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• Powerbeats Pro will come in four bright new colors June 9

  29-05-2020 21:36 via zdnet.com
  
  Powerbeats Pro offer all of the same features as AirPods, just in a different form factor and with fitness in mind.
  
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• How to defeat average during times of uncertainty

  29-05-2020 20:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Learning from challenges in some of the toughest deserts in the world, an ultra marathoner and high endurance athlete teaches us to embrace adversity and uncertainty, and to come out on the other side mentally stronger and resilient.
  
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• Your weird coronavirus summer holidays

  29-05-2020 18:09
  
  The case for infecting healthy people with coronavirus, a big week for SpaceX and we explain how weird your summer holidays are going to be.
  
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• COVID-19 didn’t break your business. Data did.

  29-05-2020 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The post-COVID-19 world is a data-driven world. Capturing all the data, in all its forms and formats, whether enterprises know they need it or not, is the new normal to survive.
  
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• Social distancing: Google's new tool lets you see a two metre gap with AR

  29-05-2020 17:51 via zdnet.com
  
  The experimental feature creates a two-metre bubble displayed on top of your real environment.
  
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• PlayStation 5: Sony confident coronavirus won't change release plans

  29-05-2020 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The CEO of PlayStation reveals how it's responded to coronavirus as it prepares to release the PS5.
  
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• Contact-tracing app: How much difference will it really make?

  29-05-2020 16:20 via zdnet.com
  
  After a much-hype debut, the excitement around the UK's coronavirus contact-tracing app has dipped. What happened?
  
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• How the world's largest and fastest supercomputers are being used to understand the coronavirus

  29-05-2020 15:49 via zdnet.com
  
  The UK will be the first country outside the US to join the COVID-19 High Performance Computing consortium and will allow scientists to rapidly accelerate coronavirus research using high-performance computing platforms.
  
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• This new Trickbot malware update makes it even harder to detect

  29-05-2020 15:34 via zdnet.com
  
  The notorious information-stealing trojan is one of the most prolific forms of malware out there - and has evolved yet again.
  
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• Glastonbury Council plays down link to 'anti-5G' device

  29-05-2020 15:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Glastonbury report insists recommendation of 5GBioShield came from committee member - not council.
  
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• iPhone SE 2 or iPhone XR? SE 2 is $399 but now Apple's refurbished XR costs just $100 more

  29-05-2020 15:14 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple's new iPhone SE with 4.7-inch screen starts at $399 but a refurbished iPhone XR with 6.1-inch screen is $499.
  
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• Twitter places public interest notice on President Trump's tweet

  29-05-2020 14:18 via zdnet.com
  
  Twitter says that Donald Trump has violated Twitter rules regarding glorification of violence.
  
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• NCA launches UK ad campaign to divert kids searching for cybercrime tools

  29-05-2020 14:16 via zdnet.com
  
  DDoS-for-hire and Trojan-related searches are on the agency’s radar.
  
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• Trump and Twitter. Why they just can't quit each other

  29-05-2020 14:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Are Twitter and the president headed for war? Or even the courts? No, it's just another lovers' tiff. Isn't it?
  
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• BBC orders review of social media use by staff

  29-05-2020 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former director of global news at the BBC will examine online posts from programmes and staff.
  
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• England’s contact tracers are unprepared, confused and bored

  29-05-2020 13:37
  
  Contact tracers we spoke to were left feeling unprepared, confused and bored as the system got off to a wobbly start
  
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• Minut: The privacy-based smart home sensor

  29-05-2020 13:29 via zdnet.com
  Security without cameras and listening in on people.
  
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• Windows 10 2004: These are the features we're deprecating or dropping, says Microsoft

  29-05-2020 13:18 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft details the features it's no longer working on in Windows 10 and those it's removed in version 2004.
  
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• Automatic refill: Driverless prescription delivery is here

  29-05-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Coming off pandemic, health is a growth sector for robots.
  
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• Thousands of TalkTalk users hit by internet problems

  29-05-2020 12:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Firm says the issue is now resolved after customers across the UK reported connection difficulties.
  
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• Judge demands Capital One release Mandiant cyberforensic report on data breach

  29-05-2020 12:51 via zdnet.com
  
  Attorneys suing the company will now have access to the report in preparation for a potential trial.
  
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• Google's Android Studio 4.0 is out: Motion Editor, Build Analyzer, Java 8 language APIs

  29-05-2020 12:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Android Studio 4.0 promises to make Android developers more productive.
  
