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• Firefox gets fixes for two zero-days exploited in the wild

  03-04-2020 23:26 via zdnet.com
  
  Mozilla releases Firefox 74.0.1 to patch two bugs exploited by hackers.
  
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• Report: Amazon Prime Day postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic

  03-04-2020 22:08 via zdnet.com
  
  The annual e-commerce event will be pushed back to August, Reuters reports.
  
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• Huawei changes its patent story

  03-04-2020 22:05 via zdnet.com
  
  By opening up its massive patent portfolio to Linux and open-source companies via the Open Invention Network, Huawei shows just how important open patents are to software development. It's also an intellectual property peace offering to the US government and businesses.
  
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• Coronavirus: 'Not smart' memo shows Amazon's union stance

  03-04-2020 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The firm's lawyer says his comments were personal, spoken out of emotional frustration.
  
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• Huawei Mate 30 Pro, hands on: Superb hardware, but Google services are sorely missed

  03-04-2020 16:53 via zdnet.com
  
  As it stands, it's difficult to recommend the Huawei Mate 30 Pro unless you're willing to use workarounds to get Google apps on-board, or are confident that the current software challenges will soon be overcome.
  
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• Coronavirus: Garden centres switch to virtual personal shopping

  03-04-2020 16:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plants are being sold via livestreams, emails and social media as lockdown forces traders to close.
  
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• Got a problem with your Mac? Try these simple troubleshooting steps

  03-04-2020 16:45 via zdnet.com
  
  Got a Mac that's misbehaving and not doing what you expect it to do? Here are some simple things you can try.
  
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• Robots must teach humans about love, says world's most famous robot

  03-04-2020 16:13 via zdnet.com
  
  For the world's future, robots must show more hope and compassion than humans. So says Sophia the celebrity robot.
  
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• The next year under coronavirus

  03-04-2020 16:10
  
  The next year under coronavirus, the takeaway food conundrum and we delve into the zoom privacy fears
  
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• Zoom 'unsuitable' for government secrets, researchers say

  03-04-2020 15:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The meeting app used by Cabinet has odd encryption and sends data through China, researchers say.
  
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• Web skimming attacks not expected to intensify during COVID-19 quarantines

  03-04-2020 15:19 via zdnet.com
  
  Contrary to popular belief.
  
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• Ransomware and DDoS attacks: Cybercrooks are stepping up their activities in the midst of coronavirus

  03-04-2020 14:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Crooks are taking advantage of this 'surreal situation' to increase pressure warns law enforcement agency.
  
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• Microsoft: How one Emotet infection took out this organization's entire network

  03-04-2020 14:27 via zdnet.com
  
  An Emotet victim's IT disaster shows why organizations should filter internal emails and use two-factor authentication.
  
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• These hidden cache files are bloating your Google Chrome

  03-04-2020 14:06 via zdnet.com
  
  Google Chrome could be storing a hundred thousand cached files on your computer, and it doesn't give you a way to delete them.
  
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• Researchers propose method to track coronavirus through smartphones while protecting privacy

  03-04-2020 13:14 via zdnet.com
  
  The concept itself is quite simple but could be invaluable in shielding the general public from privacy violations.
  
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• Apple's new phone: iPhone SE/iPhone 9 said to come with up to 256GB storage

  03-04-2020 13:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple's 2020 iPhone SE launch is imminent, reports suggest.
  
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• Remote construction workers? This is the Zoom of the building sector

  03-04-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Automation is coming to the job site. So is remote work.
  
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• Google's new coronavirus update: Location data reveals impact on people's habits in your area

  03-04-2020 12:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Google releases global movement trends to help in the response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• How to download the latest issue of WIRED for free

  03-04-2020 11:39
  
  We're giving away free copies of WIRED's digital edition. Just follow these steps to get your copy
  
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• Google to close local information, connection app Neighbourly

  03-04-2020 11:21 via zdnet.com
  
  The app has not proven to be as popular as Google would have wished.
  
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• The robot car enforcing lockdown and other news

  03-04-2020 08:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Omar Mehtab looks at the best of the week's technology stories.
  
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• Coronavirus: Google reveals travel habits during the pandemic

  03-04-2020 08:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It will regularly provide updates as to what types of places people are going to during the outbreak.
  
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• Human rights groups warn governments of privacy laws when tracking COVID-19

  03-04-2020 08:02 via zdnet.com
  
  110 organisations have set out eight conditions proposed for governments worldwide to adhere to if they are using surveillance technology to combat the pandemic.
  
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• Why modelling can’t tell us when the UK’s lockdown will end

  03-04-2020 08:00
  
  Outbreak modelling has been a crucial part of shaping the government’s Covid-19 response, but every model is riddled with uncertainties
  
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• The coronavirus pandemic will break globalisation

  03-04-2020 08:00
  
  Your iPhone made in Shenzen – good. Your face mask also made in Shenzen – bad
  
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• Coronavirus has created a sex toy boom. A baby boom may not follow

  03-04-2020 08:00
  
  Self-isolating couples are purchasing sex toys and condoms by the bucketload, and activity on dating apps is shooting up too – but will all this extra activity create a post-pandemic baby boom?
  
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• Robot brings Hastings gallery art into people's homes

  03-04-2020 07:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Hastings Contemporary is offering virtual tours during the coronavirus lockdown.
  
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• A hacker has wiped, defaced more than 15,000 Elasticsearch servers

  03-04-2020 06:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Hacker tries to pin the blame on Night Lion Securty, a US cyber-security firm.
  
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• Aussie law enforcement integrity body wants International Production Orders Bill

  03-04-2020 04:44 via zdnet.com
  
  It doesn't really use the current method for obtaining foreign assistance in law enforcement prosecution, but it would use the new one.
  
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• Pluralsight makes entire library of courses free for April

  03-04-2020 04:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Available to any new account created during April.
  
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• Australian Privacy Foundation labels CLOUD Act-readying Bill as 'deeply flawed'

  03-04-2020 03:37 via zdnet.com
  
  The foundation also called the Telecommunications International Production Orders Bill a 'manifestation of a drip by drip erosion of privacy protection in the absence of a justiciable constitutionally-enshrined right to privacy in accord with international human rights frameworks'.
  
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• Hacking forum gets hacked for the second time in a year

  03-04-2020 03:04 via zdnet.com
  
  Forum where hackers sold and bought hacked accounts gets hacked itself.
  
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• Sony establishes $100m global relief fund to support COVID-19 affected individuals

  03-04-2020 02:56 via zdnet.com
  
  This includes frontline medical workers, children and educators, and those in the entertainment industry.
  
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• Mastercard ups contactless payment limit to AU$200

  03-04-2020 01:38 via zdnet.com
  
  Further reducing the need to touch a terminal in an effort to help battle the spread of COVID-19.
  
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• Coronavirus threatens the next generation of smartphones

  03-04-2020 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The latest smartphones might be delayed due to disrupted supply chains and shoppers staying at home.
  
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• Lack of commute sees early evening throughput on NBN increase by 30%

  03-04-2020 00:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Peak data during business hours is up by one-fifth and the 9 pm peak has increased by one-quarter.
  
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• Lack of commute sees early evening speeds on NBN increase by 30%

  03-04-2020 00:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Peak data during business hours is up by one-fifth and the 9 pm peak has increased by one-quarter.
  
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