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• ​Long Term Support Linux gets a longer lease on life

  02-10-2017 22:30 via zdnet.com
  LTS Linux will now have a six-year life, rather than a two-year life, which is just what Android developers want and what Android users need.
  
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• Amber Rudd accuses tech giants of 'sneering' at politicians

  02-10-2017 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The home secretary says Silicon Valley should stop "sneering" at her attempts to fight terrorism online.
  
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• Microsoft to shutter its Groove Music service and migrate users to Spotify

  02-10-2017 21:02 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is dropping out of the music streaming game and instead partnering with Spotify, further reducing the number of first-party consumer-specific cloud services Redmond offers.
  
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• Life on Earth was "born" when meteorites splashed into thousands of "warm ponds"

  02-10-2017 20:54
  
  Victoria Woollaston
  1 hour 50 min ago
  ScienceThe environment needed for life to be kickstarted on Earth may have been created by meteorites splashing into ponds of water.
  Seemingly confirming a concept that has been around since Darwin, these meteorites are believed to have splashed into “little warm ponds” somewhere between 3.7 and 4.5 billion years ago and “leached” essential elements needed for life to begin.
  Calculations made by researchers at McMaster University and
  
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• Brazilian companies cry out for coders

  02-10-2017 20:31 via zdnet.com
  Professionals are sought after by organizations driving a digital transformation agenda, says research.
  
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• Super fast NVMe RAID comes to Threadripper

  02-10-2017 20:22 via zdnet.com
  AMD releases a free driver update for its X399 platform.
  
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• Oracle CEO Mark Hurd: AI shouldn't be a standalone application

  02-10-2017 20:03 via zdnet.com
  At OpenWorld, Hurd reiterates Oracle's approach to AI and its strategy to bring customers to the cloud.
  
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• Oracle expands mobile cloud portfolio with new chatbot technology

  02-10-2017 18:32 via zdnet.com
  Oracle said its latest intelligent bot system trains algorithms to better understand a person's intent when interacting with a chatbot.
  
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• Oracle demos 'adaptive intelligence' capabilities across clouds

  02-10-2017 18:10 via zdnet.com
  After introducing "adaptive intelligence" to its Customer Experience Cloud earlier this year, Oracle is demonstrating at OpenWorld how it's expanding its AI reach across applications.
  
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• ServiceNow acquires Telepathy, a UX, UI consulting company that has worked with Quip, New Relic

  02-10-2017 18:00 via zdnet.com
  Telepathy is a design firm that has had some big clients. Now its teams will be at the ready to boost ServiceNow's user experience and interface capabilities.
  
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• Oracle rolls out Blockchain Cloud Service

  02-10-2017 18:00 via zdnet.com
  While competitors like Microsoft already offer blockchain as a service, Oracle will argue at OpenWorld that it's uniquely able to help customers seamlessly integrate the technology with existing applications.
  
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• Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on why empathy is essential for technology innovation

  02-10-2017 18:00 via computerweekly.com
  Speaking at the London launch of his Hit Refresh book, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed how a shortfall in empathy nearly cost him a job at the firm in the 1990s
  
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• iOS 11 battery life is terrible

  02-10-2017 17:40 via zdnet.com
  Compared to iOS 10, it's bad. Really bad.
  
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• Nissan's sweat-sensing car seat signals dehydration

  02-10-2017 16:49 via bbc.co.uk
  The prototype design could save road accidents caused by dehydration, the firm suggests.
  
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• Don’t complain about tech giants paying out to shareholders – it’s how innovation begins

  02-10-2017 16:33 via computerweekly.com
  Critics of publicly quoted technology giants say they should invest profits before paying out to shareholders – but that would stifle innovation elsewhere
  
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• Cultural change required in organisations to increase cyber security, says US Secret Service

  02-10-2017 16:30 via computerweekly.com
  The US Secret Service says current human factors are restricting the progression of cyber security
  
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• How digital transformation is reshaping the IT budget: The journey of 3 CIOs

  02-10-2017 16:16 via zdnet.com
  Digital transformation is changing how many companies approach work, and is impacting their budget as well. Here are three case studies on how this trend is shifting IT budget priorities.
  
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• Peer-to-peer CDN improves customer experience for Equinix

  02-10-2017 16:15 via computerweekly.com
  Datacentre and colocation services provider Equinix cut page load times at its customer information resource library using a developing peer-to-peer model of content delivery networking
  
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• Infographic: 2018 IT budgets are up slightly; spending focus is on security, hardware, and cloud

  02-10-2017 16:15 via zdnet.com
  In a recent Tech Pro Research survey, 39 percent of respondents said their 2018 budget would increase between 1-10 percent over 2017. This infographic has more information about how that money will be spent.
  
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• Free PDF download: Tech Budgets 2018, a CXO's Guide

  02-10-2017 16:15 via zdnet.com
  This special report from ZDNet and TechRepublic examines how IT budgets will change in the upcoming year as many companies focus on digital transformation. Download it as a free PDF ebook.
  
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• Forza Motorsport 7 and the cold, hard nature of gaming beauty

  02-10-2017 16:15
  
  By: John RobertsonContinue reading...
  
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• Everything you need to know about charging your iPhone 8

  02-10-2017 16:14 via zdnet.com
  Using the supplied cable and charger isn't the best way to charge your new iPhone 8. But it's also not the worst.
  
