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• Cisco exec David Goeckeler appointed CEO of Western Digital

  05-03-2020 23:04 via zdnet.com
  
  Goeckeler currently leads Cisco's $34 billion networking and security business, its largest business unit.
  
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• Okta posts solid Q4 as it grows its enterprise business

  05-03-2020 23:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Large firms bringing more applications online are driving Okta's business, CEO Todd McKinnon says.
  
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• Brazil ranks third in email security threats

  05-03-2020 22:54 via zdnet.com
  
  The country also tops the global ranking for ransomware, according to a new study
  
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• One of Roman Abramovich's companies got hit by ransomware

  05-03-2020 22:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Steel maker EVRAZ's North American operations are down after an infection with the Ryuk ransomware.
  
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• Facebook removes 'deceptive' Trump census ads

  05-03-2020 22:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ads made it appear users were taking part in the official 2020 US census, not a general survey.
  
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• Virgin Media data breach affects 900,000 people

  05-03-2020 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The firm said "insufficient protection" meant customers' details were made accessible for 10 months.
  
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• US government agencies have shadow IT infrastructure problem, cybersecurity risks, says GAO

  05-03-2020 21:52 via zdnet.com
  
  Many US government agency IT facilities are still operating as access points to federal systems without proper oversight and cybersecurity.
  
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• Slowing growth for US tech budgets in 2020 and 2021, varying by industry

  05-03-2020 21:31 via zdnet.com
  
  CIOs should tighten their 2020 to 2021 tech budgets based on slowing but still positive US economic growth.
  
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• Facebook sues Namecheap to unmask hackers who registered malicious domains

  05-03-2020 21:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Facebook says Namecheap did not cooperate and share details about the owners of the suspicious domains.
  
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• Facebook sues Namecheap for letting scammers register lookalike domains

  05-03-2020 21:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Facebook says Namecheap did not cooperate and share details about owners of suspicious domains.
  
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• Microsoft Azure, Cisco team up to simplify IoT deployments

  05-03-2020 20:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Cisco's IoT gateways will use Cisco Edge Intelligence software to connect directly to the Azure IoT Hub, for simplified device provisioning and management at scale.
  
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• C3.ai Lands IBM Partnership and More Customers for its Artificial Intelligence and IoT Platform

  05-03-2020 19:34 via zdnet.com
  
  C3.ai customers Shell, 3M, Bank of America and more detail AI and IoT progress at the customer’s annual Transform event.
  
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• Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and others join forces with law enforcement on child abuse crackdown

  05-03-2020 19:18 via zdnet.com
  
  Participating tech firms include Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Snap, and Roblox.
  
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• TCL reveals extending smartphone concept and tri-fold tablet

  05-03-2020 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese phone-maker TCL shows off several concept smartphones it is developing.
  
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• Hon Hai, Foxconn see February sales fall 18% due to novel coronavirus

  05-03-2020 18:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple supplier's monthly sales figure come after the company said that it expects the supply chain to rebound in the second half.
  
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• Mars up close: NASA takes the biggest interplanetary selfie ever

  05-03-2020 17:51 via zdnet.com
  
  How did they do it? You can't just whip out an iPhone or a Galaxy S20 on Mars and upload it to Instagram.
  
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• Work from home? Things I wish someone had told me before I started

  05-03-2020 17:00 via zdnet.com
  
  With the rising concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, more and more businesses are considering sending their employees home to work. If you've just been given the assignment to work from home, here are some tips from a seasoned couch commuter.
  
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• How you can have four or five SIM cards in your iPhone or Android smartphone

  05-03-2020 15:30 via zdnet.com
  
  While many high-end smartphones out there today support more than one SIM card, sometimes you need more. Much more.
  
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• As 5G arrives, the biggest impact will be on business

  05-03-2020 15:12 via zdnet.com
  
  Although 5G has gone from hype to reality, the technology isn't close yet to taking over its predecessor. And 5G's biggest impact will be on business.
  
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• Intel CSME bug is worse than previously thought

  05-03-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Researchers say a full patch requires replacing hardware. Only the latest Intel 10th generation CPUs are not affected.
  
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• Google Cloud announces Anthos for Telecom, bringing Anthos to the network edge

  05-03-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The new service is part of Google's new, broad strategy to help the telecommunications industry harness the potential of 5G and the cloud.
  
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• Developer jobs: These are the coders who are most in demand

  05-03-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  If you're a mid-level developer with about four years' experience, your job prospects look pretty good right now.
  
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• Unihertz Atom XL hands-on: Four-inch display, 48MP camera, and DMR support for less than $330

  05-03-2020 14:47 via zdnet.com
  
  With the Atom XL/L we see Unihertz reveal its fourth rugged smartphone. THe Atom L/XL takes the tiny Atom experience and improve upon it with a larger four-inch display, better camera, digital mobile radio support (XL only), and more. Kickstarter prices start at $239 so act soon.
  
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• Company that Apple is suing releases Android for iPhone

  05-03-2020 14:32 via zdnet.com
  
  The target of an Apple copyright lawsuit has released a tool that lets users install Android on older iPhones.
  
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• Alphabet reveals the ugly deficiencies of self-driving cars

  05-03-2020 14:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Alphabet wants you to believe its Waymo driver is the way of the future. Take a look at what this really means.
  
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• Apple now allows developers to send you advert push notifications on iOS

  05-03-2020 14:29 via zdnet.com
  
  Because we don’t see enough ads in our daily lives.
  
