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• Brazil sees uplift in IT investment

  24-08-2018 23:05 via zdnet.com
  Technology budgets increased by 4.5 percent last year, according to research.
  
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• Are you ready for some internet football? How to stream the 2018 NFL season

  24-08-2018 21:09 via zdnet.com
  Another NFL season starts, and your options for watching it online are greater than ever.
  
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• Here's what you want - and don't want - from the next iPhone

  24-08-2018 20:05 via zdnet.com
  There are plenty of analysts and pundits out there commenting on what the next iPhone should bring to the equation, but here's what you, the readers of this column, have told me you'd like to see Apple release in September.
  
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• Tech Tent: Are tech giants held to account?

  24-08-2018 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Silicon Valley's big businesses should be subject to more scrutiny, argues author Lucie Greene.
  
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• The Alexa-Cortana integration: Why wasn't this bigger news?

  24-08-2018 19:39 via zdnet.com
  The long awaited integration between Alexa and Cortana came last week. And while many don't view Cortana as a major player in the voice assistant space, the potential is definitely there, even it it didn't fully materialize with the news.
  
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• KSI vs Logan Paul: YouTube heavyweights ready for boxing showdown

  24-08-2018 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Rivals KSI and Logan Paul are taking their online beef into the boxing ring for a much-hyped bout.
  
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• Microsoft says it has delivered on its plan to bring Skype for Business features to Teams

  24-08-2018 18:00 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft officials say they've made good on their promised roadmap for bringing Skype for Business Online features to Microsoft Teams. But do users agree?
  
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• Open port exposes data of 50.5M GOMO app users

  24-08-2018 16:19 via zdnet.com
  Port 80 was left open by Guangzhou-based developer Sungy Mobile, exposing personal data of more than 50 million accounts of its GOMO apps--popular amongst children--including user names, passwords, and mobile numbers.
  
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• Netflix's plan for global entertainment domination: Podcast 383

  24-08-2018 15:51
  
  On the WIRED UK podcast this week: inside Netflix’s multi-billion dollar plan for world entertainment domination; the weird and wonderful internet lore of Slender Man and the English education system gets disrupted
  
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• Iranian hackers target 70 universities worldwide to steal research

  24-08-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Researchers say the campaign is focused on stealing credentials and access to library systems.
  
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• How to mute someone on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter without them knowing

  24-08-2018 14:57
  
  Kill notifications and silence annoying people without ditching or blocking them
  
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• Did you love Windows 95? It's now a free app for macOS, Windows, Linux

  24-08-2018 14:54 via zdnet.com
  A Slack developer has released Windows 95 as an app to run on Windows, Mac or Linux.
  
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• Why iPhones will have NVRAM-based AI in 2019

  24-08-2018 14:47 via zdnet.com
  Storage is a major bottleneck for artificial Intelligence, but Apple's control of all hardware and software will make their AI fast and affordable. Here's how.
  
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• Review: Surface Go running Windows 10 Home in S Mode

  24-08-2018 14:46 via zdnet.com
  Does Microsoft's Surface Go fill an overlooked productivity niche? Here's my 'non-reviewer's review' take after three weeks with the device.
  
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• LOL! Procter & Gamble wants to trademark LOL

  24-08-2018 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  The household products company P&G may want to overhaul its brand portfolio to clean up with millennials.
  
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• Windows 10 version 1809: Act fast to delay this big upgrade

  24-08-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Each time Microsoft rolls out a major upgrade to Windows 10, you have the option to wait a few months before you install it on PCs running Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise. But you have to act quickly.
  
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• Create unlimited tutorial and explainer videos for $39

  24-08-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Fleeq Premium normally runs $12 per month, so in short order you'll have more than covered this lifetime-access offer.
  
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• Samsung: This is our first Android Go phone, meet the Galaxy J2 Core

  24-08-2018 13:11 via zdnet.com
  Samsung's Android Go Galaxy J2 Core will be available from August.
  
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• Amazon warehouse staff defend retailer on Twitter

  24-08-2018 13:06 via bbc.co.uk
  A series of Twitter accounts written by Amazon warehouse staff has been exposed on Twitter.
  
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• Get a free Fortnite dance with two-factor authentication activation

  24-08-2018 12:57
  
  Epic offers players a free Fortnite dance in a bid to improve security
  
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• Intel ditches Linux patch benchmark 'gag', offers 'innocuous' new license

  24-08-2018 12:22 via zdnet.com
  Intel's license for its microcode security fixes no longer prevents developers from publishing benchmark results.
  
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• Spyware firm SpyFone leaves customer data, recordings exposed online

  24-08-2018 12:21 via zdnet.com
  Thousands of spyware users and those being monitored have had their information leaked to the public domain.
  
