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• Red Hat's last quarterly report?

  20-06-2019 23:20 via zdnet.com
  With the months ticking down to IBM's acquisition of Red Hat, the Linux and cloud power, business continues to perform at a high level.
  
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• Desjardins, Canada's largest credit union, announces security breach

  20-06-2019 23:20 via zdnet.com
  Data for 2.9 million bank members was taken from the bank's system by a now-fired employee.
  
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• PayPal COO Bill Ready announces he's leaving the company

  20-06-2019 22:38 via zdnet.com
  Ready as been with PayPal since 2013 when the then-eBay-owned company acquired Braintree​, where Ready was chief executive.
  
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• Slack: Shares surge as messaging app joins the stock market

  20-06-2019 22:33 via bbc.co.uk
  The messaging app firm sees its shares close 50% up as it becomes that latest tech start-up to go public.
  
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• Important, but obscure, sysadmin tool osquery gets a foundation of its own

  20-06-2019 22:32 via zdnet.com
  This relatively unknown, but useful, sysadmin tool is getting a new chance for glory via The Linux Foundation.
  
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• Google pushes Nest cam update to prevent former owners spying on new buyers

  20-06-2019 22:10 via zdnet.com
  Former Nest cam owners could have accessed old devices despite cameras being reset to factory settings.
  
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• Mozilla fixes second Firefox zero-day exploited in the wild

  20-06-2019 21:00 via zdnet.com
  Two days after patching the first zero-day, Mozilla fixes a second one, used in the same attacks as the first.
  
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• Facebook's Libra needs to answer three questions

  20-06-2019 20:43 via zdnet.com
  Libra, Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, brought up many questions that need to be answered prior to it becoming a reality.
  
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• Omega's new watch was tested at the bottom of the Mariana Trench

  20-06-2019 19:46
  
  The new Seamaster Planet Ocean Ultra Deep Professional went to 10,928m, the deepest point on the planet and was left there - by accident - for two and a half days
  
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• Slack surges to $23 billion valuation in public market debut

  20-06-2019 18:30 via zdnet.com
  The workplace collaboration player made its trading debut via direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday under the ticker symbol WORK.
  
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• The dark web is nothing fancy: It's just a different set of protocols - like Tor

  20-06-2019 18:08 via zdnet.com
  There's some really bad stuff on dark nets, But they also are a critical resource for the oppressed.
  
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• iRobot buys Root Robotics, expands education reach into elementary schools

  20-06-2019 17:51 via zdnet.com
  iRobot already has a robot designed to teach code and robotics to students, but the purchase of Root Robotics gives it a younger market.
  
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• Only 17% of Apple AirPods owners have sex while wearing them

  20-06-2019 16:14 via zdnet.com
  You think people keep their AirPods in their ears all the time? Not everyone, it seems.
  
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• Microsoft gives Immersive Reader the AI treatment

  20-06-2019 15:05 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is turning its Immersive Learning tool into an Azure Cognitive Service and partnering with do-it-yourself computer-building kit maker Kano to develop a $300 Windows 10 S Mode PC kit.
  
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• Meds prescriptions for 78,000 patients left in a database with no password

  20-06-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Database containing 390,000 Vascepa prescriptions for 78,000 patients left open on the internet.
  
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• New Raspberry Pi add-on: Now you can monitor air pollution indoors and out

  20-06-2019 14:11 via zdnet.com
  Pimoroni's Enviro+ Raspberry Pi hat lets you start to measure the quality of air around your home.
  
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• UK to withdraw from online porn block, censorship crusade

  20-06-2019 13:33 via zdnet.com
  Opinion: The irony is strong in enforcing ID verification laws when the government fails to implement its own legal checks.
  
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• Cisco critical-flaw warning: These two bugs in our data-center gear need patching now

  20-06-2019 13:24 via zdnet.com
  Cisco is warning enterprise admins to install security updates for two critical flaws.
  
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• Three quarters of mobile apps have this security vulnerability which could put your personal data at risk

  20-06-2019 13:21 via zdnet.com
  Researchers find that both iOS and Android apps have insecure data storage - and that could lead to passwords, financial information user locations and other personal data being accessed by cyberattackers.
  
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• Firefox zero-day was used in attack against Coinbase employees, not its users

  20-06-2019 13:21 via zdnet.com
  There were actually two zero-days -- not one -- combined into an exploit used in a spear-phishing attempt. Other cryptocurrency organizations were also targeted.
  
