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• By spying on Huawei, U.S. found evidence against the Chinese firm

  04-04-2019 23:45
  U.S. authorities gathered information about Huawei Technologies Co Ltd through secret surveillance that they plan to use in a case accusing the Chinese telecom equipment maker of sanctions-busting and bank fraud, prosecutors said on Thursday.
  
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• Hacker group has been hijacking DNS traffic on D-Link routers for three months

  04-04-2019 23:43 via zdnet.com
  Other router models have also been targeted, such as ARG, DSLink, Secutech, and TOTOLINK.
  
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• Factbox: Elon Musk, unabridged, on Twitter

  04-04-2019 23:32
  Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk is a prolific user of Twitter, and a federal judge on Thursday urged him to settle contempt allegations brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over one of his tweets.
  
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• Amazon working on Alexa-enabled wireless earbuds to compete with Apple's AirPods: Report

  04-04-2019 23:32 via zdnet.com
  The new earbuds will work with Android and iOS devices.
  
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• God of War wins best game at Bafta Awards

  04-04-2019 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The winners of the Bafta Games Awards were revealed at a glitzy ceremony in central London.
  
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• Bafta Games 2019: God of War wins best game

  04-04-2019 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  The mythical adventure game wins Best Game at the Bafta Games awards.
  
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• Making transformation stick: Immersion and measurement

  04-04-2019 23:01 via zdnet.com
  Agile transformation is the process of altering an organization's modus operandi to best adapt to a market that is ever-volatile, ambiguous, and complex. Through agile transformation, the organization is better able to respond to change and can deliver meaningful digital products and solutions to its customers.
  
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• Bitcoin trading volume hits two-year low in March: report

  04-04-2019 22:56
  Bitcoin's trading volume dropped to a two-year low in March, digital currency trading tool provider TradeBlock said in a report on Thursday, as investors remained spooked by increased regulatory scrutiny.
  
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• Snap adds games to Snapchat app to hold on to young users

  04-04-2019 22:26
  Snap Inc on Thursday launched a gaming platform within its Snapchat app featuring original and third-party games such as Zynga Inc's Tiny Royale, aiming to keep existing users engaged longer and attract new ones.
  
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• Amazon plans to launch over 3,000 satellites to offer broadband internet

  04-04-2019 22:24
  Amazon.com Inc on Thursday confirmed its plan to build a network of over 3,000 satellites through "Project Kuiper" to provide high speed internet.
  
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• Tesla's Elon Musk, SEC ordered by U.S. judge to try to settle

  04-04-2019 22:04
  A federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Elon Musk to meet over the next two weeks to try to resolve matters underlying the regulator's contempt motion against the Tesla Inc chief executive.
  
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• 'Prince Harry and Meghan took my Instagram name'

  04-04-2019 22:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Kevin Keiley says his Instagram handle "sussexroyal" was taken without warning.
  
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• Jeff Bezos divorce leaves world's richest man with 75% of couple's Amazon stock

  04-04-2019 21:45 via theguardian.com
  MacKenzie Bezos receives estimated $36bn but relinquishes interests in Washington Post and rocket company Blue OriginThe world’s richest couple revealed the terms of their divorce on Thursday as Jeff and McKenzie Bezos – seen as the “parents” of the global online retail giant and media company Amazon – wrapped up their painful split.MacKenzie, now the ex-wife of Amazon’s founder and chief executive officer Jeff, will give 75% of their stake in the company and
  
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• IBM’s AI flies back and forth through time in Flappy Bird

  04-04-2019 21:34 via zdnet.com
  IBM proposes a mash-up of deep learning approaches to make possible continues learning in the game Flappy Bird. A key insight is optimizing the functions of neural networks both forward and backward in time.
  
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• Tesla investors lose faith after first-quarter deliveries disappoint

  04-04-2019 20:33
  A bigger-than-expected drop in Tesla Inc deliveries spooked stock and bond investors, raising concern about the electric-car maker's ability to make money as Chief Executive Elon Musk headed into another legal tussle with regulators on Thursday.
  
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• IT investments in Brazil surpass world average

  04-04-2019 20:24 via zdnet.com
  As technology spending returned to growth in 2018, the country remains on the list of the world's ten largest technology markets.
  
