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• Brazilian outsourcer Stefanini appoints new US head

  17-03-2017 22:34 via zdnet.com
  
  IBM executive takes the helm; increased investment in North America and APAC and new acquisitions in the horizon.
  
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• Shut up already! How to turn off unwanted web page sound

  17-03-2017 21:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Sick of advertisements blaring when you visit a new web page? Here's how to stop annoying audio.
  
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• Walmart buys indie online retailer Modcloth

  17-03-2017 21:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Walmart is hoping to capitalize on Modcloth's strong social media presence and its ability to engage with its customer base.
  
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• IBM plans to hire 2,000 more veterans

  17-03-2017 20:58 via zdnet.com
  
  Announced at the White House, IBM's plan to hire 2,000 more veterans is part of the company's goal to hire 25,000 US workers through 2020.
  
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• Video Roundup: New in data breaches

  17-03-2017 20:34 via zdnet.com
  
  Data breaches can happen anywhere -- from a New York airport to even your living room smart TV.
  
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• The Vast Majority of Analytics Is Still Reporting -- And That's No So Bad...

  17-03-2017 18:12 via zdnet.com
  
  Despite the rise of agile analytic tools and platforms, the vast majority of "analytics" is still descriptive reporting -- but that can still provide plenty of value...
  
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• US will 'not repeat' claims GCHQ wiretapped Donald Trump

  17-03-2017 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Allegations that Donald Trump was wiretapped are "nonsense", the UK's intelligence agency says.
  
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• Man dies charging iPhone while in the bath

  17-03-2017 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Richard Bull is believed to have plugged charger into an extension cord and rested it on his chest.
  
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• Acer Swift 5 review: A decent ultrabook at an affordable price

  17-03-2017 17:31 via zdnet.com
  
  Acer's 14-inch Swift 5 is competent and attractively priced, and will make a good travelling laptop for business users who don't want to pay premium ultrabook prices.
  
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• Future automation in the cloud

  17-03-2017 17:13 via zdnet.com
  
  How will cloud-based automation change your business?
  
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• Farewell thimble, boot and barrow. Monopoly unveils its three new playing pieces

  17-03-2017 16:50
  
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• The number of people asking Google for medical advice has skyrocketed in a decade

  17-03-2017 16:49
  
  Advantage: No waiting room. Disadvantage: Possibly lethal advice.
  
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• Moving forward and looking back

  17-03-2017 16:45 via computerweekly.com
  This is the fourth and last in a series of articles charting the progress of participants from HutZero, a new cyber security entrepreneur acceleration programme run by Cyber London (CyLon) and the Centre for Security Information Technologies (CSIT) at Queen’s University Belfast
  
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• These teenagers built their own mental health app

  17-03-2017 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  These four teenagers have created an app to help young adults like them get access to counselling.
  
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• DevOps still very much a work in progress, survey suggests

  17-03-2017 16:27 via zdnet.com
  
  Culture and complexity still keep developers and operations managers apart.
  
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• World's first hydrogen-powered passenger train takes to the tracks in Germany

  17-03-2017 16:23
  
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• NCSC commits to greater diversity

  17-03-2017 16:15 via computerweekly.com
  GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre is planning several initiatives to ensure more women are attracted to and remain in technology roles, particularly cyber security
  
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• Emma Watson, Robot ethics: Podcast 309

  17-03-2017 16:06
  
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• Teams shows Microsoft’s strengths – and its weaknesses

  17-03-2017 15:05
  
  Microsoft’s biggest challenge with Teams may not be Slack, but its own customers
  
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• Google pulls Beauty and the Beast 'ad' from Home

  17-03-2017 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google says promotional audio which appeared on its smart speaker about the movie was not an advert.
  
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• Google DeepMind's NHS deal under scrutiny

  17-03-2017 14:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A paper examining DeepMind's use of 1.6 million patient records says there were "major inadequacies".
  
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• Microsoft begins blocking updates for older Windows versions on newer hardware

  17-03-2017 14:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Windows 7 is supported until 2020, and Windows 8.1 will get updates until 2023, right? Not if you're trying to run those older Windows versions on new hardware, as some frustrated customers discovered this week.
  
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• Cloud computing: Are these the hurdles that trip you up?

  17-03-2017 13:30 via zdnet.com
  
  More companies are using cloud-powered services, but it's not without pain. Here are some of the common complaints.
  
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• Behold The Megaprocessor! Half-ton machine reveals exactly how the chips in your phone work

  17-03-2017 13:30
  
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• How VR will drive storage - or the reverse

  17-03-2017 13:26 via zdnet.com
  
  While most people focus on the compute and graphics requirements for virtual reality, storage is the bigger problem going forward. Today's storage works with 1080p (2160 combined) - barely - but 4k VR requires much more. Here's what you need to know.
  
