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• Cornerstone OnDemand buys Saba for $1.4 billion

  24-02-2020 22:45 via zdnet.com
  
  The purchase gives Cornerstone more talent experience tools to complement its base of learning and skills development products.
  
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• HP creates multi-year "value creation" plan to fend off Xerox

  24-02-2020 22:40 via zdnet.com
  
  While delivering mixed Q1 results, HP says its three-year targets "reflect a company at the top of its game," while Xerox's offer "meaningfully undervalues HP."
  
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• Palo Alto Networks Q2 sales fall short amid firewall malaise

  24-02-2020 22:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Palo Alto's second quarter sales missed Wall Street projections and its third quarter outlook isn't much better.
  
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• Intuit buys Credit Karma for $7.1 billion

  24-02-2020 22:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Going forward, Intuit said the companies plan to offer "a consumer finance platform that works like a personalized financial assistant."
  
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• Telstra to roll out RPKI routing security from June 2020

  24-02-2020 22:00 via zdnet.com
  
  BGP RPKI routing security has been rolling out steadily across Asia and Africa, while Australia's biggest telco has been lagging. But not for long.
  
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• Forget passwords: Secure yourself with a passphrase and these tools

  24-02-2020 21:35 via zdnet.com
  
  Passphrases are much stronger than ordinary passwords -- and a heck of a lot easier to remember. But that's only the start to securing yourself on today's hostile internet. Here's how to protect yourself.
  
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• F5 brings WAF app protection to the NGINX platform

  24-02-2020 21:06 via zdnet.com
  
  F5 Networks rolled out a series of other application security services, following a set of recent acquisitions.
  
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• Mirantis co-founder leaves to create open-source 5G startup

  24-02-2020 20:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Boris Renski, co-founder of OpenStack and Kubernetes power Mirantis, is turning his attention to open-sourcing 4G LTE and 5G on the newly opened 3.5 GHz CBRS band with his new company FreedomFi.
  
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• What if 5G fails? A preview of life after faith in technology

  24-02-2020 20:43 via zdnet.com
  
  The theme of our technology economy is based upon a projection of a more industrious, efficient, and productive near-term future for everyone. Should the course of progress encounter a U-turn, how long would we withstand regression?
  
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• Google AI chief Dean sees evolution in MLPerf benchmark for machine learning

  24-02-2020 17:40 via zdnet.com
  
  Efforts to benchmark computer systems, known as MLPerf, are essential to measure the expanding world of artificial intelligence silicon, according to Jeff Dean, head of AI efforts at Google, but the benchmarks will also have to evolve to better reflect real-world concerns.
  
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• Huawei's challenge: Sell its new Mate lineup outside of China without Google services?

  24-02-2020 17:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Huawei outlined updates to its Mate lineup, but they won't have Google services included. It's unclear whether the vendors devices will be able to grow outside of China.
  
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• How do you build your tech stack?

  24-02-2020 17:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Take this short, multiple choice survey and tell us how your company builds its technology stack.
  
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• Cisco unveils SecureX cloud platform for improved security visibility

  24-02-2020 16:46 via zdnet.com
  
  Cisco's new platform aims to give businesses better visibility across their security portfolio via analytics and workflow automation.
  
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• Cybersecurity: Do these ten things to keep your networks secure from hackers, hospitals told

  24-02-2020 16:01 via zdnet.com
  
  European Union cybersecurity agency ENISA has issued advice on ensuring hospital computer networks are protected against cyber attacks.
  
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• Cybersecurity: Do these ten things to keep your networks secure from hackers

  24-02-2020 16:01 via zdnet.com
  
  European Union cybersecurity agency ENISA has issued advice on ensuring hospital computer networks are protected against cyber attacks.
  
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• Sony quietly launches its new flagship: Xperia 1 II is first Xperia with 5G

  24-02-2020 15:24 via zdnet.com
  
  Sony reveals successor to last year's Xperia 1 with 5G, more memory, storage, and improved audio features.
  
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• UK's 5G network well within safety limits, Ofcom tests find

  24-02-2020 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ofcom testing of the UK's 5G network finds radiation is at a "tiny fraction" of safe levels.
  
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• Intel pushes back into the game with new silicon portfolio for 5G infrastructure

  24-02-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  It touts itself as the only company that can deliver the silicon foundation to power the cloud, the network, and the edge.
  
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• Google Cloud unveils new tools for detecting modern threats

  24-02-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The new capabilities come from Chronicle, the cybersecurity company folded into Google Cloud last year.
  
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• Databricks announces data integration partner program, touting "data lakehouse" model

  24-02-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Databricks announces its Data Ingestion Network partner program, adding third party data connectors and pipelines to its platform. Along the way, the company is touting its "data lakehouse" concept to promote its platform as a one-stop shop for data lake, data warehouse and machine learning workloads.
  
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• Cybersecurity attacks on mobile, IoT proliferate: Will 5G make it better?

  24-02-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  As 5G​, IoT and mobility deployments scale in 2020, mobile security is likely to become a larger issue. In Verizon's report, 59% of companies said they were hit by downtime with 58% losing data.
  
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• Berners-Lee's Solid project: Schneier joins team to give you back control over data

  24-02-2020 14:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Inrupt, the company behind the open-source Solid project, hires experts in its drive to let users control their data.
  
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• Amazon return? Make sure your refund was actually issued

  24-02-2020 14:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Even though everything is automated, there are always glitches. It pays to be diligent.
  
