Government mobilises to persuade tech sector to endorse May-EU deal

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453543/Government-mobilises-to-persuade-tech-sector-to-endorse-May-EU-deal

Google Rumored to Shut Down Hangouts in 2020

Google's inability to form a coherent messaging strategy is legendary at this point, and it doesn't look like things are getting any better if a new rumor is accurate. According

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Fury of Disappointment: Darksiders III

After the collapse of THQ in 2013, the fate of well-loved franchises like Darksiders was in peril. The company's intellectual properties scattered to the winds, devs moved to other endeavors, and fans were heartbroken. But all these years later, Darksiders is back from the dead.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/281306-fury-of-disappointment-darksiders-iii

3 Minuscule Moon Rocks Just Sold for $855,000 at Auction

The newly auctioned moon fragments came to Earth aboard the Soviet Luna 16 return rocket, the first automated probe to return a sample from the lunar surface.

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CCRC may hold off subpostmaster decision until after Post Office Horizon trial

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453546/CCRC-may-hold-off-subpostmaster-decision-until-after-Post-Office-Horizon-trial

Mike Lynch charged with fraud over $11bn sale of Autonomy

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453534/Mike-Lynch-charged-with-fraud-over-11bn-sale-of-Autonomy

In China, Electric Vehicles Log Precise Location Data With the Government

In China, electric vehicles constantly report their exact real-time position -- and a great deal of additional information besides -- to the Chinese government.

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Cyber crime most significant harm in UK, says top cyber cop

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453527/Cyber-crime-most-significant-harm-in-UK-says-top-cyber-cop

Intel Cascade Lake vs AMD Rome: Who will rule the datacentre roost in 2019?

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Intel-Cascade-Lake-vs-AMD-Rome-Who-will-rule-the-datacentre-roost-in-2019

9 Charged With Selling Samsung’s Bendable Screen Technology

South Korean prosecutors charged nine people with IP theft against Samsung, in a failed bid to steal OLED technology for a Chinese manufacturer.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/electronics/281496-9-charged-with-selling-samsung-bendable-screen-tech-to-chinese-companies

Marriott data breach highlights basic failings

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453521/Marriott-data-breach-highlights-basic-failings

Microsoft Wins $480M Contract to Provide HoloLens to US Military

Microsoft has signed a major deal with the US military to provide HoloLens devices for both training and eventually, live combat.

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Best Cars of the 2018 LA Auto Show

Old models return. New cars get faster and safer. More SUVs, more pickups, a few more sedans. Even Tesla has a booth.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/281417-best-cars-of-the-2018-la-auto-show

WannaCry borderline national cyber emergency

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453509/WannaCry-borderline-national-cyber-emergency

New forms of governance needed to safely and ethically unlock value of data

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453506/New-forms-of-governance-needed-to-safely-and-ethically-unlock-value-of-data

Microsoft’s Next Surface Might Tap AMD Hardware

There are rumors that AMD, not Intel, might get the nod for the next version of Microsoft's Surface.

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How to manage software auditor independence

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453493/How-to-manage-software-auditor-independence

E-commerce sites warned of heightened DDoS threat

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453494/E-commerce-sites-warned-of-heightened-DDoS-threat

Amazon CTO Werner Vogels declares Oracle data warehouse switch-off as 2018 work highlight

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453484/Amazon-CTO-Werner-Vogels-declares-Oracle-data-warehouse-switch-off-as-2018-work-highlight

Sennheiser Software Flaw Leaves Users Open to Hacking

Sennheiser has issued a patch for the software, but it doesn't seem to grasp the gravity of the screw-up.

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NASA Reveals 9 Commercial Partners for Lunar Missions

You've probably heard of some of these companies, but others are new players in space exploration.

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MIT Studies Micro-Impacts at 100 Million Frames Per Second

A new study from MIT seeks to reveal the processes at work that produce microscopic craters and holes in materials.

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NASA’s Mars Cubesat Mission Was a Smashing Success, Too

Could this herald a new era in low-cost exploration of the solar system?

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Intel Adds Support for Universal Windows Drivers With Latest Graphics Release

Intel has released a new driver update with support for Microsoft's new Windows 10 1809 Universal Windows Driver standard.

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Does It Matter If TSMC Dethrones Intel and Takes the Semiconductor Lead?

TSMC is poised to overtake Intel in overall silicon manufacturing, but how much of an impact on Intel is that actually likely to have?

