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• Synaptics: In-display fingerprint sensor to launch in 2018 'tier one' flagship

  12-12-2017 23:19 via zdnet.com
  Synaptics is planning a demonstration for January 2018 on a full-production, soon to be announced "tier one" customer phone. Its Clear ID fingerprint sensors have gone into mass production.
  
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• Twitter launches feature to organize multi-tweet threads

  12-12-2017 22:42 via zdnet.com
  You can now string together your "tweetstorms" with Twitter's new threads features.
  
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• Netflix is watching you. We're all watching you.

  12-12-2017 22:32 via zdnet.com
  The video streaming giant calling out its users. It's creepy. But it's only the beginning of monetizing viewing data for media content services.
  
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• Adobe Lightroom adds AI, machine learning for better auto settings

  12-12-2017 22:10 via zdnet.com
  Adobe has rolled out AI and machine learning to analyze your photo and compare it to tens of thousands of professionally edited photos to make auto corrections.
  
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• Box launches cloud consulting service to help digital transformation

  12-12-2017 21:47 via zdnet.com
  Box Transform will give businesses a long-term consultant from Box to implement cloud content management use cases and more.
  
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• Microsoft Teams gets calling to external phone systems functionality

  12-12-2017 21:05 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is making good on its commitment to enable some advanced telephony capabilities in its Teams group-chat service.
  
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• Facebook's AR Studio is now open to all third party developers

  12-12-2017 19:32 via zdnet.com
  AR Studio was introduced in April at Facebook's F8 conference as part of the Camera Effects platform.
  
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• Get a 128GB wireless flash drive for $53

  12-12-2017 19:31 via zdnet.com
  Extra storage for your phone, tablet, laptop or whatever -- and it works over Wi-Fi!
  
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• Deliveroo and UberEats restaurant clients face new rules

  12-12-2017 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Restaurants face having to seek planning permission if they heavily use food delivery apps.
  
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• Objective reality exists, says UK minister Matt Hancock

  12-12-2017 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Matt Hancock calls it "something of a disappointment" that he has to state it publicly.
  
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• Unifi Data Platfrom gets AI-assisted guidance with "OneMind"

  12-12-2017 18:04 via zdnet.com
  Unifi begins the move from mere self-service, to guided self-sufficiency, using natural language processing and knowledge graph-based AI.
  
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• Unifi Data Platform gets AI-assisted guidance with "OneMind"

  12-12-2017 18:04 via zdnet.com
  Unifi begins the move from mere self-service, to guided self-sufficiency, using natural language processing and knowledge graph-based AI.
  
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• Nine months in, and the Nintendo Switch sales are closing in on lifetime Wii U sales

  12-12-2017 17:49
  
  Nintendo is onto a winner as Switch's sales are on target to outperform even the SNES
  
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• Nine months in and Nintendo Switch sales are closing in on the Wii U

  12-12-2017 17:49
  
  Nintendo is onto a winner as Switch's sales are on target to outperform even the SNES
  
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• MoneyTaker hackers reportedly steal £7.5m from ATMs

  12-12-2017 17:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The MoneyTaker group has also stolen banking documents that may be used in future attacks.
  
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• Quarter of SMEs say digital skills not important for business growth

  12-12-2017 17:11 via computerweekly.com
  Survey shows many smaller firms do not consider digital skills essential, but Federation of Small Businesses says talent recruitment can be a “nightmare”
  
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• The new rules of business: Digital transformation must thrive throughout your company

  12-12-2017 17:10 via zdnet.com
  Forrester breaks down how leading digital companies differentiate themselves from the rest.
  
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• Facebook to overhaul Irish tax scheme

  12-12-2017 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The advertising giant is to change its tax arrangements in about 30 countries after a similar move in the UK.
  
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• Google Analytics 101: Executive's guide to measuring business data

  12-12-2017 16:47 via zdnet.com
  Here's everything you need to know about Google Analytics -- from bounce rate to tracking code.
  
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• Z-Edge dash cams hands on: Good quality output from unobtrusive cameras

  12-12-2017 16:27 via zdnet.com
  I road tested both Z-Edge Z3 Plus and S3 Stealth dashcams on a recent road trip, and liked what I saw.
  
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• iMac Pro release date finally unveiled

  12-12-2017 16:15 via zdnet.com
  Got a few thousand dollars burning a hole in your pocket in the run up to the holidays? Apple's iMac Pro becomes available later this week.
  
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• ​IEDM 2017: Intel inches closer to EUV lithography

  12-12-2017 15:52 via zdnet.com
  Samsung, TSMC and GlobalFoundries have all committed to timelines for next-generation EUV lithography. But Intel is still playing hard to get.
  
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• Startups and corporations mingle at Finland’s Slush tech event

  12-12-2017 15:45 via computerweekly.com
  Startup events are becoming rich hunting grounds for large enterprises looking for the platforms of the future
  
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• Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Puck, First Take: A 'portable' eGPU for laptop users

  12-12-2017 15:29 via zdnet.com
  Best described as 'transportable' rather than 'portable', this external GPU adds extra graphics horsepower to your laptop.
  
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• Top Windows 10 questions: How to install, secure, upgrade, get it for free

  12-12-2017 15:27 via zdnet.com
  In 2017, Ed Bott answered hundreds of questions about Windows 10. Here are the topics that readers found most interesting.
  
