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• Google gets tougher on HTTPS with ban on mixed content

  03-10-2019 21:35 via zdnet.com
  Google to stop loading "mixed content" in Chrome starting next year.
  
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• Cheap web hosting services: How to find the best provider for your needs

  03-10-2019 20:45 via zdnet.com
  You can buy a month's worth of quality web hosting from a well-established service provider for less than the price of a Grande cappuccino. What's the catch? You'll have to dig a bit to make accurate long-term comparisons of the various offerings. That's where our Buyer's Guide can help.
  
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• Box expands key software integrations as part of continued enterprise push

  03-10-2019 20:45 via zdnet.com
  Box announced that it is expanding its integrations Adobe, Splunk, IBM, Slack and Microsoft.
  
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• Microsoft will sell an Intel-based 15-inch Surface Laptop 3 for business users only

  03-10-2019 19:58 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is offering business users a version of its just-announced 15-inch Surface Laptop 3 with Intel inside.
  
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• macOS systems abused in DDoS attacks

  03-10-2019 19:37 via zdnet.com
  Up to 40,000 macOS systems expose a particular port online that can be abused for pretty big DDoS attacks.
  
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• Apple Watch Series 5 review: This is the watch I've been waiting for

  03-10-2019 18:59 via zdnet.com
  After using the Series 5 for a couple of weeks, it's clear this is what the Apple Watch should have always been.
  
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• Southeast Asia internet economy exceeds $100B, online population hits 360M

  03-10-2019 18:32 via zdnet.com
  Region's internet economy grows past $100 billion for the first time this year, with Indonesia and Vietnam clocking growth rates of more than 40%, and the e-commerce sector seeing the fastest growth to hit $38 billion.
  
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• Quick fixes for annoying iOS 13 problems

  03-10-2019 18:03 via zdnet.com
  iOS 13 giving you headaches? Got problems connecting to Wi-Fi networks or Bluetooth devices? Or maybe your battery isn't lasting as long. Here are some quick fixes you can try.
  
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• Zendesk introduces Sunshine Conversations for customer messaging

  03-10-2019 17:30 via zdnet.com
  The customer service and engagement company also launched Gather, a tool for building online community forums.
  
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• iPhone SE 2 coming next year, and will be as fast as the iPhone 11 -- but will the price be right?

  03-10-2019 17:08 via zdnet.com
  The chatter is that Apple will release an update to the iPhone SE in 2020 in an attempt to woo those looking for a smaller or cheaper (or smaller and cheaper) iPhone. But will the price be right?
  
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• Google faces winged-monkey privacy protest

  03-10-2019 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The search giant has repeatedly confused a British data protection expert with a dead Wizard of Oz actor.
  
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• Microsoft's dual-screen Surface Duo phone makes no sense

  03-10-2019 16:35
  
  Microsoft has two new dual-screen devices: a tablet and a phone (although it doesn't want you to call it a phone). We're big fans of one of them: the Surface Neo
  
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• FBI's new ransomware warning: Don't pay up, but if you do, tell us about it

  03-10-2019 15:21 via zdnet.com
  The FBI is urging all ransomware victims to tell it about the attack whether they choose to pay or not.
  
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• Intel, Brown University collaborate on "intelligent spine technology"

  03-10-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  With $6.3 million in DARPA funding, Intel, Brown and other partners will work on building the AI-driven hardware and software needed to treat spinal cord injuries.
  
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• Microsoft launched a phone and made me laugh

  03-10-2019 14:57 via zdnet.com
  Redmond presented the Surface Duo to wild gasps. But it insisted it isn't a phone. What is it, then? Now that's a question for the marketing department, one it tried hard to answer.
  
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• Minerva attack can recover private keys from smart cards, cryptographic libraries

  03-10-2019 14:54 via zdnet.com
  Older Athena IDProtect smart cards are impacted, along with the WolfSSL, MatrixSSL, Crypto++, Oracle SunEC, and Libgcrypt crypto libraries.
  
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• Do we really need another tech event? Stay tuned for Apple in October (probably)

  03-10-2019 14:41 via zdnet.com
  David Gewirtz launches Excel to delve into Apple announcement history. Will we see new Macs, iPads, and an Apple TV in October? Stay tuned for the predictions and yet another fantabulous spreadsheet grid.
  
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• This new hacking group is using 'island hopping' to target victims

  03-10-2019 14:40 via zdnet.com
  This year's series of cyber attacks against the aerospace and defense industries has been attributed to China's APT10 and JSSD. But it appears that the real culprit is a previously unknown organisation
  
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• Office 365 major new features: Here's what you get with new Surfaces, says Microsoft

  03-10-2019 14:17 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft reveals how it fine-tuned its new Surface lineup to improve automation and productivity in Office 365.
  
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• Where does Cloudera go from here?

  03-10-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Cloudera has tamed the zoo animals, and yes, the conventional wisdom is that it now must be able to execute. But there’s one more piece that must fall into place: framing the business message.
  
