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• Report: Next Apple Watch to gain LTE connectivity, all new form factor

  04-08-2017 23:39 via zdnet.com
  Two different reports surface Friday shining light on Apple's plans for the next Apple Watch.
  
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• Apple (finally) joins Instagram to promote the best photos shot on its iPhone

  04-08-2017 21:00
  
  The @apple Instagram feed will be curated by the tech giant from photos captured on an iPhone
  
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• Telescoping robots can shrink to travel

  04-08-2017 20:39 via zdnet.com
  Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon are having fun with collapsible objects
  
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• Watch a micro 'Pac-man' capture a live cell

  04-08-2017 20:00
  
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• Miniature robots capture individual cells

  04-08-2017 20:00 via zdnet.com
  Someday, these tiny Pac-Man robots could eat individual cancer cells.
  
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• Essential Phone listing shows up on Best Buy website

  04-08-2017 19:18 via zdnet.com
  Android creator Andy Rubin's next smartphone appears closer to launch after a delay.
  
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• Inside Amazon, iPhone 8 leaks: Podcast 329

  04-08-2017 17:00
  
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• The Everywhere Store: Amazon's AI-powered master plan to be the world's biggest company

  04-08-2017 16:52
  
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• SAP launches first digital transformation center in LatAm

  04-08-2017 16:36 via zdnet.com
  The Brazil-based facility will focus on exporting the potential of digital innovation platform Leonardo; next planned launch will be in India.
  
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• China holds drill to shut down 'harmful' websites

  04-08-2017 16:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Data centres were asked to practise taking down sites quickly and reporting the owners to police.
  
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• Security Think Tank: Five security controls to keep employees out of cyber firing line

  04-08-2017 16:10 via computerweekly.com
  What are the best security controls to ensure a safe working environment where employees do not have the unfair pressure of being the first line of cyber defence?
  
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• Facebook's bringing 'Stories' to the desktop – will anyone use them?

  04-08-2017 16:00
  
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• Expanding Extreme eyes Cisco, HPE networking business

  04-08-2017 15:25 via computerweekly.com
  Having acquired Avaya’s SDN and switching business, and with its purchase of Brocade’s datacentre unit imminent, Extreme Networks is on a mission to secure customers’ hearts and minds and take business from rivals
  
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• Wannacry money laundering attempt thwarted

  04-08-2017 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  An online exchange for virtual cash has blocked attempts to swap victims' bitcoins into another currency
  
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• Security audits reveal poor state of corporate cyber defences

  04-08-2017 14:54 via computerweekly.com
  Critical vulnerabilities detected in 47% of corporate systems investigated in security audits by Positive Technologies
  
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• ICO highlights challenge Slack-like tools pose to public sector FOI request compliance

  04-08-2017 14:45 via computerweekly.com
  The Information Commissioner’s Office outlines how the growing use of cloud-based communication channels could complicate how public sector organisations respond to Freedom of Information requests
  
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• Uber knowingly rented fire-risk cars to drivers in Singapore

  04-08-2017 14:30
  
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• Sorry ‘cyberwarrior’, your password is pwned along with 320m others

  04-08-2017 14:16
  
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• Manchester to host international freedom of information event

  04-08-2017 13:00 via computerweekly.com
  Manchester is to host an international conference exploring the future of transparency and access to information in the UK and worldwide
  
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• How to make your tech event diverse and inclusive

  04-08-2017 13:00
  
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• Nearly 7,000 civil service jobs at risk in government-as-a-platform strategy

  04-08-2017 12:58 via computerweekly.com
  Business case for Government Digital Service’s GaaP programme has predicted thousands of Whitehall job losses from new digital tools
  
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• 7 reasons why 2017's Edinburgh Festival is the best yet for science and technology

  04-08-2017 12:49
  
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• Now Cerber ransomware wants to steal your Bitcoin wallets and passwords too

  04-08-2017 12:47 via zdnet.com
  One of the worst forms of ransomware has suddenly become even worse in an effort to make its malicious authors more money.
  
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• LinkedIn describes its mentor scheme as like Tinder for jobs

  04-08-2017 12:44
  
  The mentoring service will be completely free and will be available first to users in San Francisco and Australia
  
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• LIDAR is set to drastically change the world and how we drive. Here's how it works

  04-08-2017 12:36
  
  LIDAR will feature increasingly more in next-generation vehicles, but how does it work?
  
