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• Data governance for 2020 and beyond

  12-06-2020 21:32 via zdnet.com
  
  To be effective, you need a data governance framework and a plan tightly aligned to the purpose, culture, and actions that live within your business practices, rather than outside them.
  
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• Spike's new app reimagines collaborative email

  12-06-2020 20:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Spike enables you to do everything you need to from one unified inbox -- without opening your other apps.
  
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• The best PlayStation 5 games from Sony's big console reveal

  12-06-2020 20:10
  
  We pick out the best games coming to the PS5 when it launches later this year
  
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• iPadOS 14 wishlist: Keyboard shortcuts, dedicated external display, multi-user support, and more

  12-06-2020 19:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference will take place on June 22, when it'll unveil updates to the iPhone, iPad, and much more.
  
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• RPA and test automation are more friends than foes

  12-06-2020 18:43 via zdnet.com
  
  If RPA was not on the roadmap before COVID-19, it is now. The focus will be on cost reduction, conducting remote business, and using intelligent automation to improve resiliency, such as by diversifying your supply chain. But businesses will need to be wary about the risks as well.
  
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• Firm defends algorithm that 'spots women's orgasms'

  12-06-2020 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Cyprus-based company said its intention was to help developers of sex tech.
  
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• Facebook's Giphy deal investigated by competition authority

  12-06-2020 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officials investigate whether Facebook owning Giphy is a problem for competition in the GIF market.
  
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• DuckDuckGo takes on Google

  12-06-2020 17:13
  
  Coming up today: ducks, eels and simulated shouting.
  
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• Contact-tracing apps might not work in some busy city environments

  12-06-2020 16:58 via zdnet.com
  
  The Bluetooth-based app might send false positives to residents living in crowded tower blocks.
  
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• Plugable launches range of USB-C adapters

  12-06-2020 16:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Need to connect to Gigabit Ethernet, DisplayPort, HDMI, or VGA, but only have USB-C ports on your device? Plugable has you covered.
  
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• Plugable launched an excellent range of USB-C adapters

  12-06-2020 16:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Need to connect to Gigabit Ethernet, DisplayPort, HDMI, or VGA, but only have USB-C ports on your device? Plugable has you covered.
  
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• Russia says Germany has not provided any evidence of Bundestag hack

  12-06-2020 16:36 via zdnet.com
  
  Germany may seek to impose sanctions on Russia, rather than actually trial the hacker.
  
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• Windows 10 printer mystery: More complain June Patch Tuesday is causing havoc

  12-06-2020 16:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Windows 10 admins hit with printer issues after installing Microsoft's latest Windows security update.
  
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• Riot Games executive resigns after 'abhorrent' George Floyd post

  12-06-2020 16:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ron Johnson posted a meme about George Floyd's criminal record on Facebook.
  
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• Best Father's Day gifts in 2020: A budget, DIYers dream list of gadgets and gizmos for Dad

  12-06-2020 15:41 via zdnet.com
  
  With nothing on this list more than $150, and many items available for $10 or less, this is a great list of unexpected gifts that Dad is sure to love.
  
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• Programming languages: Java still rules over Python and JavaScript as primary language

  12-06-2020 15:27 via zdnet.com
  
  But Python is the language that most developers are learning these days.
  
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• Robot breaks own bricklaying record and other news

  12-06-2020 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Jen Copestake looks at some of the best of the week's technology news stories.
  
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• iPhone and Android: Adobe's free Photoshop Camera app gives you ton of new effects

  12-06-2020 14:12 via zdnet.com
  
  Adobe's free Photoshop Camera app offers users loads of filters and effects to improve photos for social media.
  
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• Stalkerware detection rates are improving across antivirus products

  12-06-2020 14:07 via zdnet.com
  
  Between November 2019 and May 2020, Android and Windows antivirus software got better at detecting stalkerware.
  
