Wednesday, 31 October 2018

Intel May Outsource Chipsets, Atom Production to TSMC

Intel-Chipset

Intel may shift manufacturing to TSMC as it works to boost 14nm deployment and CPU shipments.

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Microsoft’s Windows 10 ‘October’ Update Isn’t Launching in October

Windows 10 desktop

Here we are at the end of October, and there's still no October update following an embarrassing rollback.

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10 Best Camera and Video Accessories from PhotoPlus Expo


Dwarfed by shows such as CES, NYC's PhotoPlus Expo gathers the faithful. Every year, a changing array of cameras, gadgets, accessories and seminar.

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Percentage of women appointed to tech boards stays stagnant for 20 years



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Digital services tax weakens the case for tech startups to choose the UK



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Windows-Based ARM Laptops Are Repeating Intel’s Clover Trail Mistake

Windows ARM Laptops

The OEMs trying to make Windows on ARM a reality are repeating some of Intel's biggest mistakes with its own x86 tablet platform.

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Triumph Motorcycles kick-starts changes with high-tech HR



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IoT R&D projects missed out on £10m of government funding



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So Long, and Thanks for All the Planets: NASA Retires the Kepler Telescope


Kepler's mission has ended due to a lack of fuel. The good work begun by the Kepler space telescope will be continued by its successor, TESS.

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AWS urges enterprises to embrace their heritage when facing down disruption from startups



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Hyperoptic full-fibre network hits public housing milestone



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Only 10% of firms have started upskilling employees as automation comes in



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GDPR driving data protection maturity



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Nvidia Tesla, AMD Epyc to Power New Berkeley Supercomputer


Nvidia and AMD are the big winners in a new supercomputer announcement that will put Epyc and Tesla silicon in Cray's latest Shasta system.

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Ofcom releases BT from 2005 Openreach undertakings



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Facebook emphasises security drive during third-quarter earnings call



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UK Post Office looks to enable reusable digital ID



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Think Tank: Application layer attack mitigation needs to start with risk analysis



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Future Decoded 2018: Adopt AI or get left behind, Microsoft warns



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Tuesday, 30 October 2018

Self-Driving Cars Still Can’t Handle Snow, Rain, or Heavy Weather

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Self driving cars have made enormous progress in just the last few years, but rain and snow still pose major problems.

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ET Deals: Lowest Price 128GB Samsung EVO Select, Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Laptop for $580

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If you're on the lookout for affordable flash storage for your mobile devices, Amazon's current deal is a must-see. Get a 128GB micro SD card for just 25 bucks, and a 256GB card for $60 – much cheaper than the sticker price.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Is Beautiful on Xbox One X, Deserves PC Release

RDR 2

With the legitimate and serious concerns about the various Rockstar studios in mind, let's jump in, and see exactly what this worldwide team has been toiling over since the release of GTA V.

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Hyper-converged backup appliances bring flexibility benefits



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Are SAP’s indirect use charges legal?



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Apple Finally Launches New MacBook Air, Mac Mini, iPad Pro


Apple flew from Cupertino to Brooklyn to take over the entire block surrounding BAM, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, for the introduction of its long-awaited new MacBooks and iPad Pros.

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Why businesses must take a strategic view of automation



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The Red Hydrogen One Fails to Ignite Reviewer Passions


The Red Hydrogen One has finally debuted and nobody actually wants one.

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Budget 2018: No great leap forward for broadband, but no need to panic



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Pixel 3 Bug Adds More Notch to the Screen, Just as We Always Wanted


Google's Pixel has a hilarious notch bug. Everyone's favorite feature is back for more.

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IR35 reforms: Private sector extension confirmed for April 2020 in Autumn Budget



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UK government taskforce commits to distributed ledger technologies



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Nvidia’s RTX 2080 Ti May Be Failing at Abnormally High Rates

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Angry users are reporting what appear to be high (and in some cases, repeated) failures for Nvidia's new top-end RTX 2080 Ti Turing GPU.

