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• Credit rating giant Equifax admits hack; as many as 143 million affected

  07-09-2017 23:22 via zdnet.com
  The credit rating firm said hackers exploited a bug on the company's website.
  
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• Ansible DevOps program gets upgraded

  07-09-2017 23:15 via zdnet.com
  The popular DevOps program Ansible is being made available in a new package and with additional features.
  
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• Survey: What business and IT functions does your company use as a service?

  07-09-2017 23:01 via zdnet.com
  Is Everything as a Service the future of business? Tech Pro Research is conducting a survey to find out what services companies are already using, and what they're planning to adopt.
  
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• Okta, Cloudera beat Q2 expectations, Tintri misses

  07-09-2017 22:52 via zdnet.com
  Cloudera touts its momentum in the enterprise machine learning and analytics market.
  
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• Microsoft aims to take the work out of data wrangling with coming 'Pendleton' tool

  07-09-2017 20:35 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is testing privately a tool for data scientists for data preparation and cleaning that is codenamed 'Pendelton.'
  
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• Thousands of Deutsche Bank employees will be replaced by robots

  07-09-2017 19:16 via computerweekly.com
  The CEO of Deutsche Bank said a "big number of staff will eventually be replaced by robots” as it looks towards artificial intelligence technology
  
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• This man has documented a history of 100 video games that never existed

  07-09-2017 18:38
  
  From chess with a wrestling twist to a brutal take on EastEnders, these are the games time never forgot
  
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• Fitbit teams with Dexcom for glucose monitoring on Ionic watch

  07-09-2017 18:33 via zdnet.com
  Coincidentally, the same service is available on the Apple Watch.
  
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• SpaceX launches top-secret space shuttle before Irma reaches Florida

  07-09-2017 18:29
  
  SpaceX has skirted Hurricane Irma to send a top-secret military shuttle into space
  
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• Google rolls out a direct, private connection to Google Cloud

  07-09-2017 18:27 via zdnet.com
  Dedicated Interconnect offers a private connection for companies that need to extend their corporate network to the cloud.
  
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• South Park: The Fractured But Whole preview – super(offensive)heroes

  07-09-2017 18:24
  
  The latest, Marvel-riffing South Park game is a filthy fun RPG
  
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• Stockholm Data Parks welcomes first Greenfield tenant to renewably-powered datacentre hub

  07-09-2017 18:15 via computerweekly.com
  Multigrid Data Centers named as as one of the first operators to take up space in Stockholm's heat-reusing, green energy-powered datacentre hub
  
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• Squeeze your apps: HTC U11 update brings Edge Sense to all

  07-09-2017 18:00 via zdnet.com
  The HTC U11 has a unique feature we haven't seen on any other smartphone and HTC promised to keep improving it. Expanded functionality is coming to Edge Sense tonight.
  
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• Amazon is looking for a new $5bn HQ to house 50,000 employees

  07-09-2017 17:58
  
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• Samsung Galaxy J5 review (2017): A superb budget phone

  07-09-2017 17:46
  
  Samsung’s updated Galaxy J5 is a truly brilliant smartphone for less than half the price of today’s popular flagships
  
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• The storage controller has to go, says Scale Computing CEO

  07-09-2017 17:00 via computerweekly.com
  Hyper-converged appliance maker Scale Computing says it achieved near bare metal performance from NVMe by doing away with controller functionality. Is this the end of the SAN?
  
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• Microsoft may be repositioning some (or all) of Skype for Business as Teams

  07-09-2017 16:39 via zdnet.com
  'Skype for Business is now Microsoft Teams!' according to a message some Skype for Business users briefly saw appear in their accounts.
  
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• Rockstar dips its toes in the VR waters with LA Noire for Vive

  07-09-2017 16:25
  
  Play detective as Rockstar’s gritty thriller L.A. Noire comes to the HTC Vive
  
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• 'Dolphin' attacks fool Amazon, Google voice assistants

  07-09-2017 16:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Smart assistants by Amazon, Apple and Google respond to ultrasonic commands that humans cannot hear.
  
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• AXA Insurance data breach hits 5,400 customers in Singapore

  07-09-2017 16:15 via zdnet.com
  Customers' e-mail address, mobile number, and date of birth are compromised in the cybersecurity incident that targeted the insurance company's health portal.
  
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• Intel announces 5G mobile trial platform

  07-09-2017 16:01 via zdnet.com
  The Intel 5G Mobile Trial Platform will provide industry with a working solution to test different use cases, silicon solutions, and spectrum bands while 3GPP specifications are being developed.
  
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• Mexican tax refund firm MoneyBack leaks thousands of passports and credit cards

  07-09-2017 16:00 via zdnet.com
  Identification and travel documents, including passports, driving licenses, and boarding passes, of recent visitors to Mexico have been exposed by a security lapse.
  
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• Formula 1: Mercedes team turns to big data in quest for victory in Grand Prix

  07-09-2017 15:45 via computerweekly.com
  Data analytics could help Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport team gain an edge on rival Ferrari during the 2017 and 2018Grand Prix season. Its head of IT, Matt Harris, reveals the team’s plans
  
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• Microsoft just upped its multi-million bet on quantum computing

  07-09-2017 15:38 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft pours millions into a new Station Q outpost in Copenhagen.
  
