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• COVID-19 pandemic leads to sharp drop in Q1 PC shipments

  13-04-2020 23:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Despite some pockets of demand for notebooks driven by remote employees and e-learning students, the outbreak seriously disrupted both supply and demand, IDC and Gartner report.
  
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• Singapore allows schools to resume Zoom use for home-based learning

  13-04-2020 18:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Country's education ministry is lifting its earlier ban and allowing schools to resume the use of Zoom, with added security measures in place such as restricting some features and centrally managing default security settings.
  
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• Dell releases new tool to detect BIOS attacks

  13-04-2020 18:28 via zdnet.com
  
  Dell makes new tool named SafeBIOS Events & Indicators of Attack available for download for all Dell commercial PCs.
  
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• CFOs plan capex and IT cuts as well as layoffs due to COVID-19, says PwC

  13-04-2020 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  CFOs are increasingly concerned that business as usual will be dramatically different following COVID-19. Various enterprise projects are being shelved to save money.
  
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• Motorola teases flagship phone announcement on April 22

  13-04-2020 16:47 via zdnet.com
  
  It's been a while since we've seen a flagship device from Motorola.
  
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• Nonprofits are the engines of change

  13-04-2020 15:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Nonprofits operate in an increasingly volatile world -- and a rapidly evolving digital landscape. This was true before the pandemic and even more so now. According to a 2020 nonprofit trends report, the demand for more nonprofit programs and services is rising. So what can non-profits do now to be successful? A survey of 725 nonprofit professionals may have some answers.
  
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• Fitbit Charge 4 review: GPS, Fitbit Pay, and Active Zone Minutes make this Fitbit's best band ever

  13-04-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Activity and fitness trackers are usually found in either watch or band form factors. For the first time ever, Fitbit released one of its band form factor devices with integrated GPS and it should satisfy those looking for a tiny form factor with more accurate outdoor fitness tracking.
  
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• Verizon introduces open-source, big data coronavirus search engine

  13-04-2020 14:39 via zdnet.com
  
  So much sickness, so much data, so little time. To help make sense of coronavirus research Verizon Media has created Vespa, an open-source big data search engine.
  
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• Animal Crossing removed from sale in China amid Hong Kong protests

  13-04-2020 12:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The game was pulled by Chinese websites after Hong Kong players posted anti-government content.
  
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• Coronavirus: Raspberry Pi-powered ventilator to be tested in Colombia

  13-04-2020 12:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The design by a man in California will undergo a fast-tracked process in the Latin American country.
  
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• Will the open office die following COVID-19 pandemic?

  13-04-2020 11:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The new normal of work exiting the COVID-19 pandemic may mean the much ballyhooed open office won't be up to snuff. Here are 4 reasons why COVID-19 may nix the open office.
  
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• Coronavirus: Mobile data helps Norway track cases

  13-04-2020 08:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A mobile operator is using anonymised phone location data to help track the virus.
  
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• With sport on lockdown, match-fixers are targeting esports stars

  13-04-2020 07:00
  
  When the live sport stopped, the gambling industry pivoted to esports – but virtual tournaments set up during lockdown are attracting the attention of match-fixers
  
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• The best budget tablets to buy right now

  13-04-2020 07:00
  
  Pick up an Android or Amazon tablet to build into your lockdown education and entertainment schedules
  
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• Our terrible housing stock is making lockdown life even worse

  13-04-2020 07:00
  
  Government restrictions are a breeze if you’ve got a four-bedroom house and a garden. But millions aren’t so lucky, and our awful housing is exacerbating self-isolation
  
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• Coronavirus tracing apps don’t have to kill privacy to be effective

  13-04-2020 07:00
  
  Decentralised tracing apps that use Bluetooth can stop people’s personal information being abused – here’s how
  
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• LG names next flagship phone Velvet

  13-04-2020 02:27 via zdnet.com
  
  Each of LG's upcoming phones will have their own names, and the G and V brands will be dropped
  
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• Facebook comments manifest into real world as neo-luddites torch 5G towers

  13-04-2020 00:00 via zdnet.com
  
  If science says it isn't a thing, and the government backing that up also says it is a conspiracy, then there is a trust deficit that cannot be overcome.
  
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