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• Square adds employee management features to POS app in Australia

  12-12-2016 23:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Square has added new features to its point of sale application in Australia to help businesses manage employees and oversee multiple branches from within one account.
  
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• CoreOS adds automatic updating to Kubernetes

  12-12-2016 23:36 via zdnet.com
  
  In the new Tectonic, CoreOS will make it possible to automatically update Kubernetes, the popular cloud container management program.
  
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• ​UTS opens centre for quantum software development

  12-12-2016 23:22 via zdnet.com
  
  ​The university has opened a centre that will be dedicated to the development of the software and information processing infrastructure required to run quantum-scale applications.
  
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• PwC sends 'cease and desist' letters to researchers who found critical flaw

  12-12-2016 23:15 via zdnet.com
  
  The researchers disclosed details of the flaw, despite receiving two written legal threats.
  
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• Google releases Gboard for Android, adds search to keyboard

  12-12-2016 21:52 via zdnet.com
  
  Now replacing Google Keyboard, Gboard for Android is available months after its release on iOS.
  
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• AwesomenessTV brings the best of YouTube and Hollywood to the social media generation

  12-12-2016 21:00
  
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• BMC appoints Peter Leav, previously of Polycom, as president and CEO

  12-12-2016 20:51 via zdnet.com
  
  Leav succeeds Bob Beauchamp, who will continue to serve as chairman of the Board of Directors for BMC.
  
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• Microsoft: Surface Hub demand is strong; product is now in stock

  12-12-2016 20:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft officials say they've sold Surface Hub conferencing systems to more than 2,000 customers since March, and that they've now got their supply situation under control.
  
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• Apple rolls out 'Report Junk' feature to deal with iCloud spam

  12-12-2016 20:05 via zdnet.com
  
  Overall, the Report Junk feature is more of a whack-a-mole solution than a actual fix.
  
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• Gear Of The Year 2016: Toys

  12-12-2016 20:00
  
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• Update Pokémon Go now to get 80 new Pokémon, special items and berries

  12-12-2016 19:59
  
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• Update Pokémon Go now to get 80 new Pokémon from the Johto region

  12-12-2016 19:59
  
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• They're here! Update Pokémon Go now to get 80 new Pokémon from the Johto region

  12-12-2016 19:59
  
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• Pokémon Go update adds 80 new Pokémon, special items and berries

  12-12-2016 19:59
  
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• Pokémon Go adds Gold and Silver Pokémon - and a Holiday Pikachu

  12-12-2016 19:59
  
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• Pokémon Go adds baby Pokémon and a Holiday Pikachu. Here are the new additions

  12-12-2016 19:59
  
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• 80 new Pokémon are coming to Pokémon Go this week including Chikorita and Totodile

  12-12-2016 19:59
  
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• Pokemon Go update seeks to revive interest

  12-12-2016 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pokemon Go releases its first major update, but faces a battle to reinvigorate the gaming craze.
  
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• Trump condemns CIA Russia hacking report

  12-12-2016 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump pours fresh scorn on US intelligence claims of Russian hackers meddling in the election.
  
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• Apple releases iOS 10.2 for iPhones, iPads. Here's what's new

  12-12-2016 19:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Fire up your iPhones and iPads because it's time for the long-awaited iOS 10.2 update.
  
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• HP Elite x3 review: The phablet that wants to be your only computer

  12-12-2016 18:32 via zdnet.com
  
  With its docking options and Windows 10 Mobile's Continuum functionality, HP's Elite x3 aims to provide all the computing that some mobile professionals require. It won't be for every organisation though.
  
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• 3D printing hands on: Making a replacement part

  12-12-2016 18:21 via zdnet.com
  
  It's surprisingly easy to create and print replacement parts. In this hands on, David Gewirtz shows how he created a remote control cover replacement. The big picture: 3D printing enables virtual spare parts inventories.
  
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• Microsoft to bring Cortana to IoT devices with screens in 2017

  12-12-2016 18:02 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's Windows 10 Creators Update, coming next year, will include the ability for Cortana to work from across the room with certain IoT devices -- but only those with screens.
  
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• Why is the Sun's atmosphere hotter than its surface? Nasa explains

  12-12-2016 18:00
  
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• Citrix: How the great survivor challenges the tech giants

  12-12-2016 18:00 via computerweekly.com
  In spite of Microsoft and VMware encroaching on its core product areas, Citrix is a company which seems to have “staying power”
  
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• The eight most ridiculous stunts in the Fast and Furious 8 trailer

  12-12-2016 16:41
  
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• Will Samsung's AI dreams with Viv be hampered by Google, Android?

