Investors backing Juicero and its $400, DRM-laden juicer surprised to discover they were fleeced

Investors who backed last year's darling company, Juicero, are shocked to discover that its $400 juicer with baked-in DRM is utterly pointless.

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How tech teams can reduce LGBT+ university dropout

The number of students in the LGBT community who consider dropping out of university is higher than the average, but IT teams can make some small changes which will make a big difference to this figure

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How to manage data analytics programmes and teams

Data analytics technology won’t deliver business value by itself – it needs to be deployed, and its users organised to deliver value

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UK's first digital government head, Andrew Pinder, dies

Pinder was responsible for pushing the UK broadband agenda and starting the ball rolling on the digitisation of government services

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Riverbed buys Xirrus to add wireless to SD-WAN line-up

Network performance technology supplier says acquisition will strengthen its software-defined network offering

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InterContinental Hotel Group reveals extent of malware attack

Hotel group InterContinental (IHG) reveals that malware attempting to glean payment card details sat undetected on its network in the US for three months

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Object storage services emerge as new cloud pricing battleground, claims 451 Research

IBM, Amazon, Google and others have all cut the price of their object storage services in recent months, suggesting the cloud price wars are entering a new phase, says 451 Research

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