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• ​Holberton alternative school for software engineers comes to the East Coast

  04-09-2018 22:45 via zdnet.com
  Holberton, the software engineering school for software developers by software programmers, is coming to New Haven, Connecticut.
  
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• Workday beats Q2 estimates, raises FY 2019 revenue outlook

  04-09-2018 22:22 via zdnet.com
  The cloud enterprise software business upped expectations for the year after its acquisition of Adaptive Insights.
  
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• Coupa buys DCR Workforce to grow its spend management platform

  04-09-2018 22:16 via zdnet.com
  Coupa will integrate DCR's technology into its core platform and market it as Coupa Contingent Workforce.
  
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• ​NAB invests additional AU$50m into venture fund

  04-09-2018 22:01 via zdnet.com
  The funding injection boosts the banks NAB Ventures investment to AU$100 million.
  
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• Apache Flink takes ACID

  04-09-2018 21:49 via zdnet.com
  With some of its financial services clients demanding real-time risk management capabilities, Data Artisans has brought ACID transactions to Flink. While it certainly won't replace relational databases, adding ACID at the distributed streaming tier will shift some of the transaction burdens for applications processing real-time data from multiple sources.
  
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• Microsoft readies test versions of redesigned Outlook for Windows, Outlook on the Web

  04-09-2018 21:46 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is rolling out interface updates to its Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the Web versions of Outlook. It also is delivering Skype call recording for many versions of Skype.
  
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• Amazon's market value tops $1tn

  04-09-2018 21:21 via bbc.co.uk
  The online retail giant briefly becomes the second US-listed firm to be worth more than a trillion dollars.
  
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• FCC to vote on plan to encourage 5G small cell deployments

  04-09-2018 21:15 via zdnet.com
  The proposed regulations would limit the freedom municipalities have to impose fees or other constraints on 5G small-cell deployments.
  
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• Thousands of 3D printers may be leaking private product designs online

  04-09-2018 21:12 via zdnet.com
  Nearly 3,800 3D printers with an OctaPrint interface were left exposed online with no password authentication, inadvertently leaking 3D models and webcam feeds.
  
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• Even Linus Torvalds doesn't completely understand the Linux kernel

  04-09-2018 20:46 via zdnet.com
  In a wide-ranging interview at Open Source Summit, Torvalds talked about programmers, Linux, and open-source development.
  
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• OK, Google. What are you afraid of?

  04-09-2018 19:50 via zdnet.com
  As Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg prepare to face the Senate Select Committee, Google only offers up a lawyer. Why?
  
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• Tech Budgets 2019: Surveys and projections

  04-09-2018 19:48 via zdnet.com
  IT budgets and headcounts are generally increasing, despite the spectre of political and economic uncertainty. More than ever, CxOs will need to 'think smart' about spending to run, grow and transform businesses.
  
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• Research: 2019 IT budgets growing in several key areas thanks to favorable business climate

  04-09-2018 19:46 via zdnet.com
  A recent Tech Pro Research poll showed an increase in IT spending, as more companies recognize itsvalue for businesses.
  
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• Special report: Tech budgets 2019: A CXO's guide (free PDF)

  04-09-2018 19:44 via zdnet.com
  This special report from ZDNet and TechRepublic examines the IT budget planning process and delves into how to build a viable IT budget, and where business leaders will spend their tech budgets in 2019. Download it as a free PDF ebook.
  
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• Hands-on with four new Alexa Blueprints for keeping the peace at home

  04-09-2018 18:54 via zdnet.com
  If you want to tell Alexa what to do, try Blueprints. Amazon just introduced four new types that allow you to customize Alexa with some new helpful skills.
  
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• Reviews round-up: 14 bits of kit we've checked out in the past month

  04-09-2018 17:40 via zdnet.com
  From Apple's refreshed MacBooks to Nokia's reborn 'banana phone', here are 14 devices our reviewers got their hands on during August.
  
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• Amazon Echo Show removed from stores

  04-09-2018 16:55
  
  You can no longer purchase the Amazon Echo Show from any UK retailers
  
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• Microsoft South Central U.S. datacenter outage takes down a number of cloud services

  04-09-2018 16:35 via zdnet.com
  A cooling problem in Microsoft's South Central U.S. data center seems to be causing issues for a number of Microsoft Cloud services users in the U.S. and beyond.
  
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• Almost 400k websites risk hacking, data theft via open .git repos, researcher warns

  04-09-2018 15:22 via zdnet.com
  Your misconfigured website could be exposing sensitive data, including database passwords.
  
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• Samsung has a wearable device problem as it can't crack IDC's top 5 vendors

  04-09-2018 15:14 via zdnet.com
  IDC's second quarter wearables device tracker highlights how competition and multiple devices are thumping Samsung's smartwatches.
  
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• Arcadia Data brings natural language query to the data lake

  04-09-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Arcadia Data provides a search engine-style text box as its latest query interface, bringing BI natural language query to the data lake.
  
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• Meet Versius, the surgical robot about to take aim at your organs

  04-09-2018 14:55
  
  A UK-based med-tech company is launching a new surgical robot. And you better start trusting it with those scalpels and scissors
  
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• Samsung: Our mid-range phones will get cutting-edge features before our flagships

  04-09-2018 14:35 via zdnet.com
  Samsung focuses on mid-range, amid talk it's making a phone, that's not the Galaxy S10, with four rear cameras.
  
