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• SAP notifying 9% of customers about security bugs in some cloud products

  05-05-2020 23:50 via zdnet.com
  
  SAP says an internal security review found issues with seven of its cloud products.
  
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• SAP notifying 9% of customers about mysterious cloud products security holes

  05-05-2020 23:50 via zdnet.com
  
  SAP says an internal security review found issues with seven of its cloud products.
  
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• Motorola Razr deal: Buy one foldable Razr, get a second free

  05-05-2020 22:57 via zdnet.com
  
  Get it now while supplies last!
  
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• IBM Cloud Satellite brings IBM public cloud on premises

  05-05-2020 22:44 via zdnet.com
  
  The newest addition to the IBM’s stable of hybrid cloud offerings provides a private cloud extension to IBM’s Public Cloud.
  
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• Arista Networks beats Q1 expectations, guidance light

  05-05-2020 22:38 via zdnet.com
  
  The networking player reported a steep decline in year-over-year revenue.
  
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• Accenture acquires Callisto Integration for digital manufacturing services

  05-05-2020 22:09 via zdnet.com
  
  This is Accenture's third recent acquisition related to digital manufacturing
  
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• Apple Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro review: More productivity, but at a price

  05-05-2020 20:58 via zdnet.com
  
  A couple of weeks of use later, and Apple's Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro has become one of my favorite iPad accessories ever.
  
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• A hacker group tried to hijack 900,000 WordPress sites over the last week

  05-05-2020 20:27 via zdnet.com
  
  Massive hacking operations causes a 30 times spike in bad traffic.
  
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• Microsoft helps launch study to map COVID-19 immune response

  05-05-2020 19:56 via zdnet.com
  
  The aim of the study, launched in partnership with Adaptive Biotechnologies, is to help create an immune scan that could be used to help reopen society.
  
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• Wayfair's Q1 shines as it hits 21.1 million active customers as e-commerce surges for home goods

  05-05-2020 18:55 via zdnet.com
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders drove demand for the online furniture retailer.
  
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• Dremio introduces AWS version, new features for cloud data lakes

  05-05-2020 18:28 via zdnet.com
  
  Data lake query specialist Dremio introduces a new version for Amazon Web Services, along with new features to manage billable cloud resources and streamline provisioning.
  
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• IBM CEO Krishna: Every company will be an AI company

  05-05-2020 18:17 via zdnet.com
  
  IBM CEO Arvind Krishna laid out how he wants a more entrepreneurial culture to help customers meet their cloud, digital transformation and AI objectives.
  
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• Apple's WWDC 2020 kicks off June 22 as an online-only event

  05-05-2020 18:08 via zdnet.com
  
  We now know when we'll see iOS 14, iPadOS 14, WatchOS 7, and MacOS 10.16.
  
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• Microsoft to hackers: Break our Azure Sphere Linux IoT OS and earn up to $100k

  05-05-2020 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft puts up a $100,000 bounty for critical bugs affecting its Linux-based OS for Azure Sphere.
  
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• Security warning: State-backed hackers are trying to steal coronavirus research

  05-05-2020 16:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Joint warning from UK National Cyber Security Centre and US Department of Homeland Security warns cyber attackers are actively targeting healthcare with a variety of hacking tricks.
  
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• Survey: Most US employees are uncomfortable returning to the workplace as restrictions ease

  05-05-2020 16:35 via zdnet.com
  
  Qualtrics surveyed more than 2,000 employed Americans about how confident they felt returning to office-based work and visiting public establishments.
  
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• Europol arrests hackers behind Infinity Black hacker group

  05-05-2020 16:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Polish police arrests five hackers for selling stolen user credentials and hacking tools.
  
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• Will I keep Apple's new Magic Keyboard?

  05-05-2020 15:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Part II of my Magic Keyboard review. A couple of flaws may get me to send it back. TL:DR: I give Apple a B. Here's why.
  
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• A Gmail for databases: CockroachDB aims for the top, stocks up with $86.6M new funding

  05-05-2020 15:46 via zdnet.com
  
  Stay-at-home means more remote work and more online business globally. Global business online means a global database makes more sense, and Cockroach DB is making a play for a bigger piece of a growing pie
  
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• Apple’s iPhone SE isn’t popular because it’s cheap (says Tim Cook)

  05-05-2020 15:36 via zdnet.com
  
  Listen to the Apple CEO's words and he's got some very interesting theories about Apple's new (relatively) compact and inexpensive iPhone.
  
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• There’s a big row brewing over the NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app

  05-05-2020 15:30
  
  For the government, it could help to keep coronavirus in check. For users, it raises concerns about privacy and mission creep
  
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• Coronavirus: How will you commute to work after lockdown?

  05-05-2020 15:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Interest in finding an alternative to public transport is growing as people think about returning to the office.
  
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• Splunk forges integration pact with Google Cloud

  05-05-2020 15:01 via zdnet.com
  
  The Splunk on Google Cloud offering expands on the company's existing partnership with Amazon Web Services, which integrates Splunk Cloud with a bevy of key AWS services.
  
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• The Firefox password manager now tells you when you use leaked passwords

  05-05-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The Firefox password manager also tells you when a website has suffered a security breach.
  