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• Tesla CEO Elon Musk at Manhattan court for contempt hearing: CNBC

  04-04-2019 19:50
  Tesla IncChief Executive Elon Musk arrived at Manhattan federal court on Thursday, CNBC reported, for a hearing on whether he violated a fraud agreement and should be held in contempt, the latest twist in a high-profile battle between the billionaire and the government.
  
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• Newham Council fined £145,000 over gangs list leak

  04-04-2019 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  A database which included details of suspected gang members ended up in the hands of rival gangs.
  
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• Microsoft women's complaints of harassment and discrimination getting more attention: Report

  04-04-2019 19:35 via zdnet.com
  Complaints about alleged gender harassment and discrimination are the subject of an email thread that's worked its way up the chain of command inside Microsoft, according to a new report.
  
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• Online harms white paper: could regulation kill innovation?

  04-04-2019 19:19 via theguardian.com
  Government wants UK to be safest place to go online and also best place to grow a digital businessIt’s rare to describe a government white paper as “trendy”, but among the small community of people who think deeply about how to rein in the the power of big tech, that’s exactly how these proposals will be seen.The online harms white paper attempts a neat magic trick that tries to offer regulation that won’t scare away the titans of technology, while still providing e
  
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• Pilot-less air taxi takes off in Vienna demonstration flight

  04-04-2019 18:55
  As carmakers push ahead with self-driving vehicles, an Austrian aerospace company and its Chinese partner showed off their pilot-less "flying taxi" for the first time in Europe on Thursday.
  
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• Elite U.S. school MIT cuts ties with Chinese tech firms Huawei, ZTE

  04-04-2019 18:22
  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has severed ties with Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp as U.S. authorities investigate the Chinese firms for alleged sanctions violations, the school said on Wednesday.
  
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• What is Kubernetes? How orchestration redefines the data center

  04-04-2019 18:20 via zdnet.com
  In a little over four years' time, the project born from Google's internal container management efforts has upended the best-laid plans of VMware, Microsoft, Oracle, and every other would-be king of the data center.So just what is it that changed everything?
  
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• Microsoft plans to make its Kaizala group-messaging service part of Teams

  04-04-2019 18:04 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft will be integrating its Kaizala service into Teams over the next 12 to 18 months. In the interim, it's adding a lot more features to Kaizala.
  
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• Windows 10 Home edition users are big winners as Microsoft overhauls its update process

  04-04-2019 18:01 via zdnet.com
  If you've been unpleasantly surprised by a Windows 10 update in recent years, help is on the way. As part of its May 2019 Update, Microsoft is rolling out a series of Windows Update changes that will finally give consumers and small businesses some essential update management tools.
  
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• This prolific phishing gang is back with new tactics to target executives

  04-04-2019 18:01 via zdnet.com
  Business Email Compromise group has added to their massive database of CFOs and others to target and have adopted some new tricks.
  
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• Microsoft is making big Windows 10 update changes starting with the May 2019 release

  04-04-2019 18:00 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is making changes to the way it will be rolling out feature updates for Windows 10 starting with the 19H1/1903 release, which is now officially known as the "May 2019 Update." Here's what's new.
  
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• Amazon launches HIPAA-compliant Alexa skills for healthcare

  04-04-2019 18:00 via zdnet.com
  For its part, Amazon is providing the HIPAA-eligible environment in which the new healthcare-related skills are built.
  
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• Vulnerability found in Xiaomi phones' pre-installed security app

  04-04-2019 17:40 via zdnet.com
  Interactions between Avast and AVL SDKs spawned dangerous flaw on Xiaomi smartphones.
  
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• Bayer contains cyber attack it says bore Chinese hallmarks

  04-04-2019 16:53
  German drugmaker Bayer has contained a cyber attack it believes was hatched in China, the company said, highlighting the risk of data theft and disruption faced by big business.
  
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• AI ain't no A student: DeepMind nearly flunks high school math

  04-04-2019 16:25 via zdnet.com
  Researchers at Google's DeepMind built two different kinds of state-of-the-art neural nets to see if they could be trained to answer high school math problems. The result was an E grade, and a failure to add single-digit numbers above 6.
  