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• EU forces Netflix and Amazon to produce more regional content

  04-09-2018 14:08
  
  New EU content quotas require Netflix, Amazon and others to make more non-English content
  
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• Python now a top-3 programming language as Julia's rise speeds up

  04-09-2018 13:36 via zdnet.com
  The MIT-created Julia programming language continues its ascent in developer popularity.
  
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• Esports 'too violent' to be included in Olympics

  04-09-2018 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The President of the IOC says the games are not compatible with the spirit of the Olympics.
  
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• Lucy McHugh death: 'Challenge' over accessing Facebook information

  04-09-2018 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  A suspect in the murder of Lucy McHugh, 13, was jailed for withholding his Facebook password.
  
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• Facebook's 'war room' hunts and destroys election meddling, fake news

  04-09-2018 12:47 via zdnet.com
  The physical room will be tasked with protecting the network against insidious attempts to tamper with the US midterm elections.
  
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• Do you really need Android antivirus?

  04-09-2018 12:09
  
  Android security is better than most people realise, but it’s far from perfect – here's what you need to know
  
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• This malware disguises itself as bank security to raid your account

  04-09-2018 12:00 via zdnet.com
  CamuBot takes advantage of your trust in your bank to hide in plain sight.
  
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• Tech vendors reap gains from IT spending, digital transformation surge

  04-09-2018 11:31 via zdnet.com
  Digital transformation along with a macroeconomic tailwind are giving tech vendors a nice boost. CEOs such as Salesforce's Marc Benioff say the spending cycle is stronger than he's seen previously.
  
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• West Midlands chosen as 5G test area

  04-09-2018 11:28 via bbc.co.uk
  High-speed internet connections are expected to bring ambulance video links and live streaming CCTV on buses.
  
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• Google's campus door security blasted wide open by its own engineer

  04-09-2018 11:28 via zdnet.com
  Malicious code sent across Google's network had some interesting results.
  
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• Google open-sources internal tool for finding font-related security bugs

  04-09-2018 11:21 via zdnet.com
  Google Project Zero releases BrokenType, a tool that found nearly 40 security bugs in Windows font rasterization components
  
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• Wearable chairs let workers (and now you) sit where you stand

  04-09-2018 11:17 via zdnet.com
  Workers in Europe have adopted the Chairless Chair, and now similar technology is coming to the consumer market
  
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• How to make Google Home bilingual

  04-09-2018 11:15
  
  Google has now made its Assistant bilingual, here’s how you can set it up
  
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• PlayStation 2 repair services close in Japan

  04-09-2018 11:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Sony ends its repair service for the PS2 more than 18 years after the console went on sale.
  
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• Japanese city trials blockchain to replace traditional voting booths

  04-09-2018 10:40 via zdnet.com
  It is the first time in the country that distributed ledger technology will be used to offer online voting options.
  
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• Atlassian launches Jira Ops, an incident response system with Slack integration

  04-09-2018 10:15 via zdnet.com
  The product, now in beta, highlights how Atlassian is doubling down on managing IT teams.
  
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• Department of Labour denies server compromise in recent cyberattack

  04-09-2018 09:55 via zdnet.com
  The government department says the attack did not expose any sensitive or confidential information.
  
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• Ban on mobile phones in French Schools

  04-09-2018 09:27 via bbc.co.uk
  The French Government has brought in a new law which means mobile phones can't be used in primary and junior schools there.
  
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• Philips Momentum 436M6VBPA review: A versatile 43-inch 4K HDR display

  04-09-2018 09:24 via zdnet.com
  This large-format monitor is suitable for entertainment, meeting room or reception area presentations, or for graphic design and finance professionals.
  
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• ANZ bank unpicking neural networks in effort to avoid dangers of deep learning

  04-09-2018 09:22 via zdnet.com
  Rather than pushing a successful proof-of-concept into production, ANZ bank has a number of health checks to work through first.
  
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• Vodafone NZ profit drops to NZ$39m

  04-09-2018 08:57 via zdnet.com
  Vodafone NZ has added 92,000 mobile customers during the FY18 financial year, reporting a full-year profit of NZ$39 million on revenue of NZ$2 billion.
  
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• Tuesday briefing: UN moves to protect Earth's seas from exploitative mining and fishing

  04-09-2018 08:48
  
  The United Nations is planning a new treaty to protect the world's international waters, Google has released a free AI tool to help detect child sexual abuse material, Brazil's National Museum has been lost to fire
  
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• Targeting big tech on child sexual abuse is picking the wrong fight

  04-09-2018 08:00
  
  The government says technology giants must do more to combat child abuse. But what does 'more' mean?
  
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• ​Australian government appoints Elbit Systems to train Defence in cyber

  04-09-2018 07:43 via zdnet.com
  The company was handed the three-year contract to train 49 of Australia's Defence personnel in cybersecurity.
  
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• New Zealand to continue regulating domestic roaming

  04-09-2018 03:50 via zdnet.com
  The rollout of 5G networks could require the continued regulation of domestic mobile roaming, the New Zealand Commerce Commission has decided, as could the entrance of a fourth mobile network provider.
  
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• A new use for your old cassette cases

  04-09-2018 03:19 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Click's Kate Russell finds a new use for old technology.
  
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• ​NXP scoops up OmniPHY for autonomous driving push

  04-09-2018 03:12 via zdnet.com
  The acquisition is expected to accelerate the delivery of automotive Ethernet solutions for car makers as they advance autonomous vehicle technologies.
  
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