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• Highlights from day one of WIRED2016

  03-11-2016 23:16
  
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• 'Birds don't fly in boxes': Jetman Yves Rossy on why planes aren't the future of flight

  03-11-2016 22:14
  
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• Samsung announces Gear S3 smartwatch availability

  03-11-2016 22:03 via zdnet.com
  Two months after Samsung announced its latest smartwatch, the company is ready to begin shipping the Gear S3.
  
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• Chicago Cubs MLB World Series win was the most tweeted ever

  03-11-2016 22:00
  
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• Can't sleep? There's a playlist for that

  03-11-2016 22:00
  
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• Human Harps, singing bridges and sensory sand: Di Mainstone pushes the boundaries of sound

  03-11-2016 20:59
  
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• The harrowing reality of being hunted by Isis and why Abdalaziz Alhamza will not be silenced

  03-11-2016 19:46
  
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• Chris Lejeune wants to project images of endangered animals onto the Moon

  03-11-2016 19:43
  
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• How cufflinks and rings could help clean up Beijing's smog

  03-11-2016 19:25
  
  Daan Roosegaarde is combining design and technology to create unique and useful urban structures
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• Millions duped by Facebook Live video

  03-11-2016 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Views rack up for an old video played on a four-hour loop claiming to be in real time on Facebook.
  
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• The nine-year-old who set up a school in his garden and transformed his community

  03-11-2016 19:19
  
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• Apple Watch still dominates the smartwatch market, but challenges lie ahead

  03-11-2016 19:07 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple's Watch has taken an early lead but there's still plenty to do.
  
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• Hands on with Huawei's answer to Note 7

  03-11-2016 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Huawei launches new large-screened phones, including a model co-designed by Porsche, less than a month after Samsung's Note 7 was scrapped.
  
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• Galactic cosmic rays burst through a crack in Earth's magnetic shield

  03-11-2016 19:00
  
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• Privacy complaint for fitness wristband makers

  03-11-2016 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Norway's consumer watchdog complains about the privacy policies of four fitness wristband companies.
  
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• Watch Wonder Woman wage war in first full trailer

  03-11-2016 18:38
  
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• This electric truck can be built by just one person in four hours

  03-11-2016 18:14
  
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• No limits: How Roya Mahboob fights inequality with education

  03-11-2016 18:12
  
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• Give refugees basic human freedoms and everyone will be better off

  03-11-2016 17:18
  
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• The heartbreaking stories of migrants stranded at sea (and how you can help)

  03-11-2016 17:04
  
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• How Samsung Gear VR is helping to train doctors to save patients’ lives

  03-11-2016 17:01
  
  Virtual reality can be used to great effect in healthcare education
  
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• Google fights EU price comparison case

  03-11-2016 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google again rejects the EU's objections to how it displays shopping links in its search results.
  
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• Spotify teams up with Headspace to combine meditation and music

  03-11-2016 16:59
  
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• 'Corporate innovation does not work,' says Accenture

  03-11-2016 16:55
  
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• The Doctor Who Christmas Special will get its first teaser on Children in Need

  03-11-2016 16:47
  
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• Colt embarks on business network upgrade

  03-11-2016 16:00 via computerweekly.com
  Network services supplier Colt has committed to a system-wide network upgrade to supply customers with bandwidth levels of up to 100Gbps
  
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• Check Point, Huawei join Intel Security Innovation Alliance

  03-11-2016 15:49 via computerweekly.com
  Intel Security Innovation Alliance continues to grow as security firm opens up McAfee data exchange layer
  
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• From cute droids to robots that stab you, it's time to get personal with machines

  03-11-2016 15:45
  
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• Police forces struggle with complex IT and a lack of digital skills, says watchdog

  03-11-2016 15:30 via computerweekly.com
  The latest report from police watchdog HMIC discovers that a lack of skills in digital and complex IT systems are major challenges for modern police forces
  
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• DeepMind has conquered games, London's Underground and now it wants to help save the planet

  03-11-2016 15:26
  
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• Huawei unveils the Huawei Fit – the company’s always-on fitness tracker

  03-11-2016 15:24
  
  Huawei’s new fitness tracker looks to be a versatile piece of hardware
  
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• Huawei partners with Porsche on Porsche Design Mate 9

  03-11-2016 14:55
  
  Chinese tech giant Huawei announces partnership with car brand Porsche
  
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• Cancer has a new enemy. This blood test hunts down even the earliest traces of the disease

  03-11-2016 14:41
  
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• Huawei Mate 9 phones unveiled after Note 7 meltdown

  03-11-2016 14:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Huawei unveils new large-screened Android phones a month after Samsung pulled the Note 7 from sale.
  
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• Windows 10's newest 2-in-1: Intel-backed, crowd-designed Eve V fleshes out its spec

  03-11-2016 14:26 via zdnet.com
  
  Finnish hardware startup Eve will now build a fingerprint reader into the power button, but it's put the LTE version on hold.
  
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• Ebola was just the beginning. An epidemic is coming and the world is not ready

  03-11-2016 14:25
  
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• Ebola was just the beginning. A big epidemic is coming and the world must be ready

  03-11-2016 14:25
  
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• Ebola was just the beginning. A big epidemic is coming and the world is not ready

  03-11-2016 14:25
  
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• How Zen Buddhism helped create India's biggest messaging app, Hike

  03-11-2016 14:06
  
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• MyRepublic launches NBN services at highest speeds possible

  03-11-2016 14:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Spruiking its broadband service as the only one that was purpose-built for the NBN, MyRepublic is offering customers unlimited downloads on the highest speed possible.
  
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• Google Home review: A promising step toward the future

  03-11-2016 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Google's answer to the Amazon Echo isn't perfect, but it's the best in its class.
  
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• Data is the ‘biggest battle ground’ in marketing, says McKinsey expert

  03-11-2016 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  Global lead for marketing and tech at McKinsey, Jason Heller, says data science is the area of marketing that can make or break campaigns
  
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• Amaysim holds 30 percent of MVNO market, hits 1m customers

  03-11-2016 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The Amaysim group has grown to contain almost 30 percent of the MVNO market with just over 1 million customers.
  
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• Facebook forecasts fall in growth as adverts hit peak

  03-11-2016 13:44
  
  Slower growth is despite better than expected third quarter earnings
  
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• These patterned glasses are all it takes to fool AI-powered facial recognition

  03-11-2016 13:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Researchers have come up with a cheap and effective way to attack facial-recognition algorithms.
  
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• 'Bustling' web attack market closed down

  03-11-2016 13:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A "bustling" marketplace that offered tools and services to mount massive web attacks is closed.
  
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• Climate hackathon aims to use tech to save the planet

  03-11-2016 13:24 via computerweekly.com
  London joins cities around the world to seek technology solutions to tackle climate change and help the environment
  
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• Pokémon Go will soon reward you simply for playing the game

  03-11-2016 13:21
  
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• Ukraine hackers claim huge Kremlin email breach

  03-11-2016 13:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two Ukrainians tell the BBC how they hacked top Russian officials' emails revealing Kremlin plans.
  
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• Datacentre industry faces looming skills crisis as need to replace retiring engineers grows

  03-11-2016 13:10 via computerweekly.com
  With new figures suggesting the average datacentre worker is 55 years old and male, the industry opens up about what needs to be done to secure a pipeline of new talent to replace those approaching retirement age
  
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