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• HP acquires Bromium, a startup behind its Sure Click security

  19-09-2019 23:58 via zdnet.com
  Bromium will be integrated with other HP security offerings as the company looks to use security as a selling point for its devices.
  
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• Two arrested in $10 million tech support scheme that 'preyed on the elderly'

  19-09-2019 23:53 via zdnet.com
  Suspects run tech support scam sites and made over $10m from over 7,500 victims by billing unneeded tech support fees.
  
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• Social media site Tsu set to return

  19-09-2019 22:43 via zdnet.com
  Social media platform Tsu, which disrupted the industry by paying its content creators, has been acquired by investors, with the intention of re-launching the platform.
  
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• Google, Amazon make sweeping renewable energy commitments

  19-09-2019 22:03 via zdnet.com
  The new investments and promises come a day before employees from Google, Amazon and other tech companies stage a walkout to protest the industry's role in the climate crisis.
  
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• Two years later, hackers are still breaching local government payment portals

  19-09-2019 22:00 via zdnet.com
  New 20,000 batch of payment card details found on the dark web and traced back to new Click2Gov hacks.
  
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• ioSafe Solo Hawk rugged SSD: One of the world's toughest external storage drives

  19-09-2019 20:36 via zdnet.com
  Want an external drive that can take a serious beating and still keep your data safe? You need the ioSafe Solo Hawk.
  
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• Western Digital intros new IoT storage cards

  19-09-2019 20:33 via zdnet.com
  The new products can handle extended temperatures and extreme shock and vibration standards for industrial IoT scenarios.
  
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• Is Microsoft getting closer to launching its expected Microsoft 365 Consumer subscription?

  19-09-2019 20:15 via zdnet.com
  Some Microsoft users are reporting they are seeing their Office 365 subscriptions and products being quietly rebranded as 'Microsoft 365.' Could a potential branding change be coming?
  
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• Apple just released iOS 13, but iOS 13.1 is only a few days away

  19-09-2019 19:51 via zdnet.com
  An update with bug fixes and new features is already on the horizon for iPhone and iPad users.
  
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• What is 5G? The business guide to next-generation wireless technology

  19-09-2019 19:46 via zdnet.com
  It is a capital improvement project the size of the entire planet, replacing one wireless architecture created this century with another one that aims to lower energy consumption and maintenance costs. It’s also a huge gamble on the future of transmission technology, doubling down on consumers’ willingness to upgrade.
  
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• Google Chrome adds new UI customizer on desktop, tab groups on Android

  19-09-2019 19:00 via zdnet.com
  Google rolls out major new UI features for Chrome users on desktop and mobile.
  
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• Two Ethereum consultants charged with extorting a cryptocurrency startup

  19-09-2019 18:56 via zdnet.com
  DOJ claims the consultants threatened to destroy a startup's ICO unless they got more money.
  
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• Amazon's Jeff Bezos promises climate-change action

  19-09-2019 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The chief executive says Amazon will buy thousands of electric vehicles and become carbon neutral by 2040.
  
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• It’s time to reinvent mapping for the physical future

  19-09-2019 18:12 via zdnet.com
  The mapping industry has been stuck with closed data systems that hamper progress towards the real-time, physical world future.
  
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• Huawei Mate 30, Mate 30 Pro arrive – but without Google services

  19-09-2019 17:58 via zdnet.com
  New flagship phones sport high-end cameras but lack Play Store, Gmail and Google Maps.
  
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• Fish waste-based alternative to plastic wins Dyson Award

  19-09-2019 17:51 via bbc.co.uk
  MarinaTex is an alternative to the single-use plastics such as those used in sandwich packets.
  
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• Microsoft plans to rearchitect Azure Stack by making it container-based

  19-09-2019 17:40 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's 'Project Saturn' is an effort to rearchitect its Azure Stack hybrid computing platform and, possibly one day, to allow key Azure services and APIs to run anywhere.
  
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• Datadog to raise nearly $650 million in IPO

  19-09-2019 16:55 via zdnet.com
  New York-based company priced 24 million shares at $27​, which would raise roughly $648 million at a market valuation of around $7.8 billion.
  
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• Huawei Mate 30 phones launch without Google apps

  19-09-2019 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Handsets will offer Facebook's apps via Huawei's own store but are not pre-loaded with Google's.
  
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• Old Magecart web domains resurrected for fraudulent ad schemes

  19-09-2019 15:50 via zdnet.com
  Card skimming is the modus operandi of Magecart but many of the new campaigns focus on malvertising instead.
  
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• The new New Relic: Past BI and the dashboard, toward AI and AIOps

  19-09-2019 15:27 via zdnet.com
  When applications and data change, what should a platform built to monitor them do? It should also change to keep with the times, and that's what New Relic is doing.
  
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• The best cheap phones you can buy right now: Flagship features for any budget

  19-09-2019 15:10 via zdnet.com
  Are you balking at the prices of the latest Apple and Samsung flagships? Consider one of these affordable alternatives. From $400 right down to free, our picks even include an iPhone. Sorry, no 5G.
  
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• Robotic excavators get a boost with $33 million for Built Robotics

  19-09-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Robots could help narrow the gap between supply and demand in the construction industry.
  
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• Fast-charging battery battle: Oppo's new Reno Ace phone does 0 to 100% in 30 mins

  19-09-2019 14:29 via zdnet.com
  Oppo also unveils a 30W wireless charging system that can fully charge a 4,000mAh battery in 80 minutes.
  
