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16 Apr
Fresh Alexa privacy concerns prompted by revelations about human intervention
Alexa is listening for your commands, and so, reportedly are thousands of Amazon staff and contractors who are amassing speech data to improve the smart speaker’s responsiveness. This latest news about Alexa’s human assistants has raised by Alexa privacy concerns.
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17 Jan
IBM’s quantum computer is a sign of its ambitions
IBM has unveiled a standalone commercially viable quantum computer in an effort to reinvigorate its brand reputation and drag its share price out of the doldrums.
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12 Dec
Kanye West, Pentagon and Nutella among worst password offenders 2018
Kanye West topped the list of ‘worst password offenders 2018’ for revealing his phone password to the world live on TV during his White House meeting with Donald Trump.
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11 Dec
24 hours, 7,000 bots: How Twitter amplification bots are faking popularity
Research carried out by cybersecurity firm Duo Security have found more proof that Twitter bots are being used to inflate the popularity of content, finding evidence for 7,000 potential Twitter amplification bots in just 24 hours.
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30 Nov
Thousands of commercial electric vehicles to trial in UK next year
The UK’s energy regulator Ofgem has given the green light to a trial of up to 3,000 commercial electric vehicles (EVs) to begin in 2019, as part of the biggest push yet to prepare the country for the EV revolution.
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28 Nov
FBI and Google take down $30m botnet ad fraud operation
The FBI, Google and a host of cybersecurity companies have combined to take down a botnet ad fraud operation that made nearly $30m in illegal online advertisement activities.
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1 Nov
Fukushima has to have food delivered by drone due to the 2011 nuclear disaster
Drones are delivering food to a Japanese town devastated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster where residents still struggle to source household basics.
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1 Nov
Who gains if Sprint and T-Mobile US don’t merge?
The reported collapse of the Sprint T-Mobile merger has pushed down the shares in both of them but it is good news for others.
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31 Oct
Thousands of people are going on a treasure hunt in France
Any day now, thousands of people in Toulouse, France will wake up to an email that could lead them to €10,000.
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31 Oct
Why do tech giants comply with removal requests from autocratic regimes?
Tech giants like Twitter, Facebook and Google claim to be champions of freedom of expression and other democratic values, but when faced with requests from autocratic regimes to remove content, they often comply.
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30 Oct
The video game industry is a dark horse in the driverless car race
The driverless car market is awash with unexpected challengers.
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30 Oct
Google, Facebook, and Twitter to face uncomfortable questions in Washington
US tech giants will try to present a united front in Washington today as questions bubble around the role of tech companies in alleged Russian election interference last year.
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27 Oct
Do retailers even realise how much telcos could improve their business?
Would you consider your fixed line operator a digital leader or a disruptor?
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27 Oct
Here’s just how powerful the hotel booking sites have become
The UK’s competition watchdog is going to open an investigation into online hotel booking platforms amid concerns surrounding the “clarity, accuracy and presentation of information” on their websites.
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27 Oct
Supermarkets need to start using dark stores and quickly
In ten years’ time, the vast majority of online delivered groceries will come from dark stores.
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27 Oct
Twitter manager: “We are the news platform”
Twitter conceded it’s a news platform at a digital news summit in London last week, amid an on-going debate over whether social media platforms should be considered news publishers.
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27 Oct
These are the seven new startups to watch from Samsung’s C-Lab program
When searching for new product ideas, tech companies often turn to their employees for inspiration.
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27 Oct
The much-anticipated Apple iPhone X is here (if you can get your hands on one)
Nearly two months after the phone was revealed, the Apple iPhone X (pronounced iPhone 10) is now available to pre-order from Apple’s website.
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26 Oct
The race for the driverless car is on but there’s going to be a lot of consolidation first
Major companies are increasingly bullish on the driverless car sector and are unveiling massive investments and acquisitions as the car industry adjusts to the new reality.
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26 Oct
Uber is launching its own credit card and you can get one from next week
Ride-sharing startup Uber is launching its own credit card.
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26 Oct
Get ready for third quarter earnings results from Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Twitter
Some of the world’s biggest technology companies will be releasing their third-quarter results today.
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25 Oct
France and China are teaming up to better predict the weather and combat climate change
This year’s Atlantic hurricane season — which has already rocked the Americas and Europe — could have been better handled if the storms and hurricanes it brought could be better predicted.
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25 Oct
Move over LinkedIn, Bumble Bizz is here to sweeten up professional networking
LinkedIn wanted to kill the CV.
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25 Oct
Smartphones will overtake feature phones in Kenya this year
By the end of 2017 there will be 20.1m active smartphone subscriptions in Kenya, a 16 percent increase from the end of last year, according to GlobalData numbers.
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25 Oct
Encrypted messaging app Wire is taking on Slack with its new business messenger platform
European encrypted messaging app Wire, admired by the likes of Edward Snowden for its security merits, is launching a new business messaging platform.
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24 Oct
Don’t believe the hype: why Amazon’s Alexa is not the future of retail
Retailers may be concerned about the potential impact of Amazon to persuade customers to voice order all their future needs through its home assistant Alexa, but the current implementation suggests there’s little to worry about.
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24 Oct
Personal cyber attack insurance: has it come to this?
Cyber insurance is now a requirement for businesses, yet the need for personal protection is growing and personal cyber attack insurance could become normal soon.
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24 Oct
Meal-kit startup HelloFresh wants a $1.8bn valuation for its IPO – or will it go the way of Blue Apron?
After pulling out of floatation back in 2015, it’s official: HelloFresh is going public.
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23 Oct
How can newspapers fight back against the tech giants? Data-sharing
News outlets should share their data with each other to combat the growing influence of technology companies, according to some of the biggest names in media.
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23 Oct
US cities and territories are competing for Amazon’s new HQ2. Will their efforts pay off?
When online retailer Amazon announced it was looking for a new office location, US states got ready for battle.