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• Russian Fancy Bear hackers' UK link revealed

  23-11-2017 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  When notorious Russian hackers hired servers from a UK-registered company, they left a trove of clues.
  
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• The impacts on storage and compliance from Blockchain, robots and IoT

  23-11-2017 17:45 via computerweekly.com
  Vigitrust's Mathieu Gorge reports from Web Summit 2017 on the impact on storage and compliance of biometric security, Blockchain, and robots in internet of things deployments
  
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• Could we see an iPhone SE 2 in 2018?

  23-11-2017 17:25
  
  Put down your iPhone X, Apple might be about to make a follow-up to the iPhone SE
  
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• Singapore aims to drive up standards for autonomous vehicles with test centre

  23-11-2017 17:14 via zdnet.com
  Spanning two hectares, the new test site will be used to trial communication and interaction between autonomous vehicles and other road vehicles.
  
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• Black Friday 2017: Get an Oculus Rift and Touch controllers for £349

  23-11-2017 16:40
  
  The Oculus Rift Black Friday bundle contains tech worth £548 when bought individually
  
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• Kia Stinger GT-S review (2017): First drive with the all-new coupe

  23-11-2017 16:37
  
  The Kia Stinger isn't as refined as its rivals – but we don't really care
  
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• DMCS opens local fibre broadband fund to applicants

  23-11-2017 16:37 via computerweekly.com
  Public sector bodies invited to apply for funding from £190m fund designed to stimulate local-level investment in FTTP broadband services
  
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• DCMS opens local fibre broadband fund to applicants

  23-11-2017 16:37 via computerweekly.com
  Public sector bodies invited to apply for funding from £190m fund designed to stimulate local-level investment in FTTP broadband services
  
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• Geospatial Commission announced in Budget to open up OS data

  23-11-2017 16:30 via computerweekly.com
  Chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond announced in his November 2017 budget a £40m Geospatial Commission to open up Ordnance Survey data to stoke new business for small companies
  
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• Microsoft Surface Book 2 review: All the power in the world, but it’ll cost you

  23-11-2017 16:20
  
  Powerful, versatile and portable – the Microsoft Surface Book 2 is one very impressive laptop
  
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• Bitcoin mining eats up more energy than the entirety of Ireland uses in a year

  23-11-2017 15:58
  
  Mining the world’s most popular cryptocurrency consumes 0.13% of the globe’s energy
  
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• Black Friday 2017: The best deals on nerf guns

  23-11-2017 15:37
  
  Shoot ‘em up with the best Black Friday deals on nerf guns
  
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• Ultra-fast £190m broadband fund up for grabs

  23-11-2017 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Public bodies will be able to apply for a share of the cash to help roll out full fibre broadband.
  
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• What if consciousness is not what drives the human mind?

  23-11-2017 14:48
  
  Researchers argue it is the ability to talk about a personal narrative - and not awareness – that gives us an evolutionary advantage
  
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• Google Alphabet's Schmidt: Here's why we can't keep fake news out of search results

  23-11-2017 14:31 via zdnet.com
  Google's search algorithms have a problem ranking truthful information when two groups oppose each other.
  
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• Gartner on the Pentagon’s ‘misconfigured’ AWS S3 bucket data leak

  23-11-2017 14:30 via computerweekly.com
  After details of the Pentagon’s online data collection habits came to light in the wake of its recent AWS S3 bucket leak, Gartner said web users should not be surprised to know the intelligence services are keeping tabs on their online activities
  
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• Facebook, Google and start-ups oppose net neutrality U-turn

  23-11-2017 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Opponents say the proposed changes could threaten the US's start-up ecosystem.
  
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• Advertising Standards tightens rules around broadband speed claims

  23-11-2017 14:15 via computerweekly.com
  ISPs will have to abide by a tighter set of rules that restrict the claims they are allowed to make about their broadband service speeds from May 2018
  
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• ​Google: Here's how we predict battery life based on your usage patterns

  23-11-2017 13:43 via zdnet.com
  Google plants a machine-learning model on Pixels for more accurate battery-life predictions.
  
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• NHS data not fit for AI, Lords select committee told

  23-11-2017 13:31 via computerweekly.com
  House of Lords artificial intelligence committee hears evidence from experts about the challenges of sharing NHS patient data
  
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• Airbus is to produce pilotless planes, but will they take off?

  23-11-2017 12:57
  
  Airbus is to start working on pilotless planes in Shenzhen, China as they set up a new innovation centre
  
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• Intel ME bug storm: Is your machine among 100s just named by Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo?

  23-11-2017 12:47 via zdnet.com
  Hardware vendors race to identify and provide updates for dangerous Intel flaws.
  
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• In pictures: Information is Beautiful shortlist charts guns, trolls and hip hop's war on Trump

  23-11-2017 12:39
  
  Making pictures out of data
  
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• Facebook to expose Russian fake news pages

  23-11-2017 12:25 via bbc.co.uk
  It will release a tool to let people see if they had followed now-deleted Russia-linked pages.
  
