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• Are online volunteers taking work from hard-up freelancers?

  15-05-2020 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Furloughed workers are offering their skills for free, but some freelancers are taking issue with the trend.
  
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• Facebook buys GIF-maker Giphy to add to Instagram team

  15-05-2020 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Giphy will join Instagram's team and its library will be integrated into Facebook's platforms
  
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• Vantrue OnDash N4 dash cam hands-on: Three-channel camera with great all-round vision

  15-05-2020 22:47 via zdnet.com
  
  The OnDash N4 dash cam is a very impressive camera for your car with superb night vision features.
  
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• Enter to win a NordVPN subscription*

  15-05-2020 22:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Ten grand prize winners will upgrade their virtual security with one-year subscriptions of NordVPN. *Open to the US, Puerto Rico, and Canada (excluding Quebec).
  
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• Data privacy awareness grows in Brazil

  15-05-2020 21:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Users want more control over how their information is handled in digital platforms, according to a new study
  
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• Ransomware gang asks $42m from NY law firm, threatens to leak dirt on Trump

  15-05-2020 21:13 via zdnet.com
  
  The REvil ransomware gang published last night 2.4 GB of Lady Gaga's legal documents.
  
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• iPad Pro users: If your Magic Keyboard's battery is draining fast, try this

  15-05-2020 19:25 via zdnet.com
  
  It shouldn't come as a surprise that the Magic Keyboard causes some iPad Pro battery drain, but how much is too much?
  
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• Disney forces explicit Club Penguin clones offline

  15-05-2020 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Children were sent sexual, racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic messages, a BBC investigation finds.
  
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• Coronavirus: Film piracy streaming trebles in lockdown

  15-05-2020 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lockdown has seen a big rise in piracy, the UK's intellectual property protection group says.
  
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• Alt Tabs: How Google and Microsoft are cleaning up crowded browsers

  15-05-2020 19:03 via zdnet.com
  
  We've reached a point where websites could use a little social distancing.
  
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• Best cheap Windows 10 laptops for $350 or less in 2020: ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, and more

  15-05-2020 18:50 via zdnet.com
  
  Looking for a new laptop that won't break the bank? Here are a selection from a variety of manufacturers, with prices starting at only $230. All laptops are new, not refurbished, and available to purchase today.
  
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• Best gifts for graduates in 2020: Top tech gifts and subscriptions for students

  15-05-2020 18:16 via zdnet.com
  
  Here is our roundup for the best gadgets, devices, and services that the student or graduate in your life will love.
  
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• Best gifts for graduates in 2020: Top tech gifts and online subscriptions for students

  15-05-2020 18:16 via zdnet.com
  
  Here is our roundup for the best gadgets, devices, and services that the student or graduate in your life will love.
  
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• Best Father's Day 2020 gifts: Top online tech subscriptions for dad

  15-05-2020 18:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Get your dad a gift this Father's Day that will last him the whole year. Here are a selection of online services and subscriptions that he can enjoy over the coming 12 months.
  
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• Facebook acquires Giphy to make GIFs easier on Instagram

  15-05-2020 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Giphy is expected to retain its own branding and its APIs and GIF database will remain openly available to a wider ecosystem.
  
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• Digital transformation: Legacy technology, lack of skills and funding are holding back NHS plans

  15-05-2020 17:57 via zdnet.com
  
  A lack of funding, complex technical landscape and confused messages from the center means the NHS is struggling to meet its digital transformation targets, a report from the National Audit Office has concluded.
  
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• Google spotlights more suspected Oculus VR gadget-scam ads

  15-05-2020 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some large ads at the top of its results were for sites it now believes were stealing users' cash.
  
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• Windows 10 installer files too big for USB flash drive? Here's the fix

  15-05-2020 16:58 via zdnet.com
  
  If you've downloaded the latest Windows 10 version using a Visual Studio (formerly MSDN) subscription, you might run into this annoying error. Here's how to work around it.
  
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• Buy the laptop best for you: Windows 10 or MacOS, plus 10 more things to consider

  15-05-2020 16:40 via zdnet.com
  
  If you've gone shopping for a portable PC lately, you know that the sheer number of choices can be overwhelming. How do you narrow your options? Use my checklist to assemble the specs that match your preferences.
  
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• SUSE: The time for major tech change is now

  15-05-2020 15:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Even before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Linux and cloud company SUSE found in a survey that tech leaders were planning on dumping the old for new in their technology stacks.
  
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• The biggest change in how you use your iPhone is coming -- and you're either going to hate it or not care

  15-05-2020 15:28 via zdnet.com
  
  Headphone jack is gone, physical buttons are on the way out. But there's another change coming that will radically change the way we use our iPhones.
  
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• Hackers preparing to launch ransomware attacks against hospitals arrested in Romania

  15-05-2020 15:22 via zdnet.com
  
  Hackers were planning to use COVID-19-themed emails to infect Romanian hospitals with ransomware and disrupt operations.
  
