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• GoDaddy names Expedia alum as CEO

  01-08-2019 23:18 via zdnet.com
  GoDaddy said Aman Bhutani, who used to be president of Brand Expedia Group, will be its new CEO as current chief Scott Wagner steps down for health reasons.
  
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• NetApp cuts outlook for fiscal Q1, fiscal 2020

  01-08-2019 23:00 via zdnet.com
  The company said it remained confident that it had the right strategy, but sales are falling well short of expectations.
  
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• DoorDash to acquire Caviar, Square's food ordering platform, for $410M

  01-08-2019 22:31 via zdnet.com
  Meanwhile, Square beat Q2 estimates but released a weak Q3 outlook.
  
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• Breach alert in South Korea after 1m card details were put up for sale online

  01-08-2019 21:00 via zdnet.com
  Source of the card records remains a mystery. Could be a bank, a restaurant chain, a PoS provider.
  
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• Intel, Baidu sign 3-year deal to collaborate in cloud, AI, 5G

  01-08-2019 20:45 via zdnet.com
  The agreement revolves around Intel optimizing its platforms and products for Baidu's core business areas.
  
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• Nature's language is being hijacked by technology

  01-08-2019 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  A new study across three generations shows words from nature are now used more commonly for technology
  
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• GNOME and KDE work together on the Linux desktop

  01-08-2019 20:26 via zdnet.com
  Fragmentation has long been a problem for the Linux desktop, but now the two biggest open-source desktop foundations are joining forces.
  
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• Manufacturers’ digital transformation will fail without both IT and OT

  01-08-2019 20:17 via zdnet.com
  Modern manufacturers need to find ways to combine the best of IT with the best of OT: Both have much to offer.
  
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• Voter records for 80% of Chile's population left exposed online

  01-08-2019 20:00 via zdnet.com
  Chile's Electoral Service confirms the data's authenticity, but denies it owns the leaky server.
  
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• Silicon Valley-area congressman criticizes tech firms for media job losses

  01-08-2019 18:38 via zdnet.com
  The Save Journalism Project came to San Francisco -- "the epicenter of Big Tech" -- to protest continued newsroom job losses and the need for government action.
  
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• Research: 64% using or considering industry cloud services

  01-08-2019 18:27 via zdnet.com
  A recent TechRepublic Premium poll shows that only 18% of respondents rule out using industry cloud within their organization.
  
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• Guide to industry cloud: What businesses need to know

  01-08-2019 18:27 via zdnet.com
  Major public cloud providers and smaller industry cloud firms are investing in solutions to meet specialized business requirements.
  
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• Free PDF download: Industry cloud

  01-08-2019 18:26 via zdnet.com
  What do business leaders need to know about industry cloud? Find out by downloading the free PDF ebook version of a special report from ZDNet and TechRepublic.
  
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• Microsoft mocks Apple again and it's awkward

  01-08-2019 17:25 via zdnet.com
  A new ad for the Surface Laptop 2 features a spokesman called Mackenzie Book. Mac Book. Geddit?
  
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• The future of work is an adaptive workforce

  01-08-2019 16:46 via zdnet.com
  To become an adaptive enterprise requires significant investments in technology transformation, in culture building, and in setting up structures and processes.
  
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• Top Windows Defender expert: These are the threats security hasn't yet solved

  01-08-2019 16:37 via zdnet.com
  He also says Microsoft rules the Windows antivirus world, with Defender on over half a billion PCs.
  
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• Stratasys' MakerBot launches Method X, a 3D printing workstation

  01-08-2019 16:36 via zdnet.com
  The Method X is designed to produce manufacturing grade parts with ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) material, a 100 degree Celsius chamber and Stratasys SR-30 soluble supports.
  
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• Apple's Siri laughs off abuse, but should she?

  01-08-2019 16:32 via zdnet.com
  Ever listened to how Siri responds to insults? A new video addresses her coy and submissive responses.
  
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• Amazon Ring: Police tie-up criticised by anti-surveillance campaigners

  01-08-2019 16:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Privacy campaigners want to halt US police having easy access to recordings made by the gadgets.
  
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• Neato, Nanoleaf, Abode, more announce Apple HomeKit integration in smart home products

  01-08-2019 16:00 via zdnet.com
  Robot vacuums, cameras, showers, coffee pots, and smart outlets will all gain support for Apple HomeKit and Siri.
  
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• Valve proposes game-friendly changes to the Linux kernel

  01-08-2019 15:53 via zdnet.com
  Valve has long wanted Linux to be a serious gaming platform. It's now taking its efforts into the Linux kernel itself.
  
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• AI system 'should be recognised as inventor'

  01-08-2019 15:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Two patent filings seek to set a precedent by naming an AI as their inventor.
  
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• Intel takes wraps off 11 new Ice Lake mobile PC chips

  01-08-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Chip maker is touting the AI capabilities of its Ice Lake chips.
  
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• Development stops on PowerShell Empire framework after project reaches its goal

  01-08-2019 14:56 via zdnet.com
  Everybody knows that PowerShell can be used for malware now. No need for Empire to exist.
  
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• Windows 10 preview: New build brings these updated Snip & Sketch features

  01-08-2019 14:23 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft releases a new preview build showing off improvements to its new snipping tool.
  