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• Germany's new hate speech law goes live: So who's in its sights?

  02-10-2017 16:10 via zdnet.com
  The NetzDG or 'Facebook law' is now in force with big implications for social networks.
  
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• Microsoft opens up testing of Azure Data Box, its Amazon Snowball rival

  02-10-2017 16:02 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is seeking testers for its alternative to Amazon's AWS Snowball: Its Azure Data Box data-transfer appliance and service.
  
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• Building a mini drone isn't as complicated as you'd think

  02-10-2017 15:55
  
  I built a drone at New Scientist Live and it was an absolute doddle
  
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• Alexa builds a growing army to invade the digital home

  02-10-2017 15:53 via zdnet.com
  As Apple and Google prepare new home products to compete with the Echo, Amazon is exploring new categories in an effort to shore up Alexa's head start as the leading domestic voice agent.
  
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• Uber’s UK boss has quit

  02-10-2017 15:31
  
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• Jo Bertram: Uber's boss in London to leave firm

  02-10-2017 15:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Jo Bertram is leaving the company as it battles to have its licence in the capital renewed.
  
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• Windows 10: Why does Microsoft Edge have only 70 extensions after a whole year?

  02-10-2017 15:21 via zdnet.com
  Because we're really picky about which ones are allowed, says Microsoft.
  
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• Google's new Gmail security: If you're a high-value target, you'll use physical keys

  02-10-2017 15:04 via zdnet.com
  Google will launch a new service to protect politicians and senior executives from sophisticated phishing attacks.
  
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• Google and Apple report jump in requests for user data

  02-10-2017 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Apple also reports a 62% jump in the number of accounts requested.
  
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• Gmail quick tip: How to search in your inbox Primary category only

  02-10-2017 14:56 via zdnet.com
  Here's a quick and easy Gmail search tip that will help you narrow down your search to one tab only.
  
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• Delete all the social media apps from your phone right now

  02-10-2017 14:56
  
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• ​Serious Linux kernel security bug fixed

  02-10-2017 14:48 via zdnet.com
  Linux server administrators will want to patch their systems as soon as possible.
  
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• World View's sky-high launch is a big deal for the new space age

  02-10-2017 14:17
  
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• Facebook set to hand over Russia-bought ads

  02-10-2017 14:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The tech giant will hand over more than 3,000 adverts bought during the US election to investigators.
  
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• Strata 2017 Postmortem: More virtual data lake, more operational machine learning

  02-10-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Our takeaways from this fall's Strata main event are that enterprise data lakes are going the (virtual) way of enterprise data warehouses, and that for now, machine learning is more accessible than IoT to developers.
  
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• OpenWorld 2017: Ellison declares autonomous database 'revolutionary'

  02-10-2017 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  Oracle’s Larry Ellison claims revolutionary cast for autonomous 18c database at the supplier’s 2017 OpenWorld conference in San Francisco
  
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• Google news: Here's why you'll soon be seeing more paywalled stories in search

  02-10-2017 13:40 via zdnet.com
  Google is offering publishers help to boost their subscription revenues.​
  
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• UK asks for ways to destroy contraband drones heading to prisons

  02-10-2017 13:31 via zdnet.com
  The MOJ competition is asking for solutions to eradicate contraband delivery drones.
  
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• This gadget lets you control your window blinds with your voice

  02-10-2017 13:26
  
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• Tesla: World's biggest battery half-built

  02-10-2017 13:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Tesla said it would build the battery in 100 days or South Australia would not have to pay for it.
  
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• The hottest startups in Helsinki

  02-10-2017 13:19
  
  By: Rowland ManthorpeContinue reading...
  
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• Hard Brexit would see UK tech exports fall by £1.7bn

  02-10-2017 13:15 via computerweekly.com
  UK manufacturers including those in the technology sector will lose billions of pounds of export revenue if the government completes a hard Brexit
  
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• This mad smartphone prototype houses three handsets in one ugly case

  02-10-2017 13:12
  
  It’s built for sharing, researchers from Dartmouth College say
  
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• Ring Protect is a DIY home security product

  02-10-2017 13:01 via zdnet.com
  As its competitors continue to encroach on Ring's product lineup, the company is expanding its product lineup to a complete security system.
  
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• iRing reveals limited edition 'Star Wars' 40th anniversary collection

  02-10-2017 13:00 via zdnet.com
  Want to show off your love for all things 'Star Wars' while gaining some functionality on your smartphone? Read this.
  
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• iOS 11.0.1 update causes havoc for some iPhone and iPad users

  02-10-2017 12:55 via zdnet.com
  The latest update for iOS 11 adds crashes, laggy performance, and frame drops to the already rocky release.
  
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• A Mind at Play, book review: The life and work of information theory's founding father

  02-10-2017 12:46 via zdnet.com
  You can use the internet without understanding any of Claude Shannon's work. But there is value in knowing how the technologies we use every day got here. This excellent biography is a good place to start.
  
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• Splunk .conf2017: Increasing diversity will require conscious shift

  02-10-2017 12:15 via computerweekly.com
  Experts gathered at Splunk’s 2017 conference to discuss increasing diversity in the technology industry and what needs to be done to speed up the shift towards a diverse workplace
  
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