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• Inside the latest Martian robot

  30-11-2018 23:16 via zdnet.com
  Lucy Condachian of SSL gives us the scoop on how her team designed the robotic arm that is about to dig into Mars.
  
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• DevOps should be about good decisions, not faster cycle times

  30-11-2018 22:44 via zdnet.com
  Amazon Web Services enterprise strategist urges more autonomy for IT teams to keep up with what's happening on the ground.
  
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• Disorganized crime and state-backed hackers: How the cybercrime and cyberwar landscape is constantly changing

  30-11-2018 22:36 via zdnet.com
  Steve Ranger discusses how criminal groups and state-backed hackers work together to make money and cause significant trouble.
  
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• Marriott breach: Starwood's hacker tier rewards millions of customer records

  30-11-2018 20:13 via zdnet.com
  Sure, this breach happened to Starwood, not Marriott. But the biggest brand always gets bloodied in a breach. Forrester's Jeff Pollard and Enza Iannopollo discuss the impacts on GDPR, brand image, and more.
  
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• Cyberwar and the future of cybersecurity (free PDF download)

  30-11-2018 18:42 via zdnet.com
  This special report from ZDNet and TechRepublic takes an in-depth look at today's security threats and provides advice to defend against attacks.
  
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• Survey shows IT professionals concerned about cyberwarfare, end users, and conducting international business

  30-11-2018 18:36 via zdnet.com
  In a recent Tech Pro Research survey, 86% of respondents said carrying out international business presented security challenges, despite only 41% of respondents actually engaging in overseas business.
  
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• Google's image recognition AI fooled by new tricks

  30-11-2018 18:18 via zdnet.com
  Researchers at Auburn University trained a neural network to fool Google's best image-recognition system, Inception, by rotating objects in space to novel positions. The lesson is that today's AI doesn't really identify objects very well.
  
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• Cyberwar predictions for 2019: The stakes have been raised

  30-11-2018 18:14 via zdnet.com
  Cybersecurity will define many of the international conflicts of the future. Here's an overview of the current threat landscape, UK and US policy in this area, and some expert predictions for the coming year.
  
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• Microsoft Surface: What to expect in 2019

  30-11-2018 17:49
  
  Microsoft's potential additions to the Surface range in 2019
  
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• Businesses need to understand AI before putting it to work

  30-11-2018 17:41
  
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• Huawei warns bans will increase prices and put US behind in 5G race

  30-11-2018 16:48 via zdnet.com
  Huawei's Eric Xu told CNBC that blocking the company's 5G networking products will increase prices and make it harder for the US to become No. 1 in 5G. However, it has been a huge benefit to the two Scandinavian suppliers: Ericsson and Nokia.
  
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• Moscow's new cable car system infected with ransomware two days after launch

  30-11-2018 16:45 via zdnet.com
  Cable car system is now back up and running after a two-day downtime.
  
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• Five reasons to buy a Xiaomi phone: Seriously impressive and surprisingly affordable

  30-11-2018 16:34
  
  Looking for a heavyweight handset that's light on your pocket? Xiaomi phones offer astonishing value for money
  
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• ​Marriott faces massive data breach expenses even with cybersecurity insurance

  30-11-2018 16:33 via zdnet.com
  Marriott's total tab for a data breach affecting as many as 500 million consumers is going to cost billions of dollars over the next few years, based on the average cost of megabreaches.
  
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• Apple, Amazon bring Apple Music to Echo devices

  30-11-2018 16:21 via zdnet.com
  "Alexa, play Baby Shark on Apple Music" will soon make parents everywhere cringe.
  
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• Health Secretary Matt Hancock accused of breaking ethics rules

  30-11-2018 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour demands an ethics probe after health secretary talks about "GP at Hand" app in an interview.
  
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• Instagram predicts the flu. Who knew? AI knew, that's who.

  30-11-2018 16:08 via zdnet.com
  AI researchers in Finland compared how well hashtags like "flu" in Instagram posts, and images people put up of flu medication, anticipated the historical public health data for flu outbreak. It's the latest in a number of attempts to use social media as a way to gauge population and health trends.
  
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• The CRISPR gene-edited baby scandal: Podcast 396

  30-11-2018 15:57
  
  We explain what you can really do to be more environmentally friendly and investigate the biggest scientific scandal of the year
  
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• Google's Android Auto update: Expect easier, safer access to messages, music

  30-11-2018 15:36 via zdnet.com
  Google tweaks Android Auto interface and search features to minimize driver distractions when finding and playing content.
  
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• Marriott reveals data breach affecting 500 million hotel guests

  30-11-2018 15:26 via zdnet.com
  Hackers have had access to the Starwood guest reservation database since 2014.
  
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• Ex-Autonomy boss Mike Lynch charged with fraud in the US

  30-11-2018 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Founder of UK software giant is charged with fraud seven years after the firm's sale to Hewlett-Packard.
  
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• First truly open-source smartphone? Necuno unveils its KDE on Linux handset

  30-11-2018 15:01 via zdnet.com
  Necuno hopes its forthcoming Linux smartphone will offer users an escape from the walled gardens created by Google and Apple.
  
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• Your therapy bot will see you now

  30-11-2018 14:58 via zdnet.com
  Researchers are hard at work applying artificial intelligence to analyzing emotions and personalities. Future job interviews may see your personality and qualifications assessed by AI bots. What could possibly go wrong?
  
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• Largest electric vehicle trial will have London buzzing

  30-11-2018 14:37
  
  London set to host 3,000 electric vehicles in new study with Uber and Hitachi
  
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• Marriott hack hits 500 million Starwood guests

  30-11-2018 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  The hotel chain says details of up to 500 million guests may have been accessed in a database breach.
  
