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• ​Notifiable Data Breaches scheme: Getting ready to disclose a data breach in Australia

  18-01-2018 23:03 via zdnet.com
  Australia's Notifiable Data Breaches scheme will come into force next month. Here is what it means and how it will affect organisations, and individuals, in Australia.
  
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• Atlassian tops Q2 targets on strong subscription revenue growth

  18-01-2018 22:47 via zdnet.com
  The company reported revenue of $212.6 million, up 43 percent from a year ago.
  
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• IBM Q4 edges expectations, as-a-service run rate now $10.3 billion

  18-01-2018 22:30 via zdnet.com
  IBM's fourth quarter topped expectations and strategic imperative businesses were solid, but Big Blue's annual revenue is down for the 7th consecutive year.
  
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• Nanorobots just got a lot faster

  18-01-2018 22:17 via zdnet.com
  Scientists can now precisely control a nanobot 100,000 times faster than ever before. Their new technique could be used to make 3D-printed custom molecules.
  
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• WhatsApp launches Android app for business accounts

  18-01-2018 21:40 via zdnet.com
  After a small pilot test, WhatsApp Business for Android is now available for SMBs to manage their presence on Facebook's messaging platform.
  
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• Congress demanded NSA spying reform. Instead, they let you down

  18-01-2018 20:49 via zdnet.com
  Both the House and Senate reauthorized the controversial surveillance powers, without any meaningful debate, amendments, or privacy reforms.
  
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• Nissan Leaf 2018 review: UK's most popular EV gets better

  18-01-2018 19:46
  
  Nissan's 2018 Leaf is a vast improvement on the previous model, with more style, better performance and better range
  
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• ​Google moves to Debian for in-house Linux desktop

  18-01-2018 19:03 via zdnet.com
  Google is officially moving from Ubuntu to Debian for its in-house Linux desktop.
  
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• Apple and Google buses under fire in Silicon Valley

  18-01-2018 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Buses carrying Apple and Google employees to work have been targeted while en route.
  
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• Oman's stock exchange was easily hackable for months

  18-01-2018 18:00 via zdnet.com
  The security flaw made the securities market an easy target and was only fixed after a security researcher sent more than half-a-dozen warning emails.
  
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• Create security culture to boost cyber defences, says Troy Hunt

  18-01-2018 17:07 via computerweekly.com
  Security suffers when there is tension between software developers and security professionals, but it is common in many organisations, says world-renowned security blogger and trainer
  
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• Nordic IT executive interview: Daniel Kjellén, CEO, Tink

  18-01-2018 16:58 via computerweekly.com
  Sweden could have a head start in the race to open up banking through the European Union’s PSD2 regulation
  
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• Shell drills for data insights

  18-01-2018 16:48 via zdnet.com
  Oil company Shell is seeing big benefits from advanced analytics.
  
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• How to give your MacBook battery life a boost

  18-01-2018 16:46
  
  If your MacBook battery is causing you problems, here’s how to make it run longer
  
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• Asia VC investment clocks high of $15.6B

  18-01-2018 16:36 via zdnet.com
  Region's venture capital investment sees six-quarter high in fourth quarter 2017, fuelled by two US$4 billion mega deals to China's Didi-Chuxing and Meituan-Dianping.
  
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• Chrissy Chambers: Revenge porn almost killed me

  18-01-2018 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Singer Chrissy Chambers describes how her life changed when her ex posted an explicit video online.
  
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• Microsoft to drop its HealthVault Insights apps

  18-01-2018 16:20 via zdnet.com
  Launched a year ago, Microsoft HealthVault Insights applications are being discontinued. But Microsoft continues to work on the intersection of AI and healthcare.
  
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• 451 Research shines light on how enterprise attitudes to digital transformation are evolving

  18-01-2018 16:00 via computerweekly.com
  Enterprises are capitalising on their infrastructure upgrades and are increasing their use of cloud to take advantage of emerging technologies and accelerate business change, says 451 Research
  
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• Amazon narrows list of candidate cities for HQ2 to 20

  18-01-2018 15:26 via zdnet.com
  The technology giant has whittled 238 proposals down to just 20 finalists, including Pittsburgh, Miami, Denver and Nashville.
  
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• Windows 10 Meltdown-Spectre patch: New updates bring fix for unbootable AMD PCs

  18-01-2018 15:02 via zdnet.com
  AMD PCs can now install Microsoft's Windows update with fixes for Meltdown and Spectre and the bug that caused boot problems.
  
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• Enterprise, self-service BI hook up: MicroStrategy releases connectors for Power BI, Tableau, Qlik

  18-01-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. MicroStrategy releases connectors to its platform for data visualization BI tools from Microsoft, Tableau and Qlik.
  
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• "Text bomb" blamed for crashing iPhones and Macs: How to fix the ChaiOS message bug

  18-01-2018 14:24
  
  Did someone send you that GitHub link? Here’s how to get rid of the "text bomb" bug
  
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• Apple confirms fix for the “text bomb” ChaiOS message bug is coming next week

  18-01-2018 14:24
  
  Did someone send you that GitHub link? Here’s how to get rid of the "text bomb" bug
  
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• RAF Marham: F-35 fighter jet simulator unveiled

  18-01-2018 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  The F-35 fighter due to arrive at RAF Marham in Norfolk this summer.
  
