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• New global coalition aims to help policymakers leverage AI against COVID-19

  09-07-2020 23:56 via zdnet.com
  
  A collection of think tanks and UN-backed agencies are forming the Collective and Augmented Intelligence Against Covid-19 (CAIAC) to create a platform that relies on both AI and human expertise to guide COVID-19 decision-making.
  
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• Google bans stalkerware ads

  09-07-2020 23:36 via zdnet.com
  
  New Google Ads policy that bans stalkerware enters into effect on August 11.
  
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• PC market bounces back in Q2, Gartner and IDC report

  09-07-2020 23:21 via zdnet.com
  However, the recovery may be short-lived, the research firms warned, as the pandemic-spurred demand for PCs levels off.
  
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• New NetMotion unified platform includes software-defined perimeter (SDP) capabilities

  09-07-2020 23:08 via zdnet.com
  
  While NetMotion has been extremely busy helping customers rapidly respond to coronavirus with remote work solutions, it has been able to re-write the entire product stack, simplify it, add SDP/ZTNA functionality, and more in order to launch its new unified platform.
  
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• AWS IoT service SiteWise is now generally available

  09-07-2020 22:55 via zdnet.com
  
  The managed service allows industrial customers to monitor data collection points in order to identify issues across facilities.
  
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• Docker partners with AWS to smooth container deployments

  09-07-2020 21:43 via zdnet.com
  
  While you could always use Docker containers on Amazon Web Services, using Docker's tools to deploy containers to AWS was tricker. Until now.
  
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• From COVID-19 vaccines to drugs and data analysis: How AWS is helping in the global pandemic response

  09-07-2020 21:00 via zdnet.com
  
  AWS customers are using a range of cloud technologies to increase the pace of innovation, accelerate development timelines and help improve outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Verizon to support five firms building 5G-powered tools for EMS workers

  09-07-2020 20:56 via zdnet.com
  
  The telecommunications giant has selected five new firms to join its 5G First Responder Lab, all with the mission of developing solutions for emergency medical services.
  
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• Verizon to support 5 firms building 5G-powered tools for EMS workers

  09-07-2020 20:56 via zdnet.com
  
  The telecommunications giant has selected five new firms to join its 5G First Responder Lab, all with the mission of developing solutions for emergency medical services.
  
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• Zoom working on patching zero-day disclosed in Windows client

  09-07-2020 20:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Security firm has disclosed today a zero-day vulnerability in Zoom's Windows client.
  
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• New IMF forecasts of deeper 2020 pandemic recessions foreshadow weaker tech markets

  09-07-2020 19:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Updated IMF forecasts indicate a deeper recession in 2020 and a shallower recovery in 2021 for the world economy. Forrester breaks down what the IMF report means for tech markets in 2020 and beyond, and how it affects the outlooks for tech markets in the largest countries around the world.
  
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• Apple opens up iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 beta testing to the public

  09-07-2020 19:22 via zdnet.com
  
  If you want to give the upcoming iPhone and iPad software a try, you can sign up for the public beta now.
  
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• Nokia aims for the data center with new switches, gear

  09-07-2020 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Nokia is entering the data center switch market dominated by the likes of Cisco, but the company is betting that its Web scale approach will gain traction.
  
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• TikTok deleted 49 million 'rule-breaking' videos

  09-07-2020 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A quarter of the deleted videos contained adult nudity or sexual acts.
  
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• Chrome and Firefox are getting support for the new AVIF image format

  09-07-2020 17:17 via zdnet.com
  
  After Netflix, Windows 10, VLC, and a few image editors, the new AVIF image format is coming to web browsers.
  
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• Google Cloud lands Renault as analytics, machine learning, AI customer

  09-07-2020 16:05 via zdnet.com
  
  Google Cloud's services will be used as part of the automaker's Industry 4.0 initiatives.
  
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• Dell refreshes XPS desktop PC with updated specs, design

  09-07-2020 16:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Starting at $649.99, Dell's flagship tower now features the latest 10th-generation Intel Core processors, a smaller footprint, and a Creator Edition designed for Nvidia's RTX Studio program.
  
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• IBM: Google's 'new kind of open-source organization' is not vendor neutral

  09-07-2020 15:46 via zdnet.com
  
  Google unsettles IBM by giving the Istio project's trademark management to new Google Open Usage Commons body.
  
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• How to ensure your workplace does not become a new source of COVID-19 infections

  09-07-2020 15:25 via zdnet.com
  
  The risk that the workplace becomes a source of a new outbreak is real. While most employers are taking appropriate measures to create a safe workplace, there is still not nearly enough attention on how to ensure safer conditions for employees during their journey to and from work. There are several ways to mitigate this risk.
  
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• Filling middle seats nearly doubles airline passenger risk of catching COVID-19, says MIT researcher

  09-07-2020 15:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Risk of dying from COVID-19 as a result of flying are higher than plane crash risk, according to a statistical model compiled by MIT scholar Arnold Barnett. Airlines could minimize that risk by leaving open the middle seat, but airlines including United and American refuse to do so. Plans for a post-COVID-19 world, moreover, suggest flights may be even more crowded.
  
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• Elon Musk says full self-driving Tesla tech 'very close'

  09-07-2020 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A future software update could activate full "level-five" autonomy in cars, the Tesla founder says.
  
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• 'UK faces mobile blackouts if Huawei 5G ban imposed by 2023'

  09-07-2020 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BT and Vodafone warn that users will face days without a mobile signal if a 2023 ban is imposed.
  
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• Mobile app developers: React Native 0.63 is out with LogBox for easier error debugging

  09-07-2020 14:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Mobile app framework React Native's latest update, version 0.63, also meets Apple's new App Store requirements.
  
