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• AWS hires new country director for Brazil

  27-06-2018 23:21 via zdnet.com
  Former Schneider Electric head takes the helm.
  
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• Venezuela ramps up censorship with Tor ban

  27-06-2018 23:15 via zdnet.com
  The anonymous browsing network gets blocked in the government's latest threat to human rights.
  
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• Does the digital workplace affect our general well-being? A new study says yes

  27-06-2018 23:13 via zdnet.com
  Employees who work in digital workplaces are more productive, positive, and fulfilled in their job, with a better work-life balance, according to a new study.
  
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• Apple and Samsung end patent fight after seven long years

  27-06-2018 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The two firms have reached a final settlement in a patent dispute that has been in court since 2011.
  
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• ​Kubernetes keeps improving

  27-06-2018 22:58 via zdnet.com
  The latest and greatest, Kubernetes 1.11, will be out shortly.
  
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• Microsoft adds new security, privacy, Edge features to latest Windows 10 test build

  27-06-2018 22:34 via zdnet.com
  The latest Windows 10 'Redstone 5' test build, Build 17704, includes a number of new enterprise-focused features, but also removes Microsoft's 'Sets' windows-management technology.
  
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• Microrobots delivered cancer cells to live animals

  27-06-2018 21:25 via zdnet.com
  An emerging industry of microrobotics involves using tiny robots to deliver payloads to precise locations inside the body for non-invasive, personalized medicine.
  
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• ​Google doubles down on Linux and open source

  27-06-2018 20:31 via zdnet.com
  Google is joining The Linux Foundation as a Platinum member.Google executive Sarah Novotny will become a Linux Foundation board member.
  
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• Babylon claims its chatbot beats GPs at medical exam

  27-06-2018 20:15 via bbc.co.uk
  The Royal College of General Practitioners disputes the abilities of Babylon's software.
  
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• CorelDRAW 2018, First Take: Saving time for graphics professionals

  27-06-2018 19:49 via zdnet.com
  New tools to speed up complex tasks that used to take a lot of fiddly work make the latest CorelDRAW a boon for productivity.
  
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• AI assistants with a touch of humanity poised to win over customers

  27-06-2018 19:29 via zdnet.com
  With the recent focus on AI technology and bots, do we prefer interacting with the most human-like assistants?
  
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• Ticketmaster admits personal data stolen in hack attack

  27-06-2018 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Up to 40,000 UK customers may have had data stolen, the BBC understands.
  
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• Microsoft releases preview of its 'Gen2' Azure Data Lake Storage service

  27-06-2018 18:37 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is readying a second version of its Azure Data Lake Storage service, bringing new capabilities to Azure Data Factory and adding two new Azure regions in China.
  
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• Is technology ruining your relationship? Nicole Kidman has a remedy

  27-06-2018 18:31 via zdnet.com
  Technology hasn't always seemed to help loving communication. The famous actor and her husband have a fascinating suggestion.
  
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• BDE: What is big dick energy and who really has it?

  27-06-2018 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  A burning question's been swinging around the internet. Here's the long and short of it.
  
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• Microsoft's Azure IoT Edge, now generally available, is key to Redmond's IoT strategy

  27-06-2018 18:01 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's service for bringing computing and artificial intelligence processing to IoT devices, Azure IoT Edge, is rolling out globally.
  
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• Google's Duplex starts testing: Why going slow, business-first makes sense

  27-06-2018 18:01 via zdnet.com
  Google is ironing out disclosure and things that make folks freak out. Now it's time for the business implications.
  
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• Samsung will reveal Galaxy Note 9 at August 9 event

  27-06-2018 17:48 via zdnet.com
  The invites are out for Samsung's next flagship launch to be held in Brooklyn.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy Note 9: Release date, features, and everything we know so far

  27-06-2018 17:37 via zdnet.com
  Stay up to date regarding Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Note 9.
  
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• Samsung sets Galaxy Note 9 unveiling for Aug. 9

  27-06-2018 17:32 via zdnet.com
  The invites are out for Samsung's next flagship launch to be held in Brooklyn.
  
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• Betting giant BetVictor leaked a list of its own internal systems passwords

  27-06-2018 17:17 via zdnet.com
  Many of the password-protected systems were accessible from the web.
  
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• MongoDB 4.0 aims for cloud-friendliness

  27-06-2018 17:00 via zdnet.com
  While it has become fashionable for operational databases to become multi-model, MongoDB has stuck to its knitting with the document model. But in the 4.0 release, it addresses some checkboxes on widely different sides of the database spectrum.
  
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• Apple CarPlay, Android Auto winning UI, distracted driving battle over automaker systems, says AAA

  27-06-2018 16:38 via zdnet.com
  Automakers' native infotainment systems are clunkier, slower and more prone to distract a drive relative to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, according to AAA study.
  
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• Slack hit with widespread service outage

  27-06-2018 16:18 via zdnet.com
  The first notice went out around 5 a.m. EDT, alerting users that Slack was down in Europe.
  
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• Kasmer Fitness tracker: Lots of promise, but fails to deliver

  27-06-2018 15:58 via zdnet.com
  The Kasmer tracker has a full-colour screen and looks nice on my wrist. But this nice-looking fitness tracker does not have the functionality I want.
  
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• Raspberry Pi-style Renegade Elite runs Android Oreo on six-core, 4K board

  27-06-2018 15:55 via zdnet.com
  If you're specifically not looking for a Raspberry Pi, the Renegade Elite could be the board of choice.
  