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Power struggle: A row is brewing over EU plans to curb datacentre energy use



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Security Think Tank: Defend application layer with good security hygiene



from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Security-Think-Tank-Defend-application-layer-with-good-security-hygiene

Aim for long-term customer identity relationship



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AWS retains cloud market leader status in Q3, as Microsoft and Google post gains



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Traditional financial services firms face extinction within 12 years



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Government consults on full-fibre for tenants, new-build homes



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Monday, 29 October 2018

The PlayStation Classic Lacks a Number of Games We Were Hoping for

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Sony has unveiled its games for the PlayStation Classic, but the final list is underwhelming.

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Why Tech Companies Lie

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Tech companies and their executives frequently get called out for lying. But not all misstatements are really lies, and there are even good reasons for many of them. We take a look at why companies lie and, hopefully, provide some background on how to evaluate what you hear and read.

The post Why Tech Companies Lie appeared first on ExtremeTech.



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IBM refreshes StorWize with NVMe flash and NVMe-over-fabrics



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How Google’s Night Sight Works, and Why It’s So Good

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Along with lack of quality zoom, poor low-light performance has been one of the weakest points of phone cameras. Image stacking techniques are rapidly addressing that issue. We look at how they evolved and particularly the current champion, Google's Night Sight.

The post How Google’s Night Sight Works, and Why It’s So Good appeared first on ExtremeTech.



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Manchester’s evolution from rag trade to e-commerce riches



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Retail tech spending will grow 3.6% globally in 2019, predicts Gartner



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US Grants Copyright Exception to Archive Abandoned Online Games


In the most recent copyright review, museums and other archival institutions have finally been given the go-ahead to archive online games.

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Finnish city Espoo trials artificial intelligence for community support



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Why subpostmasters and Post Office are battling it out in the High Court



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PwC partners with UKBlackTech to increase tech sector diversity



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Benchmark Results Tip for AMD RX 590, Show It Beating GTX 1060


Evidence is mounting that AMD is prepping a new RX 590 refresh to take on Nvidia's GTX 1060.

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IBM acquires Red Hat in $34bn hybrid cloud push



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IBM Acquires Red Hat in Massive $34 Billion Deal

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In a bombshell move over the weekend, IBM announced that it would acquire Red Hat in a deal worth $34B. IBM is playing up the cloud software angle, rather than Red Hat's 25 years of promoting and developing enterprise Linux.

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Astronomers Confirm Collision Between Nearby Dwarf Galaxies


Using a new space telescope, researchers from the University of Michigan have determined that the Small Magellanic Cloud is flying apart at the seams after a collision millions of years in the past.

The post Astronomers Confirm Collision Between Nearby Dwarf Galaxies appeared first on ExtremeTech.



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Philips looks to artificial intelligence to train its workforce



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O2 extends rural 4G network to 339 communities



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Security Think Tank: Counter application layer attacks with automation



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Friday, 26 October 2018

Tesla Faces Criminal Probe Over Model 3 Production Claims


Tesla is reportedly facing a criminal investigation into whether it deliberately misstated its Model 3 production numbers and the possibility of hitting them back in 2017.

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ET Deals: Pay What You Want Ebooks, 100 Percent Goes to ACLU

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Looking to read up on politics, civil liberties, and more? This new Humble Bundle features dozens of superb DRM-free digital books on the political system and civil rights while helping out the ACLU.

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Dinosaur-Killing Impact Crater Shows Rock Can Flow Like Fluid


A new study of the Chicxulub crater reveals how fluid rock leaves its mark following an impact.

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Flyby Reveals Phaethon, Our Solar System’s Weirdest Asteroid-Comet Hybrid

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Thanks to a recent flyby, we know a bit more about 3200 Phaeton, one of the strangest objects in our solar system.