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• Tech worker power: The ghost in Google's boardroom

  30-11-2018 14:23 via zdnet.com
  Google dropped "Don't Be Evil" earlier this year but its workers picked up the ethical and moral responsibilities discarded by its leadership and now they want a seat at the table-- but Google doesn't share.
  
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• Media disruption continues as Mic lays off staff and is sold to Bustle for $5m

  30-11-2018 14:16 via zdnet.com
  It's been a fast fall in the fortunes of Mic which was valued at more than $100 million dollars a year ago.
  
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• Google staff pledge cash to striking workmates

  30-11-2018 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The cash would be used to support any staff striking over Google's work on a search engine for China.
  
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• Middle East youth and tech: What's happened since the Arab Spring?

  30-11-2018 13:41 via zdnet.com
  The Arab Spring showed the potential of young people in the Middle East armed with technology. But the picture since then has been patchy.
  
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• This is how Docker containers can be exploited to mine for cryptocurrency

  30-11-2018 13:37 via zdnet.com
  Containers are becoming a target for cryptojacking in rising numbers.
  
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• NASA announces the nine companies that will help us go back to the moon

  30-11-2018 13:32
  
  One small step for man, one giant leap for NASA’s new partners
  
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• Starbucks blocks access to porn websites from 2019

  30-11-2018 13:24
  
  Making coffee shops safer, or too little too latte?
  
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• Now Russian hackers are using Brexit as part of their cyber attacks

  30-11-2018 12:57 via zdnet.com
  Hackers linked to The Kremlin are using the United Kingdom's political situation in an effort to deliver malware to targets across Europe.
  
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• US charges ex-Autonomy boss Mike Lynch with fraud over $11bn sale to HP

  30-11-2018 12:42 via zdnet.com
  Autonomy founder Mike Lynch faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of US fraud charges.
  
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• WIRED Book Club: We're reading Hello World, by Hannah Fry

  30-11-2018 12:30
  
  In her book Hello World, mathematician Hannah Fry explores the algorithms that work with, for and against us. Join us in reading for the inaugural WIRED Book Club
  
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• Firefox Reality: Mozilla updates its virtual reality browser

  30-11-2018 12:13 via zdnet.com
  Open-source alternative to proprietary VR browsers adds new features as Mozilla sets out future development plans.
  
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• AWS re:Invent 2018 recap: Everything the tech sector does, AWS wants to do better

  30-11-2018 12:00 via zdnet.com
  We recap everything that happened at AWS re:Invent this week with the help of song. Services for AI, blockchain, tools and a lot of hatred for Oracle were revealed.
  
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• At AWS re:Invent, Amazon gets its gun: 'Everything the tech sector does, we can do better'

  30-11-2018 12:00 via zdnet.com
  We recap everything that happened at AWS re:Invent this week with the help of song. Services for AI, blockchain, tools and a lot of hatred for Oracle were revealed.
  
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• Facebook considered selling users’ personal data

  30-11-2018 11:54
  
  New documents show Facebook even had a price in mind
  
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• Samba Trojan becomes the bread and butter of fresh attack campaign

  30-11-2018 11:46 via zdnet.com
  The malware's veteran operators go low and slow to compromise Linux machines without detection.
  
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• Dell doesn't know whether or not hackers stole customer info

  30-11-2018 11:46
  
  Dell managed to catch and stop an attempted data breach, but it’s not sure if anything was actually stolen
  
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• Using the cloud to turn governance into a business advantage

  30-11-2018 11:24 via zdnet.com
  New regulations, such as the recently enacted GDPR, create significant concerns for managers but these rules cannot be ignored. By making a shift to the cloud, your business can develop a much tighter awareness of the information it holds and the location of that data.
  
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• Tech support scammers are using this new trick to bypass security software

  30-11-2018 11:18 via zdnet.com
  Attackers demanding money to rid your system of a false 'problem' are learning from cyber espionage groups
  
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• Yamaha Motor Co. bets on a wearable robot just for skiers

  30-11-2018 11:09 via zdnet.com
  Consumer robotics companies are starting to specialize as the sector begins to find its footing.
  
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• Fish and chips: You can now get Alexa in a wall-mounted Big Mouth Billy Bass

  30-11-2018 10:35
  
  Drop the bass
  
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• Floyd Mayweather, DJ Khaled settle SEC charges over illegal endorsement of cryptocurrency ICOs

  30-11-2018 10:26 via zdnet.com
  "You can call me Floyd Crypto Mayweather from now on."
  
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• The real-life Robocop and other tech news

  30-11-2018 10:08 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Click's Marc Cieslak looks at some of the best of the week's technology news stories.
  
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• China tech giants to fight for $53B SEA e-commerce market

  30-11-2018 09:47 via zdnet.com
  Estimated to be worth US$53 billion by 2023, the Southeast Asian online retail market is the emerging battleground for Chinese tech giants--Alibaba, Baidu, Didi, JD.com, and Tencent--which have been investing aggressively in the region.
  
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• Friday briefing: Nasa announces a new commercial Moon programme

  30-11-2018 08:39
  
  Nine commercial payload delivery partners have been announced for new Nasa Moon missions, executives of a South Korean firm have been charged with of selling Samsung folding screen tech to China
  
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• Alibaba inks deal with Spanish retail giant that covers cloud, e-commerce initiatives

  30-11-2018 08:17 via zdnet.com
  Chinese e-commerce player will jointly work with El Corte Inglés across multiple areas including cloud computing, digital payments, e-commerce, and logistics.
  
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