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• Amazon at 25: The story of a giant

  05-07-2019 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  The online giant is now the second-largest company in the world. We look at its success in charts.
  
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• Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp repaired without a real explanation

  05-07-2019 20:44 via zdnet.com
  Facebook and friends are back. What happened? We don't know.
  
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• Is this AI developing a sense of time?

  05-07-2019 20:33 via zdnet.com
  Researchers at Heidelberg's Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, the Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, and Montreal's prestigious MILA develop a neural network model that computes whether states of affairs are reversible or irreversible. They hope it adds up to giving a computer a sense of the "arrow of time."
  
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• UK's largest police forensics lab paid ransom demand to recover locked data

  05-07-2019 20:01 via zdnet.com
  Eurofins Scientific has already recovered from the incident. Didn't say how much it paid hackers.
  
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• Smart waste management system highlights potential for narrowband IoT deployments

  05-07-2019 19:44 via zdnet.com
  Twilio is highlighting a use case of its Narrowband IoT service that it says could help revamp archaic waste management processes.
  
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• 'I'm not doing it for the likes'

  05-07-2019 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  What is it like to be a social media influencer in Africa? Afua Rida shows us the ropes.
  
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• E.On 'error' reveals 498 customers' email addresses

  05-07-2019 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  The company apologised and said the incident was spotted "within minutes" of it occurring.
  
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• Don't forget about WannaCry: Hospitals are still at risk of cyber-attack

  05-07-2019 17:56 via zdnet.com
  Despite the chaos caused by the WannaCry attack, healthcare systems are still at risk from attacks that could endanger patient safety say researchers, who are calling for more investment.
  
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• Croatian government targeted by mysterious hackers

  05-07-2019 17:01 via zdnet.com
  Government agencies targeted with never before seen malware payload — named SilentTrinity.
  
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• How to prepare for the coming recession

  05-07-2019 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Whether a downturn arrives or not, becoming an adaptive enterprise will drive customer obsession and better business results.
  
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• DJI challenges BBC on drone danger reports

  05-07-2019 15:41 via bbc.co.uk
  DJI said it was "disappointed" with how drones were depicted, but the BBC said its programmes were fair.
  
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• The return of Netflix's Stranger Things

  05-07-2019 15:20
  
  Europe’s heatwave, police and facial recognition, and Stranger Things
  
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• Mozilla: Want ad-free news on Firefox? That'll cost you $5 a month

  05-07-2019 14:17 via zdnet.com
  Would you pay $5 to get news online without seeing ads, asks Mozilla.
  
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• How much RAM does your Windows 10 PC need? (2019 edition)

  05-07-2019 13:54 via zdnet.com
  Is there a case for having more than 16GB or more of RAM in a Windows 10 PC? Sure there is, but the bang for the buck trails off.
  
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• Is Apple finally ditching MacBook's problem butterfly keyboard?

  05-07-2019 13:34 via zdnet.com
  Later this year, reports suggest Apple will release MacBooks without the flawed butterfly mechanism keyboard.
  
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• How to speed up web browsing and save money on Android

  05-07-2019 13:11 via zdnet.com
  Who doesn't want faster browsing? Here's a quick and simple trick that will help both speed up your browsing on your Android smartphone, and save on data charges if you don't have an unlimited data package.
  
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• Tor Project to fix bug used for DDoS attacks on Onion sites for years

  05-07-2019 12:47 via zdnet.com
  Tor vulnerability has been exploited for years and has been used for censorship, sabotage, and extortion of Onion sites.
  
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• Bentayga Hybrid first drive: Bentley's first EV is finally here

  05-07-2019 12:40
  
  The luxury car company has made its first ever electric vehicle. It may be a hybrid rather than a full EV, but it shows what's coming next
  
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• What would Steve Jobs think of the today's Apple?

  05-07-2019 12:28 via zdnet.com
  Steve Jobs never left anyone in any doubt as to what he thought. And thanks to hundreds of hours of keynotes, speeches, and interviews, we can get an insight into what Apple's co-founder might think about the current state of the company.
  
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• iCloud goes down: Apple joins the Google, Facebook, Cloudflare cloud outage club

  05-07-2019 12:23 via zdnet.com
  What's going on? It's cloud outage month, and there's nothing users can do about it.
  
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• How personalised medicine is changing healthcare

  05-07-2019 12:02
  
  Tailor-made personalised medicine is transforming healthcare. With companies like RB leading the way, the emerging field is starting to offer patients individualised attention, using wearable devices and AI for better diagnostics
  
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• UK watchdog singles out Google, Facebook in advertising probe

  05-07-2019 11:39 via zdnet.com
  The CMA wants to understand exactly how dominant the tech giants are in UK advertising.
  