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• Court reinstates lawsuit over Google iPhone user tracking

  03-10-2019 13:40 via zdnet.com
  The lawsuit alleges Google should be held accountable for bypassing default iPhone privacy settings.
  
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• There's a suspicious pro-vaping campaign targeting Donald Trump on Twitter

  03-10-2019 13:35
  
  For 15 days in September, 5,873 accounts generated 52,166 mentions of anti-vaping legislation hashtags. Almost 1,000 of the accounts, accounting for 11,651 hashtag usages, were created in September
  
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• Tesla, we're tracking your Smart Summon parking lot scrapes, says safety watchdog

  03-10-2019 13:16 via zdnet.com
  But Tesla doesn't need permission from US regulators to release a feature like Smart Summon.
  
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• This huge Android trojan malware campaign was discovered after the gang behind it made basic security mistakes

  03-10-2019 13:07 via zdnet.com
  Cyber attackers infected 800,000 users with banking information stealing malware – but mistakes have allowed researchers to look behind the scenes of a successful hacking campaign.
  
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• Apple bans Hong Kong protest location app

  03-10-2019 13:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The smartphone app provides information about the location of police and where tear gas was being used.
  
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• A gentle robotic hand that won't break eggs, pasta sticks

  03-10-2019 13:00 via zdnet.com
  Magnets and a cushion of air make this robotic gripper both dexterous and surprising gentle.
  
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• WhatsApp vulnerability exploited through malicious GIFs to hijack chat sessions

  03-10-2019 12:45 via zdnet.com
  Personal files and messages are at risk in unpatched builds of the app.
  
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• At Surface event, Microsoft's vision for dual screens, productivity was compelling, but can it execute?

  03-10-2019 12:00 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft laid out its vision for integrated software and hardware (and even a bit of Android) along with dual screens to help creatives keep their flow when working. The next year should be interesting.
  
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• The wild science behind Starship, Elon Musk’s planet-hopping rocket

  03-10-2019 11:33
  
  SpaceX is building a rocket that – it hopes – can be launched and land 1,000 times a year. But to make it a reality, Musk will have to solve some big engineering conundrums
  
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• EA to give users a free month of Origin Access if they enable 2FA

  03-10-2019 10:59 via zdnet.com
  Offer stands only for October 2019. Origin users will get November for free.
  
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• Services Australia reckons 'robo-debt' error rate sits at 1%

  03-10-2019 10:32 via zdnet.com
  If the former DHS issues a debt notice, and the former welfare receiver fixes it, that is the system working, according to Services Australia.
  
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• Microsoft's new hardware strategy should worry Apple and Intel

  03-10-2019 09:48 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft refresh of the Surface lineup, which included a new Surface Pro X and a preview of a folding smartphone and dual-screen tablet, should be of concern to other tech players, especially Apple and Intel.
  
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• Thursday briefing: Apple bans Hong Kong safety map app

  03-10-2019 08:22
  
  Apple has banned a community mapping app that was being used to share the location of troublespots in Hong Kong, Microsoft has revealed folding dual-screen Surface phones and PCs
  
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• Politicians have failed the planet. Businesses need to pull us from the brink

  03-10-2019 07:00
  
  "History suggests that the switch to new energy sources initiates eras of prosperity – the move from burning wood to coal, and from coal to oil and electricity, all marked eras in which innovation increased prosperity"
  
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• Inside Google Stadia

  03-10-2019 07:00
  
  Google Stadia promises console-free gaming where you can hop from watching to playing to streaming with just one click – but can it convince both developers and gamers?
  
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• A new drink claims to fight jet lag's body-sapping effects with science

  03-10-2019 07:00
  
  Could three powder sachets help fight the fatigue of jet lag? It's complicated
  
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• Fujitsu opens digital transformation facility at Macquarie University

  03-10-2019 06:57 via zdnet.com
  The first Fujitsu DTC in Australia will be a space for current and future customers to co-create solutions with the Japanese conglomerate.
  
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• Fujitsu's AI to help judges score gymnastic performances at World Championships

  03-10-2019 05:29 via zdnet.com
  It will used by judges for four apparatus at the event.
  
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• SGInnovate calls for more investors to put money in 'deep tech'

  03-10-2019 04:13 via zdnet.com
  Singapore's government-owned venture firm wants Australian investors to join its cause and grow the deep tech space.
  
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• Samsung reorganises Chinese phone production

  03-10-2019 03:10 via zdnet.com
  By closing all of its phone factories in China, Samsung will rely more on original device makers to create its phones going forward.
  
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• ANU incident report on massive data breach is a must-read

  03-10-2019 01:56 via zdnet.com
  The Australian National University has set a new standard for transparent data breach reporting. They didn't lose all 19 years of data, but they're no closer to understanding the attacker's motives.
  
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• The fashion that lets you feel music

  03-10-2019 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Clothing fitted with haptic sensors enable Hermon and Heroda, who are deaf, to feel dance music.
  
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• Dutch police take down hornets' nest of DDoS botnets

  03-10-2019 00:52 via zdnet.com
  Police seize servers from bulletproof hosting provider that harbored tens of DDoS botnets.
  
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