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• Microsoft releases first test build of Windows 10 19H1 ('Redstone 6')

  25-07-2018 23:32 via zdnet.com
  New test builds of both Windows 10 'Redstone 5' and the first test build of its feature-update successor are out, with a few minor new features and a lot of fixes.
  
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• PayPal Q2 solid, shares slip on light guidance

  25-07-2018 22:56 via zdnet.com
  The San Jose, Calif.-based payments company reported a net income of $526 million, or 44 cents per share.
  
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• AMD's Q2 results illustrate 2018 momentum in servers, graphics, PCs

  25-07-2018 22:49 via zdnet.com
  The company's second quarter sales were up 53 percent from a year ago.
  
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• ServiceNow Q2 solid as company lands bigger deals

  25-07-2018 22:45 via zdnet.com
  The company landed more deals worth $1 million from more customers.
  
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• Facebook Q2 misses revenue estimates as user growth stalls

  25-07-2018 22:39 via zdnet.com
  The social network now stands at more than 2.23 billion monthly active users, compared to 2.25 billion analysts expected.
  
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• Google's Data Solutions for Change brings analytics to nonprofits

  25-07-2018 22:30 via zdnet.com
  Google is offering Cloud credits and assistance for nonprofits that are ready to solve big challenges with data.
  
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• Qualcomm to walk away from NXP deal; Q3 results better than expected

  25-07-2018 22:23 via zdnet.com
  Qualcomm's outlook for the fourth quarter is solid, but the company is likely to give up on its purchase of NXP.
  
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• Google releases final Android P beta as launch nears

  25-07-2018 21:49 via zdnet.com
  We still don't have a name for the upcoming OS. Pineapple? Peppermint? We should know soon.
  
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• Looker and Google team up around BigQuery Machine Learning

  25-07-2018 20:00 via zdnet.com
  Google is adding machine learning capabilities to its BigQuery cloud data warehouse service.Looker is integrating with those capabilities, and making them more accessible to business users.
  
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• Dropbox rolls out Gmail add-on

  25-07-2018 20:00 via zdnet.com
  The aim is to make it easier and faster to search for attachments and links across multiple senders in an email thread.
  
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• Lenovo CIO's big question: 'Did we move the needle?'

  25-07-2018 19:55 via zdnet.com
  Lenovo's global chief information officer shares his secrets for using IT to drive innovation across one of the largest companies in the world. Watch the entire video to learn how to become a digital CIO and change your organization.
  
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• Lenovo CIO's big metric: 'Did we move the needle?'

  25-07-2018 19:55 via zdnet.com
  Lenovo's global chief information officer shares his secrets for using IT to drive innovation across one of the largest companies in the world. Watch the entire video to learn how to become a digital CIO and change your organization.
  
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• Google announces Edge TPU, Cloud IoT Edge software

  25-07-2018 19:52 via zdnet.com
  At the Next cloud conference, Google says it is the only cloud provider with integrated software and a custom hardware stack for implementing machine learning IOT in the cloud and at the edge.
  
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• Amazon Fire TV Cube review: Yelling at the TV finally has a purpose

  25-07-2018 19:41 via zdnet.com
  Amazon's latest streaming box is a balanced mixture of its most popular hardware products.
  
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• Over a quarter of employees don't know company protocol for sharing business info

  25-07-2018 19:22 via zdnet.com
  Although most businesses have security protocols in place for sharing information from the intranet, employees do not seem to know the guidelines.
  
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• Facebook introduces transparency features for political ads in Brazil

  25-07-2018 19:04 via zdnet.com
  The country is the second after the US to implement the tools; the changes will be introduced ahead of the general elections in October.
  
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• Teclast F7 hands-on: A lightweight notebook for mobile workers

  25-07-2018 19:01 via zdnet.com
  A good performing notebook for the mobile worker and a nice addition to your tech collection.
  
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• Google adds enterprise version of Google Voice to G Suite

  25-07-2018 18:53 via zdnet.com
  At the Google Cloud Next conference, Google makes the case for G Suite, framing it as the preferred productivity suite of tomorrow's workforce.
  
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• Singapore cybersecurity agency touts data governance amid growing threat risk

  25-07-2018 18:20 via zdnet.com
  To ensure public trust amid increasing cyber threats, onus is on companies to protect customer data and for governments to ensure data violations are taken seriously, says a top exec at Singapore's Cyber Security Agency.
  
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• Google cars self-drive to Walmart supermarket in trial

  25-07-2018 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  A tie-up with Walmart will see shopper driven to pick up groceries ordered online.
  
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• Meeting Owl review: Putting remote workers in the video conferencing picture

  25-07-2018 17:16 via zdnet.com
  This combination of smart speaker, 360-degree camera, smartphone-class processor and robotics firmware delivers a superior experience for remote meeting participants.
  
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• ​Android Oreo adoption finally makes it into double figures

  25-07-2018 16:04 via zdnet.com
  Android Oreo slowly climbs past 10 percent of all Android phones.
  
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• ERP security warning as hackers step up attacks on systems

  25-07-2018 15:36 via zdnet.com
  Vulnerable ERP applications are being increasingly targeted by attackers.
  
