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• Introducing the Robotics Quotient: A new means of measuring organizational readiness for automation and AI

  13-06-2018 23:13 via zdnet.com
  Forrester's RQ assesses readiness for working side-by-side with robots and AI.
  
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• Over the edge: 5G and the internet of very different things

  13-06-2018 22:39 via zdnet.com
  Where the relocation of application intelligence from a client-side device to a centralized cloud sounds so much like a good idea that telecommunications engineers begin to ponder: Is this something we could have been doing with every mobile or embedded device all along?
  
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• A protester is spreading anti-Article 13 messages over exposed internet TVs

  13-06-2018 21:17 via zdnet.com
  Thousands of television set-top boxes aren't protected with a password.
  
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• Get an eMeet M2 Bluetooth conference speaker for $178

  13-06-2018 20:42 via zdnet.com
  Take call quality to the next level with this powerful, portable speakerphone.
  
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• Why Dennis Rodman is the perfect spokesperson for cryptocurrency

  13-06-2018 20:37 via zdnet.com
  Bitcoin and the rest have always had something of an ethereal quality. But the former basketball star turned diplomat is surely the man to bring it to the people.
  
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• Cisco Live 2018: 5G focus on making new revenue for carriers

  13-06-2018 20:12 via zdnet.com
  Cisco is working with top-tier carriers across the globe on 5G technologies such as network slicing and fronthaul routing, as well as looking for ways to find revenue streams via new enterprise services.
  
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• OnePlus 6 review: Top-quality design, features and performance at a great price

  13-06-2018 19:41 via zdnet.com
  It's not flawless, but considering what you get for the price, the OnePlus 6 is a bargain.
  
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• Docker now helps you manage containers across clouds

  13-06-2018 19:06 via zdnet.com
  Docker is announcing multiple updates that cater to the growing need in the enterprise to use containers at scale
  
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• UK rebuffed over Galileo sat-nav procurement

  13-06-2018 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Delegations to the European Space Agency vote to procure another batch of spacecraft, despite British calls to delay.
  
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• Oracle rolls out free tool to track health of the internet

  13-06-2018 18:25 via zdnet.com
  Following its acquisition of Dyn, Oracle is giving internet users a taste of its data-as-a-service capabilities.
  
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• ​How Red Hat Linux is helping reclaim the fastest supercomputer title for the US

  13-06-2018 18:19 via zdnet.com
  It's not just the chips in the Department of Energy's record-breaking Summit supercomputer, which is setting new speed records; it's also Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
  
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• Tech time travel: Futurists reveal how they see what’s next

  13-06-2018 17:20
  
  It’s easy to mock futurists for playing guessing games, but both logic and data lie behind their deductions
  
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• Cisco Live 2018: 'GDP is directly linked to GDPR'

  13-06-2018 16:35 via zdnet.com
  The protection of data will become linked with economic growth, according to Cisco's chief privacy officer.
  
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• Researchers develop artificial intelligence system to watch you through walls

  13-06-2018 16:33 via zdnet.com
  The AI teaches wireless devices to sense movement and posture, even through solid objects.
  
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• 11 hidden secrets of the Amazon Echo

  13-06-2018 16:31
  
  Amazon’s voice assistant can do a lot more than just play music and tell you the weather. Check out secrets of the Amazon Echo
  
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• Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music review: Music comes to the mid-range

  13-06-2018 15:44 via zdnet.com
  The Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music updates the model released six months ago with more glass on the display and support for offline music. It's the second Garmin GPS sports watch to launch with music support and is priced $150 less than the Forerunner 645 Music.
  
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• Paladin's anti-hacking browser extension looks like snake oil, experts say

  13-06-2018 15:43 via zdnet.com
  A security researcher found several issues with the code.
  
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• Samsung NEXT launches Q Fund to support early stage AI startups

  13-06-2018 15:41 via zdnet.com
  The Q Fund will seek to work exclusively with startups developing software and services that tackle AI's biggest challenges.
  
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• Windows security: Here's why we don't fix some bugs right away, Microsoft reveals

  13-06-2018 15:25 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft explains how it decides whether a vulnerability will be patched swiftly or left for a version update.
  
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• Google ploughs money into Brazil

  13-06-2018 15:21 via zdnet.com
  The company has seen the highest levels of investment of its history in the country, eyes further growth.
  
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• Tableau buys AI startup Empirical Systems

  13-06-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Empirical Systems' automated statistical analysis technology will be used to help Tableau customers automate data modeling and analysis.
  
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• Ring's home security system is now available to order

  13-06-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Ring's home security system is finally ready to ship.
  
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• Microsoft to give Office 365, Office.com apps a makeover

  13-06-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  On the heels of recent redesigns by Google and Apple, Microsoft is giving its Office apps a facelift over the coming months.
  
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• iOS 12 beta: Is it faster than iOS 11?

  13-06-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Apple made a big deal of how iOS 12 would be faster than iOS 11, especially on older devices. But does the beta show signs of delivering this much-needed performance boost?
  
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• Dixons Carphone admits huge data breach

  13-06-2018 14:42 via bbc.co.uk
  The retailer says it has begun investigating unauthorised access of data held by the company.
  
