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• Brazil adds state-controlled tech firms to privatization plan

  23-08-2019 23:34 via zdnet.com
  Sale of assets is expected to raise over $300 billion - but measures to protect citizen data following the privatization are yet to be announced.
  
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• The new mobile phone scam delivering a problem

  23-08-2019 22:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Why are fraudsters arranging for a brand new phone to unexpectedly be delivered to your door?
  
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• Police to sell hacker's $1.1 million Bitcoin stash to compensate victims

  23-08-2019 22:27 via zdnet.com
  Hacker told to give up bitcoins or face four more years in prison.
  
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• VMware welcomes estranged sibling Pivotal back home

  23-08-2019 20:38 via zdnet.com
  VMWare acquires both Pivotal Software and Carbon Black.
  
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• Hong Kong protesters warn of Telegram feature that can disclose their identities

  23-08-2019 18:01 via zdnet.com
  Message shared on discussion boards sparks panic among protesters.
  
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• Samsonite executive: How the right data makes online shopping more personal (CxOTalk interview)

  23-08-2019 16:17 via zdnet.com
  The luggage maker's global chief e-commerce officer explains how data drives customer experience in e-commerceand how you can improve results in your company.
  
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• Huawei unleashes AI chip, touting more compute power than competitors

  23-08-2019 15:31 via zdnet.com
  Chinese tech giant announces the commercial launch of its Ascend 910 artificial intelligence (AI) chip, touting its low power consumption of 310W,as well as AI computing framework MindSpore, which will go open source in the first quarter of 2020.
  
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• Why do critics hate Netflix's movies?

  23-08-2019 14:00
  
  Measles in the UK, Facebook’s not-so-private take on privacy, and Netflix struggles to catch its big movie break
  
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• Oracle’s Machine Learning Strategy

  23-08-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  20 years after acquiring Thinking Machines, AI and ML have remained among Oracle’s best-kept secrets. Oracle has been internally working with ML to enhance its products, but now it is starting to come out of its shell with the type of product portfolio that one would expect from an enterprise technology provider.
  
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• Microsoft launches bug bounty for new Chromium Edge browser, with $30,000 top reward

  23-08-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  But researchers will need to find a sandbox escape for Microsoft Edge Windows Defender Application Guard to get the top reward.
  
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• Google Photos can now search for text in your pictures, copy and paste it

  23-08-2019 13:38 via zdnet.com
  The tool could be very handy for finding receipts and Wi-Fi passwords.
  
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• Smartphones: We're upgrading less often as prices rise and innovation declines

  23-08-2019 13:28 via zdnet.com
  Replacement cycles for smartphones now exceed three years as Apple and Samsung chase higher profits.
  
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• Asruex Trojan exploits old Office, Adobe bugs to backdoor your system

  23-08-2019 13:23 via zdnet.com
  The malware’s selection of old vulnerabilities highlights a patching issue worldwide.
  
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• Can you digitally measure a smell or taste?

  23-08-2019 13:00 via zdnet.com
  With new funding, novel sensors may change the way products are developed, which smells like progress.
  
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• Data stolen from Hy-Vee customers offered for sale on Joker’s Stash Dark Web forum

  23-08-2019 12:15 via zdnet.com
  A card dump of 5.3 million accounts may be tied to the recent security breach.
  
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• Linux on your laptop: A closer look at EFI boot options

  23-08-2019 12:04 via zdnet.com
  A review of what EFI boot (UEFI firmware) is, how it works, how it interacts with Linux installations, and a few tips and personal experiences on how to configure and maintain it.
  
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• Tesla and Walmart address solar panel fire issues

  23-08-2019 11:46 via bbc.co.uk
  The supermarket chain had issued a lawsuit against Tesla over a series of solar panel fires.
  
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• 80 suspects arrested in massive business email scam takedown

  23-08-2019 11:22 via zdnet.com
  Police say the mainly-Nigerian network was responsible for the attempted theft of $46 million.
  
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• WIRED Book Club: We're reading Factfulness, by Hans Rosling

  23-08-2019 11:00
  
  In Factfulness, Hans Rosling lays out a new way of looking at the world that is based on facts, not instinct – and the result is probably more optimistic than you think
  
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• Friday briefing: The UK must ditch its cars to meet vital emissions targets

  23-08-2019 08:43
  
  A damning new Commons report says both current government policy and private cars are incompatible with decarbonisation; YouTube has shut down Chinese accounts over an apparent state disinformation campaign
  
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• Why the Amazon's vast wildfires are really bad news for the planet

  23-08-2019 07:00
  
  The Amazon is burning, pumping millions of tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere. But the wildfires could seriously hamper the rainforest's ability to capture future CO2
  
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• Raising the retirement age to 75 won't fix the UK's pension problem

  23-08-2019 07:00
  
  The UK provides the lowest state pension in the developed world, accounting for a mere 16 per cent of the income made during work. There are better ways to pension
  
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• South Korea pulls out of intel sharing pact with Japan amid trade dispute

  23-08-2019 05:02 via zdnet.com
  Withdrawing from an intelligence sharing agreement with Japan alarmingly expands the scope of their trade dispute beyond being purely political and economic, making it also about security.
  
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• What Amazon Web Services security certification is doing for government

  23-08-2019 03:35 via zdnet.com
  The Australian government is now getting its hands on new technologies to improve citizen experiences.
  
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• Huawei sheds 100 Australian jobs in the face of 5G ban

  23-08-2019 02:31 via zdnet.com
  That number could grow to over 400 in the next two to five years, the company said.
  
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• Allscripts offers Apple Health Records to its clients and their patients

  23-08-2019 02:12 via zdnet.com
  Apple Health Records gives patients a consolidated view of all of their data from participating health organizations.
  
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• Apple closer to using BOE displays for iPhones to cut costs: Report

  23-08-2019 01:52 via zdnet.com
  Apple currently uses OLEDs from Samsung and LG Display.
  
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• Microsoft hires open-source veteran Stormy Peters to run its Open Source Programs Office

  23-08-2019 01:48 via zdnet.com
  Stormy Peters, most recently a senior community manager with Red Hat, is now director of Microsoft's Open Source Programs Office.
  
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• Pigs' emotions could be read by new farming technology

  23-08-2019 01:18 via bbc.co.uk
  New technology has been developed to detect how happy the animals are.
  
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• Facial recognition technology aims to cut passport queue times

  23-08-2019 01:14 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK Home Office is considering a system which would let you walk through immigration without showing your passport.
  
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• Employees connect nuclear plant to the internet so they can mine cryptocurrency

  23-08-2019 00:21 via zdnet.com
  The Ukrainian Secret Service is investigating the incident as a potential security breach.
  
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