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• Microsoft's new Microsoft Consulting Services unit to launch July 14

  13-07-2020 23:43 via zdnet.com
  
  More details about Microsoft's first reorg of its fiscal 2021 are coming to light, including how it is positioning its new separate consulting services unit.
  
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• The next generation of the Purism Linux laptop is on its way

  13-07-2020 23:34 via zdnet.com
  
  If you want a free software and security first Linux desktop, keep an eye out for Purism's forthcoming Librem 14 laptop.
  
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• Companies up in arms as Brazilian government plans direct recruitment of IT staff

  13-07-2020 22:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Some 350 professionals will be hired to work on digital transformation projects under four-year contracts; sector believes the best way to get access to talent is via tech suppliers.
  
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• Google Meet adds zoombombing protection for education customers

  13-07-2020 22:05 via zdnet.com
  
  Google will block anonymous users from joining Google Meet video conferences organized by G Suite for Education customers.
  
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• COVID-19 pandemic making GIS data an enterprise analytics staple

  13-07-2020 22:00 via zdnet.com
  GIS data has been critical to tracking the COVID-19 pandemic and now will be applied to other business cases.
  
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• Google Pixel 4A: Possible August launch, official render, and everything else we know so far

  13-07-2020 18:35 via zdnet.com
  
  Google's budget-friendly smartphone is certainly close to launching, but it might be a while before we see it. Here's what we know.
  
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• Win a Linksys Velop Wi-Fi system and Belkin Thunderbolt 3 dock*

  13-07-2020 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Two grand prize winners will take home a Linksys Velop Wi-Fi system and Belkin Thunderbolt 3 Dock Core. *Open to the US, Puerto Rico, and Canada (excluding Quebec).
  
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• Remote working: This free tool tests how good your security really is

  13-07-2020 17:41 via zdnet.com
  
  The NCSC's Exercise in a Box tool set has been updated to help organisations keep their employees safe while working from home.
  
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• How to upgrade from Linux Mint 19.3 to the latest version Mint 20

  13-07-2020 17:18 via zdnet.com
  
  It's not easy to move from Linux Mint 19.3 to 20. Follow these steps and you can migrate successfully to the latest and greatest version of the best Linux desktop.
  
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• Password managers: Is it OK to use your browser’s built-in password management tools?

  13-07-2020 17:05 via zdnet.com
  
  Every major browser on every platform includes built-in password management features. Is it safe to use these tools? More importantly, is it smart?
  
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• Google Pixel Buds review (2020): time to plug Google into your brain

  13-07-2020 17:00
  
  The new Pixel Buds integrate seamlessly with Google’s data-slurping universe. But the added benefits are of questionable value when weighed against sub-par battery life and sound quality
  
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• Vendors face the tough reality of affordable VR

  13-07-2020 16:40 via zdnet.com
  
  The demise of the Oculus Go is but the latest in a line of frustrated attempts to bring virtual reality to the mass market.
  
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• Google's $10 billion investment in India about cultivating developers, future SMB customers

  13-07-2020 16:33 via zdnet.com
  
  Google for India Digitization Fund will invest in areas such as Internet access, new products and services, SMB development and leveraging AI for social good.
  
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• The Covid-19 risks businesses may not have considered

  13-07-2020 16:22
  
  The pandemic has forced businesses to change how they operate with great speed and agility – but they're not the only ones. Hackers and scammers have been equally innovative
  
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• Ubisoft: Sexual misconduct probe sees three senior heads resign

  13-07-2020 16:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three more top executives at game-maker Ubisoft step down as the company investigates allegations.
  
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• Abode: Smartly integrated security and home automation

  13-07-2020 16:05 via zdnet.com
  
  We look at the Abode Smart Security Kit. On the surface, it's another alarm system. But, under the hood (or inside the app), it's quite a bit more.
  
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• Microsoft to spin off its Xiaoice chatbot work into an independent company

  13-07-2020 16:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's Xiaoice social chatbot is going to become part of a separate company which will prioritize commercializing the AI technology..
  
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• WeWork chairman says profit on the horizon due to explosion in office space demand

  13-07-2020 15:18 via zdnet.com
  
  The beleaguered startup is experiencing high demand for office space because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Ex-Apple exec: Apple's Arm-based silicon will speed end of Microsoft Windows-Intel duopoly

  13-07-2020 15:18 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple silicon will force the whole PC industry to Arm architecture chips, argues former Apple exec Jean-Louis Gassée.
  
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• ISIS 'still evading detection on Facebook', report says

  13-07-2020 15:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new report finds ISIS-linked groups are using a number of tactics to hide content from moderation.
  
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• HPE buys SD-WAN player Silver Peak for $925 million

  13-07-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Silver Peak will be combined with HPE's Aruba business unit to bolster its position in the software-defined wide area network market.
  
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• Will your back-to-school Mac be an Apple Silicon Mac?

  13-07-2020 14:51 via zdnet.com
  
  You still have time to save your pennies.
  
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• Linus Torvalds: I hope Intel's AVX-512 'dies a painful death'

  13-07-2020 14:38 via zdnet.com
  
  Torvalds wants Intel to address real-world uses, not supercomputer benchmarks and "special-case garbage".
  
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• Verizon taps Google Cloud for Contact Center AI

  13-07-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The deal fits in with Google Cloud's broad strategy to help the telecommunications industry harness the potential of cloud and AI.
  
