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• New Amazon Echo devices: Prices, release dates, and pre-order info

  25-09-2019 22:58 via zdnet.com
  Alexa Smart Oven, Echo Buds, Echo Flex, Echo Frames, Echo Glow, Echo Loop, Echo Show 8, Echo Studio, Eero Mesh, Ring Fetch, Ring Alarm Retrofit Kit, Ring Indoor Cam, Ring Stick up Cam, Echo Dot with Clock -- find out how much they all cost and when you can get them from Amazon and re-sellers, right here.
  
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• Amazon's Echo devices and prices: How much they cost, when and where to buy them

  25-09-2019 22:58 via zdnet.com
  Alexa Smart Oven, Echo Buds, Echo Flex, Echo Frames, Echo Glow, Echo Loop, Echo Show 8, Echo Studio, Eero Mesh, Ring Fetch, Ring Alarm Retrofit Kit, Ring Indoor Cam, Ring Stick up Cam, Echo Dot with Clock -- find out how much they all cost and when you can get them from Amazon and re-sellers, right here.
  
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• Futurist Tim O'Reilly Sees a Human-Computer Symbiosis Bigger Than AI

  25-09-2019 22:36 via zdnet.com
  Today's AI is just the beginning of a broader kind of human-computer symbiosis, according to publisher and futurist Tim O'Reilly.
  
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• Amazon Alexa gets Samuel L Jackson and other celebrity voices

  25-09-2019 22:18 via bbc.co.uk
  The firm has also addressed privacy concerns about its smart assistant technology.
  
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• Hackers looking into injecting card stealing code on routers, rather then websites

  25-09-2019 22:09 via zdnet.com
  Magecart (web skimming) attacks are evolving into a direction where they're gonna be harder and harder to detect.
  
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• Hackers looking into injecting card stealing code on routers, rather than websites

  25-09-2019 22:09 via zdnet.com
  Magecart (web skimming) attacks are evolving into a direction where they're gonna be harder and harder to detect.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg: VR isn't a 2020 thing, but hopefully isn't a 2030 thing

  25-09-2019 22:04 via zdnet.com
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledges that virtual reality is taking a little bit longer than expected.
  
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• Dropbox launches Spaces, new desktop experience that aims to declutter digital workspaces

  25-09-2019 21:26 via zdnet.com
  Dropbox held its Work in Progress user conference on Wednesday where the company announced a host of new product experiences and features.
  
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• Alibaba heralds 'data intelligence' era, but likely faces security concerns over Chinese ties

  25-09-2019 21:25 via zdnet.com
  Chinese tech vendor will likely face spillover concerns over security as it looks to become a hardware and software powerhouse with the launch of its Hanguang 800 artificial intelligence chip, but the thing that will prove to be a valuable proposition will be its ties to China.
  
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• Alibaba heralds 'data intelligence' era, but likely faces security concerns over China ties

  25-09-2019 21:25 via zdnet.com
  Chinese tech vendor will likely face spillover concerns over security as it looks to become a hardware and software powerhouse with the launch of its Hanguang 800 artificial intelligence chip, but it is its ties to China that also will prove a valuable proposition.
  
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• Amazon's new Alexa features and Echo devices deliver privacy, smart home integration

  25-09-2019 21:20 via zdnet.com
  It's one thing to launch a bevy of Alexa enabled devices including a handful of Echos. It's another thing for Amazon to address the integration challenges and privacy concerns. At Amazon's hardware event, the company aimed to thread the needle.
  
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• SOC-as-a-service launched by Macquarie Government

  25-09-2019 21:00 via zdnet.com
  The security operations centre offering has been launched to address the threats government agencies are faced with.
  
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• Amazon hardware event: Meet the new devices and services in Alexa ecosystem

  25-09-2019 20:45 via zdnet.com
  At its Seattle headquarters on Wednesday, Amazon rolls out the latest products designed to expand the Alexa ecosystem.
  
