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• This could be Fitbit's new smartwatch

  28-02-2018 22:51 via zdnet.com
  New leaked Fitbit renders show a smaller Ionic smartwatch in multiple colors.
  
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• Salesforce posts solid Q4, surpasses $10B in annual sales

  28-02-2018 22:30 via zdnet.com
  The CRM giant beat market expectations for earnings and revenue.
  
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• Box Q4 in line with estimates, guidance light

  28-02-2018 22:24 via zdnet.com
  Box shares were down nearly 12 percent after hours.
  
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• Signals from the first stars in the universe have been found - and they could finally unlock the secrets of dark matter

  28-02-2018 21:54
  
  By unlocking the clues about how the first stars form, it could help astronomers solve the elusive dark matter mystery
  
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• You can use a ​VPN to battle ISP net neutrality abuse

  28-02-2018 20:27 via zdnet.com
  The FCC's butchery of net neutrality has become law, and people are turning to virtual private networks to preserve their privacy and access.
  
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• Microsoft Teams to get full guest access starting in early March

  28-02-2018 20:26 via zdnet.com
  Finally! Full guest access support will start rolling out to Microsoft Teams users over the next few weeks.
  
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• VMware unveils new edge computing solutions to bolster enterprise IoT efforts

  28-02-2018 19:42 via zdnet.com
  Announced at Mobile World Congress 2018, the solutions will come through industry partnerships and focus on asset management and smart surveillance.
  
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• Intel at MWC: How 5G will change the PC

  28-02-2018 19:39 via zdnet.com
  The insides of PCs and tablets will need to be re-engineered in order to make way for 5G connectivity, Intel's 5G chief has told ZDNet, with the tech giant starting to experiment with this now.
  
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• The free PS Plus games lineup for March 2018 includes the fantastic Bloodborne and Ratchet & Clank

  28-02-2018 18:15
  
  Bloodborne and Ratchet and Clank lead the charge in a stellar month for PS Plus
  
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• PS Plus games for March 2018 is easily its best lineup in months

  28-02-2018 18:15
  
  Bloodborne and Ratchet and Clank lead the charge in a stellar month for PS Plus
  
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• Reddit co-founder backs petition for interracial couple emojis

  28-02-2018 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Alexis Ohanian, who is married to Serena Williams, says "we want our kids to have emojis that look like their parents".
  
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• Google adds AI, collaboration tools to G Suite via Hangouts Chat

  28-02-2018 18:00 via zdnet.com
  Google has to rev G Suite with more collaboration and leverage its artificial intelligence tools to keep its users moving forward.
  
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• Warren Buffett is now almost out of IBM and heavily into Apple

  28-02-2018 17:22 via zdnet.com
  Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway made news when it backed IBM heavily in 2011, but that turned out to be a rare mistake. The famed investor has now switched to Apple, and $28 billion worth of Apple shares make it Berkshire Hathaway's biggest single investment.
  
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• MWC 2018: Huawei and BT to trial 5G

  28-02-2018 16:52 via zdnet.com
  Huawei and BT will conduct 5G development and field trials across EE's mobile network under a new agreement, with the Chinese networking giant calling the telco one of its most important global customers.
  
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• My Tamagotchi Forever app is bringing the iconic virtual pet to your phone on 15 March

  28-02-2018 16:48
  
  The first free Tamagotchi game has arrived - but it’s a long way from the Tamagotchi of old
  
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• PC device shipments dropped 2.7 percent last year: IDC

  28-02-2018 16:02 via zdnet.com
  IDC posits that the decline was due to lackluster demand for legacy form factor devices and component shortages.
  
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• Apple MacBook with OLED screen keyboard? See Apple's dual-display designs

  28-02-2018 15:50 via zdnet.com
  Apple imagines what it would be like to swap a MacBook's keyboard with a touch display.
  
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• MWC 2018: NNNCo signs Actility IoT network agreement

  28-02-2018 15:48 via zdnet.com
  Australia's NNNCo has signed an operator agreement with Actility.
  
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• Is it time we began taxing the robots taking our jobs?

  28-02-2018 15:33
  
  Current policies in the US and UK encourage automation even when it would not otherwise be efficient
  
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• Microsoft rolls out more AI-infused healthcare services, software

  28-02-2018 15:02 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's year-old Healthcare NExT research organization is stepping up its work to make Microsoft's cloud and AI services applicable to health researchers and doctors.
  
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• Eliminating storage failures in the cloud

  28-02-2018 14:55 via zdnet.com
  Cloud vendors make much of storage redundancy, but it takes more than multiple copies to protect data. Storage needs a reliable way to recover from corruption or loss - and current methods aren't reliable. Here's how to harden cloud storage.
  
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• Rakuten to release own cryptocurrency as it looks to enhance loyalty platform

  28-02-2018 14:51 via zdnet.com
  Japanese e-commerce giant is looking to evolve its Super Points loyalty points platform and unleash its own blockchain-based cryptocurrency, called Rakuten Coin.
  
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• ZTE Axon M review: Hands-on with ZTE’s unhinged, two-screen smartphone

  28-02-2018 14:29
  
  It's different, it's crazy, but will anyone actually buy ZTE"s two-screened Android smartphone?
  
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• MacBook Pro 2018 release date and rumours: A dual-display MacBook Pro or nothing at all?

  28-02-2018 14:19
  
  The 2018 MacBook Pro could take the Touch Bar to a whole new level… or there may not be one
  
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• Maplin collapses as rescue talks fail

  28-02-2018 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The 200-store electronics retailer is unable to secure a sale of the business, its boss says.
  
