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• HPE raises full year EPS targets after mixed Q3 results

  27-08-2019 22:39 via zdnet.com
  For the fiscal year the company expects non-GAAP EPS to be in the range of $1.72 to $1.76 -- above analyst estimates for $1.67 a share.
  
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• College Board pulls back from plan to score individual socioeconomic challenges

  27-08-2019 22:12 via zdnet.com
  After complaints about a plan to score students on their socioeconomic challenges or privilege, College Board revamps its data strategy with a tool called Landscape that will offer context on high schools and neighborhoods.
  
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• Former Uber engineer Levandowski charged with theft of Google trade secrets

  27-08-2019 20:45 via zdnet.com
  A new criminal indictment from the Department of Justice charges Anthony Levandowski with 33 counts of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets.
  
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• Apple releases first iOS 13.1 developer beta

  27-08-2019 20:05 via zdnet.com
  Well, this was unexpected.
  
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• Google faces EU investigation over job-search tool

  27-08-2019 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Google is under investigation by the EU, a year after being hit with a record fine
  
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• VMware gets new CTO in Greg Lavender

  27-08-2019 19:33 via zdnet.com
  As current CTO Ray O'Farrell moves on to lead the company's cloud-native efforts.
  
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• Your friendly neighborhood robot: A he, a she, or an it?

  27-08-2019 19:23 via zdnet.com
  Some experts say kids should be taught from a young age to refer to robots as "it." Yet the creators of these machines want them to be friendly.
  
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• Instagram criticised by judge over schoolgirl grooming chat logs

  27-08-2019 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Dominic Nielen-Groen called himself Papa Bear on an Instagram hashtag used by paedophiles.
  
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• Facial recognition: School ID checks lead to GDPR fine

  27-08-2019 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Sweden has fined a local authority £17,000 for using facial recognition on school students.
  
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• RBS and NatWest websites' problems fixed

  27-08-2019 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Problems accessing online bank accounts have now been resolved, the bank says.
  
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• Microsoft issues 'save the date' for expected October hardware event

  27-08-2019 18:43 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is holding a fall hardware launch in New York City and an ARM-based Surface with LTE and an AMD-based Surface Laptop could be among the devices debuting there.
  
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• Imperva discloses security incident impacting cloud firewall users

  27-08-2019 18:43 via zdnet.com
  Security incidents impacts cloud WAF (formerly Incapsula) customers registered up until September 15, 2017.
  
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• Juiced Bikes CrossCurrent X electric bike review: The complete commuter experience

  27-08-2019 18:42 via zdnet.com
  Electric bikes are a fun method of commuting to work and there are some affordable options. After a month with the CrossCurrent X, it is clear that Juiced Bikes offers a complete commuter experience at less than $2,500.
  
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• Nato: Cyber-attack on one nation is attack on all

  27-08-2019 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  The military alliance says a serious hack attack would trigger a defence from all 29 members.
  
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• 5G: Rural areas could see bigger and taller masts

  27-08-2019 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  A balance has to be struck between the landscape and better connectivity, the digital secretary says.
  
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• Firms slow to upgrade SAP products in Brazil

  27-08-2019 16:43 via zdnet.com
  Local organizations are waiting for incentives to update or quietly betting on an extension to the support deadline for old products, according to a study.
  
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• iPhone faces sales ban threat due to computer chip patent battle

  27-08-2019 16:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Apple and Google are among the companies at risk over a US chipmaker's lawsuit.
  
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• Protocol used by 630,000 devices can be abused for devastating DDoS attacks

  27-08-2019 15:40 via zdnet.com
  Security researchers warn that the WS-Discovery protocol is currently being abused for massive DDoS attacks.
  
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• Facebook's big win: Will this ruling have global impact on how your data is used?

  27-08-2019 15:38 via zdnet.com
  What was seen as one of the best ways to regulate social-media giants like Facebook has just fallen apart in a Düsseldorf court.
  
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• Driver safety systems annoy you the more automakers double as your nanny, says J.D. Power

  27-08-2019 15:34 via zdnet.com
  Automakers are struggling to walk the line between driver assistance systems that are helpful yet not overbearing.
  
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• BayBrazil and Silicon Valley's changing role in driving global innovation

  27-08-2019 15:32 via zdnet.com
  Innovation can come from anywhere in the world, but there are some things that Silicon Valley does better than anywhere else, like scaling an innovative business into a global giant.
  
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• Middle East cyber-espionage is heating up with a new group joining the fold

  27-08-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  New Lyceum APT is targeting oil and gas companies in the Middle East, and telecoms across Africa and Asia.
  
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• We're falling out of love with flagship smartphones

  27-08-2019 14:47 via zdnet.com
  Enthusiasm for pricey flagship handsets is declining as once-premium features appear on cheaper phones. Samsung and Huawei climb as Apple slides.
  
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• Apple, Samsung hit by lawsuit over 'unsafe' RF levels from some iPhone, Galaxy models

  27-08-2019 14:40 via zdnet.com
  Apple says all iPhone models meet exposure guidelines and limits for radio-frequency emissions.
  
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• Telcos the target for VMware's Edge and IoT upgrades

  27-08-2019 14:01 via zdnet.com
  VMware has expanded its telco and Edge cloud portfolio to enable better connectivity in the world of 5G.
  
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• VMware updates networking and security portfolio

  27-08-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  The company says its enhanced networking and security portfolio delivers greater automation, compliance, visibility, and scale across the data centre, cloud, branch, and edge.
  
