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• Pengwin: A Linux specifically for Windows Subsystem for Linux

  15-04-2019 23:10 via zdnet.com
  You've been able to run many Linux distros on Windows thanks to WSL for years. Now, there's a Linux distro built to work hand-in-glove with WSL.
  
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• Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Fold

  15-04-2019 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC's Chris Fox tries Samsung's folding smartphone to find out what it can do.
  
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• Salesforce will integrate with philanthropic arm Salesforce.org

  15-04-2019 22:51 via zdnet.com
  Salesforce is also creating a new nonprofit and education vertical led by Salesforce.org CEO Rob Acker as part of the $300 million merger.
  
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• Google teases Pixel 3a announcement on May 7 during Google I/O

  15-04-2019 22:21 via zdnet.com
  Google I/O may have more than just software and developer news.
  
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• How Downer is using sensors to predict Sydney Trains maintenance

  15-04-2019 22:01 via zdnet.com
  The Microsoft Azure-based solution has been rolled out to capture and store IoT data, using advanced data analytics and visualisation tools to make sense of it.
  
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• Acer's Concept D powerhouse laptops need more beauty in the beast

  15-04-2019 21:11 via zdnet.com
  The company's beefy new notebooks may be understated compared to their gaming-focused cousins, but could still use further refinement.
  
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• Former Mozilla exec: Google has sabotaged Firefox for years

  15-04-2019 21:06 via zdnet.com
  Former and current Mozilla engineers are reaching their boiling points.
  
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• Remove yourself from the internet, hide your identity, and erase your online presence

  15-04-2019 20:17 via zdnet.com
  Here is a step-by-step guide to reducing your digital footprint online, whether you want to lock down data or vanish entirely.
  
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• Will 5G play a role in IoT security?

  15-04-2019 19:53 via zdnet.com
  Threats abound for connected devices as carriers prepare for next-generation of wireless mobile communications.
  
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• Microsoft to release its own wireless earbuds: Report

  15-04-2019 19:16 via zdnet.com
  Last year, a Microsoft patent for voice-powered wireless earbuds emerged. Microsoft may be moving ahead with plans for that type of device, according to a new report.
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy Fold hands-on: an odd glimpse of our phone future

  15-04-2019 18:58
  
  Should you buy a Galaxy Fold? Probably not. But that sort of misses the point
  
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• Samsung Galaxy Fold hands-on: an odd glimpse of our phone future

  15-04-2019 18:58
  
  Should you buy a Galaxy Fold? Probably not. But that sort of misses the point
  
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• Amazon Go, CafeX show a future of retail automation

  15-04-2019 18:57 via zdnet.com
  The two futuristic retail experiences offer a contrast in how advanced tech can be used to prepare beverages on the spot as well as eliminate the scourge of the checkout line. But humans are still in the picture for now.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy Fold's biggest competition will be microeconomics

  15-04-2019 18:15 via zdnet.com
  With the subscription economy already taxing our budgets will the Galaxy Fold, which starts at $66 a month for 30 months, be able to take wallet share?
  
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• A hacker has dumped nearly one billion user records over the past two months

  15-04-2019 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Hacker Gnosticplayers has stolen over 932 million user records from 44 companies.
  
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• Swedish Social Democrats' Twitter account hacked

  15-04-2019 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Messages posted on the hijacked account included anti-immigration rhetoric.
  
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• RMIT partners with NAB and Palo Alto Networks for new cybersecurity course

  15-04-2019 16:00 via zdnet.com
  The course will cover the fundamentals of cybersecurity and offer students a professional pathway to working in technology.
  
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• End of an era: Soon smart speakers will outnumber tablets

  15-04-2019 15:59 via zdnet.com
  Tablet sales are in gradual decline as smart speakers continue to rocket ahead, according to analyst predictions.
  
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• The questions CIOs need to ask about their firm’s cloud application exposure

  15-04-2019 15:35 via zdnet.com
  CIOs could soon see a significant portion of their tech budgets rising inexorably, but the potential for their CEOs to ask them to cut tech budgets is also rising. Here are the questions CIOs need to ask to see if they’ll face this situation.
  
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• Programming languages: Python developers now outnumber Java ones

  15-04-2019 15:34 via zdnet.com
  Python has attracted two million new developers over the past year.
  
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• Lyft removes faulty bikes from three US cities

  15-04-2019 15:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Riders report that brakes were being jammed on sharply on some motor-assisted bike journeys, said Lyft.
  
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• Article 13: UK helps push through new EU copyright rules

  15-04-2019 15:20 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK supports a final vote in favour of new online copyright rules, but some EU nations objected.
  
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• NAB '19: the twilight of local storage

  15-04-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  I went to NAB 19, the premier show for content creators, last week to check out what's happening in storage. That world has changed. Here's what I found.
  
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• Galaxy S10's sluggish in-screen fingerprint reader: Samsung issues urgent fix

  15-04-2019 14:41 via zdnet.com
  Samsung Galaxy S10's poor-performing in-screen fingerprint reader should work better now it's been patched.
  
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• Brazil's Itaú rolls out facial biometrics to tackle auto loan fraud

  15-04-2019 14:40 via zdnet.com
  The country's largest private bank is introducing the technology to support claim authentication and enhance customer experience.
  
