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• Cornerstone OnDemand buys Grovo, reports solid Q3

  07-11-2018 23:43 via zdnet.com
  Grovo will add to Cornerstone's training content and improve its production economics.
  
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• Qualcomm tops Q4 earnings targets, eyes 5G growth

  07-11-2018 22:37 via zdnet.com
  Qualcomm said it did not record any revenues in fiscal 2018 for royalties it says it's due on sales of Apple's products.
  
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• Cisco removed its seventh backdoor account this year, and that's a good thing

  07-11-2018 22:00 via zdnet.com
  Seventh backdoor account discovered in Cisco Small Business Switches firmware.
  
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• Samsung folding smartphone revealed to developers

  07-11-2018 21:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Samsung unveils a folding handset that turns into a tablet at an event in San Francisco.
  
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• Samsung adopts a minimalistic design with One UI for Galaxy devices

  07-11-2018 21:14 via zdnet.com
  Samsung is trying to get rid of redundant features and make your phone easier to use with its upcoming One UI update.
  
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• Samsung partners with VSCO to help enhance the creativity of your Galaxy photos

  07-11-2018 21:00 via zdnet.com
  Samsung Galaxy phones have some of the best cameras available today and a new partnership with VSCO will improve the performance with new software features.
  
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• Samsung to start mass production of foldable Infinity Flex display in the coming months

  07-11-2018 20:55 via zdnet.com
  At the Samsung Developer Conference, the company revealed its new foldable display, teasing what its new foldable device will look like.
  
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• Google says Android will natively support foldable devices

  07-11-2018 20:15 via zdnet.com
  Android device makers, led by Samsung, are expected to start releasing foldable phones next year. Google aims to support the new form factors in Android.
  
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• Samsung to open Bixby up to developers

  07-11-2018 19:38 via zdnet.com
  As Samsung's "singular commitment to AI," Bixby will transform "from a simple mobile voice assistant to a scalable AI platform," Samsung's Eui-Suk Chung said at the Samsung Developer Conference.
  
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• New Windows 10 19H1 test build adds new security, high DPI settings

  07-11-2018 19:34 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is continuing to tweak settings and add incremental new features to the next feature release of Windows 10, 19H1, with test build 18277.
  
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• Climate change: Bug covered 'bionic mushroom' generates clean energy

  07-11-2018 18:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Mushrooms for lunch inspire scientists to try to generate electricity from a fungus covered in bacteria.
  
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• OPPO’s R17 Pro is a phone you should pay attention to

  07-11-2018 18:34
  
  A new entrant to the UK smartphone scene brings a unique look and a raft of innovations
  
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• UK now generates more renewable energy than it does fossil fuels

  07-11-2018 17:21
  
  Fossil fuels are slowly on the out as the UK tips to primarily renewable energy for the first time ever
  
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• Dutch police snoop on criminal chats by intercepting encryption server

  07-11-2018 17:10 via zdnet.com
  Law enforcement says they were able to read over 250,000 messages.
  
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• IoT botnet infects 100,000 routers to send Hotmail, Outlook, and Yahoo spam

  07-11-2018 17:07 via zdnet.com
  Botnet infects routers and uses them to relay connections to webmail services.
  
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• A supercomputer that works like the human brain has just been turned on

  07-11-2018 16:57
  
  Manchester University just switched on the world’s largest neuromorphic supercomputer
  
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• 5G will let users ditch fixed-line home broadband, says Three

  07-11-2018 16:49 via bbc.co.uk
  The chief executive of Three UK says UK homes could benefit from giving up their fixed-line connections.
  
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• Three UK to invest over £2bn in new 5G infrastructure

  07-11-2018 16:46 via zdnet.com
  The mobile operator is undertaking an end-to-end infrastructure upgrade in preparation for its 5G roll-out.
  
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• How MINI's startup accelerator URBAN-X is reimagining city life

  07-11-2018 15:33
  
  Green energy, the Internet of Things and cloud computing are changing how we interact with our cities. These are the companies reinventing our urban landscapes
  
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• Raspberry Pi clone Rock Pi 4 starts at just $39 but with powerful RK3399 chip

  07-11-2018 15:31 via zdnet.com
  A new Raspberry Pi competitor is due out soon with a more powerful processor made for a tight budget.
  
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• Syncsort survey shows cloud adoption still tactical

  07-11-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  A survey conducted by data integration provider Syncsort provides a window on the readiness and expectations of customers for moving to the cloud. Most consider the expected benefits worth the trouble, but are not far enough along to have any coherent strategy.
  
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• OpenText brings its EIM suite to Google Cloud Platform

  07-11-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  With customers increasingly interested in cloud deployments, OpenText is bringing its tools and managed services to Google Cloud.
  
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• Data of nearly 700,000 Amex India customers exposed via unsecured MongoDB server

  07-11-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Over 2.3 million user records were encrypted, but data for 700,000 customers was not.
  
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• 2018 Amazon Kindle Paperwhite review: Read in comfort at the pool or beach

  07-11-2018 15:00 via zdnet.com
  The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite was first introduced in 2012 and has been Amazon's most popular Kindle device. This year we get a thinner, lighter Kindle that can also be safely used by the pool, at the beach, and in the tub.
  
