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• Google Chrome to start blocking intrusive ads February 15

  19-12-2017 23:15 via zdnet.com
  On mobile, Google Chrome will purge pop-up ads, flashing animated ads, auto-play video ads with sound, and more starting in February 2018.
  
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• UPS reserves largest order yet of Tesla's all-electric Semi

  19-12-2017 21:51 via zdnet.com
  UPS said it will be among the first to have the Tesla Semi on the road after production begins in 2019.
  
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• Twitter introduces enterprise API to help boost customer engagement

  19-12-2017 21:13 via zdnet.com
  With the new enterprise API, developers will be able to build apps for companies to engage with customers through direct messages, chatbots, and other tools.
  
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• DocuSign acquires machine learning startup Appuri

  19-12-2017 21:00 via zdnet.com
  DocuSign said it now plans to integrate Appuri's machine learning and artificial intelligence features directly into the DocuSign platform.
  
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• YouTube signs Universal Music deal amid subscription plans

  19-12-2017 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  The deal with Universal, whose artists include Taylor Swift, will fuel debate about YouTube's music ambitions.
  
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• Facebook will find your untagged photos using facial recognition

  19-12-2017 20:32 via zdnet.com
  Facebook will use artificial intelligence to show you photos you're not tagged in.
  
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• Star Wars is dead, Gen-Xers. Get over it

  19-12-2017 19:51 via zdnet.com
  Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to. No truer words about Disney's multi-billion dollar franchise have ever been spoken. [Spoiler ahead.]
  
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• Microsoft's newest Windows 10 test build includes Timeline feature

  19-12-2017 19:45 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's latest 'Redstone 4' test build, 17063, includes includes its promised Timeline feature, the start of Edge support for Progressive Web Apps, lots of UI tweaks, and several IT pro-focused goodies.
  
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• Dialpad Free launched: No-cost advanced small business phone system

  19-12-2017 19:36 via zdnet.com
  Small businesses drive innovation and offer opportunities for millions of people. Dialpad is trying to help these small businesses break free of the desk phone and phone bills with its new service.
  
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• Facebook grilled on Britain First page by MPs

  19-12-2017 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  MPs have been grilling Facebook, Twitter and Google on hate speech on their platforms.
  
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• HERE Technologies launches asset tracking service

  19-12-2017 18:00 via zdnet.com
  Here Technologies tracking platform aims to track assets, people and devices in both indoor and outdoor environments.
  
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• Agile plus DevOps is slowly but steadily reaching enterprise scale

  19-12-2017 17:57 via zdnet.com
  Forrester examines Agile adoption among enterprises.
  
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• Red Hat tops Q3 targets on strong subscription revenue growth

  19-12-2017 17:45 via zdnet.com
  The open-source software company said third quarter revenue from application development products was up 44 percent above last year.
  
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• Microsoft to shut down its Connect beta testing site by year end

  19-12-2017 17:39 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's long-standing Connect testing site is being phased out and replaced by a new 'Collaborate' testing portal.
  
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• Machine learning and the spectre of the wrong solution

  19-12-2017 17:38 via zdnet.com
  Where a beautiful relic of history stares us in the face to remind us that if we take all the time in the world to render our most perfect ideas, reality will leave us in the dust.
  
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• Here's what Samsung's latest budget phones may tell us about the Galaxy S9

  19-12-2017 17:25 via zdnet.com
  Samsung just announced two new smartphones that could give us a peek at what the company will do with the Galaxy S9.
  
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• Self-parking cars to be legalised by UK

  19-12-2017 17:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK wants to modify a ban on using mobile phones to allow drivers to activate self-parking cars.
  
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• Lowe's taps former Amazon exec for first chief digital officer role

  19-12-2017 17:00 via zdnet.com
  The CDO is a relatively new role in corporate taxonomy that's increasingly driving digital transformation efforts.
  
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• Link for Google Chrome is now available in the Microsoft Store

  19-12-2017 16:54 via zdnet.com
  No, Google's Chrome browser still isn't available as a UWP app in the Microsoft Store. Instead, a Chrome launcher now is in the Store.
  
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• Link for Google Chrome is no longer available in the Microsoft Store

  19-12-2017 16:54 via zdnet.com
  No, Google's Chrome browser still isn't available as a UWP app in the Microsoft Store. Instead, a link for downloading Chrome was there... briefly. (It's gone now)
  
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• Garmin Forerunner 30 review: A bargain, no-frills running watch

  19-12-2017 16:32
  
  The Forerunner 30 delivers good performance, GPS and heart-rate tracking in a beautifully affordable package
  
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• Facebook reveals rise in official data requests

  19-12-2017 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Requests to see data on users' accounts are up by 20%, says the site's latest transparency report.
  
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• Cyber-attack: US and UK blame North Korea for WannaCry

  19-12-2017 16:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The WannaCry malware hit hospitals, banks and businesses across the world last May.
  
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• ​Virgin Hyperloop One hits new top speed

  19-12-2017 15:37 via zdnet.com
  Virgin Hyperloop One sets a speed record and lands $50 million in financing.
  
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• Mobile phones: Send a text to end your contract

  19-12-2017 15:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Regulator Ofcom says the change means customers can avoid an awkward and long call to their operator.
  
