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• Toshiba to sell off part of its memory business

  27-01-2017 21:42 via zdnet.com
  
  The Japanese firm is in serious need of cash to make up for losses within its US nuclear division that could reach several billion dollars.
  
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• Microsoft's latest Windows 10 Creators Update test build: New privacy settings, game features

  27-01-2017 21:02 via zdnet.com
  
  The latest Windows 10 Creators Update test build for PCs, 15019, adds new privacy settings and gaming features to Microsoft's coming Windows 10 feature release.
  
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• Poof pet activity tracker-a well built device but the app needs work

  27-01-2017 19:46 via zdnet.com
  
  The Poof pet activity tracker will track your pet's activities and could help you find your lost pet - if you have an army of Poof users living nearby.
  
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• Union to fight CSC job cuts that threaten NHS services

  27-01-2017 18:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  Union to fight a planned 22% cut to CSC's UK workforce, which could impact customers including the NHS
  
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• Organised cybercrime gang members arrested after ATM attacks

  27-01-2017 18:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Group responsible for carrying out highly-sophisticated attacks against banks ATMs.
  
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• The merging of humans and machines is happening now

  27-01-2017 18:00
  
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• Smart baby-trackers mostly unnecessary, say US doctors

  27-01-2017 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group of paediatricians claims devices tracking babies' health cause false alarms and should be regulated.
  
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• GDPR highlighted on Data Protection Day

  27-01-2017 18:00 via computerweekly.com
  Businesses dealing with EU citizens' data urged to ensure they are on track to comply with the GDPR in less than 16 months, as the world marks Data Protection Day 2017
  
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• Apple joins Partnership on AI to hang with likes of Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Facebook

  27-01-2017 17:24 via zdnet.com
  
  By joining the Partnership on AI, Apple is looking to shed the perception that it's a laggard on artificial intelligence and machine learning.
  
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• NHS Digital picks peering exchange provider for HSCN

  27-01-2017 17:15 via computerweekly.com
  
  The development of the new Health and Social Care Network is moving ahead as NHS Digital signs Redcentric to provide peering exchange services
  
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• Google Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2 release date, specs and price: 5 new features we NEED to see

  27-01-2017 17:02
  
  Here's what we need to see when the Google Pixel 2 is released
  
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• Dell XPS 13 2017: A great laptop, improved even more

  27-01-2017 17:01
  A further refinement of the XPS 13 keeps it at the top, but competition is getting ever more fierce
  
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• My advice to President Trump: Keep the private email servers, ditch the Android phone, and Tweet on!

  27-01-2017 16:39 via zdnet.com
  
  Federal law actually requires private email server use. White House email expert David Gewirtz sets the record straight, and details the true risks of the President's use of Android and Twitter.
  
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• Marvel teases its first plot points for the Black Panther movie

  27-01-2017 16:00
  
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• ​Ex top Mozilla dev to Windows users: Ditch all antivirus except Microsoft's Defender

  27-01-2017 15:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Don't bother with antivirus, it does more harm than good, warns former Mozillian.
  
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• Listen to the beautiful diversity of voices around the world on this interactive map

  27-01-2017 15:43
  
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• Satechi USB-C Power Meter helps protect against blowing up your devices

  27-01-2017 15:31 via zdnet.com
  
  A handy way to test for rogue, counterfeit or badly designed USB-C devices before they cause something to let out the magic smoke.
  
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• Microbots: Microsoft's multi-pronged robotics play takes shape

  27-01-2017 15:17 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is working on a variety of robotics-related projects, some public, some not, across the company.
  
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• Post Office facing group litigation over Horizon computer system after watershed decision

  27-01-2017 15:15 via computerweekly.com
  The group action against the Post Office that alleges sub-postmasters have been wrongly punished for accounting errors gets a green light from the High Court of Justice
  
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• Trump instrumental in Doomsday acceleration

  27-01-2017 15:12
  
  The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved the Doomsday Clock forward 30 seconds, citing President Trump as a major factor
  
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• ASUS ZenPad 3S 10, First Take: A premium 9.7-inch Android tablet at an affordable price

  27-01-2017 15:04 via zdnet.com
  
  The ZenPad 3S 10's excellent design, processor and screen are offset by somewhat disappointing battery life, but it's still great value for money.
  
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• Microsoft to teach more than 560,000 people digital skills

  27-01-2017 15:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  Technology giant Microsoft announces a programme designed to boost digital skills and tech job prospects across the UK
  
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• Bett 2017: Knowing what edtech to invest in is a challenge for schools

  27-01-2017 15:00 via computerweekly.com
  Minster Rob Halfon has urged those building use cases for tech in schools to help others choose the right technology for use in the classroom
  
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• Bett 2017: Knowing what edtech to invest in a challenge for schools

  27-01-2017 15:00 via computerweekly.com
  Minster Rob Halfon has urged those building use cases for tech in schools should help others choose the right technology for use in the classroom
  
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• Trump aides' use of encrypted messaging verges on violating records law

  27-01-2017 14:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Using disappearing messages in government could be a "recipe for corruption," says one expert.
  
