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• IBM's latest cloud deal shows how it's winning business from competitors

  06-02-2019 23:35 via zdnet.com
  SaaS provider Smart Energy Water has signed a multi-million dollar, five-year deal with IBM after beginning its cloud journey elsewhere
  
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• Firefox to get a 'site isolation' feature, similar to Chrome

  06-02-2019 21:27 via zdnet.com
  Mozilla announces Project Fission, a project to add true multi-process support to Firefox.
  
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• Brazil's largest bank rolls out AI-enabled cameras in branches

  06-02-2019 21:23 via zdnet.com
  The initiative at Itaú Unibanco aims to improve security and customer experience but raises concerns over customer privacy.
  
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• Google explores AI's mysterious polytope

  06-02-2019 19:46 via zdnet.com
  Researchers at Google Brain and DeepMind go in quest of better "representations" of the world by AI, through exploration of the polytope, a Euclidean geometric form that represents the possible solutions to a game of strategy.
  
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• New macOS zero-day allows theft of user passwords

  06-02-2019 19:26 via zdnet.com
  KeySteal exploit can steal user passwords from the macOS Keychain.
  
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• Google eliminates more spam from Gmail with TensorFlow

  06-02-2019 18:45 via zdnet.com
  With the open-source machine learning framework, Google can quickly modify its ML models to find the hardest-to-detect spam messages.
  
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• Google Cloud, Golden State Warriors ink analytics, cloud partnership at new arena

  06-02-2019 18:30 via zdnet.com
  The Warriors intend to use Google Cloud's services to automate data workflows, create machine learning models, visualize data and share analytics with coaches, staff and players.
  
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• Ocado warehouse fire: Sales warning as shares drop

  06-02-2019 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The online grocer has seen shares slump after a fire tore through its Hampshire warehouse.
  
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• Microsoft Build 2019: It's back in Seattle from May 6 to 8

  06-02-2019 17:58 via zdnet.com
  Registration for this year's Microsoft Build developers conference opens February 27. And Build, again, is going head-to-head with Google's I/O developer confab.
  
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• Apple starts selling refurbished iPhone X handsets, but they're not cheap

  06-02-2019 17:54 via zdnet.com
  Apple has begun selling refurbished iPhone X handsets, but they're not as much of a bargain as you’d expect last year's technology to be.
  
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• Fan smashes his TV when his team loses

  06-02-2019 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
  YouTuber and Marseille fan Mohamed Henni tells BBC World Service that he breaks TVs when his football team loses "to make people happy".
  
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• Only a game? Sport isn't just for spectators... it's a platform

  06-02-2019 16:33 via zdnet.com
  Now that platform models offer greater economic value than traditional modes, and since sport is a microcosm of society, sports business guru and educator Stephen Bourke argues that the sports industry has become a virtual platform for economic businesses.
  
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• Samsung will call its foldable phone what? Apple wouldn't do that

  06-02-2019 16:06 via zdnet.com
  The rumors are rife. The supposed name is, um, ripe for humor. Or even tragedy. Which leads us to wondering: What would Apple do?
  
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• UK wants fully autonomous cars on road

  06-02-2019 16:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Currently, the law requires a human remote driver - not necessarily inside the vehicle but ready to take over control if needed.
  
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• China hacked Norway's Visma cloud software provider

  06-02-2019 16:01 via zdnet.com
  APT10 hacker group breaches Visma cloud provider, a US law firm, and an international apparel company, a report published today says.
  
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• How to download your photos from Flickr before it deletes them

  06-02-2019 15:46 via zdnet.com
  Do you still have a lot of photographs in a free Flickr account? If you do, you'd better get them out of there, because the once popular photo-sharing site has started deleting them.
  
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• Child abuse images hidden in crypto-currency blockchain

  06-02-2019 15:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Images of child abuse are found embedded in the system powering a high-profile crypto-currency.
  
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• Child abuse images hidden in crypto-currency block chain

  06-02-2019 15:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Images of child abuse are found embedded in the system powering a high-profile crypto-currency.
  
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• Pentesters breach 92 percent of companies, report claims

  06-02-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Failure to protect web apps with firewalls, failure to patch systems, and the use of insecure WiFi networks deemed primary causes.
  
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• Facebook Messenger users: You now have 10 minutes to unsend a message

  06-02-2019 14:33 via zdnet.com
  Facebook rolls out the unsend feature it promised last April.
  
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• Labour call to break up digital giants to protect users

  06-02-2019 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Deputy leader Tom Watson accuses social media giants like Facebook of failing to protect their users.
  
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• Nuance's Project Pathfinder uses AI to build smarter virtual assistants

  06-02-2019 14:11 via zdnet.com
  Companies with large amounts of live chat and call centre transcripts should be able to replace laborious conversation-design processes with Nuance's upcoming automated tool.
  
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• iPhone Facetime eavesdrop bug: Now lawmakers demand answers from Apple

  06-02-2019 14:11 via zdnet.com
  Apple accused of not being transparent about its response to the Group FaceTime eavesdropping bug.
  
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• The other kind of Java: How coffee is getting a jolt from the Internet of Things

  06-02-2019 13:55 via zdnet.com
  Precision agriculture, a giant database and a touch of theatre deliver custom coffee on demand.
  
