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• Microsoft to devs: Again, here's why Universal Windows Platform matters

  08-02-2017 23:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is extolling the benefits of writing to its Universal Windows Platform a couple of months ahead of the release of Windows 10 Creators Update. Here's the latest pitch.
  
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• Public sector union to use Centrelink Senate inquiry to highlight departmental 'dysfunction'

  08-02-2017 23:01 via zdnet.com
  
  The Community and Public Sector Union plans to shine a light on the 'dysfunction' present at the Department of Human Services during a Senate inquiry into the Centrelink 'robo' letter debacle.
  
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• Intel to invest $7 billion in Arizona semiconductor factory

  08-02-2017 22:17 via zdnet.com
  
  The Fab 42 factory will produce Intel's new 7 nanometer semiconductors.
  
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• Rethink Robotics rethinks its software

  08-02-2017 21:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Intera 5, a new software platform from Rethink Robotics, makes it easy to program industrial robots to do complex tasks.
  
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• New 'sentient' tools set to explode on the global market

  08-02-2017 21:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Emerging products made possible by leaps in artificial intelligence, cloud, and robotics will affect many jobs.
  
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• Farewell Dippy! Timelapse shows London's iconic diplodocus being dismantled

  08-02-2017 20:30
  
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• Hater - The dating app that matchmakes by hates, not likes

  08-02-2017 20:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Is it easier to start a conversation around the gripes, rather than the likes, you have in common?
  
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• New IoT Cybersecurity Alliance formed by AT&T, IBM, others

  08-02-2017 19:33 via zdnet.com
  
  The new group's founding members also include Nokia, Palo Alto Networks, Symantec and Trustonic.
  
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• Google adds virtual assistant to Android Wear watches

  08-02-2017 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Smartwatches powered by the new Android Wear 2.0 will get the Google voice assistant.
  
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• Microsoft rolls out Windows 10 Creators test build 15031 for PCs

  08-02-2017 19:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's latest Windows 10 Creators Update test build adds a couple more new features, plus a number of fixes.
  
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• ​Apple needs to cross one last hurdle if it wants to make iPhones in India

  08-02-2017 19:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Getting an exemption for import duties on components may prove to be harder than it envisioned now that India is migrating to a different tax regime called the GST.
  
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• IT spending will increase to $2.4 trillion in 2017: IDC

  08-02-2017 18:18 via zdnet.com
  
  The research firm expects the bulk of IT spending to come from the discrete manufacturing and banking verticals.
  
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• This little robot follows you around carrying all your stuff

  08-02-2017 18:12
  
  Backpacks are so 2016
  
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• Conversational UX and invisible apps: The future of voice assistants for business

  08-02-2017 18:12
  
  John Rakowski, director of technology strategy at AppDynamics, on what business can do to make voice work
  
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• The human (and Pixar characters) inside Google's Assistant

  08-02-2017 18:00
  
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• Best Android Wear apps to get you started with your wearable

  08-02-2017 18:00
  
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• Android Wear 2.0, LG Watch Style, and Watch Sport available Feb. 10

  08-02-2017 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Google and LG teamed up for a pair of Android Wear watches -- the first to launch with Android Wear 2.0.
  
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• This modular backdoor malware is now the most common threat to Android smartphones

  08-02-2017 17:34 via zdnet.com
  
  For the first time in a year, Hummingbad isn't the most prolific form of malware on mobile devices
  
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• Why the hottest technology job this year may be scrum master

  08-02-2017 17:33 via zdnet.com
  
  Well-organized scrum meetings may help prevent breakdowns in communications which lead to breakdowns in software.
  
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• Body cams are being trialled in UK schools to keep an eye on students

  08-02-2017 17:09
  
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• Get through the entire iTunes terms and conditions in this 96-page graphic novel

  08-02-2017 17:06
  
  Let’s face it – it’s the only way you’ll ever know what you’re giving away
  
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• More than half of teachers admit gender stereotyping Stem subjects

  08-02-2017 16:55 via computerweekly.com
  Almost 60% of teachers have admitted developing unconscious gender stereotypes towards science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects
  
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• Alternative Face: The machine that puts Kellyanne Conway’s words into a French singer’s mouth

  08-02-2017 16:50
  
  A machine-learning experiment moulds Françoise Hardy’s face around Conway’s infamous ‘alternate facts’ interview
  
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• HackerOne is heading to the UK after raising £30m in series C funding

  08-02-2017 16:44
  
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• British Gas calls on datacentre operators to help solve UK's looming energy supply crisis

  08-02-2017 16:30 via computerweekly.com
  British Gas makes the case for datacentre operators to do their bit to close the UK energy supply and demand gap by hooking up their backup power supplies to the National Grid
  
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• Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) review: Hands-on with the latest OnePlus 3T rival

  08-02-2017 16:05
  
  Samsung’s mid-priced alternative to the Moto Z Play touches down, and it’s quite the looker
  
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• Security Think Tank: Under-the-radar data integrity attacks expected to rise

  08-02-2017 16:00 via computerweekly.com
  What type of organisations are likely to be targeted by data integrity breaches, and how can they best detect and mitigate against such attacks?
  
