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• Galileo: Brexit funds released for sat-nav study

  28-08-2018 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  UK ministers set aside £92m to study the feasibility of a sovereign satellite-navigation system.
  
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• Didi blames 'ignorance and pride' for carpool murder

  28-08-2018 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing blames "breathless expansion" for lapses that led to passenger murder.
  
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• Trump warns Google, Facebook and Twitter in row over bias

  28-08-2018 22:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The US president says Google, Twitter and Facebook are "treading on very troubled territory".
  
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• HPE tops Q3 estimates, CFO Stonesifer to step down

  28-08-2018 22:32 via zdnet.com
  Tim Stonesifer led HPE through its split with HP and the spin-merge between its Enterprise Services (ES) business and Computer Sciences Corp.
  
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• Box posts record revenue in Q2

  28-08-2018 22:30 via zdnet.com
  The cloud content management company has yet to turn a profit but continues to grow sales by offering new capabilities and making strategic partnerships.
  
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• At IFA, Intel unveils new 8th-generation mobile CPUs

  28-08-2018 22:22 via zdnet.com
  Ahead of new PC announcements by its OEM partners at this week's big IFA show in Berlin, Intel announced a half-dozen new mobile CPUs. Gigabit Wi-Fi, wake-on-voice support, and all-day battery life are on the menu.
  
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• Cloudera's a data warehouse player now

  28-08-2018 22:05 via zdnet.com
  The Impala-based Cloudera Analytic Database is now Cloudera Data Warehouse.And on the PaaS cloud side, it's Altus Data Warehouse.No more euphemisms.Cloudera's in the DW race.
  
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• Instagram expands 2FA, account verifications in push to bolster security

  28-08-2018 22:00 via zdnet.com
  The photo sharing platform said it will soon support two-factor authentication apps from third parties.
  
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• Microsoft adds support for Google Gmail IDs to Azure Active Directory

  28-08-2018 21:21 via zdnet.com
  Surprise: Microsoft is enabling Gmail users to collaborate with others using Azure Active Directory B2B without requiring them to have a Microsoft account.
  
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• Facebook's Express Wi-fi program now includes certified hardware makers

  28-08-2018 21:01 via zdnet.com
  With its Express Wi-Fi program, Facebook partners with local ISPs, mobile network operators and entrepreneurs to bring internet access to under-served areas.
  
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• Printed 3D-gun blueprints back online

  28-08-2018 20:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The firm Defense Distributed defy a court ban on downloadable guns by selling them to select states.
  
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• Thinkware F200 dash cam hands-on: The proactive in-car assistant

  28-08-2018 20:38 via zdnet.com
  I road-tested the Thinkware F200 dash cam with its GPS add-on -- and loved its alert announcements and parking recording feature
  
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• Samsung and the Galaxy Note 9's quest for 'meaningful innovation'

  28-08-2018 20:16 via zdnet.com
  Having largely retreated from the frivolous features that marked earlier flagships, Samsung has vowed to make changes where they count in the Note 9. But the smartphone's most meaningful improvements aren't the most innovative, and its most innovative changes aren't the most meaningful.
  
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• Trump says Google peddles fake news. The horror of it

  28-08-2018 19:34 via zdnet.com
  The president believes Google is against him and fixes its search results. Can this be?
  
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• Samsung Portable SSD X5 -- World's first NVMe-based portable SSD

  28-08-2018 19:17 via zdnet.com
  Samsung is the first to bring high-speed NVMe technology to a portable SSD unit.
  
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• Microsoft touts more AI-powered OneDrive for Business and SharePoint features due later this year

  28-08-2018 18:57 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is adding automated audio and video transcription, file recommendations and new content-sharing options to its OneDrive for Business and SharePoint storage services later this year.
  
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• Health tech: AI, APIs, and data interoperability

  28-08-2018 18:30 via zdnet.com
  A prominent leader in medical innovation discusses how technology can change the healthcare system. He offers a unique enterprise view of the complexity and challenges of fixing our health system.
  
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• Jet2 plane withdrawn after flap alert

  28-08-2018 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  The same plane has had two problems with its flaps within the space of a week.
  
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• Google Cloud's Text-to-Speech API moves to GA, adds new WaveNet voices

  28-08-2018 18:01 via zdnet.com
  The API also now offers a feature to optimize voices for specific kinds of speakers.
  
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• Honeywell, CMU team up on supply chain robotics platform

  28-08-2018 18:00 via zdnet.com
  ​Honeywell is working with robotics researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to develop new technologies for distribution centers.
  
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• Dell's new IoT surveillance solution prepping for 'holy grail' of edge computing

  28-08-2018 18:00 via zdnet.com
  The first release of its computer vision play, the surveillance appliance is the beginning of Dell Technologies' push for an open approach to IoT and edge computing.
  
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• UK Government digital skills fund pledges £1m to get under-represented groups into tech

  28-08-2018 17:36
  
  The DCMS now offers more than £1 million to help under-represented groups receive digital training
  
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• Free, easy to use, and available to anyone: The powerful malware hiding in plain sight on the open web

  28-08-2018 17:01 via zdnet.com
  "When the Russian military is using free stuff, you know how good that stuff is"
  
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• A fake billionaire is fooling people on Twitter

  28-08-2018 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Businessman Warren Buffett is being impersonated in a wildly popular account tweeting inspirational advice
  
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• Garvan Institute gets new supercomputer for genomic research

  28-08-2018 16:01 via zdnet.com
  Dell EMC is providing the Garvan Institute of Medical Research with a new HPC system to support genomic research and analysis.
  
