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• AWS brings enterprise search tool Kendra into GA

  11-05-2020 23:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Amazon Kendra uses machine learning to help organizations build better search engines for internal content and documents.
  
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• COVID-19: Let us not forget hopeful news, part five

  11-05-2020 23:08 via zdnet.com
  
  The hopeful news and human creativity continues relentlessly. Read about the latest though shorter (not less) than usual. Watch the videos. The pandemic will pass but the countless episodes of human good will be remembered.
  
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• Cornerstone OnDemand taps former Saba chief Phil Saunders to serve as new CEO

  11-05-2020 22:46 via zdnet.com
  
  Cornerstone also reported its Q1 results, noting that synergies from the Saba acquisition have helped it offset the impact of COVID-19 pandemic headwinds.
  
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• Surface Go 2, IdeaPad Duet offer strong competition for baseline iPad

  11-05-2020 22:05 via zdnet.com
  
  The new offerings leverage mature desktop operating systems to compete on flexibility and value.
  
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• Iran reports failed cyber-attack on Strait of Hormuz port

  11-05-2020 21:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Iranian officials said hackers infiltrated and damaged a small number of computers at the port of Shahid Rajaei in the city of Bandar Abbas.
  
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• Social media accelerates business growth and relevance

  11-05-2020 21:19 via zdnet.com
  
  The most powerful tool for digital marketers is social media. Strong, growing brands use social media to drive all parts of a growing business: Sales, marketing, customer service, and e-commerce.
  
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• Microsoft begins limited preview testing of its Family Safety app for Android and iOS

  11-05-2020 21:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is rolling out a new Family Safety app for mobile devices to a select number of testers that provides screen-time limits, location sharing, driving reports and more.
  
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• CFOs confident in reconfigured work, processes, offices, but employees wary, says PwC survey

  11-05-2020 20:00 via zdnet.com
  
  At a high level, two thirds of CFOs are "very confident" that their company can create a safe workplace, but employees are wary.
  
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• Best website monitoring tools in 2020: New Relic, Pingdom, ManageWP, Logic Monitor, and more

  11-05-2020 18:40 via zdnet.com
  
  No one wants a panicked call or text alerting them that their site is down. Or worse, their site has been hacked. The best way to keep your site up, running, and protected is to constantly monitor it. We present the best tools we've found to keep things on track.
  
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• Package delivery giant Pitney Bowes confirms second ransomware attack in 7 months

  11-05-2020 18:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Pitney Bowes network infected with Maze ransomware, after the company hot hit by the Ryuk gang in October last year.
  
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• Netvue 1080p Vigil security camera hands-on: Superb image, motion detection with cloud storage option

  11-05-2020 17:31 via zdnet.com
  
  I tried the Netvue 1080p Vigil security camera for external surveillance, and I was so impressed with it, I bought two more.
  
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• Chrome users: This is Google Duo's group video chat and it's coming soon

  11-05-2020 16:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Google Duo brings group video calls to the web in Chrome, as Google works to simplify its communications apps.
  
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• Cool Google Sheets tricks

  11-05-2020 16:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Google Sheets has some very powerful tricks up its sleeve
  
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• Extreme Economies: Survival and the future with Richard Davies

  11-05-2020 15:32
  
  Join us for a virtual briefing exploring market resilience and the role of the entrepreneur during a time of economic stress, with Extreme Economies author, Richard Davies – part of the WIRED Foresight series
  
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• Extreme Economies: Exploring resilience with Richard Davies

  11-05-2020 15:32
  
  Join us for a virtual briefing exploring market resilience and the role of the entrepreneur during a time of economic stress, with Extreme Economies author, Richard Davies – part of the WIRED Foresight series
  
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• Programming languages: Python apps might soon be running on Android

  11-05-2020 15:22 via zdnet.com
  
  Python developers push for Python-built applications running on mobile devices, but big obstacles remain.
  
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• Running to the fight: How Verizon brought hospital ship USNS Comfort online to aid NYC COVID-19 response

  11-05-2020 15:04 via zdnet.com
  
  The Comfort had all of the medical equipment necessary to aid in an emergency, but she still needed the technical infrastructure. Verizon teams packed the frontlines to bring hospital ship online.
  
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• How AI and ML are helping first responders

  11-05-2020 15:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Artificial intelligence and machine learning are helping firefighters, police officers, and EMS medics respond to emergencies and save lives.
  
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• Intel, UPenn partner with 29 health organizations to train AI to spot brain tumors

  11-05-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Health and research organizations from around the globe will collaborate on building a robust AI model to identify brain tumors using the privacy-preserving method of federated learning.
  
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• Working from home: Average productivity loss of remote work is 1%

  11-05-2020 14:32 via zdnet.com
  
  A report from research firm Valoir found that the abrupt move to working from home as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has had only had a 1 percent reduction on work productivity. And more than 40 percent of workers would prefer to work remotely full time in the future.
  
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• Zeus Sphinx revamped as coronavirus relief payment attack wave continues

  11-05-2020 14:29 via zdnet.com
  
  The financial malware has been upgraded with new C2 setups and encryption keys.
  