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• How Apple gave me a free, brand-new, just-manufactured iPhone 6s Plus in 2019

  15-04-2019 14:24 via zdnet.com
  Everything old is new again. Especially when it actually is new. Join us on a story of repair, replacement, supply chain speculation, multiple trips to the Apple Store, and baked goods.
  
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• Windows patch warning: Windows 10 boot problems, as Windows 7 AV clash widens

  15-04-2019 13:50 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's April 2019 patches are now causing issues on Windows 10 as well as Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.
  
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• Google Cloud Next postmortem: Thomas Kurian wants the right people

  15-04-2019 13:32 via zdnet.com
  With the hiring of Tom Kurian, Google Cloud Platform gains an executive highly experienced with running an enterprise computing business. Among his earliest priorities for GCP are hiring the right people – and lots of them. They will be needed in more places than you think.
  
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• Cybersecurity: This giant wargame is preparing for the next big election hack

  15-04-2019 13:25 via zdnet.com
  Power grids and water supplies under attack in fictional scenario as attackers meddle with elections in a small country.
  
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• Apple and Qualcomm square off in US court

  15-04-2019 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The row is about how much phone makers should pay for the chips essential to modern smartphones.
  
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• Best Buy names Corie CEO as Joly moves to executive chairman

  15-04-2019 13:21 via zdnet.com
  Corie Barry, currently CFO and chief strategic transformation officer, takes over as CEO on June 11.
  
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• Best Buy names Corie Barry CEO as Joly moves to executive chairman

  15-04-2019 13:21 via zdnet.com
  Corie Barry, currently CFO and chief strategic transformation officer, takes over as CEO on June 11.
  
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• Giant Eagle will bring robots into select stores

  15-04-2019 13:05 via zdnet.com
  Digital inventory auditing is one of the growth areas of automation as brick-and-mortars fight back.
  
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• Jack Ma defends the 'blessing' of a 12-hour working day

  15-04-2019 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Alibaba's billionaire founder sparked intense debate after pressing for a 9am to 9pm working day and a six-day week.
  
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• Security: Europe's pushback against Chinese tech has only just begun

  15-04-2019 12:31 via zdnet.com
  A new case of suspected Chinese industrial espionage highlights Europe's tricky balancing act between exploiting opportunities in China and guarding against the theft of technology back home.
  
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• Facebook ships Oculus controllers with the message: Big Brother is Watching

  15-04-2019 12:13 via zdnet.com
  Such messages were meant to be easter eggs, but the irony hasn’t been lost on social media.
  
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• Under-18s face 'like' and 'streaks' limits on social media

  15-04-2019 11:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK's data watchdog proposes restrictions on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat among others.
  
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• Pregnancy club fined £400,000 for illegally sharing data of over 14 million people

  15-04-2019 11:28 via zdnet.com
  The ICO says the information was illegally shared through data broking.
  
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• Uber vs. Lyft: How the rivals approach cloud, AI, machine learning

  15-04-2019 11:00 via zdnet.com
  Uber has filed for an IPO and Lyft is already public. Here's a look at how they approach technology, infrastructure and development.
  
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• Failed student jailed for Silk Road, dark web drug profiteering

  15-04-2019 10:38 via zdnet.com
  The operator of Silk Road 2.0 was unemployed and yet lived the high life.
  
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• Kaspersky: 70 percent of attacks now target Office vulnerabilities

  15-04-2019 10:30 via zdnet.com
  That's more than four times the percentage the company was seeing two years before, in Q4 2016.
  
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• TED 2019: 10 years of 'ideas worth spreading'

  15-04-2019 10:25 via bbc.co.uk
  TED talks have become synonymous with cutting-edge ideas and are watched by millions.
  
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• Monday briefing: Gatwick bosses suspect 'insider' drone pilot

  15-04-2019 08:39
  
  Representatives say the drone pilot behind December's shutdown had knowledge of airport operations, the world's biggest plane has taken to the skies
  
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• UniSA claims its stake in Australia's space future with new research centre

  15-04-2019 08:20 via zdnet.com
  The University of South Australia will head up a new Cooperative Research Centre for Smart Satellite Technologies and Analytics.
  
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• Samsung SDS and Mahindra to collaborate in blockchain

  15-04-2019 07:10 via zdnet.com
  The two companies have come together in a bid to take the Samsung SDS Nexledger blockchain platform to the global stage.
  
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• Why Ian McEwan brought Turing back to life for his latest novel

  15-04-2019 07:00
  
  The Booker Prize winning author's latest novel imagines a 1980s London where artificially intelligent androids live alongside humans. But to rewrite the past, he had to undo Alan Turing's untimely death
  
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• To achieve gender equality, it's time to blow up masculinity

  15-04-2019 07:00
  
  In the workplace, we should observe a policy of radical equality for parents and indeed all caregivers
  
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• The best budget laptops under £500 in 2019

  15-04-2019 07:00
  
  Want a laptop without emptying your bank account? Here are our picks for the best affordable options
  
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• The best budget laptops under £500

  15-04-2019 07:00
  
  Want a laptop without emptying your bank account? Here are our picks for the best affordable options
  
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• Melinda Gates: ‘The VC industry funnels money to white men’

  15-04-2019 07:00
  
  The venture capital industry has an outsized influence over deciding the leaders of tomorrow. But while 82 per cent of venture capitalists are male and 70 per cent are white, innovation is stalling before its started
  
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