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• Media survey: Facebook and AI technologies have largest impact on media jobs

  30-04-2018 23:27 via zdnet.com
  Technologies can help reporters do their jobs -- and do away with them, too.
  
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• The promised Cortana-Alexa integration is getting closer

  30-04-2018 22:53 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft and Amazon promised to integrate Cortana and Alexa before the end of 2017. Since then, there's been almost no word on what's going on, beyond a few new hints.
  
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• Akamai posts strong first quarter results

  30-04-2018 22:38 via zdnet.com
  Akamai saw strong growth it its Web division, with revenue up 16 percent from a year ago.
  
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• Panasonic hit with $280m corruption fine

  30-04-2018 22:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The US says the firm hired consultants for "improper" purposes and concealed payments to sales agents in Asia.
  
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• NASA scientists befuddled after cancellation of lunar robotics program

  30-04-2018 21:55 via zdnet.com
  Mood of consternation and uncertainty as space agency's outgoing leader announces plans to scrap robot mining mission
  
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• Dell taking dedicated Isilon NAS instances to Google Cloud

  30-04-2018 21:41 via zdnet.com
  Isilon NAS instances are available on Google Cloud Platform via an early access program.
  
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• Over a million vulnerable fiber routers can be easily hacked

  30-04-2018 20:51 via zdnet.com
  Most of the GPON home gateways are found in Mexico, Kazakhstan, and Vietnam.
  
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• Microsoft renames its Ventures unit 'M12'

  30-04-2018 20:45 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft has a number of different units and programs targeting startups. One of those, Microsoft Ventures, is now known as 'M12.'
  
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• Microsoft's Windows 10 April 2018 Update rollout begins

  30-04-2018 19:50 via zdnet.com
  Windows 10 'Redstone 4' is here, and includes a number of IT Pro features, in addition to the handful of consumer ones Microsoft has been actively touting.
  
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• Mi Electric Scooter review: Complete that last mile commute with ease

  30-04-2018 19:48 via zdnet.com
  With expanding public transportation, there is still often a commute to and from that source of transportation that must be achieved. An electric scooter is a fast, convenient, and fun way to cover those miles.
  
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• Samsung more than doubles storage of Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus

  30-04-2018 18:38 via zdnet.com
  For those who'd rather not rely on a microSD card, the Galaxy S9 no longer comes with just 64GB of internal storage.
  
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• ​Why Softbank wants Amazon -- not Walmart -- to acquire Flipkart

  30-04-2018 18:21 via zdnet.com
  The future of e-commerce pricing in India may hinge on this deal.
  
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• Almost one million Brits still suffer with appalling broadband speeds, Ofcom report finds

  30-04-2018 18:00
  
  A new Ofcom report reveals a massive 925,000 people are still on downloads speeds of less than 10Mbps
  
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• Russia internet freedom: Mass rally in Moscow against Telegram ban

  30-04-2018 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Thousands of Russian web users protest against an official block on popular messaging app Telegram.
  
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• What is 5G? Everything you need to know about the new wireless revolution

  30-04-2018 17:21 via zdnet.com
  It is a capital improvement project the size of the entire planet, replacing one wireless architecture created this century with another one that aims to lower energy consumption and maintenance costs.Sure, you'll download movies faster on your phone, but that's not the real reason 5G's arrival is being accelerated.
  
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• Google Cloud expands GPU portfolio with Nvidia Tesla V100

  30-04-2018 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Nvidia Tesla V100 GPUs are now publicly available in beta on Google Compute Engine and Kubernetes Engine.
  
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• Accenture CTO: AI is the alpha trend

  30-04-2018 16:43 via zdnet.com
  Paul Daugherty, chief innovation and technology officer of Accenture, shares what really matters in artificial intelligence. Learn what you need to know about AI in business from this esteemed leader and author.
  
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• Logan Paul ends daily YouTube vlog series

  30-04-2018 15:28 via bbc.co.uk
  The popular video creator says he will no longer post daily updates after 536 uploads.
  
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• Huawei is reportedly working on an Android alternative

  30-04-2018 15:15
  
  The manufacturer has been working on its own mobile OS since a US investigation in 2012, according to the South China Morning Post
  
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• Apple working on cordless headset for VR and AR with 8K displays

  30-04-2018 15:14 via zdnet.com
  More details emerge about the headset Apple is reported to be making.
  
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• China shuts down Player Unknown cheat code gang

  30-04-2018 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The cheats helped players survive longer in the hugely popular survival shooter game.
  
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• No Internet: The unbearable anxiety of losing your connection

  30-04-2018 15:07 via zdnet.com
  David Gewirtz had things under control: No landline. No cable TV. No regrets...until the Internet failed. Is always-on connectivity making us all a little crazy?
  
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• Marketo taps Google AI for new and enhanced marketing tools

  30-04-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  AudienceAI is a new Marketo program that uses Google's infrastructure and AI tools to help marketers expand their targeted audiences.
  
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• Intel launches Saffron AI suite for manufacturing and aerospace

  30-04-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  The new Saffron AI platform aims to help enterprises improve product quality and optimize supply chains.
  
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• Microsoft: These Windows 10 April 2018 Update videos show you key new features

  30-04-2018 14:40 via zdnet.com
  The Windows 10 April 2018 Update starts rolling out today, bringing these new features to 700 million users.
  
