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• Even the NSA is urging Windows users to patch BlueKeep (CVE-2019-0708)

  04-06-2019 23:21 via zdnet.com
  NSA issues ominous security advisory after Microsoft published two similar warnings last month.
  
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• NordVPN review: An in-depth look at a popular VPN

  04-06-2019 23:15 via zdnet.com
  NordVPN is a hugely popular VPN service. But how does it perform? We take a deep dive into features, capabilities, and performance of this well-known VPN offering.
  
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• Pivotal cuts Q2, fiscal 2020 outlook

  04-06-2019 22:40 via zdnet.com
  Company said it is seeing sales execution issues and a more complex tech environment.
  
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• Salesforce handily tops Q1 earnings targets

  04-06-2019 22:25 via zdnet.com
  The CRM giant reported non-GAAP earnings of 93 cents per share, compared to the 61 cents expected by Wall Street.
  
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• Firefox blocks third-party web trackers by default

  04-06-2019 22:21 via zdnet.com
  Mozilla makes privacy job No.1 in Firefox.
  
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• Only 5.5% of all vulnerabilities are ever exploited in the wild

  04-06-2019 21:30 via zdnet.com
  Most vulnerabilities that are exploited in the wild have a CVSS severity score of 9 or 10.
  
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• iOS 13 and iPadOS: Will your iPhone or iPad run it?

  04-06-2019 21:11 via zdnet.com
  Will your existing iPhone or iPad run the new iOS 13 and iPadOS upgrades, due out this fall, or has the time come to give Apple a huge chunk of cash for new devices?
  
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• macOS Catalina: Will your Mac run it?

  04-06-2019 20:28 via zdnet.com
  Will your existing Mac run the new macOS Catalina upgrade which is due out this fall, or has the time come to give Apple a huge chunk of cash for a new Mac?
  
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• Microsoft closes its 'specialty stores' in mall kiosks

  04-06-2019 19:40 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft has closed its remaining specialty stores, or in-mall kiosks, and appears to be consolidating its retail presence around full-fledged brick-and-mortar stores.
  
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• iPadOS is the most exciting thing Apple announced at WWDC 2019

  04-06-2019 19:08 via zdnet.com
  The future of the iPad has never looked better.
  
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• Business leaders like their applications, but want them delivered faster

  04-06-2019 19:04 via zdnet.com
  Survey shows software development and testing processes ripe for continuous delivery, automation and more collaboration.
  
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• Apple's $999 Mac Pro Display XDR monitor stand is the most Apple thing ever

  04-06-2019 18:23 via zdnet.com
  Think that a $20 cable or a $40 dongle is expensive? Those are nothing compared to Apple's new $999 monitor stand.
  
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• Imperva to acquire bot management provider Distil Networks

  04-06-2019 17:30 via zdnet.com
  Imperva plans to use the deal to provide customers a stronger defense against mission critical automated attack vectors including ATO and scraping.
  
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• The Internet of Things enables a floating city of pleasure... and a vision of hell

  04-06-2019 17:28 via zdnet.com
  Carnival has equipped three of its massive cruise ships with a slew of wireless technologies aimed at elevating the passenger experience.
  
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• Artificial general intelligence is a Rorschach Test: Perhaps we need orangutans?

  04-06-2019 17:15 via zdnet.com
  A panel discussion between Facebook’s Yann LeCun and fellow AI thinkers debates whether the term artificial general intelligence even means anything. Perhaps the answer is machines more like orangutans.
  
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• Artificial general intelligence is a Rorschach Test: Do we need orangutans?

  04-06-2019 17:15 via zdnet.com
  A panel discussion between Facebook’s Yann LeCun and fellow AI thinkers debates whether the term artificial general intelligence even means anything. Perhaps the answer is machines more like orangutans.
  
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• Flexera buys RISC Networks to bolster cloud migration efforts

  04-06-2019 17:00 via zdnet.com
  RISC Networks will complement Flexera's purchase of RightScale as it aims to help customers cloud migrations and spending.
  
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• Companies aren’t seeing all the value they expected from the cloud

  04-06-2019 16:39 via zdnet.com
  Security and the complexity of change are the key barriers to full benefits, according to new report
  
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• Apple's services disrupted for some

  04-06-2019 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  App store, music and radio services not working for "some users".
  
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• Cornerstone intros Conversations, a team-based feedback tool

  04-06-2019 16:33 via zdnet.com
  The company announced several new products on Tuesday that aim to bring more team-based features and mobile-friendly services to its talent management software portfolio.
  
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• WWDC 2019: 'Sign in with Apple' will be mandatory for all apps using third-party login systems

  04-06-2019 16:32 via zdnet.com
  Apple wants users to have a privacy-focused login system at their disposal at any time.
  
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• A brief history of Apple's iTunes

  04-06-2019 16:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Apple is now promoting new apps for music, TV and podcasts.
  
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• Gen Z wants a top-notch tech stack before they will apply for a job

  04-06-2019 16:11 via zdnet.com
  Although Gen Z respects and admires the technology that makes life easier, it has little tolerance for hiring companies who refuse to adapt to the times.
  
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• Dropbox adds expanded table functions to Paper

  04-06-2019 15:49 via zdnet.com
  Dropbox is bringing support for images, to-dos, expanded colors, and sorting to Paper's table creation feature.
  
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• Seagate ships world’s highest capacity 3.5-inch enterprise hard drive

  04-06-2019 15:48 via zdnet.com
  In an effort to cram more storage into existing rack space, Seagate has released a new 16TB helium-filled Exos X16 hard drives.
  