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• BlackBerry KEY2 vs KEYone: Can you justify the $100 upgrade?

  27-06-2018 15:42 via zdnet.com
  BlackBerry's new KEY2 will be available next week and it launches at a price $100 more than last year's KEYone. Are there enough improvements to justify this price increase?
  
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• Can AI really be emotionally intelligent?

  27-06-2018 15:40
  
  Is emotional AI really the next frontier for artificial intelligence?
  
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• Swann home security camera sends video to wrong user

  27-06-2018 15:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Swann Security acknowledges it sent clips from inside a family's home to the wrong person's app.
  
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• Seven reasons the BlackBerry KEY2 is good for business

  27-06-2018 15:21 via zdnet.com
  After a couple of weeks with the BlackBerry KEY2, it is clearly a phone designed for the enterprise user who wants an efficient communications device with a battery that easily gets through at least one full busy day.
  
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• SSD prices: how low will they go?

  27-06-2018 14:53 via zdnet.com
  If you've been holding off on buying a new SSD or high-capacity thumb drive due to price, there's good news: prices are dropping fast. The capacity squeeze that sent NAND flash and DRAM prices soaring last year is ending -- but a new bottleneck is looming.
  
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• Unisys survey finds large digital workplace divide - frustrated workers ready to quit

  27-06-2018 14:52 via zdnet.com
  Companies not investing in new technologies have a lot of unhappy workers
  
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• New NTSB Tesla fatal crash report: Model S battery reignited twice after Florida crash

  27-06-2018 14:51 via zdnet.com
  Another Tesla battery reignites after being extinguished at a crash scene.
  
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• Thanatos ransomware: Free decryption tool released for destructive file-locking malware

  27-06-2018 13:57 via zdnet.com
  This ransomware started as moneymaking operation and evolved into a campaign of pure destruction - but now victims can retrieve their files, for free.
  
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• ​Facebook abandons plan to build giant-wing solar broadband drones

  27-06-2018 13:49 via zdnet.com
  End of the runway for ambitious solar plane with the wingspan of a 737.
  
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• One month with the LG G7: As competition stumbles, the G7 rises to the occasion

  27-06-2018 13:47 via zdnet.com
  LG's last few phones didn't really hit the market with shock and awe, but over time have proven to be some of the best. The LG G7 ThinQ entered a busy Android market and after a month it is starting to look like one of the best available.
  
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• BBC releases computer history archive

  27-06-2018 12:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Computing 1980s-style is to be shown off in BBC archive intended to inspire new generation of coders.
  
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• Google's big rebrand: Farewell AdWords, DoubleClick, hello Google Ads

  27-06-2018 12:36 via zdnet.com
  The search giant simplifies its branding to reflect the growth of mobile, app and video advertising.
  
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• New Windows 10 April 2018 Update patches: That Chrome-breaking bug just got fixed

  27-06-2018 12:18 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft rolls out its second June update for the Windows 10 April 2018 Update.
  
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• Wear 2500: Qualcomm has a new smartwatch chip, bafflingly aimed at wearables for children

  27-06-2018 11:54
  
  We’re sorting processors by age demographics now?
  
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• Zume Pizza adds new robot pizzaolo (and human president)

  27-06-2018 11:32 via zdnet.com
  The Silicon Valley pizza company is out to automate that most sacred of fast foods: the pizza pie.
  
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• Could thermal sensors have prevented Uber's fatal crash?

  27-06-2018 11:23 via zdnet.com
  Crashes have put thermal in the spotlight as developers of self-driving technology look to recapture consumer confidence
  
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• Could thermal sensors have prevent Uber's fatal crash?

  27-06-2018 11:23 via zdnet.com
  Crashes have put thermal in the spotlight as developers of self-driving technology look to recapture consumer confidence
  
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• Instagram introduces group video chat for some reason

  27-06-2018 10:32
  
  You can now have group video chats in three of Facebook’s products
  
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• AI India

  27-06-2018 09:50 via bbc.co.uk
  India's vast engineering workforce and burgeoning start-up scene are among the advantages it enjoys.
  
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• Huawei has never had a national security issue: Australia chair

  27-06-2018 09:14 via zdnet.com
  Huawei is again offering up its equipment and source code up for testing by intelligence agencies in an effort to avoid a ban on taking part in Australia's 5G rollouts.
  
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• UK enlists DeepMind's Demis Hassabis to advise its new Government Office for AI

  27-06-2018 08:45 via zdnet.com
  The DCMS has appointed DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, CognitionX's Tabitha Goldstaub and Professor Dame Wendy Hall as advisers to help develop the AI industry in the UK...
  
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• IP Australia trialling blockchain for food provenance

  27-06-2018 07:54 via zdnet.com
  After turning to Agile Digital and Vault Systems to develop a blockchain-based solution to prove food provenance, the government entity will be moving into export trials in Canberra.
  
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• Full Federal Court finds LG Australia made two false representations to consumers

  27-06-2018 07:02 via zdnet.com
  After the ACCC appealed a court decision to dismiss a warranty and repair-related case against LG, the Full Federal Court has found the electronics giant made two representations to consumers that were false.
  
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• ​Facebook holds ICO ban but allows 'approved' cryptocurrency ads

  27-06-2018 05:39 via zdnet.com
  The social network has tweaked its financial product scam ban, now allowing ads that promote cryptocurrency and related content from pre-approved advertisers only.
  
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