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• Microsoft Q4 delivers strong growth, commercial cloud revenue hits $11 billion for $44 billion run rate

  18-07-2019 22:35 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft didn't have many soft spots in its fourth quarter earnings as Azure, Dynamics 365 and Office 365 showed strong gains.
  
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• Microsoft Q4 delivers strong growth, commercial cloud run rate hits $11 billion

  18-07-2019 22:14 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft didn't have many soft spots in its fourth quarter earnings as Azure, Dynamics 365 and Office 365 showed strong gains.
  
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• Intel to optimize its platforms for SAP applications

  18-07-2019 22:09 via zdnet.com
  As part of a multi-year partnership, Intel will optimize platforms like the Xeon Scalable processor and Optane DC persistent memory for SAP’s enterprise applications, including SAP S/4HANA.
  
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• User experience managers are now a hot commodity

  18-07-2019 21:54 via zdnet.com
  As UX gains ground -- and converts -- there's a need for people who can keep teams motivated and connected with the business.
  
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• Kazakhstan government is now intercepting all HTTPS traffic

  18-07-2019 21:38 via zdnet.com
  Kazakh government first wanted to intercept all HTTPS traffic way back in 2016, but they backed off after several lawsuits.
  
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• The rising tide of ransomware requires a commitment to best practices

  18-07-2019 20:50 via zdnet.com
  How fiscal responsibility and ransomware are impacting the market.
  
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• Apple users are dumping iPhones and buying Samsung

  18-07-2019 19:33 via zdnet.com
  Can it be that Apple's most loyal have given up the faith? One survey says it's happening, but is it really all it seems?
  
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• Bulgaria's hacked database is now available on hacking forums

  18-07-2019 19:13 via zdnet.com
  Half of the database, to be exact, the half the hacker released to local reporters over the last weekend.
  
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• Unlocking business growth with SD-WAN

  18-07-2019 19:00 via zdnet.com
  Software-defined WAN technology delivers centralized management for network hardware; intelligent, application-aware traffic routing; comprehensive, end-to-end visibility; and simplified security for data transmissions.
  
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• Google Cloud gains in Gartner's 2019 cloud infrastructure Magic Quadrant

  18-07-2019 18:59 via zdnet.com
  Gartner's ranking of IaaS providers didn't change much from 2018, but there are some nuances worth noting as Google Cloud closes some gaps on Microsoft Azure and AWS.
  
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• Does net neutrality still matter in our post-web world?

  18-07-2019 18:55 via zdnet.com
  What we think the public Internet is has already been replaced with a vision of the digital marketplace that’s more reflective of our society. So why are we trying to resuscitate a framework from another era?
  
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• Doogee N10 hands-on: Superb authentication features in an entry-level phone

  18-07-2019 16:42 via zdnet.com
  For looks and style, the Doogee N10 certainly holds its ground against other, more expensive smartphones.
  
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• Slack resets passwords for 1% of its users because of 2015 hack

  18-07-2019 15:56 via zdnet.com
  Company said it received a batch of compromised credentials related to the 2015 hack via its bug bounty program.
  
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• No love lost between security specialists and developers

  18-07-2019 15:36 via zdnet.com
  GitLab finds 68% of security professionals feel that less than half of developers can spot security vulnerabilities, but most people feel it's a programmer's job to write secure code.
  
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• Slack to reset passwords for tens of thousands of users

  18-07-2019 15:12 via zdnet.com
  Slack says passwords compromised in malware infections and past breaches at other companies.
  
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• This is how much email scammers are now costing businesses every month

  18-07-2019 14:27 via zdnet.com
  Business email compromise fraud takes a massive toll, and it's not just bogus CEO emails you need to watch out for.
  
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• US chipmaker Qualcomm fined €242 million by Europe

  18-07-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Qualcomm sold products below cost to Huawei and ZTE, with the aim of forcing its competitor Icera out of the market, the EC has ruled.
  
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• The EU's latest antitrust probe could hit Amazon where it hurts

  18-07-2019 13:56
  
  EU Competition commissioner Margaret Vestager is turning her gaze to Amazon. The company is facing allegations that it may have abused marketplace data to prioritise its own products
  
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• Digital transformation: How one bank is using AI, big data and chatbots to create new services

  18-07-2019 13:26 via zdnet.com
  Two key executives at banking giant NatWest explain how the firm tests and launches innovative services that meet fast-changing customer expectations.
  
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• This strange new phishing attack uses a surprise bill to trick you into clicking

  18-07-2019 13:17 via zdnet.com
  Researchers uncover a campaign which uses SHTML files - commonly associated with web servers - to direct users to malicious, credential-stealing websites.
  
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• Galileo GPS service is back, as Europe looks at what went wrong

  18-07-2019 13:11 via zdnet.com
  Galileo Initial Services have now been restored, days after an equipment malfunction caused the outage.
  
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• MPs call for halt to police's use of live facial recognition

  18-07-2019 13:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The House of Commons' Science and Technology raises concerns about accuracy and bias.
  
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• 'My $19 Uber ride cost 100 times that'

  18-07-2019 12:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Passengers reportedly paid 100 times more than they should have after Uber's payments system goes awry.
  
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• Windows 7: Hospitals and healthcare aren't ready to say goodbye

  18-07-2019 12:20 via zdnet.com
  Upgrade paths are harder for machines that aren't PCs.
  