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Trusted nodes: The next generation in Quantum Key Distribution



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Microsoft Expands Gaming Empire, Bringing Xbox Game Pass to PC Players

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Microsoft is bringing its Xbox Game Pass service to PCs at the same time that it's investing heavily in first-party content for the Xbox One.

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The lesson of TSB – testing, 1, 2, 3



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Intel Smashes Earning Targets, Denies 10nm Problems

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In theory, 2018 has been a rocky year for Intel. The company has weathered the repeated announcement of security issues related to Spectre and Meltdown. It dismissed its previous CEO, Brian Krzanich. It’s had to announce the delay of its 10nm process and then fend off rumors that said process node was completely canceled as…

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SSD Prices Could Collapse in 2019

Micron 3D NAND wafer

NAND prices have already been falling for the past few months, and according to a new research note, the drop could actually increase as we head into 2019.

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It’s Now Legal to Hack DRM On Your Devices to Fix Them


The US government just decided that hacking DRM to repair and maintain your electronics is perfectly legal.

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Will the EU Copyright Directive ‘break the internet’?



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Evaluating Availability of Intel’s 9th Generation CPUs


Intel launched its 9th Generation CPU family last week, but finding CPUs in market is anything but easy -- to say nothing of MSRP.

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NGA secures £22m for Bristol-Newport fibre link



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British Airways data breach worse than thought



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As data volumes grow, backup needs analytics, says StorageCraft CEO



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DNS attacks cost finance firms millions of pounds a year



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Openreach slashes cost of full-fibre to new-build homes



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Security Think Tank: Focus on security before app deployment



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IoT ecosystem needs to be investigated, say experts



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Thursday, 25 October 2018

Google Lens Comes to Mobile Image Search

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Lens is another of Google's semi-magical implementations of machine learning technology, in this case used to identify objects in images.

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Apple May Have Blocked GrayKey Phone Hacker in iOS 12 Update

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Apple did something to block GrayKey, but no one knows what.

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ET Deals: 10 Percent off eBay Sitewide on Everything for 24 Hours

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If you've been eyeing a certain something special on eBay, now's the perfect time to buy. For a very brief time, everything on the site is being discounted by 10 percent when you use code "PICKUPTEN" at checkout.

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NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory Is Back Online


Chandra is working again after NASA engineers implemented a fix for its gyroscope issues. NASA can again scan the sky for X-rays.

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Mitigating third-party cyber risks in a new regulatory environment



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AMD Reports Earning Results, Significantly Improves Gross Margin

AMD-Opteron-A1100

AMD's revenue fell slightly, but gross margin improved substantially, as did Ryzen sales and CPU average selling prices.

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Re-Evaluating the RTX 2070 at Its Proper $500 Price Tag

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Re-evaluating the RTX 2070's performance at its correct, lower price tag.

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MEPs call for action in wake of Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal



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Consumer rights champion Which? begins digital journey



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Google Is Making Android Security Updates Mandatory

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Google is reportedly rolling out a new Android licensing agreement to OEMs that will require security updates for two years on certain devices.

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Vodafone claims UK 5G first



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GandCrab decryption tool released by No More Ransom



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Belgian startup makes a game of creating secure software code



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Amazon Tried to Sell ICE Its Faulty Facial Recognition Tech

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Amazon was quite eager to sell its Rekognition facial recognition software to ICE this year, despite third-party tests showing its accuracy problems when used to identify non-white, non-male individuals.

The post Amazon Tried to Sell ICE Its Faulty Facial Recognition Tech appeared first on ExtremeTech.



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BT picks fintech leader to succeed Gavin Patterson



from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252451291/BT-picks-fintech-leader-to-succeed-Gavin-Patterson

Firms will use AI to automate HR processes within two years



from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252451226/Firms-will-use-AI-to-automate-HR-processes-within-two-years

ICO issues maximum £500,000 fine to Facebook



from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252451285/ICO-issues-maximum-500000-fine-to-Facebook

Nordic banks target SME customers with fintech services



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Microsoft results show hybrid benefit to Azure growth



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Cathay Pacific under fire over breach affecting 9.4 million passengers



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Becrypt security platform helps ease cloud adoption



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Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Google Rolls Out Easier Access to Your Personal Data Controls

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Soon, your Google Search UI will include a link in the menu right next to settings for "Your data in search."

