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• Surveilling the virus: With unprecedented amounts of genetic data, researchers are tracking how COVID-19 is evolving around the world

  27-06-2020 19:33 via zdnet.com
  
  With access to tens of thousands of virus samples, COVID-19 researchers are constructing family trees that show the virus’s rapid spread, an unprecedented view of disease.
  
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• Surveilling the virus: unprecedented amounts of genetic data and smart software are tracking how COVID-19 metamorphoses around the world

  27-06-2020 19:33 via zdnet.com
  
  With access to tens of thousands of virus samples, COVID-19 researchers are constructing family tress that show the virus’s rapid spread, an unprecedented view of disease.
  
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• At Amazon, it's a 'hands-off' approach to continuous integration and continuous deployment of software

  27-06-2020 17:10 via zdnet.com
  
  Amazon has mastered the art and science of automating software deployments, to the point where they don't have to be actively watched -- here's how it's done.
  
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• Electric plane's 'milestone' first UK test flight at Cranfield

  27-06-2020 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The six-seater is powered by hydrogen and is said to be Europe's largest emission-free aircraft.
  
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• Adobe, Mastercard, Visa warn online store owners of Magento 1.x EOL

  27-06-2020 14:58 via zdnet.com
  
  Almost 110,000 online stores are still running the soon-to-be-outdated Magento 1.x CMS.
  
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• Demand for employee surveillance software soars

  27-06-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Working from home has inspired bosses to find new ways of tracking their employees, says a study.
  
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• The US Air Force is turning old F-16s into pilotless AI-powered fighters

  27-06-2020 07:00
  
  Unmanned QF-16s could be used to fly decoy routes to distract from a manned aircraft operating in stealth mode
  
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• The rise of mask shaming reveals the tricky science of social change

  27-06-2020 07:00
  
  Mask shaming shows how quickly new behaviours can go from rare to common. But in some communities you’re still more likely to be shamed for wearing a mask than not
  
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• Six facts that show how bad the record-breaking Arctic heatwave is

  27-06-2020 07:00
  
  Record high temperatures in the Arctic Circle are only one way the region is being kicked out of kilter by human-induced global heating
  
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• Apple’s bold app plan is a perfect fit for the era of coronavirus

  27-06-2020 07:00
  
  If Apple had introduced App Clips last year, they may have gone the way of the QR code or Instant Apps. Now? They could replace half the apps on your phone
  
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• Apple’s App Clips plan is perfectly timed to take over your iPhone

  27-06-2020 07:00
  
  If Apple had introduced App Clips last year, they may have gone the way of the QR code or Instant Apps. Now? They could replace half the apps on your phone
  
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• Viewpoint: 'I feel like I was accidentally hired'

  27-06-2020 01:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ibrahim Diallo describes what life as a black software engineer has been like for him.
  
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• Brazilian federal police investigates presidential data leak

  27-06-2020 01:38 via zdnet.com
  
  Private information relating to Jair Bolsonaro and several ministers had been exposed and details of over 200,000 public servants obtained.
  
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• How Facebook scammers target people at risk of suicide

  27-06-2020 01:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dozens of Facebook pages claim to be selling a deadly chemical to people at risk of suicide - but it's all a fraud.
  
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