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• Data of 24.3 million Lumin PDF users shared on hacking forum

  16-09-2019 22:08 via zdnet.com
  The person who leaked the data claims it notified Lumin PDF earlier this year but got no reply.
  
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• Microsoft pushes back end of support for Exchange Server 2010 by nine months

  16-09-2019 20:51 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft will no longer issue free security updates for Exchange Server 2010 as of October 13, 2020, instead of January 14, 2020.
  
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• How will autonomous vehicles affect your industry?

  16-09-2019 20:38 via zdnet.com
  Take this quick, multiple choice survey and tell us about how your organization uses--or plans to use--autonomous transportation.
  
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• When is Android 10 coming to my phone?

  16-09-2019 18:58 via zdnet.com
  Could be soon. Could be next year. Could be never.
  
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• Implications of a buyers’ market for enterprise software, 2020 to 2030

  16-09-2019 18:56 via zdnet.com
  Software has become the dominant medium for engaging with customers, documenting transactions, and managing employees and assets. What's next?
  
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• The Smart-Enough City, book review: Putting people first

  16-09-2019 18:24 via zdnet.com
  Ben Green offers a welcome antidote to most accounts of smart cities, arguing that citizens' values, rather than technology itself, should be the starting point.
  
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• Google will hold its next 'Made by Google' event on October 15

  16-09-2019 18:19 via zdnet.com
  The Pixel 4 will finally get a proper unveiling.
  
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• Google will hold its next "Made by Google" event on Oct. 15

  16-09-2019 18:19 via zdnet.com
  The Pixel 4 will finally get a proper unveiling.
  
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• Pokemon: 'Ash Ketchum failing for 22 years taught me being a loser is OK'

  16-09-2019 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  The world's most popular Pokemon trainer, Ash Ketchum, achieves the goal he set for himself in 1997.
  
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• Apple's biggest lie is the one it keeps telling itself

  16-09-2019 17:06 via zdnet.com
  Another Apple event has come and gone and criticisms abound. Does Apple always have to think the same way, rather than, say, different?
  
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• OnePlus will announce the OnePlus 7T on Sept. 26

  16-09-2019 16:55 via zdnet.com
  The company will hold an online event to announce its latest smartphone.
  
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• Google Cloud adds microservices management, serverless to its Anthos platform

  16-09-2019 16:45 via zdnet.com
  Google Cloud has expanded its partner ecosystem and added microservice management and serverless compute to Anthos as it aims to woo enterprises.
  
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• StrongVPN review: A clear and easy-to-use VPN ideal for coffee shop use

  16-09-2019 16:41 via zdnet.com
  If you're hiding from a nation state or trying to prevent your government from knowing you're using a VPN, StrongVPN is not for you. But if you're a regular user who wants to make sure you're safe when surfing from your local coffee shop, StrongVPN is powerful, easy, and clear.
  
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• Brazilian state-owned tech firm Serpro targets startups

  16-09-2019 16:39 via zdnet.com
  The company set to be privatized is looking to increase revenue and attractiveness to investors by selling public data processing to technology startups like Uber.
  
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• Apple Watch Series 5, $500, or Linux PineTime smartwatch, $25?

  16-09-2019 15:27 via zdnet.com
  A new open-source smartwatch is in the works with a planned price of $25.
  
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• Sonos One (Gen 2) review: AirPlay 2 with Amazon and Google assistants make this a rocking speaker

  16-09-2019 15:21 via zdnet.com
  Sonos is focused first on the music experience and has proven to excel in this area. With added support for Amazon and Google voice assistants the Sonos One is the speaker to buy for outstanding audio you can control with your phone or tablet.
  
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• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure achieves FedRAMP authorization

  16-09-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Now that its cloud infrastructure is compliant with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, Oracle can go after more public sector business.
  
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• Windows 10 1903 problems: Now Microsoft reverts change that muffled audio

  16-09-2019 14:33 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's attempt to squish one bug exposes several more. Fixes are coming but users struggle.
  
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• Salesforce launches manufacturing, consumer product goods clouds as it expands industry efforts

  16-09-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Salesforce has a blueprint for tailoring its platform to industry specific use cases and is using it with the launch of clouds targeting manufacturing and CPG companies.
  
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• Can a Raspberry Pi 4 really replace your PC?

  16-09-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  The Raspberry Pi 4 is a big step up in power - but is it good enough for me to use for everyday work at my desk?Let's find out.
  
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• Emotet, today's most dangerous botnet, comes back to life

  16-09-2019 13:51 via zdnet.com
  Emotet botnet resumes malspam operations after going silent for nearly four months.
  
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• VMware finally decides Kubernetes and vSphere should share a room

  16-09-2019 13:30 via zdnet.com
  The road is being paved for the world’s leading virtualization platform in the enterprise to transition to a system that not only runs Kubernetes, but runs on it. But it’s not the first road VMware has made for itself.
  
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• iOS 13: The five best features and how they work

  16-09-2019 13:30 via zdnet.com
  ZDNet's Beth Mauder walks you through her five favorite iOS 13 features and how you can try them on the iPhone.
  
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• Linus Torvalds releases Linux 5.3: Kernel fixes are about user impact, nothing else

  16-09-2019 13:23 via zdnet.com
  Linux kernel developers get a gentle reminder of a lesson Linus Torvalds has been shouting at them for years: if there's no user impact, shut up.
  
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• Online trolls: Why they abuse celebs and how to combat it

  16-09-2019 13:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Stars are targeted in the hope they will respond and spread the abusive message further, a report says.
  