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• The /e/ Google-free, pro-privacy Android clone is now available

  25-09-2019 19:08 via zdnet.com
  Linux pioneer Gaël Duval's /e/ OS is still in beta but it's available for your smartphone or on refurbished Samsung smartphones.
  
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• How Best Buy plans to expand into home healthcare services, remote monitoring to help seniors age in place

  25-09-2019 17:15 via zdnet.com
  Best Buy is already aiming to be the CTO of your home and now it is aiming to grab a slice of the digital healthcare market via remote monitoring, services and integration with insurers.
  
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• eBay CEO Devin Wenig steps down amid investor-led strategic review

  25-09-2019 16:00 via zdnet.com
  The company's finance chief Scott Schenkel has been appointed interim CEO.
  
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• Red Hat's CentOS 8 arrives: Here's what you get with it

  25-09-2019 15:52 via zdnet.com
  The new "free" major Linux server operating system is here.
  
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• Microsoft: This new Windows Terminal update gives you 'way better settings'

  25-09-2019 15:25 via zdnet.com
  Windows Terminal Preview 1909 is out, along with a features timeline and a Windows Terminal 1.0 release date.
  
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• Cybersecurity: Why you should hire staff from firms which have fallen victim to hackers

  25-09-2019 15:23 via zdnet.com
  It used to be the case that staff who'd dealt with the fallout of a cyber attack were seen as having failed - but they could be the answer to protecting your organisation from data breaches and cyber incidents.
  
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• State of DevOps report: DevOps and security go hand in hand

  25-09-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Integrating security into the software development process early on can help create a culture of shared responsibility -- and it doesn't have to slow down delivery, Puppet's annual State of DevOps report finds.
  
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• Facebook will not fact-check politicians

  25-09-2019 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Facebook does not want to be the "referee" in elections, says Sir Nick Clegg.
  
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• Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass: How these gated communities could upend the app experience

  25-09-2019 14:56 via zdnet.com
  David Gewirtz takes a look into how making a few apps into safe, premium buys might change the free-for-all nature of app stores. From Kanye West to Candy Crush to Kim Kardashian to Pokemon Go, this article has it all.
  
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• Boston Dynamics Atlas robot twists and somersaults

  25-09-2019 14:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Boston Dynamics demos techniques that let its Atlas robot blend its movements together more fluidly.
  
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• Pelican Rogue, Traveler, and Protector EMS Recharge cases: Protecting and charging your new Apple iPhone 11 Pro

  25-09-2019 14:47 via zdnet.com
  Pelican is known for cases that protect all sorts of gear and its iPhone 11 Pro cases provide certified protection with a lifetime guarantee. The Rogue and Traveler cases look great and function perfectly too. The Protector EMS Recharge also keeps you charged up on the go.
  
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• Honeywell launches Forge Cybersecurity platform for IIoT

  25-09-2019 14:31 via zdnet.com
  The platform aims to help businesses manage common security pain points for operational technology (OT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) environments.
  
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• Spot robot dog unleashed: This is why you should buy one, says Boston Dynamics

  25-09-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Boston Dynamics is inviting industrial customers to try Spot in various working scenarios.
  
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• See Spot go: Boston Dynamics shares new video of its robot dog at work

  25-09-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Boston Dynamics is inviting industrial customers to try Spot in various working scenarios.
  
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• TikTok censors references to Tiananmen and Tibet

  25-09-2019 13:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Content regarded as politically sensitive is censored by the video-sharing app claims The Guardian.
  
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• Amazon hardware event 2019: The devices and services we expect

  25-09-2019 13:37 via zdnet.com
  At its Seattle headquarters on Wednesday, Amazon rolls out the latest products designed to expand the Alexa ecosystem.
  
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• Boston Dynamics robot dog Spot goes on sale

  25-09-2019 13:26 via bbc.co.uk
  The robot could be useful in construction, the oil and gas industry and for public safety.
  
