work with public sector organisations, the IT industry and citizens to apply technologies to government services
  
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• The National Museum of Computing team beats Eggheads

  07-10-2016 14:30 via computerweekly.com
  A team from The National Museum of Computing recently competed on BBC2's Eggheads – and won
  
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• Mafia III is locked to 30fps on PC – and gamers aren't happy

  07-10-2016 14:18
  
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• ​Facebook wants US to have free internet access - but there's a catch

  07-10-2016 14:16 via zdnet.com
  
  Facebook is looking to bring its free internet program to the US. But even if it gets permission, access will be restricted.
  
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• Training microbes to hunt out cancer and pollutants

  07-10-2016 14:00
  
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• Your next interview could be in VR: Lloyds trials virtual tests for candidates

  07-10-2016 13:47
  
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• The Alan Turing Institute secures $5m of Microsoft cloud investment

  07-10-2016 13:45 via computerweekly.com
  
  UK data science research institute secures Microsoft funding to accelerate its machine learning and analytics work
  
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• Security industry failing users, says behaviour expert

  07-10-2016 13:21 via computerweekly.com
  The information security community is failing to educate users in a way that helps then understand cyber threats and change their behaviour, according to consultant Jessica Barker
  
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• Digital-only Atom banks is open to public

  07-10-2016 13:15 via computerweekly.com
  
  Following an invite-only launch and some fine-tuning, digital-only Atom bank is now fully open in the UK
  
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• Twitter's shares drop after Google and Disney 'opt out from buying it'

  07-10-2016 12:55
  
  Salesforce appears to be one of the only big bidders left in the picture
  
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• Gigaclear BDUK broadband roll-out reaches halfway point

  07-10-2016 12:30 via computerweekly.com
  Rural broadband provider Gigaclear hits the halfway mark in its BDUK-backed Fastershire roll-out
  
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• Google's open source Noto: Free font covers 800 languages, including dead ones

  07-10-2016 12:27 via zdnet.com
  
  Google and Monotype's new font, Noto, brings some written languages to the web for the first time.
  
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• We're not going to beat cybercrime in our lifetime says ex-FBI cyber chief

  07-10-2016 12:16 via zdnet.com
  
  But we still need to proactively hunt down attackers or risk a "failure for future generations" says Shawn Henry.
  
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• Juan Manuel Santos wins the Nobel Peace Prize

  07-10-2016 12:14
  
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• GMX wants to make encryption easy enough for everyone to use it

  07-10-2016 12:14
  
  End-to-end encryption is too hard to use, but email provider GMX wants to fix it
  
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• William Shatner to play Two-Face in upcoming Batman sequel

  07-10-2016 11:52
  
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• Pokemon Go is making it easier to catch rare characters

  07-10-2016 11:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pokemon Go is trying to lure back players by making it easier to catch rare Pokemon characters.
  
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• Facial recognition to catch terrorists in New York

  07-10-2016 11:27
  
  Advanced recognition technology will be trailed across New York’s “crossing points”
  
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• The eight scientific breakthroughs set to revolutionise our future

  07-10-2016 11:13
  
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• ​Cloud Security Alliance lays out security guidelines for IoT development

  07-10-2016 11:01 via zdnet.com
  
  The Cloud Security Alliance has published guidance for the Internet of Things development community on how to best prepare for the security challenges the future connected world will present.
  
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• London police charge third member of ATM hacking gang

  07-10-2016 11:00 via computerweekly.com
  London police arrest and charge a third man suspected of being involved in a series of ATM thefts across the UK in 2014 using malware to bypass security controls
  
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• 'Cannonballs' of plasma the size of Mars seen racing from a mystery star

  07-10-2016 10:50
  
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• UK firms living in fear of obsolescence as competitive threat posed by startups grows

  07-10-2016 10:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  Dell Technologies survey suggests UK firms are living in fear of disruption from nimbler startups and overseas competitors
  
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• Oculus Rift’s minimum specifications just became a lot more affordable

  07-10-2016 10:11
  
  Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe announces tech to reduce system requirements without making you nauseous
  
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• We wore eye-tracking goggles on the tube, in the name of 'science'

  07-10-2016 10:00
  
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• Engineering company uses HR technology to cut staff leaving rates

  07-10-2016 10:00 via computerweekly.com
  Aveva has seen its employee attrition rate fall by 5% a year, partly as a result of its investment in HR technology
  
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• Dunkin’ data – how one firm is going donuts for data analytics

  07-10-2016 10:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  The director of consumer technology and mobile for Dunkin’ Donuts explains how the retailer uses Splunk to manage customer satisfaction through data
  
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• The foam dart that helps you take aerial photos

  07-10-2016 09:26 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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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for October 7

  07-10-2016 09:00
  
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• RSPs should have 'some ownership' of NBN fibre access nodes: Telco analyst

  07-10-2016 08:10 via zdnet.com
  
  Once the NBN has been rolled out, RSPs should be given 15-year transferrable leases over the assets in order to drive capital risk management.
  
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• Tinder Boost launches in the UK to get you more matches

  07-10-2016 07:45
  
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• ​IBM scores another million-dollar federal government contract

  07-10-2016 07:24 via zdnet.com
  
  IBM Australia has just inked a AU$3.2 million deal with the Australian Tax Office, less than two months since the Census debacle began to unfold.
  
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• ACMA eyes 5G, IoT, dynamic spectrum sharing as 2017 issues

  07-10-2016 06:37 via zdnet.com
  
  The ACMA's new management plan will see it focus on incoming network technologies and the spectrum issues behind them, including mmW bands for 5G and spectrum sharing for IoT.
  
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• Australia's big four hedging their bets on bank account portability

  07-10-2016 06:16 via zdnet.com
  
  At the conclusion of the three-day review of Australia's four major banks, it is clear all four accept the idea of account portability, knowing how far away the possibility of such a practice would be.
  
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• Twitter shares plunge by a fifth

  07-10-2016 05:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shares in social media website Twitter plunge by a fifth on Thursday amid worries about a lack of takeover interest.
  
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