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• WWDC 2019: How to watch Apple's keynote and what to expect

  31-05-2019 22:24 via zdnet.com
  Apple's annual developer conference helps get developers and third parties up to speed with its latest advancements. The multi-day event opens with a keynote, too, so Apple executives can show off upcoming software updates and even new hardware it's launching.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion plans Heathrow drone protest

  31-05-2019 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Extinction Rebellion says it will stage a 10-day demonstration unless expansion plans are cancelled.
  
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• Credder: Fighting the scourge of online fake news

  31-05-2019 20:46 via zdnet.com
  Credder is the latest organization formed to tackle the problem of fake news and the flood of low-quality reporting.
  
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• Coda turns desktop documents into apps for your phone

  31-05-2019 19:23 via zdnet.com
  There’s a neat little app recently been released that could improve your productivity and turn a document into an app -- but only if you have an iPhone or iPad.
  
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• Taiwan profits from America’s trade war with China

  31-05-2019 18:30 via zdnet.com
  President Donald Trump’s threatened 25% tariff is prompting Taiwanese companies that opened factories in China to make PCs, smartphones, and tablets for America’s tech giants to move some production back to Taiwan. They’re also looking for cheaper labour in other Asian countries and in India.
  
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• Tech Tent: Why is 5G data capped?

  31-05-2019 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  On this week's podcast, we ask whether people will pay a premium for the benefits 5G promises.
  
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• Apple SIM hell: How Sprint Mobile sent my iPad into a customer service nightmare

  31-05-2019 17:12 via zdnet.com
  After reformatting my iPad Pro, my cellular plan wouldn't work. Worse, going to the Apple Store and talking to Sprint customer reps made me feel like I was losing my mind. These big companies really don't invest much effort to support this particular combination of product and service.
  
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• Dell releases more high-end Ubuntu Linux laptops

  31-05-2019 16:36 via zdnet.com
  Linux PCs are growing in popularity for professional programmers and Dell continues to back them.
  
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• Tech news roundup: FBI's most wanted cybercriminals, mid-priced phones, and a smarter Roomba

  31-05-2019 16:24 via zdnet.com
  Karen Roby reports on this weeks biggest tech news which includes, the FBI's most wanted cybercriminals, a look at new mid-priced phones, a smarter Roomba, and the best websites for resumes.
  
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• Cheap laptops and budget Chromebooks for summer travel

  31-05-2019 16:12 via zdnet.com
  Why risk taking your expensive MacBook or Surface with you on your summer adventures when you can grab a budget laptop to pick up the slack?
  
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• Google threatens to delist Chrome extensions installed by deceptive tactics

  31-05-2019 16:09 via zdnet.com
  Google cracks down on misleading marketing and extensions with shady descriptions.
  
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• How big beef destroyed the planet

  31-05-2019 15:53
  
  Coming up today: big beef, dodgy DNA tests and outsourcing decisions to algorithms
  
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• Hydrogen-powered air taxi? Yup, it's real.

  31-05-2019 15:15 via zdnet.com
  Alaka’i Technologies has unveiled the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell powered electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle.
  
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• Father's Day 2019: Cool tech gifts your dad will love

  31-05-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Get Dad a tech gift he'll love and be using for years to come.
  
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• Percona herds the open source cats

  31-05-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  The company’s mission to plug the gaps in open source will face the acid test as it plans to tackle autonomous databases. Percona’s ambitious goal will test whether the community open source model can tackle a problem of such scale.
  
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• Developers demand Apple API solution for parental control apps

  31-05-2019 13:55 via zdnet.com
  Apple’s widespread blocking of these applications is at the heart of the chaos.
  
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• The raspberry picking robot and other tech news

  31-05-2019 13:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Kitty Knowles looks at some of the week's best technology stories.
  
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• Microsoft issues second warning about patching BlueKeep as PoC code goes public

  31-05-2019 13:31 via zdnet.com
  Time's running out on patching older systems against the BlueKeep vulnerability.
  
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• Dating app scammers spotted by AI

  31-05-2019 13:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Fakes on dating websites use emotional language, analysis of thousands of dating profiles reveals.
  
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• DARPA Challenge: Underground war robots

  31-05-2019 13:10 via zdnet.com
  The SubT Challenge is DARPA's latest foray into next gen robotics. Here's why the future of robotic warfare might be subterranean.
  
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• ISPs must now ask for permission before selling your data, Maine rules

  31-05-2019 12:55 via zdnet.com
  Internet providers will not be able to penalize those who refuse, either.
  