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• The UK’s new lockdown rules are another coronavirus comms mess

  11-05-2020 14:12
  
  The government’s coronavirus communication strategy has been a mess of dodgy briefings, reversals and corrections galore. Yesterday’s performance was the worst yet
  
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• Thunderbolt flaws affect millions of computers – even locking unattended devices won't help

  11-05-2020 13:46 via zdnet.com
  
  Thunderbolt vulnerabilities can let attacker with physical access steal data from memory and encrypted drives.
  
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• Coronavirus: Robot dog enforces social distancing in Singapore park

  11-05-2020 13:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The four-legged robot carries a camera and speaker to play social distancing messages in Singapore.
  
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• This is how much driving has declined during COVID-19

  11-05-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Stay-at-home orders, rampant unemployment, and shuttered businesses and public spaces have nearly obliterated car usage.
  
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• Trump administration holds talks with Intel, TSMC to bring chip tech back to US shores

  11-05-2020 12:41 via zdnet.com
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted how reliant US firms are on the global supply chain.
  
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• Diabetes management: How researchers are looking at new approaches from insulin patches to an artificial pancreas

  11-05-2020 12:15 via zdnet.com
  
  New software and hardware types are just some of the changes that engineers hope could help insulin-using diabetics to manage their condition.
  
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• Data leak, phishing security flaws disclosed in Oracle iPlanet Web Server

  11-05-2020 11:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Security patches will not be issued to fix the problems.
  
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• SoftBank revenue remained stable for FY19 despite WeWork impact

  11-05-2020 10:48 via zdnet.com
  
  It earned ¥4.86 trillion in revenue for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2020.
  
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• Apps and sites to help cope with the stress of lockdown

  11-05-2020 09:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click finds the mental health sites and wellness apps which may help during the pandemic.
  
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• CBA jumps on ANZ, NAB, Westpac-backed Slyp for digital receipts

  11-05-2020 07:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Commonwealth Bank's funding now sees all big four banks have a minority equity stake in Slyp.
  
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• NDIS to implement real-time claims and payments system

  11-05-2020 07:42 via zdnet.com
  
  The agency responsible for Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme is seeking to implement an automated claims and payments process.
  
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• Victoria's Longerenong College to become home to an IoT model farm

  11-05-2020 07:19 via zdnet.com
  
  It will give students and farmers hands-on access to new machinery, sensors, and data.
  
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• This ugly t-shirt makes you invisible to facial recognition tech

  11-05-2020 07:00
  
  Researchers at Northwestern University have developed an adversarial example that works even when printed onto a moving fabric
  
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• The science of colour is upending our relationship with screens

  11-05-2020 07:00
  
  A collaboration between a Cambridge academic and a colour-matching game is helping to explain the interface between humans and screen displays – and has huge implications for our digital future
  
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• How New Zealand put coronavirus on the brink of elimination

  11-05-2020 07:00
  
  The island nation hasn’t recorded any new coronavirus cases since May 4. The secret to its success? Early and aggressive action
  
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• Comms Alliance asks for International Production Orders compliance cost coverage

  11-05-2020 06:45 via zdnet.com
  
  Representing carriers and carriage services providers, the Communications Alliance has also taken issue with the associated contemplated civil penalties of the Bill, saying they do not conform with the intention and spirit of the CLOUD Act.
  
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• Jio slices off more equity for third investor in three weeks

  11-05-2020 06:44 via zdnet.com
  
  A 2.32% equity stake passed off to private equity for ₹11,367 crore.
  
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• Australia's wobbly start to COVIDSafe app transparency

  11-05-2020 06:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Best practice would suggest that making source code available and responding quickly to reported vulnerabilities is a given for government apps, but not yet in Australia.
  
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• Tesla sues Alameda County for not allowing its factory to reopen

  11-05-2020 05:07 via zdnet.com
  
  Elon Musk also threatened to move Tesla operations out of California and into Texas or Nevada.
  
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• Microsoft and Intel project converts malware into images before analyzing it

  11-05-2020 03:40 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft and Intel Labs work on STAMINA, a new deep learning approach for detecting and classifying malware.
  
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• Monash University researchers use AI technology to examine hospital readmissions

  11-05-2020 03:35 via zdnet.com
  
  In hope that it will relieve some pressure off the healthcare system.
  
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• Citizen Lab says non-China registered accounts used to beef up WeChat censorship

  11-05-2020 03:33 via zdnet.com
  
  The research group has found non-China registered accounts are subject to the same content surveillance as China-registered accounts and are used to build up the database WeChat for censorship.
  
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• Australian government releases outline for 5G allocation of 850MHz and 900MHz in 2021

  11-05-2020 03:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Existing users will need to be reallocated spectrum to cater for low-band 5G.
  
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• Want to study online? Here's what I learned after a year of remote learning

  11-05-2020 00:00 via zdnet.com
  
  After 12 months of online study, all I want to see is a live lecture.
  
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