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• Phishing spikes as private health continues to be most breached sector in Australia

  29-10-2018 23:55 via zdnet.com
  Lawyers, accountants, and management types are the most likely to click on phishing links, according to the Notifiable Data Breaches report for July to September.
  
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• Brazilian government reiterates e-voting security

  29-10-2018 23:21 via zdnet.com
  The electronic system has been in place for over two decades "without a single proven fraud occurrence," said minister.
  
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• Google's "AI for Social Good" can help nonprofits, as well as Google's image

  29-10-2018 22:56 via zdnet.com
  Amid concern about the way Google and other tech giants are applying AI, Google is launchinga new initiative to steer its resources to positive missions.
  
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• Akamai Q3 tops estimates

  29-10-2018 21:38 via zdnet.com
  Akamai said revenue in its cloud security business increased 37 percent.
  
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• US bans exports to Chinese DRAM maker citing national security risk

  29-10-2018 21:14 via zdnet.com
  US official fears supply chain attack on US military systems.
  
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• Budget 2018: Tech giants face digital services tax

  29-10-2018 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Chancellor Philip Hammond plans to tax the sales that digital giants generate in the UK.
  
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• NBN launches gigabit-speed enterprise service

  29-10-2018 20:06 via zdnet.com
  Enterprise customers are now able to order a wholesale symmetrical-gigabit NBN service, with the company also continuing to work on a business-grade satellite offering.
  
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• Red Hydrogen One: The internet reacts to the 3D-enabled phone

  29-10-2018 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  A smartphone with a pioneering 3D display fails to convince technology experts of its merits.
  
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• Red Hat acquisition gives IBM a much-needed booster shot of open source and cloud DNA

  29-10-2018 19:26 via zdnet.com
  With its acquisition of Red Hat for $34 billion, IBM will be gaining a stronghold in the cloud development platform market.
  
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• Microsoft is readying 'Maquette' a mixed-reality prototyping tool

  29-10-2018 19:13 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is beta testing a mixed-reality prototyping tool that works with Windows Mixed Reality, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets.
  
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• Pakistani bank denies losing $6 million in country's 'biggest cyber attack'

  29-10-2018 19:03 via zdnet.com
  Anonymous source says the attack consisted of a flood of suspicious PoS transactions made at Target stores in Brazil and US.
  
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• Armed with Red Hat, IBM launches a cloud war against Amazon, Microsoft and Google

  29-10-2018 18:56 via zdnet.com
  Make no mistake: What Big Blue wants to do is make its cloud more relevant.
  
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• OnePlus 6T review: the most important phone it's ever made

  29-10-2018 17:30
  
  Highly competitive on price with the best in-screen fingerprint scanner around. However, the headphone jack is missing, but the real win is the OnePlus 6T is going to be available everywhere
  
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• Twitter is planning to remove one of its core features

  29-10-2018 17:09
  
  This change would get zero likes
  
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• Atlassian sells videoconferencing platform Jitsi to 8x8

  29-10-2018 16:30 via zdnet.com
  ​Atlassian is shedding another business unit as part of its exit from the real-time communications game.
  
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• OnePlus 6T announced with in-screen fingerprint scanner, dual rear cameras, and no headphone jack

  29-10-2018 16:22 via zdnet.com
  Rumors revealed all the details of the new OnePlus phone and today the OnePlus 6T was officially announced in NYC. The OnePlus 6T includes some new technology for the company while also doing away with something OnePlus fans have been enjoying until now.
  
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• DHS: Election officials inundated, confused by free cyber-security offerings

  29-10-2018 16:17 via zdnet.com
  Official would have liked free offerings to have been coordinated through DHS.
  
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• Vodaphone exec talks 5G, autonomous vehicles, virtual surgery, security and more

  29-10-2018 16:13 via zdnet.com
  A top executive at Vodafone shares the future of telecom and explains how innovative enterprises are building new applications to use the high bandwidth and low latency of 5G networks that will be available soon.
  
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• Vodafone exec talks 5G, autonomous vehicles, virtual surgery, security and more

  29-10-2018 16:13 via zdnet.com
  A top executive at Vodafone shares the future of telecom and explains how innovative enterprises are building new applications to use the high bandwidth and low latency of 5G networks that will be available soon.
  
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• The biggest data breaches of 2018

  29-10-2018 16:13
  
  We investigate some of the year's largest data breaches
  
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• MIT invites you to control a human on Halloween

  29-10-2018 15:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Researchers want internet users to vote on which actions an actor will take in a new social experiment.
  
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• Five of Glassdoor’s worst-rated UK tech companies, based on employee reviews

  29-10-2018 14:51
  
  Five tech firms in the UK that you may want to think twice about before signing on, as told by their employees
  
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• China’s answer to SpaceX fails maiden voyage

  29-10-2018 14:51
  
  Chinese rocket company LandSpace’s attempt at launching a satellite failed after a last-minute issue
  
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• Windows Phone: Why Microsoft built this E Ink second screen for its Lumia 640

  29-10-2018 14:48 via zdnet.com
  Sadly, you'll probably never get to buy one of these handy, second-display Windows 10 Mobile covers.
  
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• Pittsburgh shooting: Gab drops offline after attack

  29-10-2018 14:13 via bbc.co.uk
  PayPal and others pulled support for Gab's "free speech" service after a gun attack on a synagogue.
  
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• Rocket Lab and Fleet Space to launch CubeSat next month

  29-10-2018 14:01 via zdnet.com
  Fleet's two 'Proxima' satellites are the first scheduled launch of commercial CubeSats from an Australian company and will launch with Rocket Lab's 'It's Business Time' mission.
  
