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• SAP Brazil president gets promoted to regional role

  17-07-2020 23:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Cristina Palmaka will lead the company's operations in Latin America and the Caribbean
  
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• Fahim Saleh: Pathao and Gokada CEO's assistant charged with his murder

  17-07-2020 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The body of Fahim Saleh was found decapitated and dismembered in his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday.
  
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• Become a cloud pro: Microsoft Azure certification prep bundle is 97% off

  17-07-2020 22:18 via zdnet.com
  
  Azure continues to be Microsoft's golden goose and beat growth forecasts.
  
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• Microsoft is doing its usual fiscal year-end layoffs, but fewer than usual

  17-07-2020 21:17 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft has cut "hundreds" of employees as part of its latest layoff round across multiple regions and functions, according to various reports.
  
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• Emotet botnet returns after a five-month absence

  17-07-2020 20:52 via zdnet.com
  
  2019's most active malware botnet returns to life with new spam campaign after it previously went dark on February 7, 2020.
  
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• Teens ride hired Tees Valley e-scooters on A19

  17-07-2020 20:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A government pilot of hired e-scooters is being trialled across the Tees Valley area.
  
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• Arm processors: Everything you need to know

  17-07-2020 19:36 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple’s recent move to redesign its Mac computers around chips that it fabricates for itself, replacing Intel, has cast a new spotlight around a class of processor that there’s a very good chance you own right now.
  
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• The ManGroomer: Because video conferencing requires that you don't look like a werewolf, even in a pandemic

  17-07-2020 14:55 via zdnet.com
  
  This is the first (and hopefully the last) personal styling article I'll ever do. But these are strange times, my friend. Not ready to hit the barbershop? Here's how you can get a rather nice haircut in your own back yard.
  
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• Beetle-mounted camera streams insect adventures

  17-07-2020 14:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers have developed a tiny lightweight video camera that can be carried by a beetle.
  
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• Apple's new style guide replaces non-inclusive language

  17-07-2020 14:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple joins other tech companies in replacing terms like blacklist with more neutral and inclusive terms.
  
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• Cloud provider stopped ransomware attack but had to pay ransom demand anyway

  17-07-2020 13:55 via zdnet.com
  
  BlackBaud said it had to pay a ransom demand to ensure hackers would delete data they stole from its network.
  
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• The NHSX's contact-tracing app might have actually worked

  17-07-2020 13:30 via zdnet.com
  
  A new study shows that the number of cases on the Isle of Wight dropped significantly after both manual and digital contact-tracing programs launched. Should we give the app more credit?
  
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• Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant in the spotlight as Europe launches Internet of Things investigation

  17-07-2020 13:20 via zdnet.com
  
  The EU competition watchdog is looking at whether top IoT providers are building unfair monopolies.
  
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• Is coronavirus airborne?

  17-07-2020 13:06
  
  Coming up today: Matt Reynolds explains how coronavirus may actually be airborne, Matt Burgess looks at a grim future for Huawei and Vicki tells us all to wear face masks
  
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• Germans hand police too much data, court rules

  17-07-2020 12:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Several laws should be rewritten to better protect people's privacy, the constitutional court says.
  
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• LG Gram 17 (2020) review: A portable and long-lasting 17-inch laptop, but performance disappoints

  17-07-2020 12:57 via zdnet.com
  
  If you're attracted by a large screen and a lightweight chassis, and your workloads aren't too demanding, the LG Gram 17 (2020) should fit the bill nicely.
  
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• Cisco releases security fixes for critical VPN, router vulnerabilities

  17-07-2020 12:42 via zdnet.com
  
  The worst bugs can be exploited for remote code execution and privilege escalation attacks.
  
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• Kotlin programming language: Google offers free course for Android development

  17-07-2020 12:12 via zdnet.com
  
  Google offers free classes to expand the population of Android developers.
  
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• How the COVID-19 pandemic pushed Seattle's IT modernization into overdrive

  17-07-2020 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Seattle began overhauling its IT operations in 2016, so when the pandemic hit, the city was ready to ramp up digital services for city staff and residents.
  
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• GitHub just buried a giant open-source archive in an Arctic vault for 1,000 years

  17-07-2020 11:52 via zdnet.com
  
  GitHub ships a snapshot of all public repositories taken to an archiving vault in the Arctic.
  
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• Hundreds of WeWork cleaners lose their jobs as coronavirus bites

  17-07-2020 11:10
  
  The union representing the cleaners claims WeWork is making the cuts as it closes down a number of co-working spaces
  
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• Instacart takes Uber’s Cornershop to court over alleged catalog, IP theft

  17-07-2020 10:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Instacart claims thousands of images have been stolen and cease-and-desist demands have been ignored.
  
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• Back on track: Forescout, Advent agree new merger price, drop COVID-19 lawsuit

  17-07-2020 09:50 via zdnet.com
  Forescout says this is the “best outcome for both parties.”
  
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• China’s health code system shows the cost of controlling coronavirus

  17-07-2020 09:00
  
  Red. Yellow. Green. Millions of people in China are basing their lives around a mandatory health code system
  
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• Robo-debt class action on track for September 21

  17-07-2020 08:57 via zdnet.com
  
  Friday's interlocutory hearing will continue next week, where Justice Lee's team will wade through 'two lever arch folders'-worth of legal and professional privilege claims made by the Commonwealth.
  
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• The Twitter bitcoin hack was bad but it should have been way worse

  17-07-2020 07:00
  
  The scam was for bitcoin. However, there may be more trouble ahead if the attackers raided direct messages
  
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• The end of Privacy Shield spells trouble for Brexit Britain

  17-07-2020 07:00
  
  The ruling by the European Court of Justice will likely lead to severe disruption in EU-UK data flows in the long-term
  
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• Victoria-funded AU$1.1 million LaTrobe Valley gigabit fixed wireless network goes live

  17-07-2020 06:15 via zdnet.com
  
  As Western Australia inks a similarly-sized deal for fixed wireless in the Mid-West and West Midlands.
  
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• LG to take part in IFA 2020 as Samsung opts out

  17-07-2020 06:10 via zdnet.com
  
  LG Electronics said it would showcase its new home appliances.
  
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• Federal Court rules Kogan online promotions were false and misleading

  17-07-2020 02:59 via zdnet.com
  The online retailer had been accused of hiking prices prior to sales by the ACCC.
  
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• UK sees spike in IT job advertisements as lockdown eases

  17-07-2020 02:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Despite rising unemployment numbers, some sectors are still seeing a demand for new workers.
  
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• Google says a bug is erroneously showing security alerts for TiVO devices

  17-07-2020 02:20 via zdnet.com
  
  TiVO streaming dongle owners are getting a security alert when linking their Google account to their device.
  
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• Research robot helps with housework and other news

  17-07-2020 01:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Jen Copestake looks at the best of the week's technology stories.
  
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• Coronavirus: TikTok deletes 29,000 rule-breaking videos

  17-07-2020 01:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  But the short-video app says it has seen "low levels" of coronavirus misinformation this year.
  
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• What sort of future does the conference industry have?

  17-07-2020 01:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Running conferences was a giant business before Covid-19, now the industry is looking for a new direction.
  
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• Alan Rusbridger: Facebook oversight board must avoid 'half-baked judgements'

  17-07-2020 01:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alan Rusbridger, a member of the oversight board, acknowledged a desire to launch ahead of US vote.
  
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