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• Rackspace expands hybrid cloud capabilities

  27-08-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  The new offerings, including cloud-native support and API management services, are designed to support modern and consistent application deployment and management.
  
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• NetApp launches virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution for VMware

  27-08-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  NetApp also partnered with VMware to jointly engineer the NetApp Kubernetes Service for VMware vSphere and NetApp Deployment Services for HCI on VMware.
  
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• Huawei: UK to make 5G decision 'by the autumn'

  27-08-2019 13:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Nicky Morgan told the BBC that the UK would make a decision over Huawei before the end of the year.
  
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• Developer jobs: From SQL to Java, these are the skills companies are looking for now

  27-08-2019 13:42 via zdnet.com
  Programmers are the most sought-after group, according to new figures. But the programming languages and skills companies are asking for vary.
  
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• "Robot venture factory" acquires telepresence robot portfolio

  27-08-2019 13:00 via zdnet.com
  Is diversification the secret to success in the shifting robotics market?
  
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• The Fairphone 3 actually has 2019 smartphone specs

  27-08-2019 12:47
  
  With its third ‘ethical’ phone, Fairphone has closed the ethical phone price premium to around £200 for the first time
  
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• Microsoft warns Windows 10 admins: No more patches for 1703 after October 9

  27-08-2019 12:42 via zdnet.com
  Windows 10 version 1703 for Enterprise and Education is reaching end of life, and you can't pay for patches either.
  
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• Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspbian: Two months in, here's what I've learned so far

  27-08-2019 12:27 via zdnet.com
  The Raspberry Pi 4, and the associated Raspbian GNU/Linux release, have been out for a couple of months now. Here are my latest experiences and thoughts.
  
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• Windows 10: We're now gearing up for 1909 with new throttled release, says Microsoft

  27-08-2019 11:51 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft starts testing its controlled release in the most stable of its Windows preview rings.
  
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• VMware: China-US trade dispute will split industry into two camps

  27-08-2019 11:26 via zdnet.com
  With the China-US trade dispute unlikely to be resolved soon, technology vendors should be prepared to support two trading blocs--one that is heavily partnered with China and the other with the US, says VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger, while Dell CEO Michael Dell reveals the company has made "adjustments" to due to the conflict.
  
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• BBC to launch digital voice assistant

  27-08-2019 10:33 via bbc.co.uk
  It will work on smart speakers, TVs and mobiles but would Beeb be a good wake-up word?
  
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• 'Rosalind Franklin' Mars rover assembly completed

  27-08-2019 09:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Engineers in Stevenage, UK, finish building a robot that will search for life on the Red Planet.
  
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• OAIC to shift NDB reporting scheme from quarterly to every six months

  27-08-2019 09:33 via zdnet.com
  It follows the release of its last quarterly report, which indicates that many of the attacks between April and June involved a human factor.
  
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• Tuesday briefing: Brazil will turn down the G7's $22 million Amazon firefighting fund

  27-08-2019 09:00
  
  President Jair Bolsonaro has criticised external interference in Brazilian affairs, YouTube is now flagging state-funded videos in Hong Kong
  
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• Spirit Telecom to continue acquiring companies despite being in the red

  27-08-2019 08:38 via zdnet.com
  It has acquired four companies in as many months.
  
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• Twitter has transformed MPs' holidays into a hot-take inferno

  27-08-2019 07:00
  
  Thanks to the internet, Brexit, and polarisation, every MP is now a 24/7 online pundit. But the death of recess is bad news for UK politics
  
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• The web's creepiest fictional wiki is now a mind-bending video game

  27-08-2019 07:00
  
  Max Payne developers Remedy Entertainment has based its latest game, Control, on the SCP Foundation, a huge collaborative fiction project written by hundreds of contributors
  
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• Inside the UK unicorn that's about to become the Intel of AI

  27-08-2019 07:00
  
  Bristol-based Graphcore's "intelligence processing unit" aims to do for AI what the graphics processing unit did for computing
  
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• How a little-known startup became global politics' secret weapon

  27-08-2019 07:00
  
  Cheap, data-savvy, and ideologically agnostic, NationBuilder provides campaigning software to politicos of all stripes. From Boris Johnson to Tommy Robinson
  
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• Microsoft: Using multi-factor authentication blocks 99.9% of account hacks

  27-08-2019 06:30 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft cloud services are seeing 300 million fraudulent sign-in attempts every day. MFA can help protect accounts against many types of account takeover attacks.
  
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• LG to showcase new browser optimised for V60 ThinQ's dual screen

  27-08-2019 06:21 via zdnet.com
  Naver's Whale web browser has been optimised for dual screen use.
  
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• Foxtel could potentially block piracy websites without needing to attend court

  27-08-2019 05:24 via zdnet.com
  In the meantime, Foxtel can only request for piracy websites through a legal battle or by getting an agreement from carriage service providers.
  
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• Juniper Networks eye Australia as an AI market opportunity

  27-08-2019 05:14 via zdnet.com
  As competition between telcos ramp up, Juniper Networks believes companies will begin to look at AI as a key differentiator.
  
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• GlobalFoundries wants import bans on Apple, Google, Cisco products in TSMC fight

  27-08-2019 04:50 via zdnet.com
  Legal stoush against TSMC alleges the infringement of 16 of GlobalFoundries' patents.
  
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