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• $18 million for startup behind smartphone-assisted urine test

  06-02-2019 13:34 via zdnet.com
  Home medical device market is making a big splash, powered by smartphones, IoT, and rising healthcare costs. But will it help patients?
  
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• Microsoft: You're being less toxic online but bullying, harassment still rife

  06-02-2019 13:33 via zdnet.com
  Fewer people experience unwanted contact online, but most other bad behaviors remain unchanged.
  
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• How an army of farcical fakes ruined Turning Point UK's big day

  06-02-2019 13:22
  
  The rightwing student organisation's British launch was marred by hundreds of parodies
  
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• Disability-themed emojis approved for use

  06-02-2019 13:16 via bbc.co.uk
  A list of 230 new emojis also includes a blood drop meant to represent menstruation.
  
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• Pictionary may provide AI with common sense

  06-02-2019 12:01 via zdnet.com
  AI could transition from patterns to common sense through an after-dinner game, researchers say.
  
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• The pioneering bionic eyes restoring sight: How implantable tech is fighting blindness

  06-02-2019 12:00 via zdnet.com
  An Australian collaboration is working on a less surgically invasive system to restore sight to people with retinitis pigmentosum.
  
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• Huawei MateBook 13, BlackBerry KEY2 LE, Honor View 20, and more: Reviews round-up

  06-02-2019 11:39 via zdnet.com
  From Huawei's MacBook Air rival to the new Palm and a taxi cab dash cam, we take a look at the kit our reviewers sampled in January.
  
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• Researcher reveals data leak at South Africa’s main electricity provider

  06-02-2019 10:46 via zdnet.com
  It appears using Twitter to reveal the news was a last-ditch attempt for Eskom to take the exposure seriously.
  
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• Hotel booking sites to end 'misleading' sales

  06-02-2019 10:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Hotels agree to be clearer about discount claims and stop high-pressure selling tactics.
  
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• Wednesday briefing: Magnetic north is on the move

  06-02-2019 09:03
  
  An updated map of the Earth's magnetic fields has been released early due to their fast rate of change, Apple is to pay €500 million in French taxes
  
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• Tuesday briefing: Magnetic north is on the move

  06-02-2019 09:03
  
  An updated map of the Earth's magnetic fields has been released early due to their fast rate of change, Apple is to pay €500 million in French taxes
  
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• Medical cannabis is now in the UK, but nobody can get a prescription

  06-02-2019 07:00
  
  Sajid Javid made medical cannabis legal last year. But foggy guidelines and bureaucracy are leaving patients hanging
  
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• How a tragic death (and paranoia) wiped out £145m of crypto wealth

  06-02-2019 07:00
  
  This cryptocurrency exchange was not hacked. Instead, its boss took the master password for 115,000 accounts to his grave. What now?
  
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• Deep inside the deadly avalanche that climate change built

  06-02-2019 07:00
  
  Climate change is altering the nature of avalanches. High in the Swiss Alps, one group of scientists is racing to understand what's going on
  
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• Human Services has wiped over 26,000 'robo-debts'

  06-02-2019 06:37 via zdnet.com
  Additionally, 15,000 debts have also been reduced to zero.
  
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• Canberra ignoring 'overwhelming empirical evidence' on encryption busting

  06-02-2019 05:05 via zdnet.com
  Associate professor Vanessa Teague believes Canberra is ignoring efforts from experts to explain why the encryption-busting laws are the wrong approach.
  
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• Optus cops AU$10m penalty for misleading customers

  06-02-2019 04:50 via zdnet.com
  The Federal Court has levelled a AU$10 million penalty on Optus for misleading customers over third-party billing services, with the telco also already paying another AU$8 million in refunds.
  
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• Scammer groups are exploiting Gmail 'dot accounts' for online fraud

  06-02-2019 02:10 via zdnet.com
  Crooks use "dotted" Gmail addresses to file for fraudulent unemployment benefits, file fake tax returns, and bypass trial periods for online services.
  
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• Apple to pay €500 million in back taxes to France: Report

  06-02-2019 01:50 via zdnet.com
  The deal was made in December, following a multi-year audit conducted by French authorities.
  
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• TPG keeps top spot for download speeds in fourth NBN report

  06-02-2019 01:30 via zdnet.com
  TPG delivered the highest percentage of maximum plan download speeds, while Exetel delivered on upload speeds and latency in the ACCC's final broadband speed monitoring report for 2018.
  
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• Virgin Media tests 8Gbps broadband

  06-02-2019 01:16 via bbc.co.uk
  A Cambridgeshire village is trying out ultra-fast broadband in a limited trial.
  
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• I'm A Celebrity app's gambling ads criticised

  06-02-2019 01:15 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK's advertising watchdog says steps should have been taken to hide them from under-18s.
  
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• Can tech help plug the healthcare gap?

  06-02-2019 01:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Ageing populations around the world are putting pressure on healthcare. Can innovation plug the gap?
  
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• Commonwealth Bank spends AU$904m on IT as H1 profit drops by AU$300m

  06-02-2019 00:54 via zdnet.com
  The bank plans to be 'the best in digital'.
  
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• Angela Ahrendts: Former Burberry boss to step down from Apple

  06-02-2019 00:08 via bbc.co.uk
  The former Burberry chief is leaving after five years working to revitalise Apple stores.
  
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