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• New York Times CEO warns publishers ahead of Apple news launch

  21-03-2019 23:54
  Apple Inc is expected to launch an ambitious new entertainment and paid digital news service on Monday, as the iPhone maker pushes back against streaming video leader Netflix Inc. But it likely will not feature the New York Times Co.
  
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• 'Cancel Brexit' petition passes 2m signatures on Parliament site

  21-03-2019 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  A call to revoke Article 50 generates the fastest ever rate of signatures on Parliament's website.
  
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• Trump announces pick for U.S. chief technology officer

  21-03-2019 23:43
  U.S. President Donald Trump will nominate Michael Kratsios to be the country's chief technology officer, the White House said on Thursday, filling a role that had been vacant since the beginning of his administration.
  
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• Oslo to become first city to charge electric taxis over the air

  21-03-2019 23:41
  Norway's capital Oslo will become the first city in the world to install wireless charging systems for electric taxis, hoping to make recharging quick and efficient enough to speed the takeup of non-polluting cabs.
  
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• Senate Committee happy for Consumer Data Right Bill to be passed in current form

  21-03-2019 23:20 via zdnet.com
  Despite hearing concerns around the Bill's ambiguity, lax privacy, and rushed nature, the Senate Economics Legislation Committee has still decided to recommend its passage.
  
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• Geoscience Australia to be Top 4 compliant after discovery of unknown rogue file

  21-03-2019 23:09 via zdnet.com
  Following a poor audit result and the discovery of a rogue file, the government entity will be compliant with the now superseded Top 4 mitigation strategies for cybersecurity come June 30, 2019.
  
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• Tesla sues former employees for allegedly stealing data, Autopilot source code

  21-03-2019 23:06
  Tesla Inc filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a former engineer at the company, claiming he copied the source code for its Autopilot technology before joining a Chinese self-driving car startup in January.
  
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• Artificial intelligence and the future of smartphone photography

  21-03-2019 22:43 via zdnet.com
  3-D sensors coming to this year's smartphones are just the tip of a wave of machine learning-driven photography that will both correct shortcomings of smartphone pictures and also provide some stunning new aspects of photography.
  
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• GM to announce $300 million investment in Orion EV/AV plant

  21-03-2019 22:10
  General Motors Co will announce on Friday plans to invest $300 million in a suburban Detroit plant that builds electric and self-driving vehicles for Chevrolet and the automaker's self-driving Cruise unit, two people familiar with the plans said on Thursday.
  
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• Nokia says it is not taking on new business in Iran

  21-03-2019 22:02
  Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia does not plan to take on any new business in Iran in 2019, it said in its annual report on Thursday, citing difficulties in dealing with conflicting U.S. and European trade policies.
  
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• GameStop names George Sherman as CEO

  21-03-2019 21:34
  GameStop Corp, the world's largest video game retailer, on Thursday named George Sherman as chief executive officer and member of its board, effective April 15.
  
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• Zuora satisfies Q4 targets, shares down on light guidance

  21-03-2019 21:30 via zdnet.com
  The company reported a Q4 net loss of $20.67 million, up from a loss of $13.4 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018.
  
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• EU lawmakers to vote on copyright overhaul next Tuesday

  21-03-2019 20:03
  EU lawmakers will vote next Tuesday on whether to endorse an overhaul of the bloc's two-decade old copyright rules as Google and internet activists stepped up their criticism of a requirement to install copyright filters.
  
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• Comcast to launch streaming video service for internet customers

  21-03-2019 19:36
  Comcast Corp said on Thursday it will launch a new internet streaming video service called Xfinity Flex, as the U.S. cable operator targets TV viewers who prefer watching content online over more expensive cable TV packages.
  
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• Union fund adviser CtW questions Lyft's path to profitability ahead of IPO

  21-03-2019 19:34
  Union pension fund adviser CtW Investment Group said on Thursday Lyft Inc "faces an all-but-insurmountable barrier" to profitability due to issues with the ride-hailing company's pricing strategy and new regulations driving costs higher.
  