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• Kuri the cute home robot gets canned by Bosch

  25-07-2018 15:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Production of Bosch's home robot is cancelled ahead of a planned release to retailers.
  
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• Porn site showed men 'tricked into gay sex'

  25-07-2018 15:13 via bbc.co.uk
  A man accused of dressing as a woman to lure men into sex acts pleads not guilty to the charges.
  
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• Google's human-sounding AI to answer calls at contact centers

  25-07-2018 14:37 via zdnet.com
  If you work in a call center, your new co-workers, or perhaps competitors, are Google's powerful chatbots.
  
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• Where have all the great tech leaders gone?

  25-07-2018 14:34 via zdnet.com
  It used to be that those who ran tech companies enjoyed devoted admiration. Things have changed.
  
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• Ford spins its driverless car division out into an entirely new company

  25-07-2018 13:30
  
  Ford guns for Waymo and GM Cruise as it launches Autonomous Vehicles LLC
  
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• DARPA's $1.5 billion scheme aims to reinvent the computer chip

  25-07-2018 13:13 via zdnet.com
  The Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI) hopes to find a way to leave silicon in the past.
  
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• Windows 10: These two new builds deliver lots of bug fixes

  25-07-2018 12:19 via zdnet.com
  Updates for Windows 10 have arrived just a fortnight after Patch Tuesday.
  
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• London black cab drivers to launch class action lawsuit against Uber

  25-07-2018 12:05 via zdnet.com
  Legal wheels may now in motion as Uber is granted an extended license to work in the capital.
  
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• Headphones: Finding the right kind of sound for your ears

  25-07-2018 11:45 via zdnet.com
  What sounds better: headphones that try to be neutral or headphones that try to match your ears perfectly?
  
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• Wednesday briefing: Carmakers are still trying to cheat emissions tests

  25-07-2018 11:42
  
  the European Commission has detected attempts to cheat its latest vehicle CO2 emissions tests, Google Chrome has begun calling out insecure websites, Twitter is tackling its legion of fake Elon Musks and more
  
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• Chinese chip maker Tsinghua Unigroup snaps up Linxens in $2.6bn deal: report

  25-07-2018 11:18 via zdnet.com
  Relations between the US and China may be worsening by the day but that has not blocked business opportunities in Europe.
  
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• AI is going to transform the pharmaceutical industry. Here's how.

  25-07-2018 11:08 via zdnet.com
  From lowering risk during drug trials to better study design and faster results, Big Data, the cloud, and AI are transforming how medicine gets made.
  
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• NBN will cause Australia to lead globally in mobile: S&P

  25-07-2018 09:56 via zdnet.com
  A writedown of the NBN and additional government funding is 'imminent', according to an S&P report, while the tight regulation around fixed broadband will likely lead to greater mobile adoption.
  
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• Using a paper clip to clean headphone sockets

  25-07-2018 09:27 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Click's Kate Russell with a tip on how to get the best sound from a smartphone.
  
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• Ericsson bringing advanced LTE to more Verizon cities

  25-07-2018 08:37 via zdnet.com
  Verizon will be deploying Ericsson's 4G LTE advanced radio system across the US, with the solution software upgradeable to 5G.
  
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• Telstra and Vodafone: We're ready for TPG

  25-07-2018 08:25 via zdnet.com
  The entry of TPG to Australia's mobile market will 'invigorate' and 'stimulate' competition, according to Vodafone.
  
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• Telco complaints at lowest point since late 2016: Comms Alliance

  25-07-2018 07:45 via zdnet.com
  Optus remains the most complained about telco in Australia, according to the Communications Alliance.
  
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• Vodafone argues for more government involvement in 5G

  25-07-2018 07:37 via zdnet.com
  Vodafone Australia's head of strategy and corporate affairs has argued that there is a 'really clear role' for every level of government to help shape the rollout of 5G across the nation.
  
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• Labor unveils mobile blackspots strategy

  25-07-2018 06:59 via zdnet.com
  Shadow Regional Comms Minister Stephen Jones said Labor will look to better mobile coverage info from telcos and more collaboration with state and local governments, with more funding to be allocated to the mobile blackspots program if elected.
  
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• Ambiguity over access to My Health Record needs to end: AMA president

  25-07-2018 06:28 via zdnet.com
  Australian Medical Association president Dr Tony Bartone says he will do 'whatever it takes' to clarify the discrepancy between ADHA policy and what is currently law.
  
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• ​ATO says Australian consumers distrust 'cash-only' businesses

  25-07-2018 03:18 via zdnet.com
  Australian consumers prefer electronic payment methods, the Taxation Office has found.
  
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• Vodafone brings controversial Pass options to Australia

  25-07-2018 03:09 via zdnet.com
  Pass has entered its tenth country while the UK looks into its potential net neutrality ruining aspects.
  
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• ​Hyundai invests in Chinese e-scooter maker Immotor

  25-07-2018 02:53 via zdnet.com
  Global car giant Hyundai Motor has invested an undisclosed sum into Chinese e-scooter maker Immotor to collaborate on person mobility businesses.
  
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• Facebook plans to enter China by setting up local subsidiary: Report

  25-07-2018 01:43 via zdnet.com
  The world's most popular social network remains banned in China as the government requires censorship on the site's content.
  
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