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• Mozilla to launch VPN product 'in the next few weeks'

  18-06-2020 23:29 via zdnet.com
  
  Mozilla VPN to exit beta this summer. Future plans include launching a Mac client. Currently only available on Windows, Android, iOS, and Firefox extension.
  
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• Facebook removes Trump ad over 'Nazi hate symbol'

  18-06-2020 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tech giant says a campaign ad featuring a red triangle used in Nazi Germany violated its policy.
  
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• New York is one of the most internet-friendly cities in the world

  18-06-2020 22:16 via zdnet.com
  
  The US lags behind the most internet-friendly cities and destinations with the most 5G rollouts. So, which cities are leaders?
  
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• AWS releases Snowcone, the latest in its lineup of rugged edge computing devices

  18-06-2020 22:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Snowcone allows users to collect, process and move data to AWS from disconnected environments.
  
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• Facebook sues websites that sold Instagram likes and scraped Facebook user data

  18-06-2020 20:55 via zdnet.com
  
  Facebook files lawsuits against MGP25 Cyberint Services in Spain and against Massroot8 in the US.
  
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• Linux Foundation and Harvard announce Linux and open-source contributor security survey

  18-06-2020 19:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Securing Free/Libre and open-source software (FLOSS) is a big deal and The Linux Foundation wants to know exactly how programmers are dealing with security issues.
  
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• Russia unbans Telegram

  18-06-2020 18:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Russia's media watchdog Roskomnadzor said Telegram has agreed to help Russian law enforcement fight against extremist and terrorist content shared on its platform.
  
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• UK virus-tracing app switches to Apple-Google model

  18-06-2020 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Government now intends to launch an app in the autumn but it may still lack contact-tracing tech.
  
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• Microsoft, stop feeding bugs to a billion Windows 10 users. Here's how

  18-06-2020 17:57 via zdnet.com
  
  One release channel isn't enough. Microsoft just rearranged the Windows Insider Program, but the company missed an opportunity to help mainstream customers who are unwittingly signing up as beta testers with each new release.
  
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• Leaked photos appear to show Apple's canceled AirPower is still very much alive

  18-06-2020 17:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Could we see a surprise announcement at WWDC next week?
  
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• Microsoft buys data modeling vendor ADRM Software

  18-06-2020 17:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is acquiring ADRM Software and plans to combine its Azure compute and storage technology with its large-scale vertical data models.
  
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• Google removes 106 Chrome extensions for collecting sensitive user data

  18-06-2020 17:09 via zdnet.com
  Security firm identifies 111 malicious Chrome extensions collecting user keystrokes, clipboard content, cookies, more.
  
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• The UK ditches its contact-tracing app model in favor of Google and Apple's option

  18-06-2020 16:34 via zdnet.com
  
  In a last-minute U-turn, the UK has decided to opt for the tech giants' approach.
  
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• Contact tracing app U-turn: UK ditches its own plan in favor of Google and Apple option

  18-06-2020 16:34 via zdnet.com
  
  In a last-minute U-turn, the UK has decided to opt for the tech giants' approach.
  
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• Brazil recreates Ministry of Communications

  18-06-2020 16:32 via zdnet.com
  
  The Ministry of Science and Technology and Innovations has been split to revive a new department that will be leading agendas including digital inclusion and 5G.
  
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• DataStax Vector: Making Cassandra NoSQL DBMS clusters more manageable

  18-06-2020 16:22 via zdnet.com
  
  DataStax is readying Vector AI to make monitoring and managing Apache Cassandra easier.
  
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• IBM launches Watson Works aimed at managing work's new normal amid COVID-19

  18-06-2020 16:15 via zdnet.com
  IBM is the latest enterprise vendor to target work management software during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• This IT certification prep bundle is 98% off: Lifetime access to courses for just $59

  18-06-2020 15:47 via zdnet.com
  
  Get lifetime access to world-class certification training courses for IT professions.
  
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• Windows 10: Chrome and Edge slash RAM use thanks to this Microsoft backend change

  18-06-2020 15:27 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's Project Reunion effort unlocks a potentially huge memory-use reduction for Google Chrome and Edge.
  
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• Lenovo launches data center servers aimed at AI, analytics workloads

  18-06-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The new ThinkSystem SR860 V2 and SR850 V2 servers come with Intel's newly-released third-generation Xeon processors.
  
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• Intel introduces Copper Lake processor, other additions to portfolio

  18-06-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Chip giant has introduced its 3rd gen Xeon Scalable processors and also announced the Optane persistent memory 200 series, new 3D NAND SSDs, and disclosed its upcoming Stratix 10 NX FPGAs.
  
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• Intel introduces Cooper Lake processor, other additions to portfolio

  18-06-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Chip giant has introduced its 3rd gen Xeon Scalable processors and also announced the Optane persistent memory 200 series, new 3D NAND SSDs, and disclosed its upcoming Stratix 10 NX FPGAs.
  
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• Great deals on Blackview Android 10 smartphones

  18-06-2020 14:52 via zdnet.com
  
  There are a few days left to grab great deals on the Blackview BV6300 Pro and A80.
  
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• 10 months with the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus: Standing above the rest

  18-06-2020 14:47 via zdnet.com
  
  Several phones have passed through my hands in the last ten months, but my SIM keeps finding its way back into the Galaxy Note 10 Plus. In these current times, 5G isn't important so the S Pen rises to the occasion.
  