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Interview: Sam Lowe, chief technology officer, Streetbees

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453430/Interview-Sam-Lowe-chief-technology-officer-Streetbees

How to build SME storage using public cloud storage

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/How-to-build-SME-storage-using-public-cloud-storage

Virtual Instruments aims to be “the brain of the datacentre”

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453422/Virtual-Instruments-aims-to-be-the-brain-of-the-datacentre

DJI Announces Super-Tiny Osmo Pocket 3-Axis Stabilized Camera

With 3-axis stabilization, you can swing the Osmo Pocket every which way and still get passably smooth footage at 4K resolution.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/electronics/281404-dji-announces-super-tiny-osmo-pocket-3-axis-stabilized-camera

Agile becomes mainstream

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Agile-becomes-mainstream

Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid Project: Can It Save the Web?

The World Wide Web only delivered on a small portion of the original vision of Tim Berners-Lee or Hypertext creator Ted Nelson. Berner's Lee is aiming to fix that with his Solid project and startup Inrupt.

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UK cyber security strategy making ‘good progress’

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453433/UK-cyber-security-strategy-making-good-progress

GPU Shipments Fall 16 Percent as Crypto Sputters Out

Overall GPU sales slumped sharply in Q3 2018, despite the launch of Nvidia's RTX GPU family.

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You Can Inherit Mitochondrial DNA From Your Father After All

We've long believed that mitochondrial DNA is only passed down by mothers. A team of researchers from the US, China, and Taiwan has identified several families where that isn't true.

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More effective digital transformation through the power of your own people

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/More-effective-digital-transformation-through-the-power-of-your-own-people

Danish government launches wide-ranging digital services project

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453418/Danish-government-launches-wide-ranging-digital-services-project

120,000 police officers to receive cyber security training

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453421/120000-police-officers-to-receive-cyber-security-training

Amazon brings public cloud services to enterprise datacentres with AWS Outposts

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453415/Amazon-brings-public-cloud-services-to-enterprise-datacentres-with-AWS-Outposts

Nutanix grows subscription revenue

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453419/Nutanix-grows-subscription-revenue

AWS on why it is finally joining the blockchain bandwagon

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453416/AWS-on-why-it-is-finally-joining-the-blockchain-bandwagon

Intel CPU Shortage Could Ease in Q1 2019

Intel's CPU shortage could ease in Q1 as additional 14nm production comes online. The impact of the ongoing US-China trade dispute could still throw a wrench into overall product sales, however.

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ET Deals: Cyber Monday Best $600 1080p HP Gaming Laptop Still Live

The deals we saw this Black Friday and Cyber Monday were outstanding, but the festivities haven't finished completely. There are still some really solid deals kicking around, and we've rounded them up below. Most interestingly? The 15.6-inch HP Pavilion 15 with a quad-core CPU and a GTX 1050 Ti graphics card is still just $599.

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Loot Boxes in Games Draw FTC’s Attention

In a recent hearing on Capitol Hill, Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) discussed the issue of loot boxes with FTC commissioners.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/281370-ftc-pledges-to-investigate-loot-boxes-in-games

Cyber resilience lacking due to apathy of UK leaders

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453366/Cyber-resilience-lacking-due-to-apathy-of-UK-leaders

Google Removes Gendered Pronouns From Gmail’s Smart Compose Feature

Google's Smart Compose feature doesn't try to predict the gender of the person you're emailing, because the company hasn't figured out how to actually predict it with complete accuracy. Smart move.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/computing/281344-google-removes-gendered-pronoun-predictions-from-smart-compose-feature

Bright future for OTT video – if the network can support it

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Bright-future-for-OTT-video-if-the-network-can-support-it

CIO interview: Stephen Docherty on NHS data sharing

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453261/CIO-interview-Stephen-Docherty-on-NHS-data-sharing

Amazon Launches ARM-Based Custom Graviton CPU

Amazon unveiled its first custom-built silicon today, and a new type of cloud instance designed around it. Meet Graviton, the company's first CPU.

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Scientists Model Costs of Geoengineering Effort to Dim the Sun

How much would it cost to use sulfur aerosols to reflect additional sunlight back into space? Not that much.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/281347-scientists-model-costs-of-worldwide-geoengineering-effort-meant-to-dim-the-sun

DriveSavers Offers Phone Unlocking and Data Recovery for $3,900

The price might not sound so crazy if the data in your phone is extremely important, and it's not like you have a lot of options.

