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• Electric bike scheme first to be launched in the UK

  13-10-2016 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's first city-wide electric bike scheme is launched in Exeter.
  
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• VenueNext gets cash plug to bring sports app to Europe

  13-10-2016 21:00
  
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• "How does a game replicate the complexity of a mess like Syria?"

  13-10-2016 18:44
  
  Can computer games ever handle current conflict successfully?
  
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• Case study: Denmark’s Bang & Olufsen takes control of sales data

  13-10-2016 17:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  Denmark based audio-visual equipment maker uses cloud-based channel management software to give it the sales insight it needs to make better decisions
  
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• Samsung offers $100 to Galaxy Note 7 users, but there's a catch

  13-10-2016 17:29 via zdnet.com
  Samsung doesn't want you to jump ship, so it's offering an extra incentive to stick with the company.
  
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• The 9 best PlayStation VR games: The perfect VR games for your PS4

  13-10-2016 17:13
  
  From fighting in space to defusing bombs, these are the 9 games you need to own for your PlayStation VR
  
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• The 8 best PlayStation VR games: All the games you need to play on your shiny new Sony headset

  13-10-2016 17:13
  
  The 8 best PlayStation VR games: All the games you need to play on your shiny new Sony headset
  
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• How AI could slash the time it takes to find and develop new drugs

  13-10-2016 16:11 via zdnet.com
  
  It takes years to develop new drugs but a UK-based company is using artificial intelligence to speed up the process from initial research to end product.
  
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• The BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100 concept bike will NEVER fall over

  13-10-2016 15:37
  
  This is what BMW thinks bikes will be like in 100 years
  
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• Google DeepMind's latest AI? So smart it can 'reason' its way around London's Tube

  13-10-2016 14:50 via zdnet.com
  
  Google's DeepMind subsidiary has created an artificial-intelligence system that can store memories and use them to reason.
  
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• Lloyds Bank to use virtual reality to test applicants for graduate programme

  13-10-2016 14:37 via computerweekly.com
  Bank will use virtual reality to test potential recruits in situations that are otherwise difficult to recreate
  
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• Darth Vader is back in the second trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

  13-10-2016 14:26
  
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• We took a look inside Apple’s new Regent Street store

  13-10-2016 14:24
  
  Ahead of its public opening on Saturday, we took a tour around Apple’s updated Regent Street store
  
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• Lloyds Bank launches technologies to improve and secure customer services

  13-10-2016 14:15 via computerweekly.com
  
  Lloyds Bank is investing in the latest technologies to provide customers with convenient and secure banking services
  
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• PlayStation VR review: can it compete against HTC Vive and Oculus?

  13-10-2016 14:00
  
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• API toolchain provider Postman raises $7m in Series A round

  13-10-2016 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Bangalore-headquartered company Postman has raised $7 million from Nexus Venture Partners to fund product development and marketing efforts.
  
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• Almost 6,000 online shops hit by hackers

  13-10-2016 13:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Almost 6,000 web shops are unknowingly harbouring malicious code that is stealing the credit card details of customers, suggests research.
  
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• Facebook's bug bounty: Now it's paid out $5m for security flaws to 900 hunters

  13-10-2016 13:47 via zdnet.com
  
  Facebook's bug bounty program turns five this year and it's on track once again to pay out about $1m this year to researchers.
  
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• Tinder Smart Photos picks which image your matches will see

  13-10-2016 13:30
  
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• IT startups suffer from strict, out-of-date Dutch laws

  13-10-2016 13:29 via computerweekly.com
  The Netherlands government needs to ensure that legislation enables disruptive technology to flourish
  
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• Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize speech reveals how Buddy Holly and Moby Dick inspired his music

  13-10-2016 13:22
  
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• Bob Dylan wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

  13-10-2016 13:22
  
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• This is the newest tactic cybercriminals are using to deliver ransomware

  13-10-2016 13:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Cybersecurity researchers have spotted a surge in ransomware emails containing a type of file which isn't blocked by many providers.
  
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• Bristol is Open picks new network partners to enhance smart city

  13-10-2016 13:15 via computerweekly.com
  
  Nokia and Zeetta Networks sign on to support the University of Bristol and Bristol Council’s smart city project, Bristol is Open
  
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• How naked mole rats have evolved to feel no pain

  13-10-2016 13:00
  
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• PlayStation VR review: The best case for VR yet

  13-10-2016 12:56
  
  Sony proves the PS4 is more than capable of bringing VR to the masses, even with a few small foibles
  
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• Google divulges more data on its users than ever, as government requests spike

  13-10-2016 12:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Google faced more requests for user data in the first half of 2016 than in any period since it began reporting the figures.
  
