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• Zuckerberg outlines plan for 'privacy-focused' Facebook

  06-03-2019 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  He also said Facebook would not store sensitive data in countries with weak records on human rights.
  
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• How Westpac fixed a sales issue by asking what its customers actually wanted

  06-03-2019 23:14 via zdnet.com
  The re-engagement program increased the bank's sales conversion rates, but also gave its customers less frustration in the process.
  
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• Battle of the AI Agents: Atari Versus MMORPG

  06-03-2019 23:11 via zdnet.com
  New research from OpenAI and Google's Brain offer novel approaches to reinforcement learning, the technique for developing computer programs to win at video games. They have some fascinating reflections on the nature of the worlds they're building and exploring.
  
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• NASA, Cisco, and Woodside look to network edge on the moon

  06-03-2019 22:55 via zdnet.com
  Using Cisco connectivity technology, Australian LNG company Woodside is collaborating with NASA on edge compute capabilities for use hundreds of kilometres offshore, towards even the moon in future.
  
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• Facebook's privacy pivot vs Microsoft's 2002 security pivot: Facebook has more to prove

  06-03-2019 22:36 via zdnet.com
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined a privacy first vision for the social network, but it's a hard sell. Facebook has to prove over time that it is serious about privacy. It can be done. Microsoft took security seriously in 2002, but had more customer trust built up.
  
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• Facebook to refocus messaging around encryption and privacy

  06-03-2019 22:00 via zdnet.com
  CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook will retool its messaging services to be more interoperable, ephemeral, and with end-to-end encryption.
  
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• Your best loved brands, but where is tech?

  06-03-2019 21:25 via zdnet.com
  Only two tech brands are included in the list of most loved brands, according to a new report.
  
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• Google launches TensorFlow 2.0 Alpha

  06-03-2019 21:07 via zdnet.com
  Google also introduced new privacy-focused tools for machine learning, including TF Federated and TF Privacy.
  
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• Microsoft is open-sourcing Windows Calculator on GitHub

  06-03-2019 19:25 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is making available the Windows Calculator source code, build system, tests and roadmap as open source under an MIT license.
  
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• The W.E.I.R.D. CEO, book review: Leadership in the AI age

  06-03-2019 18:08 via zdnet.com
  It may not have all the answers, but this book is a useful reminder of the questions that business leaders need to be asking.
  
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• Google rolls out Web Risk API in beta to help businesses protect their users

  06-03-2019 18:00 via zdnet.com
  Additionally, Google announced the general availability of Cloud Armor, a DDoS defense and WAF service, and Cloud HSM, a managed hardware security module service.
  
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• Microsoft has a plan to clean up its overlapping project-management services

  06-03-2019 17:47 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft seems to be moving toward simplifying and consolidating its project-management services portfolio by championing its new Project Service.
  
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• Rackspace rebrands, aims to be unbiased managed cloud, professional services provider

  06-03-2019 17:44 via zdnet.com
  Rackspace started as a hosting company, played in public cloud, went public and then private and now under CEO Joe Eazor has a more refined mission that's well timed.
  
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• E-commerce can't deliver what consumers want, but social commerce can

  06-03-2019 16:24 via zdnet.com
  Social commerce is powerful new retail model, creating highly engaged communities around shopping and selling.
  
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• Firefox to add Tor Browser anti-fingerprinting technique called letterboxing

  06-03-2019 16:20 via zdnet.com
  Firefox gets another new feature from the Tor Uplift project started in 2016.
  
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• Gen Z willing to provide their personal data for more personalized experiences

  06-03-2019 16:17 via zdnet.com
  Gen Z -- the born-digital generation -- expects a “more human” experience online. So, if this is true, the bigger question for future generations is what it means to be human in a digital world.
  
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• Mobile consumers make twice as many purchases by app than on mobile web

  06-03-2019 16:02 via zdnet.com
  Gaining insight into mobile consumer shopping behavior and activity in apps compared to the mobile web can give you a strategic advantage throughout 2019.
  
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• VMware Linux lawsuit moves closer to a resolution

  06-03-2019 15:40 via zdnet.com
  For over a decade, VMware has been accused of illegally using Linux code in its VMware ESX bare-metal virtual machine hypervisor. A German court has dismissed the case, but the struggle may not be over.
  
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• WDS bug lets hackers hijack Windows Servers via malformed TFTP packets

  06-03-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Last warning to apply Microsoft's November security updates for Windows Servers.
  
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• Starburst Data’s road to providing the gateway to cloud storage

  06-03-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Bootstrapping its way to profitability, Starburst is battling better funded startups and Amazon in its quest to be the ad hoc query gateway to the de facto data lake: cloud storage.
  
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• Hacker group behind SingHealth data breach identified, targeted mainly Singapore firms

  06-03-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Hackers that compromised the data of 1.5 million healthcare patients has been identified as a group that launched attacks against several organisations based in Singapore, including multinational firms with operations in the country, and is likely part of a larger operation targeting other countries and regions.
  
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• Fitbit announces Versa Lite, Inspire HR, and Inspire: User-friendly fitness trackers to help you achieve your goals

  06-03-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  The Fitbit Versa is one of the most popular fitness trackers available today and with the Versa Lite Fitbit provides much of the same experience for $40 less. The Inspire devices provide essential fitness and sleep tracking in a sleek form factor.
  
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• 18 percent of Americans admit to having their identity stolen

  06-03-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  A new survey offers a chilling, if unsurprising, view of cybersecurity. Many people believe CTOs and CIOs of breached companies should be fired. Many people even have no idea if their Identity has been stolen.
  