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Review Roundup: The PlayStation Classic Is Acceptable, Uninspiring

The PlayStation Classic is a bare-bones recreation of an early 1990s console gaming experience and not much more.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/281319-review-roundup-the-playstation-classic-is-acceptable-uninspiring

UK competition watchdog concerned with PayPal’s fintech acquisition

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453341/UK-competition-watchdog-concerned-with-PayPals-fintech-acquisition

Tips for minimising the impact of the Microsoft Office price rise

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Tips-for-minimising-the-impact-of-the-Microsoft-Office-price-rise

Challenger bank signs up Google-inspired platform

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453346/Challenger-bank-signs-up-Google-inspired-platform

FCA deeply concerned as no end in sight for IT failures in banking

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453338/FCA-deeply-concerned-as-no-end-in-sight-for-IT-failures-in-banking

Amazon sets about speeding up space data processing in the cloud with AWS Ground Station

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453333/Amazon-sets-about-speeding-up-space-data-processing-in-the-cloud-with-AWS-Ground-Station

Google Project Fi Is Opening Up to iPhones, Samsung, and More

According to a now-deleted post on BGR, Google will let users join Fi with phones like the iPhone and Samsung devices.

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Rogue Developer Uses Popular Open Source Project to Steal Bitcoins

The scale of the breach is still under investigation, but things aren't looking good.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/internet/281312-rogue-developer-uses-popular-open-source-project-to-steal-bitcoins

Here’s What’s Next for NASA’s InSight Mars Lander

InSight has to do several months of prep work before most of its instruments will be ready to relay data back to Earth.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/281297-heres-whats-next-for-nasas-insight-mars-lander

Hands On With the Google Pixel Slate

Google is the latest company to jump into the hot market for convertible computers with its Pixel Slate. We've been using an early version for the last week, and have found both a lot to like and a few wrinkles.

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Take the pain out of software patching

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/ezine/Computer-Weekly/Take-the-pain-out-of-software-patching

Billions missing out on digital society as internet use soars

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453278/Billions-missing-out-on-digital-society-as-internet-use-soars

AMD May Have Doubled Per-Core L3 Cache on 7nm Epyc CPUs

AMD may have doubled the per-core L3 cache on its 7nm Rome server CPUs, along with various architectural changes and improvements.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/computing/281280-amd-may-have-doubled-per-core-l3-cache-on-7nm-epyc-cpus

Intel’s Comet Lake-S Rumored to Pack 10 Cores, Debut on 14nm

Rumors suggest Intel could be planning a new 10-core CPU, built on the 14nm process node.

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Inspiring Fifty announces its 2018 list of UK women in tech role models

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453274/Inspiring-Fifty-announces-its-2018-list-of-UK-women-in-tech-role-models

Businesses failing to win consumer trust

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453268/Businesses-failing-to-win-consumer-trust

Microsoft Windows 1809 Update Breaks Windows Media Player, File Associations

Microsoft's Windows 10 1809 update is still causing headaches for some users, including broken functionality in the most basic parts of Windows.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/computing/281275-microsoft-windows-1809-update-breaks-windows-media-player-file-associations

Poor Wi-Fi connectivity damaging to home life, say UK consumers

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453256/Poor-Wi-Fi-connectivity-damaging-to-home-life-say-UK-consumers

Nordic IT network attracting big brands as well as startups

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453253/Nordic-IT-network-attracting-big-brands-as-well-as-startups

Facebook helps pupils understand more about tech roles

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453251/Facebook-helps-pupils-understand-more-about-tech-roles

Longest Time-Lapse Shot From Space for ISS 20th Anniversary

The ESA has put together a fantastic 15-minute video of Earth from the ISS, but the actual length of time shown is much greater. In fact, this is the longest timelapse video ever shot in space.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/281263-longest-time-lapse-shot-from-space-for-iss-20th-anniversary

Waste Virginia: Fallout 76 Nuked From Orbit By Reviewers

Reviews of Fallout 76 have blasted the game as a badly programmed train wreck. Reviewer consensus is that the few gems of genuine fun are buried under bad UI, poor combat, and frustrating mechanics.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/281242-waste-virginia-fallout-76-nuked-from-orbit-by-reviewers

York teen crowned 2018 UK cyber security champion

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453252/York-teen-crowned-2018-UK-cyber-security-champion

Openreach extends Gfast roll-out to a million more homes

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453247/Openreach-extends-Gfast-roll-out-to-a-million-more-homes