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• Break into artificial intelligence with this four-course online training for $35

  09-07-2020 14:30 via zdnet.com
  
  This four-course AI training bundle is on sale for just less than $9 a course.
  
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• Break into Artificial Intelligence with this 4-course online training for $35

  09-07-2020 14:30 via zdnet.com
  
  This 4-course AI training bundle is on sale for just less than $9 a course
  
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• Facebook bans 'Roger Stone disinformation network'

  09-07-2020 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ally of US President Donald Trump was convicted of lying to Congress.
  
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• IBM expands storage portfolio to drive AI deployments

  09-07-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  IBM unveils new and updated storage products, including the new IBM Elastic Storage System 5000, which is scalable to yottabyte configurations.
  
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• Apple Music causing big iPhone battery problems. Here's a fix

  09-07-2020 13:24 via zdnet.com
  
  There's a fix, but it's pretty drastic. And it's not the only misbehaving app.
  
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• Corel Painter 2021, hands on: Performance and productivity improvements, plus a subscription model

  09-07-2020 13:13 via zdnet.com
  
  The veteran natural painting package keeps improving, with useful Mac options like using an iPad as a second screen, solid feature improvements and a new subscription model.
  
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• 3D capture with normal smartphone cameras

  09-07-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  New 4D visualization techniques use smartphone video capture to democratize virtualization.
  
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• Tesla's Elon Musk: Our fully autonomous cars are now 'very close'

  09-07-2020 12:53 via zdnet.com
  
  But level 5, fully autonomous Teslas without a driver could be subject to regulatory approval.
  
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• Setting up a private satellite Wi-Fi network is now cheaper and easier than ever

  09-07-2020 12:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Pressures put on the cellular networks during this time of pandemic has resulted in some looking to space for more reliable communications. And it's never been easier to put together a private satellite network.
  
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• Researchers connect Evilnum hacking group to cyberattacks against Fintech firms

  09-07-2020 11:30 via zdnet.com
  
  The APT is also a loyal customer of Golden Chickens, a Malware-as-a-Service outfit.
  
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• CSIRO, KISCO and Boron Molecular ink polymer deal to develop flexible electronics

  09-07-2020 09:07 via zdnet.com
  
  The polymer material can also be used for other applications in health, industry, and agriculture.
  
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• UK and Australian Information Commissioners to investigate Clearview AI

  09-07-2020 09:05 via zdnet.com
  
  Joint investigation follows OAIC making prior contact with Clearview AI.
  
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• INSLM recommends taking encryption-busting approvals power from Australian Ministers

  09-07-2020 09:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Instead, he wants to stand up an independent body to oversee the approval of TOLA Act warrants.
  
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• RHA TrueConnect 2 wireless earbuds announced: Improved battery life, controls, and element resistance

  09-07-2020 09:01 via zdnet.com
  
  We continue to see huge strides in prolonged battery life on truly wireless earbuds and the competition is broader than Apple, Google, Jabra, and Samsung. RHA is known for high quality audio products and this latest model offers significant improvements and addresses the major weakness I found on the first model.
  
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• Services Australia's proud achievements include answering the phone

  09-07-2020 08:44 via zdnet.com
  
  Minister Stuart Robert talks about respect and transparency, but they require more than just answering the phone. They even require more than a personalised dashboard. They require wholesale culture change.
  
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• Google abandons Isolated Region cloud services project in China

  09-07-2020 08:20 via zdnet.com
  Google says the Isolated Region project was scrapped due to other services offering “better outcomes.”
  
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• Majority of firms concerned about public cloud security, most have suffered breach

  09-07-2020 08:16 via zdnet.com
  
  Some 96% of organisations are worried about the current state of their public cloud security, with 70% admitting they experienced a breach over the past year including 93% in India, which is the highest worldwide, 74% in Australia, and 71% in Singapore.
  
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• Telstra is carbon neutral but found it hard to purchase Australian offsets

  09-07-2020 07:47 via zdnet.com
  
  As well as offshoring jobs to India, Telstra has had to purchase Indian carbon credits.
  
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• Renters are rising up to unionise and take on dodgy landlords

  09-07-2020 07:00
  
  In the midst of the lockdown chaos, one movement has been gaining increasing traction: renters unions
  
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• London’s National Gallery was hit by the biggest art heist in history

  09-07-2020 07:00
  
  A guerrilla group is putting thousands of priceless artworks online for people to add to their own virtual museums
  
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• Inside the messy mission to make train travel as easy as flying

  09-07-2020 07:00
  
  As more people opt for train holidays, enthusiasts, tech companies and the European Commission are trying to make ticket-booking a smoother journey
  
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• How Covid-19 took over America

  09-07-2020 07:00
  
  In early June it looked like the USA was bending the curve of its coronavirus outbreak. Then states started reopening and things went rapidly downhill
  
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• America isn’t having a second wave. Its first wave never stopped

  09-07-2020 07:00
  
  In early June it looked like the USA was bending the curve of its coronavirus outbreak. Then states started reopening and things went rapidly downhill
  
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• Thunderbolt 4: Same 40Gbps speed but Intel ups requirements for certification

  09-07-2020 06:47 via zdnet.com
  
  Intel increases requirements for Thunderbolt 4 to support 32GBps via PCIe, a pair of 4K monitors, and PC charging for thin laptops.
  
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• More pre-installed malware has been found in budget US smartphones

  09-07-2020 06:40 via zdnet.com
  
  Cheap phones often have tradeoffs but researchers say this should never compromise user safety.
  
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• SK Telecom to use network to detect earthquakes

  09-07-2020 06:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Base stations with sensors installed will detect and measure earthquakes and send that data to authorities to improve response times.
  
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• Nvidia fixes code execution vulnerability in GeForce Experience

  09-07-2020 04:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Security updates have also been released for the JetPack software development kit.
  
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