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• The app changing the dating scene for India's disabled people

  17-07-2018 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC's Ayeshea Perera meets the makers of an app seeking to improve opportunities to socialise.
  
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• Silver Snipers: The geriatric gamers on a mission

  17-07-2018 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  A group of five elderly Swedish gamers has stormed an online battlefield.
  
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• Silver Snipers: The gaming team with an average age of 67

  17-07-2018 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  A group of five elderly Swedish gamers has stormed an online battlefield.
  
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• How new technologies make the cloud cost effective for business (Cloud TV)

  17-07-2018 23:00 via zdnet.com
  New Relic chief product officer Jim Gochee explains why the cloud can save money and increase efficiency.
  
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• Slack buys Missions, aims to simplify custom integration tools

  17-07-2018 21:30 via zdnet.com
  Slack said the deal is part of its continued efforts to make the collaboration hub more flexible beyond engineering and IT.
  
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• Amazon Prime Day deal alert: Essential Phone with 360 Camera for just $343

  17-07-2018 20:22 via zdnet.com
  While people will buy an assortment of items on Amazon Prime Day that may or may not be useful, there are also lots of great buys.
  
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• Tech giants, civil liberties coalition urges Congress to pass email privacy law

  17-07-2018 20:14 via zdnet.com
  Right now, the government can read your six-month-old emails without a warrant.
  
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• This is our best look at the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 yet

  17-07-2018 19:57 via zdnet.com
  It was only a matter of time before we got a really good look at the upcoming phone.
  
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• The cloud can be a tough transition for legacy enterprise companies (Cloud TV)

  17-07-2018 19:00 via zdnet.com
  John Trembley, CMO of Atmosera, shares digital transformation tips and best practices for enterprise companies.
  
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• Latest OnePlus 6 update improves camera, adds group text messaging

  17-07-2018 18:38 via zdnet.com
  The OnePlus 6 camera was already impressive, but the company claims it can push it even further starting with OxygenOS 5.1.9.
  
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• AWS intros Snowball Edge devices with EC2 instances

  17-07-2018 18:30 via zdnet.com
  Amazon's Snowball Edge devices let customers analyze data or run a custom app in a remote location.
  
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• AWS' Z1d compute instance aims to be 'fastest in public cloud'

  17-07-2018 18:07 via zdnet.com
  Amazon Web Services execs spent a lot of time on machine learning and artificial intelligence, but CTO Werner Vogels made it clear compute still matters.
  
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• Workday buys analytics startup Stories

  17-07-2018 18:00 via zdnet.com
  The deal is meant to support Prism Analytics, Workday's data-as-a-service effort.
  
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• Google is building its second private subsea cable

  17-07-2018 18:00 via zdnet.com
  The Dunant cable will be the first private transAtlantic cable built by a non-telecom company.
  
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• Facebook's AI arm explains its investment in robotics

  17-07-2018 18:00 via zdnet.com
  Defending its latest round of hiring from academia, Facebook said it's hiring in the field robotics in part because that's where the talent is.
  
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• Cryptocurrency: The bubble is over, here comes the boom

  17-07-2018 17:49 via zdnet.com
  Like the early stages of the dot com boom, the initial speculative crypto bubble is over. Expect waves of rapid evolution next, as maturity kicks in and serious players emerge and scale.
  
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• World Emoji Day 2018: Apple debuts peacock, lobster and ginger emojis

  17-07-2018 17:02
  
  In celebration of World Emoji Day 2018, Apple has unveiled its new line of emojis
  
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• Cloud backup: What does 11 9s durability really mean?

  17-07-2018 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Cloud vendors need trust. So they claim 99.999999999 percent availability. Huh? Why not 15 or 17 9s? Because after nine 9s, it really doesn't matter. Here's why.
  
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• Lego deals: Prime Day cuts cost of Millennium Falcon

  17-07-2018 16:41
  
  A wave of Amazon Prime Day Lego deals has reduced the price of two cool Star Wars kits
  
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• AWS adds streaming algorithms to SageMaker machine learning platform

  17-07-2018 16:35 via zdnet.com
  SageMaker will get streaming algorithms and better batch processing and pluck data directly from S3 storage.
  
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• AWS adds BYO streaming algorithms to SageMaker machine learning platform

  17-07-2018 16:35 via zdnet.com
  SageMaker will get streaming algorithms and better batch processing and pluck data directly from Amazon's S3 storage.
  
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• Amazon workplace accidents allegedly leave workers injured, impoverished and even homeless

  17-07-2018 15:42
  
  Hot on the heels of the #AmazonStrike, employees are sharing their stories of workplace plight
  
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• Amazon workers are currently on a transcontinental strike

  17-07-2018 15:42
  
  It’s Amazon Prime Day, but that isn’t stopping Bezos’ bevy of workers from asserting their right to fair working conditions
  
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• Amazon strike sees police clashes and arrests in Spain

  17-07-2018 15:42
  
  Bezos’ bevy of workers are asserting their right to fair working conditions
  
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• Why the future of business tech is in the public cloud (Cloud TV)

  17-07-2018 15:40 via zdnet.com
  From the ease of procurement to speed and scalability the public cloud offers a plethora of advantages over private clouds, says Agio CEO and founder Bart McDonough.
  
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• Baidu ends Brazil operations

  17-07-2018 15:31 via zdnet.com
  The Chinese web giant folds local business following an overall strategy shift.
  
