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• Xerox ends pursuit to acquire HP

  31-03-2020 23:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The copier maker is officially backing down from its efforts to force a merger with rival HP, citing market turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• BlackBerry Q4 earnings better than expected, sales light

  31-03-2020 22:54 via zdnet.com
  
  CEO John Chen said BlackBerry had a solid fiscal 2020 and launched 30 new products.
  
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• FCC tells US telcos to implement caller ID authentication by June 30, 2021

  31-03-2020 21:54 via zdnet.com
  
  FCC says all US telcos must use the new SHAKEN/STIR protocol to support caller ID authentication by June, next year.
  
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• Master privacy management to deliver business outcomes alongside compliance

  31-03-2020 21:36 via zdnet.com
  
  To help customers select the most appropriate tool to support their privacy program with the desired outcomes of sustained compliance, we evaluated the 15 most relevant vendors in the privacy management software market.
  
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• Employees crave stricter rules around collaboration app usage

  31-03-2020 21:33 via zdnet.com
  
  If you are having a love-hate relationship with your collaboration software right now as you try to work from home, you are not alone.
  
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• Google Hangouts Meet's daily usage soars during COVID-19 outbreak

  31-03-2020 21:26 via zdnet.com
  
  Daily usage of Google's enterprise videoconferencing tool is now 25X higher than it was in January.
  
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• Apple acquires the Dark Sky weather app

  31-03-2020 21:10 via zdnet.com
  
  The company said the Dark Sky Android and Wear OS apps will shut down July 1.
  
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• Marriott discloses new data breach impacting 5.2 million hotel guests

  31-03-2020 20:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Marriott says a hacker gained access to the accounts of two employees.
  
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• Adobe Summit: Virtual event stresses importance of digital business and experiences

  31-03-2020 20:00 via zdnet.com
  
  In his virtual keynote, Adobe's CEO Shantanu Narayen talked about the importance of digital transformation and highlighted the way Adobe is helping brands digitally engage with their employees and customers.
  
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• Content Delivery Networks and clouds join MANRS internet security effort

  31-03-2020 19:55 via zdnet.com
  
  With the internet being hammered as never before, CDNs and cloud are joining with the Internet Society to help secure vital internet routing.
  
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• Houseparty: How safe is Epic Games' video chat app?

  31-03-2020 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Security experts back owner's assertion that chat app is not hacking other products.
  
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• Facebook is trying to build AR glasses that just 'melt away', using this cutting edge tech

  31-03-2020 17:43 via zdnet.com
  
  The social media giant announced that it is partnering with UK manufacturer Plessey, which specializes in designing and producing microLED displays.
  
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• Adobe's Digital Economy Index highlights how COVID-19 altered e-commerce

  31-03-2020 17:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Groceries took up a bigger chunk of the digital shopping basket as did fitness equipment following shutdowns due to novel coronavirus.
  
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• Microsoft to enable new 5G edge computing scenarios with Azure Edge Zones, now in private preview

  31-03-2020 17:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft and AWS are racing to provide tighter ties between 5G and cloud services. Microsoft's strategy for this involves Azure Edge Zones andan expanding number of telco and carrier partners.
  
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• Copyright Alliance blasts Internet Archive’s Emergency Library launch as “vile”

  31-03-2020 16:39 via zdnet.com
  
  The National Emergency Library opened to help learners “displaced” by COVID-19.
  
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• Google and Facebook blamed for lack of COVID-19 news reports

  31-03-2020 16:12 via zdnet.com
  
  Hundreds of US newspaper newsrooms are sending journalists home during a crucial time in reporting on COVID-19 developments.
  
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• Lockdown video: Making video conferencing and streaming work from home

  31-03-2020 15:51 via zdnet.com
  
  Bob from Blackmagic, a maker of professional video production hardware, talks teleconferencing, and streaming tips and technique basics as well as how to up your game.
  
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• Huawei: Chinese government won't stand idle as US introduces more sanctions

  31-03-2020 15:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Chinese government will have no choice but to impose counter measures should the US continue to restrict Huawei's access to the global supply chain, says rotating chairman Eric Xu, who reveals the vendor's international consumer business has lost at least $10 billion as a result of the US trade ban.
  
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• Huawei: China government won't stand idle as US introduces more sanctions

  31-03-2020 15:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Chinese government will have no choice but to impose counter measures should the US continue to restrict Huawei's access to the global supply chain, says rotating chairman Eric Xu, who reveals the vendor's international consumer business has lost at least $10 billion as a result of the US trade ban.
  
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• Palo Alto Networks to acquire CloudGenix for $420 million

  31-03-2020 15:35 via zdnet.com
  
  CloudGenix competes with Cisco and other incumbents in the SD-WAN space.
  
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• Stack Overflow users finally get a dark theme

  31-03-2020 15:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Developers can now avoid the blast of white when opening Stack Overflow while coding in a dark-themed editor.
  
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• Huawei Y6s, hands on: A budget big-screen phone, but speed is an issue

  31-03-2020 15:22 via zdnet.com
  
  Despite its low price and support for Google Mobile Services, jerky scrolling and delays following screen presses on the Huawei Y6s might prove a deal-breaker for many buyers.
  
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• To bring Kubernetes to the edge, Rancher 2.4 scales up cluster support

  31-03-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The latest release of the popular Kubernetes management platform offers architectural support for one million clusters.
  
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• MariaDB SkySQL managed cloud goes live on Google Cloud

  31-03-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A year in the making, MariaDB unveiled its managed DBaaS service on GCP and is differentiating with the familiar script of richer features and most up to date versions.
  