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• Work from home: Essential gadgets and gear for productivity and good health

  05-03-2020 14:16 via zdnet.com
  With the scale of the coronavirus (technically known as COVID-19) growing daily, companies, organizations, and individuals are coming up with plans to make working from home easier. A 30-year work from home veteran discusses the tools and gadgets for productivity and good health when working away from the office.
  
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• SAS embraces cloud, will its customers follow?

  05-03-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  With its customers finally ready for cloud, SAS faces the question of what generational transformation will really mean – both for itself and its base.
  
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• T-Mobile says hacker gained access to employee email accounts, user data

  05-03-2020 13:57 via zdnet.com
  
  This is the second security breach T-Mobile discloses in the last six months, after a first incident in November 2019.
  
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• Search for alien life: SETI@home's crowdsourced quest winds down after 21 years

  05-03-2020 13:38 via zdnet.com
  
  No more jobs to be issued for participants in the SETI@home distributed-computing search for extraterrestrial life.
  
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• For self-driving cars, winter is coming

  05-03-2020 12:50 via zdnet.com
  
  We've been promised connected and autonomous cars for several years, but the delivery date seems to be ever-further in the future.
  
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• Backdoor malware is being spread through fake security certificate alerts

  05-03-2020 12:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Victims of this new technique are invited to install a malicious "security certificate update" when they visit compromised websites.
  
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• With Amazon, Apple and Google onboard, this new alliance aims to make your smart home work properly

  05-03-2020 11:58 via zdnet.com
  
  Project Connected Home over IP (CHIP) is working on a new connectivity standard to deliver better compatibility among smart home products. Alexa, meet Siri and Google Assistant.
  
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• Chinese hackers use decade-old Bisonal Trojan in cyberespionage campaigns

  05-03-2020 11:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The RAT’s core functions remain the same but it is unusual that the malware has been rehashed over so many years.
  
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• The wild experiment to bring apex predators back from the brink

  05-03-2020 07:00
  
  A complex restoration project in Gorongosa National Park is allowing scientists to study what happens when you unleash predators on an ecosystem that has learned to live without them
  
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• How an elaborate North Korean crypto hacking heist fell apart

  05-03-2020 07:00
  
  North Korean hackers have been caught stealing huge sums of money from cryptocurrency exchanges to try and bolster the hermit kingdom’s crippled economy
  
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• Aeroplane contrails have a weird effect on global warming

  05-03-2020 07:00
  
  The wispy ice clouds formed by jet exhaust help trap heat near the Earth's surface. But small changes in altitude can dampen the effect
  
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• National Security Legislation Monitor won't be recommending Encryption Bill repeal

  05-03-2020 06:50 via zdnet.com
  
  He said there is at least some evidence that the law is either effective, or capable of being made effective, in its current state.
  
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• Telstra wants NBN to take up obligation of supplying voice for fixed wireless

  05-03-2020 06:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Australia's former monopoly telco looking for NBN to pick up the slack as it wants to step back.
  
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• Sydney Uni researchers turn durian and jackfruit waste into charging packs

  05-03-2020 06:25 via zdnet.com
  
  It could be an alternative way to charge electronics such as mobile phones, tablets, and laptops.
  
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• India's highest court overturns cryptocurrency trading ban

  05-03-2020 06:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Court ruled that cryptocurrency exchanges have not adversely impacted the nation's economy.
  
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• Singapore intellectual property officer nominated for UN top role

  05-03-2020 06:09 via zdnet.com
  
  The first Singaporean tipped to be the next director general of the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organisation, Daren Tang, was selected from an initial list of 10 candidates and, if confirmed, would be the first in the country to assume a top UN role.
  
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• Vodafone’s first 5G sites go live in Sydney's west

  05-03-2020 04:44 via zdnet.com
  
  The telco also vows that 5G international roaming is 'coming soon'.
  
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• Ryuk ransomware hits Fortune 500 company EMCOR

  05-03-2020 04:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Company expects the incident to have an impact on its 2020 earnings, according to its 2019 Q4 financial report.
  
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• Australian government is currently juggling 62 high-cost IT projects

  05-03-2020 04:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Information revealed to ZDNet under freedom of information has shown all of them are valued at over AU$10 million, and one was contracted to Telstra back in 2013.
  
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• Coronavirus forces IBM to suspend domestic travel for internal meetings

  05-03-2020 04:14 via zdnet.com
  
  Big Blue to turn its Think event into a digital conference.
  
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• Malicious Chrome extension caught stealing Ledger wallet recovery seeds

  05-03-2020 03:26 via zdnet.com
  
  A Chrome extension named Ledger Live was exposed today as malicious. It is currently heavily promoted via Google search ads.
  
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• Microsoft to introduce a free tier of its Cosmos DB NoSQL database

  05-03-2020 02:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is planning to introduce on March 6 a new free tier for Azure Cosmos DB, its multi-model, globally distributed cloud database.
  
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• New Bill to prepare Australian law enforcement for the US CLOUD Act

  05-03-2020 02:26 via zdnet.com
  
  The Telecommunications Interception Access Act amendment seeks to 'enhance the process of exchanging information held by communications providers for the purpose of criminal investigations and prosecutions'.
  
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• Myer's online sales continue to soar as overall business stagnates

  05-03-2020 01:52 via zdnet.com
  
  The uplift was partly driven by Black Friday sales that saw online orders increase by more than 100%.
  
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