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• The 4th Industrial Revolution, book review: A curate's egg

  17-07-2018 15:21 via zdnet.com
  Half of this book is good and useful. What happened in producing the other half is a genuine mystery.
  
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• Facebook moderators 'keep child abuse online'

  17-07-2018 14:31 via bbc.co.uk
  An undercover film suggests moderators are routinely keeping up content that violates Facebook's policies.
  
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• Walmart bets on Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 in strategic cloud partnership

  17-07-2018 14:30 via zdnet.com
  Well you didn't think Walmart was going to partner with Amazon Web Services did you?
  
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• Dialpad raises $50 million Series D to expand AI transcription services

  17-07-2018 14:30 via zdnet.com
  Dialpad is the company behind the conference calling system UberConference.
  
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• Best smartphone Prime Day deals 2018 : Save money on Huawei, Sony, Motorola and more

  17-07-2018 14:17
  
  Amazon Prime Day 2018 is here – we’ve rounded up the best smartphone bargains out there
  
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• Fitbit Ace: My kids go hands-on with the company's first wearable built for them

  17-07-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Fitbit's looking to expand its product reach to more demographics. That now includes kids, so I had mine put the Ace to the test.
  
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• Cryptojacking: Has cryptocurrency-mining malware already reached its peak?

  17-07-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Newly released figures suggest coinmining attacks have started to decline, as some hackers grow impatient with low returns on their investment, which could lead to a rise in more dangerous attacks.
  
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• Election interference to be sniffed out by early-alert system

  17-07-2018 13:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The tool will track "dark" sources to help government and other groups tackle subversion attempts.
  
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• Coinbase gains US regulatory approval to list coins deemed to be securities

  17-07-2018 13:08 via zdnet.com
  A set of acquisitions have been approved which could transform Coinbase into a federally-regulated platform for cryptocurrency trading.
  
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• ​Stronghold uses IBM blockchain for digital US dollar

  17-07-2018 13:01 via zdnet.com
  IBM will explore uses of the Stronghold USD 'digital' coin on the IBM Blockchain Platform.
  
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• Looking to the next Prime Day and return on attention

  17-07-2018 12:59 via zdnet.com
  What moves can Amazon make to improve how it converts consumer attention into revenue? And what role will Alexa play going forward? Brent Leary speculates on Prime Day's Attention "Echosystem."
  
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• Amazon's Jeff Bezos beats Bill Gates in new rich list

  17-07-2018 12:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The Amazon founder is now richer than Bill Gates has ever been.
  
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• IBM seeks $167 million from Groupon in patent dispute

  17-07-2018 12:34 via zdnet.com
  Groupon has been accused of using patented technology without permission -- despite Google, Amazon, and others paying for the privilege.
  
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• Apple unveils its latest emojis on World Emoji Day

  17-07-2018 12:27 via bbc.co.uk
  If you're bald, ginger, grey-haired - or love lobster - these are the ones you've been waiting for.
  
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• Want to discover the next big thing in tech? Then stop saying 'no' to everything

  17-07-2018 12:00 via zdnet.com
  CIO Strategies: How to turn creative thinking into a competitive advantage.
  
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• Get nearly £100 off a Garmin Vivoactive 3 this Amazon Prime Day

  17-07-2018 11:54
  
  The five-star smartwatch just got one hell of a discount thanks to Amazon’s ecommerce event of the year
  
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• Former Apple engineer pleads not guilty in trade secrets theft case

  17-07-2018 11:50 via zdnet.com
  The ex-employee has been accused of stealing crucial blueprints relating to Apple's self-driving car project.
  
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• A city on your phone: Helsinki now has a massive virtual doppelgänger

  17-07-2018 11:22 via zdnet.com
  The unique challenge of the AR cloud is creating virtual worlds that can be streamed to mobile
  
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• Why digital engineering is the new growth area for manufacturers

  17-07-2018 11:15 via zdnet.com
  Manufacturers believe that nearly half of their products will be smart and connected by 2020 and they intend spending a lot of money to make it so.
  
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• Tabletop battle robot does tai chi, karate

  17-07-2018 11:13 via zdnet.com
  Is it a video game come to life, an educational toy, or a developer's platform? Yup, says the company behind it.
  
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• Tens of thousands opt out of My Health Record, but can Immigration and local councils view the rest?

  17-07-2018 09:00 via zdnet.com
  The ADHA says it'll refuse access to medical records without a court order or warrant. But the law allows that policy to change at any time.
  
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• Tuesday briefing: Virgin Orbit to conduct space launches from Cornwall by 2021

  17-07-2018 08:41
  
  Virgin Orbit plans to launch satellites from Newquay airport, Amazon's Prime Day has been hit by outages, strikes and boycotts, PWC says that AI will both create and displace UK jobs
  
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• ​South Korean telcos agree to launch 5G at the same time

  17-07-2018 08:38 via zdnet.com
  South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT and local telcos SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus has agreed to launch 5G services at the same time to avoid unnecessary competition.
  
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• ​WTH Amazon!? Prime Day goes to the dogs

  17-07-2018 08:15 via zdnet.com
  In the first hours of Prime Day 2018,Amazon's website was going to the dogs. But it wasn't just Amazon's main sale site. The Amazon Web Services cloud was also having fits.
  
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