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• Facebook's getting really angry at me and I'm worried

  28-08-2018 15:49 via zdnet.com
  The hurt messages seem to be happening with greater frequency. I'm not sure Facebook understands.
  
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• BRICs sign blockchain agreement

  28-08-2018 15:33 via zdnet.com
  The Memorandum of Understanding is aimed at exploiting the technology "in the interests of the development of the digital economy."
  
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• Nokia 8110 4G, First Take: The 'banana phone' reborn

  28-08-2018 15:29 via zdnet.com
  Nokia's 1996 curved slider phone has been reimagined as a 4G dual-SIM feature phone with a 2.45-inch colour screen and impressive battery life.
  
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• How to hack into Windows 10: How to get back into Windows if you get locked out

  28-08-2018 15:09
  
  Locked out of your Windows 10 account? Here's how you can hack your way back in
  
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• Alteryx says let's get visual

  28-08-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Alteryx introduces "Visualytics," a campaign to inject interactive visualizations across the various products in its platform.The 2018.3 release of the Alteryx Platform also brings Jupyter notebook integration and greater robustness to Alteryx Server.
  
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• Best Buy's Q2 shines amid strong tech, retail demand

  28-08-2018 14:38 via zdnet.com
  But the outlook for the third quarter is a bit light. Best Buy said it is investing for the long run and quarters won't be linear all the time.
  
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• Millions of UK broadband customers are being mislead by their ISPs

  28-08-2018 13:46
  Bad advertising standards are leading UK ISPs to exploit our "shocking acceptance of mediocre broadband"
  
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• Forget smart cities, this Toronto-based project is the future of urban innovation

  28-08-2018 13:21
  
  The future of urban living certainly sounds rosy, but what are the pitfalls we need to avoid?
  
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• Avicii’s family set up tribute site for fans

  28-08-2018 13:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Fans have been invited to share their memories of the DJ on the memory board.
  
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• NHS IT: Can better use of tech give healthcare a shot in the arm?

  28-08-2018 12:41 via zdnet.com
  Is improving tech the key to to making healthcare more efficient?
  
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• The Glitch Wikipedia game: Our lowdown on the handy time-wasting tool

  28-08-2018 12:40
  
  Move over The Oracle of Bacon, this Wikipedia game will really test your knowledge
  
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• When supercomputing and AI meets the cloud

  28-08-2018 12:34 via zdnet.com
  Ireland is getting a new supercomputer; Penguin Computing CEO Tom Coull on how supercomputing is taking on some big computing challenges.
  
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• WhatsApp warns free Google Drive backups are not encrypted

  28-08-2018 12:23 via zdnet.com
  The storage deal might be free for users, but that does not mean communications records are protected.
  
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• Facebook patches critical server remote code execution vulnerability

  28-08-2018 11:41 via zdnet.com
  The exploit took advantage of instability in the server's system.
  
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• Fortnite on Android installer leaves users vulnerable to hackers

  28-08-2018 11:27
  
  Epic’s first Fortnite on Android installer let users download and install anything to your Android phone
  
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• How startups and small hardware companies can take on big players like Intel in the booming sensor market

  28-08-2018 11:23 via zdnet.com
  What FLIR's strategic investment in AI & Machine Learning tells us about the strategic play for niche hardware
  
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• Fortnite Epic Games CEO rails against Google vulnerability disclosure

  28-08-2018 10:36 via zdnet.com
  Circumventing the Google Play Store has not gone completely to plan.
  
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• Microsoft Windows zero-day vulnerability disclosed through Twitter

  28-08-2018 10:19 via zdnet.com
  There is no known workaround for the security flaw.
  
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• Tuesday briefing: Air pollution linked to cognitive damage

  28-08-2018 08:42
  
  Exposure to air pollution appears to adversely affect cognitive intelligence, Facebook has banned Myanmar military officials following a UN hate crimes report, Toyota is investing $500 million in Uber
  
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• Myanmar Rohingya: Why Facebook banned an army chief

  28-08-2018 08:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Facebook has moved to ban Myanmar's military leader following a damning report issued by the UN.
  
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• The best life hacks for improving your productivity and meetings

  28-08-2018 08:00
  
  It's time to make meetings suck less
  
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• Stab, shoot and slash: inside the lab testing UK police body armour

  28-08-2018 08:00
  
  In a small research facility just outside of St Albans a group of researchers pushes the latest innovations in body armour to their limits
  
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• Inside the slimy underground hunt for humanity's antibiotic saviour

  28-08-2018 08:00
  
  Faced with an onslaught of new, drug-resistant superbugs, determined scientists are venturing into the depths of the Earth in search of rare and unusual bacteria that may form the basis of tomorrow’s antibiotics
  
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• T-Mobile merger with Sprint would cost 28,000 jobs: Union

  28-08-2018 07:18 via zdnet.com
  The CWA has told the FCC that allowing Sprint and T-Mobile to merge would cost 28,000 jobs across America, also pointing towards competitive concerns and the possible use of Huawei and ZTE 5G equipment.
  
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• Open-source licensing war: Commons Clause

  28-08-2018 06:53 via zdnet.com
  ​A new open-source license addendum, Commons Clause, has lawyers, developers, businesses, and open-source supporters fighting with each other.
  
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