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• This data-stealing malware waits for you to click a mouse button three times before going into action

  18-07-2019 11:30 via zdnet.com
  Cyber-espionage campaign is thought to be the work of Ke3chang, an ATP hacking group which has been active for ten years.
  
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• Moon hoax? Five reasons why the landings were real

  18-07-2019 09:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Conspiracy theories surround the Moon landings but BBC Click seeks to dispel some of the myths.
  
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• Microsoft notified 10,000 victims of nation-state attacks

  18-07-2019 09:35 via zdnet.com
  Most of the attacks came from state-sponsored hacking groups in Iran, North Korea, and Russia.
  
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• SAP Q2 2019: Trade war hits software license sales

  18-07-2019 08:56 via zdnet.com
  The US-China trade battle has dented the balance sheet at the same time SAP is bearing the brunt of restructuring costs.
  
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• US lawmakers troubled by Facebook's Libra due to 'pattern of failing to keep consumer data private'

  18-07-2019 08:50 via zdnet.com
  Facebook also avoided providing details about Libra's anticipated income and the costs to operate the proposed cryptocurrency.
  
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• Thursday briefing: DRC Ebola outbreak declared an international emergency

  18-07-2019 08:34
  
  The WHO has declared international emergency status to help tackle an Ebola outbreak that's been raging since 2018, Bulgaria's entire adult population's personal data has been compromised
  
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• What's the deal with FaceApp? The data-hungry Russian photo editor

  18-07-2019 07:00
  
  The viral FaceApp probably isn't grabbing all your photos. But that doesn't mean you should give it access to your mugshot – even just for fun
  
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• We test the portable projectors you can take almost anywhere

  18-07-2019 07:00
  
  Interest piqued by outdoorsy, take-anywhere projectors? We take three on a summer camping trip and find some more wild-worthy than others. Tread carefully
  
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• The open banking hacks you need to know to boost your finances

  18-07-2019 07:00
  
  These apps will help you save and manage your money – and you won't even need to change banks to use them
  
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• The best portable projectors you can take almost anywhere

  18-07-2019 07:00
  
  Interest piqued by outdoorsy, take-anywhere projectors? We take three on a summer camping trip and find some more wild-worthy than others. Tread carefully
  
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• Instagram's grisly human skull trade is booming

  18-07-2019 07:00
  
  Instagram has a roaring trade in real human skulls, decorated and sold by macabre enthusiasts. Is the underground marketplace just a microcosm of our colonial past?
  
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• Inside the grisly, booming world of Instagram's human remains trade

  18-07-2019 07:00
  
  Instagram has a roaring trade in real human skulls, decorated and sold by macabre enthusiasts. Is the underground marketplace just a microcosm of our colonial past?
  
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• NSW government launches IDCare Identity Recovery Service

  18-07-2019 06:07 via zdnet.com
  IDCare Identity Recovery Service available for 500 NSW government customers whose identities become compromised from a 'cyber incident'.
  
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• Cyberwar's strategic value 'unclear': Hugh White

  18-07-2019 06:00 via zdnet.com
  Cybers are a cheap and effective deterrent, says one of Australia's leading strategic analysts. But wars will still be fought in the "boringold real world", so let's reconsider nukes.
  
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• Instagram hides likes count in international test 'to remove pressure'

  18-07-2019 05:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The number of likes is a measure of how well content is doing on the social media platform.
  
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• FaceApp: Chuck Schumer asks for FBI investigation

  18-07-2019 05:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Senior Democrat Chuck Schumer says the photo app's use of personal data is "deeply troubling".
  
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• Samsung begins production of upgraded 12GB DRAM

  18-07-2019 04:47 via zdnet.com
  The new DRAM package will power upcoming flagship phones and consist of eight 12GB LPDDR5 mobile DRAMs that will run at a data rate of 5,500Mbps.
  
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• Zoom RCE only hit those who uninstalled it: Assetnote

  18-07-2019 04:45 via zdnet.com
  Local webserver searched for domain suffixes that left it open to exploitation.
  
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• APRA grants Aussie fintech 86 400 a banking licence

  18-07-2019 04:35 via zdnet.com
  Australia's newest bank expects to launch soon.
  
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• Walmart scoring execs against one another on security performance

  18-07-2019 03:32 via zdnet.com
  The company has created a scorecard that provides every executive within Walmart with a real-time overview of how they're performing against their peers.
  
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• Flat Earth: How did YouTube help spread a conspiracy theory?

  18-07-2019 01:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Many people who believe the Earth is not round first heard the idea on YouTube. But how important was the video-sharing website in helping the flat Earth movement grow?
  
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• Microsoft demos ElectionGuard technology for securing electronic voting machines

  18-07-2019 01:26 via zdnet.com
  New ElectionGuard SDK to be open-sourced on GitHub; provided for free to voting machine vendors.
  
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• UK workers who lose jobs to AI will be retrained

  18-07-2019 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The government launches a scheme to retrain workers whose jobs may vanish because of automation.
  
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• Gigabyte and Lenovo servers impacted by common BMC firmware flaws

  18-07-2019 00:31 via zdnet.com
  Two different bugs, EOLs, and a complex supply chain make patching a nightmare.
  
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