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• HoloLens 2: Going hands-on with holograms

  08-03-2019 23:23 via zdnet.com
  The HoloLens 2 is a huge step forward from the original that does more to realize the promise of mixed reality than anything before it.
  
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• Google brings Assistant's "continued conversation" feature to smart displays

  08-03-2019 20:06 via zdnet.com
  The feature lets users engage in a conversation with the voice-activated assistant without prefacing each statement with "Hey Google."
  
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• Microsoft is dropping 'Semi Annual Channel' feature releases for System Center

  08-03-2019 19:43 via zdnet.com
  After it makes available System Center 2019 in March this year, Microsoft plans to cease rolling out Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) twice-yearly feature updates due to customer feedback
  
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• Citrix discloses security breach of internal network

  08-03-2019 19:23 via zdnet.com
  Citrix learned of the hack from the FBI. Hackers stole business documents.
  
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• Is Apple getting ready to abandon Lightning for a new power and data port?

  08-03-2019 19:08 via zdnet.com
  Patent filings suggest that Apple is working on a new waterproof port to replace the Lightning port found on the iPhone and iPad. But does Apple need a new port?
  
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• Galaxy Buds review: Samsung's wireless earbuds are the real deal

  08-03-2019 18:55 via zdnet.com
  Samsung's newest wireless earbuds catch up to Apple's AirPods.
  
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• Warren proposes reversing big tech acquisitions and labeling Google, Amazon, Facebook 'platform utilities'

  08-03-2019 16:55 via zdnet.com
  Opinion: Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren wants to drop a bomb on Silicon Valley and big tech. Why $25 billion in annual revenue may be a good stopping point for companies.
  
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• They say that breaking up monolithic systems is hard to do

  08-03-2019 16:27 via zdnet.com
  Things can get messy fast when busting up the monoliths into distributed microservices. Two seasoned software engineers discuss the joys and pains. .
  
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• Marriott CEO shares post-mortem on last year's hack

  08-03-2019 16:25 via zdnet.com
  Marriott investigators found Mimikatz and a remote access trojan (RAT) on hacked Starwood IT system.
  
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• Marvel fandom: How big of a fan are you?

  08-03-2019 16:21 via zdnet.com
  We want to see just how big of a Marvel fan you are. Submit pics of your favorite Marvel gear to be showcased on our site!
  
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• Can DNA tests help us make the perfect dog? Podcast 408

  08-03-2019 16:14
  
  Coming up today: why you need to change your phone number right now, the rise of transparent influencers and how DNA testing could create more top dogs.
  
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• Humans vs sexbots: How one woman decided to fight back, painfully

  08-03-2019 16:06 via zdnet.com
  As robotics plunges into the world of intimate relations, one woman is standing up for humans. Well, sort of. Some might find it sad.
  
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• Microsoft: To ensure Windows 10 update quality, these are the tools we use

  08-03-2019 16:00 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft offers Windows 10 users a look at how they use data to improve the quality of Windows 10 updates.
  
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• Graph data standardization: It's just a graph, making gravitational waves in the real world

  08-03-2019 15:30 via zdnet.com
  AWS, Google, Neo4j, Oracle. These were just some of the vendors represented in the W3C workshop on web standardization for graph data, and what transcribed is bound to boost adoption of the hottest segment in data management: Graph.
  
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• Urgent warning over 'serious' Windows 7 bug

  08-03-2019 15:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The flaw is found in Windows 7 and could let malicious hackers take over machines, says Google.
  
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• SpaceX: Dragon capsule splashes down after ISS mission

  08-03-2019 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  SpaceX's capsule has splashed down after a week-long test mission to the International Space Station.
  
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• Smart 'unhackable' car alarms open the doors of 3 million vehicles to hackers

  08-03-2019 14:46 via zdnet.com
  The moment you call a product “unhackable” you are asking for trouble.
  
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• Windows malware: Slub taps Slack, GitHub to steal your info

  08-03-2019 14:28 via zdnet.com
  Slub malware operated without a single domain, exclusively using third-party services that leave little evidence.
  
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• Here's how Facebook and Google can really tackle gender inequality

  08-03-2019 13:18
  
  In five years, the world's biggest tech companies have only made marginal progress on gender equality. There is a lot more to done. All companies should be following these steps
  
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• How HoloLens 2 stacks up against its rival mixed reality headsets

  08-03-2019 13:13
  
  A small band of upstarts are showing new ways of skinning the mixed reality cat
  
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• 809 million records exposed by email marketing giant

  08-03-2019 13:01 via zdnet.com
  All you needed to access the records’ database was an Internet connection.
  