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• Graph databases advance: TigerGraph announces $32 Million Series B Funding plus cloud-based platform

  25-09-2019 13:13 via zdnet.com
  Graph databases have been the hottest area of data management for a while now. Today, this landscape shifts once again in the last few months.
  
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• US military veterans targeted by Iranian state hackers

  25-09-2019 13:11 via zdnet.com
  Fake US veteran hiring website spreads remote access trojan (RAT).
  
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• GE, NASA Partner to advance the future of electric flight

  25-09-2019 13:00 via zdnet.com
  Aerospace heavyweights have a plan to reinvent this crucial component, which is holding back electric flight.
  
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• Google: Gmail dark mode for iPhone, Android is rolling out to you now

  25-09-2019 12:41 via zdnet.com
  Gmail will automatically switch to dark mode on iOS 13 and Android 10 with dark theme enabled at a system level.
  
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• Heyyo dating app leaked users' personal data, photos, location, more

  25-09-2019 12:00 via zdnet.com
  Exclusive: Another dating app fails to secure production server and puts users at risk.
  
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• My Revolut bank accounts are disrupted - they've locked me out of them!

  25-09-2019 11:00 via zdnet.com
  My first hand experiences being locked out of my Revolut accounts and being kept in outer space by their support
  
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• Wednesday briefing: ECJ rules that the right to be forgotten only applies in Europe

  25-09-2019 09:11
  
  The European Court of Justice has ruled that the right of erasure from search results only applies within the EU, controversial WeWork boss Adam Neumann has stepped down
  
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• Networking in the cloud remains HPE Aruba's focus

  25-09-2019 07:39 via zdnet.com
  Aruba CTO Partha Narasimhan acknowledges that customers are getting comfortable with the idea of networking-as-a-service.
  
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• Hyperconverged systems revenues reached $1.8 billion in Q2

  25-09-2019 07:14 via zdnet.com
  Systems running VMware hyperconverged software represented 38% of the total HCI market in the second quarter of 2019, according to IDC.
  
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• Uber's licensing troubles won't see it vanish from London's streets

  25-09-2019 07:00
  
  Transport for London has extended Uber's licence to operate in the city for just two months. What does it mean for the future of ride-hailing in the capital?
  
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• Google's quantum breakthrough means quantum's finally getting serious

  25-09-2019 07:00
  
  In a leaked paper, Google revealed it had built a quantum computer that solved a problem that would take supercomputers 10,000 years. Now things are about to get really exciting
  
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• Amazon is selling heaps of books that promote smacking children

  25-09-2019 07:00
  
  UK governments are moving to make smacking children illegal. Meanwhile on Amazon, books are being sold that promote the practice
  
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• Consumer Data Right ready to be tested ahead of February go-live

  25-09-2019 05:35 via zdnet.com
  The consumer watchdog has named the 10 financial services firms and startups that will be testing components of the first tranche of the Consumer Data Right.
  
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• KT and Samsung to apply 5G for 'smart hospital'

  25-09-2019 05:17 via zdnet.com
  5G networks will be installed at Samsung Medical Center's proton therapy center and cancer hospital.
  
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• Boeing to develop AI systems with Defence's autonomous research centre

  25-09-2019 04:22 via zdnet.com
  The technologies developed have the potential to be used in unmanned systems for military operations.
  
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• Nokia opens its first European 5G lab

  25-09-2019 04:06 via zdnet.com
  An extension of the 5G Future X Lab that was built at its Nokia Bell Labs headquarters in New Jersey last year.
  
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• Can a computer fool you into thinking it is human?

  25-09-2019 03:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Chatbots are increasingly common on and off line, but does it matter if their voices aren't real?
  
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• Azure Sentinel, Microsoft's cloud-based SIEM, hits general availability

  25-09-2019 02:35 via zdnet.com
  Pricing starts at $2.46 per gigabyte (GB) of ingested data.
  
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