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• Microsoft delivers first Windows 10 Fast Ring build from its new development branch

  16-12-2019 23:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft has new Insider testing guidelines for Windows 10 builds, plus a new Fast Ring build, No. 19536, the first of its test builds from its new development branch.
  
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• Microsoft: We never encourage a ransomware victim to pay

  16-12-2019 23:26 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft advocates for organizations to take preemptive measures. Says companies should treat cyberattacks "as a matter of when" and not "whether."
  
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• Amazon intros Knowledge Skills for Alexa developers

  16-12-2019 21:27 via zdnet.com
  
  The new skill type lets users ask questions about spreadsheet data without calling up a specific skill by name.
  
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• Microsoft gets ready to roll out the new Edge to Windows 10 via Windows Update

  16-12-2019 21:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Beginning January 15, 2020, Microsoft will be delivering its new Chromium-based Edge browser automatically to Windows 10 users via Windows Update, unless its Edge Blocker Toolkit is applied.
  
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• Web Cache Deception attacks still impact websites with 'substantial user populations'

  16-12-2019 18:29 via zdnet.com
  
  Two years after first being disclosed, web cache deception attacks impact 25 of today's most popular websites.
  
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• Apple Arcade now has an annual subscription and it'll save you some money

  16-12-2019 18:24 via zdnet.com
  
  Essentially, when you pay $49.99 for a year upfront, you get two months free.
  
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• Singapore government triggers online falsehood directive at another opposition politician

  16-12-2019 17:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Just days after it issues correction notices to an opposition political party, the Singapore government has now instructed opposition politician Lim Tean to publish a correction notice for two of his Facebook posts about the country's spending on grants and scholarships.
  
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• Twenty mobile trends for 2020

  16-12-2019 17:49 via zdnet.com
  
  A high-level summary of 15 trends on what we expect to happen and five trends of what will not happen.
  
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• Why the $52K Mac Pro is important for everyone who cares about the survival of the Mac ecosystem

  16-12-2019 17:33 via zdnet.com
  
  The high-end Mac provides necessary headroom, runway, and the promise of room for growth for those who need to invest in bigger projects on the Mac platform.
  
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• Cisco buys Exablaze as it builds out low latency portfolio

  16-12-2019 16:41 via zdnet.com
  
  The deal comes a few days after Cisco outlined its silicon strategy for next-gen workloads.
  
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• So you want to keep running Windows 7? Good luck with that, small businesses

  16-12-2019 16:29 via zdnet.com
  
  The end of Windows 7 support is weeks away. Microsoft says small businesses can pay for extended security updates just like their enterprise cousins. But my experience says they don't really want your money.
  
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• We are ready, says Facebook as California prepares for new privacy law

  16-12-2019 16:04 via zdnet.com
  
  The California Consumer Privacy Act will come into effect on 1 January 2020. Facebook says it is ready.
  
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• iPhone and Android wireless charger pads 2019: Which one is the best?

  16-12-2019 16:02 via zdnet.com
  
  Choosing a Qi charger pad for your smartphone is not as easy as it sounds.
  
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• Intel acquires Habana Labs for $2 billion

  16-12-2019 15:40 via zdnet.com
  
  Habana Labs is known as a developer of programmable deep learning accelerators for the data center.
  
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• Google: All Android users in the US just got RCS next-gen SMS

  16-12-2019 14:02 via zdnet.com
  
  RCS has arrived; users should update both the Google Messages app and its Carrier Services app.
  
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• Oakley expands prototyping with HP 3D printers

  16-12-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The plan is to standardize on HP's Jet Fusion 3D printer for its development process.
  
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• reMarkable E Ink tablet review: Digital pen-and-paper, with handwriting recognition

  16-12-2019 13:58 via zdnet.com
  
  This is an attractive piece of kit with a well thought-out user interface, but its functionality doesn't quite justify the price.
  
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• All change: Microsoft is redesigning the 100 icons used for its apps and tools

  16-12-2019 13:18 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft also gives Windows 10 a new take on the classic four square grid.
  
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• Everyone should be worried by big tech's huge NHS data grab

  16-12-2019 13:10
  
  Amazon, Google and the rest of Silicon Valley want NHS data. There’s a huge amount of it and it exists in quality databases. It needs to be protected
  
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• Big tech is thinking about digital ethics, and small businesses need to keep up

  16-12-2019 13:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft, Apple or Intel have the time and money to draw guidelines and charters about the ethical use of their technology. But for small and medium businesses, digital ethics is still an obscure subject.
  
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• The digital tools that could save the NHS

  16-12-2019 11:44
  
  NHS hospitals face smaller budgets and more patients — but there are digital tools that can lower costs while significantly improving care.
  
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• Why is it so damn hard to make a climate crisis-friendly plastic?

  16-12-2019 07:00
  
  Biodegradable plastics made from plants and animals already exist, but they've been slow to catch on. Kicking our plastic habit means more than just finding an eco-friendly version
  
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• The corporate poo patrol is coming after your precious toilet time

  16-12-2019 07:00
  
  Businesses have turned to drastic new toilet designs to stop workers spending almost half an hour on the porcelain throne.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg has a big Libra problem

  16-12-2019 07:00
  
  Libra is too closely tied to megacorporations to succeed. Platforms built to be open and free will outperform Libra
  
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• How to use Google sheets like a pro

  16-12-2019 07:00
  
  Google Sheets is a powerful organisational tool – if you're using it correctly
  
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• Here are 19 things that made the world a better place in 2019

  16-12-2019 07:00
  
  From the first all-female spacewalk to an uptick in endangered animal recoveries, 2019 hasn’t been a totally hellish dystopia
  
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• AU$7.5m stumped up by Australian government for research into healthcare AI

  16-12-2019 06:04 via zdnet.com
  
  The funding will dispersed via grants through the federal government's Medical Research Future Fund.
  
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• ATO lands AU$151 million in MYEFO for storage and cyber resilience

  16-12-2019 05:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Canberra finds money for the Australian Taxation Office, DTA digital identity program, and Department of Home Affairs visa processing systems.
  
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• DHS reckons the customer is at the centre of new and improved robo-debt program

  16-12-2019 05:40 via zdnet.com
  
  And all work to 'fix' the problem of robo-debt pre-dates legal action, the department said.
  
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• Google halts Chrome 79 rollout on Android after bug deletes user data

  16-12-2019 02:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Google devs "forgot" to move some user data during the Chrome 78 to Chrome 79 update process.
  
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• Phase one of US-China trade deal to repeal certain tariffs: Report

  16-12-2019 01:17 via zdnet.com
  
  A US tariff imposed on Chinese goods such as cell phones, laptop computers, video game consoles, certain toys, and computer monitors will no longer be enforced.
  
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• Robo-debt: ATO relied on DHS data when garnishing tax returns

  16-12-2019 01:14 via zdnet.com
  
  The taxation office has said it relied on the competence of the Department of Human Services when garnishing tax returns of Centrelink customers.
  
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• NZ to auction early access to 5G spectrum

  16-12-2019 00:44 via zdnet.com
  
  Kiwi telcos to get access around two years' worth of spectrum before longer-term access begins in November 2022.
  
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• ZDNet's top enterprise CEOs of the 2010s

  16-12-2019 00:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Here is our list of the enterprise technology leaders that had the most impact in the last decade.
  
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