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• Cognizant plans to boost its digital services business

  08-02-2017 16:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Cognizant said it will grow its digital transformation services business from 23 percent of revenue today via organic growth and acquisitions.
  
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• Why has Cameroon blocked the internet?

  08-02-2017 15:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three weeks after reports that Cameroon had blocked the internet in English-speaking regions, residents say services have yet to be restored. So what is going on?
  
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• ​Stuck with a lo-res image? Google's real 'zoom in, enhance' can fix it

  08-02-2017 15:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Google's neural networks play sketch artist, painting in the blanks of blurry faces to seemingly enhance an image.
  
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• Microsoft to aid Azure customers in taking on patent trolls

  08-02-2017 15:37 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's new Azure IP Advantage program is providing Microsoft cloud users with access to 10,000 Microsoft patents to help them fight 'baseless patent lawsuits.'
  
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• Microsoft Azure: Price cuts for virtual machines and storage services

  08-02-2017 15:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft drives down the cost of several services as the cloud computing price war continues.
  
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• How the rise of micro-influencers is dependent on AI

  08-02-2017 15:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Anyone can become an influencer if they have the right content and tools. Powered by AI, content can be customised to exactly what you need.
  
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• ResMed S+ review: An answer to insomniacs’ prayers

  08-02-2017 15:28
  
  The ResMed S+ aims to get you off to sleep quicker and more easily; impressively, it appears to work
  
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• Intuit cuts Q2 outlook, says tax season off to slow start

  08-02-2017 15:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Tax preparation across all channels is developing slower than expected and that means Intuit's revenue and operating profit is being pushed out from the second quarter to the third quarter.
  
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• Battersea Power Station development gets ultrafast FTTP broadband

  08-02-2017 15:15 via computerweekly.com
  Hyperoptic has been selected to deliver FTTP broadband to new-build apartments at Battersea Power Station
  
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• Square launches its first industry specific platform for retailers

  08-02-2017 15:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Square says this set of retail tools was built from the ground up and have been integrated into the Square ecosystem.
  
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• Facebook Safety Check now lets you offer food, transport and shelter

  08-02-2017 15:00
  
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• Gmail quick tip: Use color coded labels to organize your inbox

  08-02-2017 14:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Here's a quick and easy organizing tip that will help you quickly identify certain sets of messages at a glance.
  
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• Google and Mozilla's message to AV and security firms: Stop trashing HTTPS

  08-02-2017 14:28 via zdnet.com
  
  Researchers call out antivirus and security appliance vendors for dangerous SSL inspection practises.
  
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• A personal story: Did the Apple Watch save my life?

  08-02-2017 14:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Data from the Apple Watch alerted me to a serious health problem with no symptoms whatsoever. Here's what happened and why it matters.
  
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• HackerOne raises $40 million to empower hacking community

  08-02-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The successful Series C finance round brings the bug bounty platform's funding to $74 million.
  
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• What to do if your iPhone has a battery drain issue

  08-02-2017 13:51 via zdnet.com
  
  So you've carried out the tests and come to the conclusion that your iPhone suffers from a battery drain issue. What do you do next?
  
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• Apeiron brings NVMe shared direct-attached storage in its ADS1000

  08-02-2017 13:45 via computerweekly.com
  Startup removes storage controller and its CPU from the data path to leverage NVMe’s blistering performance with direct-attached flash storage aimed at the likes of Hadoop and Splunk
  
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• Child sex abuse site operator jailed for 20 years

  08-02-2017 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The American was the "global moderator" of a website that traded images of child sexual abuse.
  
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• Lenovo's new PC manufacturing process promises 35 percent reduction in carbon emissions

  08-02-2017 13:36 via zdnet.com
  
  With its Low Temperature Solder process, the computer giant will not only need less energy to build its systems, but it also says that they will have improved reliability.
  
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