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• AI is now deciding the names of craft beers – and doing a better job than humans

  04-08-2017 12:32
  
  AI’ll drink to that…
  
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• Why Toyota and Mazda are teaming up to develop electric cars

  04-08-2017 12:18
  
  The partnership makes sense, but it’s also a U-turn for Toyota
  
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• Russian jailed for hijacking thousands of PCs

  04-08-2017 12:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Maxim Senakh sent spam and used fake clicks to generate millions of dollars in profits say US prosecutors.
  
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• This sonar band uses vibrations to help blind people navigate with ease

  04-08-2017 12:05
  
  About two million blind people living in the UK could benefit from the product
  
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• Glitches with key free childcare website probed

  04-08-2017 11:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Committee chairman demands answers over glitches with crucial website for new childcare schemes.
  
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• Men who watch porn at a young age more likely to want to dominate women, study finds

  04-08-2017 11:55
  
  Researchers surveyed 330 men, between 17 and 54 years old, about their first encounter with pornography
  
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• MPs demand answers from HMRC over Childcare Service website problems

  04-08-2017 11:39 via computerweekly.com
  Treasury committee chair Nicky Morgan writes to HM Revenue & Customs CEO after users reported difficulties using the new digital service
  
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• How carbon fibre is giving watchmaking a makeover

  04-08-2017 11:27
  
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• Hot mess: Interactive map reveals what your city will be like in 2100 thanks to global warming

  04-08-2017 10:36
  
  These interactive maps reveal what climate change could do to your hometown
  
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• FBI arrests UK WannaCry hero on malware charges

  04-08-2017 10:30 via computerweekly.com
  The Briton credited with stopping the WannaCry global malware attacks in their tracks in May has been arrested in the US on malware charges
  
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• What do you do when you've made £27m cleaning? Get into home extensions

  04-08-2017 10:28
  
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• Kronos malware: What is the banking Trojan linked to Marcus Hutchins?

  04-08-2017 09:44
  
  Kronos malware was first spotted for sale on a Russian cybercrime forum in 2014 for a staggering $7,000
  
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• WIRED Awake August 4: Food crops will provide less protein as CO2 levels rise

  04-08-2017 08:50
  
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• GenesisCare ready to scale with a workforce of IT 'change champions'

  04-08-2017 08:13 via zdnet.com
  The cancer and cardiovascular treatment provider took the road less travelled and involved the entire organisation in the implementation of a new IT system to ensure it was something that would benefit its staff, and ultimately its patients.
  
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• Google Play will rank apps based on performance quality

  04-08-2017 07:55 via zdnet.com
  Apps that crash and drain your smartphone will slide down the Play Store ranks, even if they're popular, thanks to updated algorithms.
  
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• Singtel makes Massive MIMO move with Ericsson, Huawei, ZTE

  04-08-2017 07:47 via zdnet.com
  Singaporean telco will use its new 2.5GHz spectrum to cater for big events.
  
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• NBN nabs new CTO from Nokia

  04-08-2017 05:33 via zdnet.com
  Ray Owen will join NBN from his role as the Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania managing director at Nokia.
  
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• Dell's massive Canvas 27 touchscreen display now available from $1,799

  04-08-2017 04:30 via zdnet.com
  The giant slate designed for digital creatives comes with a round input device like the Surface Studio's dial, but it works with your existing PC instead of replacing it like Microsoft's system.
  
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• Device could make washing machines lighter and greener

  04-08-2017 03:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Most washing machines come with 25kg of concrete - but researchers claim there's a simple alternative.
  
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• ASPI urges government to see beyond the 'hype' of big data

  04-08-2017 03:05 via zdnet.com
  A new report has said emerging technologies offer improved capabilities for collecting, collating, and analysing big data, but warns against getting carried away with the hype and potential benefits of using 'big data' to fight crime or terrorism.
  
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• The robot spray-painted chimney and other tech news

  04-08-2017 01:35 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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• RoboMaster armies go to battle in China

  04-08-2017 01:33 via bbc.co.uk
  The final of the five-on-five robot wars will be held in Shenzhen on Sunday.
  
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• Xiaomi topples Fitbit and Apple as world's largest wearables vendor: Strategy Analytics

  04-08-2017 01:32 via zdnet.com
  Xiaomi has topped the wearable vendor ranks for the first time, shipping 3.7 million units in the second quarter of 2017.
  
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• Newcastle to put gigabit broadband in council properties

  04-08-2017 01:01 via computerweekly.com
  Newcastle City Council is to roll out fibre-to-the-premises broadband in 25 public housing developments
  
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• Accenture buys consulting firms Search Technologies, Brand Learning

  04-08-2017 00:46 via zdnet.com
  Accenture is looking to expand its consulting services for analytics and sales.
  
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