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• Government to fund AI technology centres for healthcare

  07-11-2018 14:47
  
  Leeds, Oxford, Coventry, Glasgow and London will get healthcare technology centres of excellence
  
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• League of Legends firm sued over workers' sexism claims

  07-11-2018 14:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Riot Games faces legal action over its alleged "bro culture" workplace.
  
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• This AI can spot Alzheimer's disease six years before doctors

  07-11-2018 14:28
  
  Californian scientists develop AI tool to help support clinicians
  
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• Microsoft: These new OneDrive features on iOS, Android, web, are headed your way

  07-11-2018 14:21 via zdnet.com
  OneDrive gets new sharing prompts and fields to add metadata to scans.
  
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• Western Union partners with Safaricom to facilitate global money transfers

  07-11-2018 14:00 via zdnet.com
  The partnership will enable 28 million M-PESA mobile wallet holders to send cross-border money transfers.
  
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• University shuts down network to thwart Bitcoin cryptojacking scheme

  07-11-2018 13:23 via zdnet.com
  The network and the university's power were used covertly to mine for cryptocurrency.
  
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• Google: Here's how our Chrome ad blocker is killing off pirates

  07-11-2018 13:19 via zdnet.com
  And Google makes the case against using search copyright takedowns to combat piracy.
  
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• Nokia unveils framework to guide customers through digital transformation

  07-11-2018 13:00 via zdnet.com
  The framework is part of Nokia's larger effort to zero in on select enterprise and industry customers that need telco-grade networks.
  
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• Why Amazon Alexa, and not Windows 10, will be the OS of tomorrow

  07-11-2018 12:55
  
  The biggest operating systems of tomorrow will be the ones we can't see
  
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• WordPress, WooCommerce flaws combine to allow website hijacking

  07-11-2018 12:11 via zdnet.com
  A problem in how WordPress handles privileges can be exploited to take control of domains.
  
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• IoT security: Why it will get worse before it gets better

  07-11-2018 12:00 via zdnet.com
  IoT brings opportunities but it also brings cyber security risks - some of which have barely been thought about.
  
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• YouTube will disclose when videos are government-funded

  07-11-2018 11:47
  
  Will YouTube’s attempts at transparency dissuade fake news?
  
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• YouTube will disclose government-funded videos

  07-11-2018 11:47
  
  Will YouTube’s attempts at transparency dissuade fake news?
  
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• Mixed Reality 2019: Why the year ahead will be huge for enterprise AR/VR

  07-11-2018 11:16 via zdnet.com
  The mixed reality landscape is still taking shape, but here's why enterprise training will embrace AR/VR next year.
  
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• Dell Boomi aims to expand beyond integrating apps to enterprise ecosystems

  07-11-2018 11:08 via zdnet.com
  One big trend in iPaaS is to move beyond connecting applications to customers, partners and the broader enterprise ecosystem.
  
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• AMD EPYC 'Rome' to feature up to 64 Zen 2 cores

  07-11-2018 11:06 via zdnet.com
  AMD made huge waves in the server market with EPYC. Now the company has officially lifted the lid on the next-generation of EPYC processors featuring the Zen 2 microarchitecture. And they're processing monsters.
  
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• This is how artificial intelligence will become weaponized in future cyberattacks

  07-11-2018 11:00 via zdnet.com
  Real-time, autonomous decisions are only some of the techniques AI can bring to the table.
  
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• iPhone XS, iPhone XR, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3 and more: Reviews round-up

  07-11-2018 10:53 via zdnet.com
  From flagship smartphones to laptops and Fitbit's latest activity tracker, here's what our reviewers tested during October.
  
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• Qualcomm must license chip patents to rival companies, court rules

  07-11-2018 10:40 via zdnet.com
  Essential patents for modem chips have to be made available in the interest of competition.
  
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• Microsoft, Google apps feature in the top 20 vulnerabilities in enterprise environments

  07-11-2018 10:00 via zdnet.com
  The most severe web browser bugs have the potential to disrupt up a third of enterprise environments.
  
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• VirtualBox zero-day published by disgruntled researcher

  07-11-2018 09:58 via zdnet.com
  Russian researcher publishes detailed write-up for VirtualBox zero-day on GitHub after Oracle took 15 months to fix a previous similar issue.
  
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• Wednesday briefing: One of the ISS's station computers has crashed

  07-11-2018 08:55
  
  The crew of the International Space Station will reboot a key computer system on Thursday, Facebook links removed election accounts to Russia, Dutch police control the IronChat 'secure' communications server
  
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• The IoT's security nightmare will never end. You can now search insecure cameras by address

  07-11-2018 08:00
  
  A new script allows insecure camera data to be plotted on a map and searched by address. It's just another chapter in the Internet of Things' security problems
  
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• How luxury brands use the psychology of sound to make you fall in love with their products

  07-11-2018 08:00
  
  For top-flight car and watch brands, every single tick and rumble is an opportunity to provoke an emotional response. Here's how they do it
  
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• Here are nine ways regulation can help us avoid a tech catastrophe

  07-11-2018 08:00
  
  Technology is changing how we behave socially, politically, and economically. This is how we can prepare
  
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• ​Airservices completes 'massive' cloud migration

  07-11-2018 07:19 via zdnet.com
  The migration took around 21,000 hours of engineering and project 'man-effort', but Airservices CIO Chris Seller told ZDNet it was worth it.
  
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