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• Lego Worlds is a fantastical building behemoth...just don't compare it to Minecraft

  24-02-2017 21:00
  
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• Brazilian ERP giant Totvs reports weak results

  24-02-2017 20:48 via zdnet.com
  
  The vendor reported a 3.5 percent revenue drop in 2016 as the shift to cloud-based provision takes its toll
  
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• It's the end of SHA-1 and I feel fine

  24-02-2017 19:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Google has proven SHA-1 cryptography is no longer safe, but then we've known this day had been coming for years.
  
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• Get a free iPhone 7, Galaxy S7, or LG G5 from AT&T

  24-02-2017 19:43 via zdnet.com
  Buy one smartphone, get another free through AT&T's latest promotion.
  
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• Apple checking 'exploding' iPhone video

  24-02-2017 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A video of a smoking iPhone 7 Plus has gone viral on Twitter - Apple is investigating.
  
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• Microsoft's latest Windows 10 Creators update builds inch closer to completion

  24-02-2017 19:18 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft has released two new Fast Ring test builds (15042 for PC; 15043 for phones), as it closes in on finalizing its Windows 10 Creators Update.
  
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• Why Facebook and Twitter have a civic duty to protect us from fake news

  24-02-2017 19:00
  
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• At IBM’s Watson lab, customers marry the power of AI with the IoT

  24-02-2017 17:30 via computerweekly.com
  IBM formally inaugurated its Watson Internet of Things headquarters in Munich, Germany in February, and Computer Weekly went to meet the customers and partners who are using Watson AI to deliver on the promise of the IoT
  
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• Startups re-energise the power sector

  24-02-2017 17:26
  
  EDF Energy has brought the EDF Energy Pulse Awards competition to the UK
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• Trump, Gamergate and the outrage machine

  24-02-2017 17:22
  
  There are clear parallels, but conflating Gamergate with the rise of Donald Trump misunderstands the triggers behind them
  
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• Exoplanet excitement, Nintendo's Switch gamble: Podcast 306

  24-02-2017 17:06
  
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• Watch these bees learn to play golf in return for sweet, sweet sugar water

  24-02-2017 16:54
  
  Insects are smarter than we thought, a new study shows
  
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• Drones used to survey Milton Keynes sewage system

  24-02-2017 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A water company is using floating drones to survey the sewers under Milton Keynes.
  
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• Belfast named UK’s most congested city, beating London and Manchester for the not-so-coveted position

  24-02-2017 16:46
  
  TomTom research finds that Belfast drivers waste 200 hours a year in traffic
  
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• Google Cloud Platform rolls out Intel's latest Xeons

  24-02-2017 16:39 via zdnet.com
  
  The move is an effort to grab industries that need more performance out of their cloud servers.
  
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• The iPhone decade: Apple's transition from Steve Jobs to Tim Cook

  24-02-2017 16:30 via zdnet.com
  
  How long can Apple continue to play it safe before it has to once again start taking big, disruptive risks?
  
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• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the Nintendo Switch RPG you’ve been waiting for

  24-02-2017 15:54
  
  This is Zelda at its absolute best, and we’ve only just scratched the surface
  
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• ​DevOps: How packaging and convenience shapes what we use and build

  24-02-2017 15:45 via zdnet.com
  
  How do you get people to use your software? You make it convenient and you package it well.
  
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• Number of people hit by professional financial cyber attack grows after lull

  24-02-2017 15:30 via computerweekly.com
  Kaspersky Labs reports that the number of people hit by financial cyber attack grew in 2016 after falling in the previous two years
  
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• Welsh university offers fintech degree

  24-02-2017 15:28 via computerweekly.com
  Wrexham Glyndwr University becomes the latest education provider to launch a course in financial technology
  
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• Old code haunts Cloudflare with memory leak scare

  24-02-2017 15:23 via computerweekly.com
  Ancient software has been blamed for a major memory leak affecting hundreds of thousands of web pages delivered via Cloudflare’s CDN
  
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• Zelda on Nintendo Switch is beautiful, mesmerising - and brutally difficult

  24-02-2017 15:00
  
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• Zelda: Breath of the Wild review: Nintendo's flagship is an epic masterpiece

  24-02-2017 15:00
  
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• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an epic masterpiece

  24-02-2017 15:00
  
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• IBM Machine Learning brings Spark to the mainframe

  24-02-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Yes, Big Iron can do Big Data and Machine Learning, even while it keeps chugging away at its appointed transactional tasks. In fact, putting the two together makes all kinds of sense.
  
