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• Microsoft vs. Google: Why this browser war isn't about privacy

  10-05-2019 22:31 via zdnet.com
  At Microsoft's just-concluded Build developers conference, questions about privacy and trust took center stage. Yet despite multiple opportunities, the company took almost no jabs at its arch-rival Google. Why is Microsoft so hesitant to use privacy as a competitive weapon?
  
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• Turkey fines Facebook for December 2018 API bug

  10-05-2019 22:03 via zdnet.com
  Facebook fined $270,000 for API bug that exposed the non-public photos of 300,000 Turkish users.
  
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• ​Survey: Managing the multicloud

  10-05-2019 21:10 via zdnet.com
  Take this quick, multiple choice survey and tell us how your company manages multiple cloud providers.
  
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• Deal alert: Adobe's CC All Apps plan is 40% off -- but only for five days

  10-05-2019 21:01 via zdnet.com
  The offer starts on May 13, 2019 and expires on May 17, 2019.
  
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• Microsoft pushes ahead with conversation transcription, virtual microphone arrays

  10-05-2019 20:47 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft Research's 'Project Denmark' technology allows users to use the microphones in phones and laptops to create a virtual array that can handle conversation transcription and more.
  
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• Powerbeats Pro review: An upgrade over AirPods in almost every way

  10-05-2019 20:14 via zdnet.com
  Beats’ Powerbeats Pro are more expensive than AirPods, but are they worth it?
  
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• Microsoft SharePoint servers are under attack

  10-05-2019 19:33 via zdnet.com
  Canadian and Saudi cyber-security agencies warn of attacks that have been going on for at least two weeks.
  
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• Jeff vs Elon: the billionaires' space race is heating up

  10-05-2019 17:47
  
  The UK’s coal-free week, Jeff Bezos’s space plans, and our verdict on Pokémon Detective Pikachu
  
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• Amazon stops selling 'toxic' goods for children in US

  10-05-2019 17:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Products high in toxic metals were being sold to children, a US investigation finds.
  
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• American Airlines using technology to make its people the competitive advantage

  10-05-2019 17:00 via zdnet.com
  The airline believes its people will be the differentiation, so that's where the focus of digital transformation has been over the last few years.
  
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• Detective Pikachu: 'Pokémon created a world I wanted to live in'

  10-05-2019 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Detective Pikachu is in cinemas now and for Pokémon fans, it's the first time to see the world in live action.
  
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• Software update crashes police ankle monitors in the Netherlands

  10-05-2019 16:13 via zdnet.com
  Borked update prevents ankle monitors from sending data back to police control rooms.
  
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• Is the Ultimaker S5 the ultimate Ultimaker 3D printer?

  10-05-2019 15:43 via zdnet.com
  In this in-depth first-look review, David Gewirtz takes a hands-on look at the flagship of the Ultimaker line, the new S5. Is it worth the $6,000 the machine costs? Read on to find out.
  
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• Jeff Bezos wants to colonise space, but he's paying for it by destroying Earth

  10-05-2019 15:24
  
  The Amazon founder says his Blue Origin lunar lander can help save Earth from an energy crisis. He might want to look a bit closer to home
  
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• ‘Unhackable’ eyeDisk flash drive exposes passwords in clear text

  10-05-2019 14:17 via zdnet.com
  The eyeDisk USB drive does not appear to meet its lofty security claims.
  
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• Custodians of the Internet, book review: Content moderation under the microscope

  10-05-2019 13:47 via zdnet.com
  How do you moderate content on platforms of the scale of YouTube or Facebook? Tarleton Gillespie lays out the options and highlights the impact of 'Web 2.0' on society.
  
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• Buying a replacement iPhone battery? Be careful you don't get ripped off

  10-05-2019 13:46 via zdnet.com
  Just because you're told that the replacement iPhone battery you're buying is new doesn't mean that it is. It could be old and worn out.
  
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• Amazon can't yet completely delete Alexa voice transcriptions

  10-05-2019 13:41 via zdnet.com
  It is working on a solution to deleting data when users request and is planning a bug fix for its Echo Dot Kids Edition.
  
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• Mobile accounts for nearly half of all banking transactions in Brazil

  10-05-2019 13:28 via zdnet.com
  The number of transactions soars as consumer confidence in the channel increases, according to the Brazilian Banking Federation.
  