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• Tate Liverpool explores the limitations of machines with data leaks and robot dogs

  13-10-2016 12:21
  
  A new show from artist Cécile B Evans features humans performing with robots
  
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• Apple fires staff amid claims intimate photos shared in Australia store

  13-10-2016 12:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple fires a number of employees in Australia amid allegations they shared photos of female customers and colleagues and ranked them out of 10.
  
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• New 'dwarf planet' found in the outer reaches of our solar system

  13-10-2016 12:00
  
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• CIO interview: Mia Forsäng, Swedish municipality Vara

  13-10-2016 12:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  Despite moving on to pastures new, the former CIO at Swedish municipality Vara tells Computer Weekly how she used her people skills to transform the IT department
  
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• FDM Group launches Getting Back to Business programme

  13-10-2016 11:45 via computerweekly.com
  IT services consultancy FDM Group announces the launch of its Back to Business programme designed to help women return to the IT industry
  
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• Google's next submarine cable will connect Singapore to Australia

  13-10-2016 11:07
  
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• Google and Facebook's new submarine cable will connect LA to Hong Kong

  13-10-2016 11:07
  
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• Google and Facebook to build 'ultra-high-capacity' subsea internet cable

  13-10-2016 11:07
  
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• Almost two-thirds of US office workers unaware of ransomware threat

  13-10-2016 10:37 via computerweekly.com
  Nearly half of ransomware attacks are aimed at office workers, but almost two-thirds of those polled in the US are unaware of the threat
  
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• Google DeepMind just learned to read the London Underground map through memory and basic reasoning

  13-10-2016 10:19
  
  While it sounds basic, the manner in which the AI is learning is a big breakthrough
  
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• Health study finds Apple Watch has the most accurate heart rate monitor

  13-10-2016 09:11
  
  Cleveland Clinic researchers find Apple's wearable gives the most accurate readings, but it’s no substitute for a chest strap
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for October 13

  13-10-2016 08:55
  
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• ABS funding cuts see internet usage and IT surveys on chopping block

  13-10-2016 07:06 via zdnet.com
  
  In its work program for the next year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has said it will need to secure funding for its lowest tier of surveys, or look to cut them.
  
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• Vocus failed leadership spill spared CEO Geoff Horth

  13-10-2016 03:50 via zdnet.com
  
  The resignations of Vocus founder James Spenceley and Amcom founder Tony Grist occurred after their failed coup attempting to oust CEO Geoff Horth from the company.
  
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• NNN Co trials narrowband IoT network across Queensland

  13-10-2016 03:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Following a successful proof of concept, the world's first group multicast scalable LoRaWAN network deployment will be trialled in Queensland by the National Narrowband Network.
  
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• Deadly drones

  13-10-2016 02:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The killing of two Peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq last week highlights the potential of turning cheap-to-buy, easily available drones into weapons.
  
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• The collar which visualises your dog's emotions

  13-10-2016 01:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The collar displays different colours depending on the dog's mood. BBC Click finds out more.
  
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• NBN signs fibre contracts with Visionstream, Fulton Hogan

  13-10-2016 01:24 via zdnet.com
  
  Visionstream and Fulton Hogan have won the tenders for NBN's final MTM design and construction contracts to roll out broadband services to 450,000 new development premises.
  
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• PlayStation VR headset: The verdict

  13-10-2016 01:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Marc Cieslak reviews Sony's PlayStation virtual reality headset.
  
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• Repairing the damage

  13-10-2016 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Samsung stops production of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after incidents of the handsets catching fire, how can it hope to repair its damaged reputation?
  
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• Thousands of significant cyber incidents hit Australian organisations

  13-10-2016 01:00 via computerweekly.com
  Australian Cyber Security Centre report reveals growing threat, with energy, banking and finance, and communications sectors targeted most often
  
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• 3D printing makes headway in healthcare and manufacturing in Singapore

  13-10-2016 01:00 via computerweekly.com
  3D printing is increasingly being used in Singapore, with hospitals and manufacturers early adopters of the technology
  
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• ​Sydney AI-focused fintech startup readies for AU$23m ASX listing

  13-10-2016 00:37 via zdnet.com
  
  Flamingo is taking the road less travelled by startups, waving goodbye to the venture capital model and instead becoming a publicly listed company before the month is over.
  
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