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• No more Uber, Hertz, or even car owners: How Amazon and Apple will take us all for a ride

  10-11-2017 20:54 via zdnet.com
  As driverless technologies improve, cars will likely become more of a membership perk than objects of ownership.
  
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• Russia's Brexit influence, future tennis: Podcast 343

  10-11-2017 18:53
  
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• This robot will grow you food

  10-11-2017 18:52
  
  GardenSpace waters your plants and fends off intruders
  
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• Edge, core, and cloud: Where all the workloads go

  10-11-2017 18:34 via zdnet.com
  The race to the edge, part 4: Where we are introduced to chunks of data centers bolted onto the walls of control sheds at a wind farm, and we study the problem of how all those turbines are collected into one cloud.
  
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• Open standards will ease GDPR risk, says Kantara

  10-11-2017 17:45 via computerweekly.com
  Open standards will help organisations comply with new EU data protection regulations, while ensuring interoperability and a good user experience, according to a global standardisation group
  
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• Accenture launches returners programme for people re-entering the workplace

  10-11-2017 17:45 via computerweekly.com
  Tech firm Accenture has launched a programme for people aiming to return to the workplace after a career break
  
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• Uber loses court appeal against drivers' rights

  10-11-2017 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The firm's drivers should get workers' rights including holiday and sick pay, a tribunal rules.
  
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• Apple fixes iPhone letter 'i' bug

  10-11-2017 15:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The latest software update fixes an issue that stopped some iPhone users typing the letter "i".
  
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• Equal Pay Day: The day women start working for free

  10-11-2017 15:44
  
  10 November marks the day when an average women stops being paid compared to a male counterpart
  
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• Lovie Awards honour Eve Online scientists and the inventor of the webcam

  10-11-2017 15:18
  
  The seventh annual Lovie Awards will take place in London next week
  
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• IBM outlines 50 qubit quantum computing prototype

  10-11-2017 15:00 via zdnet.com
  IBM continues to make strides in its effort to commercialize quantum computing.
  
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• More than half of schools do not offer computer science GCSE, says Royal Society

  10-11-2017 14:30 via computerweekly.com
  The Royal Society calls for more investment in computing education after finding many schools in England still do not offer a computer science GCSE
  
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• iPhone X's screen doesn't like sudden cold but Apple's working to fix the bug

  10-11-2017 14:28 via zdnet.com
  Rapid drop in temperature causes some iPhone X screens to become unresponsive.
  
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• Logitech: We are bricking your Harmony Link but we'll give you a free Hub instead

  10-11-2017 13:54 via zdnet.com
  Internet users win a small victory over the Internet of Things.
  
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• YouTube to restrict 'disturbing' children's videos, if flagged

  10-11-2017 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  The site will restrict videos aimed at children but contain adult themes, if they are reported.
  
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• Google: Our hunt for hackers reveals phishing is far deadlier than data breaches

  10-11-2017 13:19 via zdnet.com
  Phishing attackers love using Gmail.
  
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• ISPs agree to Ofcom broadband compensation proposals

  10-11-2017 13:15 via computerweekly.com
  BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Virgin Media and Zen Internet have agreed to introduce automatic compensation for consumers when their broadband service goes down
  
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• Uber loses appeal over UK worker rights

  10-11-2017 13:07
  
  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has decided to uphold its ruling that Uber drivers be classed as workers
  
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• Phishing helps hackers hijack accounts, says Google study

  10-11-2017 13:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Phishing attacks help hackers grab almost 250,000 log-in details for Google accounts every week, finds research
  
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• CIOs admit digital transformation strategy will not be fully implemented

  10-11-2017 13:00 via computerweekly.com
  Research by Vanson Bourne, on behalf of HCL, shows that the majority of CIOs doubt digital transformation strategies will be fully put into effect
  
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• Office Depot and OfficeMax Black Friday 2017 ad leaks with numerous laptop, desktop deals

  10-11-2017 12:50 via zdnet.com
  Doorbusters from the office supply chain include a $168 HP laptop and $250 Dell Inspiron 2-in-1 notebook.
  
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• UK calls for more anti-terror tools in social media

  10-11-2017 12:30 via computerweekly.com
  The UK is calling on social media campaigns to do more to detect and remove “militant messaging” automatically, while former MI5 head issues another caution against tampering with encryption
  
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• Visio Online, First Take: Web-based diagramming with basic options

  10-11-2017 12:20 via zdnet.com
  Visio Online is useful, but at this stage it's clearly a companion for the desktop software. Power users will want to stick with the full-featured Windows version.
  
