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• PTC to acquire Onshape for its SaaS product development platform

  23-10-2019 23:49 via zdnet.com
  The $470 million deal should help PTC, a major industrial IOT player, accelerate its transition to a SaaS-based business model.
  
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• HPE plans to go all-in on everything as a service with heavy dose of Greenlake

  23-10-2019 23:32 via zdnet.com
  HPE outlined its fiscal 2020 outlook at its analyst meeting and highlighted how its business will shift as it moves to a subscription model.
  
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• PayPal Q3 tops estimates as active user base climbs to 295 million

  23-10-2019 22:40 via zdnet.com
  The company also delivered strong guidance for the current quarter and fiscal year.
  
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• eBay posts solid Q3, concludes operating review

  23-10-2019 22:40 via zdnet.com
  While the e-commerce company is still reviewing the value of StubHub and its Classifieds business, eBay's finalized operating review resulted in a three-year plan to improve margins.
  
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• Microsoft's commercial cloud fuels better-than-expected Q1 results

  23-10-2019 22:15 via zdnet.com
  Many of Microsoft's product lines fared well in the first quarter as the commercial cloud continued to gain momentum.
  
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• Best Halloween costumes: Geeky, tech-themed outfits for your office party

  23-10-2019 22:00 via zdnet.com
  We've rounded up our favorite workplace-appropriate costume ideas that you can buy online and get shipped to you in a day or two.
  
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• Ransomware: The nightmare before Cyber Monday

  23-10-2019 21:58 via zdnet.com
  Ransomware attacks are on the rise compared to last year.
  
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• Wyze celebrates its two-year anniversary with free shipping

  23-10-2019 21:48 via zdnet.com
  The company is known for its inexpensive smart home products, and on Thursday, it'll be even cheaper.
  
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• Brazilian government seeks data governance head

  23-10-2019 21:42 via zdnet.com
  The professional will be responsible for leading the efforts around data sharing across public sector bodies
  
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• Digital transformation: Why companies need a sense of urgency

  23-10-2019 21:36 via zdnet.com
  TechRepublic's Karen Roby talks with futurist Brian Solis about the trends shaping digital transformation.
  
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• FBI issues warning about e-skimming (Magecart) attacks

  23-10-2019 21:30 via zdnet.com
  E-skimming incidents are now on US authorities' radar.
  
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• IBM is working on an alternative to AIOps

  23-10-2019 20:56 via zdnet.com
  The field of AIOps is mostly hype at this point, says IBM’s head of artificial intelligence products; Big Blue is working on an alternative to automate CIO chores.
  
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• Google updates Android developer tools

  23-10-2019 19:15 via zdnet.com
  Google is releasing the developer preview of Jetpack Compose and taking other steps as part of its effort to give Android app developers more guidance and simple tooling.
  
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• Last week's Fortnite update helped Akamai set a new CDN traffic record

  23-10-2019 18:34 via zdnet.com
  Akamai said CDN traffic peaked at 106 Tbps last week, passing the 100 Tbps mark for the first time.
  
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• Tor: How to access BBC News on the dark web

  23-10-2019 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In a bid to thwart censorship attempts, the BBC News website is now available via Tor.
  
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• BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror

  23-10-2019 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  In a bid to thwart censorship attempts, the BBC News website is now available via Tor.
  
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• WWE 2K20: Fans slam game over glitches and bugs

  23-10-2019 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Wrestling fans have slammed the new WWE 2K20 video game over visual glitches and game-breaking bugs.
  
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• Tencent to support startup incubator scheme with Singapore university

  23-10-2019 17:42 via zdnet.com
  Offering its cloud services and technology, the Chinese tech giant will establish a new startup incubator programme with the National University of Singapore.
  
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• Oracle launches IXP FilterCheck, a free tool to promote secure internet routing

  23-10-2019 17:00 via zdnet.com
  In partnership with the Internet Society, Oracle will make the route analysis tool freely available to internet exchange points (IXPs).
  
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• ServiceNow under Bill McDermott: What you can expect

  23-10-2019 16:48 via zdnet.com
  ServiceNow's new CEO Bill McDermott is likely to port much of his playbook from SAP to fuel growth. Expect a sales overhaul, international expansion and a good dose of mergers and acquisitions.
  
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• HP wants to shame you into printing more pictures

  23-10-2019 16:01 via zdnet.com
  How do you get people to print more of their carefully composed snaps? Tell them that their online behavior is a disgrace. At least, that's HP's new idea.
  
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• Has container hype jumped the shark?

  23-10-2019 15:39 via zdnet.com
  Docker this, container that, and Kubernetes it all. Welcome to IT in the twenty-teens, but will it continue to be "all containers, all the time?" Some developers are turning to other approaches.
  
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• Google claims 'quantum supremacy' for computer

  23-10-2019 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  The company claims a quantum computer has surpassed conventional devices for the first time.
  
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• FTC takes a stand against stalker apps through Retina-X court settlement

  23-10-2019 14:54 via zdnet.com
  The agency does not look upon apps that require phone security to be weakened with a friendly eye.
  
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• Google: We've made 'quantum supremacy' breakthrough with 54-qubit Sycamore chip

  23-10-2019 14:44 via zdnet.com
  Google reckons it has found the way forward to developing a fault-tolerant quantum computer.
  