Treasury Committee launches inquiry into bank IT failures

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453246/Treasury-Committee-launches-inquiry-into-bank-IT-failures

Oslo: A hub for the social startup scene

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453095/Oslo-A-hub-for-the-social-startup-scene

ICO fines Uber £385,000 for data protection failings

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453244/ICO-fines-Uber-385000-for-data-protection-failings

High Court trial over Horizon computer system completes witness cross-examinations

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453243/High-Court-trial-over-Horizon-computer-system-completes-witness-cross-examinations

Why IT infrastructure approach needs modernising

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453238/Why-IT-infrastructure-approach-needs-modernising

GDPR is encouraging UK IT directors to pay cyber ransoms

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453241/GDPR-is-encouraging-UK-IT-directors-to-pay-cyber-ransoms

Data volumes set to hit 175ZB with a tectonic shift to the cloud

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453098/Data-volumes-set-to-hit-175ZB-with-a-tectonic-shift-to-the-cloud

NASA’s InSight Successfully Lands on Mars

NASA reports that InSight's automated landing sequence performed perfectly and the probe is conducting systems checks in preparation for science operations.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/281247-nasas-insight-successfully-lands-on-mars

Chinese Scientist Reportedly Creates Genetically Engineered Babies Immune to HIV

Teams around the world have experimented with CRISPR-based gene editing techniques in human embryos, but no one has allowed those embryos to become living, breathing people -- until now.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/281232-chinese-scientist-reportedly-creates-genetically-engineered-babies-immune-to-hiv

HPE makes bigger push in hybrid IT

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453102/HPE-makes-bigger-push-in-hybrid-IT

Unprecedented actions by Commons committee augur badly for Facebook

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453104/Unprecedented-actions-by-Commons-committee-augur-badly-for-Facebook

LG Patents Smartphone With 16 Cameras, Because Sure, Why Not

Some phones pack as many as four rear-facing camera sensors, but LG has plans for several times that. In a recent patent filing, LG shows off a concept for a phone with 16 of them.

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2019 Toyota RAV4 Review: Why It Will Hit 500,000 Sales Per Year in No Time

The sales leader among compact SUVs is likely to soar past a half-million sales by 2020 and extend its dominance as the best-selling vehicle in America that isn't designed for a gun rack. It's that good.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/280997-2019-toyota-rav4-review-why-it-will-hit-500000-sales-per-year-in-no-time

25 Best Android Tips to Make Your Phone More Useful

Make your Android phone all it can be with these tips and tricks.

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from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/223282-25-best-android-tips-to-make-your-phone-more-useful

China leapfrogs US in supercomputer deployments

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453084/China-leapfrogs-US-in-supercomputer-deployments

Questions raised over Big Four auditors' licence independence

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453081/Questions-raised-over-Big-Four-auditors-licence-independence

ET Cyber Monday Deals: $600 GTX 1050 Ti Gaming Laptop, $300 50-inch Vizio 4K HDTV, Google Home Mini

The Cyber Monday deals have already begun to roll out, and there's plenty of new bargains to be found. We'll be updating this post throughout the day, so be sure to check back in a few hours.

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Cloud clearance: Working out the best way forward

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Cloud-clearance-Working-out-the-best-way-forward

Interview: Roger Taylor, chair, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453045/Intereview-Roger-Taylor-chair-of-Centre-for-Data-Ethics-and-Innovation

O2 and Nokia partner up on 5G-focused Massive MIMO trial in London

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453051/O2-embarks-on-5G-focused-Massive-MIMO-trial-in-London

An IR35 survival guide for employers and contractors

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/An-IR35-survival-guide-for-employers-and-contractors

ASOS launches digital assistant to help customers find right size

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453050/ASOS-launches-digital-assistant-to-help-customers-find-right-size

Hamburg has ambitions to be a virtual reality

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453041/Hamburg-has-ambitions-to-be-a-virtual-reality

Smart meter benefits cut by old technology and rising costs

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453010/Smart-meter-benefits-cut-by-old-technology-and-rising-costs

ET Best Black Friday Deals: Sonos Subwoofer, Ring Doorbells, Dell PCs

Happy Thanksgiving, ExtremeTech readers! Online retailers cannot wait to start bringing in the big bucks, so the wait for Black Friday is essentially over. There are incredible deals available right now all over the net, and we’ve put together a categorized list of all of the best discounts.Courtesy of our partners at TechBargains…Featured DealsIn and…

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Options for deferring or upgrading to S/4Hana

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Options-for-deferring-or-upgrading-to-S-4Hana

Equinix, Digital Realty and NGD fuel UK colocation market growth with datacentre expansions

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453017/Equinix-Digital-Realty-and-NGD-fuel-UK-colocation-market-growth-with-datacentre-expansions

IKEA to focus on digitisation and convenience shopping

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ET Deals: Get Eight Steam Games with Humble Jumbo Bundle 12

Want something to play over the holiday? Check out the Humble Jumbo Bundle 12 with eight games from six different publishers. Put up just $10, and you'll unlock more than $120 worth of Steam games and other goodies.

