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• Dropbox announces network expansion to boost file access speeds

  19-06-2017 23:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Over the next several months, Dropbox will turn on five new regional accelerators across key regions.
  
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• For consumers, 'mixed reality' is a muddy message

  19-06-2017 23:11 via zdnet.com
  
  It's not virtual reality (VR) versus augmented reality (AR). It's a spectrum from VR to actual reality. That makes sense to industry wonks, but it could leave consumers in a confused reality.
  
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• South Carolina shooting live-streamed on Facebook

  19-06-2017 22:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A video captures the moment a street fight became a shoot-out that left seven people injured.
  
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• How Pandemic gave board games an ingenious plot twist

  19-06-2017 21:00
  
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• Visa exports fintech startup contest to LatAm and Caribbean

  19-06-2017 20:31 via zdnet.com
  
  The firm's Everywhere Initiative wants to foster the development of new payment offerings in the region using its APIs.
  
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• Debian 9 'Stretch' Linux has arrived

  19-06-2017 20:05 via zdnet.com
  
  Debian, one of the main Linux distributions, has just released its latest major update.
  
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• Personal details of nearly 200 million US citizens exposed

  19-06-2017 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sensitive personal details were available on a cloud server to anyone with the correct link.
  
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• Nasa has found 10 new planets that could host alien life

  19-06-2017 18:37
  
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• This startup is building game-changing image rendering tech for VR and AR

  19-06-2017 18:31 via zdnet.com
  
  By keeping one step ahead of the human eye, Varjo can render images with 70 times the resolution of today's VR experiences.
  
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• This is the new economic model for humanity

  19-06-2017 18:30
  
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• ​Amazon vs Walmart: It's on

  19-06-2017 18:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Retail will never be the same as the two giant retailers battle over the merger of online and brick-and-mortar shopping.
  
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• Computing GCSE entries rise by 9% year on year

  19-06-2017 18:15 via computerweekly.com
  
  The increase in students who have entered themselves for the 2017 GCSE computing exam seems small compared with previous years
  
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• Managing the multi-cloud: It's complicated

  19-06-2017 18:03 via zdnet.com
  
  When planning out your cloud deployment, keep in mind you'll likely be using multiple clouds. That means you'll need to also and budget for cloud management software and systems.
  
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• GTA V: Force Hax, Lexicon and Menyoo sites shut down

  19-06-2017 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Grand Theft Auto cheat websites helped players give themselves lots of extra money in the game.
  
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• EU and Google's legal standoff could end this summer

  19-06-2017 17:20
  
  August may bring a record fine against the tech giant
  
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• HPE to release massively scalable systems to power AI

  19-06-2017 17:15 via zdnet.com
  
  The new HPE Apollo 6000 Gen10, HPE SGI 8600 and HPE Apollo 10 Series systems will be globally available in July 2017.
  
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• Access and Control for Cloud-Based Data

  19-06-2017 17:00 via zdnet.com
  
  When corporate data is outside the data center's four walls, another entity now shares access and control. We'll explain the key considerations around access management, authentication, and endpoint protection.
  
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• McKinsey AI research finds slender user adoption outside tech

  19-06-2017 16:57 via computerweekly.com
  McKinsey Global Institute research finds artificial intelligence adoption to be exiguous and experimental outside the technology sector, but registers rapidly growing investment
  
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• End-to-end encryption plan puts Europe on collision course with UK

  19-06-2017 16:28 via zdnet.com
  
  Legislation by European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs potentially puts EU at loggerheads with the UK over the encryption debate.
  
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• AR to be key to business, as VR lands with consumers, says IDC

  19-06-2017 16:11 via zdnet.com
  
  IDC projected that AR and VR headsets will grow from just under 10 million units in 2016 to nearly 100 million unites in 2021.
  
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• 'Russian iPhone' returns: Dual-screen YotaPhone 3 coming this year from $350

  19-06-2017 16:10 via zdnet.com
  
  The next two-faced YotaPhone won't cost as much as its predecessor but may also may lack its high-end chip.
  
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• Meters OV-1 review: Headphones with a VU to die for

  19-06-2017 15:35
  
  Headphones that look and feel astonishing and, with the right music, sound awesome too
  
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• A visit to IBM’s 18th-century Hursley mansion base

  19-06-2017 15:22
  
  On the grounds of an 18th-century manor, IBM continues to do great things for the 21st century
  
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• Supercomputing Top500: US knocked out of 'top three most powerful' list

  19-06-2017 15:04 via zdnet.com
  
  For the first time in over two decades the US has lost its ranking among the world's top three supercomputers.
  
