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• My Health Record data misuse penalties raised

  06-11-2018 23:31 via zdnet.com
  Employers have been barred from using health data to discriminate against current or potential employees.
  
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• Tableau reports strong subscription adoption in Q3

  06-11-2018 23:04 via zdnet.com
  Q3 results were mixed, but subscription licensing accounted for 81 percent of overall license bookings.
  
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• Twilio, New Relic report solid quarters, GoDaddy results mixed

  06-11-2018 22:40 via zdnet.com
  Twilio led the tech earnings parade on Tuesday, publishing third second quarter financial results that satisfied targets for both earnings and revenue.
  
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• Micron's bet: Quad-level cell NAND SSDs will finally replace HDDs

  06-11-2018 22:09 via zdnet.com
  The company's Micron 5210 ION enterprise SATA SSD is now generally available and aimed at artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning and other intensive workloads.
  
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• Opera for Android adds support for blocking EU cookie popups

  06-11-2018 21:48 via zdnet.com
  Feature added to Opera's built-in ad blocker, but only available for Android users --for now.
  
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• AMD unveils Radeon Instinct MI60 and MI50 accelerators for AI and HPC

  06-11-2018 20:06 via zdnet.com
  The new accelerators are the world's first 7nm data center GPUs, AMD says.
  
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• An IoT initiative with a humanitarian purpose

  06-11-2018 19:40 via zdnet.com
  Organization uses connected technology to enhance the process of fortifying flour with key nutrients
  
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• Google's Pixel Slate tablet now available for pre-order

  06-11-2018 19:32 via zdnet.com
  Google's first Chrome OS tablet is now available to order, and you won't have to wait very long for it to arrive.
  
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• AI startup Flex Logix touts vastly higher performance than Nvidia

  06-11-2018 19:24 via zdnet.com
  Four-year-old startup Flex Logix has taken the wraps off its novel chip design for machine learning. CEO Geoff Tate describes how the chip may take advantage of an "explosion" of inferencing activity in "edge computing," and how Nvidia can't compete on performance.
  
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• HSBC bank confirms US data breach

  06-11-2018 19:14 via bbc.co.uk
  American customers' statement and transaction histories have been exposed.
  
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• AWS intros new EC2 instances with AMD EPYC processors

  06-11-2018 19:00 via zdnet.com
  The cloud giant said the new M5, T3 and R5 instances are 10 percent less expensive than other AWS instances.
  
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• 5G network infrastructure spending to surge through 2022, says IDC

  06-11-2018 18:29 via zdnet.com
  The 5G build out is just starting and will deliver a compound annual growth rate of 118 percent between 2018 and 2022, says IDC.
  
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• Microsoft's Cortana boss Javier Soltero is leaving the company

  06-11-2018 18:09 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's head of Cortana is going to depart the company before the year is over, as Microsoft brings more of its research projects into its Experiences and Devices group.
  
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• Dropbox debuts Extensions for easier third party integrations

  06-11-2018 18:00 via zdnet.com
  The series of platform integrations will enable Dropbox users to launch key workflows directly from Dropbox.
  
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• Hackers breach StatCounter to hijack Bitcoin transactions on Gate.io exchange

  06-11-2018 17:54 via zdnet.com
  StatCounter is still compromised but Gate.io has removed the script from its site.
  
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• Microsoft is ramping out its rollout of its Kaizala group-communications app

  06-11-2018 17:20 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's WhatsApp-like Kaizala application is rolling out worldwide to Office 365 commercial customers for no additional fee.
  
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• MemSQL 6.7 brings free tier and performance enhancement: Transactions for nothing, and faster queries for free

  06-11-2018 16:33 via zdnet.com
  MemSQL is not the first database to offer a free tier. But this one comes with full functionality to support real-world use cases, while also improving performance for typical data warehousing queries by a factor of 100.
  
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• NCR buys StopLift to bolster POS security

  06-11-2018 16:31 via zdnet.com
  StopLift's artificial intelligence technology detects unusual and possibly fraudulent behavior in self-checkout systems.
  
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• ​A kinder, gentler Linus Torvalds and Linux 4.20

  06-11-2018 16:13 via zdnet.com
  The next release of Linux is on the way, and it comes without fireworks from Linus Torvalds.
  
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• Russia: Now everyone who uses a messaging app must be identifiable

  06-11-2018 15:35 via zdnet.com
  New decree means messaging services will have to check users' registration data with their mobile operator.
  
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• Brexit-backing Leave.EU faces big fines for breaching data laws

  06-11-2018 15:34
  
  Leave.EU was fined £75,000 for "serious breaches"
  
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• HSBC discloses security incident

  06-11-2018 15:28 via zdnet.com
  Bank appears to have fallen victim to credential stuffing attack.
  
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• Amazon could split its HQ across two cities

  06-11-2018 15:16
  
  A retail of two cities
  
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• Tiny Android, Linux laptop: Cosmo Communicator is also dual-screen phone

  06-11-2018 15:06 via zdnet.com
  The Cosmo Communicator aims to correct the drawbacks of the Psion-inspired Gemini PDA.
  
