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• US bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on flights

  14-10-2016 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US Department of Transportation has banned Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on flights after reports of the device catching fire.
  
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• Electric cars set to get road priority in clean air zones

  14-10-2016 21:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Electric cars could be given priority at traffic lights and exempted from one-way systems, a government consultation suggests.
  
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• Twtitter shares tumble as Salesforce rules out bid

  14-10-2016 20:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shares in Twitter drop more than 7% after Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff says his firm would not bid for the social media website.
  
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• Twitter shares tumble as Salesforce rules out bid

  14-10-2016 20:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shares in Twitter drop more than 7% after Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff says his firm would not bid for the social media website.
  
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• YouTuber pleads not guilty to video game gambling offences

  14-10-2016 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two men - one a YouTuber - appear in court and plead not guilty to gambling offences.
  
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• iPhone 7 review: much-needed improvements at a cost

  14-10-2016 18:00
  
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• iPhone 7 Plus review: brilliant battery life is almost worth the money alone

  14-10-2016 18:00
  
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• Huawei Nova Plus review: Bigger, better, but a touch too much

  14-10-2016 17:32
  
  Huawei’s handset for the big-handed gets most things right, apart from the price
  
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• Bowers & Wilkins P7 Wireless review: Cutting the cord

  14-10-2016 17:29
  
  Brilliant-sounding Bluetooth headphones, but they’re quite pricey
  
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• HP Inc makes job cuts to focus on sustainable business growth

  14-10-2016 17:15 via computerweekly.com
  
  HP Inc reveals the challenges it faces in 2017 with PCs, printers and the 3D printing opportunity
  
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• PlayStation VR can be used with the Xbox One and Wii U (sort of)

  14-10-2016 17:00
  
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• Apple quietly reveals when the Apple Watch Nike+ will be available

  14-10-2016 16:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Nike and Apple partnered to create a Nike+ branded Apple Watch, but until now its exact release date was unknown.
  
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• The new BMW 5 Series (2017) has the BEST Apple CarPlay system yet

  14-10-2016 16:34
  
  Apple CarPlay is great, but the version in the new BMW 5 Series will be even better
  
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• Google, IBM, Dell EMC: We can make servers that are 10 times faster

  14-10-2016 16:32 via zdnet.com
  
  A consortium of tech giants have developed a technical spec they say is needed if datacenters are to cope with the demands of machine learning and other data-intensive workloads.
  
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• Google News launches fact check label

  14-10-2016 16:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google launches a new fact check label, which will appear in search results for news stories.
  
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• Computer science exam had coding errors

  14-10-2016 16:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scotland's exam body admits to a series of mistakes in one of this year's computer science tests.
  
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• Royal Navy tests robot subs, boats and drones for fleet of the future

  14-10-2016 16:17 via zdnet.com
  
  The Unmanned Warrior exercise tests autonomous submersibles, boats and drones off Scotland and Wales.
  
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• Black Mirror, testing HoloLens: Podcast 289

  14-10-2016 16:00
  
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• Mercedes on track to overtake BMW as the world's top luxury car brand

  14-10-2016 15:15
  
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• Firms urged to automate security certificate backup after Globalsign blackout

  14-10-2016 15:15 via computerweekly.com
  
  Online firms are being urged to reduce their dependency on single certificate authorities by automating backup processes
  
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• Google to desktop owners: You're about to get staler search results than mobile users

  14-10-2016 15:12 via zdnet.com
  
  Google will soon introduce a mobile index for search, which will eventually become its primary way of delivering results.
  
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• Apple already has the tech to ID you using your veins

  14-10-2016 14:17 via zdnet.com
  
  A patent suggests that Apple could one day use vascular signatures instead of fingerprints to identify users.
  
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• Aegis Secure Key USB 3.0 Flash Drive is one serious business tool

  14-10-2016 14:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Business users find high-capacity USB thumb drives to be fast, convenient, and the perfect personal cloud. Until they get lost. If protecting confidential data is important, here's a USB thumb drive that will do the job.
  
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• Three-quarters of Brits use mobile banking

  14-10-2016 13:41 via computerweekly.com
  
  Europeans are rapidly taking up mobile banking which, combined with the adoption of contactless cards, is driving the digital payments sector
  
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• Giant cyber wargame with 'dark scenario' of power cuts, ransomware and drones reaches its climax

  14-10-2016 13:32 via zdnet.com
  
  More than 700 security experts from government agencies, banks, cloud companies, battle fictional cyber-foes.
  