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• Elon Musk homes reportedly for sale after vow to sell possessions

  05-05-2020 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Tesla boss is reportedly selling homes after saying "possessions weigh you down".
  
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• Latvian drone fuelled for days goes missing, restricting airspace

  05-05-2020 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Latvian UAV was fuelled for four days of flight before operators lost track of it.
  
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• Microsoft Teams' new feature: Group chat jumps from 100 to 250 people

  05-05-2020 14:06 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft beefs up chat features in Microsoft Teams to take on rivals like Zoom and Google Meet.
  
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• Lenovo expands ThinkSystem server portfolio

  05-05-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The new servers, powered by AMD Epyc processors are part of Lenovo's larger effort to ramp up its data center business.
  
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• HP launches Chromebook trio, thin client and ThinGo USB stick for remote work

  05-05-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  HP launched three new enterprise Chromebooks and two thin-client products as it aims to ride the remote work wave into the new normal.
  
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• Enterprises throw money at cybersecurity but half of attacks are still a success

  05-05-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Mandiant says that intrusions, policy evasion, and reconnaissance are commonplace in today's enterprise environments.
  
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• Best Mother's Day 2020 gifts: Tech and gadgets for mom

  05-05-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Gift ideas for moms, guardians, and non-binary parents.
  
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• Best aerial photography drones for business in 2020: DJI, Freefly, Skydio, and more

  05-05-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A lineup of aerial hardware stacks to fit a variety of enterprise photography and video use cases.
  
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• Wayfair's Q1 shines as it hits 21.1 million active customers

  05-05-2020 13:46 via zdnet.com
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders drove demand for the online furniture retailer.
  
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• CIOs vs suppliers: Time for a new approach to tech projects

  05-05-2020 13:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Tech chiefs have learned a great deal from working with vendors at a time of crisis – and where suppliers have stepped up to the plate, the result could be much stronger partnerships in the future.
  
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• Windows 10 and macOS: Here are the six apps I install first

  05-05-2020 13:29 via zdnet.com
  
  Here are the six apps I install first, whether I'm setting up a Windows 10 PC or a Mac.
  
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• The UK’s coronavirus tracing app: everything you need to know

  05-05-2020 13:21 via zdnet.com
  
  The UK government hopes the app will provide some of the necessary data for accurately tracking COVID-19.
  
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• German authorities charge Russian hacker for 2015 Bundestag hack

  05-05-2020 13:06 via zdnet.com
  
  The same hacker was previously charged in the US in 2018 for hacking the DNC and WADA.
  
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• Bois Locker Room: Indian teens' lewd Instagram group causes outrage

  05-05-2020 12:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 15-year-old boy is detained in connection with a group that shared images of underage girls.
  
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• Free Windows 10, Linux, macOS open-source graphics editor: Inkscape 1.0 is out

  05-05-2020 12:24 via zdnet.com
  
  The Inkscape project's version 1.0 of the free and open-source vector graphics editor is packed with new features.
  
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• The (not-so-secret recipe) for a commercial drone revolution

  05-05-2020 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Commercial drones will never take hold if the industry remains fragmented.
  
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• Home Affairs says US CLOUD Act will not be able to penetrate Hunt COVIDSafe directive

  05-05-2020 11:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Secretary of Home Affairs Mike Pezzullo says COVIDSafe data has some of the most complete legal protections he has seen in his career.
  
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• PewDiePie signs exclusive live-streaming deal with YouTube

  05-05-2020 11:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  YouTube's biggest star will stream on the platform again, after defecting to a rival in 2019.
  
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• Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann sues SoftBank over withdrawn tender offer

  05-05-2020 10:46 via zdnet.com
  
  Neumann was set to reap the financial rewards of SoftBank’s rescue package.
  
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• Australian Chief Medical Officer says work will be different post-COVID

  05-05-2020 10:18 via zdnet.com
  
  Hot desking will be different, and so will start and finish times.
  
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• Life inside the UK's first 'TikTok house'

  05-05-2020 10:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  These six creators moved in together to make viral TikTok videos.
  
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• Couples get married in virtual wedding ceremonies

  05-05-2020 08:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Video calling technology is helping people share their special day with others during lockdown.
  
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• IGIS highlights out of date thresholds for ASIO in International Production Orders Bill

  05-05-2020 08:22 via zdnet.com
  
  The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security has concerns that the International Production Orders Bill would give Australia's spy agency powers that are a decade old and potentially unaligned with the current level of privacy intrusion involved for accessing telco data.
  
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• Ninja Van secures $279M in new funds amidst COVID-19 online buying frenzy

  05-05-2020 08:10 via zdnet.com
  
  Singapore-base logistics services operator raises $279 million in its Series D round, which pulled in new and existing investors such as B Capital, Grab, Monk's Hill Ventures, and GeoPost.
  
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• NSW Transport automates pedestrian signals at coronavirus testing clinics

  05-05-2020 07:45 via zdnet.com
  
  Pedestrians no longer have to push the "call" button to activate signal crossings.
  
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• This is what a return to the office will be like when the lockdown lifts

  05-05-2020 07:00
  
  The UK government has shared rules that will allow offices to reopen under new coronavirus guidelines. Will they work?
  
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