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• Cybersecurity: This is how Microsoft Defender ATP tackles password-stealing credential dumping attempts

  10-05-2019 13:00 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft reckons Microsoft Defender is up to the task of detecting legit tools for credential dumping from lsass.exe memory.
  
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• Instagram blocks vaccine hoax hashtags

  10-05-2019 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Instagram will block hashtags spreading "verifiably false" information about vaccinations.
  
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• North Korea debuts new Electricfish malware in Hidden Cobra campaigns

  10-05-2019 12:41 via zdnet.com
  The tool is used to forge covert pathways out of infected Windows PCs.
  
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• Smartphone sales plummet as consumers wait for Apple's next big thing

  10-05-2019 12:16 via zdnet.com
  Apple still dominates North America but shipments fell 19 percent in the first quarter.
  
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• Ferrari's first hybrid is coming, but its in no rush to go fully electric

  10-05-2019 11:27
  
  While the car industry goes electric, Ferrari is only releasing its first hybrid later this month. But the Italian company keeps making money
  
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• Friday briefing: Chelsea Manning has been released from prison

  10-05-2019 08:49
  
  Manning refused to give evidence before a secret grand jury but already faces another subpoena, Jeff Bezos has revealed Blue Origin's moon lander
  
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• Cybersecurity basics still the key for preventing business email compromise

  10-05-2019 08:46 via zdnet.com
  Business email compromise is up, and people are still falling for phishing attacks that give cyber criminals access to corporate emailsystems.
  
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• Jeff Bezos unveils Moon lander concept

  10-05-2019 07:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Blue Origins claims that the lunar lander will be able to take humans to the Moon's south pole by 2024.
  
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• Pokémon Detective Pikachu would be so much better without humans

  10-05-2019 07:00
  
  The Pokémon characters in Detective Pikachu are an absolute delight – it's a shame about the people
  
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• CEOs finally get it. Staff on the autism spectrum are a huge asset

  10-05-2019 07:00
  
  As firms finally wake up to the benefits of hiring more diverse workforces, neurodiversity has often been overlooked. But all that could be about to change
  
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• SoftBank Group looking to ride AI unicorns into the future

  10-05-2019 06:36 via zdnet.com
  SoftBank Vision Fund was the majority provider of operating income for the Japanese behemoth for fiscal year 2018.
  
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• Two crypto-mining groups are fighting a turf war over unsecured Linux servers

  10-05-2019 06:30 via zdnet.com
  War in the Cloud: The Rocke and Pascha group are at each other's throats competing for vulnerable systems.
  
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• Foodora backpays AU$3m to some riders for unpaid super and wages

  10-05-2019 06:13 via zdnet.com
  While 3,800 delivery riders that are owed back pay will receive a nil amount.
  
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• Korean telcos ramp up 5G competition with LG V50 ThinQ launch

  10-05-2019 05:24 via zdnet.com
  As the race for 5G supremacy heats up, SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus have each offered subsidies for customers to buy the LG V50 ThinQ 5G.
  
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• Austrade's new customer-focused transformation is reaping rewards

  10-05-2019 03:49 via zdnet.com
  The government entity pushed out a project in 10 weeks under its new way of operating.
  
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• Mozilla to track infrastructure time-bombs in wake of recent Firefox armagadd-on

  10-05-2019 02:33 via zdnet.com
  Browser maker lays out initial details of how an intermediate certificate expiration played hell with its add-on ecosystem.
  
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• WA Budget funds tech for cops and kids

  10-05-2019 02:00 via zdnet.com
  The Western Australia Police Force will begin rolling out personal mobile tablets to officers.
  
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• Could aviation ever be less polluting?

  10-05-2019 01:27 via bbc.co.uk
  The aircraft industry has to cut greenhouse gases but air travel is growing, so what's the answer?
  
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• A dress with 3D-printed petals and other tech news

  10-05-2019 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Click's Lara Lewington looks at some of the week's best technology stories.
  
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• Android chief Hiroshi Lockheimer explains why he's "bullish" on foldable phones

  10-05-2019 00:02 via zdnet.com
  At Google I/O, Lockheimer also shed light on Google's Fuschia OS, saying "it's not about replacing Android or ChromeOS."
  
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