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• Salesforce Q1 tops estimates

  29-05-2018 22:32 via zdnet.com
  Salesforce said revenue was up 25 percent to $3.01 billion.
  
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• HP reports strong Q2 as sales up 13 percent

  29-05-2018 22:30 via zdnet.com
  HP is posting double-digit sales gains as it hones its PC and printer execution and gains commercial momentum.
  
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• Apple releases iOS 11.4 for iPhone and iPad

  29-05-2018 20:06 via zdnet.com
  Time to fire up your iPhones and iPads and download the latest update to iOS 11.
  
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• GDPR 'risks making it harder to catch hackers'

  29-05-2018 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Tool used by journalists and the police has reduced the information it shares.
  
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• AT&T, Google form cloud services partnership

  29-05-2018 19:03 via zdnet.com
  The ISP is helping customers more securely connect to the Google Cloud Platform, while offering more access to Google productivity tools.
  
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• Dixons Carphone to close 92 stores as profits slide

  29-05-2018 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Shares in the retailer sink almost 21% as it announces closures and says profits will fall sharply this year.
  
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• Facebook Live lands Tommy Robinson in jail

  29-05-2018 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  A ban had prevented media from reporting on the 35-year-old's sentencing at Leeds Crown Court.
  
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• Get faster Wi-Fi: Boost Wi-Fi and data speeds on your phone, laptop and PC and stop neighbours stealing your bandwidth

  29-05-2018 17:44
  
  There are plenty of tricks you can employ to combat flaky Wi-Fi, wherever you are and whatever device you’re using
  
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• How to make sure your Alexa will never accidentally send recordings to friends

  29-05-2018 17:13 via zdnet.com
  Did you read about how an Alexa sent a recording of a husband and wife's private conversation to someone on their contact list? Here's how to make sure that doesn't ever happen to you.
  
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• Star Citizen video game launches $27,000 players' pack

  29-05-2018 16:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Star Citizen's "Legatus" package is only available to players who have already spent over $1000 (£750).
  
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• Twitter 'bans women against trans ideology', say feminists

  29-05-2018 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  A women's group says there is "a concerted attack on women's free speech" over transgender issues.
  
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• Behold the Nokia 2.1, Nokia 3.1 and Nokia 5.1: HMD rides the Nokia success with three new phones

  29-05-2018 16:10
  
  The phones follow the point-one naming scheme of their beefier brother, the Nokia 6.1
  
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• There's now a bulletproof Skoda Superb Estate - yours for £119,000

  29-05-2018 16:07
  
  The suspension and braking systems have been upgraded to account for the additional weight of the car
  
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• iOS 12: Will it be the fix that iPhone and iPad users are yearning for?

  29-05-2018 16:07 via zdnet.com
  Apple has turned iOS from a sleek, streamlined, easy-to-use operating system into a ghastly horror show. Will iOS 12 be the turning point?
  
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• Stratasys CEO Ilan Levin to resign

  29-05-2018 15:58 via zdnet.com
  Levin will resign June 1 after less than two years on the job.
  
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• GDPR attacks: First Google, Facebook, now activists go after Apple, Amazon, LinkedIn

  29-05-2018 15:44 via zdnet.com
  Just days after the new law comes into force, privacy activists add more tech giants to their list of GDPR targets.
  
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• Facebook and Google are 'forcing users to give them data', GDPR privacy case claims

  29-05-2018 15:44
  
  The case marks the first real test for regulators since the introduction of the GDPR
  
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• WIRED Next Generation 2018: The festival for 13- 19-year-olds

  29-05-2018 15:40
  
  WIRED Next Generation is a one-day educational and inspirational festival dedicated to young people aged 13-19 years.
  
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• WIRED Live 2018: WIRED comes to life in London

  29-05-2018 15:36
  
  WIRED Live is the one-day festival that brings to life the fantastic and compelling ideas, business, technology and design stories found within WIRED magazine
  
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• How to upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Pro for free

  29-05-2018 15:31 via zdnet.com
  You've got a new PC running Windows 10 Home. You want to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro. Here's how to get that upgrade for free. All you need is a Pro/Ultimate product key from an older version of Windows.
  
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• Voices carry, but is business ready for where Alexa will carry us?

  29-05-2018 15:27 via zdnet.com
  The rise of conversational interfaces in our homes has been meteoric. Now Alexa and company are moving rapidly into the business world, and being integrated -- with mixed results -- with AI and other systems to carry out business tasks. How's that going?
  
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• Windows 10 on Arm: Tests say Snapdragon 845 could bring big speed boost

  29-05-2018 15:10 via zdnet.com
  This year's Widows on Arm PCs could be a more compelling purchase thanks to the Snapdragon 845.
  
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• Ex-Google chief Eric Schmidt: Elon Musk's views on AI are 'exactly wrong'

  29-05-2018 14:45 via zdnet.com
  Former Google CEO Schmidt reiterates his opposition to Elon Musk's views on artificial intelligence.
  
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• Facebook to be banned in Papua New Guinea for a month

  29-05-2018 14:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Papua New Guinea aims to crack down on fake profiles and may make its own rival social network.
  
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• IBM releases Cloud Private for Data

  29-05-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  IBM's Cloud Private for Data is the latest spin on the age-old idea of turnkey stem, but architected and updated for the architecture of the private cloud. It addresses a need for organizations wishing the flexibility of the cloud whose policies otherwise rule out use of public clouds.
  
