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• Canada's broadcasting agency fines company behind the Orcus malware

  20-12-2019 23:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Canadian police filed criminal charges last month.
  
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• WeTransfer: A profile of a modern company with a useful media service

  20-12-2019 22:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Companies are learning how to be media companies to help them stay relevant to their customers -- because, if they aren't seen, they don't exist.
  
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• One-third of Americans will have a ‘virtual holiday season’ this year, reveals survey

  20-12-2019 22:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Living a long distance away from your loved ones means it’s not always possible to spend time with them in person. Fortunately, you can be there virtually according to a new survey.
  
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• Mixed feelings about technology initiatives moving outside of IT departments

  20-12-2019 22:16 via zdnet.com
  
  Two-thirds of IT leaders say most of their technology spend is now controlled by business units. Is that a good thing?.
  
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• Motorola has delayed the launch of its new foldable Razr phone

  20-12-2019 20:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Citing high demand, the company has delayed preorders and the launch of its first smartphone with a foldable display.
  
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• Make edge computing a key investment for 2020

  20-12-2019 20:45 via zdnet.com
  
  Edge computing is a catchphrase that’s spread from mobile and telecom vendor initiatives to almost all industries.
  
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• E-commerce growth to exceed 20% in LatAm by 2021

  20-12-2019 20:07 via zdnet.com
  
  Mexico and Brazil are set to be the best performers in the region, according to s study by DHL.
  
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• We’re giving away three of Sony's popular wireless noise-canceling headphones

  20-12-2019 19:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Be one of three lucky winners who will each take home a set Sony WH-1000XM3 headphones. Giveaway ends Dec. 30, 2019.
  
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• Hackers keep dumping Ring credentials online 'for the giggles'

  20-12-2019 17:54 via zdnet.com
  
  Three cache of Ring user credentials have surfaced this week.
  
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• Decade in tech: The greatest innovations and the biggest flops

  20-12-2019 14:40 via zdnet.com
  
  As 2019 ends, Jason Cipriani and Jason Perlow review the past decade and the technology that has changed our lives.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus Star Wars Special Edition hands-on: The dark side of the force is strong

  20-12-2019 14:21 via zdnet.com
  
  Samsung's Galaxy Note 10 Plus is one of the best smartphones available today. With the release of the new Star Wars movie, The Rise of Skywalker, Samsung released a themed device with hardware and software elements depicting Kylo Ren in various ways.
  
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• Clumio’s Backup SaaS solution showcases what’s possible with cloud-native

  20-12-2019 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Cloud-native backup and recovery SaaS services leverage the scalability and efficiency of the cloud. Clumio provides a good example of what’s possible when you fully leverage the cloud. It allows extensibility, but for now, at the cost of true multi-cloud support.
  
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• Apple publishes new enterprise security guide for iOS and macOS

  20-12-2019 13:54 via zdnet.com
  
  If you're up for a long read, Apple has just posted its Platform Security Guide Fall 2019.
  
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• Ransomware: The number of victims paying up is on the rise, and that's bad news

  20-12-2019 13:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Ransomware attacks have continued to rise - and more and more organisations are opting to pay cyber criminals in order to restore their networks.
  
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• Uh-oh: Advanced driver assistance systems are making us all bad drivers

  20-12-2019 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A new report suggests the latest semi-autonomous features on the market are eroding our attention behind the wheel.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus Star Wars Special Edition hands-on: in pictures

  20-12-2019 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Samsung's Galaxy Note 10 Plus is one of the best smartphones available today. With the release of the new Star Wars Rise of Skywalker movie, Samsung released a themed device with hardware and software elements depicting Kylo Ren in various ways.
  
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• JavaScript programming language: Developers reveal their favourite features, frameworks and tools

  20-12-2019 12:42 via zdnet.com
  
  JavaScript developer survey shows key trends of 2019.
  
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• Facebook is building its own state-of-the-art operating system for VR and AR hardware

  20-12-2019 11:55 via zdnet.com
  
  Facebook is getting more serious about hardware to create tomorrow's way of connecting people.
  