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• Windows 10, macOS get new Skype for Web: HD video, call recording but Linux misses out

  08-03-2019 12:51 via zdnet.com
  It's only for Windows 10 and macOS with Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, so Firefox users also lose out.
  
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• Microsoft Surface Studio 2, Xiaomi Mi MIX 3, Acer Chromebook Spin 13, and more: Reviews round-up

  08-03-2019 12:30 via zdnet.com
  From Microsoft's versatile digital drawing board to a smartphone with a built-in crypto wallet and high-quality security cameras, here's the kit we reviewed in February.
  
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• Sony Brazil stages women-focused hackathon

  08-03-2019 12:16 via zdnet.com
  The technology-focused event in Rio de Janeiro aims to reduce gender inequality in the music business
  
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• Online voting: Now Estonia teaches the world a lesson in electronic elections

  08-03-2019 12:00 via zdnet.com
  In this month's Estonian parliamentary elections, a whopping 44 percent of the ballot was cast using e-voting.
  
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• How Daimler is using graph database technology in HR

  08-03-2019 11:37 via zdnet.com
  Using cutting-edge technology like Neo4j to understand new ways of working.
  
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• Geneva Motor Show: What's the quirkiest car on display?

  08-03-2019 10:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Theo Leggett looks at which vehicles are trying to stand out from the crowd at the Geneva Motor Show.
  
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• Autonomous bus trialled in Singapore and other tech news

  08-03-2019 09:25 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Click’s Lara Lewington looks at some of the best tech news stories of the week.
  
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• Friday briefing: Facebook takes down 'rival' fake UK extremist and anti-extremist pages

  08-03-2019 09:01
  
  A UK-based network of disinformation pages has been discovered on Facebook, Chimpanzee cultures are being destroyed by human interference
  
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• Scaleway launches €1 per hour cloud Nvidia Tesla P100 GPU instances

  08-03-2019 08:53 via zdnet.com
  Need access to high-performance cloud-based GPU instances? Scaleway is offering access to Nvidia Tesla P100 GPUs at a highly competitive price.
  
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• Government's worries over backdoors in Huawei’s 5G tech castle

  08-03-2019 07:52 via bbc.co.uk
  One potential problem with next-gen mobile technology may have more to do with castles than you’d expect.
  
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• Inside the group fighting to purge sexism from Europe's VCs

  08-03-2019 07:00
  
  #MovingForward is the tech industry's answer to #MeToo. And it just arrived in Europe
  
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• DeepMind is opening a huge new London headquarters in 2020

  08-03-2019 07:00
  
  The Alphabet-owned artificial intelligence startup is expanding to an 11-storey building in Kings Cross
  
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• South Korea 5G rollout faces delays

  08-03-2019 04:45 via zdnet.com
  South Korea will likely delay the rollout of 5G networks that was initially planned for this month due to delays in setting the right pricing plan, and smartphone makers and telcos struggling to meet the schedule.
  
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• Victorian man arrested in connection to cryptocurrency-related drug syndicate

  08-03-2019 04:29 via zdnet.com
  The 27 year-old has been charged with drug importation offenses, allegedly aided through the use of the 'dark net' and funded in part by cryptocurrency.
  
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• Treasury rejects privacy and ambiguity concerns over Consumer Data Right

  08-03-2019 03:48 via zdnet.com
  The Australian government department responsible for the Consumer Data Right says there is sufficient consideration given to privacy and that the legislation isn't being rushed through.
  
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• Security holes found in big brand car alarms

  08-03-2019 02:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Security researchers show Click’s Dan Simmons how to take control of a car via its smart alarm system.
  
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• Germany planning 'trustworthy' supplier requirement for all networks and 5G

  08-03-2019 02:12 via zdnet.com
  A draft of updated security requirements is set to appear in Northern Hemisphere's spring.
  
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• International Women's Day: How do you deal with trolls?

  08-03-2019 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Some of the UK's most influential women share the worst abuse on they've got online and how to deal with it.
  
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• Soon we'll be able to see round corners and underground

  08-03-2019 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Quantum sensing could let us see what's underground, detect diseases earlier, even track a submarine.
  
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• How quantum sensing is changing the way we see the world

  08-03-2019 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Quantum sensing could let us see what's underground, detect diseases earlier, even track a submarine.
  
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