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• Apple iCloud ransom demands: The facts you need to know

  23-03-2017 23:53 via zdnet.com
  
  ZDNet has uncovered several loose ends with a claim regarding millions of iCloud accounts held for ransom, and questions remain. Users should act out of an abundance to protect their accounts.
  
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• Samsung announces LTE version of Gear S3 Classic smartwatch

  23-03-2017 22:35 via zdnet.com
  
  If the Gear S3 Frontier isn't your style, there's good news: Samsung is adding LTE to the Classic variant.
  
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• Red Hat software-defined storage takes another step forward

  23-03-2017 21:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Red Hat has just released Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.2.
  
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• FAA anticipates 1.6 million commercial drones by 2021

  23-03-2017 20:28 via zdnet.com
  
  Hobbyist and commercial drone fleets are both expected to grow rapidly over the next four years. Complications are inevitable.
  
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• Senate votes to repeal broadband privacy rules

  23-03-2017 19:37 via zdnet.com
  
  The FCC rules were already in limbo thanks to the commission's new Republican leadership, but the Congress can now put the nail in the coffin.
  
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• Early galaxies found hiding in 'super halos' of hydrogen

  23-03-2017 19:00
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked 2017 app is your ticket to watch the S8 announcement

  23-03-2017 18:52 via zdnet.com
  
  If you plan on watching Samsung announce its latest and greatest smartphone, you'll need to install an app.
  
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• SAP launches $35 million startup fund

  23-03-2017 18:41 via zdnet.com
  
  The first startup to receive funding is San Jose-based Parable Sciences, a machine learning analytics company.
  
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• The rise of the ODMs: Should the branded hardware suppliers be worried?

  23-03-2017 18:00 via computerweekly.com
  The use of ODM datacentre hardware makes good economic sense for the hyperscale providers, but what about everyday enterprises?
  
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• Lawrence Krauss on religion, science and our intellectual journey through the Universe

  23-03-2017 18:00
  
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• Mazda’s tech-infused electric car to hit the road in 2019

  23-03-2017 17:10
  
  Mazda set to welcome return of rotary engine for a new electric car due out in 2019
  
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• Intel creates AI group, aims for more focus

  23-03-2017 17:02 via zdnet.com
  
  Intel artificial intelligence unit will be led by former Nervana CEO Naveen Rao.
  
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• Fruit-shaped sensor 'can improve freshness'

  23-03-2017 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The sensor comes in orange, apple, banana and mango varieties and alerts to cooling problems.
  
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• The International Cloud Atlas just added new types of clouds

  23-03-2017 16:41
  
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• Here are all the new cloud types added to the Cloud Atlas for 2017

  23-03-2017 16:41
  
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• Gallery: These cloud formations will make you wish for rainy days

  23-03-2017 16:41
  
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• Gallery: all the new clouds officially recognised by the Met Office

  23-03-2017 16:41
  
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• Apple tries to save the iPad, but it's too little, too late

  23-03-2017 16:41 via zdnet.com
  
  You know things are desperate when Apple starts cutting prices, but the latest iPad price cut might have come too late to save it.
  
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• Brexit sees 12% of London's startups lose funding

  23-03-2017 16:09
  
  A third of the capital's entrepreneurs have struggled to grow since the Leave vote
  
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• Apple to start building iPhones in India within 6 weeks

  23-03-2017 15:56 via zdnet.com
  
  India's federal government didn't accept most of Apple's demands for concessions, but manufacturing of the iPhone 6, iPhone 6S, and iPhone SE will start soon.
  
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• Trump’s space bill promises humans on Mars by 2030s. Elon Musk isn’t happy

  23-03-2017 15:49
  
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• Big Data versus money laundering: Machine learning, applications and regulation in finance

  23-03-2017 15:18 via zdnet.com
  
  Could financial fraud such as the Laundromat be avoided by applying machine learning to scan through data? And if yes, why is that not happening?
  
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• LastPass releases fix browser extension security flaws

  23-03-2017 15:15 via computerweekly.com
  LastPass has been praised for its quick response in fixing flaws reported in browser extensions for its password manager
  
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• iPhone, iPad users can now automate their lives for free as Apple buys Workflow app

  23-03-2017 14:21 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple has snapped up task-automation tool Workflow and, unlike its practice with other acquisitions, hasn't yanked it off the App Store but instead is offering it for free.
  
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• Bitcoin scams: Beware of crooks trying to steal your cryptocurrency with these schemes

  23-03-2017 14:12 via zdnet.com
  
  Cybercriminals are successfully taking advantage of social media and naivety to steal Bitcoin and distribute malware.
  
