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• On Facebook, Zuckerberg gets privacy and you get nothing

  06-04-2018 22:44 via zdnet.com
  Opinion: Facebook's way of showing how little it cares about its users' privacy is by doing something only when it gets caught.
  
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• How to use Cloudflare's DNS service to speed up and secure your internet

  06-04-2018 22:38 via zdnet.com
  Cloudflare's new Domain Name System promises to both speed up your internet access and protect your privacy.
  
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• Facebook is only allowing authorized ad buyers to run political "issue" ads

  06-04-2018 21:53 via zdnet.com
  The change is the latest step Facebook is taking to counter attempts to use the platform to interfere with elections.
  
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• Online forums aren’t the best place for complex health advice, study shows

  06-04-2018 17:45
  
  Research shows that medical information from message boards becomes more inaccurate the more complex the problem is
  
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• Microsoft readies developer kit to try to get more 64-bit apps compiled for Windows 10 on ARM

  06-04-2018 17:23 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft has a plan to try to get developers to recompile their Windows apps to work natively on 64-bit ARM processors coming to Windows 10 on ARM devices.
  
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• Healthcare's $3 trillion question: Should the likes of Google and Facebook control this data?

  06-04-2018 17:22 via zdnet.com
  How is data managed? Do users get to have consent over how their data is used? And do they get a cut out of the value generated by using that data? Let's take a walk on the wild side.
  
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• Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact review: Small but (almost) perfectly formed

  06-04-2018 17:13
  
  Sony is still flying the flag for small(ish) phones
  
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• Apple Pay launches in Brazil with Itaú

  06-04-2018 16:14 via zdnet.com
  The partnership with the local bank aims to reach 1,2 million users nationwide.
  
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• Russia moves to block Telegram after encryption key denial

  06-04-2018 16:01 via zdnet.com
  Telegram's lawyer told ZDNet that Russia's demand for the app's encryption keys is "unconstitutional."
  
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• Tech's gender pay gap revealed: Podcast 363

  06-04-2018 15:42
  
  Coming up today: we explore the gender pay gap in UK tech, take a trip on the world's biggest cruise ship, and catch up on Facebook's data crisis
  
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• Get 100 royalty-free stock photos for $49

  06-04-2018 15:25 via zdnet.com
  This extremely rare Depositphotos deal normally costs $299.
  
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• ​Microsoft: We've fixed Office 365 sign-in problem

  06-04-2018 15:10 via zdnet.com
  UPDATED: Office 365 authentication problem now resolved, says Microsoft.
  
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• Can this 'national DDoS radar' plan help fight off attacks on Dutch critical systems?

  06-04-2018 14:35 via zdnet.com
  After a wave of denial-of-service attacks on banks, Netherlands security experts are proposing a new approach.
  
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• ​Facebook's mea culpa tour, Cambridge Analytica and GDPR: The data game is changing before our eyes

  06-04-2018 14:04 via zdnet.com
  Facebook is being skewered for its data management, but every company needs to think about its customer data strategy well beyond GDPR. The wild west of data is being tamed.
  
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• App-coddled teens are more likely to find dubious content, study shows

  06-04-2018 13:55
  
  Monitoring your children with apps can backfire horrifically
  
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• MIT's AlterEgo headset reads your face to see words you're only saying in your mind

  06-04-2018 13:47 via zdnet.com
  MIT's AlterEgo can't read your thoughts, but it can reliably tell what words you're saying inside your head.
  
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• V&A director Tristram Hunt: This is “the right time” for an exhibition on video games

  06-04-2018 13:40
  
  Rene Magritte, Minecraft and game design will collide in at the Victoria and Albert Museum this autumn
  
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• Flying whales

  06-04-2018 13:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Airbus's huge new super-transporter plane can carry two passenger jet wings instead of one.
  
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• Quick poll: What analogue tech do you still love?

  06-04-2018 13:13
  
  Still love paperbacks and board games? Cling on to old CDs? Still use a Filofax? Share what you still love below
  
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• Cisco's warning: Watch out for government hackers targeting your network

  06-04-2018 13:01 via zdnet.com
  Cisco urges Smart Install client users to patch and securely configure the software.
  