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• Ring announces second-generation video doorbell, available today

  19-06-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A 1080p camera, removable battery pack, and interchangeable faceplates are part of the upgrades.
  
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• Pokémon Go's new team battles are the game's biggest overhaul since it launched

  19-06-2017 15:00
  
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• Pokémon Go gyms are changing, Raid Battles are coming: here's everything you need to know

  19-06-2017 15:00
  
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• 198 million Americans hit by "largest ever" voter records leak

  19-06-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Personal data on 198 million voters, including analytics data that suggests who a person is likely to vote for and why, was stored on an unsecured Amazon server.
  
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• This sneaky malware will cause headaches even after it is deleted from your PC

  19-06-2017 14:59 via zdnet.com
  
  The QakBot/Pinkslipbot banking trojan can still cause headaches even after it's been removed from your system.
  
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• Dredge up your nightmares with these scary deep-sea creatures from the Australian Abyss

  19-06-2017 14:39
  
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• Forcing Firefox 54, and saving web pages as single files

  19-06-2017 14:31 via zdnet.com
  
  The new multi-process Firefox 54 is great, but you have to remove incompatible extensions to get it to work. One of mine was an add-on to save web pages as single files, but luckily there are ways to save MHTML files using other browsers
  
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• Euro MPs back end-to-end encryption for all citizens

  19-06-2017 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A European Parliament committee supports the use of end-to-end encryption and a ban on backdoors.
  
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• Atari boss confirms the company is working on a new console

  19-06-2017 13:42
  
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• Social media companies update policies on blocking extremism

  19-06-2017 13:39
  
  YouTube and Facebook are relying on technology, with a helping hand from humans, to monitor content
  
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• Quick poll: Why do you still use Uber?

  19-06-2017 13:20
  
  With Uber hitting controversy after controversy, we want to know why it remains so popular
  
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• Swiss supercomputer edges US out of top spot

  19-06-2017 13:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A hardware upgrade bumps the US to fourth place in the rankings of the world's biggest computers.
  
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• Google: Here's how we're going to crack down on terrorist propaganda

  19-06-2017 13:16 via zdnet.com
  
  Google responds to criticism that it and other platforms aren't doing enough to prevent online indoctrination.
  
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• Elon Musk claims Mars colony dreams critical to avoid 'Doomsday' event

  19-06-2017 13:11 via zdnet.com
  
  The entrepreneur says one million people sent safely to the planet can help us avoid extinction -- and has outlined how to do it.
  
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• The Macedonian surveillance scandal that brought down a government

  19-06-2017 13:00 via computerweekly.com
  Macedonia has been accused of using surveillance technology for covert spying -the subsequent political protests were instrumental in the ruling party losing power after 10 years
  
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• IBM’s Hursley museum is a homage to technology past

  19-06-2017 12:44
  
  Hidden away in a 18th century Hampshire mansion is a collection of IBM’s greatest hits
  
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• Ransomware attacks: Universities back online after 'zero-day' infections

  19-06-2017 12:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Two university have restored systems to normal following cyberattacks which may have been made more potent with the use of zero-day flaws.
  
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• Climate change data is being transformed into beautiful, haunting symphonies

  19-06-2017 12:00
  
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• British & Irish Lions engage with fans via cloud platform

  19-06-2017 11:39 via computerweekly.com
  Fans of the British & Irish Lions rugby team are being offered more ways to digitally engage with the team while it is on tour in New Zealand
  
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• EU committee backs privacy in the encryption war

  19-06-2017 11:31
  
  The European Parliament has proposed strengthening encryption, and putting a ban on backdoors for authorities
  
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• Google's using a combination of AI and humans to remove extremist videos from YouTube

  19-06-2017 11:17
  
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• Israel to build quantum communications tech lab

  19-06-2017 11:16 via zdnet.com
  
  Hebrew University wants to lead the way in the development of quantum-based uncrackable communication systems.
  
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• Urine used to charge smartphone

  19-06-2017 10:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British scientists have developed a way to charge phones with power created from urine.
  
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• Google pledge to tackle YouTube terror videos

  19-06-2017 10:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Smarter software and human experts will help Google police content glorifying terror and violence.
  
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• MEPs propose ban on encryption backdoors

  19-06-2017 10:50 via computerweekly.com
  
  A European parliamentary committee has proposed a ban on backdoors that allow governments to access encrypted communications
  
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• Console generations could soon be a thing of the past, says Xbox's hardware chief

  19-06-2017 10:47
  
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