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• ServiceNow inks partnership, tech integration deal with Google Cloud

  06-05-2019 23:29 via zdnet.com
  The company also announced significant changes to its global partner ecosystem strategy.
  
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• Surge of MegaCortex ransomware attacks detected

  06-05-2019 22:21 via zdnet.com
  New MegaCortex ransomware strain detected targeting the enterprise sector.
  
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• Dell laptop deals: Save 10% on XPS 13 and Alienware 15 with this promo code

  06-05-2019 21:44 via zdnet.com
  Dell is offering a limited-time promo code for five different Windows 10 PCs. It's valid from May 6 to May 13.
  
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• Facebook's privacy pivot won't get it any more likes

  06-05-2019 20:52 via zdnet.com
  The social network must improve its utility in addition to addressing its structural ills.
  
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• Google’s Demis Hassabis is one relentlessly curious public face of AI

  06-05-2019 20:34 via zdnet.com
  Google DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis is relentless in his conviction and his curiosity about intelligence and machines. "The philosophy of what we are doing is something I think about a lot," he says.
  
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• Dropbox launches cold storage service

  06-05-2019 19:40 via zdnet.com
  The service is part of Magic Pocket, Dropbox's exabyte-scale infrastructure that it's been building since 2016.
  
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• Singapore programme to assess use of exoskeletons in rehabilitation care

  06-05-2019 19:19 via zdnet.com
  Led by Temasek Foundation and Trailblazer Foundation, the initiative will evaluate the use and scalability of exoskeletons in rehabilitation care across various healthcare institutions including a local hospital, nursing home, and stroke support group.
  
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• Microsoft Build 2019: Azure is the star, and Windows is a bit player

  06-05-2019 19:10 via zdnet.com
  Ten years ago, Microsoft announced the official release of Azure and pitched "three screens and a cloud" at its signature developers conference. Today, its developer pitch is all about Azure.
  
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• Chromium-based Edge: What's coming next in Microsoft's open-source browser

  06-05-2019 19:10 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's next version of its Edge browser is currently in a bare-bones preview release for developers. At its Build developers conference, the company unveiled a few enterprise-friendly features it plans to include in the final release of the new browser.
  
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• SAP intros new customer experience features in C/4HANA

  06-05-2019 18:33 via zdnet.com
  The company also rolled out a series of updates to S/4HANA focused on artificial intelligence, robotics, and customized apps.
  
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• Malvertiser behind 100+ million bad ads arrested and extradited to the US

  06-05-2019 18:31 via zdnet.com
  Ukrainian man behind slew of fake companies that delivered malicious ads on legitimate sites.
  
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• Microsoft Build 2019: Fluid Framework promises a more collaborative Web

  06-05-2019 18:23 via zdnet.com
  Compound documents are back. Microsoft's newest approach to making them happen is via its 'Fluid Framework,' coming to users and developers late this year.
  
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• Build 2019: Microsoft promises new 'conversational engine' to make virtual assistants, including Cortana, more useful

  06-05-2019 18:22 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is using technology from its Semantic Machines acquisition to make virtual assistants better able to engage in more natural conversations.
  
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• Apple isn't really a tech company, says Tim Cook

  06-05-2019 17:56 via zdnet.com
  Apple likes to distance itself from many other Silicon Valley companies. So it's now claiming not to be a tech company at all.
  
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• Build 2019: Microsoft, Red Hat develop open-source service for auto-scaling serverless containers on Kubernetes

  06-05-2019 17:46 via zdnet.com
  It wouldn't be a Microsoft conference without a slew of open-source announcements. Here's the roundup of some of the big ones for Build 2019.
  
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• Microsoft 'Builds' its data story, in the cloud and at the edge

  06-05-2019 17:30 via zdnet.com
  On the day after Cinco de Mayo, it's Christmas for Azure database pros. Cosmos DB, Azure Database and Azure SQL Data Warehouse all see significant updates.
  
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• Microsoft Build 2019: Microsoft launches election security service, SDK

  06-05-2019 17:30 via zdnet.com
  ElectionsGuard is an open source software developer kit for security and Microsoft 365 for Campaigns also aims to secure federal races.
  
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• Machine learning for .NET devs: ML.NET goes GA

  06-05-2019 17:30 via zdnet.com
  .NET developers, across platforms, now have access to machine learning from their home turf. Microsoft Automated Machine Leaning (AutoML) is included, and a Model Builder extension for Visual Studio rolls out an ML red carpet for developers.
  
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• The security and privacy implications of drones

  06-05-2019 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Drones are drastically transforming a variety of industries today, but they could give rise to a range of privacy and security risks.
  
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• Salesforce intros Pardot Business Units for enterprise marketing teams

  06-05-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  The new feature gives large companies with sub-brands or multiple geographies more insight into what other parts of the organization are doing.
  
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• Google ads promote firms charging extra for services

  06-05-2019 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  A search for the term "driving licence application" leads to a firm charging £49 for a free change of address.
  
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• France Telecom suicides: Former bosses go on trial

  06-05-2019 14:56 via bbc.co.uk
  They are accused of "moral harassment" following a spate of suicides among staff in the late 2000s.
  
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• Microsoft Build 2019: What to expect for AI, Azure, bots, Windows

  06-05-2019 14:19 via zdnet.com
  Azure, AI and conversational bots are going to be key themes for Microsoft's big developer conference.
  
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• Microsoft Build 2019: Everything just announced on Azure, IoT, Edge on Chromium, machine learning

  06-05-2019 14:19 via zdnet.com
  Azure, AI and conversational bots are key themes for Microsoft's big developer conference.
  
