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• A new data leak hits Aadhaar, India's national ID database

  23-03-2018 21:00 via zdnet.com
  Exclusive: The data leak affects potentially every Indian citizen subscribed to the database.
  
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• Pivotal files for IPO

  23-03-2018 20:48 via zdnet.com
  The software company, of which Dell is the majority shareholder, has yet to become profitable, its filing shows.
  
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• EasyJet suspends pilots over Snapchat videos

  23-03-2018 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Footage posted online appeared to show a captain and his co-pilot dancing with animated characters.
  
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• Elon Musk pulls Tesla and SpaceX from Facebook

  23-03-2018 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Entrepreneur Elon Musk has the official Facebook pages for his Tesla and SpaceX companies deleted.
  
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• “People are super comfortable riding in elevators”: Can we shape people’s attitude to driverless cars?

  23-03-2018 18:06
  Udacity’s head of driverless cars talks timescales, safety and getting people to feel comfortable without a human in charge
  
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• Apple's next iPhone (aka iPhone 11): Specs, pricing, rumors, release date, more

  23-03-2018 17:47 via zdnet.com
  The launch of the next iPhone is months away, but the leaks have already begun.
  
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• How to fix Facebook: Podcast 361

  23-03-2018 17:32
  
  On the WIRED UK podcast this week: everything you need to know about the Cambridge Analytica and Facebook scandal and we explore the big problem facing the clean meat industry.
  
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• How to delete your Tinder account in three simple steps

  23-03-2018 17:28
  
  Fed up with the gamification of dating? Feel like Tinder isn’t the best place to find The One? Find out how to delete it for good
  
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• Singapore questions social media giants over 'online falsehoods'

  23-03-2018 17:02 via zdnet.com
  Twitter, Google, and Facebook faced a parliamentary committee set up to examine the impact of "deliberate online falsehoods"--with Facebook, specifically, grilled over the Cambridge Analytica breach.
  
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• Get a lifetime RemotePC team subscription for $69.50

  23-03-2018 16:28 via zdnet.com
  Normally the service runs $50 for a single year. And the license supports unlimited users and 100 PCs.
  
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• Making sense of Microsoft's Common Data Service makeover

  23-03-2018 16:20 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's 'Spring '18' refresh of its Dynamics 365 services includes some major new development and analytics tech under the covers: The Common Data Service for Apps and for Analytics.
  
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• Brazil improves environment for cloud adoption

  23-03-2018 15:35 via zdnet.com
  The country has enhanced the conditions for growth of the technology but is still behind other emerging countries.
  
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• DoJ indicts Iranian hackers for stealing data from 144 US universities

  23-03-2018 15:31 via zdnet.com
  In all, 320 universities around the world were attacked and the 31.5 terabytes of stolen data was sold for profit in Iran.
  
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• ​Nike's purchase of analytics firm Zodiac highlights focus on customer lifetime value

  23-03-2018 15:31 via zdnet.com
  Nike has big digital plans as it goes direct to consumer, aims to innovate faster and build relationships. It is also beefing up its analytics team.
  
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• Galaxy S9 touchscreen 'dead spots': Samsung's looking into user complaints

  23-03-2018 15:21 via zdnet.com
  Fresh out of the box, some Galaxy S9 touchscreens aren't responsive in certain patches.
  
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• KeepVid scraps YouTube-ripping function in favour of legal approach

  23-03-2018 15:11 via bbc.co.uk
  A popular video-downloading site has unexpectedly turned into a copyright advocacy page.
  
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• DeepMind explores inner workings of AI

  23-03-2018 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Research throws light on how a general AI that can adapt and understand new situations might work.
  
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• Cutting through the noise and defining the value of the digital twin for your business

  23-03-2018 14:53 via zdnet.com
  Here's how a digital twin can help drive business decisions and improve operations.
  
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• Stingray spying: 5G will protect you against surveillance attacks, say standards-setters

  23-03-2018 14:48 via zdnet.com
  It looks likely that 5G will sideline IMSI catcher, or stingray, fake mobile base stations.
  
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• Reddit: Guns, beer and tobacco transactions now banned

  23-03-2018 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  At least 38 communities have been banned as Reddit distances itself from transactions of illicit goods.
  
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• M1 taps Keppel Electric partnership as Singapore readies open market

  23-03-2018 14:17 via zdnet.com
  Singapore telco ties up with Keppel Electric to offer bundled price packages that include electricity and mobile services, joining others looking to enter Singapore's soon-to-be open power market.
  
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• ReFlex: remote storage with local performance in a flash

  23-03-2018 13:50 via zdnet.com
  Flash storage is fast and expensive, an issue for system designers: load individual servers with SSDs whose performance far exceeds server needs; or put flash in costly shared arrays? What's needed is a performant way to share individual SSDs across servers - and here's a solution.
  
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• How to scan and fax from your iPhone

  23-03-2018 13:44 via zdnet.com
  Faxing is definitely back-in-the-day, but when you need it, you need it. Here are some useful apps that will help you make retro connections to old-school organizations.
  