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Black Ops 4 Will Make Your Base Consoles Sweat

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Christmas has come early this year for FPS enthusiasts! Black Ops 4 was released in mid-October this time around – weeks before the typical November release window. While it was almost certainly moved up to accommodate a certain gun-slinging juggernaut, this iteration isn't light on content in the least.

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Google Pixel 3 Only Gets Max Wireless Charging Speed With Official Stand


If you don't want to buy Google's expensive wireless stand, you'll be stuck in the slow lane.

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Motorola Ships DIY Repair Kits, First Phone Company to Support Right to Repair


Motorola and iFixit are teaming up to offer repair kits for Moto devices. It's the first time a major manufacturer has backed right to repair in this fashion.

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CTO interview: Proving new technology at Bloomberg



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Oldest Intact Shipwreck Ever Discovered Found in Black Sea

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Researchers have found the oldest known intact shipwreck on Earth, at the bottom of the Black Sea.

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Autonomous taxi trials underway in Dubai



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Excelero adds NVMe flash via Ethernet and Fibre Channel



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Epyc Achievement: AMD Now Available for Oracle Cloud Compute Instances

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Oracle has announced that it will deploy AMD Epyc servers in its cloud instances. It's the third major cloud provider out of the top six to sign with AMD.

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CityFibre backers pump £2.5bn into full-fibre broadband



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UK unicorn creation goes unrivalled in Europe



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Choose security tools wisely to gain upper hand



from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252451161/Choose-security-tools-wisely-to-gain-upper-hand

OnePlus Will Be Among the First to Launch a 5G Phone

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According to OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, the company will be among the first to launch a 5G smartphone in 2019 -- it may even be the very first.

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Racketeers Use Bots, Android Apps to Run Massive Ad Fraud Scheme

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Beyond Facebook's video pivot, there's a new major ad scandal brewing -- this time involving Google Play and a great deal of racketeering.

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NASA May Have Fixed Hubble By Shaking It and Turning It Off and On


It has been a harrowing few weeks for the Hubble Space Telescope, but NASA believes it is one step closer to restoring the instrument to full functionality.

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SMEs use fintech in fight against online giants, but fears remain



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Oracle Open World 2018: CEO Mark Hurd says SAP ERP customers will defect



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Yahoo to pay at least $85m for data breach settlement



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Datacentre glitches expose data loss risks



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Tuesday, 23 October 2018

HTC Exodus Blockchain Phone Up for Pre-order, but Only With Cryptocurrency


If you pick up an Exodus, HTC says you’ll be able to keep your cryptocurrency and other digital goods (like cryptokitties) safe from theft.

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ET Deals: $200 off 144Hz Acer Predator Helios 6-Core Overclockable Gaming Laptop

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If you want an excellent PC gaming experience away from your desk, today's deal on the Predator Helios 300 from Acer is hard to beat. This model includes a 144Hz 1080p IPS display, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card, 16GB of DDR4 (2666MHz), a 256GB SDD, and a six-core CPU for just $1099 – 15 percent off the MSRP.

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Indie ISP Offering Tor-Enabled SIM Cards


One grassroots UK ISP has started offering a Tor-infused mobile product to make privacy simpler. The Brass Horn Onion3G is a SIM card that automatically routes all your mobile data through the Tor network -- no setup required.

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Interview: Steve Grobman, McAfee CTO shares his views on some burning security questions



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Samsung’s New Windows Mixed Reality Headset Promises Better Displays


Samsung has announced an improved version of the Odyssey called the Odyssey+, and it keeps the same $500 price tag.

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