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• ​NAB Ventures backs blockchain startup in $24m round

  08-03-2017 23:40 via zdnet.com
  
  The VC arm of the National Australia Bank has invested in San Francisco-based foreign exchange payments startup Veem.
  
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• Alphabet's Nest building cheaper thermostat, home security system: Report

  08-03-2017 22:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Time to make Nest an ecosystem: Alphabet is looking for deeper integration into your home.
  
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• Ending metadata usage in civil cases would introduce 'practical compliance issues': Telstra

  08-03-2017 22:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Australia's largest telco has said it would prefer the current disclosure rules to continue, with court oversight of access to the retained data that telcos store.
  
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• Premier League gets Kodi piracy court order

  08-03-2017 20:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Premier League gets the power to block computer servers that power pirated video streams.
  
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• Google Cloud touts major enterprise customers as it runs to catch up to AWS

  08-03-2017 20:36 via zdnet.com
  
  At Google Next, Google shows off several major enterprise customers, illustrating that it's a viable player in a multicloud world.
  
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• How to supercharge robotic process automation

  08-03-2017 20:19 via zdnet.com
  
  Cognitive technologies can dramatically expand RPA's capabilities
  
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• Facebook unveils Big Basin, new server geared for deep learning

  08-03-2017 20:00 via zdnet.com
  
  With their new and improved GPU server, Facebook moves another step closer to Zuckerberg's 10-year vision for incorporating AI everywhere within Facebook.
  
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• Facebook rolls out Bryce Canyon, its next-gen storage platform

  08-03-2017 20:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The newest storage platform is part of an end-to-end refresh of Facebook's server hardware fleet, announced at the Open Compute Project Summit.
  
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• Neanderthal teeth reveal they ate woolly rhinos and may have used plants as primitive painkillers

  08-03-2017 19:00
  
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• One of the oldest forms of POS malware has been tweaked to avoid detection

  08-03-2017 18:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Cybercriminals usually add features to stay on top of targets, but these have removed some to dupe AV software.
  
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• Red Cross launches drones off Land Rover SUVs for disaster relief

  08-03-2017 18:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Rescue crews can stay safe in an SUV while they use drones to get a bird's eye view of disaster zones.
  
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• Sony's PS4 4.5 update is out now. Here are its new features and how to download

  08-03-2017 18:02
  
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• PS4 update adds 'Boost Mode' and finally lets you back up your games

  08-03-2017 18:02
  
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• What Would You Do In These Real Life Suspicious Scenarios?

  08-03-2017 17:40
  
  Ever wondered how you would actually react if you saw suspicious activity? Imagine yourself in these real life situations
  
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• Centrica eliminates more than 20 IT systems after replacing SAP with cloud HR technology

  08-03-2017 17:33 via computerweekly.com
  Energy and services company claims major savings in IT costs after moving its HR services to the cloud
  
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• Confide, a messaging app used by White House staff to leak, isn't very secure

  08-03-2017 17:31 via zdnet.com
  
  Two security firms have found multiple vulnerabilities, including one that allows the interception of secure messages — defeating the whole point of the encrypted messaging app.
  
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• BT, Ericsson, O2 and Vodafone expand Stem for girls scheme

  08-03-2017 17:15 via computerweekly.com
  BT and partners Ericsson, O2 and Vodafone are to expand a mentoring scheme launched last year to encourage girls into Stem careers
  
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• CIA hacking tools: Should we be worried?

  08-03-2017 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What the documents posted on Wikileaks say about our online privacy.
  
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• WIRED Money 2017 Agenda: RegTech, Blockchain, Democratising and the Future of Banks

  08-03-2017 17:02
  
  From Regtech to Blockchain, WIRED Money event will provide a 30,000ft view of the future of finance, fintech and banking.
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• This map claims it can predict crimes across London before they happen

  08-03-2017 17:00
  
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• Budget 2017: IT skills, 5G, broadband, and R&D receive funding boost

  08-03-2017 17:00 via computerweekly.com
  Chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond targeted improvements in innovation, connectivity and education in his latest financial update
  
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• The startups using apps and phones to solve the global healthcare crisis

  08-03-2017 16:41
  
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• Spring Budget advances 5G strategy and broadband funding

  08-03-2017 16:16 via computerweekly.com
  The government has launched its 5G mobile strategy to coincide with Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Spring Budget, and has revealed more details of its planned broadband investment
  
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• Storage performance 101: Server, array and fabric/network basics

  08-03-2017 16:15 via computerweekly.com
  We look at the key performance attributes of storage media in use today, and the choices and basic tuning steps you can take to get the most from your storage
  
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• Why the CIA's iOS, Android and Windows hack stockpile puts zero-day hoards in the spotlight

  08-03-2017 16:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Why are spy agencies and police building up piles of security flaws? Blame the rise of encryption.
  