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• How to forcibly enable Dark Mode on every website with Google Chrome

  23-10-2019 14:04 via zdnet.com
  Now there's a way to enable a dark theme for any website's content, not just for the OS and browser UI.
  
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• Google's Raspberry Pi-like Coral: AI board with TPU is ready for business

  23-10-2019 13:40 via zdnet.com
  Google's Coral AI developer board moves out of beta.
  
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• AI, MD: Five unexpected ways that artificial intelligence will make your healthcare better

  23-10-2019 13:30 via zdnet.com
  In some areas, artificial intelligence can spot disease just as well as human doctors. But it's not the only way AI could really make a difference to healthcare.
  
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• Orders in an hour? This (non-Bezos) company thinks it has the recipe

  23-10-2019 13:00 via zdnet.com
  Democratizing ultra-fast delivery is the next step for the logistics sector. Robots will make it possible.
  
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• Prolific business email scam takedown leads to arrests in Spain

  23-10-2019 12:53 via zdnet.com
  High-value business employees were impersonated to dupe businesses into handing over millions of euros.
  
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• Huawei: Easier to bribe telco staff than build backdoors

  23-10-2019 12:44 via zdnet.com
  It requires so much effort to build backdoors into networking equipment that work across different global communications networks and system configurations that it likely is easier and more effective to bribe a telco executive, says Huawei chief cybersecurity officer.
  
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• Mozilla's Firefox 70 is out: Privacy reports reveal whose cookies are tracking you

  23-10-2019 12:42 via zdnet.com
  Mozilla doubles down on privacy to counter confusing online third-party tracking consent forms.
  
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• Instagram bans 'cosmetic surgery' filters

  23-10-2019 12:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Effects showing what people might look after surgery will go, amid concerns they harm mental health.
  
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• Apple Pay overtakes Starbucks as top mobile payment app

  23-10-2019 12:00 via zdnet.com
  An upgrade cycle for point-of-sale terminals has given Apple Pay and its Android rivals a boost.
  
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• Inside the messy collapse of the UK's unworkable porn block

  23-10-2019 11:54
  
  The government has cancelled its planned age checks on porn websites. But was it always inevitable?
  
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• Ex-police officer and data breach victim loses court appeal, becomes liable for force’s costs

  23-10-2019 11:44 via zdnet.com
  Despite successfully suing the Met, she may now end up homeless.
  
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• Amazon Kindle Oasis 2019, long-term test: A few features short of perfection

  23-10-2019 11:35 via zdnet.com
  The latest top-end e-reader from Amazon offers adjustable backlighting warmth and is a pleasure to use. It would be even better with a case, an audio jack and a USB-C connector.
  
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• AI, machine learning to dominate CXO agenda over next 5 years

  23-10-2019 11:00 via zdnet.com
  Gartner has a set of technology predictions through 2024. Are we ready for the AI to augment employees.
  
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• ACSC confirms it killed off CyberCon whistleblower talks

  23-10-2019 10:05 via zdnet.com
  Head of the ACSC Rachel Noble says all speakers were 'known public advocates for unauthorised disclosure'.
  
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• Wednesday briefing: Parliament asks Facebook to explain political fact-checking exemption

  23-10-2019 09:20
  
  Damien Collins wants Facebook to consider the impact of its decision to stop fact-checking politicians, Softbank now owns 80 per cent of WeWork
  
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• Amy Webb: Three things women need to know for the year 2030

  23-10-2019 09:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Amy Webb is a renowned futurist - she looks back at the past and scours data to figure out what might be round the corner.
  
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• 'No such thing' as cyber warfare: Australia's head of cyber warfare

  23-10-2019 07:34 via zdnet.com
  Warfare is warfare, espionage is internationally normal, and cyber is just one of a suite of potential capabilities for a military response, says Major General Marcus Thompson.
  
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• Virtus Health taps into artificial intelligence to improve IVF success rates

  23-10-2019 07:22 via zdnet.com
  With the help of Harrison-AI, the IVF clinic is preparing to commence trials to validate the use of AI for IVF treatments.
  
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• The UK's plan to put green plates on electric cars is dumb hypocrisy

  23-10-2019 07:00
  
  The government is planning to give zero-emission vehicles green number plates. But they do little to help boost the number of electric car sales
  
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• In Finland, prisoners are being taught crucial AI skills

  23-10-2019 07:00
  
  The Nordic state plans to prepare prisoners for the digital job market
  
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• Google Pixel 4 XL review: A perfectly disappointing phone

  23-10-2019 07:00 via zdnet.com
  On paper, Google’s Pixel 4 XL looks promising.
  
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• CommBank gifts some customers AU$50 following last week's network outage

  23-10-2019 05:35 via zdnet.com
  Only customers that didn't have payments processed over the weekend should expect the token.
  
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• CPDoS attack can poison CDNs to deliver error pages instead of legitimate sites

  23-10-2019 04:29 via zdnet.com
  CloudFront, Cloudflare, Fastly, Akamai, and others impacted by new CPDoS web cache poisoning attack.
  
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• Google New Zealand pilots Duplex to provide accurate retail hours

  23-10-2019 03:37 via zdnet.com
  Businesses in the pilot group will receive automated calls from Google ahead of New Zealand's Labour Day public holiday.
  
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• Simplify and cooperate to beat back the cybercrime wave

  23-10-2019 03:34 via zdnet.com
  Complexity, recent data breaches, and perceived urgency are creating opportunities for online criminals.
  
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