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• Apple did a lot more than just smash its iPhone sales record

  31-01-2017 23:17 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple did a lot more than smash its previous iPhone sales record. But despite the silver linings, a dark cloud is looming.
  
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• AMD beats revenue expectations for Q4

  31-01-2017 22:44 via zdnet.com
  
  The chipmaker also gave a Q1 2017 outlook higher than market estimates, as it prepares to release Ryzen.
  
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• Apple's Q1 crushes estimates as iPhone sales surge

  31-01-2017 22:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple sold 78.29 million iPhones in Q1, which is up 5 percent year over year.
  
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• Google open sources Chrome for iOS code

  31-01-2017 21:32 via zdnet.com
  
  And the search giant makes it clear that it thinks Android is a less complex platform.
  
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• Linux leadership stands against Trump immigration ban

  31-01-2017 21:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Linux and open-source leaders oppose the President's immigration policy.
  
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• Final Fantasy announces 30th anniversary event with games, DLC...and wine

  31-01-2017 21:00
  
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• Saas platform GRABR launches BLINK, secure content distribution platform for brands

  31-01-2017 20:05 via zdnet.com
  
  BLINK enables users to retain control of their image, video and audio rights across social, broadcast, and online channels, protecting their IP and commercial income.
  
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• UK company launches "classroom VR" with packs of 8 cheap headsets

  31-01-2017 19:26 via zdnet.com
  
  Avantis launched an Android-based ClassVR virtual reality headset at last week's BETT exhibition in London. It's selling them in boxes of eight....
  
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• Slack launches Enterprise Grid, introduces intelligent search features

  31-01-2017 19:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Slack has built a product to cater to the administrative, security, and compliance needs of organisations with 500 to 500,000 staff.
  
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• Zenefits rolls out new pricing structure, tools for HR compliance

  31-01-2017 18:25 via zdnet.com
  
  The new products rolling out today are part of what Zenefits refers to as HROne, a term representative of the company's all-in-one strategy going forward.
  
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• Google adds enterprise-grade security controls for G Suite

  31-01-2017 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The new levels of security give customers more control and visibility over their sensitive data.
  
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• Tinder for Orangutans: Teaching apes to swipe right

  31-01-2017 17:52
  
  Orangutan looking for sex? There's an ape for that!
  
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• Theory claims to offer the first 'evidence' our Universe is a hologram

  31-01-2017 17:50
  
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• LinkedIn's top jobs of 2017 all involve software in one way or another

  31-01-2017 17:34 via zdnet.com
  
  Nine of the 20 top jobs identified by LinkedIn involve information technology development, operations or analytics. The rest -- including healthcare -- depend on IT.
  
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• DevOps and user experience at Concur

  31-01-2017 17:22 via zdnet.com
  
  Can DevOps help enterprise software overcome its lousy reputation? Learn how one large cloud vendor is bringing engineers closer to the customer.
  
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• LG's buggy UltraFine 5K displays can crash Macs and blackout when placed near Wi-Fi routers

  31-01-2017 17:05 via zdnet.com
  
  LG's new 5K replacement for Apple's now discontinued Thunderbolt display is buggy and suffers from a number of showstopping issues.
  
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• Insider trading takes the Dark Web by storm

  31-01-2017 17:00 via zdnet.com
  
  New research highlights how inside traders are making thousands on the side by sharing their company access.
  
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• IBM calls healthcare industry a 'leaky vessel in a stormy sea'

  31-01-2017 17:00 via zdnet.com
  
  New research suggests that not enough is being done to protect medical systems and patient data.
  
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• AI program beats humans in poker game

  31-01-2017 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An artificial intelligence program has easily beaten four top poker players in a landmark game.
  
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• WIRED2016: Give refugees basic human freedoms and everyone will be better off

  31-01-2017 16:45
  
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• Huawei P10 release date, rumours and news: Renders show a front fingerprint scanner

  31-01-2017 16:39
  
  All the latest news and rumours about the Huawei P10
  
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• India to launch free Wi-Fi hotspots in 1,050 rural villages

  31-01-2017 16:26
  
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• Supermarket tests robot arm for packing your shopping

  31-01-2017 16:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Robotic hand used for picking and packing fruit at Ocado's warehouse.
  
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• Sprint's Q3 revenue falls short despite strong subscriber growth

  31-01-2017 15:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Sprint says it topped both Verizon and AT&T for the fourth straight quarter in terms of subscriber growth.
  
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• Website crowdsources archaeological digs

  31-01-2017 15:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A website that allows "an army of 21st Century explorers" to find potential new archaeological sites has been launched.
  