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• Huawei's Mate Xs has unbeatable specs but might fail on the basics

  24-02-2020 14:33
  
  The Huawei Mate Xs specs trounce the Samsung Z Flip; but its exposed, scratchable plastic screen may give Samsung the upper hand. 24 hours in, if the screen doesn't, a lack of Google services probably will
  
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• Huawei Mate XS: Hands-on with the folding phone

  24-02-2020 14:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Chris Fox tries out the folding Huawei Mate XS for the first time.
  
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• cloudAshur, hands on: Encrypt, share and manage your files locally and in the cloud

  24-02-2020 14:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Good physical security for shared encryption keys to protect collaboration on cloud storage services may fail at the last hurdle: ensuring that employees use it.
  
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• Equinix expands data centre footprint with the opening of Melbourne's ME2

  24-02-2020 14:01 via zdnet.com
  
  It's been almost a year since the company first announced initial plans.
  
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• iPhone and iPad apps can snoop on everything you copy to the clipboard

  24-02-2020 13:43 via zdnet.com
  
  But Apple doesn't think that this is a problem.
  
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• Microsoft's Azure Sphere, its Linux-based microcontroller plus cloud service, hits general availability

  24-02-2020 13:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is making its Azure Sphere secure IoT service generally available after several years of testing and previews.
  
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• Google warns Huawei owners against 'sideloading' its apps

  24-02-2020 13:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Android owner says circumventing the Huawei ban is a major security risk.
  
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• Google to new Huawei owners: Our core apps aren't available to you for sideload

  24-02-2020 12:55 via zdnet.com
  
  Google warns users of new Huawei devices not to try sideloading its apps, which are simply not available to them.
  
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• Use Google services a lot? Time to review your privacy settings

  24-02-2020 12:30 via zdnet.com
  
  If you use Google services, such as search, YouTube, or Gmail, then Google is collecting and storing a lot of information about you and your browsing habits. The good news is that Google offers a Privacy Checkup Tool.
  
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• This accelerator is unlocking city data to build the future of mobility

  24-02-2020 12:07
  
  Mobility has been digitised by the likes of Uber and Citymapper – but only from a consumer-focused perspective
  
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• Cybersecurity alliance launches first open source messaging framework for security tools

  24-02-2020 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  OpenDXL Ontology is designed for data and command sharing between cybersecurity software.
  
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• AI: It's time to tame the algorithms and this is how we'll do it, says Europe

  24-02-2020 11:56 via zdnet.com
  
  The European Commission has new ideas for ensuring AI is used responsibly – not like it is in other countries.
  
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• Uber Eats has lost its biggest advantage in the food delivery war

  24-02-2020 11:30
  
  In 2019, 60 per cent of the company’s total volume of orders was from McDonald’s deliveries
  
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• LTE security flaw can be abused to take out subscriptions at your expense

  24-02-2020 11:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Researchers say the vulnerability impacts “virtually all” smartphones on the market.
  
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• Slickwraps says customer trust was ‘violated’ in data breach caused by glaring security holes

  24-02-2020 09:52 via zdnet.com
  
  A security researcher’s warnings were reportedly ignored.
  
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• Wales considers online GCSE exams

  24-02-2020 08:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new head of Wales' exam watchdog believes "significantly more" tests could be sat online.
  
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• YouTuber ‘became better human’ after race row

  24-02-2020 07:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 24-year-old was fired from a film inspired by Black Lives Matter in 2018 after a video resurfaced of him using racial language.
  
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• These smart tweaks make browsing in Chrome (almost) private

  24-02-2020 07:00
  
  There's plenty of browsers our there, but Chrome's functionality keeps people using it. There are ways to tackle Google's data slurping though
  
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• The brutal reality of life inside one of the world's most polluted cities

  24-02-2020 07:00
  
  In Quintero, oil leaks and pollution from heavy industry is taking a heavy toll on the health of local citizens. Now the fight is on to clean up one of Chile's so-called "sacrifice zones"
  
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• How Bolt bounced back from a spectacular public London failure

  24-02-2020 07:00
  
  The ride-hailing startup's name has changed more times in five years than most businesses do in a lifetime. Yet it was Bolt's ambition to gobble up London that stopped it in its tracks
  
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• Transport for NSW backup procedures still include floppy disks in 2020

  24-02-2020 06:56 via zdnet.com
  
  In response to a ZDNet enquiry, the NSW government entity has removed, and later reinstated, the document that detailed the backup requirements for CADD data which asked its staff and contractors to use tape or floppy disks.
  
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• Samsung reopens smartphone factory after coronavirus scare

  24-02-2020 06:24 via zdnet.com
  
  Samsung resumed operations of one of its factories which had been temporarily shut down over the weekend due to the coronavirus.
  
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• This self-driving car looks under the road for a safety boost in rain and snow

  24-02-2020 06:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Researchers explore whether ground-penetrating radars can do what cameras can’t in poor weather conditions.
  
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• NSW government's Spatial Digital Twin to help with future city mapping

  24-02-2020 02:55 via zdnet.com
  
  NSW Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello said the digital twin can be used to 'model and precisely shape the cities of tomorrow'.
  
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• Amaysim sees mobile EBITDA more than halve for 2020 first half

  24-02-2020 01:58 via zdnet.com
  Lack of excess data charges sees revenue drop by 15% and ARPU dragged down with it.
  
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• Chorus concerned users switching away to wireless due to fake copper shutdown

  24-02-2020 00:10 via zdnet.com
  
  New Zealand broadband wholesaler worried people are shifting to fixed wireless due a copper network shutdown that isn't pencilled in yet.
  
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• Coronavirus to test supply chain analytics, business demand visibility

  24-02-2020 00:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Prescriptive analytics and models for the supply chain only go so far when there's the uncertainty of the coronavirus hampering operations.
  
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