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• Google Fuchsia: Here's what the NSA knows about it

  12-10-2018 23:05 via zdnet.com
  Fuchsia is Google's mystery operating system. At the recent Linux Security Summit, the NSA revealed what they've found out about it to date.
  
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• Google AI researchers find strange new reason to play Jeopardy!

  12-10-2018 22:33 via zdnet.com
  Scientists at Google's AI unit tested a deep neural network on clues from the popular gameshow Jeopardy!. But unlike IBM's Watson triumph, this was less about the answers and more about the strange way the computer reformulates the question.
  
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• Survey: How does your company handle cyberwarfare and cybersecurity?

  12-10-2018 21:51 via zdnet.com
  Take this short, multiple choice survey and tell us about your company's cyberwarfare experience and cybersecurity strategies for the upcoming year.
  
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• Facebook downgrades breach count from 50 million to 30 million users

  12-10-2018 20:12 via zdnet.com
  Company said 29 million of the 30 million also had personal data scraped by the attackers.
  
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• Why Google needs to put Chrome OS in developer hands

  12-10-2018 20:07 via zdnet.com
  Google wants to disrupt with its stateless, cloud-focused desktop operating system. But it needs to become much more viral with exploitative apps if it expects it to succeed beyond just being a niche platform for education and light computing tasks.
  
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• Climate change is transforming business

  12-10-2018 18:20 via zdnet.com
  To win in the age of the customer, firms must assess and act on risks and opportunities that will arise as a result of climate change.
  
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• Ransomware, privacy and protecting your data

  12-10-2018 17:23
  
  All businesses, no matter how small, are at risk of being compromised by malware, and all businesses are obliged to protect their customers' security
  
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• Humanoid 'rescue robot' learns parkour

  12-10-2018 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Atlas, a humanoid robot by tech firm Boston Dynamics, has learned the art of parkour.
  
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• Apache Spark sets out to standardize distributed machine learning training, execution, and deployment

  12-10-2018 16:33 via zdnet.com
  Matei Zaharia, Apache Spark co-creator and Databricks CTO, talks about adoption patterns, data engineering and data science, using and extending standards, and the next wave of innovation in machine learning: Distribution.
  
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• The collapse of Russia's space empire: Podcast 389

  12-10-2018 16:06
  
  Coming up today: inside Candy Crush’s renewed plan for world domination, our verdict on First Man and we look at the collapse of Russia’s once mighty space empire
  
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• Speck Presidio case roundup for Apple iPhone XS Max/XS/X: Two-layer drop protection in compelling styles

  12-10-2018 15:47 via zdnet.com
  Most iPhones find their way into cases and if you are going to wrap up your expensive iPhone, then do it with some style and protection. Speck offers some compelling Presidio case solutions to consider.
  
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• A mysterious grey-hat is patching people's outdated MikroTik routers

  12-10-2018 15:04 via zdnet.com
  Internet vigilante claims he patched over 100,000 MikroTik routers already.
  
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• Samsung: Our foldable phone will be a tablet that fits in your pocket

  12-10-2018 14:50 via zdnet.com
  Samsung mobile boss DJ Koh is convinced we need a foldable phone.
  
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• The best companies to work for in the UK including Google and Apple

  12-10-2018 14:42
  
  The best places to work in the UK if you’re looking for a better job in tech
  
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• Raspberry Pi-like price, tiny six-core NanoPi NEO4 could be the perfect pocket server

  12-10-2018 14:07 via zdnet.com
  The NanoPi NEO4 is the cheapest board based on a Rockchip 3399, but the catch is there's only 1GB RAM and you may need a separate heatsink
  
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• Cool tool: Live Home 3D can bring your workspace and personal spaces to life

  12-10-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Floor planning software is a unique product category. If you need it, you really, really need it. In this review, we look at a 3D floor planning project and show how it can help save time, reduce physical pain, and even save money on billable contractor hours.
  
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• Yale smart lock, alarm app debacle causes chaos across UK homes

  12-10-2018 13:56 via zdnet.com
  Customers have reported that app failures left them powerless to disable or enable alarms.
  
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• Yale alarm app debacle causes chaos across UK homes

  12-10-2018 13:56 via zdnet.com
  Customers have reported that app failures left them powerless to disable or enable alarms.
  
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• Facebook shuts down 'spammy' politics pages

  12-10-2018 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Political sites with millions of followers have been purged in a Facebook crackdown on spam.
  
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• Nokia's big upgrade: Sub-$200 Nokia 3.1 Plus adds bigger screen, fingerprint reader

  12-10-2018 13:26 via zdnet.com
  HMD Global beefs up its budget Nokia Android lineup with the six-inch display Nokia 3.1 Plus.
  
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• What is Amazon Grand Challenge? Understanding Amazon’s moonshot lab

  12-10-2018 13:14
  
  Shhh, don’t tell anyone, but Amazon wants to cure cancer and more
  
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• Banco do Brasil launches financial transactions via WhatsApp

  12-10-2018 13:00 via zdnet.com
  The phased implementation sees the automation of 11 services through the messaging platform.
  
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• Why Facebook removed over 800 political accounts

  12-10-2018 12:54
  
  Facebook purges hundreds of political accounts, but still claims to have no political agenda
  
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• Apocalypse Soon? Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot can now run and jump

  12-10-2018 12:31
  
  Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot now does parkour
  
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• GandCrab ransomware operators team up with crypter service

  12-10-2018 12:28 via zdnet.com
  The hacking agreement could result in the ransomware strain becoming more difficult to spot and analyze in the future.
  