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• Fitbit announces Charge 4 with GPS, Spotify control, and Active Zone Minutes

  31-03-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  In addition to it's latest new band form factor hardware, Fitbit introduces a new standard with additional content in Fitbit Premium. New users will also experience an extended 90-day free trial of Premium to help you through today's tough times.
  
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• Adobe adds new capabilities to Experience League learning program

  31-03-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The new features are meant to help organizations encourage their employees to learn new skills, connect, and maintain productivity.
  
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• Developer jobs: These are the countries where you'll get paid the most

  31-03-2020 14:47 via zdnet.com
  
  But the best-paid developers aren't the happiest ones, and flexible working is ranked higher than salary by software engineers.
  
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• Microsoft: Chrome, Edge, Word and Outlook get this free Editor AI grammar assistant

  31-03-2020 14:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's Editor assistant promises to automatically clean up grammar mistakes and spot plagiarism.
  
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• Hidden features: Apple's discoverability problem

  31-03-2020 14:28 via zdnet.com
  
  What good are a bunch of cool features if people can't find them? Apple has buried hundreds of thoughtful and useful features beneath its supposedly intuitive interface. They must know it, so why don't they fix it?
  
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• Make Apache Cassandra great again: DataStax going cloud, Kubernetes, open source, and multi-model

  31-03-2020 14:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Actions and words, code and advocacy. DataStax is changing strategy, re-engaging with the Apache Cassandra open source community, and releasing some interesting technical advancements while at it, too
  
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• Latin American IT security market to see growth in 2020

  31-03-2020 14:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Organizations in the region are evolving the concept of trust and ramping up investments in emerging tech to boost their security initiatives, says IDC.
  
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• Lenovo launches edge, hyperconverged systems integrated with Microsoft Azure

  31-03-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Lenovo ThinkAgile MX1021 and ThinkSystem DM7100 are two systems designed to connect Azure to the edge as well as enable integrated data tiering.
  
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• COVID-19 mapped: Azure-powered tool IDs the most vulnerable populations

  31-03-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A data-derived tool for healthcare providers and community leaders to identify populations likely to experience severe outcomes once infected.
  
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• Azure-powered COVID vulnerability map

  31-03-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A data-derived tool for healthcare providers and community leaders to identify populations likely to experience severe outcomes once infected.
  
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• A fuel-agnostic, do-it-all engine for power anywhere

  31-03-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  This powerful engine burns almost any liquid fuel, can fly a drone, and may provide emergency power all over the world.
  
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• Resident Evil 3 could be one of the last disaster games ever made

  31-03-2020 12:22
  
  Like masses of popular culture, the zombie remake is built on assumptions about how humanity will react to disaster that haven't been borne out in real life
  
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• If Nando’s had to shut, how come your local Indian is still open?

  31-03-2020 12:00
  
  Nando’s, KFC, McDonald’s and Greggs stopped takeaways over safety concerns. This is a luxury that local restaurants simply can’t afford
  
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• 9 remote work best practices from Verizon HR chief Christy Pambianchi

  31-03-2020 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Verizon moved telesales, customer care, solutions specialists and staff functions remote. IT also went remote as did a lot of retail associates.
  
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• Windows 10 remote work bug: Microsoft races out this emergency fix

  31-03-2020 11:51 via zdnet.com
  
  Windows 10 users can manually install the new patch to fix internet connectivity problems.
  
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• FBI re-sends alert about supply chain attacks for the third time in three months

  31-03-2020 08:14 via zdnet.com
  
  The FBI says some attacks have also targeted the healthcare industry, currently grappling with the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Zoom is a big privacy headache. Here’s how you can lock it down

  31-03-2020 08:00
  
  Zoom has become the video-calling app of choice. That doesn't mean it isn't slurping up your data
  
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• Coronavirus could trap us with our most annoying colleagues forever

  31-03-2020 08:00
  
  Endless photos of dogs, babies, food and office spaces. “Funny” videos. And endless talk of coronavirus
  
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• China is turning the coronavirus crisis into a soft power bonanza

  31-03-2020 08:00
  
  As Wuhan goes back to work, China is ramping up its efforts to provide aid to the rest of the world
  
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• Brexit hit farms hard. Coronavirus may leave food rotting in the fields

  31-03-2020 08:00
  
  The coronavirus outbreak has precipitated Britain's agricultural labour crisis
  
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• Samsung Display to end LCD production

  31-03-2020 07:22 via zdnet.com
  
  It will end LCD production by the end of the year and focus on QD displays instead.
  
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• TPG unveils first Singapore mobile plan touting 50GB data

  31-03-2020 06:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Singapore's fourth telco, TPG Telecom debuts a monthly mobile plan that offers 50GB data and 300 call minutes for SG$10 ($5.66) and doesn't tie subscribers to a service contract.
  
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• Houseparty app offers $1m reward to unmask entity behind hacking smear campaign

  31-03-2020 06:36 via zdnet.com
  
  App maker denies getting hacked after multiple reports in British media.
  
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• NSW Police signs six-year biometric identification deal

  31-03-2020 04:58 via zdnet.com
  
  The tech from Idemia captures criminals' biometric and demographic information.
  
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• Microsoft and Google update the look of form controls in Chromium browsers

  31-03-2020 03:52 via zdnet.com
  
  New look available now in Edge, and coming soon to Chrome.
  
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• How coronavirus is affecting the Taiwanese tech industry

  31-03-2020 02:54 via zdnet.com
  
  Lockdowns hit production, global demand falls, and investors are cautious
  
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