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• Devialet Gold Phantom review: Devialet's gold-plated speaker is a 22-karat corker

  07-09-2017 15:16
  Normal speakers not good enough for you? How about trying Devialet's 22-karat gold-plated Phantom a whirl?
  
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• Here's how the NHS can prevent another WannaCry crisis

  07-09-2017 15:11
  
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• The record-breaking numbers behind Hurricane Irma

  07-09-2017 15:01
  
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• The devastating stats behind record-breaking Hurricane Irma

  07-09-2017 15:01
  
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• Microsoft, Adobe advance partnership with new cross-cloud productivity integrations

  07-09-2017 15:01 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft and Adobe are continuing to integrate more of their cloud services -- such as Microsoft Teams and Adobe's Sign e-signature service -- across each other's portfolios.
  
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• In 2014, 43 students were massacred. Can digital forensics help solve the crime?

  07-09-2017 15:01
  
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• Atlassian launches Stride, aims to curb 'over-collaboration,' noise in team communication

  07-09-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Atlassian starts from scratch to build Stride, a team collaboration tool that integrates various mediums and acknowledges that you need to duck out to focus to actually get work done.
  
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• BMW joins Jaguar in boosting electric car models

  07-09-2017 14:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Jaguar Land Rover and BMW unveil plans for all new cars to have an electrified version.
  
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• Alexa, Cortana, Google, Siri user? Watch out for these inaudible command attacks

  07-09-2017 14:44 via zdnet.com
  For as little as $3, an attacker can silently tell any voice assistant to open up a malicious webpage.
  
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• This one chart shows how bad things are at Apple

  07-09-2017 14:42 via zdnet.com
  It's easy to be distracted by tens of millions of iPhone sales and billions of dollars of revenue. But there's a big problem facing Apple -- stalled revenue growth.
  
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• US judge dismisses email invention claim

  07-09-2017 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  The claim was dismissed in a libel lawsuit brought by a man who believes he pioneered electronic messaging.
  
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• 'No fire risk' with new lithium batteries

  07-09-2017 14:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Lithium-ion batteries that are resistant to exploding or igniting have been developed by scientists in the US.
  
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• Dell becomes GE's primary IT supplier, shows PC, hyperconverged, all-flash strength in Q2

  07-09-2017 14:15 via zdnet.com
  It's been a year since Dell acquired EMC and the company highlighted progress in key areas in the second quarter.
  
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• GoodData takes a different analytics path to the desktop

  07-09-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  While much of the analytics spotlight has been on self-service, GoodData spotted a need for embedding analytics and machine learning into the operational applications people use daily.
  
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• LEGO's £650 Star Wars Millennium Falcon set is its biggest ever

  07-09-2017 13:31
  
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• LEGO's new Star Wars Millennium Falcon set is its biggest ever

  07-09-2017 13:31
  
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• Security flaws discovered in Huawei, Qualcomm, Nvidia device chipsets

  07-09-2017 13:17 via zdnet.com
  Exploitable bugs have been discovered in Android bootloaders.
  
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• CCS claims Technology Service 2 framework will help SMEs win more public sector IT deals

  07-09-2017 13:15 via computerweekly.com
  With data suggesting the proportion of public sector IT spend secured by SMEs is falling, CCS embarks on a renewed bid to help smaller firms win government contracts
  
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• These Royal Mail Star Wars stamps are simply first class

  07-09-2017 13:04
  
  Use the Parcel Force
  
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• Apple iPhone toppled: Huawei takes second spot in global sales for first time

  07-09-2017 13:02 via zdnet.com
  In July, Huawei became the world's second biggest smartphone vendor by marketshare.
  
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• Law firm rolls out 54TB of NEC Hydrastor NAS as backup target

  07-09-2017 13:00 via computerweekly.com
  Quislex has cut backup windows by a third and will roll out 700TB of NEC Hydrastor to Hyderabad datacentre to provide a grid of deduplicated storage for backup and archive
  
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• Barclays Bank ahead of schedule in ring-fencing project

  07-09-2017 12:42 via computerweekly.com
  Barclays Bank is set to meet the government’s ring-fencing legislation well before the deadline
  
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• Legal hurdles cloud Max Schrems complaint over US spying

  07-09-2017 12:15 via computerweekly.com
  The Irish High Court in Dublin has embarked on a long hearing into the legality of standard contractual clauses. It is a sideshow from the real issue – the legality of US surveillance in the UK and Ireland
  
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• WireX DDoS malware upgrades with UDP flood capabilities

  07-09-2017 12:09 via zdnet.com
  The malware behind the largest mobile botnet to date has evolved.
  
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• No, Jaguar Land Rover isn’t going all-electric by 2020, but it is trying to clean up its act

  07-09-2017 12:04
  
  All Jaguar Land Rover cars from 2020 will now come in electric or hybrid too
  
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• From smoking to Ebola, can graphic design save your life?

  07-09-2017 11:50
  
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