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• What did you spend on cheese this year? Shoppers get to see their own buying data

  12-10-2018 12:13 via zdnet.com
  Finnish retailer S-Group opens up its data analytics so customers can see what they spend by product type.
  
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• Intuit rolls out new QuickBooks product for mid-market customers

  12-10-2018 12:00 via zdnet.com
  The new QuickBooks Online Advanced expands the market for the QuickBooks brand, taking on competing products like Microsoft Dynamics and Sage Intacct.
  
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• This is how much the WannaCry ransomware attack cost the NHS

  12-10-2018 11:59 via zdnet.com
  Department of Health puts a figure on the financial cost of the incident, which disrupted patient care across the NHS.
  
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• The Soyuz launch failure exposes the total collapse of Russia's space empire

  12-10-2018 11:48
  
  The Soyuz space taxi was the world's last vehicle for human space travel. Without it, Russia's once mighty space programme will be left brutally exposed
  
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• This Trojan masquerades as Google Play to hide on your phone in plain sight

  12-10-2018 11:30 via zdnet.com
  GPlayed is a new Trojan which attacks Android devices while acting as a legitimate Google service.
  
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• Psychophysics and the bizarre science behind robots that know what we want

  12-10-2018 11:16 via zdnet.com
  Researchers are teaching robots to read the subtle nonverbal clues that betray our intentions.
  
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• Psychophysics & the bizarre science behind robots that know what we want

  12-10-2018 11:16 via zdnet.com
  Researchers are teaching robots to read the subtle nonverbal clues that betray our intentions.
  
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• Click News: A ladder-climbing robotic snake

  12-10-2018 09:42 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Click's Nick Kwek looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week.
  
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• Friday briefing: Soon, everyone's DNA could be traced using online genomics databases

  12-10-2018 08:23
  
  Significant numbers of people could be identified via distant relatives' DNA, a Soyuz spacecraft had to make an emergency landing, Boston Dynamics' bipedal Atlas robot can do parkour
  
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• This is why Silicon Valley giants are paying such low taxes in the UK

  12-10-2018 08:00
  
  Large technology companies are often accused of dodging their fair share of tax. But what they're doing is perfectly legal... for now
  
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• Is air pollution making you dumb?

  12-10-2018 08:00
  
  The link between air pollution and our general health is well proven. Large-scale research from China suggests that it may be affecting our brains too
  
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• Facebook's tiny £7.4m UK tax bill could soon be a thing of the past

  12-10-2018 08:00
  
  Large technology companies are often accused of dodging their fair share of tax. But what they're doing is perfectly legal... for now
  
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• Facebook drove Egypt's revolution. Now it's being used as a weapon to oppress women

  12-10-2018 08:00
  
  Social media accelerated Egypt’s revolution. Now those same services have become a tool of control for a repressive regime
  
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• UK's NCSC to monitor internet routing to stop DDoS and hijacks

  12-10-2018 07:52 via zdnet.com
  'Simple things done at scale can have a difference,' says NCSC technical director Dr Ian Levy. 'My job is not to beat cybercrime. It's to send it to France.'
  
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• IETF approves new internet standards to secure authentication tokens

  12-10-2018 07:25 via zdnet.com
  New IETF standards aim to protect authentication tokens against replay attacks.
  
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• Spotify: Albums are alive and kicking in the streaming age

  12-10-2018 07:19 via bbc.co.uk
  As the UK's celebrates National Album Day, Spotify says albums "can still be absolutely monumental".
  
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• Kakao begins personalised AI speaker beta test

  12-10-2018 05:59 via zdnet.com
  South Korean chat giant Kakao has begun beta testing for its AI speaker's personalised service, where it would recognise the speaker.
  
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• ​Westpac predicts Open Banking to cost AU$200m to implement

  12-10-2018 05:52 via zdnet.com
  Brian Hartzer isn't overly fazed by the impending Open Banking regime creating a more competitive environment, but he's estimated the initial cost to be around AU$200 million for his bank.
  
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• AT&T to launch streaming service after $85b Time Warner purchase

  12-10-2018 05:04 via zdnet.com
  Despite the Department of Justice's appeal against its Time Warner acquisition, AT&T has published an SEC filing outlining its plans to launch a streaming service by Q4 next year using WarnerMedia films and TV series.
  
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• The world's longest non-stop flight takes off from Singapore

  12-10-2018 04:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The Singapore Airlines aircraft has begun its near 19-hour, 15,000km flight to New York.
  
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• ​Labor seeks updated My Health Record legislation to prevent privatisation

  12-10-2018 04:22 via zdnet.com
  Australia's federal opposition party wants guarantees that My Health Record will never be privatised or commercialised, and that health data will be kept far away from private health insurers.
  
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• AdTran upgrades G.fast technology to 2Gbps speeds

  12-10-2018 03:08 via zdnet.com
  AdTran's new G.fast solution enables 2Gbps speeds in FttX deployments, as well as being able to coexist with VDSL2 vectoring technology.
  
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• Proof-of-concept code published for Microsoft Edge remote code execution bug

  12-10-2018 02:25 via zdnet.com
  The PoC can be hosted on any website and requires that users press the Enter key just once.
  
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• Climate change: Is your Netflix habit bad for the environment?

  12-10-2018 02:14 via bbc.co.uk
  The IT sector's share of global electricity consumption is predicted to increase rapidly.
  
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• Call of Duty: Why we put 'own twist' on Battle Royale mode

  12-10-2018 01:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Newsbeat exclusively goes behind the scenes of the latest game in the famous franchise.
  
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