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• Ukraine cyber-attack: Software firm MeDoc's servers seized

  04-07-2017 18:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police confiscate computers belonging to a software firm linked to a giant malware attack.
  
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• Nearly half of football fans have illegally streamed a match

  04-07-2017 17:31
  
  Headache for the Premier League, as ComRes survey shows the full extent of sport’s piracy problems
  
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• Drones are bad news for planes, but geese are a nightmare

  04-07-2017 17:13
  
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• Learn DevOps essentials while the demand is growing (ZDNet Academy)

  04-07-2017 16:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Get training in AWS, Docker, Hadoop, and more for less than a trip to the grocery store.
  
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• WannaCry a signal moment, says NCA

  04-07-2017 16:20 via computerweekly.com
  The National Crime Agency believes the recent WannaCry attacks represent a “signal moment” in terms of awareness of cyber attacks and their real-world impact
  
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• Most influential women in UK tech: The 2017 longlist

  04-07-2017 16:17 via computerweekly.com
  
  Every year, Computer Weekly asks the technology industry to nominate who it thinks are the most influential women in UK tech – here is the 2017 longlist
  
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• Directional sound – how Floating Points' new album was recorded in the desert

  04-07-2017 16:14
  
  Floating Points' Sam Shepherd on recording 'Reflections – Mojave Desert' and his upcoming DJ date at this year’s Farr Festival
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• AVM Fritz!Box 4040, First Take: A fast and reliable dual-band wi-fi router

  04-07-2017 16:08 via zdnet.com
  
  This well-featured wireless router continues AVM's tradition of high-quality hardware and usable software.
  
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• Samsung working on Bixby-supported smart speaker

  04-07-2017 15:58
  
  The only problem is its voice-activated technology isn’t ready yet
  
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• Who needs a DSLR when you've got a photo-taking car?

  04-07-2017 15:27
  
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• Raspberry Pi's smaller, cheaper rival: NanoPi Neo Plus2 weighs in at $25

  04-07-2017 15:08 via zdnet.com
  
  NanoPi Neo Plus2 wants to power your Internet of Things inventions.
  
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• Amazon and eBay images broken by Photobucket's 'ransom demand'

  04-07-2017 15:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An image sharing site's change of policy stops photos appearing on Amazon, eBay and Etsy.
  
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• NHS should use genome testing and predictive algorithms for personalised prevention

  04-07-2017 14:41
  
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• 'I'm a creep': Tech boss Dave McClure resigns after harassment claims

  04-07-2017 14:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dave McClure of 500 Startups apologised for his "inexcusable" behaviour towards several women.
  
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• BMW i8 Roadster: first look at the production version of the soft-top hybrid supercar

  04-07-2017 13:57
  
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• BBC making £34m investment in children's services

  04-07-2017 13:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The corporation is investing an extra £34m on children's services between now and 2019-20.
  
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• Linux malware: Leak exposes CIA's OutlawCountry hacking toolkit

  04-07-2017 13:50 via zdnet.com
  
  OutlawCountry malware sends traffic from Linux machines to the CIA's servers.
  
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• Nando's technology director explains using cloud to digitally disrupt its own business

  04-07-2017 13:45 via computerweekly.com
  Nando’s technology director, Richard Atkinson, describes how the restaurant chain is using cloud to get closer to its customers and build stronger ties with its 14,000-strong workforce
  
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• Major cyber incidents accelerating, says NCSC

  04-07-2017 13:27 via computerweekly.com
  The UK is seeing an acceleration in major cyber security incidents, according to the country’s cyber security protection agency
  
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• How growth hacking propelled Dropbox to massive success

  04-07-2017 13:16
  
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• Animated: why growth hacking works

  04-07-2017 13:16
  
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• Microsoft Surface Studio, First Take: An appealing all-in-one debut, but the price is high

  04-07-2017 13:07 via zdnet.com
  
  Now on sale in the UK, Surface Studio offers excellent engineering, touchscreen controls and the optional Surface Dial. But even creatives may find the price tag steep.
  
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• Microsoft Surface Studio hands-on: The iMac it’s okay for Windows lovers to want

  04-07-2017 13:01
  
  Microsoft’s rival to the 27-inch iMac 5K tempts creative types with full drawing support, but it’s heartbreakingly expensive
  
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• Inside the startup that wants to mine asteroids and transform space travel forever

  04-07-2017 13:00
  
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• Best smartphone case for the beach

  04-07-2017 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Sand, water, salt spray, rocks. Surviving the beach presents unique challenges for both smartphones and smartphone cases.
  