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• Facebook dominates cases of recorded social media grooming

  29-05-2020 12:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 55% of the online offences logged by police in England and Wales were on a Facebook-owned app.
  
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• Salesforce CEO Benioff: 'In a moment of crisis, you need to invest through it'

  29-05-2020 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Work.com is an example of investing in a downturn and now Salesforce.com aims to broaden its reach as a digital transformation engine.
  
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• Softbank-backed Coupang becomes central to new South Korean COVID-19 outbreak

  29-05-2020 11:26 via zdnet.com
  
  Over 100 new cases have been linked to Coupang facilities.
  
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• Trump signs executive order targeting Twitter after fact-checking row

  29-05-2020 11:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president's move follows a decision by Twitter to add a "fact-check" notice to his tweets.
  
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• A Raspberry Pi robot with emotions and other tech news

  29-05-2020 08:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Paul Carter looks at some of the best of the week's technology news stories.
  
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• India's contact tracing app made open source, but will this thwart a surveillance state?

  29-05-2020 07:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Only until recently were Indian citizens forced into downloading Aarogya Setu under fear of arrest. However, without data protection laws, the government in cahoots with private entities will still be able to do whatever it wishes under the guise of national security.
  
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• Singapore to establish AI framework for 'fairness' credit scoring metrics

  29-05-2020 07:46 via zdnet.com
  
  Monetary Authority of Singapore tasks two teams, comprising banks and artificial intelligence industry players, to develop metrics that ensure the "responsible use of AI" for credit risk scoring and customer marketing.
  
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• AU$721 million in robo-debts to be returned as Australian government admits error

  29-05-2020 07:37 via zdnet.com
  
  Services Australia has identified 470,000 debts raised wholly or partially using income averaging of ATO data.
  
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• Post-lockdown holidays in China show this summer is going to suck

  29-05-2020 07:00
  
  If you're still hoping for carefree summer holidays abroad, think again
  
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• Post-lockdown holidays in China show how weird summer will be

  29-05-2020 07:00
  
  If you're still hoping for carefree summer holidays abroad, think again
  
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• Netflix’s Space Force is totally ridiculous, and entirely plausible

  29-05-2020 07:00
  
  The comedy, starring Steve Carrell and Lisa Kudrow, finds it difficult to outdo the nonsense of the real world
  
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• GitHub warns Java developers of new malware poisoning NetBeans projects

  29-05-2020 07:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The malware's end goal was to install a remote access trojan and grant hackers access to highly sensitive workstations were sensitive projects were being developed.
  
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• CSIRO to spend up to AU$7 million annually through new procurement portal

  29-05-2020 04:08 via zdnet.com
  
  The eProcurement Portal will be used to procure network, unified communications, cybersecurity, and data centre hardware, software, and services for the next five years.
  
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• HP launches new EliteBook laptops, ZBook Firefly mobile workstations

  29-05-2020 04:06 via zdnet.com
  
  The notebooks are part of a larger roll-out of new hardware from HP that looks to capitalize on the current work-from-home conditions.
  
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• Toll restoring services following ransomware attack

  29-05-2020 03:54 via zdnet.com
  
  Confirms information accessed includes name, address, age, and payroll information such as salary, superannuation, and tax file number.
  
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• NBN to get 250Mbps on entire HFC network by June 2021, only 7% can get 750Mbps

  29-05-2020 02:57 via zdnet.com
  New wholesale pricing structure leaves cable users guessing.
  
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• New online hub to help regional Aussies 'make the most' of what tech is available

  29-05-2020 02:40 via zdnet.com
  
  A tender for the online hub has been published, 18 months after the recommendation was made.
  
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• Coles partners with Flybuys to launch Flypay

  29-05-2020 02:12 via zdnet.com
  A payment platform giving online shoppers the chance to pay and collect Flybuys points at the same time.
  
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• ACLU sues Clearview AI claiming the company's tech crosses ethical bounds

  29-05-2020 01:42 via zdnet.com
  
  The American Civil Liberties Union has accused Clearview AI's biometric platform of creating a nightmare scenario that many have long feared.
  
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• The little lights now packing a deadly punch

  29-05-2020 01:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  LEDs already light our houses but developments are making them even more powerful.
  
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• Coronavirus: 'I built a memorial to my grandfather on Animal Crossing'

  29-05-2020 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One young woman used popular game Animal Crossing for her family tradition of Bai San.
  
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