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• Kubernetes 1.7 released

  30-06-2017 21:19 via zdnet.com
  
  The leading cloud container-orchestration program adds new features to its appeal.
  
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• With a single wiretap order, US authorities listened in on 3.3 million phone calls

  30-06-2017 20:07 via zdnet.com
  
  The order was carried out in 2016 as part of a federal narcotics investigation.
  
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• iOS 11 hands-on: Improved multitasking, drag-and-drop support on the iPad Pro

  30-06-2017 19:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Some of the most significant changes in iOS 11 are found on the iPad. We take a look at the how the biggest changes impact Apple's tablet line.
  
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• Fifty years of colour TV

  30-06-2017 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Colour television turns 50 but did you know thousands of people are still watching in black and white?
  
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• The iPad has an identity crisis

  30-06-2017 19:02 via zdnet.com
  
  Unlike the iPhone, the iPad hasn't launched whole new classes of services. And the more Apple does to make iPads competitive with laptops, the more it gets compared to them and comes up short.
  
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• One month with the BlackBerry KEYone: Productivity and battery life trump mid-level specs

  30-06-2017 18:42 via zdnet.com
  
  After using the BlackBerry KEYone for a month, it is easy to see how this mid-level specced device serves as a productive daily driver for enterprise customers. It's been a joy to use and the classy looking device fits in perfectly at the office.
  
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• Why immutable buckets are a worthy risk management tool

  30-06-2017 18:00 via computerweekly.com
  Immutable buckets offer businesses benefits in terms of data compliance, backup, archiving and security
  
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• French authorities close Windows 10 privacy investigation

  30-06-2017 17:49 via zdnet.com
  
  French data-protection authorities have officially closed their investigation into privacy violations by Windows 10. The notice praises Microsoft for cutting Windows 10 data collection by half.
  
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• Alibaba: Building a retail ecosystem on data science, machine learning, and cloud

  30-06-2017 17:48 via zdnet.com
  
  What does it take to compete in a global arena in which retail and cloud are increasingly intertwined? Domain-specific data science and machine learning for the masses, according to Alibaba.
  
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• Jean-Claude Juncker: I don't own a smartphone

  30-06-2017 17:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, is resisting the march of technology.
  
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• Google's big fine, ransomware scare: Podcast 324

  30-06-2017 17:39
  
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• Microsoft wants to bring AI to Raspberry Pi and other tiny devices

  30-06-2017 16:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Squirrels beware: Microsoft shows off progress it's making moving machine learning to the Internet of Things.
  
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• Start an IT security career with this CISSP training (​ZDNet Academy)

  30-06-2017 16:22 via zdnet.com
  
  Prepare to earn a vaunted certification exam for less than $40.
  
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• 'The iPhone touches the very core of what makes us human'

  30-06-2017 15:11
  
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• Facebook improving connectivity thousands of miles up

  30-06-2017 14:46
  
  The social network is testing an aircraft that would create internet connections in remote areas
  
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• Why hardware is eating software

  30-06-2017 14:40 via zdnet.com
  
  As Marc Andreessen famously remarked, software is eating the world. But now Intel hardware is biting back, with x86 instruction set extensions taking on more jobs. Beyond the why, is this a good thing?
  
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• Bad robot? Who gets the blame when a brain-controlled machine does wrong?

  30-06-2017 14:27 via zdnet.com
  
  Scientists worry about a future including brain-jacking - and who should be responsible if brain-machine interfaces go wrong.
  
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• We need to talk about YouTube’s love of horrible stunts

  30-06-2017 14:20
  
  YouTube’s toxic revenue model is leading to objectively dangerous content
  
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• One $100m grant, eight life-changing ideas: Which would you choose?

  30-06-2017 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The John and Catherine MacArthur Foundation is awarding a huge grant for a project which will make "real and measurable progress in solving a critical problem of our time".
  
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• Liberty gets go-ahead to challenge Snoopers’ Charter

  30-06-2017 14:05 via computerweekly.com
  Civil rights organisation Liberty has been given the go-ahead to challenge in the High Court controversial surveillance legislation it believes breaches UK citizens’ rights
  
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• UK PlayStation Network fans using PayPal have their accounts suspended by Sony

  30-06-2017 14:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some UK PlayStation Network users who use PayPal have their accounts suspended, meaning they can't play online.
  
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• Property website Zillow backs down in row with McMansion Hell blog

  30-06-2017 13:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The satirical blog had faced the threat of legal action from Zillow over use of photographs.
  
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• Social media giants face €50m fines under new German law

  30-06-2017 13:27 via zdnet.com
  
  New law requires hate speech to be taken down in 24 hours or networks will face huge fines.
  
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• UK's 'extreme mass surveillance' web snooping powers face legal challenge

  30-06-2017 12:47 via zdnet.com
  
  "Authoritarian surveillance regime" and mass web history collection will be subject to judicial review.
  