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• Vodafone and CityFibre to bring ultrafast gigabit fibre to the UK

  10-11-2017 12:17
  
  Vodafone will start rolling out its ‘full fibre’ from next year
  
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• Putting data in the cloud may be an all-or-nothing proposition

  10-11-2017 12:00 via zdnet.com
  Teradata CTO Stephen Brobst sees a hybrid future for most parts of information technology, but not for data stores.
  
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• Nvidia's data center business hits $2 billion annual revenue run rate

  10-11-2017 12:00 via zdnet.com
  The Volta ramp is just starting and deep learning and artificial intelligence with a dose of high-performance compute is driving some serious growth for Nvidia.
  
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• Watch: This hypnotic robotic manta ray glides through water silently

  10-11-2017 11:35 via zdnet.com
  Bio-inspired engineering is helping roboticists make hyper-efficient hardware
  
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• WikiLeaks publishes code and analysis of CIA hacking tool

  10-11-2017 11:30 via computerweekly.com
  Security experts are questioning the wisdom of WikiLeaks releasing more source code for US intelligence agency hacking tools
  
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• Why Europe’s GDPR privacy regulation is good for business

  10-11-2017 11:30 via computerweekly.com
  Organisations will need to become more sensitive about the way they handle personal information, but the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) also makes good business sense
  
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• Uber reveals plans for IPO in 2019

  10-11-2017 11:28
  
  Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has given a timeline for going public, showing confidence in SoftBank deal
  
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• Twitter suspends verifications amid White Nationalism controversy

  10-11-2017 11:17
  
  Twitter’s blue tick doesn’t mean what it once did, and the company is trying to fix that
  
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• Facebook founder Sean Parker: “God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains”

  10-11-2017 10:50
  
  The former president of Facebook has launched a broadside against the social network
  
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• Broadband and landline users to get automatic compensation

  10-11-2017 10:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Householders will get £8 a day if broadband or landline faults are not fixed immediately.
  
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• 7 Google Assistant commands that’ll change your life

  10-11-2017 10:13
  
  The best ways to use the AI helper without buying Google Home
  
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• Yoti aims to provide everyone with a biometric digital identity that works via a smartphone app

  10-11-2017 10:01 via zdnet.com
  YOTI or Your Own Trusted Identity verifies who you are using biometrics on a free smartphone app. If it's widely adopted, it could be used for authentication purposes by clubs, supermarkets, websites, governments and other organisations, though it can also work on a peer-to-peer basis
  
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• Now computers are writing perfectly acceptable pop songs

  10-11-2017 09:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Taryn Southern's new single was written by artificial intelligence software. Is this the future?
  
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• The lift-summoning robot and other technology news

  10-11-2017 09:30 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Click's Kat Hawkins looks at some of the best of the week's technology news stories.
  
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• Universities to be warned over misleading adverts

  10-11-2017 08:47 via bbc.co.uk
  The advertising watchdog is going to warn universities about using misleading claims in their marketing.
  
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• WA government awards research grant for investigation of internet-connected toys

  10-11-2017 06:42 via zdnet.com
  The positive and negative implications of internet-connected children's toys will be examined by Western Australia's Edith Cowan University.
  
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• Australian government sets up email address for confidential IT complaints

  10-11-2017 04:07 via zdnet.com
  The IT industry can confidentially email the government about its grievances.
  
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• Court finds Meriton fiddled with email address to avoid bad reviews

  10-11-2017 02:31 via zdnet.com
  Users can't put bad reviews on TripAdvisor if their details are changed or never handed over.
  
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• Government urged to act over computer science GCSEs

  10-11-2017 02:13 via bbc.co.uk
  More than half of England's secondary schools did not offer the subject in 2015-16, a report has found.
  
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• AI will transform smartphones into 'intelligent phones': Huawei

  10-11-2017 01:37 via zdnet.com
  Artificial intelligence will 'fundamentally change' the smartphone, with the technology to transform phones to their next iteration, according to Huawei's consumer head of software and intelligence engineering.
  
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• Fake news problem: Facebook is a media company run by engineers

  10-11-2017 01:24 via zdnet.com
  Technologists struggle with the problem of fake news distribution - Pew Research survey shows even split
  
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• Talking pants

  10-11-2017 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  We love shopping online for clothes but often have to return them. Can tech help make things easier?
  
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