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• GDPR: Two thirds of organisations aren't prepared for the 'right to be forgotten'

  28-02-2018 14:04 via zdnet.com
  With new EU data protection legislation just weeks away, a large number of organisations risk fines by being non-compliant.
  
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• Huawei P Smart review: Overshadowed by its budget-brand stablemate

  28-02-2018 14:02 via zdnet.com
  Huawei's P Smart and the Honor 9 Lite are very similar handsets, but the latter costs less and has a better front camera.
  
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• Huawei Australia CEO pushing more government 5G discussions

  28-02-2018 14:01 via zdnet.com
  Huawei is holding increasing discussions with Australia's government, with new CEO George Huang praising the federal government 5G working group.
  
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• Asus announces ZenFone 5 family: Apple iPhone X clones running Android priced at half the cost of the iPhone

  28-02-2018 13:58 via zdnet.com
  It was only a matter of time until we saw an Android competitor to the Apple iPhone X and first out of the gate is Asus with the ZenFone 5 family.
  
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• Asus announces ZenFone 5 family: Apple iPhone X clones running Android at half the cost

  28-02-2018 13:58 via zdnet.com
  It was only a matter of time until we saw an Android competitor to the Apple iPhone X and first out of the gate is Asus with the ZenFone 5 family.
  
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• Bill Gates: Cryptocurrency has 'caused deaths in a fairly direct way'

  28-02-2018 13:51 via zdnet.com
  Gates says cryptocurrencies are bad and causing deaths by enabling anonymous online trade in dangerous drugs.
  
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• Amazon Ring acquisition: Made not for smart homes, but for deliveries

  28-02-2018 13:50 via zdnet.com
  Opinion: The acquisition will help along Amazon's smart home dominance, but that wasn't the point of this particular purchase.
  
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• Facebook news feed changes 'decimated' publisher

  28-02-2018 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The publisher of Little Things blames Facebook's algorithm changes for the lifestyle website's closure.
  
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• Copycat, copydog: Is it ethical to clone your dead pet?

  28-02-2018 13:21
  
  Pet cloning is big business but comes with an array of moral questions
  
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• Barbara Streisand’s dogs and the ethics of cloning your pets

  28-02-2018 13:21
  
  Pet cloning is big business but comes with an array of moral questions
  
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• Sprint CTO at MWC: We have the best 5G spectrum

  28-02-2018 13:19 via zdnet.com
  Sprint's 5G play will involve more licensed spectrum than its competitors' rollouts, CTO John Saw has said, with the carrier working with Nokia on 1Gbps Massive MIMO LTE technology now.
  
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• Children can’t hold pencils thanks to technology, but is that as bad as it sounds?

  28-02-2018 13:14
  
  The times, they are a changin'
  
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• Geneva Motor Show 2018: This year’s best new cars and in-car tech

  28-02-2018 13:13
  
  We’ll update this page with all the most exciting and innovative cars at the Geneva Motor Show, as we find out more
  
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• Geneva Motor Show 2018: Jaguar unveils the I-Pace ahead of the show

  28-02-2018 13:13
  
  We’ll update this page with all the most exciting and innovative cars at the Geneva Motor Show, as we find out more
  
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• The MoonLite Project wants to mine cryptocurrency without the environmental baggage

  28-02-2018 13:11
  
  But has it missed the boat?
  
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• Hit by ransomware? This new free decryption tool for GandCrab might help

  28-02-2018 13:11 via zdnet.com
  Operation by Bitdefender, the Romanian Police,DIICOT and Europol provides decryption keys for one of the most aggressive forms of ransomware seen this year.
  
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• What is malware? Everything you need to know about viruses, trojans and malicious software

  28-02-2018 13:10 via zdnet.com
  Cyber attacks and malware are one of the biggest threats on the internet. Learn about the different types of malware - and how to avoid falling victim to attacks.
  
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• Alibaba sets up AI research facility with Singapore university

  28-02-2018 13:02 via zdnet.com
  Jointly launched by the Chinese tech giant and Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, the "multimillion-dollar" research institute will focus on applying artificial intelligence for home, retail, community, and urban transportation.
  
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• Facebook patches admin information leak vulnerability

  28-02-2018 12:55 via zdnet.com
  The severe vulnerability took only minutes to exploit.
  
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• How to claim compensation if your train journey is delayed: Held up by Storm Emma, here’s how to get your money back

  28-02-2018 12:49
  
  The Beast from the East disrupting your journey in? Here’s how to get a refund on rail tickets
  
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• Intel's Spectre fix for Broadwell and Haswell chips has finally landed

  28-02-2018 12:45 via zdnet.com
  Chips that sparked Intel's recall of microcode for Spectre Variant 2 attack now have stable fixes.
  
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• Ford's self-driving cars to become Miami's new pizza delivery guy

  28-02-2018 12:17 via zdnet.com
  The autonomous fleet is now at the disposal of delivery firms in the area including Domino's.
  
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• Sega mistake gives players free Yakuza 6 game

  28-02-2018 12:10 via bbc.co.uk
  A "preview" of Sega's latest video game let some players access the full version for free.
  
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• Get free small-business phone service from Dialpad

  28-02-2018 12:00 via zdnet.com
  No longer limited to G Suite users, Dialpad works with desk phones, mobile phones, tablets and more.
  
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• Axon moves 20 PB of data, Evidence.com to Microsoft Azure

  28-02-2018 12:00 via zdnet.com
  Axon reported strong fourth quarter results and detailed a December migration to Microsoft Azure as well as other cloud-centric implementations.
  
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