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• ​Show-stopping bug appears in npm Node.js package manager

  22-02-2018 23:40 via zdnet.com
  A new release of the JavaScript and Node.js package manager, npm, fatally changes file permissions. While that's been fixed, the entire messy process revealed more fundamental problems.
  
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• Google adds businesses to RCS messaging platform

  22-02-2018 22:51 via zdnet.com
  Google's RCS platform will allow businesses to send interactive messages to customers.
  
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• HPE delivers Q1 earnings beat, shares up after hours

  22-02-2018 22:34 via zdnet.com
  The company delivered its first financial report since CEO Meg Whitman stepped down February 1.
  
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• Nokia working on drones framework for Australia

  22-02-2018 22:29 via zdnet.com
  Nokia has revealed to ZDNet that it is holding discussions with a university in Sydney to help formulate use cases for drones in agriculture and public safety, and develop a drone framework for Australia.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S9 pricing and everything else we know so far

  22-02-2018 22:27 via zdnet.com
  Samsung will announce the Galaxy S9 in just a few days. Here's everything we currently know about the upcoming smartphone.
  
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• HP beats Q1 earnings expectations as revenue climbs

  22-02-2018 22:12 via zdnet.com
  Shares jumped more than 13 percent after hours.
  
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• Windows 10 tip: Search for any file by date

  22-02-2018 21:41 via zdnet.com
  Finding the right file can be frustrating, especially if you have a large number of files in multiple subfolders. If you know approximately when that file was saved, though, you can narrow the search quickly.
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy S9: Prices and everything else we know so far

  22-02-2018 21:22 via zdnet.com
  Samsung will announce the Galaxy S9 in just a few days. Here's everything we currently know about the upcoming smartphone.
  
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• Overcoming the challenges: Back-up and storage for banks

  22-02-2018 21:20 via zdnet.com
  Now is a good time for banks to think audit their back-up and storage to achieve both cost-savings and regulatory compliance.
  
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• Holoportation is still on Microsoft's mixed-reality radar

  22-02-2018 21:02 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is promising an ambitious year on the mixed-reality front. And, seemingly, holoportation/teleportation is still part of its vision.
  
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• Level smart glasses: Tracking steps and doing good

  22-02-2018 20:12 via zdnet.com
  Available in select U.S. markets beginning in March, the stylish frames track activity and allow users who reach daily step goals to donate vision care to people in need.
  
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• How to delete your Apple ID: Remove your iPhone, iPad or Mac from your Apple account

  22-02-2018 19:55
  
  To delete your Apple ID, you need to know your username, password and the answers to a series of security questions
  
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• How to choose your cloud provider: AWS, Google or Microsoft?

  22-02-2018 19:08 via zdnet.com
  Tech leaders share their cloud strategies and decision making.
  
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• ZDNet is giving away a LG V30 unlocked smartphone to one lucky winner

  22-02-2018 18:04 via zdnet.com
  Whether you are more inclined to listen to music or capture great photos with a smartphone, the LG V2018-02-22 12:03 PM30 is the phone for you. And now you have the chance to win* an unlocked LG V30 for free.
  
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• US border officials haven't properly verified visitor passports for more than a decade

  22-02-2018 18:00 via zdnet.com
  E-passports contain a cryptographic hash of a passport holders' details, designed to make it almost impossible to forge a travel document or steal someone's identity.
  
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• Neanderthals – not modern humans – were responsible for the world’s oldest cave art, according to researchers

  22-02-2018 17:51
  
  The discovery shows that neanderthals were much more sophisticated that previously believed
  
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• As cloud adoption soars, cloud architect becomes a top career choice

  22-02-2018 17:38 via zdnet.com
  Could you imagine 15 years ago telling your colleagues, or your college career officer, that you wanted to someday be a 'cloud architect'?
  
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• Microsoft readies Python, Java support for its bot-building framework

  22-02-2018 17:23 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft may be ready to rev up (again) its conversation as a service strategy, with new additions to its bot-framework toolset.
  
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• UPS plans electric vehicle fleet with Workhorse, touts cost efficiencies

  22-02-2018 17:00 via zdnet.com
  UPS says the 50-vehicle fleet will cost roughly the same as operating conventional-fueled trucks without taking into account any subsidies.
  
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• You can now buy the bargain Now TV Stick for £15 from Argos, Tesco and Sainsbury’s

  22-02-2018 16:53
  
  You can now get your hands on the cheap Now TV Stick from Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Argos, including bundles
  
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• Sky Now TV passes: Types of passes explained and how to cancel

  22-02-2018 16:53
  
  The differences between the Sky Sports Now TV pass, Entertainment pass, Cinema pass and Kids
  
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• Apple working on AirPods update, claims report

  22-02-2018 16:41 via zdnet.com
  Water-resistance and Siri integration are coming.
  
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• SpaceX launches broadband pathfinders

  22-02-2018 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The US rocket company puts up two satellites to test technologies for a broadband mega-constellation.
  
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• FCC officially publishes net neutrality repeal

  22-02-2018 16:18 via zdnet.com
  The action starts the clock for legal challenges and last-ditch congressional action to preserve the Obama-era regulations.
  
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• How to transfer contacts from Android to Android

  22-02-2018 16:13
  
  Make your new phone feel like home
  
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• Disney loses in Redbox copyright row

  22-02-2018 15:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Disney loses a bid to stop movie rental company Redbox from reselling download codes for its films.
  
