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• Qualcomm beats Q3 estimates, announces patent deal with Huawei

  29-07-2020 22:46 via zdnet.com
  
  However, the chipmaker also noted that it anticipates about a 15 percent year-over-year reduction in handset shipments in the fourth quarter due to COVID-19.
  
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• PayPal adds 21 million new active accounts in strong second quarter

  29-07-2020 22:40 via zdnet.com
  
  PayPal said it saw the largest quarterly increase in active accounts in the company's history during Q2.
  
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• ServiceNow tops Q2 earnings targets

  29-07-2020 22:30 via zdnet.com
  
  ServiceNow said it has achieved $4 billion subscription revenues annual run rate.
  
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• Linux distros fix new Boothole bug

  29-07-2020 21:56 via zdnet.com
  
  The recently revealed Boothole bug in Grub2, a bootloader used by almost all Linux distributions, has been fixed. But while it's getting headlines, it can only successfully attack a handful of already vulnerable systems.
  
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• Wiley apology for tweets 'that looked anti-Semitic' after Twitter ban

  29-07-2020 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The grime artist apologises for "generalising" about Jewish people after he's banned from social media.
  
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• Bye-bye, Chrome: 10 steps to help you switch to Microsoft's new Edge browser

  29-07-2020 20:36 via zdnet.com
  
  If you've been looking for an option to dump Google's Chrome browser, consider Microsoft's new Edge browser, which delivers much of the same experience you get from Chrome, with a few features that are downright superior. Here's how to get started.
  
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• Seechum app launches: The Netflix of social connections

  29-07-2020 20:35 via zdnet.com
  
  Seechum is an on-demand, social connection video mobile app that combines social science with an AI-driven search engine.
  
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• Kaspersky: New hacker-for-hire mercenary group is targeting European law firms

  29-07-2020 20:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The Deceptikons group is the second major hacker-for-hire mercenary group exposed this year after Dark Basin.
  
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• Kaspersky: Hacker-for-hire group is targeting European law firms

  29-07-2020 20:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The Deceptikons group is the second major hacker-for-hire mercenary group exposed this year after Dark Basin.
  
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• Brazilian gamers see improvement in broadband latency and speed

  29-07-2020 19:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Users are getting a better gameplay experience as demand increases during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new study.
  
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• Nvidia and Google claim bragging rights in MLPerf benchmarks as AI computers get bigger and bigger

  29-07-2020 19:17 via zdnet.com
  
  Nvidia and Google each had something to crow about in the latest benchmarks of giant AI computers. Some AI startups, though, continue to avoid the MLPerf bake-off.
  
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• Google One, Google's paid consumer storage product, makes some features free

  29-07-2020 19:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Any Google user can now take advantage of the Google One phone backup feature, along with a new, free storage manager tool.
  
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• 'BootHole' attack impacts Windows and Linux systems using GRUB2 and Secure Boot

  29-07-2020 19:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft, Red Hat, Canonical, SuSE, Oracle, VMWare, Citrix, and many OEMs are expected to release BootHole patches.
  
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• Microsoft to remove all SHA-1 Windows downloads next week

  29-07-2020 18:55 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft says file downloads signed with the SHA-1 algorithm are insecure and will be removed on August 3, 2020.
  
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• EMC: Less than zero?

  29-07-2020 18:07 via zdnet.com
  
  Opinion: A few years ago, EMC was the behemoth of the storage industry and the object of the tech industry's largest acquisition. Michael Dell paid $67 billion dollars for EMC in just five years ago. It's value today is less than $0. Why?
  
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• Hashtag Activism, book review: A sign of the times

  29-07-2020 17:32 via zdnet.com
  
  This book explores how new movements for social change take shape on Twitter, facilitated by the humble hashtag.
  
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• TikTok blasts 'copycat' Facebook as US starts probe

  29-07-2020 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Chinese-owned firm pens a fierce defence of its role in the US as it faces fresh scrutiny.
  
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• Google offers refunds after smart glasses stop working

  29-07-2020 16:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The North Focals smart glasses will lose all special features, but customers will get refunds.
  
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• This AI can discover the hidden links between great works of art

  29-07-2020 16:10 via zdnet.com
  
  The researchers created MosAIc, an algorithm that looks for links that humans wouldn't have thought of.
  
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• New tool detects shadow admin accounts in AWS and Azure environments

  29-07-2020 16:00 via zdnet.com
  
  CyberArk releases new SkyArk tool for scanning AWS and Azure infrastructure for misconfigured accounts.
  
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• Microsoft: We're taking over Windows 10 PyTorch AI library from Facebook

  29-07-2020 15:33 via zdnet.com
  
  The move aims to improve new GPU-accelerated machine-learning training on Windows 10's Subsystem for Linux.
  
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• Tim Cook defends App Store: 'If Apple is a gatekeeper, we just opened the gate wider'

  29-07-2020 14:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple CEO Tim Cook hits back at criticism of the company's App Store business practices.
  
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• Intuit rolls out QuickBooks Cash, a new money management account for SMBs

  29-07-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  QuickBooks Cash also aims to remove outdated money movement barriers, and help small businesses better understand and predict finances with the help of machine learning.
  
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• Microsoft Teams: Here comes the new Tasks app so get ready

  29-07-2020 13:57 via zdnet.com
  
  Tasks in Teams is currently being rolled out to a small number desktop users, which will continue through September.
  