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• California Consumer Privacy Act: Everything you need to know about the CCPA

  20-12-2019 11:43 via zdnet.com
  
  California's new privacy bill is one strict piece of legislation. Whether you are a consumer curious about your new rights or a business worried about compliance, here is a guide to the new rules.
  
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• Listen to the mesmerising sound of London's new electric buses

  20-12-2019 11:29
  
  From January, electric buses on London's 100 route will play this sound to alert pedestrians to their presence
  
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• Jet2 hacker, a former contractor with axe to grind, jailed for 10 months

  20-12-2019 11:11 via zdnet.com
  
  He lurked in the CEO’s inbox to check if the airline knew of his involvement.
  
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• Google snaps up Typhoon Studios to work on Stadia game development

  20-12-2019 10:34 via zdnet.com
  
  The move signals Google’s desire to secure more in-house talent for game content creation.
  
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• Scientists are edging closer to genetically hacking a Christmas tree that doesn't drop its needles

  20-12-2019 07:00
  
  More than 100 million real Christmas trees are sold each year. Researchers are trying to unravel the vast and murky Christmas tree genome to create the perfect tree
  
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• Netflix wants The Witcher to be the next Game of Thrones. It isn’t

  20-12-2019 07:00
  
  On set, The Witcher has all the fantasy trappings of Game of Thrones – but it falls down in two key areas
  
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• Facebook's Libranomics raises many deep economic questions

  20-12-2019 07:00
  
  Before it can become the world wide web of money, there need's to be some more transparency around how Libra will work
  
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• A low-fuss guide to sorting your wardrobe out for 2020

  20-12-2019 07:00
  
  Start winter right with our go-to online styling services, the perfect jacket and the right shoe for any eventuality
  
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• The very best deals in Microsoft's last-minute holiday sale

  20-12-2019 06:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Find Microsoft deals on Xbox consoles, Xbox games, Surface devices, laptops, and more.
  
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• Most useful gadgets of 2019

  20-12-2019 06:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Usually these end of year gadget listings are dominated by expensive items such as smartphones and monster desktop PCs. This listing is different.
  
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• Apple opens public bug bounty program, publishes official rules

  20-12-2019 05:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple opens its previously-closed bug bounty program to all security researchers.
  
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• Korea's FTC to monitor anti-competitive behaviour in 5G

  20-12-2019 04:27 via zdnet.com
  
  The chairwoman of South Korea's Fair Trade Commission comments seems to be aimed at Qualcomm.
  
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• ASIC wants to see more adoption of regtech by Australia's financial sector

  20-12-2019 03:43 via zdnet.com
  
  It claims there's "enormous potential" to use regtech to detect breaches and misconduct.
  
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• Robo-debt pursued 73 deceased estates for AU$225,000 in total

  20-12-2019 02:04 via zdnet.com
  
  Average value recouped from decreased estates sitting a touch over AU$3,000.
  
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• One in ten fibre to the node NBN connections is reporting faults

  20-12-2019 01:21 via zdnet.com
  
  NBN has broken down the over 500,000 faults it received in 2018-19 fiscal year.
  
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• Baidu ends huge subsidies on smart speakers amid price wars in China

  20-12-2019 01:12 via zdnet.com
  
  It follows years of leading Chinese smart speaker brands cutting the retail price by sometimes one-third as a tactic to grow market share.
  
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• F5 to acquire Shape Security for approximately $1 billion

  20-12-2019 01:02 via zdnet.com
  
  The deal will combine Shape's anti-fraud capabilities with F5 Networks' multi-cloud application protection services.
  
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• Wawa says POS malware incident impacts 'potentially all locations'

  20-12-2019 00:52 via zdnet.com
  
  Wawa said the malware infection lasted between March and December 2019.
  
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• Initial phases of Consumer Data Right for open banking delayed

  20-12-2019 00:01 via zdnet.com
  
  The 1 February 2020 go-live date has been pushed back to at least 1 July 2020.
  
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