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TLA calls on tech industry to hire one million tech workers by 2023

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453009/TLA-calls-on-tech-industry-to-hire-one-million-tech-workers-by-2023

ICO finds Metropolitan Police's Gangs Matrix seriously breaches data protection laws

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452971/ICO-finds-Metropolitan-Polices-Gangs-Matrix-seriously-breaches-data-protection-laws

Storage 101: Unstructured data and its storage needs

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Storage-101-Unstructured-data-and-its-storage-needs

CW Nordics: Swedish IT sector advises on election security

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ET Deals: $200 off the Galaxy Note 9, HP GTX 1060 Six-Core Gaming Laptop for $800

Whether you're looking for a new unlocked smartphone, a sweet gaming laptop, or a low-cost console bundle, there's no need to hesitate on your purchase since killer Black Friday deals have already begun going live.

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Google Patents Wheeled VR Shoes

Some have suggested building elaborate VR treadmills that let you walk around without going anyplace. Google has just patented something different: motorized VR shoes.

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NASA May Sell Tickets to Space Tourists

Advocates for the space tourism move say that it could be an important source of funding for the agency, as well as a way to become more relevant to the American public.

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ODI’s OpenActive accelerator ends after getting startups up and running

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452973/ODIs-OpenActive-accelerator-ends-after-getting-startups-up-and-running

NASA Explains How It Will Track InSight’s Mars Landing Next Week

inSight should touch down on Mars within one week, and NASA has detailed how it'll monitor the landing from 91 million miles away on Earth.

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BA to sue CBRE over May Bank Holiday datacentre outage

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452976/BA-to-sue-CBRE-over-May-Bank-Holiday-datacentre-outage

Finland invests in IT to upgrade electricity network

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452960/Finland-invests-in-IT-to-upgrade-electricity-network

How Air Quality and the AQI Are Measured

Air quality crises come and go, but at one time or another, you'll probably run into a situation where your phone or your weather forecast will start warning you about outdoor activity. We dig into how is it measured, and what a high AQI really means.

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Interview: Comms sector ripe for disruption as climate change takes hold

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452697/Interview-Comms-sector-ripe-for-disruption-as-climate-change-takes-hold

SpaceX Renames In-Development ‘BFR’ to ‘Starship’

CEO Elon Musk casually announced the change on Twitter, as he is wont to do. The BFR is now simply known as Starship.

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Why CIOs must start offloading work

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452959/Why-CIOs-must-start-offloading-work

Datacentre expansions fuel record rise in capital expenditure of hyperscale cloud giants

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452958/Datacentre-expansions-fuel-record-rise-in-capital-expenditure-of-hyperscale-cloud-giants

Report: Samsung Planning 10th Anniversary Galaxy With 6.7-inch Screen, 5G

According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, Samsung has four versions of the Galaxy S10 in the works, including one called "Beyond X" that will sport a massive 6.7-inch display, six cameras, and 5G support.

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IBM pushes boundaries of AI, but insists companies take an ethical approach

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/IBM-pushes-the-boundaries-of-AI-but-insists-companies-take-an-ethical-approach

Post Office held back information about Horizon IT system errors

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452957/Post-Office-held-back-information-about-Horizon-IT-system-errors

How voice biometrics catches fraudsters

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452936/How-voice-biometrics-catches-fraudsters

Post Office held back information about Horizon IT system errors

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452943/Post-Office-held-back-information-about-Horizon-IT-system-errors

NetApp and Pure show strong results on flash storage and cloud

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452940/NetApp-and-Pure-show-strong-results-on-flash-storage-and-cloud

Unpacking the OpenStack Foundation’s open infrastructure push

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452875/Unpacking-the-OpenStack-Foundations-open-infrastructure-push

Lincolnshire Police signs 10-year cloud control room tech refresh deal with Motorola Solutions

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452937/Lincolnshire-Police-signs-10-year-cloud-control-room-tech-refresh-deal-with-Motorola-Solutions

Valve Will End Sales of the Steam Link When Current Stock Is Gone

Valve has announced it won't manufacture any more Steam Link hardware, and stock is almost out. In place of the hardware, Valve says it's focusing on the Steam Link apps.