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• Teradata open sources Kylo data lake management software

  08-03-2017 16:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Teradata's Think Big unit is taking its Kylo data lake management platform open source. The big data win will be a self-service approach to data ingestion.
  
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• Qualcomm, Microsoft team up on Windows Server on ARM servers, submit spec to Open Compute Project

  08-03-2017 16:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Qualcomm and Microsoft demonstrated Windows Server on Qualcomm's 10nm ARM processors. The collaboration will cover future generations of hardware and software.
  
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• A five star review and the ads go away: How trojan Android apps are tricking users into giving good reviews

  08-03-2017 15:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Social engineering is in order to trick victims into giving trojan apps a five star rating on Google's official App Store.
  
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• Geneva Motor Show 2017: The 7 cars you NEED to know about

  08-03-2017 15:50
  
  All the best tech and cars from this year's show in Geneva
  
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• Windows Server on ARM: It's happening

  08-03-2017 15:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft has committed publicly to use ARM chips in machines that will be running cloud services in its own datacenters before year-end.
  
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• International Women's Day: A plea to the infosec community

  08-03-2017 15:36 via zdnet.com
  
  It's time for us to evolve, set aside the "booth babe" debate, and look at the real issues surrounding how we deal with each other in the workplace.
  
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• 5G, fibre broadband, robots and batteries get funding boost in the Spring Budget

  08-03-2017 15:32
  
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• 5G, fibre broadband, robots and batteries get boost in the Spring Budget

  08-03-2017 15:32
  
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• Abu Dhabi finance regulator pens fintech agreement with Singapore central bank

  08-03-2017 15:30 via computerweekly.com
  The financial services regulator in Abu Dhabi is co-operating with its counterpart in Singapore to promote financial technology developments
  
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• ​How to keep your smart TV from spying on you

  08-03-2017 15:29 via zdnet.com
  
  Opinion: You could worry about Windows 10 spying on you, or you could worry about something a bit more serious -- like your TV listening in on you and passing on the information to intelligence agencies.
  
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• What future for private cloud?

  08-03-2017 15:24 via zdnet.com
  
  Some say the private cloud is dead. Are they right?
  
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• Women in science: celebrating the leading females in physics, chemistry and beyond

  08-03-2017 15:23
  
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• Microsoft shows girls how STEM careers solve world issues

  08-03-2017 15:16
  
  Redmond encourages girls into tech on International Women's Day
  
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• Brazilian Post launches MVNO

  08-03-2017 15:12 via zdnet.com
  
  The service launches with a prepaid plan and zero-rated WhatsApp access
  
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• Budget 2017: Robotics, driverless cars and 5G to get UK funds

  08-03-2017 15:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The chancellor promises £270m to put the UK at the forefront of ground-breaking technologies.
  
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• Infoporn: how men in Hollywood are still getting the best lines

  08-03-2017 15:02
  
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• Men still get (almost) all of Hollywood's best lines. Here's the proof

  08-03-2017 15:01
  
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• Excelero NVMe over fabrics NVMesh brings SAN to hyperscale

  08-03-2017 15:00 via computerweekly.com
  Excelero aims at transactional and analytics use cases for webscale users that want to create SAN-like pools of storage with its NVMesh software-defined product
  
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• HP shipping Chromebook x360 11 G1 Education Edition next month

  08-03-2017 14:12 via zdnet.com
  
  Google announced the new convertible laptop as it celebrates the dominance of Chromebooks in the education market.
  
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• Apple's floating solar island brings renewable energy to Japan

  08-03-2017 13:50 via zdnet.com
  
  The project is coming to Japan as part of Apple's supplier clean energy program.
  
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• Apple to iPhone owners: We're working fast to block CIA's iOS hacks

  08-03-2017 13:37 via zdnet.com
  
  The iPhone maker is working 'rapidly' to fix vulnerabilities exposed in Wikileaks CIA documents.
  
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• An exclusive look at how Sonos designed and built its Playbase TV speaker

  08-03-2017 13:32
  
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• Windows 10 tip: Temporarily delay the Creators Update

  08-03-2017 13:28 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is about to release a big upgrade to Windows 10. If you're running Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise, you can wait a few months before you install this version. Here's how.
  
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• Cloud-based ID management is key to PostNL’s public cloud strategy

  08-03-2017 13:22 via computerweekly.com
  Mail company uses Azure, AWS, Salesforce, SuccessFactors, Office 365 and Microsoft Dynamics as it shifts from on-premise IT
  
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• Investment industry to spend $2.8bn on AI by 2021, expected to cut quarter of a million jobs

  08-03-2017 13:00 via computerweekly.com
  230,000 jobs in the capital markets sector globally will be defunct because of the adoption of artificial intelligence technology
  
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