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• Google admits to tracking users' locations

  23-11-2017 11:55
  
  Report reveals Android phones have collected location info since the start of 2017
  
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• Work needed to ensure positive tech revolutions, says researcher

  23-11-2017 11:19 via computerweekly.com
  The first technology revolution was brought about by all computers going online, but care must be taken that in the second and third tech revolutions, the good outweighs the bad, a cyber security researcher warns
  
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• ISPs will soon have to advertise based on average speeds

  23-11-2017 11:13
  
  From next year, the Advertising Standards Authority will make broadband providers list speeds based on what 50% of customers routinely see
  
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• Apple scientists publish research on self-driving cars

  23-11-2017 11:12
  
  A new paper focuses on a way to improve the accuracy of LIDAR sensors in autonomous cars
  
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• Open source's big weak spot? Flawed libraries lurking in key apps

  23-11-2017 11:10 via zdnet.com
  To avoid becoming the next Equifax, it could be a good idea to scan your apps for vulnerable open-source libraries.
  
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• OnePlus: Inside its smartphone factory

  23-11-2017 11:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Click gets exclusive access to a factory in Shenzhen to see how the new OnePlus 5T phone is made.
  
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• HP patches severe code execution bug in enterprise printers

  23-11-2017 10:59 via zdnet.com
  The vulnerability could be exploited to perform remote code execution.
  
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• Get £70 off the fantastically fun DJI Spark compact drone for Black Friday

  23-11-2017 10:49
  
  From 23 to 27 November, DJI is knocking up to £160 off the price of its most popular models
  
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• A Flat-Earther is planning on firing himself a mile in the air on a homemade, steam-powered rocket

  23-11-2017 10:41
  
  Burning out his fuse up here, alone
  
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• EU agrees to end geoblocking to boost single digital market

  23-11-2017 10:17 via zdnet.com
  Member states believe the move will encourage European business but there is small print to consider.
  
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• Elon Musk just finished work on the world's biggest battery in Australia

  23-11-2017 09:49
  The 100-megawatt battery array has been installed alongside French company Neoen's Hornsdale windfarm near Jamestown
  
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• Tesla finishes installing mega-battery in Australia

  23-11-2017 09:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The battery array can store enough energy to power 30,000 homes for about an hour.
  
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• Korea tops APAC in government support for business R&D: OECD

  23-11-2017 06:59 via zdnet.com
  Direct government funding and tax support for business research and development represented 0.35 of the nation's GDP.
  
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• Broadband firms must ditch 'misleading' speed ads

  23-11-2017 06:21 via bbc.co.uk
  A radical shake-up of broadband advertising will change the way ISPs promote the speed of net services.
  
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• Singapore to use driverless buses 'from 2022'

  23-11-2017 06:05 via bbc.co.uk
  The government plans to let commuters hail on-demand shuttles using their mobile phones.
  
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• Foxconn stops interns' illegal overtime at iPhone X factory

  23-11-2017 05:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Apple's main iPhone supplier has stopped illegal overtime by school age interns in a factory in China
  
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• The best Black Friday deals on Apple iPads, MacBooks, Mac desktops

  23-11-2017 04:08 via zdnet.com
  Sales don't happen frequently with Apple products, so here's one of your best opportunities to score a discount on the company's tablets and computers.
  
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• Optus Business injects AU$3.5m in cybersecurity research centre

  23-11-2017 03:50 via zdnet.com
  Optus will provide AU$2.1 million in cash and AU$1.4 million worth of expertise for development and training to the Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre over the next seven years.
  
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• SAP confirms resignation of Middle East and North Africa region exec

  23-11-2017 02:14 via zdnet.com
  The ERP giant is investigating business activities in the region.
  
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• Mobile blackspot 'priority' locations announced

  23-11-2017 02:04 via zdnet.com
  The Australian government has identified 106 mobile blackspot locations across all states for AU$60 million in funding under its 'priority' round, though the Opposition has again argued that the selection was politically driven.
  
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• Tesla's South Australian battery to begin final testing

  23-11-2017 01:43 via zdnet.com
  The big battery being built in South Australia by Elon Musk is about to undergo final testing.
  
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• Alipay partners with Australian Tourism Export Council

  23-11-2017 01:26 via zdnet.com
  The partnership is aimed at expanding Alipay's presence in the Australian tourism industry, given the 1.2 million Chinese tourists that visit Australia annually.
  
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• Amazon gives AWS customers access to its internal machine learning experts

  23-11-2017 00:58 via zdnet.com
  The new ML Solutions Lab helps AWS customers learn how to leverage machine learning, through boot camps, workshops and other programming.
  
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• ATO called out for not tracking costs in digital transformation program

  23-11-2017 00:54 via zdnet.com
  The costs and savings associated with the program undertaken to make the ATO more 'contemporary and innovative' have not been tracked, a report from the Audit Office has found.
  
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