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• ​Google: We're sorry but our cloud wiped out your Wifi and OnHub routers

  24-02-2017 14:52 via zdnet.com
  
  A mystery bug at Google's end caused a mass outage on Wifi and OnHub routers connected to networks that were operating normally.
  
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• Beyond the shiny smartphones: What to really watch for at MWC 2017

  24-02-2017 14:51 via zdnet.com
  
  Plenty of new handsets will debut in Barcelona, but big challenges lie ahead for smartphone makers like Samsung, LG and Huawei.
  
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• Why gaming belongs in the cloud

  24-02-2017 14:47 via zdnet.com
  
  Games developers need the cloud to maximise their revenues
  
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• Honor 6X review: Premium dual camera smartphone priced at one third of an iPhone

  24-02-2017 14:47 via zdnet.com
  
  At just $250, it's tough not to recommend the Honor 6X for first-time smartphone owners, younger customers, and those looking to get 90 percent of the functionality of a high end flagship for a third of the cost.
  
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• Ad blocker Shine rebrands as ad platform

  24-02-2017 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A firm that offered ad blocking will now offer ads, in a case of poacher turned gamekeeper.
  
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• iPhone 6, 6s sudden shutdown? We've almost fully cured issue with iOS 10.2.1, says Apple

  24-02-2017 14:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple has almost fixed a power-management issue that's been causing iPhones to shut down unexpectedly, and requires devices to be plugged in to restart.
  
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• Waymo is suing Uber for stealing driverless car tech secrets

  24-02-2017 14:04
  
  Uber acquired self-driving truck firm Otto last year, months after its founder departed Google
  
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• UK IT professionals wanted in New Zealand capital city as part of recruitment campaign

  24-02-2017 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  The government of New Zealand's capital city is looking for IT staff from around the world to address a skills shortage
  
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• These tiny newly-discovered frogs are some of the smallest in the world

  24-02-2017 14:00
  
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• Security lapse exposed New York airport's critical servers for a year

  24-02-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Exclusive: The files included gigabytes of emails, sensitive government files, and a password list, which researchers say could give hackers 'full access' to the airport's systems.
  
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• Coadec suggests increase in software development apprenticeships

  24-02-2017 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  Not-for-profit Coadec urges the technology industry and government to increase the number of available software development apprenticeships in the UK to tackle the growing skills crisis
  
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• Cloudflare bug data leak exposed

  24-02-2017 13:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Private messages from dating platforms are among the data leaked on to websites
  
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• 11 things we learned from a ransomware helpline

  24-02-2017 13:21
  
  F-Secure releases 34 pages of Spora ransomware customer support
  
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• 11 things we learned from a ransomware help line

  24-02-2017 13:21
  
  F-Secure releases 34 pages of Spora ransomware customer support
  
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• Businesses urged to buy security according to their actual needs

  24-02-2017 13:19 via computerweekly.com
  Organisations must resist the temptation to buy a whole raft of security technologies without first assessing their real and specific security needs, says industry expert Michael Dieroff
  
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• If ghosts were real, Brian Cox claims CERN would have found them by now

  24-02-2017 13:00
  
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• A brief history of time travel

  24-02-2017 13:00
  
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• Google breaks SHA-1 web crypto for good but Torvalds plays down impact on Git

  24-02-2017 12:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Researchers' SHA-1 collision spells the end of the cryptographic hashing algorithm for the web, but Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds says not to worry about Git's reliance on SHA-1.
  
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• Oculus facing legal ban on VR code used in its products

  24-02-2017 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  ZeniMax, which won a copyright dispute against Oculus, wants a judge to ban the firm from using its code.
  
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• Draw the cats of your nightmares using machine learning

  24-02-2017 11:52
  
  A set of neural network experiments turns drawings into buildings, cats and shoes
  
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• Cloudflare has been leaking private Uber, Fitbit and Ok Cupid details for months

  24-02-2017 11:03
  
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• Banking malware, DDoS, ransomware and CEO fraud top UK cyber threats

  24-02-2017 10:16 via computerweekly.com
  Businesses need to be aware of the value of their data, how that data is likely to be attacked, and how to defend against particular attacks, says leading UK cyber cop
  
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• Google leads the way in the fight against US police force racial bias

  24-02-2017 10:11
  
  The search engine giant has designated £9 million for groups targeting racial bias in the US police force
  
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• SoftBank, Sprint, TBCASoft partner to bring the blockchain to telecoms

  24-02-2017 09:30 via zdnet.com
  
  The companies say blockchain technology can be used to improve everything from security to IoT applications in the telecommunications industry.
  
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• An origami inspired bullet-proof shield and other news

  24-02-2017 09:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Lara Lewington looks at some of the best of the week's technology news.
  
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