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• Windows 10 Linux subsystem: You get GPU acceleration – with Intel, AMD, Nvidia drivers

  18-06-2020 14:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Windows 10's subsystem for Linux, WSL, gains GPU access for machine learning.
  
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• SAP HANA’s 10th anniversary is about cloud convergence

  18-06-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  At SAPPHIRE 2020 this week, the theme for SAP's data platforms is cloud convergence. That includes adding new hybrid cloud connectivity to on-premises SAP HANA installations with the recently launched SAP HANA Cloud and the growing footprint of SAP Data Warehouse Cloud.
  
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• Unpatched vulnerability identified in 79 Netgear router models

  18-06-2020 13:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Bug lets attackers run code as "root" on vulnerable routers. Impacted routers go back to 2007.
  
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• Windows 10 2004 glitch: Microsoft admits bug breaks Storage Spaces, corrupts files

  18-06-2020 12:40 via zdnet.com
  
  Windows 10 users find a new glitch with certain configurations, missed by Microsoft in testing the latest feature update.
  
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• Six things your boss needs to consider before cutting IT spending

  18-06-2020 11:47 via zdnet.com
  
  A harsh economic outlook may mean cost cutting. But making the wrong decision could end in disaster.
  
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• CFOs and CIOs: Six things you need to consider before cutting IT spending

  18-06-2020 11:47 via zdnet.com
  
  A harsh economic outlook may mean cost cutting. But making the wrong decision could end in disaster.
  
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• This open source project is using Python, SQL and Docker to understand coronavirus health data

  18-06-2020 11:16 via zdnet.com
  Django and Python developers working alongside clinicians and researchers have built a new analytics platform that looks at electronic health records for 24 million people.
  
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• Developers and doctors just built this giant open-source data project to understand the coronavirus

  18-06-2020 11:16 via zdnet.com
  Django and Python developers working alongside clinicians and researchers have built a new analytics platform that looks at electronic health records for 24 million people.
  
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• Singapore cuts seven applicants in digital bank licensing bid

  18-06-2020 09:45 via zdnet.com
  
  Monetary Authority of Singapore have shortlisted 14 out of 21 applicants vying for a digital bank licence in the country, but does not reveal which bidders have been dropped from the list.
  
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• Microsoft: COVID-19 malware attacks were barely a blip in total malware volume

  18-06-2020 09:10 via zdnet.com
  
  COVID-19-themed malware attacks began in February, peaked in March, and are slowly dying out.
  
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• Singapore, Shenzhen push smart city partnership with SMB hub

  18-06-2020 08:51 via zdnet.com
  
  Singapore and the Chinese city ink multiple MOU to ease cross-border access to market opportunities, including "mutual recognition" of both cities' digital identity regimes and plans to launch an SMB platform -- operational next month -- to connect buyers and sellers between Asean and China.
  
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• Labor asks for the whereabouts of Australia's overdue cybersecurity strategy

  18-06-2020 08:14 via zdnet.com
  
  Shadow Assistant Minister for Cyber Security Tim Watts hopes the new strategy shows the 'substance and imagination that our national cyber-resilience deserves' and that it's accompanied by an accountable minister.
  
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• The tech adding atmosphere to empty sports stadiums

  18-06-2020 07:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The coronavirus pandemic means sporting events having to take place behind closed doors.
  
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• Twitter introduces voice tweets for iOS

  18-06-2020 07:19 via zdnet.com
  
  It will soon start screaming at you with iOS users to be the first to tweet using their voice.
  
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• The deadly clash between China and India is all about roads

  18-06-2020 07:00
  
  High in the Himalayas, a decades-long disagreement between China and India has turned deadly
  
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• One metre or two? The tricky science behind social distancing

  18-06-2020 07:00
  
  The UK’s insistence on a two metre rule makes it something of an outlier. Now the government is weighing up whether to shorten the distance altogether
  
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• eStore Logistics sinks AU$40 million to roll out robotic-powered fulfilment centres

  18-06-2020 06:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Staff will be on-site to pack products for shipment.
  
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• NEC to create hybrid quantum systems alongside D-Wave

  18-06-2020 04:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Companies to look into developing services that combine Leap quantum annealing cloud with NEC supercomputers.
  
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• Samsung rolls out blood pressure measuring app in South Korea

  18-06-2020 04:40 via zdnet.com
  
  Galaxy Watch Active 2 users in South Korean can now measure their blood pressures with the Samsung Health Monitor app.
  
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• ACCC raises competition concerns about Google's acquisition of Fitbit

  18-06-2020 03:10 via zdnet.com
  
  The consumer watchdog fears Google's access to additional user data could hurt future competition.
  
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• Seek reveals Australian IT job market sluggish as others recover from easing COVID-19 rules

  18-06-2020 02:12 via zdnet.com
  
  IT job ads changed by only 1% month on month for May 2020.
  
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• Google CEO Pichai commits to lasting, meaningful change

  18-06-2020 01:51 via zdnet.com
  
  Pichai promised to make Google's products more inclusive, announced an overhaul of internal leadership, and a $175 million package to support Black business owners, startup founders, job seekers, and developers.
  
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• Last of Us Part 2: Creators say diversity in games ‘essential’

  18-06-2020 01:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newsbeat's gaming reporter Steffan Powell speaks to the director and lead actor of 2020's most anticipated video game
  
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