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• Sheryl Sandberg: Tools like Facebook 'used for evil and good'

  23-06-2017 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How Facebook's new initiative plans to tackle extremist and hate speech online.
  
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• Security considerations for the AI era

  23-06-2017 22:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Analytics often involves corporate data and proprietary training algorithms. Keep them out of the wrong hands with these key strategies.
  
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• Linux owns supercomputing

  23-06-2017 21:01 via zdnet.com
  
  In the latest Top500 supercomputer race, only two -- count 'em, two -- of the world's fastest computers aren't running Linux.
  
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• Google will stop scanning Gmail content for ad targeting

  23-06-2017 20:39 via zdnet.com
  
  The move brings the consumer version of Gmail in line with the G Suite version, which never scanned email content for ad purposes.
  
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• Leveraging cloud for AI success

  23-06-2017 20:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Hosted infrastructure may be spun up and leveraged on a pay-as-you-go basis, a smart option for IT departments that don't have machine learning experts on-staff.
  
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• Tech Tent: Uber at a crossroads

  23-06-2017 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  On the Tech Tent podcast this week, we explore the stunning resignation of Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick.
  
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• Finding alien life across the Universe is more a question of when, not if

  23-06-2017 19:00
  
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• Router hack risk 'not limited to Virgin Media'

  23-06-2017 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A weakness in some Virgin Media routers also affects routers by other providers, experts warn.
  
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• How safe is your internet router?

  23-06-2017 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Virgin Media is warning its customers to change the password on their internet routers. A Which? investigation found its Super Hub 2 router is vulnerable to hackers.
  
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• Airbnb is making things easier for every customer

  23-06-2017 17:32
  
  The company is introducing helpful in-app features and stay options
  
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• Racing against the clock: Onboard with Ford at Le Mans 2017

  23-06-2017 17:26
  
  This is what it's like to race at Le Mans
  
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• Six features the iPhone 8 needs to stay ahead of Android

  23-06-2017 17:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Forget wireless charging and hyped up features such as AR. Here's what the next iPhone needs to stay ahead of the competition.
  
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• Why entrepreneurship is the only escape from AI-fuelled unemployment

  23-06-2017 17:00 via computerweekly.com
  Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, predicts up to 15m people could lose their jobs due to AI. Society must adapt
  
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• This bug-zapper has laser-guided precision

  23-06-2017 17:00
  
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• BlackBerry misses Q1 revenue targets as enterprise sales shrink

  23-06-2017 16:02 via zdnet.com
  
  Despite the revenue miss, BlackBerry reported a surprise Q1 profit of $671 million.
  
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• Exploring the infrastructure needs of AI

  23-06-2017 16:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Does it make sense to maintain a high-speed analytics framework on-premises? We look at the resource stacks and database architectures most often used in advanced analytics.
  
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• Housing developer rolls out HCM to pave way for stock market listing

  23-06-2017 15:45 via computerweekly.com
  
  Bonava, which provides affordable and sustainable housing in Northern and Eastern Europe, rolled out HR technology in record time to meet a deadline to list on the Stockholm Stock Exchange
  
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• Reshaping cities: The Maglev Multi Elevator that goes up, down and left to right

  23-06-2017 15:36
  
  Standing over a medieval town in Germany is one of the country’s tallest towers and inside, an invention that its creators hope will revolutionise the shape of cities, the ThyssenKrupp Multi Elevator.
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• Wonkavator wonder, the next Concorde: Podcast 323

  23-06-2017 15:29
  
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• Apple iMac 27-inch With Retina 5K Display (2017): CPU and GPU upgrades deliver better value for money

  23-06-2017 15:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Some iMac owners may be tempted to wait for the forthcoming iMac Pro, but this 2017 update proves that the veteran iMac is still alive and kicking.
  
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• Snapchat map update raises child safety worries

  23-06-2017 15:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An update to Snapchat lets people search for schools and see pictures posted by children inside.
  
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• The gig economy threatens to takes us back to pre-Industrial Revolution times

  23-06-2017 15:00
  
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• Beware this Android banking malware posing as a software update

  23-06-2017 14:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Latest version of the mobile malware can steal login credentials from at least 40 banking, retail and social media apps.
  
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• ​Google now removes medical records from search results

  23-06-2017 14:38 via zdnet.com
  
  Google adds private medical records to the list of results it may remove.
  
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• Amazon wants to house drones in giant beehives

  23-06-2017 14:32
  
  The company’s newest patent application calls for “unmanned aerial vehicles” centers
  
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• Police get broad phone and computer hacking powers in Germany

  23-06-2017 14:31 via zdnet.com
  
  The German parliament has waved through a massive expansion of police hacking powers.
  
