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• Apple's TV streaming event: How to watch and what to expect

  22-03-2019 21:13 via zdnet.com
  With hardware out of the way, there's only one thing left for Apple to talk about: Services.
  
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• AT&T's 5G E service is actually slower than its rivals' enhanced 4G networks

  22-03-2019 21:00 via zdnet.com
  OpenSignal found that AT&T's 5G E phones get average download speeds of 28.8 Mbps -- less than T-Mobile's 29.4 Mbps and Verizon's 29.9 Mbps.
  
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• Digital economy will represent over half of Latin America's GDP by 2022

  22-03-2019 20:36 via zdnet.com
  This year marks a return to investment in innovation in the region by organizations in the region, says research.
  
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• Video streaming beats cable subscriptions for the first time

  22-03-2019 19:16 via zdnet.com
  By the Motion Picture Association of America's count, more people are now subscribing to online video streaming services than cable television.
  
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• Windows Calculator will get a 'graphing mode'

  22-03-2019 18:37 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft has chosen "graphing mode" as the first feature to be added to the Windows 10 Calculator app after open-sourcing the project on GitHub.
  
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• Google's grand gaming plans

  22-03-2019 17:28
  
  Google’s bold vision for the future of gaming, we explain why you need to change your Facebook password right now and take an in-depth look at an obscure piece of legislation that made Facebook what it is today
  
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• Nvidia GPUs for data science, analytics, and distributed machine learning using Python with Dask

  22-03-2019 17:21 via zdnet.com
  Nvidia wants to extend the success of the GPU beyond graphics and deep learning to the full data science experience. Open source Python library Dask is the key to this.
  
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• Security flaw put RBS customers at risk of cyber-attack

  22-03-2019 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Software designed to prevent cyber-attacks had a bug that could have let hackers get at machines.
  
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• Norsk Hydro will not pay ransom demand and will restore from backups

  22-03-2019 16:14 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft employees have arrived in Norway to help Norsk Hydro recover after ransomware attack.
  
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• Survey: How is your company using serverless computing services?

  22-03-2019 16:07 via zdnet.com
  Take this quick, multiple choice survey and tell us serverless computing impacts your company.
  
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• Shunned by CES, female sex tech company gets government grant

  22-03-2019 16:00 via zdnet.com
  Women are driving technological and economic change in the sexual wellness industry, valued at more than $40 billion globally.
  
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• Autonomous shuttle to be tested in New York City

  22-03-2019 15:46 via bbc.co.uk
  The self-driving shuttle will be available to workers at a large site in Brooklyn.
  
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• Microsoft: This is world's first automated DNA data storage, retrieval system

  22-03-2019 15:12 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft researchers reveal an apparatus for automating the storage and retrieval of data stored in DNA.
  
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• Why bots probably aren't gaming the 'Cancel Brexit' petition

  22-03-2019 14:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Questions have been asked about whether all the 3m signatures on the petition are genuine.
  
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• Mozilla slows Firefox 66 rollout to fix bug making Office 365 PowerPoint text vanish

  22-03-2019 14:34 via zdnet.com
  Firefox 66's initial release made Microsoft's PowerPoint online useless for creating presentations.
  
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• Facebook allegedly knew of Cambridge Analytica activity months prior to public reports

  22-03-2019 13:28 via zdnet.com
  Court filings indicate that Facebook may have been well aware of what was going on before the scandal erupted.
  
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• Facebook staff 'flagged Cambridge Analytica fears earlier than thought'

  22-03-2019 12:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Facebook says concerns raised about data-scraping were not related to the previously reported scandal.
  
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• FDA warning: Scores of heart implants can be hacked from 20ft away

  22-03-2019 12:49 via zdnet.com
  US warns over severe security flaw affecting the wireless communications in cardiac implants.
  
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• Mass production 3D printing? It's coming, and it's a big deal

  22-03-2019 12:00 via zdnet.com
  Markforged $82 million raise should be a starting gun for mass production additive manufacturing, which will drive the next industrial revolution.
  
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• Critical flaw revealed in Facebook Fizz TLS project

  22-03-2019 11:42 via zdnet.com
  The DoS vulnerability is trivially easy to trigger.
  
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• Interacting with cars: What's on the horizon?

  22-03-2019 11:00 via zdnet.com
  From button-free functionality to AR windshields, Nuance Communications tells us what to expect from upcoming automotive interfaces.
  
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• Humans actually think like computers, a Johns Hopkins study says

  22-03-2019 11:00 via zdnet.com
  You think you're unique and natural? Take this test and see whether you actually think like a computer.
  
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• CFOs betting big on AI, machine learning, robotics process automation as business goes digital

  22-03-2019 11:00 via zdnet.com
  A Grant Thornton survey of CFOs found finance leaders will invest in emerging technologies with real returns on investment.
  
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• You need to change your Facebook password right now

  22-03-2019 09:23
  
  Facebook was storing your password in plain text. Here's how to secure your account
  
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• AI turns scribbles into masterpieces and other news

  22-03-2019 09:13 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Click's Omar Mehtab looks at some of the best tech news stories of the week.
  
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• Friday briefing: Tesla sues former staff over alleged trade secret theft

  22-03-2019 08:47
  
  Tesla is suing multiple former employees who went on to work for rival companies, Facebook stored user passwords in plain text
  
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• Microsoft tech support scammer pleads guilty to defrauding victims of $3 million

  22-03-2019 06:30 via zdnet.com
  Suspect admits role in criminal operation within a week after being arrested.
  
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• National Archives of Australia concerned with capability to become cyber resilient

  22-03-2019 05:28 via zdnet.com
  While the government entity is implementing a cyber resilience framework, its director-general has reservations around its capability to ensure full compliance.
  
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• KT 5G being launched by Ericsson

  22-03-2019 03:22 via zdnet.com
  KT’s 5G network will be commercially launched in early April, with the Korean carrier partnering with Ericsson for the deployment.
  
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• Uber 'picks New York Stock Exchange' for stock listing

  22-03-2019 03:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The firm's public stock offering is expected in the coming months and may be one of the biggest in 2019.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S10 5G reportedly launching April 5

  22-03-2019 02:45 via zdnet.com
  The Korea Herald has reported that Samsung's 5G smartphone will launch on April 5 without pre-orders.
  
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• Customers and partners driving new VMware Cloud updates

  22-03-2019 02:08 via zdnet.com
  Updates to VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware vCloud Director, and CloudHealth by VMware, as well as increased access to Cloud Foundation-based services via new VMware Cloud on AWS regions.
  
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• Nintendo Labo VR is a brilliantly basic virtual reality experience

  22-03-2019 02:00
  
  As with the original Nintendo Labo, the fun of Labo VR is more in the building than the playing
  
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• How do you know where your olive oil really comes from?

  22-03-2019 01:13 via bbc.co.uk
  New technologies are helping track the provenance of food throughout the supply chain.
  
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• Over 100,000 GitHub repos have leaked API or cryptographic keys

  22-03-2019 00:21 via zdnet.com
  Thousands of new API or cryptographic keys leak via GitHub projects every day.
  
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