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• Bill McDermott named ServiceNow CEO days after leaving SAP

  22-10-2019 23:00 via zdnet.com
  McDermott will replace John Donahoe, who is stepping down from his role leading ServiceNow to become the CEO of Nike.
  
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• DataStax hires Google VP Chet Kapoor as new CEO

  22-10-2019 21:18 via zdnet.com
  The leadership change is part of DataStax's broader effort to widen its appeal beyond the traditional Cassandra fan base.
  
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• Amazon deal: Buy a Tile four-pack and get a free $50 Amazon Echo Dot

  22-10-2019 19:36 via zdnet.com
  For a limited time, there are four Tile bundle deals on Amazon that include a free Amazon Echo Dot.
  
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• Enter to win a $1,000 flagship smartphone!*

  22-10-2019 19:30 via zdnet.com
  One lucky winner will take home a brand new Google Pixel 4 XL. This giveaway ends Oct. 31.
  
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• Porting numbers between T-Mobile and AT&T is a Halloween nightmare

  22-10-2019 19:00 via zdnet.com
  Moving your phone service from one wireless carrier to another shouldn't be a horror show.
  
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• Databricks secures $400 million in funding, raising valuation to $6.2 billion

  22-10-2019 19:00 via zdnet.com
  The Series F investment more than doubles the valuation for Databricks, which aims to be the platform of choice for companies around the globe that want to add AI to their software.
  
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• UPS partners with CVS Pharmacy to develop drone delivery use cases

  22-10-2019 18:30 via zdnet.com
  UPS' drone delivery subsidiary, UPS Flight Forward, is also partnering with AmeriSource Bergen, Kaiser Permanente and the University of Utah.
  
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• Slack's new developer tools aim to bolster app visibility, functionality

  22-10-2019 18:30 via zdnet.com
  The company announced a series of platform updates and developer tools focused primarily on increasing the visibility and utility of the apps that integrate with the Slack platform.
  
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• Phishing alert: This fake email about a bank payment delivers trojan malware

  22-10-2019 18:28 via zdnet.com
  Researchers detail new attacks using a new version of keylogging and information stealing Remcos malware.
  
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• Has Google really unlocked quantum supremacy? Not so fast, says IBM

  22-10-2019 18:06 via zdnet.com
  Last month, a leaked research paper from Google suggested a significant quantum breakthrough. IBM's research team now suggests the claim was a little premature.
  
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• Tech, security vendors form group to address operational technology cybersecurity risks

  22-10-2019 18:05 via zdnet.com
  A set of technology vendors including Microsoft, ABB, Fortinet and Splunk aim to better address securing critical infrastructure.
  
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• US senators introduce bill to help users move data across social media sites

  22-10-2019 17:45 via zdnet.com
  Senators describe bill as similar to 1996 phone number portability law.
  
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• Magecart group linked to Dridex banking Trojan, Carbanak

  22-10-2019 17:02 via zdnet.com
  Domain tracking has led to connections between different cyberattack campaigns.
  
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• Teradata puts Vantage analytics platform on Google Cloud, launches customer experience, analyst versions

  22-10-2019 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Vantage is key to the company's Teradata Everywhere strategy and ability to compete with a wide range of analytics players.
  
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• 'Sensitive US Army data 'exposed by online leak'

  22-10-2019 16:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Hotel room numbers, phone numbers and names were left exposed on an unencrypted server, researchers say.
  
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• Microsoft to enable end users to buy Power Platform licenses without administrative approval

  22-10-2019 16:32 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is planning to roll out a major change in the way users will be able to buy Power BI, Power Apps and Flow starting in mid-November. And a number of IT admins are none too pleased.
  
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• Cloudflare embroiled in child abuse row

  22-10-2019 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Campaigners accuse the company of making it harder to restrict abusive images.
  
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• My ancestry adventure: When DNA testing delivers unexpected and unsettling results

  22-10-2019 16:21 via zdnet.com
  While trying out three of the most popular services -- Ancestry, 23andMe, and Living DNA -- all I wanted to know was whether or not my Dad's family came from Russia. That simple question took me on a long, strange trip.
  
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• Browser-based attacks, our customers, and us

  22-10-2019 16:08 via zdnet.com
  While some browser-based attacks such as web skimming steal customer data and thus victimize both the organization and the users, other attacks leverage an organization's website to attack the customers or to attack another organization entirely.
  
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• Czech authorities dismantle alleged Russian cyber-espionage network

  22-10-2019 15:51 via zdnet.com
  Czech officials said Russian operatives used local companies to launch cyber-attacks against foreign targets.
  
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• Ubuntu 19.10: A look into Ubuntu's enterprise future

  22-10-2019 15:36 via zdnet.com
  Ubuntu sees a future where both Kubernetes and OpenStack will keep it as one of the leading cloud and container companies.
  
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• The latest version of Firefox shows the wild scale of web tracking

  22-10-2019 15:00
  
  In Firefox 70, Mozilla is introducing a new dashboard that shows you how many trackers each website you visit uses
  
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• Mission control: Hack this capable robotic rover

  22-10-2019 15:00 via zdnet.com
  From the company that brought BB-8 to life, a sensor-rich mobile robot you can program.
  
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• Dream or nightmare? Microsoft's VR swaps your real walking route for a virtual one

  22-10-2019 14:58 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's DreamWalker VR system lets you take a stroll on the street blindfolded without walking into a bus.
  
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• Plans for £26m tech institute at Bletchley Park

  22-10-2019 14:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The institute at the codebreaking site would be home to 1,000 students, plans reveal.
  