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• Millions of Facebook passwords exposed internally

  21-03-2019 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Developers working for Facebook logged the passwords in plain text as they wrote code for the site.
  
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• Arrests shut down illegal TV streaming gang

  21-03-2019 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  The gang behind the net TV services offered access to hundreds of channels in 30 countries.
  
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• Huawei ban would delay 5G rollout: Three

  21-03-2019 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The boss of mobile operator Three said he was confident the Chinese firm was not a threat to customers.
  
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• Facebook fixes glitch that exposed millions of user passwords to employees

  21-03-2019 17:52
  Facebook Inc said on Thursday it has resolved a glitch that exposed passwords of millions of users stored in readable format within its internal systems to its employees.
  
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• Facebook stored hundreds of millions of passwords unprotected

  21-03-2019 17:50 via theguardian.com
  Company admits to mistake and says it has no evidence of abuse – but the risk was hugeFacebook mistakenly stored “hundreds of millions” of passwords in plaintext, unprotected by any encryption, the company has admitted.The mistake, which led to user passwords being kept in Facebook’s internal servers in an insecure way, affects “hundreds of millions of Facebook Lite users, tens of millions of other Facebook users, and tens of thousands of Instagram users”, acc
  
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• Facebook: We stored hundreds of millions of your passwords in plain text

  21-03-2019 17:46 via zdnet.com
  Facebook, Facebook Lite and Instagram passwords were stored in a 'readable format', with hundreds of millions of affected users expected to be notified.
  
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• eBay adds Google Pay to its managed payments program

  21-03-2019 17:43 via zdnet.com
  eBay says the addition of Google Pay represents a significant step in giving its customers more flexibility in how they pay.
  
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• Nokia firmware blunder sent some user data to China

  21-03-2019 17:33 via zdnet.com
  Company behind Nokia smartphones accidentally left a data collection package inside some Nokia 7 Plus devices' firmware.
  
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• Oculus releases updated Rift VR headset

  21-03-2019 16:13 via bbc.co.uk
  The updated flagship headset has sharper displays but still needs to be tethered to a PC to work.
  
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• Police Federation hit by ransomware attack

  21-03-2019 15:35 via zdnet.com
  Police association says databases and servers hit by "malware attack which encrypted data" which also deleted some back-ups.
  
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• Micron Technology weathers memory market, sees rebound for data center, mobile, 5G, IoT demand

  21-03-2019 15:32 via zdnet.com
  The memory market and DRAM and NAND pricing hasn't gone so well for Micron, but the company is optimistic about future demand on many fronts.
  
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• Semiconductor shares rise as Micron predicts memory recovery

  21-03-2019 15:27
  Shares of semiconductor companies worldwide rose on Thursday, after U.S. chipmaker Micron Technology Inc predicted a recovery in a memory market saddled with oversupply as demand for mobile phones slows.
  
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• T-Mobile begins piloting in-home LTE internet service

  21-03-2019 15:02 via zdnet.com
  The carrier said the goal is to connect up to 50,000 homes this year using fixed unlimited wireless service over LTE.
  
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• How a petition to revoke Article 50 blew up and broke the internet

  21-03-2019 15:01
  
  With Brexit just days away, and the possibility of no deal looming large, a petition asking parliament to cancel Brexit has gone viral
  
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• Health apps pose 'unprecedented' privacy risks

  21-03-2019 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Data is being shared with companies, including Amazon and Google, a study of popular apps finds.
  
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• Microsoft's TypeScript programming language rising fast, almost makes top 10

  21-03-2019 14:58 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft TypeScript is popular and it's here to stay as a prominent language, according to analyst RedMonk.
  
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• Zero-day in WordPress SMTP plugin abused by two hacker groups

  21-03-2019 14:46 via zdnet.com
  Hacker groups are creating backdoor admin accounts on vulnerable sites and redirecting users to tech support scams.
  
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• Poland faces 5G slowdown without regulatory change: Ericsson

  21-03-2019 14:43
  Poland will fall behind the rest of Europe on 5G unless it makes regulatory changes, an Ericsson executive told Reuters, raising fresh concerns over the country's plans as it considers excluding China's Huawei from its 5G rollout.
  
