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• How to protect your Apple iCloud account

  24-03-2017 20:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Worried about hackers destroying your iCloud music, pictures, and documents? Here are three things you should do right now.
  
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• Google Hangouts streamlined further for the enterprise

  24-03-2017 20:37 via zdnet.com
  
  Google is removing SMS from Hangouts and finally saying goodbye to Google Talk.
  
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• Trump's Treasury Sec: AI won't supplant US jobs for another 50 to 100 years

  24-03-2017 19:20 via zdnet.com
  
  The Obama administration said AI could threaten anywhere from 9 percent to 47 percent of jobs over the next decade or two, but Steve Mnuchin said that the potential problem is "not even on my radar."
  
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• Lenovo taps former Intel CIO to lead datacenter group

  24-03-2017 18:40 via zdnet.com
  
  Lenovo also revealed plans to realign its datacenter group under five market segments.
  
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• UK impersonation fraud up 39% in last quarter of 2016

  24-03-2017 18:00 via computerweekly.com
  Just ahead of the end of the UK tax year, a survey underlines the importance of guarding against business email compromise aimed at stealing data and money
  
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• Researching the researchers: meet Stanford school's 'Cassandra' of fake news

  24-03-2017 18:00
  
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• Robotic barman pours Rory a pint

  24-03-2017 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC’s technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones gets a beer poured for him by a robotic barman - but how long does it take?
  
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• Death in VR, Hawking in space: Podcast 310

  24-03-2017 17:51
  
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• Ofcom plans instant payback for broadband woes

  24-03-2017 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Customers who suffer poor service could get automatic payouts under Ofcom's plan.
  
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• T-Mobile launches free scam services just in time to block fake IRS calls

  24-03-2017 16:33 via zdnet.com
  
  T-Mobile is rolling out Scam ID and Scam Block features to customers starting today as part of a strategy to protect customers. Three out of four people in the US have received scam calls at some point, resulting in an incredible amount of stolen money.
  
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• Case study: How the Department for Education deployed flexible IT

  24-03-2017 16:15 via computerweekly.com
  The Department of Education has upgraded its ageing datacentre to the Azure cloud and Office 365, and rolled out Microsoft Surface devices
  
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• F1 2017: inside Renault Sport Formula One Team

  24-03-2017 16:09
  
  Step inside the Renault Sport Formula One Team HQ
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• Snugs Only review: Custom fit earbuds for your earphones

  24-03-2017 15:27
  
  If you've got the time and the money, you really won't regret buying a pair of Snugs
  
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• Video: How Bitly migrated from colo to cloud to save money and future-proof its innovation path

  24-03-2017 15:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Bitly was constantly ordering new servers and replacing failed hard drives until it moved its infrastructure to the cloud in 2016. Here's a breakdown of how it's paying off.
  
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• MIT's 'flying building' assembles itself in mid-air and can be dropped into disaster zones

  24-03-2017 14:54
  
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• Infographic: Renault Sport Formula One Team by numbers

  24-03-2017 14:54
  
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• Behind the scenes at Renault Sport Formula One Team

  24-03-2017 14:53
  
  F1 2017: Inside Renault Sport Formula One Team as it prepares to take on the radical new race season using the Microsoft Cloud
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• ​Microsoft: No, Linux users, we didn't try to penalize you for not using Windows with OneDrive

  24-03-2017 14:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft fixes a bug that made its file-hosting service, OneDrive, slow on Linux but not on Windows.
  
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• Gallery: Explosions are captured milliseconds after detonation

  24-03-2017 14:00
  
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• Breathtaking photos capture explosions milliseconds after detonation

  24-03-2017 14:00
  
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• "It's hard to imagine Abraham Lincoln using Twitter”: Douglas Coupland on free time, automation and Donald Trump

  24-03-2017 13:55
  
  The author of Generation X talks to Thomas McMullan about how new technology is changing the way we think about reality
  
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• AI and robots will 'create political instability' until humans find new occupations

  24-03-2017 13:45 via computerweekly.com
  The belief that advances in technology will create more jobs than they replace may no longer hold true
  
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• Google and Symantec clash on website security checks

  24-03-2017 13:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Web browsers could be blocked from accessing sites caught up in a row over basic security tools.
  
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• Nokia: Our new Android phones will hit US by June, starting at $150

  24-03-2017 13:38 via zdnet.com
  
  Nokia teases the availability of its new Android phones, with the US part of a global rollout starting next month.
  
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• US government set to roll back FCC data privacy laws in new bill

  24-03-2017 13:30
  
  US data privacy to be overhauled as users will need to op-out to protect their data
  
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• 3D printing hands on: Understanding the difference between Delta and Cartesian printers

  24-03-2017 13:30 via zdnet.com
  
  You may have heard the term "Delta printer," but what does it mean? We compare and contrast traditional Cartesian 3D printers with Delta printers.
  