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• Government error delays online pornography age-check scheme

  20-06-2019 13:12 via bbc.co.uk
  A scheme hoping to stop under-18s stumbling across adult content was due to come into force in July.
  
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• Loot boxes aren't gambling, says EA

  20-06-2019 13:02 via bbc.co.uk
  A spokesperson for the company says the system is "quite ethical" and something gamers enjoy.
  
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• Three big iPhone problems Apple might not be able to fix

  20-06-2019 12:30 via zdnet.com
  Even Apple, with hundreds of billions in the bank and billions more rolling in every quarter, there are some problems that the company is finding hard to solve.
  
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• Windows 10 problems? Feedback Hub now shows you similar bugs others have found

  20-06-2019 12:28 via zdnet.com
  New Feedback Hub feature could mean less noise about Windows flaws and possibly more action.
  
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• Russian APT hacked Iranian APT's infrastructure back in 2017

  20-06-2019 12:00 via zdnet.com
  Turla APT hacked Iran's APT34 group and used its C&C servers to re-infect APT34 victims with its own malware.
  
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• UK student charged for manufacturing gun through 3D printing

  20-06-2019 11:30 via zdnet.com
  The conviction is the first of its kind in the country.
  
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• Tor Browser 8.5.2 release patches critical Firefox vulnerability exploited in the wild

  20-06-2019 10:51 via zdnet.com
  The release resolves a critical Mozilla Firefox vulnerability in active use.
  
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• Rural communities could benefit most from 5G – here's how

  20-06-2019 10:50
  
  2.7 million homes in the UK are still not connected to the internet.Now, this could begin to change, as 5G is set to enable equal access to the opportunities that come from faster connectivity
  
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• It's official. The UK's porn block is delayed for at least 6 months

  20-06-2019 10:18
  
  The plans to introduce age checks have been delayed for a third time. The delay has been put down to an "administrative oversight"
  
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• How 5G will help startups soar

  20-06-2019 09:57
  
  The Vodafone Digital Innovation Hub in Salford’s MediaCityUK is providing startups with access to 5G, the Internet of Things and high-speed fibre internet connections
  
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• Thursday briefing: UK drone flier register to cost £4.1 million

  20-06-2019 08:31
  
  A planned Civil Aviation Authority database of drone hobbyists will cost millions to set up and run, sources say that the UK's porn block will be delayed indefinitely
  
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• The UK's seriously considering renaming the veggie burger

  20-06-2019 07:00
  
  Following the lead of the EU's agriculture committee, the House of Lords is considering whether to ban meat-free products from being labelled with meaty names
  
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• The obscure London startup that made Facebook's Libra possible

  20-06-2019 07:00
  
  Why Facebook hired a team of UCL privacy experts to build its new cryptocurrency
  
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• Inside the obsessive Twitter turf war over Elon Musk's Tesla tweets

  20-06-2019 07:00
  
  On Twitter a bitter battle is raging. Elon Musk critics gather under the $TSLAQ hashtag and question Tesla stocks and every move the company makes
  
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• NRMA shifting into the digital era through personalisation

  20-06-2019 06:50 via zdnet.com
  The 99 year-old organisation wanted to keep its business as one that is based on trust, it just had to deliver it in a 21st Century way.
  
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• Telstra deploys private LTE network in PNG volcanic crater gold mine

  20-06-2019 06:01 via zdnet.com
  All production vehicles are hooked up to a private 4G network for Newcrest Mining.
  
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• Orange España uses ZTE to conduct 5G demos

  20-06-2019 05:57 via zdnet.com
  The demonstrations were held at the European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC) in Valencia, Spain.
  
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• NBN mulling introducing 100/20Mbps plans

  20-06-2019 02:08 via zdnet.com
  Most residential customers do not need 40Mbps of upload, NBN has said.
  
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• US to overtake China to become world’s top gaming market in 2019: Newzoo

  20-06-2019 01:56 via zdnet.com
  China, currently the world’s largest gaming market, is forecast to lag behind the US this year in the face of the country freezing game approvals for nine months in 2018.
  
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• NAB offers up AU$2b to grow Aussie startup scene

  20-06-2019 01:55 via zdnet.com
  AU$2 billion over five years has been set aside by the bank to help emerging technology companies build and grow their businesses.
  
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• Florida city pays $600,000 to ransomware gang to have its data back

  20-06-2019 01:33 via zdnet.com
  Riviera City officials previously agreed to pay $941,000 to rebuild their entire computer network.
  
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