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• Technology that changed us: The 2000s, from iPhone to Twitter

  29-05-2018 13:59 via zdnet.com
  In this 50-year retrospective, we're not just looking at technology year by year, we're looking at technologies that had an impact on us, paved the way for the future, and changed us, in ways good and bad. (Previously: The 1990s)
  
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• KKR to acquire BMC Software 5 years after Bain Capital and others bought it for $6.9 billion

  29-05-2018 13:47 via zdnet.com
  Private equity firm KKR is broadening its technology reach as it acquires BMC Software from a Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital led investor group.
  
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• Fortnite sued for 'copying' rival game PUBG

  29-05-2018 13:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The makers of the hit video game are accused of copying rival PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.
  
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• You can now tip London street performers with contactless cards

  29-05-2018 12:56 via zdnet.com
  Buskers in the capital can be tipped electronically in what may be a world first.
  
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• FBI to all router users: Reboot now to neuter Russia's VPNFilter malware

  29-05-2018 12:43 via zdnet.com
  The FBI is recommending that all small business and home router owners reboot devices, even if they're not among the brands known to be affected.
  
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• Physicists invent a Back to the Future-style flux capacitor; have no plans to travel back in time

  29-05-2018 12:27
  
  Instead of enabling time travel, the flux capacitor could be a key part for quantum computers
  
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• Physicists invent a Back to the Future-style flux capacitor but it won’t be used for time travel

  29-05-2018 12:27
  
  Instead of enabling time travel, the flux capacitor could be a key part for quantum computers
  
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• Cryptocurrency trading app Taylor says all funds have been stolen in cyberattack

  29-05-2018 12:26 via zdnet.com
  The trading app startup's team woke up to find an alleged threat actor had rinsed the Taylor fund pool.
  
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• AI is now better at detecting skin cancer than expert dermatologists

  29-05-2018 11:57
  
  The convolutional neural network was able to accurately detect skin cancer 95% of the time
  
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• Nokia 6.1 and 7 Plus First Take: Solid mid-market smartphone contenders

  29-05-2018 11:25 via zdnet.com
  Nokia's updated 6.1 and 7 Plus handsets offer decent specs, competitive prices and the unmodified Android One operating system.
  
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• Airprox board says police drone and jet had 'near-miss'

  29-05-2018 11:20 via bbc.co.uk
  The drone operator "honestly believed" the 520mph plane would hit the remote-controlled device.
  
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• Yoku’s Island Express review: Platforming, pinball and a dung beetle make for a perfect team

  29-05-2018 11:13
  
  Villa Gorilla's platforming-pinball hybrid is a zippy delight
  
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• The robotics gold rush is in system-agnostic add-ons

  29-05-2018 11:08 via zdnet.com
  Much like the PC and smartphone revolutions, a good many spoils of the automation age will go to companies who are giving robots their specialization.
  
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• Robo-vision startup comes out of stealth mode with funding round

  29-05-2018 11:08 via zdnet.com
  Much like the PC and smartphone revolutions, a good many spoils of the automation age will go to companies that make system-agnostic add-ons
  
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• YouTube deletes 30 violent music videos in a bid to help tackle UK knife crime

  29-05-2018 10:54
  
  The videos were deleted on the request of the Metropolitan police
  
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• Smartphone sales bounce back in Q1; Xiaomi becomes a rising star

  29-05-2018 10:44 via zdnet.com
  The sale of mobile devices has strengthened after declining in Q4 2017 for the first time since 2004.
  
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• The EU wants shot of single-use plastic straws, cutlery, plates and coffee cups

  29-05-2018 10:05
  
  Ten disposables make up 70% of Europe’s plastic litter
  
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• Less than 2 percent of My Health Record trial users opted out

  29-05-2018 09:26 via zdnet.com
  Perhaps more worryingly, the use of privacy controls is sitting under the 0.1 percent mark.
  
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• Driverless cars 'will cost lives' at first

  29-05-2018 09:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Lives will be lost during the testing of autonomous cars, a road safety expert warns.
  
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• LG aims to make VR nausea a thing of the past with a little help from artificial intelligence

  29-05-2018 09:17
  
  It’s all about boosting the resolution
  
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• NBN remediating 3Mbps fixed-wireless cells

  29-05-2018 09:09 via zdnet.com
  NBN is remediating nine congested fixed-wireless cells that provide speeds of just 3Mbps to users during peak periods, adding that it has seen greater uptake than expected across fixed-wireless and satellite.
  
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• Toyota and Suzuki join forces to develop green car tech

  29-05-2018 08:53
  
  The two companies are working on a deal to combine car technology in developing markets
  
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• YouTube deletes half of 'violent' music videos

  29-05-2018 06:16 via bbc.co.uk
  YouTube says it has deleted more than half of the 'violent' music videos which the country's most senior police officer asked it to take down.
  
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• Optus cutting 400 jobs

  29-05-2018 03:57 via zdnet.com
  Optus will be making 400 employees redundant while other jobs are indirectly affected in a bid for the telco to 'build our digital organisation, remove duplication, and establish a more sustainable cost base'.
  
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• Electronic voting to enter Australian House of Representatives

  29-05-2018 03:52 via zdnet.com
  The lower house will get an electronic chamber voting system next year, its leader Christopher Pyne has revealed.
  
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