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• Okta continues to benefit from work-from-home trends in Q2

  27-08-2020 22:55 via zdnet.com
  
  The cloud-based identity management firm beat top and bottom-line estimates for the quarter.
  
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• Dell Technologies sees Q2 PC demand surge amid remote work, education move

  27-08-2020 22:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Remote education and work gave Dell Technologies a big second quarter boost.
  
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• VMware tops Q2 expectations on strong growth in SaaS revenue

  27-08-2020 22:45 via zdnet.com
  VMware said subscription and SaaS revenue for the second quarter jumped 44% from a year ago to $631 million, and represented 22% of total Q2 revenue.
  
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• Nutanix announces CEO Dheeraj Pandey to retire

  27-08-2020 22:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Nutanix also announced that Bain Capital will purchase $750 million in Convertible Senior Notes to become a leading shareholder in the company.
  
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• HP beats Q3 estimates with big increase in notebook sales

  27-08-2020 22:31 via zdnet.com
  
  With the COVID-19 pandemic driving up demand for notebooks, HP said its shipments grew by 32 percent year-over-year.
  
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• Brazilian Senate pushes for introduction of data protection regulations

  27-08-2020 22:28 via zdnet.com
  
  If sanctioned by the president, the rules will be effective immediately with sanctions applicable from August 2021
  
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• Workday reports strong Q2, names Fernandez co-CEO

  27-08-2020 22:15 via zdnet.com
  
  The company handily topped second quarter expectations amid strong demand. Chano Fernandez becomes co-CEO with Aneel Bhusri.
  
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• US sues to recover cryptocurrency funds stolen by North Korean hackers

  27-08-2020 22:01 via zdnet.com
  
  US officials are going after 280 BTC and ETH accounts storing funds North Korean hackers stole from two cryptocurrency exchanges.
  
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• Facebook sues maker of advertising SDK for refusing to participate in audit

  27-08-2020 20:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Facebook also sued the operator of a website selling Instagram followers, likes, and comments.
  
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• Iranian hackers impersonate journalists to set up WhatsApp calls and gain victims' trust

  27-08-2020 18:50 via zdnet.com
  
  Iranian hackers impersonated journalists from German TV Deutsche Welle and Israeli magazine Jewish Journal, and the Wall Street Journal in earlier attacks this year.
  
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• Microsoft and Walmart are teaming on a potential TikTok takeover deal

  27-08-2020 18:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is still in the TikTok bidding, with Amazon adversary Walmart by its side.
  
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• Innovating through uncertainty: What to do now for what’s coming next

  27-08-2020 18:06
  
  A hand-picked panel of business leaders and experts join WIRED editor Greg Williams and Accenture to explore how to innovate through uncertainty
  
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• Microsoft readies next version of Windows Server LTSC for latter half of 2021

  27-08-2020 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft has released a new test build of Windows Server 'vNext' and has also shared a list of features in it. Test build 20201 is for a version of Server that will be designated as LTSC.
  
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• Your quantified self on steroids: Amazon's Halo and Halo Band are creepy and kinda cool

  27-08-2020 17:28 via zdnet.com
  
  If you're into digital wellness and quantified self metrics, Amazon's combination of a purpose-built $99.99 device and $3.99/month service may bit hard to refuse. This is how AI and machine learning get personal.
  
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• Why I love my Apple Card in the age of COVID

  27-08-2020 17:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple's idea of releasing a credit card of its own, tied to your iPhone, seemed crazy at first. Now, a full year later, I'm using it for almost all of my purchases.
  
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• TikTok Holocaust trend 'hurtful and offensive'

  27-08-2020 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Users have been uploading videos pretending to be Holocaust victims.
  
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• CDN player Fastly acquires Signal Sciences for $775 million

  27-08-2020 16:45 via zdnet.com
  
  Fastly said the cash and stock deal is meant to help the company expand its security portfolio.
  
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• Samsung will tell us everything we want to know about the Galaxy Z Fold 2 on Sept. 1

  27-08-2020 16:37 via zdnet.com
  
  Samsung is calling the event "Galaxy Z Fold2: Unpacked Part 2," and we expect many more details about the company's next foldable phone.
  
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• DocuSign integrates eSignature tools into Workplace by Facebook

  27-08-2020 16:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The integration is designed to streamline workflows and put e-signature technology with chatbots.
  
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• Facebook says Apple ad-blocking settings could halve revenue

  27-08-2020 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In the upcoming iOS 14, apps have to explicitly ask users' permission to collect and share data.
  
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• Do you clean your phone now? How coronavirus has changed us (or not)

  27-08-2020 15:10 via zdnet.com
  
  You wash your hands but do you wash your phone?
  
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• Twilio partners with more cities, universities to power contact tracing systems

  27-08-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Twilio said it's now working with the Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology and the Public Health Department for Philadelphia on contact tracing systems.
  
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• Developers: Windows Terminal Preview 1.3 arrives with new 'command palette'

  27-08-2020 14:19 via zdnet.com
  
  Windows Terminal users can test out a new command palette to search for commands in the application.
  