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• Nvidia researchers make it easier to train robots to pick up stuff

  29-10-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  With a unique combination of synthetic images, the researchers found a way to more easily and more effectively train a computer vision algorithm for robots.
  
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• Bitstamp acquired by Belgian investment firm NXMH

  29-10-2018 13:55 via zdnet.com
  Bitstamp's CEO says it is business as usual at the office despite the purchase.
  
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• Bitstamp acquired by Belgian investment firm NXMG

  29-10-2018 13:55 via zdnet.com
  Bitstamp's CEO says it is business as usual at the office despite the purchase.
  
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• Startup aims to turn enterprise data into information

  29-10-2018 13:52 via zdnet.com
  Turning data into information has become the central problem of computing. Enterprises have so many disparate and incompatible databases, it becomes hard to know what data is available and what it means. Promethium means to solve that problem.
  
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• Windows 10 UWP bug could give malicious devs access to all your files

  29-10-2018 13:47 via zdnet.com
  Developer finds a Universal Windows Platform privacy bug after Windows 10 1809 breaks his app.
  
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• IoT: Solving the problem of connectivity on the move

  29-10-2018 13:39 via zdnet.com
  Twilio's 2018 Signal event had a lot to offer the IoT world, with two new additions to its Programmable Wireless family.
  
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• How to start an email professionally

  29-10-2018 13:16
  
  Top tips to help you start your email professionally
  
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• 1.5 billion Windows devices: More than iOS but lagging Android, Microsoft stats show

  29-10-2018 13:16 via zdnet.com
  Windows holds steady on 1.5 billion users, says Microsoft, as it reveals new statistics.
  
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• Waiting on Apple's new Macs: Four scenarios for my next computer

  29-10-2018 12:57 via zdnet.com
  For nearly a year, David Gewirtz has whined about needing a new computer. Tomorrow, he (and all other Mac users) will know their options. These are the four possible scenarios for what hardware he could wind up buying or building.
  
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• Raspberry Pi: Hands-on with Kali, openSUSE, Fedora and Ubuntu MATE Linux

  29-10-2018 12:55 via zdnet.com
  There has been considerable progress made since the last time I tried a variety of Linux distributions other than Raspbian on the Raspberry Pi, so I've given four of them another try.
  
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• Bing is promoting malware in “Google Chrome” searches

  29-10-2018 12:53
  
  Malicious files disguised as Google Chrome are appearing in Bing search results, and it’s not even the first time this has happened
  
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• Apple owes $7 billion in royalty payments, Qualcomm claims

  29-10-2018 12:51 via zdnet.com
  The patent spat between the tech giants has reached new heights.
  
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• IBM buys Red Hat for £26.4 billion to shake up cloud computing

  29-10-2018 12:49
  
  IBM CEO says Red Hat acquisition is a "game changer" for the hybrid cloud market
  
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• Linksys Cloud Manager, First Take: Affordable wi-fi administration for multi-location businesses

  29-10-2018 12:38 via zdnet.com
  Cloud Manager is primarily aimed at managed service providers (MSPs) requiring remote access to and control of wi-fi networks that they manage on behalf of their small-business clients.
  
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• GlobalData on UK police ICT in the dock - Government Computing Network

  29-10-2018 12:34
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  GlobalData on UK police ICT in the dock
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  Rob Stoneman weighs up the likely fallout from a critical Home Affairs select committee report that considered the state of police ICT. The recent Policing for the Future Report, will not have been easy reading for anyone associated with delivering ICT ...
  
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• The police are now using artificial intelligence to spot fake robbery claims

  29-10-2018 12:03 via zdnet.com
  The AI can expose the truth of a fake claim filed for insurance purposes without wasting police time.
  
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• Why Fortnite dodging the Google Play Store "tax" isn't doing anyone any favours

  29-10-2018 12:01
  
  Choosing to shun Google's Play Store is not only irritating to users, it's wholly anti-consumer
  
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• ​AI and machine learning: Building use cases and creating real-life benefits

  29-10-2018 12:00 via zdnet.com
  One organisation, two very different uses of AI and machine learning.
  
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• Chrome OS 70 update points to support for more hybrid devices

  29-10-2018 11:47
  
  Google prepares Chrome OS for the Pixel Slate and possibly more Chrome-based tablets
  
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• Openreach slashes cost of full-fibre connections to homes

  29-10-2018 11:06
  
  It's hoped this will start a true fibre-to-the-premises revolution in the UK
  
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• Kit Check CEO Kevin MacDonald on AI, opioid diversion, and leveraging data

  29-10-2018 11:03 via zdnet.com
  Kit Check is using AI and machine learning to prevent the theft of opioids in hospital pharmacies. Here's how one product line and the data collected from it led to a new application.
  
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• Office envy: 56 percent of companies around the globe now embrace remote work

  29-10-2018 10:59 via zdnet.com
  New report puts data behind the growing trend toward remote work around the world.
  
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• Google rolls out Firebase product updates geared towards enterprises

  29-10-2018 10:00 via zdnet.com
  The latest updates are designed to help developers use Firebase with their existing infrastructure and processes.
  
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• Monday briefing: IBM is buying Red Hat for a record-breaking $34 billion

  29-10-2018 08:48
  
  IBM aims to become the world's largest hybrid cloud services provider, a far-right social network has been taken offline after a member murdered 11 at a US synagogue
  
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