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• Interstellar dust found whizzing around Earth that is older than the solar system

  13-06-2018 14:40
  
  These dust particles could hold the key to understanding how planets were formed
  
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• Interstellar dust found whizzing around Earth is older than the solar system

  13-06-2018 14:40
  
  These dust particles could hold the key to understanding how planets were formed
  
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• Single sign-on: How Okta is building an online identity platform

  13-06-2018 14:36 via zdnet.com
  Okta plans to turn single sign-on into an identity platform.
  
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• Iceland expands food delivery by drone in Reykjavik

  13-06-2018 14:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Israeli company Flytrex is to expand its drone delivery partnership with Icelandic retailer Aha
  
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• Salesforce expands integrations between its clouds, Google Analytics 360

  13-06-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  The overall aim for Salesforce is to create custom customer experiences between its various clouds and functions.
  
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• Oracle expands autonomous PaaS offerings

  13-06-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Oracle announced availability of a number of platform services with built in automation earlier this year, and is now expanding the services to more clouds.
  
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• Lazarus Group used ActiveX zero-day vulnerability to attack South Korean security think tank

  13-06-2018 13:57 via zdnet.com
  The South Korean agency focuses on national security issues and is believed to have been attacked by North Korean hackers.
  
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• Intel: Expect our first discrete GPUs by 2020

  13-06-2018 13:46 via zdnet.com
  Intel is aiming to compete with Nvidia and AMD in the AI-driven, discrete graphics card market by 2020.
  
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• Smart lock can be hacked 'in seconds'

  13-06-2018 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  A smart lock that has won an award can be broken into by anyone with a smartphone, say researchers.
  
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• Dumber by the decade: Humans are getting increasingly less intelligent, but why?

  13-06-2018 13:24
  
  After decades of advances, IQ scores have gone into decline - which doesn’t bode well for our chances of figuring out why
  
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• E3: Fortnite fans flock to first live stadium tournament

  13-06-2018 13:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Fans of the runaway success Fortnite enjoy the game's first ever live event in Los Angeles.
  
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• Qualcomm rejects rumors of data center chip business abandonment

  13-06-2018 12:59 via zdnet.com
  Staff numbers will be cut, but the business unit will keep pushing into the US and China.
  
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• Windows 10 black screen problems fixed, as Microsoft patches 50 security flaws

  13-06-2018 12:44 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft rolls out June patches and a host of bug fixes for its latest version of Windows 10.
  
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• Fortnite's World Cup to be 'open to all'

  13-06-2018 12:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The game that has been grabbing everyone's attention now has its own World Cup event.
  
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• Robotic fingers flex their human muscles

  13-06-2018 12:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Researchers in Tokyo are developing human muscles that can be attached to, and used by, machines.
  
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• Yahoo fined £250,000 by UK watchdog over data breach

  13-06-2018 12:11 via zdnet.com
  The ICO says Yahoo had "ample opportunity" to secure data belonging to UK customers, but failed to do so.
  
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• Dixons Carphone hit by huge data breach: Attackers access 5.9 million card details

  13-06-2018 12:02 via zdnet.com
  Attackers also gained access to 1.2 million records containing personal details in one of the UK's biggest data breaches.
  
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• Dixons Carphone falls victim to huge data breach: attackers accessed 5.9 million customer card details

  13-06-2018 12:02 via zdnet.com
  Attackers also gained access to 1.2 million records containing personal details in one of the UK's biggest data breaches.
  
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• What's hampering hardware development?

  13-06-2018 11:34 via zdnet.com
  Manufacturing still runs on email (and other reasons the current hardware development ecosystem needs a serious reboot)
  
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• SKT recognized at ICT awards in UK - Korea Times

  13-06-2018 11:08
  Korea Times
  SKT recognized at ICT awards in UK
  Korea Times
  By Baek Byung-yeul. SK Telecom won two awards at the world renowned Information & Communication Technology (ICT) awards, Wednesday (KST). At the TechXLR8 Awards, held at Gibson Hall in London, SKT was named the winner of the "Best Network ...
  
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• Internet killed the TV star: Report claims more people will use the web than watch TV by 2019

  13-06-2018 10:58
  
  ...but the medium is proving surprisingly stubborn
  
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• Yahoo handed £250,000 fine over 2014 data breach

  13-06-2018 10:02
  
  ICO punishes Yahoo's UK arm for failing to protect 515,000 Brits
  
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• This AI can ‘see’ through walls to track people's movements

  13-06-2018 09:40
  
  The tracking system could be used to help Parkinson’s patients but its privacy implications are hard to ignore
  
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• Dixons Carphone data breach: Company admits attempted hack exposed details of 5.9 million bank cards

  13-06-2018 09:38
  
  The firm said there had been "an attempt to compromise" 5.9 million credit and debit cards last year, with 105,000 cards being leaked
  
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• 'I won't stop suing Google': Australian man vows after High Court win

  13-06-2018 08:59 via zdnet.com
  Milorad "Michael" Trkulja can now head back to the Victorian courts to sue Google for defamation after he alleged the search engine giant incorrectly linked his images to the state's criminal underworld.
  
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