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• iPad Pro 10.5 inch: Back on an Apple computing device, but not the one I anticipated

  23-06-2017 14:21 via zdnet.com
  
  It's been a few years since I've used an Apple computer, and I was considering a new MacBook prior to the recent WWDC event. I ended up saving some money and buying a more portable Apple device instead.
  
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• iPad Pro 10.5 inch: Back on an Apple computing device, but not in the form I anticipated

  23-06-2017 14:21 via zdnet.com
  
  It's been a few years since I've used an Apple computer and I was considering a new MacBook prior to the recent WWDC event. I ended up saving some money and buying a more portable Apple device instead.
  
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• Amazon Dash Buttons are smarter than you think

  23-06-2017 14:06 via zdnet.com
  
  Amazon adds more Dash Buttons as it further extends its smart home strategy.
  
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• Google-run contest will pay out $1.5m for AI that spots weapons at airports

  23-06-2017 14:02 via zdnet.com
  
  The US Department of Homeland security has launched a new prize on Google's data-science crowdsourcing site, Kaggle, to speed up airport pat-downs.
  
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• Translations from across the world prove we are united by goodness and beauty

  23-06-2017 14:00
  
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• Security Think Tank: Strategise, prioritise, automate and use cloud to improve patching

  23-06-2017 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  How should organisations address the need to keep software up to date with security patches without it costing too much or being too labour intensive?
  
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• Microsoft says 'no known ransomware' runs on Windows 10 S -- so we tried to hack it

  23-06-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  We enlisted a leading security researcher to test if Microsoft's newest, locked-down version of Windows 10 is protected against all "known" kinds of ransomware, as the company claims.
  
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• Microsoft says 'no known ransomware' runs on Windows 10 S — so we tried to hack it

  23-06-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  We enlisted a leading security researcher to test if Microsoft's newest, locked down version of Windows 10 is protected against all "known" kinds of ransomware, as the company claims.
  
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• Plotting the next pandemic: ominous virus maps attempt to predict future diseases

  23-06-2017 13:55
  
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• Côte banishes planning ‘pain and anguish’ from menu with Anaplan

  23-06-2017 13:50 via computerweekly.com
  
  Restaurant chain has replaced spreadsheets with Anaplan financial planning software as it seeks more strategic control over growth
  
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• Google: Our new VR180 format, cameras will make shooting VR video easier

  23-06-2017 13:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Google has launched a new video format for 180-degree 3D video and has affordable VR180 cameras on the way.
  
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• From Trump to string theory and supernovas: five science lectures to expand your mind

  23-06-2017 13:00
  
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• Google scrubs medical records from search

  23-06-2017 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Confidential data about medical conditions and tests will no longer appear in search results.
  
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• Virgin Media tells 800,000 customers to change passwords after routers found vulnerable to hackers

  23-06-2017 12:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Ethical hackers carried out research on the Super Hub 2 router and found it could be used to take control of Internet of Things devices.
  
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• Two British men arrested over Microsoft hacking plot

  23-06-2017 12:35 via zdnet.com
  
  The duo has tried, time and time again, to break into Microsoft's systems to steal customer data.
  
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• Germany aims to store all users' browsing data. But court says it's breaking EU law

  23-06-2017 12:15 via zdnet.com
  
  A law due to come into force in days in Germany on storing internet usage data breaks EU regs, a court rules.
  
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• Why users don't always know what they need

  23-06-2017 12:00 via computerweekly.com
  The economic concept of revealed preference can often tell IT managers more about what their users want than users themselves
  
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• ​Oracle re-spins legacy software into cloud growth game

  23-06-2017 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  It's easier to keep existing customers than land new ones. Oracle seems to be converting its customers from on-premise to the cloud and now databases may follow.
  
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• GoPro Karma review: Great camera, so-so drone

  23-06-2017 12:00
  
  Plenty of value here, but the GoPro Karma isn’t the most sophisticated flying machine
  
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• As EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) looms, tech vendors ready pitches

  23-06-2017 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Enterprise technology vendors are lining up automated tools and artificial intelligence to land customers looking to comply with GDPR by May 25, 2018.
  
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• Facebook has a new mission statement, but actions speak louder than words

  23-06-2017 11:58
  
  Check your platitudes at the door
  
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• Datacentre decisions: Converged vs hyper-converged infrastructure

  23-06-2017 11:45 via computerweekly.com
  Converged and hyper-converged infrastructure are ready-tested ways to put compute and storage into the datacentre. But which should you choose for your deployment?
  
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• MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor speaks about ‘expanding universe’ of BI

  23-06-2017 11:00 via computerweekly.com
  Co-founder and CEO of MicroStrategy takes the long view on business intelligence and sees its universe expanding with mobile technologies
  
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• One year on and one week in - what does Brexit mean for tech?

  23-06-2017 10:45 via computerweekly.com
  
  A good Brexit deal for the UK will rely on getting a good deal for the UK tech sector
  
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