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• 5G: If you want it this year, Huawei is the only game in town, says Three

  05-07-2019 11:30 via zdnet.com
  Mobile operator nears completion of giant transformation project with 5G services at the core.
  
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• Home Affairs says no problems with encryption laws even though local companies suffer

  05-07-2019 09:06 via zdnet.com
  The department said it is however 'focused' on addressing the negative perception of Australia's encryption laws, saying companies actually lack a clear understanding of the obligations within legislation.
  
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• Stop doing stupid stuff with your smartphone!

  05-07-2019 09:00 via zdnet.com
  Just don't take your smartphone into pools or the ocean, no matter what the ads show.
  
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• Friday briefing: Apple may finally replace its flawed MacBook butterfly keyboards

  05-07-2019 08:53
  
  Reports suggest the butterfly keyboard may be meeting its end, London is getting another new ride-hailing service, and we need to plant more trees to help limit the climate crisis
  
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• The UK's best co-working spaces (that aren't WeWork)

  05-07-2019 07:00
  
  While WeWork dominates the market, there are plenty of other options out there across the country
  
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• Spider-Man: Far From Home and its post credits scene, analysed

  05-07-2019 07:00
  
  Phase three of Marvel's Cinematic Universe has come to an end. We now have a glimpse of what to expect next
  
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• Is the UK finally turning its back on mouse testing? It's complicated

  05-07-2019 07:00
  
  Two of the UK's biggest mouse testing facilities are set to close, as genetically modified flies and worms have gown in popularity. But when it comes to some tests, only a mouse will do
  
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• Australian enforcement agencies angling for metadata review on telco cost recovery

  05-07-2019 06:41 via zdnet.com
  Agencies are very happy with Australia's data retention scheme, with one using it in 90% of investigations.
  
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• Fujitsu develops blockchain-based digital identity play

  05-07-2019 05:25 via zdnet.com
  The company plans to develop its digital identity exchange technology as a 'trust-based service platform' supporting digital business.
  
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• Microsoft filed a patent for dual-screen dawn simulation

  05-07-2019 05:12 via zdnet.com
  Redmond's 2017 patent describes a first screen, a second screen, and a controller that activates the screens based on when 'dawn' is determined by the user or their device's geographical location.
  
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• Samsung Q2 profit falls 56% from chip downturn

  05-07-2019 03:28 via zdnet.com
  Samsung is expecting operating profits of 6.5 trillion won for the second quarter, a drop of 56% from 14.87 trillion won a year ago caused by the downturn in its memory semiconductor business.
  
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• Audit finds Australia Post not effectively managing cyber risks

  05-07-2019 02:44 via zdnet.com
  The government-owned entity that wants to build Australia's national identity system and conduct voting via blockchain has been called out by the Audit Office for not being 'cyber resilient'.
  
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• BMW and Daimler to co-develop driverless technologies

  05-07-2019 02:41 via zdnet.com
  With plans to mass-launch an automated driving platform from 2024.
  
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• Encryption laws are creating an exodus of data from Australia: Vault

  05-07-2019 02:02 via zdnet.com
  Detrimental effects are both real and perceived, according to Australian cloud provider.
  
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• Poke and inflate famous paintings and other tech news

  05-07-2019 01:21 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Click's Lara Lewington looks at some of the week's best technology stories.
  
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• Click 1,000: How the pick-your-own-path episode was made

  05-07-2019 01:20 via bbc.co.uk
  There are millions, perhaps trillions, of ways to watch the pioneering tech show's 1,000th programme.
  
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• Viewers can choose the story in BBC tech programme

  05-07-2019 01:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The fully interactive show took a year to create and has multiple options for viewers at each step.
  
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• Jeff Bezos filed the paperwork to create the retailing giant Amazon 25 years ago.

  05-07-2019 01:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Jeff Bezos filed the paperwork to create the e-commerce retailing giant Amazon 25 years ago.
  
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• Biased and wrong? Facial recognition tech in the dock

  05-07-2019 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Artificial intelligence is only as good as the data it learns from. But what if that data is biased?
  
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• UK ISP group names Mozilla 'Internet Villain' for supporting 'DNS-over-HTTPS'

  05-07-2019 00:55 via zdnet.com
  UK government and local ISPs are putting the pressure on browsers to drop plans to support DoH protocol.
  
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