  12-12-2016 16:21 via zdnet.com
  
  Samsung has big plans for artificial intelligence and acquired a digital assistant named Viv. But a partnership with Google means Google Assistant leads on the smartphone. Samsung, however, sees more AI touch points ahead.
  
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• Latest Microsoft Skype preview adds voice translation for phone calls

  12-12-2016 16:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft has added Skype Translator support for mobile and landline phone calls to the latest version of Skype Preview for Windows 10 PC Insider testers.
  
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• Android 8 “O”: What will Google call Android 7 Nougat successor?

  12-12-2016 16:06
  
  With Google’s sweet tooth guiding the Android naming process, what will Android 8 “O” be called?
  
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• DoNotPay bot is here to save you from parking tickets

  12-12-2016 16:00
  
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• Women in technology: Intel and Biogen leaders offer advice

  12-12-2016 15:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Two successful senior executives -- both former CIOs -- offer practical and helpful advice to companies, men, and women on improving gender diversity in technology.
  
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• Women in technology: Advice from Intel and Biogen

  12-12-2016 15:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Two successful senior executives -- both former CIOs -- offer practical and helpful advice to companies, men, and women on improving gender diversity in technology.
  
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• Microsoft Ventures invests in four more startups; creates AI fund

  12-12-2016 15:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Since May, Microsoft Ventures has made investments in 18 companies/entities. It also now has a dedicated AI fund.
  
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• Amazon workers forced to sleep in tents, reports claim

  12-12-2016 15:31
  
  Warehouse staff are worked "until they drop"
  
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• This ransomware will let you off the hook if you sell out your friends

  12-12-2016 15:10
  
  Ransomware offers decryption tool if you phish others
  
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• Teenage DDoS users targeted by international law enforcement operation

  12-12-2016 15:02 via zdnet.com
  
  Coordinated global operation targets teens using DDoS tools, as part of an effort to discourage youngsters from starting out in cybercrime.
  
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• Apples of Eden and voodoo poisoners arrive in the final Assassin's Creed movie trailers

  12-12-2016 15:00
  
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• 2016: The year Apple stumbled

  12-12-2016 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  And 2017 seems set to be an even tougher year for the Cupertino giant.
  
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• CIA fears Trump reprisal over Russian hacking review

  12-12-2016 14:59
  
  Intelligence agencies fear that Trump will retaliate over claims Russia helped his campaign
  
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• Brazil-US undersea cable suffers delays

  12-12-2016 14:58 via zdnet.com
  
  The Google-backed link is now expected to be ready by Q2 2017
  
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• Headphone newcomers carve out success in the premium segment

  12-12-2016 14:50 via zdnet.com
  
  It may seem that there's no room for a company in the crowded headphone category for newcomers, but entrants are finding a place by banking on quality materials, comfort and, of course, great sound.
  
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• Man spends stolen $1m on Game of War

  12-12-2016 14:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man went on a $1m (£800,000) spending spree on the Game of War app after stealing $4.8m from work.
  
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• Vinyl turns the tables on digital music downloads in December

  12-12-2016 14:35
  
  For the first time since digital download earnings were measured, vinyl has beaten MP3s
  
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• Stratoscale's Symphony 3 enables AWS-compatible, hybrid cloud adoption

  12-12-2016 14:30 via zdnet.com
  
  The latest version of the three-year-old firm's cloud infrastructure software takes it from the private cloud to hybrid.
  
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• Lattice Semiconductor advances FPGA capabilities

  12-12-2016 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  With the release of the iCE40 UltraPlus, Lattice adds key enhancements to its FPGA family that will drive innovation in IoT and mobile.
  
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• A blow in the fight against climate change: methane spiked last year and no-one is sure why

  12-12-2016 14:00
  
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• Twitter reinstates 'alt-right' leader

  12-12-2016 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitter reactivates the account of an "alt-right" leader filmed receiving Nazi-style salutes.
  
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• KPMG cautions CEOs against ignoring GDPR requirements because of Brexit

  12-12-2016 13:30 via computerweekly.com
  Professional services giant KPMG says UK businesses cannot afford to ignore incoming European data protection requirements if they want to continue to trade successfully with the continent in future
  
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• Apple tackles calendar spam with 'report junk' button

  12-12-2016 13:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple is tackling an outbreak of spam on iPhone calendars by introducing a button that lets users remove the junk appointments.
  
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• Windows 10: Four ways to make your rollout a success

  12-12-2016 13:02 via zdnet.com
  
  'Don't scrimp on change management', says CIO who is rolling out Windows 10 at law firm Linklaters.
  
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