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• Raspberry Pi-powered boom sensor: Detect earthquakes, H-bombs, SpaceX launches

  23-03-2018 13:36 via zdnet.com
  A Raspberry Pi-powered sensor can help you detect inaudible sounds from your surrounding area.
  
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• Could you or your child have dyslexia? Take these online tests

  23-03-2018 13:09
  
  If you are concerned you or your child may have dyslexia, you may want to use a self-assessment tool before seeking a diagnosis
  
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• IBM Think 2018 postmortem: Making incumbent enterprises great again

  23-03-2018 13:00 via zdnet.com
  At this week's Think conference, IBM issued a call to action to its customers that incumbents can be disrupters. It unveiled a series of offerings that simplify and make AI more accessible than before. But IBM's messaging and positioning is still making that path to disruption more complex and confusing than it needs to be.
  
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• Hacker vs hacker: This cryptojacking malware kills off its rivals to ensure maximum profit

  23-03-2018 12:56 via zdnet.com
  The cryptocurrency-mining malware uses highly aggressive tactics -- which researchers have reverse engineered to help provide protection.
  
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• Firefox in 2018: We'll tackle bad ads, breach alerts, autoplay video, says Mozilla

  23-03-2018 12:53 via zdnet.com
  Firefox could get its own ad blocker and breach notifications alerts, according to Mozilla's 2018 roadmap.
  
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• The smart robot arm for work in space and other news

  23-03-2018 12:46 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Click's Lara Lewington looks at some of the best technology stories of the week.
  
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• No more wires! Samsung patents ‘over the air’ wireless tech that charges multiple gadgets at the same time

  23-03-2018 12:44
  
  The Samsung patent would allow you to charge your phone no matter where you are in the room
  
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• Craigslist drops dating ads after new law

  23-03-2018 12:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The site said keeping its "personals" section open in the US was too much of a risk.
  
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• Will Slack privacy changes let bosses read your messages?

  23-03-2018 11:11
  
  Updates to Slack's policy include a self-service tool for employers to export all data from their workplace, including direct messages
  
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• Dawn of the New Everything, book review: VR, and decisions that cast long shadows

  23-03-2018 11:04 via zdnet.com
  In an engaging memoir, virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier recounts an unusual childhood, charts the history of his company VPL, and offers opinions on the tech-driven world he helped to shape.
  
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• “May she rest in peace”: The tragic origins of Ata the “alien” mummy finally revealed

  23-03-2018 10:39
  
  Study from the University of California reveals Ata is no alien, but a stillborn infant with at least seven genetic mutations
  
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• Sarcos forms Exoskeleton Technical Advisory Group

  23-03-2018 10:31 via zdnet.com
  The industries represented suggest diverse applications for wearable robotic suits
  
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• ​The Australian government and the loose definition of IT projects 'working well'

  23-03-2018 06:27 via zdnet.com
  Straight-faced, a Department of Human Services representative told a Senate committee its data-matching 'robodebt' project went well, because it produced savings.
  
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• Trump fires starting gun on technology trade war with China

  23-03-2018 05:14 via zdnet.com
  Washington has kicked off the process of putting tariffs and investment restrictions on Chinese companies, while taking the Middle Kingdom to the World Trade Organization for dispute settlement.
  
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• Australian government forms 'fintech bridge' agreement with UK

  23-03-2018 04:03 via zdnet.com
  The UK-Australia FinTech Bridge was announced by UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond at Thursday's International FinTech Conference in London.
  
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• ​Australian Taxation Office happy to go it alone with cybersecurity

  23-03-2018 04:00 via zdnet.com
  Despite the Australian Signals Directorate last week stating that those not seeking its help with security aren't taking the matter seriously, the Australian Taxation Office has backed its in-house approach.
  
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• Dodo, iPrimus, Commander latest to compensate 5,800 NBN customers

  23-03-2018 02:31 via zdnet.com
  Another 5,861 customers will be compensated for not receiving the NBN speeds they were paying for across Vocus' Dodo, iPrimus, and Commander brands.
  
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• Data collection fears after Cambridge Analytica claims

  23-03-2018 02:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Political data-mining found its feet with the Obama campaign in 2008 and kept growing with Clinton, Trump and Brexit campaigns says Jamie Bartlett,
  
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• How DNA can be used to store computer data

  23-03-2018 01:28 via bbc.co.uk
  British scientists think DNA could be used to solve a global problem - where to store all our data.
  
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• Human-eye VR

  23-03-2018 01:16 via bbc.co.uk
  VR has suffered from an image problem, so could very high resolution headsets be the answer?
  
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• Basslink 'strongly denies' it owes Tasmanian government compensation

  23-03-2018 00:22 via zdnet.com
  Basslink has called the accusations from the Tasmanian government that it breached its contract as operator of the Basslink Interconnector 'belated', given the cable went live 10 years ago.
  
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