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• One of New York’s largest nonprofits suffers data breach

  31-05-2019 12:11 via zdnet.com
  People Inc. says an employee email account was the source.
  
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• Microsoft prepares to open its latest flagship store, just a few doors down from Apple

  31-05-2019 12:11 via zdnet.com
  New store will showcase hardware and offer help to users.
  
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• Windows 10 May 2019 Update 1903 gets first major bug fixes

  31-05-2019 12:04 via zdnet.com
  After a longer than usual incubation, the Windows 10 May 2019 Update gets a round of fixes. Here's what's been fixed.
  
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• North Face apologises over Wikipedia 'hack'

  31-05-2019 11:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Images on the encyclopaedia were swapped to feature North Face clothing as an advertising stunt.
  
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• Google is finally fixing one of Chrome's biggest privacy flaws

  31-05-2019 11:43
  
  Google is introducing new rules for Chrome extension developers that will limit the amounts of data they can access. The changes are long overdue
  
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• Using machine learning to solve your dark data nightmare

  31-05-2019 11:30 via zdnet.com
  Documents are everywhere, but they're also static, dark data. Can a startup founded by AI and document experts change that?
  
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• Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg 'survives' leadership vote

  31-05-2019 10:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Some shareholders wanted Facebook's chairman and chief executive to step down from one of his roles.
  
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• The Galaxy Note 10 might drop the headphone jack and physical buttons (but will Samsung make a mess of this too?)

  31-05-2019 10:53 via zdnet.com
  If you were upset when Apple dropped the headphone jack from the iPhone, paving the way for other makers to do the same, get ready for the next big change that Samsung is allegedly planning on making.
  
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• Friday briefing: EE has switched on the UK's first 5G network

  31-05-2019 08:21
  
  5G is now available to EE subscribers in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast, Birmingham and Manchester; Leap Motion has sold itself to British firm UltraHaptics
  
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• Telstra realised looking at what customers were saying was the right thing to do

  31-05-2019 07:32 via zdnet.com
  The Australian telco comes to the realisation that customers were doing more than answering a simple question about their experience.
  
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• Why London's streets are a total nightmare for self-driving cars

  31-05-2019 07:00
  
  Originally designed for the horse and cart, London's narrow streets aren't made for self-driving cars. There's also Boris Bikes, roundabouts, and black cabs to deal with
  
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• A series of Dyson patents drop big clues about its electric car

  31-05-2019 07:00
  
  Three new Dyson patents reveal some technical plans for the company's first electric car. It still won't be launched until 2021 though
  
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• Hong Kong and Singapore sign memo on personal data protection

  31-05-2019 06:42 via zdnet.com
  Jurisdictions agree to exchange information in data breach investigations.
  
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• Microsoft reaffirms AI will augment the human experience rather than replace it

  31-05-2019 06:09 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft Australia's national technology officer also said the most successful use cases of AI are those that have specific business outcomes.
  
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• Seeking Strategic Niches in the Cloud

  31-05-2019 05:45 via zdnet.com
  While the market and many vendors continue to focus on public cloud infrastructure as the end-all, be-all of the future of computing, other companies are finding selective niches in vital areas that may have even more long term advantage.
  
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• Alibaba Cloud touts Asian heritage, focus as competitive advantage

  31-05-2019 02:23 via zdnet.com
  While coy over how the Huawei-US debacle may impact other Chinese technology vendors, Alibaba Cloud executives play up its "in Asia, for Asia" focus and investment in the region as key competitive advantage over its US competitors, including AWS, Microsoft, and Google.
  
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• Alibaba Cloud touts Asian heritage and focus as competitive advantages

  31-05-2019 02:23 via zdnet.com
  While coy over how the Huawei-US debacle may impact other Chinese technology vendors, Alibaba Cloud executives play up their "in Asia, for Asia" focus and investment in the region as a key competitive advantage over its US competitors, including AWS, Microsoft, and Google.
  
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• Russian military moves closer to replacing Windows with Astra Linux

  31-05-2019 01:32 via zdnet.com
  The Chinese military is also working on a similar plan to replace Windows with a custom OS.
  
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• The sea-cooled eco-resort that's nearly mosquito-free

  31-05-2019 01:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The Brando resort in French Polynesia is close to being carbon neutral and self-sustainable.
  
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• Employees not the target of encryption laws: Home Affairs

  31-05-2019 01:11 via zdnet.com
  Australian developers really do need to relax. Cops and spooks are being told very clearly that the Assistance and Access Act isn't fordragooning you into deceiving your bosses.
  
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