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• Nordea bank joins rival’s mobile payment platform

  14-10-2016 13:30 via computerweekly.com
  Nordea signs up to the mobile payments platform from Danske bank for its customers in Denmark and Norway
  
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• Heroic nurse Mary Seacole celebrated in a Google Doodle

  14-10-2016 13:08
  
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• Focus on SME broadband to build Northern Powerhouse, says report

  14-10-2016 13:00 via computerweekly.com
  SMEs in the north of England need a defined government strategy on broadband and skills if they are to flourish, says a thinktank
  
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• Microsoft: 'Apple can no more secure your iPhone than Google can secure Android'

  14-10-2016 12:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Given the recent discovery of the Trident malware for iPhones, Microsoft thinks it's time businesses rethought their unwavering trust in iOS as a controlled ecosystem.
  
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• HP to cut up to 4,000 jobs over the next three years

  14-10-2016 12:52
  
  The cost-cutting measures follow news of HP’s lowered profit margins
  
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• UK will maintain European broadband leadership until 2020

  14-10-2016 12:37 via computerweekly.com
  The UK is expected to keep its leadership position when compared with selected EU markets, claims Analysys Mason
  
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• Snapchat heads for possible $25bn flotation

  14-10-2016 12:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Snap Inc, the owner of messaging app Snapchat, moves closer to a share flotation as it chooses Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to underwrite the listing.
  
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• Our Universe is ten times more crowded with galaxies than first thought

  14-10-2016 12:00
  
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• VMware and AWS joint venture to help enterprises manage multi-cloud environments

  14-10-2016 11:15 via computerweekly.com
  
  Virtualisation giant VMware reinforces its commitment to helping enterprises manage multi-cloud deployments with AWS partnership
  
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• This biometric mouse lets you ditch passwords and log into accounts with a fingerprint

  14-10-2016 10:56
  
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• There are even more galaxies in the universe than we thought

  14-10-2016 10:44
  
  We knew space was big. We just didn't appreciate how big
  
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• Retail websites riddled with security holes, researchers warn

  14-10-2016 10:23 via computerweekly.com
  Retailers urged to improve the security of their online stores amid a series of discoveries of cyber criminal campaigns to exploit vulnerabilities in retail websites
  
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• CIOs struggle as digital IT strategies are hampered by corporate inertia

  14-10-2016 10:00 via computerweekly.com
  Companies are struggling to keep pace with the digital innovation of their IT departments, a major study reveals
  
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• Twitter launches Periscope Producer to enable TV-quality videos

  14-10-2016 08:46 via zdnet.com
  
  Periscope Producer marks the next stage in the evolution of live streaming via Twitter, making it more accessible to professional broadcasters.
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for October 14

  14-10-2016 08:45
  
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• Fibre connection delay complaints jump in New Zealand

  14-10-2016 08:15 via zdnet.com
  
  UFB fibre installation delays are partially responsible for a 35 percent uplift in telco complaints across New Zealand.
  
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• ​Canberra creates Digital Transformation Agency from DTO

  14-10-2016 08:03 via zdnet.com
  
  The federal government has launched the new agency to push its digital agenda in a bid to see wide-scale change in the digital capability of government departments.
  
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• Pauline Hanson to use NBN oversight for regional comms and foreign fragging

  14-10-2016 06:56 via zdnet.com
  
  A combination of country kids unable to beat foreign opponents in deathmatches, and poor connectivity at Parliament House has driven the One Nation leader to seek a seat on the NBN oversight committee.
  
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• ​Fasoo updates Wrapsody enterprise collaboration tool

  14-10-2016 06:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Fasoo, South Korea's largest enterprise security software vendor, has launched a new updated version of its Wrapsody collaboration tool for data management and security to meet evolving data protection needs.
  
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• Worldwide shipments of 3D printers to double by end of 2016: Gartner

  14-10-2016 06:21 via zdnet.com
  
  Gartner forecasts significant growth in the 3D printing market, with 44 percent growth in enterprise shipments alone.
  
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• Fighting the person should be cybersecurity best practice: Nuix

  14-10-2016 06:14 via zdnet.com
  
  When it comes to tackling an insider threat, Keith Lowry, senior vice president at Nuix, has said that organisations need to focus on the person, rather than attempting to block them with more technology.
  
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• ​Samsung expects around $3b profit cut until 2017 first quarter

  14-10-2016 03:44 via zdnet.com
  
  Samsung estimates it will lose around 3.5 trillion won ($3 billion) in operating profits from the fourth quarter of the year to the first quarter of 2017 due to ending the Galaxy Note 7.
  
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• ACCC decides to regulate ADSL despite NBN rollout

  14-10-2016 03:18 via zdnet.com
  
  The ACCC will continue regulating ADSL services for the next five years despite the increasing use of NBN and mobile services for internet access.
  
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• How Israel builds its hi-tech start-ups

  14-10-2016 02:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Israel's focus on national security has helped it build a vibrant cluster of cyber security businesses. Can other nations copy it?
  
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• ​HP Inc to cut up to 4,000 jobs by 2020

  14-10-2016 01:48 via zdnet.com
  
  The US computer giant confirmed it will be cutting 3,000 to 4,000 staff company-wide over the next three to four years.
  
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