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PSA: Headed into Black Friday, AMD’s Midrange GPU Prices are Really, Really Good

AMD's RX 570 and RX 580 have gotten some very tasty price cuts for the holidays.

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HTC Acknowledges Vive Wireless Isn’t Working With AMD Hardware, Offers Refunds

Problems with AMD systems and HTC's new wireless adapter are so bad, HTC is offering refunds to Ryzen owners.

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Dutch audit finds Microsoft Office leaks confidential data

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452844/Dutch-audit-finds-Microsoft-Office-leaks-confidential-data

Google May Shutter Google News in EU Over ‘Link Tax’ Laws

According to a Google executive, the company is considering shutting down its Google News portal in Europe if the latest copyright changes, known as the "link tax," go into effect.

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Best Graphics Cards for Every Budget in 2018

You've got questions about GPUs and video cards. We've got answers. Now updated for the Holidays 2018.

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NASA Selects Ancient Crater Lake as Landing Site for Future Mars Rover

NASA has chosen the landing zone for its next mission to Mars, with the hope of gathering rock and soil samples there and returning them to Earth for eventual analysis.

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Survey: Data very fragmented, and that’s a worry for most

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452837/Survey-Data-very-fragmented-and-thats-a-worry-for-most

Police challenged over refusal to disclose files on WikiLeaks staff

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452830/Police-challenged-over-refusal-to-disclose-files-on-WikiLeaks-staff

Sixth form college rebuilds after fire with Scale hyper-converged

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452835/Sixth-form-college-recovers-from-fire-with-Scale-hyper-converged

How the Science Museum is moving to the digital age

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/ezine/Computer-Weekly/How-the-Science-Museum-is-moving-to-the-digital-age

Jeremy Wright announces Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation board

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452803/Jeremy-Wright-announces-Centre-for-Data-Ethics-and-Innovation-board

Putting the UK at the forefront of ethics and innovation in AI and data

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Putting-the-UK-at-the-forefront-of-ethics-and-innovation-in-AI-and-data

SpaceX Delays Launch of Twice-Reused Rocket for Additional Inspections

It would have been the third launch for this particular rocket, a feat never before attempted. In the end, SpaceX decided it needed more time to prepare.

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ET Deals: First Discount on the Surface Go Tablet, 50-inch 4K TV for under $330

We're less than a week away from Black Friday proper, and a load of sweet discounts are already live. Snag a Surface Go, a home security system, an Xbox One X, a PSVR, and much more at a substantial discount.

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Go Self-Sovereign: How to Own Your Identity on the Internet

In everyday life, we rely on government-issued documents to establish our identity. But on the web, we hand that power over to private, for-profit corporations that don't even think of us as customers. We look at whether self-sovereign identities might let us take control of who we are on the internet.

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CDO interview: Aidan Millar, DNB

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452780/CDO-Interview-Aidan-Millar-DNB

Microsoft forces price hike on budget-constrained councils

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452783/Microsoft-forces-price-hike-on-budget-constrained-councils

Spectre Patches Whack Intel Performance Hard With Linux 4.20 Kernel

Intel CPUs take a fairly heavy hit with the Linux 4.2 kernel, thanks to security measures to protect against Spectre / Meltdown attacks. The new changes impact a larger range of tests than were hit by the patches earlier this year.

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Fallout 76 Magnifies Everything Wrong With Fallout 4

Fallout 4 suffered from feeling like two different games smashed together. In FO76, the problem is much worse.

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Office 365 users locked out by authentication failure

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452778/Office-365-users-locked-out-by-authentication-failure

Microsoft Frantically Downplays Plan to Put Ads in Windows Email App

Microsoft got caught testing the idea of putting ads into the Windows 10 Email client. Someone, somewhere, thought this was a good idea.

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Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management turn to Workday to complete merger

from ComputerWeekly.com https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452699/Standard-Life-and-Aberdeen-Asset-Management-turn-to-Workday-to-complete-merger

Alien Object ‘Oumuamua May Be Smaller Than We Thought

From our limited observation time, astronomers have determined ‘Oumuamua is a small cigar-shaped object, but we didn't know exactly how small until now.

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