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• Post-apocalyptic video game Days Gone Days previewed

  06-03-2019 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Marc Cieslak looks at the new survival video game Days Gone which is released on 26 April 2019.
  
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• Google's Raspberry Pi-like Coral board lands: Turbo-charged AI on a tiny computer

  06-03-2019 14:44 via zdnet.com
  Google's own developer board helps developers bring machine-learning models to the network edge.
  
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• Microsoft's first African data centers open in Cape Town and Johannesburg

  06-03-2019 14:34 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's first African data centers are now open and serving up Azure. Office 365 and Dynamics 365 are scheduled to be added to the region by the end of 2019.
  
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• Ink-tank printers: Ready for business?

  06-03-2019 14:26 via zdnet.com
  Printer inks and toners are a big cost for many businesses, but 'ink-tank' technology could change the traditional business model for office printing.
  
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• Chinese hackers fish for naval secrets

  06-03-2019 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Almost 30 universities have been targeted by a Chinese hacking group, a report claims.
  
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• Optus and Cisco extend Meraki deal

  06-03-2019 14:01 via zdnet.com
  Optus Business customers will gain access to increased security, reliability, reporting, analytics, rapid provisioning, and managed services capabilities under Cisco Meraki.
  
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• Chinese hackers strike US universities in bid for military technology

  06-03-2019 13:40 via zdnet.com
  Prominent names feature on the hacking list.
  
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• Android users: Popular apps still send data to Facebook without your consent

  06-03-2019 13:21 via zdnet.com
  Group pushes privacy regulators to investigate third-party tracking in mobile apps.
  
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• Bad start for CNN app on Magic Leap One

  06-03-2019 13:10 via zdnet.com
  The limitations of the form are on full display in legacy news company's new Mixed Reality app.
  
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• The coolest electric cars and hybrids at the Geneva Motor Show

  06-03-2019 13:03
  
  The highlights from this year's Geneva Motor Show include a 28mph city runner and a £2 million electric hypercar
  
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• The reason why 'ji32k7au4a83' is a common and terrible password

  06-03-2019 12:17 via zdnet.com
  It may seem complex but the password is excruciatingly simple.
  
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• Barnes & Noble Education bets on digital service Bartleby, but competition is fierce

  06-03-2019 12:00 via zdnet.com
  Like its former parent, Barnes & Noble Education may have waited too long to make the digital subscription pivot relative to rivals such as Chegg.
  
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• Google to kill political ads ahead of upcoming election

  06-03-2019 11:54 via zdnet.com
  Transparency rules are considered too complex to manage before Canada’s next election.
  
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• Uber 'not liable' for self-driving death

  06-03-2019 11:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Prosecutors say Uber is not criminally liable for a crash involving one of its self-driving cars.
  
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• Uber 'not criminally liable' for self-driving death

  06-03-2019 11:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Prosecutors say Uber is not criminally liable for a crash involving one of its self-driving cars.
  
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• Google reveals Chrome zero-day under active attacks

  06-03-2019 10:45 via zdnet.com
  Users are advised to update to Google Chrome version 72.0.3626.121.
  
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• Qlik Brazil leader steps down

  06-03-2019 08:56 via zdnet.com
  Country manager Marcelo Rezende left after just over two years at the company.
  
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• Wednesday briefing: Chelsea Manning to be forced to give secret testimony before grand jury

  06-03-2019 08:43
  
  A judge has denied Manning's motion not to be forced to testify in a secret case thought to concern Wikileaks, Uber has been found not liable for the death of a pedestrian hit by its autonomous car
  
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• 5G, Wi-Fi 6, and nano-satellites: Cisco pushes total coverage

  06-03-2019 07:21 via zdnet.com
  5G is not the be all and end all, Cisco has said, with Wi-Fi 6 needed to enable indoor coverage and nano-satellites necessary for ensuring the entire world is connected.
  
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• Why your immune system is key in the fight against cancer

  06-03-2019 07:00
  
  Harnessing the power of our immune system will be one of the most important scientific discoveries in history
  
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• Inside the high-stakes race to make quantum computers work

  06-03-2019 07:00
  
  Quantum computers could help explain some of the most fundamental mysteries in the universe and upend everything from finance to encryption – if only someone could get them to work
  
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• How to fix your office chair and solve your back pain woes

  06-03-2019 07:00
  
  What should you be looking for in an office chair this year – or should you be thinking about a chair at all?
  
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• Telstra to face CEPU strike on March 12

  06-03-2019 06:08 via zdnet.com
  The telco's pledge that industrial action would not impact it will be tested.
  
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• Salesforce makes myTrailhead learning platform available globally

  06-03-2019 04:56 via zdnet.com
  The customisable learning platform from the CRM giant has been launched into general availability.
  
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• Samsung ships first 28-nanometre eMRAM

  06-03-2019 04:51 via zdnet.com
  Samsung says its first commercial embedded magnetic random access memory (eMRAM) has writing speeds that are a thousand times faster than eFlash.
  
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• Curtin University and Cisco unveil centre for intent-based networking

  06-03-2019 03:57 via zdnet.com
  The Cisco-Curtin Global Centre for Intent-Based Networking will see Curtin University become a ‘living laboratory for the network’.
  
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• KT completes mobile edge computing centres for 5G

  06-03-2019 03:50 via zdnet.com
  South Korean telco KT has built mobile edge computing telecom centres in 8 major cities in the country to bring out the max capacity of 5G's low latency.
  
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