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• Google gives Android users in Europe more search, browser options

  18-04-2019 23:49 via zdnet.com
  To comply with a European Commission ruling, Android users in Europe will be presented with new screens offering alternatives to Chrome and Google Search.
  
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• Ciena uses machine learning to heal the scars, horror of network management

  18-04-2019 22:52 via zdnet.com
  Network management has classically been a bit like building the pyramids, constructing elaborate systems of rules to anticipate every possible combination of network problems. Ciena’s Kailem Anderson, who runs the company’s Blue Planet software division, argues that deep learning can figure out those possible failure scenarios with much less sweat and toil.
  
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• Microsoft makes Windows 10 1903 available on MSDN

  18-04-2019 21:56 via zdnet.com
  Surprise: Microsoft has made the Windows 10 1903 (May 2019 Update) and Windows Server 1903 bits available for download on MSDN, a month earlier than many were expecting.
  
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• Facebook admits to storing plaintext passwords for millions of Instagram users

  18-04-2019 21:49 via zdnet.com
  Last month, Facebook admitted to storing plaintext passwords for hundreds of millions of Facebook accounts.
  
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• Samsung just proved why Apple's always late

  18-04-2019 18:50 via zdnet.com
  Several Samsung Galaxy Fold review devices seem to have badly malfunctioned. What's the actual benefit of being first, if you can't be good?
  
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• Robot news presenter causes a stir on Russian TV

  18-04-2019 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  The humanoid, named Alex, causes a stir as he makes his debut on state news channel Rossiya 24.
  
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• Microsoft buys real-time operating system vendor Express Logic

  18-04-2019 18:29 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft has purchased Express Logic, maker of ThreadX RTOS, one of the most widely deployed real-time operating systems for microcontroller-based devices.
  
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• The security snapshot: 10-year challenge

  18-04-2019 17:45 via zdnet.com
  What do internet trends like the 10-year challenge threaten have to do with security? Your personal data. As consumer technology continues to transform our lives, we must take proactive steps to ensure individuals and organizations alike are secure.
  
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• Zoom's IPO opens at an eye-popping $65 per share

  18-04-2019 17:35 via zdnet.com
  The cloud enterprise video communication company drummed up major market excitement as a Silicon Valley unicorn that has actually turned a profit.
  
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• Some internet outages predicted for the coming month as '768k Day' approaches

  18-04-2019 17:35 via zdnet.com
  768k Day expected within the month, reminiscent of 512k Day when AT&T, BT, Comcast, Sprint, and Verizon all went down.
  
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• Researchers find crowdsourcing, AI go together in battle vs. lung cancer

  18-04-2019 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Crowd innovation can be used for algorithms and artificial intelligence to offset a shortage of radiation oncologists for lung cancer, say researchers.
  
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• 5 myths about prescriptive analytics

  18-04-2019 16:45 via zdnet.com
  ​Want your business to gain a competitive advantage? If so, learn what prescriptive analytics is--and is not.
  
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• Motorola Moto G7 Play, hands on: Good value, unless you need NFC

  18-04-2019 15:47 via zdnet.com
  The 5.7-inch Moto G7 Play handles everyday tasks well and delivers good battery life, but is missing a couple of potentially key features.
  
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• Motorola Moto G7 Play, hands on: Good value, unless you need dual-band wi-fi or NFC

  18-04-2019 15:47 via zdnet.com
  The 5.7-inch Moto G7 Play handles everyday tasks well and delivers good battery life, but is missing a couple of potentially key features.
  
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• Brazil to shift government sites to single domain

  18-04-2019 14:26 via zdnet.com
  The introduction of a unified point of access to government information is expected save millions of reais a year and simplify service provision to citizens.
  
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• Elon Musk swaps shots with Museum of English Rural Life

  18-04-2019 13:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The Museum of English Rural Life now appears as Elon Musk on Twitter after he used their sheep picture.
  
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• Shopify API flaw offered access to revenue data of thousands of stores

  18-04-2019 13:26 via zdnet.com
  The bug was accepted as valid, but the researcher wasn’t paid.
  
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• Facebook harvested 1.5 million user email contacts without permission

  18-04-2019 13:14 via zdnet.com
  The “unintentional uploads” have taken place since 2016.
  
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• Mobile app used in Car2go fraud scheme to steal 100 vehicles

  18-04-2019 13:07 via zdnet.com
  Services have been temporarily paused in Chicago to investigate the incident.
  
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• Cisco warns over critical router flaw

  18-04-2019 13:06 via zdnet.com
  Admins with Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers need to urgently address a remotely exploitable flaw.
  
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• Facebook bans UK far right groups and leaders

  18-04-2019 13:00 via bbc.co.uk
  A dozen named groups and individuals will be purged from the social network, it said.
  
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• Death of the keyboard? Let's ask Alexa

  18-04-2019 13:00 via zdnet.com
  Wishful thinking, maybe, but according to a recent survey there's broad support for voice technology over tactile interfaces.
  
