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• WIRED Security 2016: Speakers

  12-10-2016 21:51
  
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• Robot security: Making sure machines don't become the latest big threat

  12-10-2016 21:46 via zdnet.com
  
  If we can't protect our laptops, why should we think we can protect a fleet of robots?
  
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• Verizon promises to stay out of the way of Google Pixel software updates

  12-10-2016 19:24 via zdnet.com
  
  In a new statement, the carrier indicates it's taking an iOS approach to releasing software updates for Google's new Pixel phones.
  
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• BMW reveals helmet-free motorcycle concept

  12-10-2016 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Motoring giant BMW unveils a self-balancing concept motorcycle, which it says could represent the future of transportation.
  
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• How old is our Moon? Hundreds of previously unseen craters could finally unlock its true age

  12-10-2016 19:00
  
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• DeepMind's AI learned to ride the London Underground using human-like reason and memory

  12-10-2016 19:00
  
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• Taking on the Fancy Bear hackers: how to negotiate if your data is being held ransom

  12-10-2016 18:00
  
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• Government to name and shame departments failing to secure email

  12-10-2016 18:00 via computerweekly.com
  The NCSC is piloting various cyber security intiatives with government departments such as Dmarc and other email security measures, and plans to name and shame those which fail to comply
  
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• Samsung Galaxy Note 7: The unanswered questions

  12-10-2016 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Samsung urges customers to return its ill-fated Note 7 handsets, questions remain about what went wrong.
  
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• MPs campaign for Lauri Love to be tried in UK

  12-10-2016 17:45 via computerweekly.com
  Backbench MPs are campaigning against Lauri Love’s extradition to the US so he can face trial in the UK
  
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• WIRED Security 2016: Be there or be hacked

  12-10-2016 17:24
  
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• WIRED Security 2016: Delegates

  12-10-2016 17:17
  
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• WIRED Security 2016: Startup Stage

  12-10-2016 17:16
  
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• WIRED Security 2016: Partners

  12-10-2016 17:16
  
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• WIRED Security 2016: Agenda

  12-10-2016 17:16
  
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• Mercedes autonomous cars will protect occupants before pedestrians

  12-10-2016 17:11
  
  Mercedes says the answer to the million-dollar autonomous question is quite simple
  
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• Droning on: the challenges facing drone delivery

  12-10-2016 17:04
  
  How regulation, locals and pets could bring drone delivery crashing to the ground
  
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• This is why you don’t want a Wi-Fi kettle

  12-10-2016 16:59
  
  Seriously, just buy a regular kettle already
  
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• Yandex bakes AI into smartphones to start OTT fightback

  12-10-2016 16:58 via computerweekly.com
  
  As mobile operators struggle to maintain their revenue streams, Russian search engine Yandex is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to help them fight back against over-the-top services
  
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• A Call Of Duty commentator totally lost it during an eSports tournament

  12-10-2016 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "That could be the greatest ending to a game of Black Ops 3 i've seen in my life," screams announcer Ben Bowe.
  
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• TfL is crowdsourcing data to make London commuting a whole lot easier

  12-10-2016 16:29
  
  The organisation has teamed up with Waze to offer real-time information about traffic congestion
  
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• Day of the Dead-inspired UE speaker designed by artist Ernesto Yerena Montejano

  12-10-2016 16:00
  
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• How the new five pound note plays vinyl records

  12-10-2016 15:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new polymer five pound note has a secret power - it can play vinyl.
  
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• ISIS is turning hobby drones into flying explosives

  12-10-2016 15:44
  
  Islamic State may not have the budget for military drones, but it is turning commercial hobby drones into miniature killing machines
  
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• Gap's PACE program wants to boost confidence and life skills in teenage girls

  12-10-2016 15:30
  
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• Google's fast but Nokia's faster: Its 65Tbps subsea fiber blows record out of the water

  12-10-2016 15:11 via zdnet.com
  
  New technology from Nokia Bell Labs has helped achieve lab speeds of 65 terabits per second.
  