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• When robots kill: deaths by machines are nothing new but AI is about to change everything

  17-03-2017 13:00
  
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• Why there is more to digital than ones and zeros

  17-03-2017 12:35 via computerweekly.com
  These days no business strategy seems complete unless it is qualified by the adjective “digital”
  
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• Rock Band VR makes you feel like the star you've always wanted to be

  17-03-2017 12:31
  
  Oculus Rift and Oculus Touch help Harmonix breathe new life into the Rock Band franchise
  
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• Cyber security is a huge opportunity for UK business, says NCSC

  17-03-2017 12:30 via computerweekly.com
  NCSC engagement director Alex Dewdney is leading government's new approach in working with UK industry to build a national cyber security community and capability
  
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• Sony wants phones of the future to 'share' battery power wirelessly

  17-03-2017 12:26
  
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• YouTube: UK government suspends ads amid extremism concerns

  17-03-2017 12:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Channel 4, the BBC and The Guardian also boycott site amid concern about ads appearing next to "extremist" material.
  
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• IT contractors prosper from Brexit uncertainty

  17-03-2017 12:15 via computerweekly.com
  Since the Brexit vote, IT contractors have seen higher pay rates and longer contracts, which indicates businesses’ caution over permanent recruitment
  
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• Indian IT's gargantuan re-engineering problem

  17-03-2017 12:03 via zdnet.com
  
  The rot lies deep for Indian IT and nothing short of an education overhaul will fix it.
  
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• In surprising twist, H-1B quotas for next year left unchanged by Trump administration

  17-03-2017 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  No one knows whether the awarding of the Labour Condition Certificate or the lottery will remain unchanged -- but for now Indian IT can take comfort in that they have a year to implement their contingency plans.
  
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• Group who got into BBC have done the same at Facebook

  17-03-2017 11:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  During the video, YouTuber Trikkstar zooms in on desks at reception where staff are seemingly unaware of him.
  
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• Google Home really wants you to go see Beauty and the Beast

  17-03-2017 11:35
  
  No Belle-t tightening in Google’s ad department?
  
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• Making this one change could eliminate spam, says police tech chief

  17-03-2017 11:16 via zdnet.com
  
  National Crime Agency urges organisations to adopt this protocol to help put an end to email spam
  
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• GCHQ brands claims it spied on Donald Trump as 'utterly ridiculous' and 'nonsense'

  17-03-2017 10:16
  
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• Device promises injections without needles

  17-03-2017 10:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A computerised system for injecting medicine without using needles has won an innovation award at the South by SouthWest Interactive technology conference in Austin, Texas.
  
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• This iPhone 7 Plus looks like it time travelled from 1987

  17-03-2017 09:32
  
  Yes, it looks delightful, but you won’t want to buy one when you see the price
  
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• This iPhone 7 Plus looks like it time traveled from 1987

  17-03-2017 09:32
  
  Yes, it looks delightful, but you won’t want to buy one when you see the price
  
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• St. Patrick's Day Google Doodle celebrates the mystical island of Skellig Michael

  17-03-2017 09:28
  
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• Four things you need to know about St. Patrick's Day

  17-03-2017 09:28
  
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• Trump quashes EPA funding in new budget

  17-03-2017 09:11
  
  A slew of government agencies have seen funds slashed, with the EPA being hit the hardest
  
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• The electromechanical musical instrument and other news

  17-03-2017 09:04 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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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for March 17

  17-03-2017 08:51
  
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• Pakistan asks Facebook to help fight blasphemy

  17-03-2017 08:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pakistan says Facebook will send a team to discuss its concerns about "blasphemous content".
  
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• ​ING Direct attributes 163,000 customer gain to improved digital experience

  17-03-2017 06:03 via zdnet.com
  
  The financial services institution posted AU$295 million in after-tax profit and upped its customer count to 1.7 million during 2016.
  
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• Snapdragon 200-tier chips to become Qualcomm Mobile

  17-03-2017 03:25 via zdnet.com
  
  As well as relabelling its processors as 'platforms', Qualcomm has said only premium products will be given the Snapdragon branding while all 200-tier products will now be named 'Qualcomm Mobile'.
  
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• Optus outage causing Optus-Telstra SMS failure

  17-03-2017 02:33 via zdnet.com
  
  Telstra and Optus customers may be unable to send SMS and MMS messages to each other, with Optus having identified the issue and saying it is currently working to repair it.
  
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