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• Data breach costs exceed 20% of revenue

  31-01-2017 15:39 via computerweekly.com
  The cost of data breaches topped 20% of revenue in the past year as cyber attacks became more sophisticated and defenders struggled to keep pace, the latest Cisco security report shows
  
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• Gigaclear wins Northamptonshire BDUK contract

  31-01-2017 15:31 via computerweekly.com
  Rural fibre broadband supplier Gigaclear has been awarded a Stage Three BDUK contract covering remote parts of Northamptonshire
  
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• HMRC aims to ease transition to digital tax returns for UK businesses

  31-01-2017 15:30 via computerweekly.com
  HM Revenue & Customs sticks to 2018 deadline despite warnings from MPs, but three-year transition will cost firms £1bn before savings kick in
  
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• How AI is disrupting the role of call centres and call centre staff

  31-01-2017 15:15 via computerweekly.com
  Artificial intelligence could eliminate many white-collar jobs in coming decades. Its effects are already being felt in the call centre industry, but there is still no substitute for the human touch
  
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• Microsoft: Windows 10 will stop a ransomware epidemic when antivirus fails

  31-01-2017 15:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's latest argument for moving to Windows 10 is its built-in security features that can stop a ransomware infection from becoming an epidemic.
  
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• Ransomware is about to get a lot worse, by holding your operating system hostage

  31-01-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Researchers warn how ransomware could do more than just encrypt your files.
  
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• North American robot orders up 10 percent in 2016

  31-01-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Robot demand surged in the fourth quarter too in industries ranging from auto to food and consumer goods.
  
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• Nokia's new router aims to make smart grids smarter

  31-01-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Combining its expertise in IP/MPLS and wireless technology, Nokia introduces a router that can connect more devices to the smart grid.
  
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• Weapons of Math Destruction, book review: Democracy in the age of the algorithm

  31-01-2017 14:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Our lives are increasingly influenced by mathematical models and algorithms that are hard to challenge and often discriminatory. In this book, former Wall Street 'quant' Cathy O'Neil argues eloquently for change.
  
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• These hackers set a 'trap' for security researchers probing their malware

  31-01-2017 14:51 via zdnet.com
  
  Malicious Word document with 'Russian doll' technique targets NATO countries.
  
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• Don't judge Apple purely on iPhone sales

  31-01-2017 14:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Later today Apple will unveil its 1Q17 financial report, and while most eyes will be on iPhone sales, there are far more important metrics you should be keeping an eye on.
  
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• Why criminals are using this old technique to take cyberattacks back to the future

  31-01-2017 14:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Why employ advanced techniques to target victims when spam emails are once again so successful?
  
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• US halts internet 'six strikes' anti-piracy scheme

  31-01-2017 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A controversial programme to reduce internet piracy has been halted in the US with no explanation.
  
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• Chimpanzee brutally attacked, then eaten, by his own family

  31-01-2017 14:15
  
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• iPhone lock: Did hackers drive Apple to kill iCloud activation checker?

  31-01-2017 14:09 via zdnet.com
  
  An iPhone serial number hack could explain why Apple killed its iCloud Activation Lock checker.
  
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• Flaws in popular printers can let hackers easily steal printed documents

  31-01-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Thousands of internet-connected printers could allow an attacker to steal sensitive data, as well as passwords that could allow further compromise of a network.
  
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• Why CIOs don't care about Windows 10

  31-01-2017 13:30 via zdnet.com
  
  The list of things that tech chiefs care about is long, but where should something like Windows 10 factor?
  
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• Marvel reveals cast for Cloak and Dagger TV show

  31-01-2017 13:29
  
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• Open source cloud community condemns President Trump immigration ban

  31-01-2017 13:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  Tech leaders from several major open source cloud initiatives condemn President Donald Trump's travel ban, and claim it could harm diversity and hinder the tech industry's wider innovation potential
  
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• Was our early universe a hologram?

  31-01-2017 12:56
  
  Physicists find compelling evidence to suggest the universe was once two-dimensional
  
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• More than a million Netgear routers feared vulnerable to hijack

  31-01-2017 12:52 via computerweekly.com
  
  At least 10,000 and possibly more than a million Netgear routers are vulnerable to hijack by attackers, warn security researchers
  
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• Tech firms back legal fight against Trump's travel ban

  31-01-2017 12:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amazon, Microsoft and Expedia have backed a legal challenge to President Trump's travel ban.
  
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• New leaders in insurance industry drive digital innovation

  31-01-2017 12:31 via computerweekly.com
  Insurance companies are investing in digital innovation, with a new breed of leaders formalising enterprise strategies
  
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• WhatsApp was warned over user data: Now it's sued for 'illegal' Facebook sharing

  31-01-2017 12:13 via zdnet.com
  
  The row over WhatsApp sharing user data with its parent, Facebook, has just been rekindled in the Berlin courts.
  
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• Confront death with this out-of-body VR experience

  31-01-2017 12:13
  
  An experiment makes it users feel like floating ghosts by bombarding them with balls
  
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