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• War machines: DOD's ethical principles for battlefield AI

  12-06-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  As role of AI in defense grows, can new ethical guidelines avert irresponsible adoption?
  
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• When we tear down racist statues, what should replace them?

  12-06-2020 12:54
  
  “Pretty much every statue raised in the UK to a person living between 1660 and 1811 may need to come down”
  
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• Hide.me VPN, hands on: Privacy-first, with good free-tier features

  12-06-2020 12:18 via zdnet.com
  
  It's not the fastest or the cheapest consumer VPN, but this privacy-first service does a good job of making advanced features like split tunnelling accessible even on the free tier.
  
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• The new PlayStation 5 looks like a giant broadband router

  12-06-2020 11:20
  
  Last night’s major PlayStation 5 event edited down to only the vital info
  
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• Just the important bits from last night’s big PS5 reveal

  12-06-2020 11:20
  
  Last night’s major PlayStation event edited down to only the vital info
  
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• Italian company exposed as a front for malware operations

  12-06-2020 10:52 via zdnet.com
  
  Italian company CloudEyE is believed to have made more than $500,000 from selling its binary crypter to malware gangs.
  
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• Singapore releases guidelines covering all stages of e-commerce transactions

  12-06-2020 10:06 via zdnet.com
  
  Launched by Enterprise Singapore and Singapore Standards Council, the Technical Reference 76 provides a checklist for online retailers that spans the entire transaction cycle, including delivery, product tracking, payment, returns, and exchange.
  
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• Lion warns of beer shortages following ransomware attack

  12-06-2020 08:43 via zdnet.com
  
  It said it survived COVID-19, but ransomware had other plans for the Australian beverage giant's supply operations.
  
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• Coronavirus: Twitter removes more than 170,000 pro-China accounts

  12-06-2020 08:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The social media platform identified Beijing-linked accounts that have been posting misinformation.
  
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• This startup is working to bring full anonymity to the internet

  12-06-2020 07:00
  
  Nym is using mixnets to make it impossible to follow the path of any individual as they move around the web
  
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• Inside the takedown of Europe’s multi-billion pound eel mafia

  12-06-2020 07:00
  
  Eels are one of the ocean's great mysteries, but populations have been trafficked to the verge of extinction. Now ill-smuggling gangs are starting to get their comeuppance
  
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• Robo-debt class action to continue despite Morrison's lacklustre apology

  12-06-2020 04:24 via zdnet.com
  
  Shadow Minister for Government Services Bill Shorten is keeping pressure on the federal government, asking for a proper apology and the promise that it won't launch 'robo-debt 2.0'.
  
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• Now Zoom decides to not let Beijing bans have global impact

  12-06-2020 03:57 via zdnet.com
  
  Video conferencing app decides it needs a system to restrict blocks by geography.
  
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• PlayStation 5: Sony games chief says PS5 offers a paradigm shift

  12-06-2020 02:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sony's gaming chief says fast loading times, 3D audio and a new controller will all enhance play.
  
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• PlayStation 5: Sony gives first look at the PS5 console and games

  12-06-2020 01:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dozens of games were teased including a return to the Spider-Man, Horizon and Gran Turismo franchises.
  
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• PS5: PlayStation 5 console and games revealed

  12-06-2020 01:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sony reveals the design of its PS5 console and the first games that will be released on it.
  
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• Google steps up its feud with Sonos, countersues for patent infringement

  12-06-2020 01:26 via zdnet.com
  
  While Google says it is "reluctantly" defending itself, Sonos CEO Patrick Spence slams Google for using "strong arm tactics."
  
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• The hidden detectors looking for guns and knives

  12-06-2020 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Walk-through systems that can detect weapons are being rolled out, using a combination of AI and radar.
  
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• George Floyd: Microsoft bars facial recognition sales to police

  12-06-2020 00:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The firm's move follows similar announcements from IBM and Amazon and protests over police brutality.
  
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