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• Facebook treated voters with 'disrespect' over data collection

  06-11-2018 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham gives her views on the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
  
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• Apple cancels iPhone XR production boost, claims report

  06-11-2018 14:47 via zdnet.com
  A report claims that Apple has canceled plans to boost production of the 'budget' iPhone XR. What does this mean for sales of Apple's newest smartphone?
  
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• Ahead of US midterms, Facebook removes 30 accounts and 85 Instagram profiles

  06-11-2018 14:45 via zdnet.com
  Facebook says it acted after a tip it received on Sunday from US law enforcement.
  
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• The Evolved Executive, book review: Banishing fear from the workplace

  06-11-2018 14:14 via zdnet.com
  This useful book summarises a lot of theory and practice about management and company processes that could help you start some discussions and make some changes.
  
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• Leave.EU faces fine over data misuse

  06-11-2018 14:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Leave.EU and Arron Banks' Eldon Insurance face fines for emails which breached data laws.
  
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• Work and play: Our picks for the holiday's best tech gifts

  06-11-2018 14:06 via zdnet.com
  ​In work and play, do you always give it your best? Then you probably want to give the best gifts, too, right? We've got your covered.
  
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• ScyllaDB achieves Cassandra feature parity, adds HTAP, cloud, and Kubernetes support

  06-11-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  ScyllaDB, the open-source drop-in replacement for Apache Cassandra, is growing up. Version 3.0 closes the gap in terms of features, and has a few extras to add on top of superior performance over Cassandra.
  
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• Christmas-in-the-Bahamas job ad overwhelms app

  06-11-2018 13:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Two-week Christmas babysitting job in the Bahamas has attracted huge interest.
  
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• Linux in Windows 10 October update: This is how we've improved WSL, says Microsoft

  06-11-2018 13:52 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft makes Notepad friendlier for developers working with Linux and Unix line endings.
  
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• VMWare acquires Heptio in enterprise Kubernetes adoption push

  06-11-2018 13:36 via zdnet.com
  VMWare hopes the acquisition will speed up the integration of cloud solutions in the enterprise.
  
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• Why are fake Elon Musk bitcoin scams running rife on Twitter right now?

  06-11-2018 13:30 via zdnet.com
  Scammers are hijacking verified accounts and using them to imitate the Telsa boss as part of a new bitcoin con.
  
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• Microsoft: We're halting Office 365 email tips plan after user flak

  06-11-2018 13:17 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft reconsiders plan to turn on email tips to Office 365 business users by default.
  
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• Children's screen time has little effect on sleep, says study

  06-11-2018 13:12 via bbc.co.uk
  An Oxford University study suggests worries about screen time causing a lack of sleep are overblown.
  
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• Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster just sailed past Mars

  06-11-2018 13:11
  
  SpaceX’s Starman is living up to its name
  
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• Technology is changing what it means to be creative – here's how

  06-11-2018 13:00
  
  Innovation is changing what it means to be creative. Here, some of the world's top thinkers discuss how to blend technology with creativity for the benefit of everyone
  
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• BGP attacks hijack Telegram traffic in Iran

  06-11-2018 12:44 via zdnet.com
  With so many users in Iran, it's unsurprising that potentially state-sponsored groups would want an access point into the banned app.
  
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• Tim Berners-Lee launches yet another campaign to save web

  06-11-2018 12:06
  
  The World Wide Web Foundation is at it again
  
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• Apple Mac mini (2018) review: The little Mac that could

  06-11-2018 12:00 via zdnet.com
  It's been four years since Apple last updated the Mac mini. Just how does the refreshed Mini stack up? Quite well.
  
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• Oracle launches government digital transformation hub in Brasília

  06-11-2018 11:56 via zdnet.com
  The facility is using emerging technologies for projects around security, transport and health.
  
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• Robot surgery experts 'left theatre before end of heart operation'

  06-11-2018 11:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Stephen Pettitt suffered multiple organ failure and died days after the procedure at a Newcastle hospital.
  
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• Killer AI robots must be outlawed, says UN chief

  06-11-2018 11:27 via zdnet.com
  Machines that can decide to kill humans are "morally repugnant", says UN general secretary António Guterres.
  
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• Rethink is dead. But is the market rethinking collaborative robotics?

  06-11-2018 11:25 via zdnet.com
  Figuring out where collaborative automation stands now that the standards bearer is gone.
  
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• Evernote for Windows patch resolves stored XSS vulnerability

  06-11-2018 11:18 via zdnet.com
  The severe flaw permitted attackers to create a persistent XSS issue.
  
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• Bill Gates brandishes poo to showcase reinvented toilet tech

  06-11-2018 10:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The Microsoft founder brandished a jar of faeces on stage to bring attention to poor sanitation.
  
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• Tim Berners-Lee wants to fix the web, 30 years on

  06-11-2018 10:37 via zdnet.com
  Can a new deal for the web improve the way governments, businesses and citizens operate online?
  
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• Facebook admits it was used to 'incite offline violence' in Myanmar

  06-11-2018 09:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Facebook says it is tackling problems highlighted in an independent report on its role in ethnic violence.
  
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