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• Amazon to acquire eero, home mesh router maker

  11-02-2019 23:51 via zdnet.com
  The acquisition is the latest move from Amazon to give it more control over home connectivity.
  
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• Facebook and Google news should be regulated, report says

  11-02-2019 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Google and Facebook should be overseen to ensure their news content is trustworthy, a report recommends.
  
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• WordPress plugin flaw lets you take over entire sites

  11-02-2019 22:10 via zdnet.com
  Vulnerability found in social sharing plugin named "Simple Social Buttons," installed on more than 40,000 WordPress sites.
  
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• Autonomous testing Is like autonomous driving: The AI needs human assistance

  11-02-2019 21:38 via zdnet.com
  The different levels used describe autonomous vehicles and extent of human assistance required can be used to describe autonomous technology testing.
  
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• Accenture research: How to compete and win in the post-digital era

  11-02-2019 21:12 via zdnet.com
  As the world is rapidly moving toward a post-digital era, and key technologies like artificial intelligence, distributed ledgers, and extended reality, leaders will need to set their sights beyond their ongoing digital transformations. More than nine in 10 business and IT executives view pace of technology innovation in their organizations as either accelerated or significantly accelerated in the past this three years, this according to the Accenture Technology Vision 2019 survey of more than 6,
  
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• Google Fi begins retail push with SIM cards at Best Buy

  11-02-2019 20:36 via zdnet.com
  This is the first time a Google Fi related product is available from a big box retailer.
  
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• Teen has vaccinations after asking Reddit

  11-02-2019 20:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Ethan Lindenberger took to the website to ask whether he could get vaccines without his parents .
  
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• Doomsday Docker security hole uncovered

  11-02-2019 19:53 via zdnet.com
  A security vulnerability has been disclosed for a flaw in runc, Docker and Kubernetes' container runtime, which can be used to attack any host system running containers.
  
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• Lamborghini uses Carbon's digital manufacturing for end-use parts

  11-02-2019 19:20 via zdnet.com
  The first production parts will be for the Urus model of Lamborghini’s Super SUV, one of the world's fastest SUVs.
  
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• Would you swap your smartphone with a brick phone?

  11-02-2019 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Michaela Community School sells "brick phones" to students to stop them from being distracted.
  
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• Samsung teases upcoming foldable Galaxy phone announcement in new video

  11-02-2019 17:54 via zdnet.com
  “The Future Unfolds” on Feb. 20, according to Samsung.
  
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• Gavin Williamson: Drone 'swarm squadrons' to be deployed by military

  11-02-2019 17:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The defence secretary says the network enabled aircraft could be used to overwhelm the enemy.
  
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• Russia considers 'unplugging' from internet

  11-02-2019 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Russia may briefly disconnect from the internet as part of a test of its cyber-defences.
  
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• Microsoft: 70 percent of all security bugs are memory safety issues

  11-02-2019 16:48 via zdnet.com
  Percentage of memory safety issues has been hovering at 70 percent for the past 12 years.
  
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• I like Windows 7: Why should I pay to move to Windows 10?

  11-02-2019 15:59 via zdnet.com
  With Windows 7 security upgrades about to go poof in less than a year, there are still some Windows 7 diehards who refuse to upgrade. Here we explain that free Windows 10 upgrades are still available, counter some upgrade objections, and provide a great list of resources for upgrading your machines to Windows 10.
  
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• CRM Watchlist 2019: And the winners are....

  11-02-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  It's that time again: The 13th annual CRM Watchlist award winners are here. See which companies not only had the most impact in the customer-facing technology world in 2018 but are likely to continue to have it for the next few years.
  
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• Mt. Gox touted for relaunch, ownership claims cause social media spat

  11-02-2019 14:42 via zdnet.com
  Brock Pierce and Mark Karpeles have come to blows on Twitter over the apparent ‘sale’ of the exchange.
  