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• Photographer Charles Emerson's Mount Fuji photography series

  12-10-2016 15:08
  
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• Silkworms were fed graphene to produce 'super silk' and it could be the future of wearables

  12-10-2016 15:00
  
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• Chronos hands-on: Turn any watch into a smarter watch for $100

  12-10-2016 14:47 via zdnet.com
  
  Many people have classic watches, heirloom watches, fashion watches, and other timepieces they prefer over today's smartwatches. Chronos provides some smartwatch functionality for just $100.
  
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• Verizon and CenturyLink close to colocation datacentre sell-offs, say reports

  12-10-2016 14:45 via computerweekly.com
  Reports suggest both CenturyLink and Verizon could be on the cusp of off-loading their colocation assets, after months of speculation
  
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• TeenTech calls on kids to pass on Stem excitement

  12-10-2016 14:40 via computerweekly.com
  At the 2016 Teen Tech ceremony, TeenTech’s founder Maggie Philbin and the Duke of York called on kids to inspire future participants
  
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• Facebook's Workplace won't kill email, but nothing else will either

  12-10-2016 13:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Email is the indestructible cockroach of the electronic world: it will take more than a social network to stamp it out.
  
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• Windows 10's MacBook challenger: HP revamps Spectre x360 with thinner case and bigger battery

  12-10-2016 13:45 via zdnet.com
  
  HP has refreshed its premium 13-inch consumer laptops, including the Spectre x360 and Envy.
  
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• From cave walls to keyboards: 'emoji' were first used 200,000 years ago

  12-10-2016 13:26
  
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• Pivot3 adds Edge Office SME/ROBO hyper-converged appliances

  12-10-2016 13:01 via computerweekly.com
  Hyper-converged infrastructure maker adds all-flash SME and remote office server-storage hardware with VMware hypervisor to vSTAC SLX products based on NexGen buy
  
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• Smaller, better, safer: The new 'almost perfect' batteries coming to your gadgets soon

  12-10-2016 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Solid-state batteries could offer a viable alternative to the types of batteries that caused Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 woes.
  
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• PC market in longest period of decline since records began, says Gartner

  12-10-2016 13:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  PC shipments across the globe enter an unprecedented period of decline, Gartner reveals
  
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• News feeds are making us stupid. Widen your reading now

  12-10-2016 13:00
  
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• King launches Rummy-style multiplayer game Shuffle Cats

  12-10-2016 13:00
  
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• CIO interview: John Sullivan, CIO, Virgin Trains

  12-10-2016 13:00 via computerweekly.com
  Digital innovation is a priority for improving passenger experience and internal operations at the train operating company
  
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• Logitech M330 Silent Plus mouse review: Nobody will know you’re clicking

  12-10-2016 12:52
  
  The Logitech M330 is super quiet, but more importantly it’s a brilliant mouse in its own right
  
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• Milton Keynes now has self-driving cars (sort of)

  12-10-2016 12:29
  
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• Microsoft says hackers have exploited zero-days in Windows 10's Edge, Office, IE; issues fix

  12-10-2016 12:17 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's October Patch Tuesday is a reminder why you shouldn't click links or open attachments from unknown senders.
  
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• Microsoft: 'Hackers have exploited zero-days in Windows 10's Edge, Office, IE', issues fix

  12-10-2016 12:17 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's October Patch Tuesday is a reminder why you shouldn't click links or open attachments from unknown senders.
  
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• Microsoft HoloLens finally comes to the UK

  12-10-2016 12:00
  
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• Hands-on with Microsoft's HoloLens as it lands in Europe

  12-10-2016 12:00
  
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• Government failing to prepare UK for robotics and AI

  12-10-2016 11:57 via computerweekly.com
  A report produced by the Science and Technology Committee has warned that the UK is fundamentally unprepared for the changes that will come from robotics and artificial intelligence
  
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• G7 sets financial sector cyber defence guidelines as attacks grow

  12-10-2016 11:45 via computerweekly.com
  G7 countries have agreed cyber security guidelines in response to concerns about the safety of interconnected global financial systems that are increasingly coming under attack, according to Symantec
  
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• Amazon's Spotify rival competes on price

  12-10-2016 11:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amazon launches a second music streaming service to compete with rivals Spotify and Apple Music.
  
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• Android Nougat 7.1 'coming later this month' with support for Google's Daydream VR

  12-10-2016 11:01
  
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