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• Microsoft Teams: Here comes the new Tasks app

  29-07-2020 13:57 via zdnet.com
  
  Tasks in Teams is currently being rolled out to a small number desktop users, which will continue through September.
  
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• Juniper extends AI-driven network insights to WAN and branch locations

  29-07-2020 13:45 via zdnet.com
  
  Additionally, Juniper is bringing an AIOps conversational interface to networking.
  
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• Lockdown made you start running. Here’s how to get better

  29-07-2020 13:36
  
  Lockdown has created a bunch of new runners. Here are our tips – and pick of the best kit – on how to take things to the next level if you recently started and are plateauing
  
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• Shopify's Q2 shines as businesses go digital en mass amid COVID-19 pandemic

  29-07-2020 13:34 via zdnet.com
  
  Shopify's second quarter results highlight how the company is critical to SMBs going digital.
  
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• Britain's big cat hunters won't quit searching for mystery animals

  29-07-2020 13:23
  
  For more than 50 years, people have reported sightings of big cats in the British countryside. Now, armed with drones and podcasts, a new generation of big cat hunters is taking up the search
  
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• Garmin's Q2 resilient, well ahead of estimates, COVID-19 fears

  29-07-2020 13:15 via zdnet.com
  
  The company reported second quarter revenue of $869.97 million, down 9% from a year ago. Garmin's fitness category sales were up 17%
  
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• Microsoft: Windows developers building Linux, Android, web apps get this new resource

  29-07-2020 12:21 via zdnet.com
  
  New landing page is for Windows developers using Node.js, React, Java, Kotlin, Python, Xamarin, and Android Studio.
  
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• Microsoft: On Windows and developing Linux, Android, web apps? Here's a new resource

  29-07-2020 12:21 via zdnet.com
  
  New landing page is for Windows developers using Node.js, React, Java, Kotlin, Python, Xamarin, and Android Studio.
  
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• OkCupid: Hackers want your data, not a relationship

  29-07-2020 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Researchers discovered a way to steal the personal and sensitive data of users on the popular dating app.
  
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• Antitrust showdown: Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google CEOs report to Capitol Hill

  29-07-2020 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Alongside his Big Tech counterparts, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will make his first-ever appearance before Congress, telling lawmakers that "just like the world needs small companies, it also needs large ones."
  
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• Antitrust showdown: Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google CEOs report to Capitol Hill

  29-07-2020 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Alongside his Big Tech counterparts, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will make his first-ever appearance before Congress, telling lawmakers that "just like the world needs small companies, it also needs large ones."
  
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• Turkey's MPs vote to tighten grip on social media

  29-07-2020 11:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube will now need to comply with requests to remove content.
  
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• Singapore inks global pacts to develop maritime data APIs

  29-07-2020 09:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore signs MOUs with five global organisations to develop and adopt data standards and APIs, which it hopes will drive data exchange for service transactions in the sector.
  
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• US provides new expanded set of espionage charges against former Twitter employees

  29-07-2020 08:09 via zdnet.com
  
  The charges have expanded from two to seven.
  
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• Q-CTRL launches service to help with cloud-based quantum computing

  29-07-2020 08:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Meanwhile, UNSW has spun out an Internet of Things-focused security startup called CyAmst.
  
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• Perth Mint and Security Matters launch trueGold blockchain consortium

  29-07-2020 07:23 via zdnet.com
  
  The pair have been developing a 'high-tech proprietary supply chain solution' using blockchain technology.
  
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• Who the hell is BOE, Apple’s new iPhone 12 screen supplier?

  29-07-2020 07:00
  
  This Chinese company has won the lucrative contract that's potentially worth billions to make the displays for the iPhone 12. It's bad news for Samsung and LG, and good news for OLED fans
  
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• How to stop your personal information leaking to the world

  29-07-2020 07:00
  
  At some point you have probably shared too much online. Here’s how to reclaim some privacy and make sure your Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn aren’t leaking private information
  
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• Bravo ACCC: Telstra begins flogging NBN overprovisioning as 15% speed boost

  29-07-2020 06:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Consequences of ACCC deciding networking layers are for nerds begin to flow through.
  
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• TikTok's Indian clones will need lots of luck and money to recreate magic of the original

  29-07-2020 06:27 via zdnet.com
  
  Now that the spigot of Chinese money has been impeded by a new law, the challenge will be even greater.
  
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• MyRepublic fined in NZ for failing to provide ComCom with finances

  29-07-2020 06:14 via zdnet.com
  
  Second breach in as many years only lands telco with NZ$2,000 fine.
  
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• Today’s ‘mega’ data breaches now cost companies $392 million to recover from

  29-07-2020 06:01 via zdnet.com
  
  When consumer PII is involved, the cost increases.
  
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• Singapore's DBS and GovTech pilot Singpass face verification technology

  29-07-2020 05:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Signing up for digital banking services with DBS just got faster.
  
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• A new AI claims it can help remove racism on the web. So I put it to work

  29-07-2020 04:48 via zdnet.com
  
  It was too tempting a challenge. Which site has more problematic pages? FoxNews.com or ESPN.com? You may be surprised.
  
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• How much power does tech 'big four' have?

  29-07-2020 04:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Regulators are scrutinising Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook. How much power do the 'big four' hold?
  
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• Westpac to bring 1,000 call centre jobs back to Australia

  29-07-2020 03:55 via zdnet.com
  The bank promises that customer calls will now be answered by someone in Australia.
  
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