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• Microsoft launched Azure 10 years ago and lots (but not everything) has changed

  26-10-2018 23:32 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft launched Azure in October 2008. In the ensuing decade, Microsoft's cloud platform has come a long way from its 'Red Dog' beginnings.
  
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• AT&T hits new 5G milestone with standards-based mobile device

  26-10-2018 22:38 via zdnet.com
  AT&T completed the world's first mmWave mobile 5G browsing session with a standards-based commercial device
  
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• Facebook finds more fake accounts from Iran

  26-10-2018 21:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The social network has removed another batch of pages and groups spreading misinformation.
  
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• Windows Defender becomes first antivirus to run inside a sandbox

  26-10-2018 21:23 via zdnet.com
  Windows Defender with sandbox support rolled out to Windows insiders, but some Windows 10 users can enable it right now.
  
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• Facebook aims to be more engaging to humans in latest AI research

  26-10-2018 20:58 via zdnet.com
  Researchers in machine learning at Facebook developed a new neural network model to come up with captions for photos that are more "engaging" to people, with a variety of tones and expressions such as "It was such a nice day at the game" for a ballpark image, or "This house and this street just makes me feel uneasy" for a picture of dwellings.
  
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• Report: Samsung, Google collaborating on version of Android for foldable phone

  26-10-2018 20:57 via zdnet.com
  Samsung is debating between two final prototypes for a foldable-screen device, according to a Bloomberg report.
  
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• Berlin protests halt Google plans: Will recruitment suffer?

  26-10-2018 20:24 via zdnet.com
  Opinion: Google's tax policies and its lax ethics will become a wider problem -- take a look at Yahoo's demise after it's role as a police informant.
  
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• Facebook removes more Iran-linked accounts, this time targeting the US & UK

  26-10-2018 19:48 via zdnet.com
  Facebook said it detected this second Iran-linked campaign a week ago.
  
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• How Microsoft is moving LinkedIn's 14,000 employees from Google services to Office 365

  26-10-2018 18:40 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft has been taking a slow and steady approach to integrating its 2016 LinkedIn acquisition, down to the software and services they 14,000 LinkedIn employees are using.
  
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• Majority of county election websites in 20 key swing states use non-.gov domains

  26-10-2018 18:28 via zdnet.com
  Many county election websites also found to be lacking HTTPS support.
  
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• Does Red Dead Redemption 2 live up to the hype? Podcast 391

  26-10-2018 18:18
  
  On the WIRED podcast this week: The Berlin neighbourhood that said no to Google, India’s WhatsApp fake news problem, and our verdict on Red Dead Redemption 2.
  
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• Microsoft finalizes its $7.5 billion GitHub acquisition

  26-10-2018 15:22 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub has passed regulatory approval and is now official.
  
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• Worst Windows 10 version ever? Microsoft's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad October

  26-10-2018 14:52 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft released the Windows 10 October 2018 Update on October 2, then pulled it days later. Now, with November fast approaching, the update has still not been re-released. Where's the problem? And will it happen again?
  
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• World's biggest hard drive: Meet Western Digital's 15TB monster

  26-10-2018 14:49 via zdnet.com
  Western Digital packs another terabyte into its 3.5-inch hard disk drives.
  
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• The coolest office spaces in the UK: The most inspiring and beautiful interior designs

  26-10-2018 14:49
  
  Tech companies are famous for fun office space. Here's seven of the most interesting places to work in the UK
  
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• Driverless cars: Who should die in a crash?

  26-10-2018 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  A global study suggests people prefer to save young over elderly people.
  
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• China has been 'hijacking the vital internet backbone of western countries'

  26-10-2018 14:39 via zdnet.com
  Chinese government turned to local ISP for intelligence gathering after it signed the Obama-Xi cyber pact in late 2015, researchers say.
  
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• Chuwi Lapbook SE review: A lot of laptop for very little money

  26-10-2018 14:31 via zdnet.com
  This latest Shenzhen MacBook-lookalike is a budget laptop delight.
  
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• Google CEO Sundar Pichai: We've fired 48 employees for sexual harassment

  26-10-2018 14:16 via zdnet.com
  Google CEO responds to report that Google gave Android founder a $90m exit payout after concluding sexual misconduct complaint was credible.
  
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• The Speedtail is McLaren's fastest ever roadcar – and it's a hybrid

  26-10-2018 13:55
  
  The stunning new McLaren has self-tinting electrochromic glass, airplane ailerons at the rear and your name woven into the carbon fibre body. Only 106 will be made – and they've already been sold
  
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• Need to fix an iPhone or Android device? You can now break DRM under new US rules

  26-10-2018 13:33 via zdnet.com
  The Copyright Office removes some obstacles to repairing your device in the face of DRM protections.
  
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• The best smart home devices and gadgets

  26-10-2018 13:32
  
  The gadgets to help you make the most of your smart home
  
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• MIT reveals who self-driving cars should kill: The cat, the elderly, or the baby?

  26-10-2018 13:04 via zdnet.com
  The results of the poll are in.
  
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• Fatal 'swatting' hoaxer faces more charges

  26-10-2018 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  The long list of suspected crimes relate to many other hoax calls to police, fraud and threats of violence.
  