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• Apple hardware updates have become boring, and the company knows it

  04-04-2019 16:21 via zdnet.com
  Remember when new iMacs, iPads, and AirPods releases were worthy of an event? Now Apple pushes out updates to these products with nothing more than a press release. Yup, Apple hardware has become that boring.
  
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• The frictionless workforce brings obvious benefits – but at what cost?

  04-04-2019 15:33
  
  In a global survey by WIRED Consulting, in collaboration with Baker McKenzie, we explore how companies are balancing the risks and benefits of the flexible age
  
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• What serverless computing really means, and where servers enter the picture

  04-04-2019 15:32 via zdnet.com
  If you think the term "cloud" obscures the technology behind interoperable network platforms, consider "serverless:" A style of programming for cloud platforms that is changing the way applications are built, deployed, and ultimately, consumed.
  
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• Why is it so hard for us to pay attention to cybersecurity?

  04-04-2019 14:50 via zdnet.com
  More firms say they prioritise cybersecurity, but a significant number are still putting themselves at risk by not doing enough.
  
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• Computer virus alters cancer scan images

  04-04-2019 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  The malicious software can trick experts into thinking patients are sick, say cyber-security researchers.
  
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• Fortnite: Is Prince Harry right to want game banned?

  04-04-2019 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  The Duke of Sussex had scathing words for the game, but is he right?
  
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• Windows 10 1809's second update finally arrives, trailing 1803's patch by 2 weeks

  04-04-2019 14:28 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft has now released the second monthly cumulative update for Windows 10 version 1809.
  
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• Researcher publishes Google Chrome exploit

  04-04-2019 14:17 via zdnet.com
  Vulnerability patched in Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine, but the fix has not yet reached the Chrome stable branch.
  
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• Microsoft explains 'weird' Windows 10 'Thsi test notification' that freaked out users

  04-04-2019 13:46 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft alarms Windows 10 users by sending random and misspelled messages through its News app.
  
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• Facebook no-deal Brexit ads 'from same source'

  04-04-2019 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  A newspaper investigation alleges seemingly unconnected Brexit adverts are connected to the same firm.
  
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• Microsoft: Our bug bounty payouts hit $2m in 2018 and we're offering more in 2019

  04-04-2019 12:54 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft hands off bug-bounty payments to HackerOne but not Microsoft security-flaw submissions.
  
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• Pharmaceutical giant Bayer targeted by cyberattack, threat 'contained'

  04-04-2019 12:53 via zdnet.com
  The German company says the Winnti hacking group is to blame.
  
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• Hackers broke into university networks in just two hours

  04-04-2019 12:48 via zdnet.com
  Penetration testers testing university networks were able to use phishing emails to gain administrator access and access personal data, financial information and confidential research.
  
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• Georgia Tech reveals data breach, 1.3 million records exposed

  04-04-2019 12:09 via zdnet.com
  Students and staff have been involved in the breach.
  
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• Self-driving cars could provide £62bn boost to UK economy by 2030

  04-04-2019 11:59 via theguardian.com
  But such potential may be threatened by a no-deal Brexit, says SMMTBritain’s leading position in developing self-driving cars could produce a £62bn economic boost by 2030, the car industry claimed – but warned that such potential could be jeopardised by a no-deal Brexit.A report published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said the UK has significant advantages over other countries in pushing connected and autonomous vehicles, including forward-looking legislatio
  
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• Data on 540 million Facebook users exposed

  04-04-2019 11:12 via bbc.co.uk
  The personal data was found as cyber-security researchers looked for insecure Amazon servers.
  
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• MIT cuts ties with Huawei, ZTE, cites federal investigations

  04-04-2019 10:52 via zdnet.com
  It seems MIT wants to stay well away from the trade investigations and court cases swirling around the Chinese companies.
  
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• Robot arm can feed people with mobility issues

  04-04-2019 10:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The device is able to identify food and works out the best way of feeding it to the person.
  
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• A dozen US web servers are spreading 10 malware families, Necurs link suspected

  04-04-2019 09:23 via zdnet.com
  It is suspected that the servers may be connected to the Necurs botnet operators.
  
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