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• Microsoft Build 2019 preview: Azure is the star, and Windows is a bit player

  06-05-2019 13:21 via zdnet.com
  Ten years ago, Microsoft announced the official release of Azure and pitched "three screens and a cloud" at its signature developers conference. Today, its developer pitch is all about Azure.
  
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• Christchurch mosque to install AI vision to detect active shooters

  06-05-2019 13:00 via zdnet.com
  Following the killing of 50 in a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, the new technology is aimed at preventing future attacks.
  
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• YouTuber Austin Jones gets 10 year prison sentence

  06-05-2019 12:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The musician had pleaded guilty to enticing underage girls to send him explicit videos and photos.
  
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• Boeing admits knowing of 737 Max problem

  06-05-2019 10:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The firm says it uncovered a problem with its 737 Max jets a year before the first fatal crash.
  
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• How to boost your Bluetooth signal to cover your entire home or office

  06-05-2019 10:09 via zdnet.com
  Bluetooth is a great technology for connecting together devices, but it has one limitation – range. But you can fix that! Here's how to spread a Bluetooth signal all around your home and office.
  
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• Samsung and Huawei crush Apple's smartphone global market share

  06-05-2019 09:32 via zdnet.com
  It wasn't long ago that it looked like Apple would overtake Samsung to grab the biggest chunk of the global smartphone market. But now the company has been pushed into third place by Huawei.
  
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• Australia's cybersecurity chief Alastair MacGibbon resigns

  06-05-2019 07:14 via zdnet.com
  MacGibbon's decision to resign at the "end of the electoral cycle"makes sense both organisationally and personally, especially given thepotential for uncertainty ahead.
  
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• Live updates from Google I/O 2019

  06-05-2019 07:00
  
  Chrome, YouTube and Android are all regular parts of Google's annual developer conference. But this year you should expect some new hardware too
  
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• It's Google I/O 2019 today. Here's what to expect

  06-05-2019 07:00
  
  Chrome, YouTube and Android are all regular parts of Google's annual developer conference. But this year you should expect some new hardware too
  
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• It's Google I/O 2019 this week. Here's what to expect

  06-05-2019 07:00
  
  Chrome, YouTube and Android are all regular parts of Google's annual developer conference. But this year you should expect some new hardware too
  
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• How Detective Pikachu's VFX team remade Pokémon for real life

  06-05-2019 07:00
  
  Does Pikachu have skin or fur? If Pokémon don't wear clothes, what are Machamp's shorts? The VFX team from Pokémon: Detective Pikachu reveal the delicate process of turning cartoon figures into plausible live-action characters
  
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• High in the Swiss Alps, tourism is wreaking environmental havoc

  06-05-2019 07:00
  
  A proposed cable-car link linking the Swiss ski resort of Zermatt to Italy has wealthy Asian tourists in its sights. But one environmental activist has made defending the mountain his life’s work
  
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• Here's everything you need to know from Google I/O 2019

  06-05-2019 07:00
  
  At its annual developer conference Google unveiled cheaper Pixel phones, a completely new smart-home hub and a dark mode for Android Q
  
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• Google I/O 2019: all the highlights from the keynote

  06-05-2019 07:00
  
  At its annual developer conference Google unveiled cheaper Pixel phones, a completely new smart-home hub and a dark mode for Android Q
  
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• New Zealand looks to include all citizens in digital future

  06-05-2019 06:36 via zdnet.com
  It is hoped the Digital Inclusion Blueprint will stop citizens being left behind as more of the world moves online.
  
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• Audit Office will not look into Kingstown tower placement

  06-05-2019 05:52 via zdnet.com
  Referral from Labor dismissed by Audit Office on basis of two proposed locations being on the same property.
  
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• Disappointing first half for Westpac saw 788 staff cut and a new chatbot

  06-05-2019 05:49 via zdnet.com
  It also reported a 24% drop in profit to AU$3.17 billion.
  
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• Enterprise and cyber make up for StarHub first quarter declines in mobile and pay TV

  06-05-2019 05:29 via zdnet.com
  Overall revenue was up, but so were overall expenses for the Singaporean telco.
  
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• LG Uplus expands 5G coverage with Samsung equipment

  06-05-2019 03:59 via zdnet.com
  LG Uplus has begun expanding its 5G coverage outside of Seoul, with Samsung to be used as its main equipment supplier.
  
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• Lady Latrine: 'Why I rate toilets I visit on Instagram'

  06-05-2019 03:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Rating them out of 10, Lady Latrine says it is "not about shaming" but "celebrating".
  
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• NBN pulls in AU$2b revenue so far for FY19

  06-05-2019 03:23 via zdnet.com
  For the first nine months of FY19, NBN has reported AU$2 billion in revenue and negative AU$808 million in EBITDA.
  
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• Online predators and social media platforms on Morrison's agenda

  06-05-2019 03:11 via zdnet.com
  The current government wants to bring online crime in-line with offline crime where offences against children are concerned, and will make social media platforms adhere to a new Online Safety Act.
  
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• Labor to turn screws on multinational royalty payments

  06-05-2019 02:16 via zdnet.com
  A Labor government, if elected, will crack down on related party payments by multinationals that have annual global turnover greater than AU$1 billion.
  
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• Technology problems are not going to be sorted out by more Kool-Aid

  06-05-2019 01:00 via zdnet.com
  If what is on offer so far in the Australian election is what passes as technology policy, I'd like a re-roll.
  
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• Mozilla releases Firefox 66.0.4 with fix disabled add-ons issue

  06-05-2019 00:36 via zdnet.com
  Mozilla rolls out permanent fix for "disabled add-ons" issue after releasing a temporary patch a day before.
  
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