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• Apple tipped to launch cheaper 10.8-inch iPad – but no glasses until 2022 at the earliest

  15-05-2020 14:58 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple could be giving its next iPad a bigger, 10.8-inch screen and upsizing the iPad mini too.
  
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• Top Android smartphones: These are the best-selling phones in the 'post-premium era'

  15-05-2020 14:20 via zdnet.com
  
  The pandemic is helping usher in Android's post-premium era, with phones from Samsung and Xiaomi leading sales.
  
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• Pandemic effect: How do consumers feel about AI right now?

  15-05-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A broadening case for major shifts underway in how customers perceive automation technologies.
  
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• Facebook's Zoom rival: Messenger Rooms rolls out with video chat for 50 people

  15-05-2020 12:54 via zdnet.com
  
  Facebook's Messenger Rooms group video-calling feature is now available in North America and Mexico.
  
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• The WIRED podcast pub quiz

  15-05-2020 12:34
  
  Coming up today: the first ever WIRED podcast pub quiz. Fun not guaranteed.
  
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• Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020) review: New processors and new keyboard enhance Apple's lightweight business laptop

  15-05-2020 11:36 via zdnet.com
  
  This year's update may not be an essential upgrade for owners of more recent models, but it ensures that the 13-inch MacBook Pro continues to offer an attractive, portable design and strong performance for business users.
  
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• Hackers target the air-gapped networks of the Taiwanese and Philippine military

  15-05-2020 11:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Third state-sponsored malware strain disclosed this week that can jump the air gap and reach isolated networks.
  
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• Mikroceen RAT backdoors Asian government networks in new attack wave

  15-05-2020 11:19 via zdnet.com
  
  The backdoor paved the way for the deployment of other malware including Gh0st RAT.
  
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• Vollebak’s Full Metal Jacket is the virus-killing coat of the future

  15-05-2020 10:25
  
  Woven with more than 11 kilometres of copper thread, this jacket could theoretically kill coronavirus
  
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• This new, unusual Trojan promises victims COVID-19 tax relief

  15-05-2020 10:10 via zdnet.com
  
  QNodeService’s codebase may have helped it avoid detection by traditional antivirus solutions.
  
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• TSMC to drop $12 billion on Arizona plant

  15-05-2020 08:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Chip-maker agrees to move high-tech production closer to important customers.
  
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• Facebook to build a subsea cable to improve connectivity in Africa

  15-05-2020 07:47 via zdnet.com
  
  Cable length to almost equal the circumference of the earth.
  
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• A passenger drone hotel and other technology news

  15-05-2020 07:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Jen Copestake looks at some of the best technology news stories.
  
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• Verizon Australia sees 2019 revenue up while profit slides

  15-05-2020 07:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Higher expenses and no foreign exchange windfall undo revenue gains in 2019.
  
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• The next decade of Apple design has nothing to do with the iPhone

  15-05-2020 07:00
  
  Jony Ive's gone. Now Apple faces a decade of huge design challenges. Can it create new desirable products instead of trading on former glories?
  
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• How Uber plans to swerve its way out of the coronavirus crisis

  15-05-2020 07:00
  
  Coronavirus caused the ride-hailing dream to fall apart. Uber has switched up its strategy to survive
  
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• Apple acquires virtual reality startup NextVR

  15-05-2020 06:05 via zdnet.com
  
  The VR startup had previously worked with sporting leagues like the NBA and NFL to broadcast events.
  
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• Sony develops first image sensor combined with AI chip

  15-05-2020 05:46 via zdnet.com
  
  The embedded logic chip will allow users to write their own AI models according to their requirements.
  
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• A majority of Australian public pathology labs now uploading results to My Health Record

  15-05-2020 05:10 via zdnet.com
  
  Australian Digital Health Agency says nearly 43 million pathology reports have been uploaded to system.
  
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• Google Australia slugged with AU$51 million income tax adjustment

  15-05-2020 03:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Higher revenue for 2019 fiscal year wiped out by higher expenses and income tax payments.
  
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• Grand Theft Auto free download crashes Epic Games store

  15-05-2020 02:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Within minutes of the offer going live the website began experiencing glitches.
  
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• Singapore's Temasek joins Facebook's Libra project

  15-05-2020 02:47 via zdnet.com
  
  San Francisco-based firms Paradigm and Slow Ventures have also been named as new members.
  
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• Singapore's Temasek joins Facebook-backed Libra project

  15-05-2020 02:47 via zdnet.com
  
  San Francisco-based firms Paradigm and Slow Ventures have also been named as new members.
  
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• Aarogya Setu: Why India's Covid-19 contact tracing app is controversial

  15-05-2020 01:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aarogya Setu, India's contact tracing app, has crossed 100 million downloads, but has raised concerns.
  
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• How coronavirus is changing NHS technology

  15-05-2020 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hospitals across the UK have been making improvements to their technology in response to Covid-19.
  
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• UK electricity middleman hit by cyber-attack

  15-05-2020 00:12 via zdnet.com
  
  Elexon said the incident only impacted its internal IT network, employee laptops, and company email server.
  
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