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• This botnet has surged back into action spreading a new ransomware campaign via phishing emails

  13-07-2020 13:59 via zdnet.com
  
  There's been a big jump in Phorpiex botnet activity - but it's a trojan malware attack that was the most common malware campaign in June.
  
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• Nicole Thea: Pregnant social media star dies with unborn son

  13-07-2020 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A statement says the 24-year-old had named her child Reign with her partner Boga.
  
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• Has your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch been hacked? Here's how to find out

  13-07-2020 13:16 via zdnet.com
  
  This utility can carry out a deep scan of your iOS and iPadOS device and let you know if something seems out of place.
  
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• Can technologists help end mass incarceration?

  13-07-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Data-driven approaches to criminal justice often backfire. Here's one way to do it right.
  
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• Ad Astra Rocket CEO Diaz on leadership, simulating rocket performance, and developing space

  13-07-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Dr. Franklin Chang Diaz is a former NASA astronaut looking to develop and commercialize what could equate to the workhorse engine of space transportation.
  
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• Microsoft: We're pulling the plug on Windows builds of programming language PHP

  13-07-2020 12:34 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft will no longer produce official PHP builds for Windows from PHP 8.0 onwards.
  
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• Huawei: BT says 'impossible' to remove all firm's kit in under 10 years

  13-07-2020 12:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  On Tuesday, the UK government is expected to announce deadlines to stop using the Chinese firm's kit.
  
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• Maxim to merge with rival semiconductor giant Analog Devices in $20 billion deal: report

  13-07-2020 11:19 via zdnet.com
  
  The rumored buyout would become one of the largest acquisitions recorded in 2020.
  
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• Maxim to merge with rival semiconductor giant Analog Devices in $20 billion deal

  13-07-2020 11:19 via zdnet.com
  
  Updated: The buyout has become one of the largest acquisitions recorded in 2020.
  
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• The future of the AI ecosystem with Kate Kallot

  13-07-2020 11:08
  
  WIRED editor Greg Williams and Kate Kallot, director of AI ecosystems for the machine learning group at Arm explore the future of artificial intelligence
  
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• The real reason Apple is warning users about MacBook camera covers

  13-07-2020 10:59 via zdnet.com
  
  You can blame Coronavirus and people sticking used Band-Aids over the camera for this.
  
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• Worldwide IT spending in 2020 estimates boosted to $3.5 trillion, ‘swoop’ recovery expected

  13-07-2020 09:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Gartner’s latest predictions still suggest a substantial decline from 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• South Korea is here to save Britain’s struggling theatres

  13-07-2020 07:00
  
  Andrew Lloyd Webber is testing tech used by the Phantom of the Opera in South Korea to try to save British theatre. But it might be too late
  
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• Should America ban TikTok?

  13-07-2020 07:00
  
  TikTok has been banned in India and the US is mulling a similar ban on national security grounds. How much of a risk is the social media app?
  
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• Britain’s theatres are in trouble. Can South Korea save them?

  13-07-2020 07:00
  
  Andrew Lloyd Webber is testing tech used by the Phantom of the Opera in South Korea to try to save British theatre. But it might be too late
  
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• Brexit plus coronavirus could spell disaster for Britain's universities

  13-07-2020 07:00
  
  The virus chaos and higher tuition fees might keep thousands of students away
  
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• Boris Johnson’s driverless Tube dream is doomed to fail (again)

  13-07-2020 07:00
  
  The PM wants to force cash-strapped TfL to ditch tube drivers for automated trains. But the numbers don't make sense
  
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• Beyond Zoom: The future of virtual meetings

  13-07-2020 06:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chris Fox explores how virtual reality could become the office of the future.
  
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• Optus hands unlimited data for 24 hours to customers who pay AU$5

  13-07-2020 06:04 via zdnet.com
  
  Add-on available to postpaid customers and prepaid users who have a recharge value above AU$30.
  
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• Google: Mitigating disinformation and foreign influence through social media a joint effort

  13-07-2020 05:14 via zdnet.com
  The local arm of the search giant wants to see cooperation between the likes of industry, the technical community, and government, in addition to education efforts spanning schools and senior citizens.
  
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• Hacker breaches security firm in act of revenge

  13-07-2020 04:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Hacker claims to have stolen more than 8,200 databases from a security firm's data leak monitoring service.
  
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• AustCyber says digital trust required to boost Aussie economy

  13-07-2020 03:52 via zdnet.com
  
  A globally competitive Australian cybersecurity sector will ultimately underpin the future success of every industry in the national economy, the non-profit's CEO has said.
  
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• CSRIO's Data61 alumni Emesent is flying drones beyond line-of-sight

  13-07-2020 03:31 via zdnet.com
  
  The company has developed a technology that can collect data and map challenging areas such as mines, telecommunications infrastructure, and environments struck by natural disasters.
  
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• CSIRO's Data61 alumni Emesent is flying drones beyond line-of-sight

  13-07-2020 03:31 via zdnet.com
  
  The company has developed a technology that can collect data and map challenging areas such as mines, telecommunications infrastructure, and environments struck by natural disasters.
  
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• BP pays $1 billion to Jio for joint venture as telco sells sliver to Qualcomm

  13-07-2020 03:19 via zdnet.com
  
  Petrochemical giants team up to create a joint venture focusing on fuels and mobility.
  
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• New York private equity firm scoops up Arq Group leftovers for AU$12m

  13-07-2020 03:17 via zdnet.com
  
  Arq Group, which was renamed Webcentral Group in May, will now sit under Siris Capital Group's Web.com brand.
  
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