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• Amnesty faults electric vehicle batteries as carbon intensive

  21-03-2019 14:23
  Amnesty International attacked the electric vehicle (EV) industry on Thursday for selling itself as environmentally friendly while producing many of its batteries using polluting fossil fuels and unethically sourced minerals.
  
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• Cyberattacks: Europe gets ready to face crippling online assaults

  21-03-2019 14:04 via zdnet.com
  Massive cyberattacks with real-world consequences are no longer unthinkable. Time to get prepared, says Europe.
  
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• Cyber attacks: Europe gets ready to face crippling online assaults

  21-03-2019 14:04 via zdnet.com
  Massive cyberattacks with real-world consequences are no longer unthinkable. Time to get prepared, says Europe.
  
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• Find out what your server workload really demands

  21-03-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Storage vendors promote extreme "hero" performance numbers for what their products - when brand new - can achieve. But what about YOUR workload? Here's a FREE workload profiler that will analyze your Windows, Linux, or macOS workload, so you know exactly how much performance you need.
  
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• When Windows users switch to Macs: Essential software and handy tools

  21-03-2019 13:52 via zdnet.com
  Jason Perlow is becoming a corporate Mac user. What does he need to get started?
  
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• Avoid this Windows 7 patch unless you want nagging end-of-support warnings

  21-03-2019 13:34 via zdnet.com
  Windows 7 end-of-support notifications to begin appearing on April 18, 2019.
  
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• OceanLotus adopts public exploit code to abuse Microsoft Office software

  21-03-2019 13:17 via zdnet.com
  APT32 is using a public exploit to abuse Office and compromise targeted systems.
  
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• Finland to investigate Nokia-branded phones after data breach report

  21-03-2019 13:17
  Finland's data protection ombudsman said on Thursday he would investigate whether Nokia-branded phones had breached data rules after a report said the handsets sent information to China.
  
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• Christchurch shootings: 'Bad actors' helped attack videos spread online

  21-03-2019 13:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Edited clips were continually uploaded to help defeat automatic detection systems, says Facebook
  
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• Microsoft brings Windows 10 security to Apple Macs with Defender ATP

  21-03-2019 12:49 via zdnet.com
  Enterprise Mac users can now install Microsoft's next-gen antivirus for Windows 10.
  
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• Putting virtual robots to work to save time in your office

  21-03-2019 12:42 via zdnet.com
  Q&A: Blue Prism's robotic process automation aims to streamline business processes. Can it help make big companies more nimble?
  
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• The Norsk Hydro cyber attack is about money, not war

  21-03-2019 12:34
  
  Aluminium maker shows the importance of manual overrides as a way to cope when hackers cripple your systems
  
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• Nvidia looking to surf data science wave into the data center

  21-03-2019 12:26 via zdnet.com
  As enterprises shift to distributed forms of computing, Nvidia hopes to slide into the datacentre.
  
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• AI vs heart disease: How machine learning could help doctors tackle heart attacks before they happen

  21-03-2019 12:00 via zdnet.com
  A system that spun out of Stanford is using AI and machine learning to help doctors visualise patients' arteries and spare them invasive tests.
  
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• Cyber-espionage warning: Russian hacking groups step up attacks ahead of European elections

  21-03-2019 11:52 via zdnet.com
  Researchers at FireEye say Kremlin-backed hacking operations are attempting to target governments, media and political parties as elections approach.
  
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• MyPillow and Amerisleep wake up to Magecart card theft nightmare

  21-03-2019 11:49 via zdnet.com
  The US firms may have a few sleepless nights over the security breaches.
  
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• Facebook reviews live stream policy after Christchurch attack

  21-03-2019 11:47 via theguardian.com
  Site says recently live streams are prioritised for review only when flagged for suicideFacebook has released more details of its response to the Christchurch terrorist attack, saying it did not deal with the attacker’s live stream as quickly as it could have because it was not reported as a video of suicide.The company said streams that were flagged by users while live were prioritised for accelerated review, as were any recently live streams that were reported for suicide content. Contin
  
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