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• Windows 10 gets battle-hardened: US Army recruits 10,000 rugged tablets

  23-03-2017 13:45 via zdnet.com
  
  The ruggedized Windows 10 tablets from Getac will help the US Army keep a check on supplies and logistics.
  
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• Avere scoops up $14m to expand hybrid cloud offering, adds Google as investor

  23-03-2017 13:35 via zdnet.com
  
  Cloud storage provider uses predictive logic to boost performance.
  
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• openSUSE Tumbleweed: A Linux distribution on the leading edge

  23-03-2017 13:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Tumbleweed has an undeserved reputation for being unstable. I use it every day, I have no problems with stability, and I appreciate the fact that it consistently keeps up with the latest developments.
  
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• How Google is riding the multi-cloud wave to win over the enterprise

  23-03-2017 13:00 via computerweekly.com
  The Google Cloud Next conference saw the internet giant share details about how enterprise appetite for multi-cloud deployments are working in its favour
  
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• Beyond the elephant in the room, Cloudera wants to talk to the business

  23-03-2017 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Now offering specialized editions tailored for data scientists, data engineers, and BI users, what are the next steps that Cloudera will take to broaden its appeal to the enterprise? And how will it approach the cloud?
  
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• Ageing is a disease. Gene therapy could be the 'cure'

  23-03-2017 13:00
  
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• Russian man pleads guilty over $500m malware scam

  23-03-2017 12:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Russian man faces up to 10 years in jail for spreading a computer virus that cost victims more than $500m (£401m).
  
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• Nasa trumped by UK schoolboy over ISS data error

  23-03-2017 12:48
  
  British A-level student manages to spot hidden ISS error in Nasa spreadsheet
  
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• 2017: New iPads on deck, but not a business-worthy device in sight

  23-03-2017 12:43 via zdnet.com
  
  The PC hybrid is currently the only end-user business platform that is equipped to deal with next-generation cloud computing environments in dynamic mobile computing scenarios.
  
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• Climate change has pushed Earth into 'uncharted territory'

  23-03-2017 12:31
  
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• Almost 45% of men want a robot-led shopping experience in the future

  23-03-2017 12:05 via computerweekly.com
  Research reveals differences between what male and female, and older and younger consumers want from their shopping experience
  
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• Microsoft to car firms: Toyota's on board, so license our tech too. We won't compete with you

  23-03-2017 11:52 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft drives deeper into connected car territory with Toyota patent deal and a new tech licensing program.
  
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• Executive's guide to implementing blockchain technology

  23-03-2017 11:45 via zdnet.com
  
  The technology behind bitcoin is one of the internet's most promising new developments. Here's how businesses can use it to streamline operations and create new opportunities.
  
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• Apple denies hackers holding millions of iPhones, iCloud accounts ransom

  23-03-2017 11:15 via computerweekly.com
  Apple reassures customers that none of its systems have been breached, dismissing hackers' claims that millions of iPhones and iCloud accounts are at risk of being wiped
  
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• Matt Eagles: how a brain implant gave a Parkinson's patient back his life

  23-03-2017 11:05
  
  After being diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s at the age of eight, Matt Eagles now manages the disease with deep brain stimulation
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• How a brain implant gave a Parkinson's patient back his life

  23-03-2017 11:05
  
  After being diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s at the age of eight, Matt Eagles now manages the disease with deep brain stimulation.
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• How emotions are 'made': why your definition of sadness is unlike anyone else's

  23-03-2017 11:00
  
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• Malaysia screen legend gets Google tribute

  23-03-2017 10:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  P. Ramlee enjoyed fame across South East Asia, even reaching as far as Hong Kong and Japan.
  
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• Facebook Live takes on Twitch with desktop streaming. Here's how to use it

  23-03-2017 10:24
  
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• Stephen Hawking's strange law of entropy is making atoms on Earth act like black holes

  23-03-2017 10:20
  
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• Google just resurrected a feature it killed off four years ago

  23-03-2017 09:56
  
  The latest Maps’ feature gives me a huge sense of deja vu
  
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• This e-paper wall calendar prototype is simple but brilliant

  23-03-2017 09:06
  
  It’s hard to believe nobody has come up with this before
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for March 23

  23-03-2017 08:51
  
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• ​NSW scores AUSTRAC security head as new government CISO

  23-03-2017 07:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Maria Milosavljevic has been appointed as the new government chief information security officer for New South Wales.
  
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• 'Shark Tank' start-up credits social media, analytics for its millennial success

  23-03-2017 05:57 via zdnet.com
  
  Also key to this beach towel seller's strategy: Buildits e-commerce site with the mobile user in mind.
  
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