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• Shopify shows strong Q2 revenue growth, ups outlook for 2019

  01-08-2019 14:21 via zdnet.com
  Shopify's retail operating system continues to gain traction among merchants.
  
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• Anker Nebula Capsule II, hands on: A portable 720p mini-projector with integrated speaker

  01-08-2019 14:13 via zdnet.com
  The Nebula Capsule II delivers decent image quality and sound, but battery life could be better.
  
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• IBM launches Cloud Paks, pre-integrated applications optimized for Red Hat OpenShift

  01-08-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  The product integrations are the first hybrid cloud volley following the $34 billion purchase of Red Hat.
  
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• Verizon's Q2 earnings better than expected as company adds business wireless customers

  01-08-2019 13:54 via zdnet.com
  Verizon is having more success adding business wireless customers as the consumer market remains a dog fight with T-Mobile.
  
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• IBM accused of targeting older workers as 'up to 100,000' laid off

  01-08-2019 13:50 via zdnet.com
  IBM faces accusations of running a "fire-and-hire" scheme to make its workforce younger.
  
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• New Mirai botnet lurks in the Tor network to stay under the radar

  01-08-2019 13:45 via zdnet.com
  The malware’s command center is hidden to make takedowns a more complicated process.
  
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• Googly-eyed robots are actually an important 5G and edge computing benchmark

  01-08-2019 13:00 via zdnet.com
  Edge computing and 5G are making autonomous mobile robots more practical in brick and mortar stores.
  
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• FTC: Too many people signed up for Equifax cash, so they'll be getting less than $125

  01-08-2019 12:42 via zdnet.com
  FTC recommends that users switch some of their claims from cash payments to free credit monitoring services, as they provide a better value.
  
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• Facebook: Did social network mislead MPs?

  01-08-2019 12:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Facebook evidence appears to contradict what it told MPs about when it had known about Cambridge Analytica.
  
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• US Army tests IoT for the battlefield in smart cities

  01-08-2019 12:27 via zdnet.com
  Researchers want to know if the principles of city connectivity can improve military applications.
  
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• The cord cutting conundrum: What consumers won’t pay for content

  01-08-2019 12:00 via zdnet.com
  You’ll subscribe to seven or eight different services, you’ll pay over a hundred bucks a month when you’d budgeted twenty, and you’ll like it. That prediction has never been right.
  
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• 5G enthusiasm abounds from tech CEOs: Is it warranted?

  01-08-2019 11:00 via zdnet.com
  Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf says 5G is ramping much faster than 4G did at a similar point in its history. Other tech execs agree. But that doesn't mean tech buyers will go ga-ga just yet for 5G.
  
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• Fake iPhone, iPad smuggler lands behind bars

  01-08-2019 10:58 via zdnet.com
  Over 40,000 dodgy devices and accessories were smuggled into the United States.
  
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• Here's how to replace the battery in your MacBook or MacBook Pro

  01-08-2019 10:00 via zdnet.com
  Is the battery in your MacBook or MacBook Pro getting old? Is the battery no longer making it through the day? Why not have a go at replacing the battery.
  
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• Labor thinks the right to delete is coming for Australia's CDR after winter break

  01-08-2019 09:13 via zdnet.com
  But it also thought its amendments were going to be put into Australia's encryption Bill.
  
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• Thursday briefing: Home Secretary demands encrypted messaging backdoors

  01-08-2019 08:56
  
  Priti Patel has vowed to act against end-to-end encryption, the Russian military has been sent to to combat Arctic wildfires
  
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• This little security key from Google can stop you getting hacked

  01-08-2019 07:00
  
  The Google Titan security key has been released in the UK. It costs £50 and is designed to bolster your two-factor authentication game
  
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• The design secrets Nasa's using to keep astronauts happy in space

  01-08-2019 07:00
  
  Big windows, fresh fruit and regular phone calls home help manage the mental health of astronauts on the International Space Station. But missions to Mars on beyond will require a whole new approach to how spaceships are designed
  
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• IP Australia moving to undo legacy apron strings and operate round the clock

  01-08-2019 06:12 via zdnet.com
  After digitising most of its back end, the patent office is onto the next phase of its digital transformation journey.
  
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• Dimension Data Australia lost AU$6.1 million in FY19

  01-08-2019 06:08 via zdnet.com
  Managed services was its biggest revenue earner for the financial year.
  
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• Revolut's adding stock trading to its app to get millennials investing

  01-08-2019 06:00
  
  Customers will now be able to buy from the New York Exchange and NASDAQ straight from the app
  
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• NEC Australia back in the red for FY19 and reducing employee count

  01-08-2019 05:13 via zdnet.com
  Its redundancy expenditure increased five-fold to AU$7 million.
  
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• ASG Group scores AU$75m Main Roads WA IT services contract

  01-08-2019 04:28 via zdnet.com
  The multi-year contract will see ASG Group provide applications and infrastructure managed services to the state government entity.
  
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• LG CNS to trial AI X-ray analysis service in public health centres

  01-08-2019 03:36 via zdnet.com
  LG CNS will deploy cloud and AI powered X-Ray services for up to 255 public health centres in South Korea.
  
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• Indian government likely to cave in on data localisation stance after pressure from US

  01-08-2019 03:32 via zdnet.com
  The potential turnaround comes after sanctions from the US and lobbying from US Trade Department and large tech corporates.
  
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