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• If you can smell "death", you may be at greater risk of depression

  22-02-2018 15:51
  
  Scientists have uncovered the biochemical details of the smell of death, which, bizarrely, may be able to help treat depression
  
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• MPs moving private phone chats from WhatsApp to Confide

  22-02-2018 15:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Some MPs are reportedly moving their private phone chats from WhatsApp, which has been used in recent years, to a new app.
  
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• GDPR for small businesses: Ten easy steps all organisations should follow

  22-02-2018 15:32
  
  The GDPR compliance effective date is fast approaching. Here's what you need to know
  
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• The internet devalues everything it touches: The case against the online giants

  22-02-2018 15:10 via zdnet.com
  Governments can punish unfair business practices but they can't change the fundamental economics of the internet — scale wins and millions of businesses will lose.
  
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• MWC 2018: Intel working on 5G PCs and phones

  22-02-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Intel has announced that it is working with Spreadtrum on producing a 5G phone and with Lenovo, Dell, HP, and Microsoft on producing 2-in-1 5G PCs to be ready by the second half of 2019.
  
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• MWC 2018: Intel and Huawei showcase 5G interoperability

  22-02-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Intel and Huawei will demonstrate the world's first 5G NR over-the-air interoperability trial using the latest 3GPP standards during MWC in Barcelona next week.
  
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• GE, Noble want to improve offshore drilling with data analytics

  22-02-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  The duo have launched the Digital Rig to improve drilling efficiencies in marine settings.
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy S9: Here's everything we know so far

  22-02-2018 14:48 via zdnet.com
  Samsung will announce the Galaxy S9 in just a few days. Here's everything we currently know about the upcoming smartphone.
  
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• The next CS:GO Major Championship to be held in London

  22-02-2018 14:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The Wembley Arena in London will host the next CS:GO Major Championship, one of the biggest eSports events in the world.
  
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• BBC's Raspberry Pi Zero rival heads to Canada in 100,000 bulk order

  22-02-2018 14:39 via zdnet.com
  Canada looks to spark interest in computer science with the help of the BBC's micro:bit development board.
  
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• Where iPhones can't go: Rugged Cat S61 enhances thermal imaging, adds laser measuring, air quality sensor

  22-02-2018 14:37 via zdnet.com
  While millions work in office environments where an iPhone or Galaxy phone work just fine, there is a segment of the population that functions in adverse environments where a glass sandwich phone just doesn't cut it. That's where Cat phones step in to shine.
  
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• Packet rolls out AMD EPYC CPUs for global bare metal cloud

  22-02-2018 14:30 via zdnet.com
  Get access to an EPYC 24-cores/48-threads processor, 64GB of RAM and gigabytes of fast SSDs for $1 a hour.
  
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• Can Samsung's 31TB SSD challenge hard drives in the data center?

  22-02-2018 14:08 via zdnet.com
  Hard drives are struggling to get to 14TB. Now Samsung is kicking sand - literally - into their faces with a new, 2.5-inch 31TB SSD. You and I will never buy one, but still, it's pretty amazing.
  
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• Making the jump to Google Cloud Spanner

  22-02-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  At Mobile World Congress next week, one of Google Cloud Spanner's first reference clients will be demonstrating a Tier 1 telco charging system ported from Oracle. Optiva, which is demo'ing the system and claiming 10x scalability vs Oracle, explained to us how they made the transition.
  
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• Hackers are selling legitimate code-signing certificates to evade malware detection

  22-02-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Code-signed apps are harder to detect by network security appliances, making it easier to sneak malware onto a vulnerable system. The downside? Certificates aren't cheap — and hackers usually are.
  
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• Android P will stop apps from silently using your phone's camera and mic

  22-02-2018 13:53 via zdnet.com
  Android P gets a privacy boost by preventing backgrounded apps from recording or taking pictures.
  
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• Elon Musk quits AI ethics research group

  22-02-2018 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  One of the most vocal critics of AI quits the ethics board as Tesla utilises the technology.
  
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• Huawei put a dog on a runway and drove a car at it to showcase the AI chip in its Mate 10 Pro

  22-02-2018 13:21
  
  The smartphone manufacturer used its flagship device’s built-in AI to recognise and avoid the animal
  
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• Blockchain and bitcoin in the spotlight as government launches digital currencies inquiry

  22-02-2018 13:09 via zdnet.com
  'It is time that Whitehall and Westminster understood cryptocurrency better,' says Treasury Committee on launch of inquiry - which aims to examine how to prevent bitcoin-related crime.
  
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• Vectra raises $36 million in AI-based threat detection push

  22-02-2018 13:08 via zdnet.com
  The startup's Series D round highlights investor interest in AI cybersecurity systems.
  
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• White nationalist Jared Taylor sues Twitter over ban

  22-02-2018 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Jared Taylor's lawyer claims the suspension of his client's account is a form of Twitter censorship.
  
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• First Intel, now AMD also faces multiple class-action suits over Spectre attacks

  22-02-2018 12:49 via zdnet.com
  Customers accuse the chip maker of charging premium prices for a faulty product.
  
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• Watch a 1980s electric car transform into the world’s largest computer mouse

  22-02-2018 12:40
  
  A pair of YouTubers have turned a car into a workable computer peripheral
  
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• Game helps players spot 'fake news'

  22-02-2018 12:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Players run their own fake news empire so they can learn how misinformation is spread.
  
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