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• Roman concrete is still standing tall – and now we know why

  04-07-2017 12:47
  
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• Nvidia heads 50 companies that will change the world

  04-07-2017 12:47
  
  Check out MIT’s landscape of the future
  
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• iPhone 8 may instantly unlock the moment you look at it

  04-07-2017 12:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple is said to be dropping its TouchID fingerprint sensor in place of a 3D face scan.
  
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• Dropbox edging towards an IPO

  04-07-2017 12:40
  
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• US stock glitch: What can you buy for $123.47?

  04-07-2017 11:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  That's the price that several high-profile tech firm's shares were temporarily - and wrongly - listed.
  
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• Nasdaq glitch: What can you buy for $123.47?

  04-07-2017 11:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  That's the price that several high-profile tech shares temporarily were set to after a Nasdaq glitch.
  
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• Google 'shot itself in the foot' over EU antitrust ruling

  04-07-2017 11:36 via zdnet.com
  
  UKC e-commerce expert Des Laffey explains why the EU's landmark fine highlights the consequences of market arrogance.
  
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• Arqiva snaps up new spectrum licences for 5G wireless trials

  04-07-2017 11:36 via computerweekly.com
  Comms infrastructure supplier buys two 112MHz bands of wireless spectrum to support its 5G wholesale ambitions
  
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• How machine learning is changing IT service management

  04-07-2017 11:30 via computerweekly.com
  BMC looks like it is eyeing up CA in a deal to power its digital strategy. We assess the changes in IT service management
  
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• The company at the centre of the NotPetya malware attack could face criminal charges

  04-07-2017 10:35
  
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• Police in Ukraine have seized the servers of the company at the heart of the NotPetya cyberattack

  04-07-2017 10:35
  
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• Chinese police are treating the bus you can drive under as a scam

  04-07-2017 10:32
  
  We regret to inform you that the replacement bus service has been cancelled
  
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• UK teenager charged for supplying malware used in global attacks

  04-07-2017 10:26 via zdnet.com
  
  The 18-year-old allegedly took part in attacks against NatWest, the BBC, Amazon, and others.
  
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• It's like Tinder, but with fake news

  04-07-2017 10:12
  
  Ignore reality and keep swiping left
  
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• BMW i8 Spyder: Roadster version of the hybrid supercar teased before 2018 release date

  04-07-2017 09:53
  
  BMW is going to make an open-top hybrid supercar
  
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• Invest early, go global and aim for exits: VC firm Accel explains its investment strategy

  04-07-2017 09:00
  
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• WIRED Awake July 4: the company that spread NotPetya could face charges of criminal negligence

  04-07-2017 08:43
  
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• WIRED Awake July 4: Frogs may owe their diversity to dinosaur-killing asteroid impact

  04-07-2017 08:43
  
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• ​Samsung's new V-NAND plant begins production

  04-07-2017 07:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Samsung Electronics' largest ever semiconductor plant will handle demand for V-NAND chips from global clients such as Apple.
  
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• Medicare leak not a cyber issue: Tudge

  04-07-2017 07:24 via zdnet.com
  
  Naughty 'traditional' criminals have been named as the source of Medicare information leaks, not cyber gangs, Alan Tudge has said.
  
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• Why the Medicare information leak should be taken seriously

  04-07-2017 07:02 via zdnet.com
  
  With a background in healthcare and IT, Future Wise's Trent Yarwood has said the intrusive level of detail on people's lives that has made its way public could be reassembled and shouldn't be downplayed, especially by the government.
  
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• LeEco chairman 'has bank accounts frozen over debt'

  04-07-2017 06:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The struggling Chinese technology firm has burned though cash in an aggressive US expansion.
  
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• Amazon, Apple, Google stock prices go haywire due to "improper" use of Nasdaq data

  04-07-2017 06:31 via zdnet.com
  
  A number of Nasdaq-listed tech companies saw their share prices swing in either direction after 'bad data' was improperly used by third-parties.
  
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• Amazon, Apple, Google stock prices go haywire due to data glitch

  04-07-2017 06:31 via zdnet.com
  
  A number of Nasdaq-listed tech companies saw their share prices swing in either direction after 'bad data' was improperly used by third-parties.
  
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• Qantas extending free on-board Wi-Fi to second aircraft

  04-07-2017 03:40 via zdnet.com
  
  Qantas has built out new ViaSat Wi-Fi technology onto a second domestic aircraft ahead of extending the service to an additional eight planes by the end of September.
  
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