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• Facebook is making an Alexa rival for its Portal and Oculus hardware

  18-04-2019 12:59 via zdnet.com
  Facebook is building its own AI-powered voice assistant to go with its new and future hardware.
  
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• Google Chrome to get a Reader Mode

  18-04-2019 12:57 via zdnet.com
  Feature already active in Chrome Canary distributions. Here's how to enable it.
  
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• Cisco: These are the flaws DNS hijackers are using in their attacks

  18-04-2019 12:46 via zdnet.com
  Sophisticated hacking group taps wide set of vulnerabilities as part of their global hacking spree.
  
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• Why the UK's porn block will backfire spectacularly

  18-04-2019 12:00 via zdnet.com
  Opinion: Censorship won't stop teens from bypassing age checks and will only show up the lawmakers behind the changes.
  
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• Technology in sport: Inside the stadium of the future

  18-04-2019 12:00 via zdnet.com
  Tottenham Hotspur Football Club wants fans to think of its new state-of-the-art stadium as a destination first and a sports ground second.
  
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• Why it's time for the tech industry to take gender diversity seriously

  18-04-2019 11:00 via zdnet.com
  The tech industry is still doing too little to make gender diversity a priority. That needs to change, says Booking.com.
  
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• Galaxy Fold screens breaking after a day: Who is to blame?

  18-04-2019 10:54 via zdnet.com
  Reports that Galaxy Fold review units were breaking after a day or so of use isn't good for Samsung. But who is to blame?
  
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• Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB Killer device

  18-04-2019 10:19 via zdnet.com
  He also destroyed seven computer monitors and computer-enhanced podiums that had open USB slots.
  
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• Facebook copied email contacts of 1.5 million users

  18-04-2019 10:13 via bbc.co.uk
  The social network was grabbing email contacts of some new users for almost three years, it says.
  
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• Thursday briefing: Review samples of the Samsung Galaxy Fold are breaking

  18-04-2019 08:43
  
  Samsung says it is investigating several complaints of faulty hardware samples ahead of the folding smartphone's launch, the web's infrastructure is under attack from a global hacking spree
  
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• We can only fight climate change if we also focus on the mundane

  18-04-2019 07:00
  
  We could have the best science and the best policies in the world, but if we don’t have the public will behind them, it won’t be enough
  
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• The Pinterest IPO is a win for going slow and not breaking things

  18-04-2019 07:00
  
  As Pinterest gets ready for a $12 billion stock market listing, attention turns to a tech startup with a refreshingly different corporate culture
  
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• How David Cameron's clean web crusade created the porn block

  18-04-2019 07:00
  
  Six years ago, David Cameron issued a clarion call to create a "good, clean" internet. The porn block is the latest failure on a troubled mission
  
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• Samsung's folding phone breaks for reviewers

  18-04-2019 06:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Several outlets reviewing Samsung's ground-breaking new folding smartphone have reported major problems with its screen.
  
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• Australian IT spending expected to reach nearly AU$94b in 2019: Gartner

  18-04-2019 06:21 via zdnet.com
  The analyst firm is projecting global IT spending to hit $3.79 trillion this year.
  
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• Newcastle smart city moves forward with standardised data platform

  18-04-2019 06:17 via zdnet.com
  A standardised data platform for all IoT applications across Newcastle’s smart cities program will be implemented by NNNCo.
  
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• Kogan Mobile customer base up 41% in Q3

  18-04-2019 05:16 via zdnet.com
  Meanwhile, Kogan.com's overall active customer base went up by 23% year on year.
  
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• Telstra and Optus complaints jump: Comms Alliance

  18-04-2019 04:20 via zdnet.com
  A quarterly complaints report from Comms Alliance and the TIO has found that complaints jumped across Optus and Telstra, and rose slightly for Vodafone during the first three months of the year.
  
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• LG to develop robots for restaurants

  18-04-2019 04:16 via zdnet.com
  LG will help develop robots that will be trialled at CJ Foodville restaurants later this year.
  
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• UNSW and Sydney Uni quantum partnership already bearing fruit

  18-04-2019 01:43 via zdnet.com
  The universities have announced that its engineers have demonstrated the theoretical work of physicists.
  
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• Source code of Iranian cyber-espionage tools leaked on Telegram

  18-04-2019 01:24 via zdnet.com
  APT34 hacking tools and victim data leaked on a secretive Telegram channel since last month.
  
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• TED 2019: The online campaign that ended a beard ban

  18-04-2019 00:59 via bbc.co.uk
  The woman aiming to build "a labour movement for the 21st Century" shares her plan at TED.
  
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• Shareholders approve KKR's AU$1.6b MYOB acquisition

  18-04-2019 00:38 via zdnet.com
  The acquisition will be complete in less than a month, should there be no legal hurdles.
  
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