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• Headset allows silent chat with computers - and other news

  06-04-2018 12:46 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Click's Paul Carter looks at some of the best of the week's technology news.
  
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• Orion Span to open “affordable” space hotel in 2022

  06-04-2018 12:27
  
  Wait for Space ShipAdvisor reviews
  
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• HyperBlock acquires CryptoGlobal, creates cryptocurrency mining mammoth

  06-04-2018 12:21 via zdnet.com
  The deal will result in one behemoth company which will control over 20,000 cryptocurrency mining servers.
  
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• HP's new monster ZBooks: Latest Intel Xeons, up to 32GB RAM, 4TB SSD

  06-04-2018 12:20 via zdnet.com
  HP unveils its fifth generation of high-end laptops with Intel's latest Xeon processors.
  
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• Russia seeks to block Telegram messaging app

  06-04-2018 12:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The country's media regulator is going to court in a bid to get the messaging app blocked in the country.
  
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• Facebook halts medical data sharing plan

  06-04-2018 11:56 via bbc.co.uk
  The social network was exploring whether it could use health records to improve patient care.
  
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• RSA Security snaps up behavioral analytics firm Fortscale

  06-04-2018 11:39 via zdnet.com
  RSA plans to give enterprises improved visibility into their networks and heighten automatic response to threats through the deal.
  
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• This MIT-engineered headset can read your thoughts

  06-04-2018 11:27
  
  They’ve got their MITs on our internal monologues
  
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• Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange confirms Monex takeover

  06-04-2018 11:16 via zdnet.com
  The deal may end up being the lifeline Coincheck needs to survive after a debilitating cyberattack.
  
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• This data center's excess heat will help warm thousands of homes

  06-04-2018 10:57 via zdnet.com
  A Stockholm data center's heat exchangers are being linked up to the city's heating network.
  
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• President Trump has Amazon in his sights

  06-04-2018 10:28
  
  “We’re going to take a very serious look at that.”
  
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• ​NZ Immigration rejects 'racial profiling' claims in visa data-modelling project

  06-04-2018 08:12 via zdnet.com
  Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway rejected the idea the big data project that is determining who should be shown the door is profiling people based on age, gender, or ethnicity.
  
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• StarHub switches on gigabit LTE with Nokia

  06-04-2018 05:31 via zdnet.com
  StarHub has signed a multi-year deal with Nokia to deploy software and radio upgrades across its LTE network ahead of 5G, with 4G peak speeds now reaching 1Gbps.
  
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• ​Samsung to post record 15.6 trillion won profit for Q1 2018

  06-04-2018 04:01 via zdnet.com
  Samsung Electronics expects a first quarter profit of 15.6 trillion won, higher than market estimates and its highest ever for a quarter.
  
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• ​Wearable payments: A gimmick that might take off

  06-04-2018 03:40 via zdnet.com
  After using an NFC-enabled ring to make payments for a month, it's easy to see how wearable payments could become the norm in Australia.
  
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• Verizon begins LTE trials on 3.5GHz band with Nokia, Ericsson

  06-04-2018 03:30 via zdnet.com
  Verizon is working with Nokia, Ericsson, Google, and Qualcomm on system testing across the 3.5GHz CBRS spectrum band in the hopes of increasing capacity and speeds on its LTE network.
  
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• Digitally transforming into an intelligent work campus

  06-04-2018 03:30 via zdnet.com
  Enterprises are shifting their attention to AI, using machine learning and algorithms -- sitting in the cloud -- to solve the problems encountered during digital transformation.
  
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• ​VPNs can still be used in China despite March 31 ban

  06-04-2018 01:50 via zdnet.com
  China's official VPN ban came into effect at the start of the month, but individual VPNs still continue to work, NordVPN claims.
  
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• ​Symantec may violate Linux GPL in Norton Core Router

  06-04-2018 01:30 via zdnet.com
  A top Linux security programmer, Matthew Garrett, has discovered Linux in Symantec's Norton Core Router. It appears Symantec has violated the GPL by not releasing its router's source code.
  
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• Google Cloud introduces VPC Flow Logs for more network visibility

  06-04-2018 00:26 via zdnet.com
  The logging and monitoring tool should help users track application performance from the perspective of the network.
  
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