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• Tinder-style app for cows tries to help the meat market

  11-02-2019 14:38 via bbc.co.uk
  So you think the dating scene is just a meat market? Wait till you hear about this matchmaking app.
  
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• Salesforce updates Health Cloud to consider "social determinants" of health

  11-02-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  The new feature to Health Cloud could be used by medical providers and insurance companies alike to inform their patient interactions.
  
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• Paris to sue Airbnb over 'illegal ads'

  11-02-2019 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  The fine could amount to €12.5m ($14m, £11m) for the 1,000 ads the city says break French law.
  
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• Winnie The Pooh takes over Reddit due to Chinese investment, censorship fears

  11-02-2019 13:18 via zdnet.com
  You will probably never see as many Winnie The Pooh memes in one place ever again.
  
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• Top cloud providers 2019: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud; IBM makes hybrid move; Salesforce dominates SaaS

  11-02-2019 12:00 via zdnet.com
  The cloud computing race in 2019 will have a definite multi-cloud spin. Here's a look at how the cloud leaders stack up, the hybrid market, and the SaaS players that run your company.
  
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• Alita: Battle Angel - how we made the film

  11-02-2019 09:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Director Robert Rodriguez explains how technology helped bring the film to life.
  
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• Monday briefing: The global insect population is collapsing

  11-02-2019 08:46
  
  A new review estimates that insect numbers are falling at 2.5 per cent a year, Carbonite is buying Webroot
  
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• People calling for NBN write-down actually want dramatic price cut: NBN CEO

  11-02-2019 08:03 via zdnet.com
  NBN claims that should a wholesale price cut occur, Australia's digital future is over.
  
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• Reddit: Censorship fears spark criticism of Tencent funding reports

  11-02-2019 07:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Redditors flooded the site with snarky posts after reports of funding from Chinese tech giant Tencent.
  
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• “They’re more attractive than real boyfriends.” Inside the weird world of Chinese romance video games

  11-02-2019 07:00
  
  In China, love and romance designed by women for women could be the next video game trend
  
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• Jeff Bezos's penis can teach us a thing or two about online intimacy

  11-02-2019 07:00
  
  The Bezos drama is a very human story – of power, ego and politics – augmented by the uncanny power of the internet
  
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• I tried to keep my unborn child secret from Facebook and Google

  11-02-2019 07:00
  
  Having a child is a deeply personal experience. The internet aggressively turns it into anything but
  
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• From space dinosaurs to a flying party bus, these are the craziest sets from The LEGO Movie 2

  11-02-2019 07:00
  
  Matthew Ashton, LEGO's VP of design and the movie's executive producer, breaks down the sets LEGO is hoping to shift with its sequel
  
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• IBM Blockchain Platform now live in Melbourne

  11-02-2019 06:26 via zdnet.com
  The IBM Blockchain Platform is now running on the IBM Cloud in Melbourne, with a second platform to be created in Sydney soon.
  
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• Sprint files lawsuit against AT&T over 5G claims

  11-02-2019 01:47 via zdnet.com
  Sprint has called for an end to AT&T’s 5G E advertising campaign, arguing in a lawsuit that it is false and misleading, and causing irreparable damage to its own 5G network investment.
  
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• Russia to disconnect from the internet as part of a planned test

  11-02-2019 01:33 via zdnet.com
  Russia's internet contingency plan gets closer to reality.
  
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• Australian government offers AU$10m in grants for children's online safety

  11-02-2019 00:53 via zdnet.com
  The grants will be made available for non-profits to deliver online safety education initiatives.
  
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• Over 800 million WeChat users sent digital monetary gifts during Lunar New Year

  11-02-2019 00:17 via zdnet.com
  The record number came after the Chinese technology giant announced last month that daily active users of its popular WeChat serviceexceeded 1 billion.
  
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• Good enough 5G fixed-wireless broadband could change everything

  11-02-2019 00:00 via zdnet.com
  Fixed-line broadband will always be better, but it might be to 5G what the Betamax was to VHS.
  
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