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• More than 1 in 10 consumers want voice commands for their toilet

  04-07-2018 19:33 via zdnet.com
  Our fascination with voice assistants continues to grow - but do we use them for complex tasks, or simply to play music?
  
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• This password-stealing malware just added a new way to infect your PC

  04-07-2018 16:51 via zdnet.com
  One of the new tactics by the malware involves an injection technique not seen in the wild until just days ago.
  
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• Avengers' Thanos sparks biggest ban in Reddit history

  04-07-2018 16:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Half of the members in a subreddit dedicated to the Marvel baddie will be wiped from the forum.
  
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• Baidu's self-drive buses enter 'mass production'

  04-07-2018 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Chinese technology giant Baidu says the vehicles will soon be used across China and in Tokyo.
  
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• Revolution in quake detection technology

  04-07-2018 16:06 via bbc.co.uk
  A new method using existing communications cables could make earthquakes easier to detect.
  
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• How to hide your Gmails from prying eyes

  04-07-2018 14:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Google has admitted app developers can sometimes read your Gmail messages if this setting is on...
  
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• Phone apps aren't secretly listening to your calls: But what they do is still 'alarming'

  04-07-2018 14:15 via zdnet.com
  Researchers find that apps aren't using a phone's mic but they are watching what you do on the screen.
  
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• Who's reading your Gmail? Not us, says Google, and we vet 3rd-party apps that do

  04-07-2018 13:39 via zdnet.com
  Google says it doesn't get paid for giving third-party apps access to Gmail and checks them thoroughly.
  
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• Sony posts whole movie on YouTube in trailer's place

  04-07-2018 13:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Khali the Killer was online for more than six hours before the film's upload was deleted.
  
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• How NASA chooses tech for the International Space Station, and why AI could help get us to Mars

  04-07-2018 13:30 via zdnet.com
  Tech support, but in space: A look at the tech which astronauts use on the ISS.
  
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• Microsoft's Apple iPad beater? $400 Surface tablet backed up by FCC filings

  04-07-2018 12:43 via zdnet.com
  New FCC filings line up with reports of Microsoft's plans for a cheaper and smaller Surface tablet.
  
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• Sony accidently uploaded an entire movie to YouTube (no, not one of the good ones)

  04-07-2018 12:34
  
  Whoops
  
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• RIP privacy: Thousands of apps are now recording your phone screen without permission

  04-07-2018 12:08
  
  Third parties are using apps to record your phone screen, without any prior notification, study finds
  
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• Netflix tests a new “ultra” tier across Europe, but there’s a catch

  04-07-2018 11:13
  
  Making the premium tier poorer value
  
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• This popular Google Chrome browser extension is tracking your every move

  04-07-2018 11:12
  
  A “Stylish” browser extension is riddled with spyware
  
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• Google and Firefox pull the Stylish browser extension that tracked your every move

  04-07-2018 11:12
  
  A “Stylish” browser extension is riddled with spyware
  
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• German police raid homes of Tor-linked group's board members

  04-07-2018 11:00 via zdnet.com
  One board member described the police's justification for the raids as a "tenuous" link between the privacy group, a blog, and its email address.
  
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• Consumers more interested in social hashtags over brand handles

  04-07-2018 10:17 via zdnet.com
  Understanding how customers talk about them on social is key to a better customer experience - and a positive experience with a brand will make them more loyal.
  
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• Fourth of July: Aspen, Colorado swaps fireworks for drones

  04-07-2018 09:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Aspen, Colorado says it has altered its annual Independence Day festivities because of a wildfire risk.
  
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• Alibaba e-commerce merchants turn to AI for content creation

  04-07-2018 09:36 via zdnet.com
  Chinese e-commerce operator says its artificial intelligence copywriting tool, which can produce 20,000 lines of copy a second, has been used by merchants on its sites a million times a day.
  
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• Force companies to list who has accessed customer data: Productivity Commission

  04-07-2018 09:26 via zdnet.com
  Australia's Productivity Commission is looking at a world of increased consumer data rights, and to inform users without deluging them with emails.
  
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• Seamus Heaney letter reunited with owner

  04-07-2018 07:15 via bbc.co.uk
  The letter surfaces just as an exhibition to honour Seamus Heaney opens in Dublin.
  
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• ​SK Telecom, Nvidia to team up for GPU cloud solutions in South Korea

  04-07-2018 06:13 via zdnet.com
  SK Telecom and Nvidia will team up to launch a GPU cloud solution aimed at the South Korean market.
  
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• Baidu creates Kunlun silicon for AI

  04-07-2018 06:02 via zdnet.com
  A pair of chips from the Chinese search giant are aimed at cloud and edge use cases.
  
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• What... you didn't waste mobile data usage on a cat?

  04-07-2018 06:01 via zdnet.com
  When a Formula 1 team investigated who was responsible for data spikes in its organisation, they found it was down to critical work-related imaging, not cat videos on Facebook.
  
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• ​SK Telecom launches AI speaker in convenience stores

  04-07-2018 05:58 via zdnet.com
  SK Telecom will install NUGU AI speakers at 100 CU convenience stores that will assist store clerks.
  
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• Baidu taps Intel VPUs to power AI retail camera

  04-07-2018 05:00 via zdnet.com
  The new Xeye camera, which uses Intel Movidius VPUs, is one of multiple products from the Chinese search engine giant that leverages Intel's AI technology.
  
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• Ericsson launches 5G innovation lab in India

  04-07-2018 03:11 via zdnet.com
  Ericsson has established India's first 5G innovation and 'excellence' lab at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, where it is working on technologies and applications with academia, industry, and telcos.
  
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• On Amazon Prime Day, save up to $300 on Huawei phones and wearables

  04-07-2018 01:54 via zdnet.com
  Amazon Prime Day 2018 starts on 16 July and Huawei will be offering savings on phones and wearables as you plan your summer shopping.
  
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• Social media apps are 'deliberately' addictive to users

  04-07-2018 01:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Insiders tell a Panorama investigation that social media firms knowingly hook users to their apps.
  
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• Prostitution websites ban debated by MPs

  04-07-2018 01:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Some claim the sites aid illegal sex-trafficking, but others say a ban would endanger prostitutes.
  
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