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• What would a memory-centric system look like?

  24-03-2017 13:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Data growth is increasing much faster than network bandwidth, while storage is getting cheaper and networks aren't. Which means, someday, moving to memory-centric systems. What would they look like? Here's a vision from the former director of HP Labs and the new CTO of Western Digital.
  
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• Security Think Tank: Minimise data to cut costs and comply with GDPR

  24-03-2017 13:20 via computerweekly.com
  How can organisations maintain usability and keep support costs low without compromising on security?
  
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• Google hopes to encourage black coders at Howard University

  24-03-2017 13:06
  
  Google teams up with Howard to boost racial diversity in Silicon Valley
  
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• I 'died' in virtual reality at the assisted suicide clinic Dignitas

  24-03-2017 13:00
  
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• UK labour costs are cheap but automation will erode jobs market

  24-03-2017 12:52 via computerweekly.com
  PwC has estimated that millions of people may be affected by robots and artificial intelligence replacing their jobs
  
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• Inside the well-planned metro network: how CityFibre does it

  24-03-2017 12:45 via computerweekly.com
  Computer Weekly met metro network builder CityFibre to find out why, and how, the organisation believes it can mount a credible challenge to Openreach’s dominance of wholesale fibre
  
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• FBI director reiterates call for action on encryption

  24-03-2017 12:45 via computerweekly.com
  The world is wasting time in resolving the conflict between privacy and public safety, and should consider an international framework on encrypted data access, says FBI director James Comey
  
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• Could your iPhone replace your laptop? Apple toys with dockable phone that turns into PC

  24-03-2017 12:26 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple teases its concept for the elusive smartphone that doubles as a PC.
  
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• Unwanted in Trump's America, Indian IT finds a suitor in bitter rival China

  24-03-2017 12:18 via zdnet.com
  
  An unlikely romance between Chinese industry and Indian IT may just be what the doctor ordered for these two perennially bickering nations.
  
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• Contact centers branded the 'Achilles heel' of the enterprise

  24-03-2017 12:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Could phoneprinting tackle the contact center weak link in the enterprise chain?
  
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• Moto G5 Plus review: Best sub-$300 smartphone lets you forget about the flagships

  24-03-2017 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  There are plenty of choices in the Android world for less than $300 and the Moto G5 Plus may be the best. The standby screen, useful gestures, long battery life, and water resistant nano coating make it very difficult to justify paying two to three times this amount for a flagship.
  
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• Scientists have uncovered a whole new lung function we didn’t know about

  24-03-2017 11:52
  
  Scientists discover that mice lungs play a vital role in blood production
  
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• GE aims to replicate Digital Twin success with security-focused Digital Ghost

  24-03-2017 11:30 via zdnet.com
  
  In this Q&A with GE's Colin Parris, the company outlines how it wants to use monitoring physical conditions as a part of defending equipment from cyberattacks.
  
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• The tech turning skyscrapers into adverts

  24-03-2017 11:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new projection technique for persistence of vision displays will allow images to be up to 200m tall on buildings.
  
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• Row over US ISP customer data sales

  24-03-2017 11:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US politicians have voted to let ISPs gather and sell data about what Americans do online.
  
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• Serco uses HR technology to cut recruitment bill by millions

  24-03-2017 11:00 via computerweekly.com
  International outsourced services supplier is investing in HR recruitment technology to help it hire 15,000 to 20,000 people a year
  
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• Serco uses HR technology to cut recruitment bill

  24-03-2017 11:00 via computerweekly.com
  International outsourced services supplier Serco is investing in HR recruitment technology to help it hire 15,000 to 20,000 people a year
  
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• Sandoz: It’s time to HACk healthcare

  24-03-2017 10:55
  
  Sandoz HACk winners aim to boost access to pharmacists, CPR skills and even blood in Ghana, the Philippines and the Maldives
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• Twitter is considering charging power users $20 a month for premium subscriptions

  24-03-2017 10:28
  
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• Red Nose Day 2017: how to donate digitally

  24-03-2017 10:18
  
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• Apple lets you donate to Red Nose Day directly through Siri

  24-03-2017 10:18
  
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• Siri helped a pre-schooler save his mother's life

  24-03-2017 10:14
  
  South London pre-schooler shows incredible quick-thinking but tech’s influence was a mixed blessing
  
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• Robots to affect up to 30% of UK jobs, says PwC

  24-03-2017 09:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manufacturing and retail jobs are most at risk from automation by the 2030s, a report says.
  
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• Start-up plans for a supersonic jet and other tech news

  24-03-2017 09:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Lara Lewington looks at some of the best of the week's technology news stories.
  
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