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• UK needs urgent response to online fraud, says NAO

  30-06-2017 12:45 via computerweekly.com
  Online fraud is the most commonly experienced crime in England and Wales and demands urgent response, a report by Parliament’s independent public spending watchdog has concluded
  
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• The Snooper's Charter is being taken to court to stop mass surveillance powers

  30-06-2017 12:38
  
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• NCSC rolls out four measures to boost public sector cyber security

  30-06-2017 12:27 via computerweekly.com
  Active Cyber Defence measures will immediately help to improve basic cyber security across UK business and government departments, says NCSC
  
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• Facebook drone in successful test flight

  30-06-2017 12:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aquila flew for one hour and 46 minutes and landed safely in the Arizona desert, says social network.
  
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• ​Facebook's internet drone flies again - and lands with only a few dings this time

  30-06-2017 12:06 via zdnet.com
  
  Facebook hails its second flight of the huge Aquila drone as a success.
  
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• The second coming of private cloud: Righting the wrongs of previous deployments

  30-06-2017 12:00 via computerweekly.com
  The first generation of private cloud failed to hit the mark with enterprises, but things have improved
  
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• British teens use their phones way more than normal

  30-06-2017 11:54
  
  The only EOCD country to beat us was Chile
  
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• Stormzy and other celebrities tweet bullied school boy

  30-06-2017 11:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chris Hope-Smith asked people on Twitter to send positive messages to his son, Ollie.
  
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• Raspberry Pi wins UK's top engineering award

  30-06-2017 11:29
  
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• Caversham florists besieged with calls in phone scam

  30-06-2017 11:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Confused customers are bombarding a florist in Caversham with hundreds of calls because of a scam.
  
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• The quiet fight against browser noise pollution

  30-06-2017 11:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Are you tired of noisy videos playing when you visit a Web page? Yeah? Well so are some of the biggest browser makers. Here's a look behind the page.
  
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• The Vinyl Countdown: Sony returns to LP production

  30-06-2017 10:56
  
  Party like it’s 1989
  
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• Germany votes for 50m euro social media fines

  30-06-2017 09:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Social media companies face penalties of up to 50m euros if they fail to remove illegal content quickly.
  
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• Danish shipping giant Maersk recovering from major Petya cyber attack

  30-06-2017 09:52 via computerweekly.com
  
  Company confirms attack took down its IT system across multiple sites and business units, but has now been contained
  
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• Limiting time online 'won't protect children'

  30-06-2017 09:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK teenagers have some of the highest rates of internet use in the developed world.
  
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• WIRED Awake June 30: This month's heatwave shows clear evidence of climate change

  30-06-2017 08:48
  
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• ​KakaoTaxi to raise 500b won for expansion of service

  30-06-2017 08:29 via zdnet.com
  
  KakaoTaxi will reportedly raise 500 billion won in exchange for 30 percent equity.
  
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• Plan for privacy and security absent from national cancer-screening database: ANAO

  30-06-2017 08:25 via zdnet.com
  
  The ANAO concluded that no official documentation has been found that outlines how Telstra would manage the privacy and security of the national cancer screening register.
  
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• Telco national security Bill should pass after clarifications: Intelligence Committee

  30-06-2017 07:53 via zdnet.com
  
  A bipartisan report has recommended the Australian government's proposed telco security reforms be passed.
  
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• Hyundai and Cisco drive towards the connected car

  30-06-2017 06:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Hyundai and Cisco are working on a hardware platform for their connected car concept, along with secure, high-speed connectivity via Ethernet and modes of data collection to comply with regional regulatory rules.
  
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• ​G6 Plus launches in Korea armed with LG Pay

  30-06-2017 05:08 via zdnet.com
  
  LG has launched the larger-screened G6 Plus and a 32GB version of the G6 in South Korea, both armed with its mobile payment solution LG Pay.
  
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• Telstra, Optus join ACCC in Vodafone mobile domestic roaming case

  30-06-2017 04:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Australia's two largest mobile telcos will be sitting beside the ACCC in court to defend the inquiry process that led to the regulator not declaring wholesale mobile domestic roaming in its draft decision.
  
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• ​SK Telecom launching solar power usage service via LoRa IoT

  30-06-2017 03:58 via zdnet.com
  
  SK Telecom and Dongyang ENP will launch a service that reads the usage of household solar power stations in real time using a LoRa IoT network.
  
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• Security Think Tank: Focus on high risk by automating low-risk patching

  30-06-2017 03:45 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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• Australian military cyber warriors authorised to target offshore criminals

  30-06-2017 03:39 via zdnet.com
  
  The Department of Defence will lead the cyber unit through the Australian Signals Directorate.
  
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• ​Robots to join Victorian schools under AU$1.6m grants program

  30-06-2017 03:08 via zdnet.com
  
  The state government hopes its Digi-Tech Start-Up Grants initiative will encourage students to head down the IT career path.
  
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