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• Microsoft rolls out Windows 10 2004 release preview ahead of expected May release to mainstream users

  16-04-2020 23:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is in the final stretch of testing Windows 10 2004, also officially known as of today, as the May Update. If all goes well, OEMs and developers will get the final code late this month and mainstream users, in May.
  
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• The internet is hanging in there despite the coronavirus

  16-04-2020 22:14 via zdnet.com
  
  There are a lot of things going wrong thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, but the internet itself is still right as rain.
  
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• Coronavirus: MPs and peers to quiz ministers via video conferencing

  16-04-2020 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MPs and peers plan to take part in some parliamentary business via video link.
  
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• Facebook cancels large events through June 2021

  16-04-2020 21:37 via zdnet.com
  
  Additionally, the vast majority of Facebook's workforce will continue working from home at least through the end of May.
  
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• Global Shopping Index report: E-commerce demand grew sharply in Q1 2020

  16-04-2020 21:33 via zdnet.com
  
  The Salesforce​ Q1 2020 Shopping Index uncovers the true shopping story by analyzing the activity of more than one billion shoppers across more than 34 countries​, with a focus on key 10 markets. This battery of benchmarks provides a deep look into the last nine quarters and the current state of digital commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic. The index reveals the explosive growth of e-commerce across all geographies and key industries.
  
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• Google to Gmail users: Coronavirus phishing is targeting you. This is how we hit back

  16-04-2020 21:00 via zdnet.com
  
  But pandemic means you now can't enroll in Google's Gmail anti-phishing program using a smartphone's security key.
  
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• COVID-19 opportunity: Developers, stay home and clean up your code

  16-04-2020 20:54 via zdnet.com
  
  Code streamlining and cleanup is something every single app developer and the platforms themselves should be focusing on this year.
  
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• AWS updates Snowball edge devices with refreshed hardware, new services

  16-04-2020 19:58 via zdnet.com
  
  In addition to refreshed Snowball Edge devices, AWS is introducing a new Snowball management platform, new IAM capabilities and support for task automation.
  
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• Linksys asks users to reset passwords after hackers hijacked home routers last month

  16-04-2020 18:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Linksys locks Smart WiFi cloud accounts and asks users to reset passwords after hackers hijacked routers to redirect traffic to malware sites.
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy S10 Lite, Tab S6 Lite go on sale tomorrow

  16-04-2020 18:38 via zdnet.com
  
  But we're struggling to figure out how the S10 Lite makes sense in Samsung's lineup.
  
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• Coronavirus: Facebook alters virus policy after damning misinformation report

  16-04-2020 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An independent report brands the platform 'an epicentre of coronavirus misinformation'.
  
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• The completely counter-intuitive way of deleting a device from Logitech Options

  16-04-2020 17:57 via zdnet.com
  
  We mock what we love. In this case, we're showing you how to solve a nagging problem with Logitech devices while at the same time mocking a glaring UI blind spot in the company's configuration control panel.
  
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• Rolls Royce, Google Cloud, IBM, others partner to model COVID-19 economic recovery, return to work

  16-04-2020 16:39 via zdnet.com
  
  The group, called Emer2gent, brings together multiple analytics technologies and experts to figure out ways to support business and government efforts to recover.
  
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• Selena Gomez sues fashion game for 'using face'

  16-04-2020 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The chart-topping singer says the makers of a smartphone game used her likeness without permission.
  
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• Facing the crisis with the human spirit: Science and our good nature

  16-04-2020 16:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Throughout history, humanity has been hit with global crises -- among them pandemics including the current one, the Spanish Flu, and even the Black Death in the 14th century. Humanity has always not only beaten these crises but flourished despite them and even at times because of them. Sometimes it's helpful to remember when we were doing innovative things, which is why, once again, I bring you 13th-century innovation and science via Roger Bacon. It's worth being inspired in these times.
  
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• Microsoft subtly sticks the knife into Zoom

  16-04-2020 15:43 via zdnet.com
  
  A new ad for Microsoft Teams presents a perfectly sly attempt to differentiate it from privacy-challenged Zoom.
  
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• Verizon to buy videoconferencing software company BlueJeans

  16-04-2020 15:40 via zdnet.com
  
  Verizon said BlueJeans will become part of Verizon Business and be "deeply integrated" into its 5G product roadmap.
  
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• Kernel vulnerabilities in Android devices using Qualcomm chips explored

  16-04-2020 15:38 via zdnet.com
  
  The security flaws that allowed attackers to achieve root capabilities on handsets have now been described in detail.
  
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• Moto G Stylus gives note takers on a budget a good option

  16-04-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Motorola's Moto G Stylus provides a nice balance of features and price and may find an audience among those that like a stylus with the smartphone.
  
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• ICEBUCKET group mimicked smart TVs to steal ad money

  16-04-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  White Ops: The ICEBUCKET operation is the largest case of SSAI spoofing that has been uncovered to date.
  
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• New to Windows 10: Picking default apps for file types is about to get easier

  16-04-2020 14:45 via zdnet.com
  
  The latest Windows 10 preview shows that the default apps experience on Windows 10 is set for a major improvement.
  
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• How Apple built a cheap iPhone SE

  16-04-2020 14:07 via zdnet.com
  
  It's all down to carefully reusing parts and technologies, and keeping the design as simple as possible.
  
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• TikTok bans under-16s from private messaging

  16-04-2020 14:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The hugely popular app is stopping under-16s from sending or receiving direct messages.
  