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• Microsoft: We're bringing high-speed broadband to 9 million in US notspots

  19-09-2019 14:09 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft contributes its 'TV white space' tech to the FCC's Connect America Fund (CAF) II broadband program.
  
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• Smart TVs send user data to tech heavyweights including Facebook, Google, Netflix

  19-09-2019 13:38 via zdnet.com
  A research study suggests that private information is being transferred even when devices are idle.
  
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• Microsoft: Cyberattacks now the top risk, say businesses

  19-09-2019 13:37 via zdnet.com
  Business leaders have grown more nervous about cyberattacks over the past two years.
  
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• What next for WeWork? How Adam Neumann can fix his bungled IPO

  19-09-2019 13:02
  
  Beset by doubts from investors, the WeWork has delayed its IPO. If it wants to restore confidence, it'll have to fix its corporate structure and decide whether it's really a tech company
  
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• Huawei: Microsoft president seeks end to US tech ban

  19-09-2019 12:43 via bbc.co.uk
  The US company's president warns of a "digital iron curtain down the Pacific Ocean".
  
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• Instagram clamps down on diet and cosmetic surgery posts

  19-09-2019 12:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Some posts will now be hidden from under-18s while "miraculous" remedy posts will be banned.
  
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• The answer to a more secure society lies in a South African nature reserve

  19-09-2019 12:00
  
  Cisco’s Connected Conservation is saving rhinos by tracking everything but the animal. Extending this to widespread gun tracking could save thousands more
  
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• Sega's Mega Drive Mini is a treasure trove of gaming nostalgia

  19-09-2019 12:00
  
  Sega's official Mega Drive micro-console overcomes some tricky technical hurdles to deliver a retro gaming goldmine including one of the rarest versions of Tetris
  
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• Patch now: 1,300 Harbor cloud registries open to attack

  19-09-2019 11:59 via zdnet.com
  A severe critical privilege escalation vulnerability has been found in the open source registry software.
  
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• AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 32-core CPU is more bad news for Intel

  19-09-2019 10:04 via zdnet.com
  You want more performance? AMD will give you more performance. A lot more.
  
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• FIFA 20 is more realistic than ever. And that's the worst thing about it

  19-09-2019 09:26
  
  The latest iteration of EA Sports' FIFA series brings a new level of realism to play with a major tweak to the way the ball moves around the pitch. It's closer to real football, but is that actually what players want?
  
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• Thursday briefing: Microsoft signs oil company partnership as staff prepare for climate strike

  19-09-2019 09:09
  
  Microsoft workers say they're being made complicit in environmental destruction, California has been banned from setting its own vehicle emissions rules
  
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• Queensland stands up data bureau to help reduce road toll

  19-09-2019 08:04 via zdnet.com
  The Road Safety Data Bureau will aim to fill the gaps in the road crash and trauma data currently collected by Queensland's government agencies.
  
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• Ziggy Switkowski reappointed as NBN chair

  19-09-2019 07:51 via zdnet.com
  Meanwhile, the NBN has been touted by the government as boosting Australia-wide productivity.
  
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• Science is working on a fix to control gene-edited mosquitoes

  19-09-2019 07:00
  
  Researchers are experimenting with using genetically modified mosquitoes to curb the spread of deadly diseases. But if things go wrong, there are failsafes
  
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• Regulatory requirements behind Western Union's multi-cloud push

  19-09-2019 06:22 via zdnet.com
  The company's VP head of technology transformation detailed the global regulatory requirements that impact a cloud strategy at an organisation like Western Union.
  
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• Samsung launches fail-proof PCIe Gen4 SSD

  19-09-2019 05:49 via zdnet.com
  Samsung's fail-in-place technology will allow its 30.72TB PCIe Gen4 SSDs to continue operating smoothly even if a NAND chip fails.
  
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• Australian House Committee to examine 5G deployment

  19-09-2019 04:24 via zdnet.com
  The committee will examine the opportunities and challenges of 5G in Australia.
  
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• NBN connectivity expands to ATMs, traffic, transport, and environment infrastructure

  19-09-2019 03:30 via zdnet.com
  Network Extensions will initially only be available on fibre-to-the-node.
  
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• Booking.com still duping customers, says watchdog

  19-09-2019 02:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The consumer watchdog claims the website is still using 'pressure-selling' tactics.
  
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• Ubisoft to send out cease & desist requests to DDoS-for-hire services

  19-09-2019 02:23 via zdnet.com
  Because all cybercriminals are law-abiding citizens and have a legal department.
  
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• The cheat hackers 'ruining' gaming for others

  19-09-2019 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The use of cheats is a major problem in video games and it’s becoming increasingly lucrative as esports take off. We meet a teenage hacker’s making thousands.
  
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• Cloud at the centre of ANZ's agile approach to customer-focused banking

  19-09-2019 01:06 via zdnet.com
  The blue bank has touted breaking its ambitious customer-focused plans up into small pieces, leveraging Google Cloud to make that a reality.
  
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• Kubernetes’ next step could be to try orchestrating everything else

  19-09-2019 01:00 via zdnet.com
  Custom Resource Definitions sounds not only innocuous but like something a dungeon master brings to a role-playing party. But if CRD can cast a spell on the data center, virtual machines, big data, machine learning, may soon find themselves bowing before their new open source overlord.
  
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• GitHub security alerts now support PHP projects

  19-09-2019 00:31 via zdnet.com
  GitHub is now also a CVE CNA and can issue its own CVE numbers for bugs disclosed in projects hosted on the platform.
  
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