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• Popular consumer and enterprise routers, IoT devices contain remote access vulnerabilities

  16-09-2019 13:00 via zdnet.com
  A new study reveals vulnerability rates are not decreasing in our connected devices -- far from it.
  
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• LastPass bug leaks credentials from previous site

  16-09-2019 10:45 via zdnet.com
  LastPass has released a fix last week. Vulnerability details are now public. Users advised to update.
  
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• Xidu PhilPad tablet hands-on: A well-performing, low-cost Microsoft Surface clone

  16-09-2019 10:37 via zdnet.com
  The Xidu PhilPro 2 in 1 tablet includes an attachable keyboard and stylus in this low cost Windows tablet
  
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• Hands on with the Xidu PhilPad tablet: A well performing low cost Microsoft Surface clone

  16-09-2019 10:37 via zdnet.com
  The Xidu PhilPro 2 in 1 tablet includes an attachable keyboard and stylus in this low cost Windows tablet
  
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• How AI powered LG ThinQ points to a more advanced future smart home

  16-09-2019 10:34
  
  For years the biggest names in tech have launched TVs, speakers and appliances at the Berlin trade show IFA. Now, all eyes are on how smart home devices can be made into the next generation of indispensable, genuinely helpful, systems
  
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• US government demands data on thousands of gun scope app users

  16-09-2019 10:00 via zdnet.com
  Over 10,000 users may be caught in the crossfire of ICE’s request.
  
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• Database leaks data on most of Ecuador's citizens, including 6.7 million children

  16-09-2019 10:00 via zdnet.com
  Elasticsearch server leaks personal data on Ecuador's citizens, their family trees, and children, but also some users' financial records and car registration information.
  
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• How bacteria could make fashion more eco-friendly

  16-09-2019 09:48 via bbc.co.uk
  A new process to dye clothes using bacteria could bring environmental benefits.
  
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• App that cancels subscriptions launches in UK

  16-09-2019 09:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The virtual card automatically protects people from being charged at the end of a free trial period.
  
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• Monday briefing: US antitrust investigators demand internal documents from Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon

  16-09-2019 08:46
  
  Executives' correspondence will be examined for evidence of systematic anticompetitive behaviour by tech's biggest companies, Disney CEO Bob Iger has left Apple's board
  
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• Drones attack Saudi Arabia oil production plants, slice output in half

  16-09-2019 08:19 via zdnet.com
  The price and supply fallout highlights how technology has the potential to threaten core economic systems.
  
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• HKBN staff staking their salary in the name of digital transformation

  16-09-2019 07:48 via zdnet.com
  The 'pain-gain' initiative is how the Hong Kong-based telco gets motivation for success out of its staff.
  
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• Pen test goes pear-shaped: cybersecurity firm staff arrested over courthouse burglary

  16-09-2019 07:19 via zdnet.com
  A midnight raid was not what court administrators had in mind for electronic record security tests.
  
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• IBM z15 release shines light on how much is still being run on a mainframe

  16-09-2019 07:02 via zdnet.com
  Australia's biggest banks and government welfare delivery are some of the major use cases down under.
  
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• Why four-day working weeks may not be the utopia they seem

  16-09-2019 07:00
  
  Technology is increasing the number of hours we are working. Cramming five days worth of work into four can work in some roles, but not for all
  
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• Which challenger bank is best for you? We compare Monzo, Revolut, Starling and N26

  16-09-2019 07:00
  
  Are you a frequent traveller, small business or just exceptionally wealthy? Here's why you should switch to Monzo, N26, Starling or Revolut
  
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• New surveillance tech means you'll never be anonymous again

  16-09-2019 07:00
  
  Forget facial recognition. Researchers around the world are creating new ways to monitor you. Lasers detecting your heartbeat and microbiome are already being developed
  
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• McDonald's big AI splurge is all about drive-through domination

  16-09-2019 07:00
  
  In the last year, McDonald's has bought two artificial intelligence firms. Its goal? To turnaround its drive-through game and pull ahead of its foes
  
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• Uber hit with lawsuit from former food delivery drivers

  16-09-2019 06:00 via zdnet.com
  One of the drivers allegedly got paid around around AU$300 for 96 hours of work.
  
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• Technology challenges are standing in the way of Australian farmers: ACCC

  16-09-2019 05:42 via zdnet.com
  Connectivity, interoperability, data portability, and data rights are hindering how agricultural businesses adopt digital technologies.
  
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• AI and ethics: The debate that needs to be had

  16-09-2019 04:25 via zdnet.com
  Like anything, frameworks and boundaries need to be set -- and artificial intelligence should be no different.
  
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• KT and Hyundai to collaborate in electric bus management

  16-09-2019 03:49 via zdnet.com
  The South Korean telco will provide a fleet management system for Hyundai's electric buses.
  
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• Casey Viner: Teenage US gamer jailed over deadly 911 hoax

  16-09-2019 03:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Casey Viner, 19, ordered the prank call after an argument while playing Call of Duty.
  
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• Israeli police arrest execs from vendor of mobile surveillance tech

  16-09-2019 02:48 via zdnet.com
  Ability execs arrests over the weekend after raids on the company's offices.
  
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• Queensland's REIQ implements blockchain for tenancy agreements

  16-09-2019 02:10 via zdnet.com
  Touted by the Real Estate Institute of Queensland as the world’s first fully digitised residential tenancy agreements.
  
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