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• It's time to address artificial intelligence's ethical problems

  24-08-2018 12:19
  
  AI is already helping us diagnose cancer and understand climate change, but regulation and oversight are needed to stop the new technology being abused
  
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• Woman sues US border agents over seized iPhone

  24-08-2018 12:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Photos of the woman "in a state of undress" were stored on the phone.
  
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• AI and machine learning take centre stage at Microsoft's student developer competition

  24-08-2018 12:06 via zdnet.com
  Almost every team in this student development competition not only used AI and machine learning but - in nearly every case - used them well.
  
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• Jaguar is making an all-electric E-Type a reality

  24-08-2018 11:54
  
  Jaguar begins production of it’s all-electric revival of its classic E-Type
  
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• Drones aid war on drugs and other technology news

  24-08-2018 11:38 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Click's Paul Carter looks at some of the week's best technology stories.
  
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• The end of buttons and touchscreens? Gesture control poised to take off.

  24-08-2018 11:22 via zdnet.com
  The rise of Augmented Reality, along with advances in the gaming world, are bringing us toward a gesture-controlled future.
  
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• ​HP gets new 3D printing leader, aims to scale business

  24-08-2018 11:17 via zdnet.com
  HP's 3D business has secured multiple partnerships and expanded its ecosystem. Now the goal is to scale the business.
  
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• Hackers help themselves to data belonging to 2 million T-Mobile customers

  24-08-2018 11:17 via zdnet.com
  The "international" threat actors managed to capture a set of customer data before being shut down.
  
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• Russia trolls 'spreading vaccination misinformation' to create discord

  24-08-2018 10:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Troll accounts that tried to influence the US election also tweeted about vaccines, a study says.
  
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• 500,000 Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen customers involved in possible credit card data theft

  24-08-2018 10:21 via zdnet.com
  Customers of the restaurant chain need to keep an eye on their bank accounts as their information may be up for sale.
  
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• 9 out of 10 consumers will stop purchasing from brands that lack transparency

  24-08-2018 09:54 via zdnet.com
  There is a clear tie between transparent business communications on social media and consumer spending according to a new report
  
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• Friday briefing: US election hacking whistleblower Reality Winner sentenced to five years in prison

  24-08-2018 08:46
  
  The NSA contractor who sent evidence of election machine hacking to the press has been jailed, Australia has banned Huawei and ZTE from its 5G infrastructure, scientists are finally linking extreme weather to climate change
  
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• Online scams push Singapore crime rate up 5.6 percent in 1H2018

  24-08-2018 08:25 via zdnet.com
  Country's high internet and smartphone penetration likely fuelled the increase of online crime incidents, which included a 72.8 percent climb in e-commerce scams during the first half of 2018.
  
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• ​How Sephora focused on data to prepare for Black Friday

  24-08-2018 08:09 via zdnet.com
  Turning to Domo two weeks out, the alternative was 'crossing their fingers', Sephora Asia's Head of Business Intelligence has said.
  
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• These are the best Android phones in 2018 so far

  24-08-2018 08:00
  
  Which Android phone should you buy? WIRED Recommends the best Android mobiles, including a budget option and the one with the best camera
  
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• Scientists are finally linking extreme weather to climate change

  24-08-2018 08:00
  
  Until now scientists have been cagey about linking extreme weather events such as this summer's heatwave to climate change. An emerging field is changing all that
  
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• After Birmingham, here's how we can redesign our broken prisons

  24-08-2018 08:00
  
  The privatisation of Britain's prisons has brought about a return to a cruel, Victorian-era design philosophy. It's time for an architectural rethink
  
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• Telstra launches IoT asset tracking solution

  24-08-2018 07:28 via zdnet.com
  Telstra has moved into the 'location of things', launching consumer, small business, and enterprise solutions for connected asset tracking.
  
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• Huawei: Australian 5G ban 'politically motivated'

  24-08-2018 04:32 via zdnet.com
  Huawei has argued that the ban preventing it from taking part in Australia's 5G network rollouts is politically motivated and not based in fact or 'equitable decision making'.
  
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• Commonwealth Bank settles AU$110m blockchain bond

  24-08-2018 02:36 via zdnet.com
  Commonwealth Bank and the World Bank have claimed the world's first bond to be created, allocated, transferred, and managed via blockchain.
  
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• AWS rolls out new instance sizes, price reductions for Lightsail

  24-08-2018 01:27 via zdnet.com
  Lightsailis a private virtual server offering for small businesses and others who can't afford, or don't need, public cloud services
  
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• End of the line?

  24-08-2018 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Artificially intelligent software is quickly replacing humans in call centres around the world.
  
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• Report: US officials probing Microsoft's sales in Hungary

  24-08-2018 00:11 via zdnet.com
  The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission are reportedly probing whether sales practices in Hungary broke bribery and corruption rules.
  
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