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• MediEvil is back for 2018 as Sony announces PS4 remake

  12-12-2017 15:22
  
  PS1 action-adventure romp is rising from the dead in 2018 for PS4
  
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• MoneyTaker hacking group steals millions from US, UK, Russian banks

  12-12-2017 14:51 via zdnet.com
  Researchers say the cyberattackers have been able to steal potentially millions of dollars in the past two years alone.
  
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• Yes, that Netflix tweet is creepy — and raises serious privacy questions

  12-12-2017 14:48 via zdnet.com
  Netflix's ability to extrapolate detailed and specific viewing habits from its vast data set leaves troubling questions about its employees' access to personal customer information.
  
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• ​Apple apps: Now you can pre-order iOS, tvOS, and macOS apps from the App Store

  12-12-2017 14:45 via zdnet.com
  App buyers can pre-order an app and have it download automatically as soon as it becomes available.
  
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• Tech firms could be held liable for extremism and abuse

  12-12-2017 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC understands that an independent ethics watchdog will recommend new laws on online content.
  
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• Cotodama Lyric speaker review: Never forget the lyrics (for a price)

  12-12-2017 14:30
  
  If you’re an technophile with £4,320 burning a hole in your pocket, the Lyric speaker is something of a wonder
  
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• Google rolls out three ‘Appsperiments’ designed to help you take better smartphone pictures

  12-12-2017 14:25
  The three Google apps turn your videos and photos into technologically experimental fun
  
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• US regulator halts Munchee digital-token sale

  12-12-2017 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The SEC halts an initial coin offering and warns consumers of the dangers of crypto-currency investment.
  
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• New Spider ransomware threatens to delete your files if you don't pay within 96 hours

  12-12-2017 14:05 via zdnet.com
  Attackers behind new ransomware campaign are offering a "really easy" tutorial video in order to ensure they make money from their criminal activities.
  
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• Intel's new chips: Low-power, lower-cost Gemini Lake CPUs for PCs, 2-in-1s, laptops

  12-12-2017 14:05 via zdnet.com
  Intel unveils budget Gemini Lake Pentium and Celeron processors, due out next year.
  
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• NAB sinks more funding into innovation through NAB Labs

  12-12-2017 14:01 via zdnet.com
  The bank plans to add 35 more full-time staff to its innovation lab as it looks to experiment with 'emerging' technologies such as the blockchain and machine learning.
  
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• Heap Analytics addresses the last mile of mobile customer analytics

  12-12-2017 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Having simplified analytics of customer mobile interactions, Heap Analytics is piercing its silo to integrate with the Salesforces and Marketos of the world.
  
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• 'You are being programmed,' former Facebook executive warns

  12-12-2017 13:59 via bbc.co.uk
  A former executive for the social network has blasted social media for "ripping society apart".
  
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• Netflix defends A Christmas Prince tweet

  12-12-2017 13:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The platform sent a tweet addressing the "53 people" that have watched the film 18 days in a row.
  
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• PubG creator says games need 'better protection' from copycat titles

  12-12-2017 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  The man who created Player Unknown's Battlegrounds talks to Radio 1's Gaming Show about the problem of developers copying ideas.
  
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• Japan turns to drones, earsplitting sound to force overtime staff to leave

  12-12-2017 13:31 via zdnet.com
  The horrendous noise produced by the drones aims to tackle Japan's back-breaking work culture.
  
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• Google Project Zero 'tpf0' exploit whets appetite for iOS 11 jailbreak

  12-12-2017 12:44 via zdnet.com
  Google's Project Zero releases exploit that offers hope for an iOS 11 jailbreak.
  
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• AWS just opened another cloud computing region in China

  12-12-2017 12:31 via zdnet.com
  Chinese law means new cloud region is operated by local partner not AWS, and China regions are isolated from all other AWS areas.
  
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• How Tate Modern rebuilt the Paris studio of a doomed artist, using VR

  12-12-2017 12:03 via zdnet.com
  The leaky, smoky garret of painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani has been recreated in virtual reality for a major exhibition.
  
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• AT&T Labs' Mazin Gilbert on AI, quantum computing, data collaboration and 5G

  12-12-2017 12:00 via zdnet.com
  Dr. Mazin Gilbert, AT&T Labs' vice president of advanced technology, catches up with ZDNet to talk shop.
  
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• Donald Trump wants Americans to walk on the moon again

  12-12-2017 11:57
  
  Return to the moon will lay foundations for “mission to Mars and perhaps, someday, to many worlds beyond”
  
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• Ransomware's bitcoin problem: How price surge means a headache for crooks

  12-12-2017 11:46 via zdnet.com
  Ransomware authors are profiting from the rise of the cryptocurrency -- but it's also bringing some unexpected problems for them and other dark web operators.
  
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• San Francisco bans delivery robots in most of the city

  12-12-2017 11:36 via zdnet.com
  Feeling burned by Airbnb and Uber, legislators here are taking a stand: "Not every innovation is all that great for society," says City Supervisor
  
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• This strange AI “camouflage” can stop you being identified by facial detection software

  12-12-2017 11:23
  
  Researchers have created a DeepDream-esque mask that can block neural network object recognition
  
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• NASA announcement to reveal a major Kepler and Google AI discovery this week

  12-12-2017 11:16
  
  Google AI has accelerated an exciting new discovery from the space observatory
  
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