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• Softbank leads $120M investment in AI-based insurance startup Lemonade

  19-12-2017 15:25 via zdnet.com
  Lemonade bypasses traditional insurance brokers and relies on bots and machine learning to reduce paperwork and process claims faster.
  
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• Softbank leads $120 million investment in AI-based insurance startup Lemonade

  19-12-2017 15:25 via zdnet.com
  Lemonade bypasses traditional insurance brokers and relies on bots and machine learning to reduce paperwork and process claims faster.
  
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• Three ways to fix DRAM's latency problem

  19-12-2017 14:46 via zdnet.com
  DRAM has been powering computer memory for some 50 years, but there's a problem. While DRAM capacities have grown, and bandwidthhas too, latency has barely changed in the last two decades. Here's three ways to fix that.
  
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• Singapore issues another cautionary note on cryptocurrencies

  19-12-2017 14:44 via zdnet.com
  Monetary Authority of Singapore again stresses that cryptocurrencies are not legal tender and not backed by any asset or issuer, and advises caution when investing in them.
  
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• The only way to boost the UK economy is for humans and AI to work together, report finds

  19-12-2017 14:36
  
  Greater investment in tech and easier access to open-source data could see the UK's GDP rise by almost 2%
  
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• Disney's President Donald Trump robot gets mocked

  19-12-2017 14:28 via bbc.co.uk
  An animatronic version of Donald Trump created by Disney's roboticists has attracted ridicule.
  
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• Christmas gifts for grown-ups: From £10 to £10,000

  19-12-2017 14:15
  
  From a £10 computer to a projector that costs nearly ten grand, we’ve rounded up the best gifts this Christmas
  
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• Kaspersky Lab appeals US ban

  19-12-2017 14:00 via computerweekly.com
  Russian security software giant appeals US government's decision to ban the use of its products in federal agencies
  
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• ​Governments are asking Facebook for a lot more user account data

  19-12-2017 13:59 via zdnet.com
  Facebook received 30,000 more government requests for user data than Google
  
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• Airtame, First Take: Enterprise-class wireless screen mirroring

  19-12-2017 13:27 via zdnet.com
  It might resemble an expensive Chromecast, but Airtame is more like a wireless HDMI cable with enterprise management options.
  
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• Apple seems to have forgotten about the whole 'it just works' thing

  19-12-2017 13:20 via zdnet.com
  I didn't spend the big dollars of Apple hardware only to have to put up with continual software headaches.
  
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• HMS Queen Elizabeth: Leak found on new aircraft carrier

  19-12-2017 13:08 via bbc.co.uk
  The warship commissioned earlier this month by the Queen has a faulty seal, the Royal Navy confirms.
  
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• Samsung’s Galaxy A8 could be its best ever mid-range smartphone

  19-12-2017 13:03
  
  The mid-range handset features an infinity display and dual front cameras
  
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• Dreams release date rumours, news and trailers: What is the PS4 exclusive all about?

  19-12-2017 13:00
  
  The latest news about Media Molecule's ambitious creator game, Dreams
  
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• ​France tells WhatsApp to stop sending user data to Facebook

  19-12-2017 12:30 via zdnet.com
  France lays down another European challenge to WhatsApp's data sharing with Facebook.
  
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• Bitcoin exchange Youbit shuts after second hack attack

  19-12-2017 12:02 via bbc.co.uk
  A second cyber-heist has forced South Korean crypto-cash exchange Youbit to shut down.
  
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• Physicists have finally fact-checked the ludicrous lyrics in The Proclaimer's 500 Miles song

  19-12-2017 12:01
  
  Could a given Proclaimer walk 500 miles, and then 500 more just to be the man who walks a thousand miles to fall down at your door?
  
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• Blink's new $99 video doorbell cam is a breeze to install

  19-12-2017 12:00 via zdnet.com
  Blink is expanding its security camera line to your front door.
  
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• WannaCry ransomware: Now the US says North Korea was to blame

  19-12-2017 11:46 via zdnet.com
  'Cowardly, costly and careless' ransomware attack was the work of North Korean hackers, according to the White House.
  
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• Nordic states innovate to attract global tech players

  19-12-2017 11:40 via computerweekly.com
  The Nordic region is already a hotbed for tech startups and has the ingredients to attract more investment from the established tech giants
  
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• The UK police's porn-hunting AI can't yet tell the difference between deserts and nudes

  19-12-2017 11:16
  
  The Metropolitan Police is also planning to move sensitive data to major cloud providers
  
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• Tipping point: 2017 was a record-shattering year for robotics

  19-12-2017 11:11 via zdnet.com
  The numbers are crazy. But that's nothing compared to what's coming
  
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• University of Sydney develops quantum trick to block background sensor 'chatter'

  19-12-2017 11:01 via zdnet.com
  A team from the university has developed a method for reducing the background 'fuzz' collected by quantum sensors that is up to 100 million times better than conventional methods.
  
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• Top 10 PC stories of 2017

  19-12-2017 11:00 via computerweekly.com
  It has been a good year for the PC business, which is starting to show signs of growth. From an end-user perspective, 2017 is also the year of new user interfaces
  
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• Top 10 NVMe flash storage stories of 2017

  19-12-2017 11:00 via computerweekly.com
  NVMe promises to unleash flash storage to previously unheard-of performance. In this top 10 Computer Weekly NVMe flash stories of 2017, we track this rapidly emerging technology
  
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