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• Actian and the Zen of IoT maintenance

  18-01-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Scrappy database player Actian finds new IoT life and purpose in an old, but proven PC database technology.
  
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• Think Firefox Quantum is fast? Try Firefox 58, out next week, says Mozilla

  18-01-2018 13:47 via zdnet.com
  The incoming Firefox 58 brings faster page loads thanks to a new compiler and streaming compilation, reports Mozilla.
  
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• This Android malware wants to steal your Facebook login and bombard you with ads

  18-01-2018 13:45 via zdnet.com
  Researchers find 53 apps distributing malware for stealing Facebook credentials - some of which have been active since April 2017 and have been downloaded over 100,000 times.
  
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• Intel fix causes reboots and slowdowns

  18-01-2018 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The chip-maker says the patches it has issued to fix two security flaw can cause further problems.
  
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• Making the mainframe relevant in the world of agile development and DevOps

  18-01-2018 13:30 via zdnet.com
  Q&A: Compuware CEO Chris O'Malley on how the company is breathing new life into the mainframe with agile and DevOps.
  
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• Tide Pod challenge: YouTube blocks videos after poisoning fears

  18-01-2018 13:11 via bbc.co.uk
  American teenagers have been swallowing laundry detergent and posting videos online as part of a challenge.
  
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• Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 release date, price and specs: Everything we know so far

  18-01-2018 13:07
  
  Here’s what we know so far about the Mi Mix 3 release date, price and features for 2018
  
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• Detroit Motor Show: What the cars of the future may look like

  18-01-2018 12:57 via bbc.co.uk
  A range of concept cars and trucks are showcased at the 2018 Detroit motor show.
  
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• Milton Keynes first to get CityFibre-backed consumer broadband

  18-01-2018 12:45 via computerweekly.com
  CityFibre’s FTTP broadband network will be launched to residential customers in Milton Keynes through ISP partner Vodafone
  
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• Platform Strategy, book review: Business models for connected markets

  18-01-2018 12:40 via zdnet.com
  This authoritative book explains how platforms connect different customer groups to enable transactions, allowing businesses to scale and create value.
  
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• Swimmers rescued by drone in Australia

  18-01-2018 12:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Lifeguards were being trained how to use the drone when the drama unfolded in what's being called a world first rescue.
  
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• Meltdown-Spectre: Intel says newer chips also hit by unwanted reboots after patch

  18-01-2018 12:35 via zdnet.com
  Intel's firmware fix for Spectre is also causing higher reboots on Kaby Lake and Skylake CPUs.
  
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• Google awards researcher over $110,000 for Android exploit chain

  18-01-2018 12:23 via zdnet.com
  The bug bounty highlighted serious security issues in the Pixel smartphone.
  
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• What a Danish robotics company's success tells us about the global market for automation

  18-01-2018 12:07 via zdnet.com
  Business is booming for manufacturers of autonomous platforms that shuttle parts and merchandise around warehouses.
  
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• Booming sales for add-on automation

  18-01-2018 12:07 via zdnet.com
  What a Danish company's success tells us about the global market for automation
  
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• Cyber attackers upped their game in 2017, warns report

  18-01-2018 12:00 via computerweekly.com
  Cyber attackers ranging from criminals to nation states have upped their game in the past year, “moving the needle” in terms of tactics, techniques and procedures, a report by a cyber security firm warns
  
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• Nintendo Labo UK release date, price, and Toy-Cons for the Nintendo Switch: Cardboard is Nintendo's next big innovation

  18-01-2018 11:57
  
  Creativity has a new name, and it's Nintendo Labo
  
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• Nintendo Labo brings true creativity to the Switch - and cardboard Toy-Cons are as crazy and wonderful as you’d expect

  18-01-2018 11:57
  
  Creativity has a new name, and it's Nintendo Labo
  
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• New research suggests worst-case global warming temperatures won’t be hit

  18-01-2018 11:47
  
  But even the best-case scenarios are seriously bad
  
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• Booking.com’s focus on women in tech

  18-01-2018 11:45 via computerweekly.com
  Travel comparison website Booking.com has partnered with two universities to offer grants to women looking to go into tech careers
  
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• WatchGuard snaps up DNS security firm Percipient Networks

  18-01-2018 11:35 via zdnet.com
  The deal is designed to offer better security solutions for SMBs.
  
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• Bristol council in a hurry with £250,000 cloud migration project

  18-01-2018 11:31 via computerweekly.com
  Local authority seeks IT supplier to help it move systems to the cloud in nine-month project before colocation service ends
  
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• Demand for cloud services drives increase in IT outsourcing

  18-01-2018 11:23 via computerweekly.com
  Cloud services spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa offset a drop in traditional IT outsourcing in 2017
  
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• Android P release date, name and features rumours: Will Android P be called Android Pie?

  18-01-2018 11:14
  
  Here's everything we know so far about Android P - Google's next operating system
  
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• Tide Pod Challenge: YouTube takes a stand against the ridiculous - and dangerous - craze

  18-01-2018 11:08
  
  39 cases of teenagers misusing the laundry capsules as part of the Tide Pod Challenge were reported in the first 15 days of 2018
  
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• NRF 2018: Rent the Runway – focus on data proves use case for clothing rental

  18-01-2018 11:07 via computerweekly.com
  Clothing retailers are not traditionally known to rent products to anyone other than celebrities, but retail service Rent the Runway is using data to prove customer demand
  
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