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• Accenture boosts Oracle Cloud capabilities with acquisition of Certus Solutions

  30-04-2018 14:39 via zdnet.com
  Accenture says that the buyout will help clients become "intelligent enterprises."
  
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• NHS believes it can solve its cybersecurity woes by migrating the health service onto Windows 10

  30-04-2018 14:34
  
  The long-awaited upgrade from Windows XP, which Microsoft stopped supporting four years ago, comes a year after the WannaCry attack
  
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• Facebook 'downvote' button in new test

  30-04-2018 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Facebook says the tool, now being trialled in New Zealand, is not a "dislike" key.
  
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• What You Know About Startups Is Wrong, book review: Puncturing the myths

  30-04-2018 14:05 via zdnet.com
  VC and serial entrepreneur KP Reddy offers advice, anecdotes and common sense in this useful, if somewhat discursive, book.
  
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• STT's breakthrough NVRAM tech promises huge speed and endurance gains

  30-04-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Spin Transfer Technologies, a non-volatile magnetic RAM startup, announces a breakthrough technology that dramatically improves MRAM speed, endurance, and feature size. Called Precessional Spin Current (PSC), it's a simple add-on to existing MRAM processes. Here's what it is and does.
  
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• Finding a software updater to replace Secunia's PSI

  30-04-2018 13:48 via zdnet.com
  Now that Flexera has discontinued Secunia's Personal Software Inspector (PSI), users who want vulnerability management software to check and update third-party Windows programs are looking for alternatives. Here are two....
  
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• Legal row over who owns France.com domain

  30-04-2018 13:30 via bbc.co.uk
  A man who has run the France.com website since 1994 is suing after it was given to the French government.
  
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• Watch Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk age from kids to tech titans in seconds

  30-04-2018 13:29
  
  They grow up so fast
  
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• Microsoft: Jailed e-waste recycler is actually a counterfeiter who 'misled people'

  30-04-2018 13:14 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft counters suggestions it helped jail a hero of the e-waste recycling industry.
  
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• Industroyer: An in-depth look at the culprit behind Ukraine's power grid blackout

  30-04-2018 13:08 via zdnet.com
  Malware which speaks the language of industrial machines is a danger to all of our critical services.
  
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• Russia’s “floating Chernobyl” nuclear power plant has just set sail

  30-04-2018 13:07
  
  The twin nuclear reactor power plant that floats on sea has just set sail across the Baltics
  
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• EU rules could allow small businesses to sue tech giants like Google, Apple and Amazon

  30-04-2018 12:59
  
  New regulations put forward by the European Commission aim to create a "fair business environment for smaller businesses"
  
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• Man who hacked jail systems to free associate sent behind bars

  30-04-2018 12:33 via zdnet.com
  An attempt to change an inmate's release date has cost the 27-year-old hacker dearly.
  
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• France faces lawsuit for seizing France.com domain

  30-04-2018 12:15
  
  The former domain owner alleges that it was taken unlawfully and without compensation
  
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• Reolink Argus 2, First Take: Good-value wireless security camera with improved power and imaging options

  30-04-2018 12:02 via zdnet.com
  Reolink's second-generation Argus security camera adds colour night vision, a rechargeable battery, weatherproofing skins, and the promise of cloud storage.
  
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• Amber Rudd is gone — but what does Sajid Javid as home secretary mean for tech?

  30-04-2018 11:50
  
  Rudderless
  
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• Snakebot named ground rescue robot of the year

  30-04-2018 11:19 via zdnet.com
  Carnegie Mellon's bio-inspired disaster relief robot slithers to victory in an unusual international competition
  
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• This inflatable skyscraper could provide shelter in disaster zones

  30-04-2018 11:18
  
  Skyshelter.zip uses a helium balloon to support accommodation for up to 1,000 people
  
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• Amazon Fire TV Cube release date, price and rumours: What is Amazon's mysterious new streamer?

  30-04-2018 10:56
  
  Amazon has teased the Amazon Fire TV Cube TV streamer on its US storefront
  
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• Siri curses like a sailor when asked for an innocent-sounding definition

  30-04-2018 10:03
  
  Wash your speaker out with soapy water
  
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• Apple’s latest VR patent looks to solve your motion sickness

  30-04-2018 10:02
  
  Get travel sick? Apple’s VR patent could be the solution you’re looking for
  
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• Australia kicks off regional telco review

  30-04-2018 09:22 via zdnet.com
  The federal government has convened a new regional telecommunications review committee to look into the proposed Universal Service Guarantee, as well as the quality of and access to voice and broadband services.
  
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• SpaceX is rocketing towards being the third-largest private tech company in the US

  30-04-2018 09:09
  
  Elon Musk’s private space company is his most valuable business yet
  
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• Who leaked the idea of ASD spying on Australians, and why?

  30-04-2018 08:27 via zdnet.com
  Mike Pezzullo's apparent thought bubble on domestic digital surveillance has been burst, but it foreshadows tense times ahead for Australia's new domestic security arrangements.
  
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• Google Doodle honours Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss - "one of the greatest mathematicians of all time"

  30-04-2018 08:19
  
  "Prince of Mathematicians" Johann Carl Friedrich Gauß would have celebrated his 241st birthday today
  
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