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• Trump aides' use of encrypted messaging may violate records law

  27-01-2017 14:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Using disappearing messages in government could be a "recipe for corruption," says one expert.
  
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• Taxes bite Alphabet, but "other bets" show promise

  27-01-2017 14:29
  
  Google owner Alphabet posts 8% profit increase
  
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• New enemies rise in latest Mass Effect: Andromeda trailer

  27-01-2017 14:27
  
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• The limits of RAID: Availability vs durability in archives

  27-01-2017 14:22 via zdnet.com
  
  Availability and durability play very different roles in data preservation. Availability refers to system uptime, while durability refers to long-term data protection. Poor durability makes RAID arrays a poor choice for archives. Here's what you need to know.
  
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• ​Chrome 56: Google starts slapping 'not secure' on HTTP payment and login pages

  27-01-2017 13:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Google is ramping up its efforts to make HTTPS ubiquitous on the web, by issuing new warnings in Chrome and launching its own root-certificate authority.
  
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• US has no strategy for dealing with Russian cyber-attack, says McCain

  27-01-2017 13:47
  
  Trump administration blasted by former candidate
  
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• BT profits plunge after Italian accounting scandal

  27-01-2017 13:45 via computerweekly.com
  
  BT’s pre-tax profit drops 37% as the telecoms giant comes to terms with the extent of massive corruption at its Italian business
  
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• The TI-Innovator Hub brings calculators into the Raspberry Pi age

  27-01-2017 13:39
  
  Texas Instruments launches its new classroom coding tool at Bett 2017
  
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• Why HP thinks Syrian refugees need top-of-the-line tech

  27-01-2017 13:35
  
  HP extends HP Learning Studios to offer £2,200 Sprout machines to refugees in Lebanon
  
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• Apple Watch 'not syncing' in cheap deal

  27-01-2017 13:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An insurance firm which offered cheap Apple Watches in exchange for activity points says some customers' data is not uploading.
  
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• Not guilty plea in landmark Kodi box trial

  27-01-2017 12:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shopkeeper denies charges of selling TV boxes that facilitate pirated content in landmark case.
  
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• Hands on with the Meizu M5 Note, a fast, stylish and affordable phone

  27-01-2017 12:38 via zdnet.com
  
  A well-priced Android smartphone with great performance, good looks, and an easy user interface.
  
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• Cloud gives financial boost to Alphabet, Microsoft and Intel

  27-01-2017 12:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  Cloud computing is making significant contributions to driving the revenues for companies in the technology sector, according to quarterly results posted by Alphabet, Microsoft and Intel
  
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• ​Need a Linux-tuned laptop? New KDE Slimbook aims to make it simpler to drop Windows

  27-01-2017 12:28 via zdnet.com
  
  KDE developers have helped build a laptop designed to give users a headache-free Linux experience.
  
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• Started from the bottom now he's here: how Drake became a generation's music tastemaker

  27-01-2017 12:27
  
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• Apple 'joins Partnership on AI'

  27-01-2017 12:04
  
  The collective aims to develop best practices for AI
  
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• Scientists have created the first human-pig 'chimera'

  27-01-2017 11:57
  
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• Scientists combine human and pig cells to create 'chimera'

  27-01-2017 11:57
  
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• 100-million-year-old 'E.T.-like' bug found preserved in amber

  27-01-2017 11:57
  
  By: Amelia HeathmanContinue reading...
  
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• AI doctors, cancer scare stories: Podcast 302

  27-01-2017 11:47
  
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• How Frieze Academy is making the art fair go global

  27-01-2017 11:34
  
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• Lego partners with HP to help bring creative learning into schools

  27-01-2017 10:48
  
  Lego will bring two of its school-focused programs to the HP for Education scheme
  
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• #techmums uses corporate partnerships to reach a million mums by 2020

  27-01-2017 10:30 via computerweekly.com
  Not-for-profit #techmums hopes to give technology skills to one million mothers by 2020 through partnerships with corporate firms
  
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• Growing UK's tech skills base will make or break prime minister's industrial strategy, panel claims

  27-01-2017 10:16 via computerweekly.com
  Speakers at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology's industrial strategy debate demand greater clarity on how the government intends to tackle the UK tech and science sector's skills, diversity and regional inequalities
  
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• New presidential order could wreck US-EU Privacy Shield

  27-01-2017 10:09
  
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