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• To keep their Curiosity Rover exploring Mars, NASA's team has switched to remote working

  16-04-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The Curiosity team may operate a rover on Mars, but it didn't let a lockdown come in the way of its daily activities.
  
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• The ultimate in remote working: Controlling the Mars Curiosity Rover, from home

  16-04-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The Curiosity team may operate a rover on Mars, but it didn't let a lockdown come in the way of its daily activities.
  
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• SentinelOne researcher trolled in new MBRLocker ransomware campaign

  16-04-2020 13:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Malware was released using the researcher’s name as author, alongside his contact details.
  
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• Qualcomm debuts new NB2 IoT chipset for low-power devices in the field

  16-04-2020 13:30 via zdnet.com
  
  The new design is intended for devices that need to operate for 15 years or more.
  
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• OnePlus 8 Pro review: A top-quality 2020 flagship phone

  16-04-2020 13:28 via zdnet.com
  
  Great performance, fast wireless charging, waterproofing and a 120Hz screen are standout features of OnePlus's new top-end handset.
  
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• Coronavirus: NHS contact tracing app to target 80% of smartphone users

  16-04-2020 13:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A vast majority of smartphone owners must install the app, if it is to end the coronavirus epidemic.
  
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• A sector soars: Online grocery shopping numbers are officially crazy

  16-04-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The growth we're seeing was supposed to happen over four years, not two weeks.
  
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• Coronavirus: Cisco wanted to delay patch for critical flaw in phone used by doctors

  16-04-2020 12:47 via zdnet.com
  
  Even coordinated disclosure of security vulnerabilities has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Zoom to revamp bug bounty program, bring in more security experts

  16-04-2020 12:11 via zdnet.com
  Zoom brings in Luta Security to reboot bug bounty program.
  
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• An obscure logistics firm (and Bono) are fixing the PPE crisis

  16-04-2020 11:13
  
  Want to get PPE from China to the world in just two weeks? You’ll need some expertise. And Bono
  
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• An Irish entrepreneur (and Bono) are fixing the PPE crisis

  16-04-2020 11:13
  
  Want to get PPE from China to the world in just two weeks? You’ll need some expertise. And Bono
  
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• Zoom-bombing disrupted a House Oversight Committee meeting

  16-04-2020 11:04 via zdnet.com
  
  Zoom-bombing has now disrupted a meeting at the highest level of the US government.
  
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• Google bins Family section of Play Store for new teacher-approved Kids area

  16-04-2020 08:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Search giant will use 'specially trained teachers' in the US to populate a new Kids area in its Play Store.
  
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• Queensland government to kick off talks with food delivery services about fees

  16-04-2020 08:00 via zdnet.com
  
  In a move to alleviate the financial burden on cafes and restaurants.
  
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• Why everyone should be using Signal instead of WhatsApp

  16-04-2020 07:00
  
  The Signal protocol underpins WhatsApp's encryption, but Facebook's ubiquitous messaging service doesn't hold a candle to Signal itself
  
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• The blood of coronavirus survivors could help tackle the pandemic

  16-04-2020 07:00
  
  Early studies suggest that blood plasma from coronavirus survivors could help reduce the severity of the disease. Now health authorities are racing to put this to the test
  
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• Devs is the weird TV sci-fi romp you need in your life right now

  16-04-2020 07:00
  
  In Devs, technology is treated with an almost religious fervour – it's a mistake we're all guilty of making in real life
  
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• BT goes with Ericsson for 5G core

  16-04-2020 06:50 via zdnet.com
  
  Banned from using Huawei, BT has chosen the Swedish carrier equipment provider for the core of its 5G network.
  
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• WA corruption body concerned with middleman process in production orders Bill

  16-04-2020 06:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Corruption and Crime Commission Western Australia takes issue with the Attorney General's department acting as a middleman in receiving requested communications and passing them on.
  
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• StarHub to be investigated for two service disruptions lasting hours

  16-04-2020 06:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Telco attributes the broadband service disruptions to equipment failure involving a DNS that handles internet traffic routing, but is unlikely the result of a cyber attack, and says services have been fully restored--hours after its customers, most of whom have been working from home amidst a COVID-19 lockdown, experience "intermittent disruption".
  
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• Regional NSW hospital trials remote monitoring technology on COVID-19 patients

  16-04-2020 05:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Developed by a University of New England professor, the units are designed to monitor the vitals of patients while they recover at home.
  
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• Australia's COVID-19 trace tracking app still 'weeks away'

  16-04-2020 04:31 via zdnet.com
  
  Minister Stuart Robert said the app is not surveillance and it is just digitally replicating a manual tracing process.
  
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• UNSW touts 'hot qubits' as breaking practical quantum computing constraints

  16-04-2020 04:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Researchers have published a proof of concept they say promises warmer, cheaper, and more robust quantum computing.
  
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• Salesforce, Tencent, ANZ back Airwallex in $160m round

  16-04-2020 02:59 via zdnet.com
  
  The startup is looking to spend the cash on global growth and will explore potential acquisitions in the payments space.
  
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• Seek reveals total Australian IT job ads dipped by a third during coronavirus pandemic

  16-04-2020 02:36 via zdnet.com
  
  The sector was a leading contributor to the decline in overall job ads in March.
  
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• Samsung taps Xilinx's Versal adaptive compute platform for commercial 5G deployments

  16-04-2020 02:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Xilinx said its adaptive compute systems will help strengthen Samsung's signal processing performance for 5G.
  
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• Wappalyzer discloses security breach after hacker starts emailing users

  16-04-2020 00:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Wappalyzer tells ZDNet that only 16,000 users have been impacted in the incident.
  
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