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UK schools trial police-style body cameras for teachers

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To combat disorderly students, two schools in the UK have started trialling body cameras. Teachers will use the equipment to record a "perceived threat to a member of staff or pupil," according to Tom Ellis, a lecturer at the University… Go To Full Article

Italian robot engineers forget the Italian facts of life

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Cool idea, which was not thought through properly Italian engineers at Piaggio came up with a really cool robotic idea which not quite but completely and utterly missed one thing which is a fact of life.… Go To Full Article

Mark Zuckerberg Admits That VR Won’t Be Profitable For ‘Quite A While’

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It’s no secret that VR hasn’t taken off quite the way that early investors would have hoped it to. By no means is it a flop, sales have been fairly decent. However, those who thought it would be the next… Go To Full Article

GIGABYTE launches the B250M-Gaming 5 motherboard with RGB Fusion

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GIGABYTE has launched the B250M-Gaming 5 motherboard, its latest micro-ATX offering for the latest 7th Generation Intel Kaby Lake processors. Of course, like any other Intel 200-series motherboard, the GA-B250M-Gaming 5 does support 6th Generation Intel ‘Skylake’ processors as well.… Go To Full Article

Anonymous data does not live up to its billing

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Boffins can tie data to your ID most of the time For a while the standard defence that various companies have used to collect your online data is that it is “anonymised” and cannot be linked back… Go To Full Article

Take-Two sees profit slump

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Higher royalty payments Take-Two Interactive Software which is known for the "Grand Theft Auto" video game series, is not doing so well. The outfit cut its profit forecast for its fiscal year 2017, largely… Go To Full Article

iPhone will not get a USB-C connection

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That would be helpful for Apple fanboys The Fruity tax-dodging cargo cult Apple is not going to follow the trend towards USB-C on its coming iPhone 8. For a while now… Go To Full Article

Tech companies are discriminatory

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Despite its reputation for being a liberal industry, more than a quarter of US workers in the technology sector have felt discrimination at their workplace. According to a survey released by job site Indeed.com more than 24… Go To Full Article

Ireland might actually take on a big tech company

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The nation which tends to give illegal sweeteners to big tech companies is gunning for Facebook. Ireland’s privacy watchdog has launched a bid to refer Facebook’s data transfer mechanism to the European Union’s top court in a… Go To Full Article

Fallout Shelter is now available on Xbox One and Windows 10 for free

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Bethesda rolled out Fallout Shelter for iOS in 2015, and the game is now making its way to the Xbox One and Windows 10. The game is a free to play title, and comes with in-app purchases in the form… Go To Full Article

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