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• Does China's route to infrastructure control run through Iceland's data centers?

  04-06-2019 15:34 via zdnet.com
  Huawei investors or spies? When Chinese delegations arrive at your door, there must be a reason.
  
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• NASCAR to migrate 18 petabytes of video archives to AWS

  04-06-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  The plan for NASCAR is to leverage AWS' machine learning tools to provide a better video experience for fans.
  
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• At WWDC 2019, Apple did the impossible and annoyed all the right people

  04-06-2019 14:46 via zdnet.com
  At the Worldwide Developers' Conference, Tim Cook and his cohorts somehow achieved a rare feat: pleasing the vast majority and irritating those who deserved it.
  
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• Digital transformation efforts changing companies, careers, teams on multiple fronts

  04-06-2019 14:30 via zdnet.com
  A study by Deloitte and MIT Sloan Management Review highlights how managers expect their companies and careers to change in unforeseen ways due to digitization.
  
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• Sign In with Apple is a direct attack on Facebook and Google

  04-06-2019 14:17
  
  Apple's new Sign In system will collect a minimal amount of user data. It's taking its privacy fight to Facebook and Google's door
  
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• Cybersecurity: One in three breaches are caused by unpatched vulnerabilities

  04-06-2019 14:15 via zdnet.com
  Flaws are left open for weeks or longer even when fixes exist, security experts admit, leaving organisations at risk.
  
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• Windows 10 security: Microsoft issues Intel microcode updates against MDS attacks

  04-06-2019 14:10 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft releases standalone updates containing Intel microcode mitigations for recently disclosed MDS attacks.
  
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• Equinix adds network functions virtualization to its platform, launches Network Edge

  04-06-2019 14:01 via zdnet.com
  Equinix said it will offer a choice of virtual network services from Cisco, Juniper and Palo Alto Networks.
  
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• New research shows personalized ads are just barely more efficient than dumb ads

  04-06-2019 13:42 via zdnet.com
  Targeted ads make 4% more revenue than classic (dumb) contextual ads, academics say.
  
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• Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon face US anti-trust probe

  04-06-2019 13:32 via bbc.co.uk
  A US committee will take a fresh look at the impact of the big four tech firms.
  
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• Buzzworthy: How IoT and satellites are helping save bees

  04-06-2019 13:30 via zdnet.com
  Colony loss is one of the most pressing ecological disasters of our lifetime. Can distributed sensor technology help?
  
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• Buzzworthy: How IoT & satellites are helping save bees

  04-06-2019 13:30 via zdnet.com
  Colony loss is one of the most pressing ecological disasters of our lifetime. Can distributed sensor technology help?
  
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• Google: Here's what caused Sunday's big outage

  04-06-2019 13:12 via zdnet.com
  An incorrect server configuration change strangled network capacity in multiple regions.
  
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• Apple's new Mac Pro: You win some, you lose some. But mostly, you win

  04-06-2019 13:10 via zdnet.com
  Did Apple go terribly wrong with the new Mac Pro? We look at our previous concerns and explore how they stand up to Apple's announcement of new high-end hardware at WWDC.
  
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• The City of Tomorrow: challenges and innovation in the urban environment

  04-06-2019 13:04
  
  By 2050, 70 per cent of the world’s population will live in cities and the pressures on the urban environment will grow exponentially. In this report from WIRED Consulting and Ford, we explore the barriers and future innovations of the city of tomorrow
  
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• BlackSquid malware uses bag of exploits to drop cryptocurrency miners

  04-06-2019 12:34 via zdnet.com
  The new malware family infects web servers to mine for cryptocurrency.
  
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• Windows 10 1903: We'll still update PCs with less than 32GB storage, says Microsoft

  04-06-2019 12:10 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft clarifies that the new 32GB storage minimum for Windows 10 version 1903 is only for newly built PCs.
  
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• Tinder faces Russian demand to share user data

  04-06-2019 12:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Russian authorities tell the dating-app to comply with requests to hand over messages and photos.
  
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• Cloud computing: Want your tech project to succeed? Then think about the people first

  04-06-2019 12:00 via zdnet.com
  Don't be hypnotised by all that shiny technology when you are working on a new project. Think of who needs to benefit.
  
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• The outlandish design of London's Dumping Trump protest robot

  04-06-2019 10:46
  
  Dinosaur expert Don Lessem didn't have much experience of designing human statues. With £19,000 and a Chinese team of roboticists he started making a four-metre-tall, tweeting, version of Donald Trump for London's protests
  
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• Massive Quest Diagnostics data breach impacts 12 million patients

  04-06-2019 10:46 via zdnet.com
  Financial and medical information has potentially been exposed.
  
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• Hollywood lie: Bank hacks take months, not seconds

  04-06-2019 10:00 via zdnet.com
  A modern bank cyber-heist is methodically planned and usually takes months.
  
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• Cybersecurity: You're probably over-confident about your defences or under-prepared for a breach

  04-06-2019 10:00 via zdnet.com
  In an age of seemingly ever increasing hacks and data breaches, what counts as enough when it comes to protecting yourself online?
  
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• Ultimate Ears launches Wonderboom 2 with improved battery life, new outdoor mode

  04-06-2019 09:01 via zdnet.com
  The small portable speaker stays under $100, with new and improved features.
  
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• Tuesday briefing: Most visitors to the US must now hand over email and social media details

  04-06-2019 08:37
  
  Some 710,000 travellers to the US will now have to list their online presences for visa screening, YouTube is suggesting children's swimsuit videos to soft porn viewers
  
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