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• How a Berlin neighbourhood took on Google and won

  26-10-2018 12:14
  
  Google planned to use Kreuzberg's Umspannwerk building to house startups, cafes and communal work areas. Fearing a rise in gentrification locals have resisted the Berlin Google camps for two years.
  
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• ​Apple's new iPad Pro aims to keep enterprise momentum

  26-10-2018 12:00 via zdnet.com
  Apple's iPad Pro refresh will feature new specifications and design, but the real purpose is to keep the company's massive enterprise flywheel going.
  
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• This AI sold its own painting for a whopping £337,000

  26-10-2018 11:56
  
  The portrait is the first piece of AI art to be sold at an auction house
  
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• Google sacks dozens over sexual harassment

  26-10-2018 11:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The tech giant says it dismissed 48 employees, including 13 senior managers, over the past two years.
  
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• Flying "tug" drones anchor to objects to pull 40 times their weight

  26-10-2018 11:33 via zdnet.com
  Inspired by wasps, tug drones are all about doing real work in the sky.
  
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• Using the cloud as a platform for digital transformation

  26-10-2018 11:21 via zdnet.com
  By embracing the cloud, your business can modernise its IT infrastructure and start to think about how it might serve customers digitally in new and potentially innovative ways.
  
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• Tether sets fire to 500 million USDT cryptocurrency coins

  26-10-2018 11:14 via zdnet.com
  The move has reduced the amount of Tether coins now in circulation.
  
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• Micro drones pull heavy objects and other tech news

  26-10-2018 09:54 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Click's Omar Mehtab looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week.
  
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• Friday briefing: Google covered up sexual misconduct complaints against Android's Andy Rubin

  26-10-2018 08:52
  
  Google has been accused of covering up sexual misconduct complaints against senior executives, Red Dead Redemption 2 is met with wide critical acclaim, and the first AI-generated artwork has sold for more than $400,000 at auction
  
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• These photos capture the invisible workers of the internet

  26-10-2018 08:00
  
  Behind every Google Street View image there is a human worker. Each piece of offensive imagery removed from social networks is seen by a person. This exhibition tracks the web's hidden workers
  
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• Red Dead Redemption 2 review: so big it feels like a chore

  26-10-2018 08:00
  
  After eight years in the making, Rockstar has delivered the vast and highly-polished game everyone hoped for. But just because it has a perfect finish doesn't mean it's guaranteed to be good
  
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• ​Is OLED slowly burning down?

  26-10-2018 07:45 via zdnet.com
  LG may be winning the battles, but Samsung is winning the war in the global premium TV market as OLED's burn-in problems persist, making the upcoming CES and the next year ever more important.
  
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• ​iPhone XS priciest yet in South Korea

  26-10-2018 05:36 via zdnet.com
  iPhone XS Max 512GB model will cost 1.97 million won ($1,730) in South Korea as Cupertino's latest smartphones series begins pre-orders.
  
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• Reliance is betting that it, and not Walmart, will be Amazon's arch-rival in India

  26-10-2018 05:21 via zdnet.com
  If Reliance manages to execute its triple play of content, carriage, and commerce, it could become a retail juggernaut that even a seasoned global giant like Amazon will find difficult to compete with.
  
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• Ericsson to provide private 5G-ready network for UN peacekeepers

  26-10-2018 03:59 via zdnet.com
  Ericsson will supply its 5G-ready radio system portfolio to provide private mobile networks across the UN's global peacekeeping missions.
  
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• CSIRO: Our science startups are better for the economy than techbros

  26-10-2018 03:14 via zdnet.com
  CSIRO CEO Dr Larry Marshall points out the obvious: That startups are just small businesses, only with less media excitement.
  
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• ACCC gives business services more time to migrate to NBN

  26-10-2018 03:03 via zdnet.com
  The consumer watchdog has approved several amendments to Telstra's NBN migration plan, including to account for the HFC pause and to give business services 170 days to switch over before legacy services are disconnected.
  
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• Comroads launches first community for sharing dash cam footage

  26-10-2018 03:00 via zdnet.com
  Victims of accidents can now prove traffic cases by providing access to dash cam recordings of fellow drivers around them.
  
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• Helping kids cope with the fear of medical treatment

  26-10-2018 02:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Hi-tech gadgets are helping sick children express their feelings and soothe their fears.
  
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• New security flaw impacts most Linux and BSD distros

  26-10-2018 01:36 via zdnet.com
  Issue is only a privilege escalation flaw but it impacts a large number of systems.
  
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• Trump unveils 5G spectrum memorandum

  26-10-2018 01:20 via zdnet.com
  Annual reports on spectrum plans, a spectrum strategy task force, a long-term National Spectrum Strategy, and technology R&D efforts have been commanded under a new US presidential memorandum.
  
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• ​Here's what to expect from ASX's blockchain-based CHESS replacement

  26-10-2018 01:18 via zdnet.com
  What started as a Google search will result in the first financial services industrial-scale blockchain use case.
  
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• LG mobile records seventh quarter of operating loss

  26-10-2018 00:55 via zdnet.com
  Both revenue and operating loss are shrinking for the mobile arm of the Korean electronics conglomerate.
  
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