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• War on deepfakes: Amazon backs Microsoft and Facebook with $1m in cloud credits

  22-10-2019 14:20 via zdnet.com
  AWS offers computing power to researchers in the Facebook-backed deepfake detection competition.
  
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• Europe has more developers that the US: So why doesn't it have more startups, too?

  22-10-2019 14:05 via zdnet.com
  Europe might be seen as a global leader in technology and innovation, but it may be lacking ambition and falling behind international competitors like the US or China.
  
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• Europe has more developers than the US: So why doesn't it have more startups, too?

  22-10-2019 14:05 via zdnet.com
  Europe might be seen as a global leader in technology and innovation, but it may be lacking ambition and falling behind international competitors like the US or China.
  
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• The race to build a flying electric taxi

  22-10-2019 14:01 via bbc.co.uk
  More than a hundred companies are working on electric aircraft designed to zip in and out of cities.
  
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• Facebook promises action on 2020 US election fraud, wipes out fake networks from Russia, Iran

  22-10-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  The company will be under more scrutiny than ever with the upcoming US 2020 elections.
  
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• Aruba expands CX switching portfolio, enhances software

  22-10-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Aruba's updates give network operators a full range of systems that all fall under one common operating system.
  
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• TikTok used by Islamic State to spread propaganda videos

  22-10-2019 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Twenty four accounts are banned by TikTok for breaching the app's policies.
  
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• Microsoft warned: Your cloud contracts are 'serious concern' says EU privacy watchdog

  22-10-2019 13:47 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft promises EU customers new revisions to the terms of its cloud contracts.
  
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• How to replace each Google service with a more privacy-friendly alternative

  22-10-2019 13:35 via zdnet.com
  As privacy concerns grow, companies like Google and Facebook that rely on data collection and advertising for revenue are increasingly in the spotlight. But is it really possible to give up Google's vast range of services? Here are my recommended alternatives.
  
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• Datacenters put green credentials at the heart of their offering

  22-10-2019 12:42 via zdnet.com
  Kao Data's new site has an innovative cooling system to bring down energy use.
  
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• Breaking Boundaries

  22-10-2019 12:37
  
  Breaking Boundaries, WIRED and QuantumBlack – an evening to celebrate innovation and artificial intelligence
  
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• Tuesday briefing: New DNA editing tool promises greater precision than CRISPR-Cas9

  22-10-2019 09:18
  
  Prime editing reduces the likelihood of random DNA being added during repairs, NordVPN has finally acknowledged to a server breach and key theft that occurred in 2018
  
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• Australians made over 3,000 privacy complaints last year

  22-10-2019 09:01 via zdnet.com
  3,306 privacy complaints were made to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner in 2018-19 and the commissioner has finally admitted her office needs more assistance.
  
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• Xiaomi: The Chinese brand dominating India's smartphone market

  22-10-2019 08:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Tech giant Xiaomi has muscled its way to the top of India's smartphone market in just a few short years.
  
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• Whistleblower detonates a written bomb inside a recovering Infosys

  22-10-2019 08:05 via zdnet.com
  Founders, employees, and shareholders are desperately hoping that there is nothing of merit in the latest whistleblower complaint that has arrived at Infosys' doorstep.
  
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• Adobe intros new commerce tools for SMB, mid-market merchants

  22-10-2019 08:00 via zdnet.com
  Key updates include the launch of an Amazon sales channel in Magento for Europe and a new multi-cloud infrastructure offering with Microsoft.
  
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• No silver bullet for online porn says Australian eSafety Commissioner

  22-10-2019 07:27 via zdnet.com
  She said Australia should look to the successes and failures of the now-paused attempt by United Kingdom before introducing its own.
  
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• I tracked everything my baby did until nothing made sense any more

  22-10-2019 07:00
  
  Has a baby really pooped at all if it can’t be viewed as part of a Poop Frequency Trend Chart going back three months?
  
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• Apple Watch Series 5 review: still the best, but where’s the rest?

  22-10-2019 07:00
  
  Such is the performance and reliability of the Series 5, it's taken us a whole month to find the very few things wrong with Apple's peerless wearable. One thing's for sure: it's high time the competition stepped up
  
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• A mysterious death, a genetic clue and the lifelong quest for answers

  22-10-2019 07:00
  
  For patients in the grip of rare and potentially life-ending conditions that mystify one doctor after another, there is new hope: the collaborative sleuthing of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network
  
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• A mysterious death, a genetic clue and the life-long quest for answers

  22-10-2019 07:00
  
  For patients in the grip of rare and potentially life-ending conditions that mystify one doctor after another, there is new hope: the collaborative sleuthing of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network
  
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• GNOME sends message to 'patent trolls' and files defence against lawsuit

  22-10-2019 05:54 via zdnet.com
  The foundation will fight the patent lawsuit.
  
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• KT and Hyundai test 5G traffic navigation on autonomous cars

  22-10-2019 03:58 via zdnet.com
  The real-time traffic navigation technology collects data from self-driving cars and transmits the data to those following in the rear for safety.
  
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• Queensland government commences smart ticketing gates trial

  22-10-2019 03:02 via zdnet.com
  The month-long trial is expected to inform the state government of the roll out of the system, which is expected to be completed by 2022.
  
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• Tim Cook becomes chairman of Beijing university's advisory board: Report

  22-10-2019 02:12 via zdnet.com
  It follows Apple drawing fire from US and Hong Kong government officials for its activities in China.
  
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