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• Graph, machine learning, hype and beyond: ArangoDB open source multi model database releases version 3.7

  27-08-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A sui generis, multi-model open source database, designed from the ground up to be distributed. ArangoDB keeps up with the times and uses graph, and machine learning, as the entry points for its offering.
  
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• Federal contractor taps Google Cloud AI and ML to inspect US Navy vessels

  27-08-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Simple Technology Solutions will be working with Google Cloud to modernize the maintenance and repairs inspection process for Navy vessels and facilities.
  
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• Robots might make better drugs, faster

  27-08-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  There's a rush toward automation in the drug world, and it may drastically reduce drug development timelines.
  
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• Robots in lab coats might make better drugs

  27-08-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  There's a rush toward automation in the drug world, and it may drastically reduce drug development timelines.
  
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• Apple Fortnite players left behind in new update

  27-08-2020 12:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new season of Epic's popular game does not - and will not - appear on any Apple devices.
  
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• Your email threads are now being hijacked by the QBot Trojan

  27-08-2020 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Operators have changed their tactics in the quest for data theft.
  
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• Windows 10: New 20H2 insider preview arrives with epic list of fixes

  27-08-2020 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft releases a ton of fixes as it gears up to release Windows 10, version 2009.
  
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• The lifts in your high-rise office are a coronavirus nightmare

  27-08-2020 11:29
  
  Companies have overhauled offices to make them Covid-proof. But they can't figure out how to stop a pile-up in the lift
  
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• Google Maps: Popular 'saved' location tab is getting a big update

  27-08-2020 11:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Google Maps gets an update that should help users more easily remember Saved places and places they've been - even if they didn't save a location.
  
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• More than 300,000 users have downloaded Northern Ireland's contact-tracing app

  27-08-2020 10:16 via zdnet.com
  
  The user base is likely to keep growing as children and young adults get access to the app.
  
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• Australia Post parcel portal offline following 'technical' issue

  27-08-2020 09:03 via zdnet.com
  
  The parcel delivery business of the government-owned entity was down, with Australia Post apologising for any inconvenience.
  
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• South Korea, Australia, Taiwan among 5G speed leaders as US brings up the rear

  27-08-2020 08:44 via zdnet.com
  
  Opensignal says the usage and launch of 5G on low-band spectrum improves range, but hinders the speed measurements.
  
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• TikTok CEO Kevin Mayar exits

  27-08-2020 08:11 via zdnet.com
  
  The decision to leave, after joining on June 1, is due to the political environment 'sharply' changing.
  
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• Telstra CEO Andy Penn says he's open to job sharing

  27-08-2020 07:46 via zdnet.com
  
  He also misses run-ins with people at the coffee shop and in the lift.
  
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• Netflix investigated over alleged tax evasion in Korea

  27-08-2020 07:41 via zdnet.com
  
  The US streaming giant is among 21 multinational companies being investigated by South Korea's tax service.
  
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• TikTok boss quits as Trump's ban looms

  27-08-2020 07:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kevin Mayer is leaving after two months at the video-sharing app at the centre of US-China tensions.
  
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• This seabed coral farm is trying to save our reefs from extinction

  27-08-2020 07:00
  
  Pollution, warming oceans and destructive fishing practices are killing coral reefs. One project in Bonaire shows it's possible to fight back
  
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• Six workstations to upgrade your post-lockdown home office

  27-08-2020 07:00
  
  If you're still working part or all of the week from home, you may have reached your limit with your temporary summer setup. Here's some smart desk alternatives
  
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• Deepfake porn is now mainstream. And major sites are cashing in

  27-08-2020 07:00
  
  Non-consensual deepfake videos, that humiliate and demean women, are racking up millions of views on mainstream porn sites. Nothing is being done about them
  
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• Back at work? So are burglars. Here's how to keep your home safe

  27-08-2020 07:00
  
  The rise of the Internet of Things makes securing your home easier than ever
  
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• Hosting business continues to see Macquarie Telecom grow

  27-08-2020 06:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Over the past three years, the telco part of Macquarie Telecom has seen steady revenue but EBITDA fell by 5.6%.
  
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• Defence hands AU$20m data centre contract to Datapod

  27-08-2020 04:54 via zdnet.com
  
  As part of the Australian government's AU$1 billion injection into Defence.
  
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• 43% bump in e-commerce sales give Woolworths a leg up in FY20

  27-08-2020 04:49 via zdnet.com
  
  However, it wasn't enough to help the group avoid a 1.2% decline in net profit after tax to AU$1.6 billion.
  
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• DDoS extortionists target NZX, Moneygram, Braintree, and other financial services

  27-08-2020 04:45 via zdnet.com
  
  One of the victims, the New Zealand stock exchange (NZX), has halted trading for the third day in a row following the attacks.
  
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• Microsoft postpones Windows 10 1803 end of support date for some users

  27-08-2020 04:44 via zdnet.com
  
  Windows 10 1803 Enterprise, Education and IoT Enterprise editions will continue to get security updates until May 2021, rather than November, 2020.
  
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• Gonski to leave ANZ and hand reins over to former Optus CEO O'Sullivan

  27-08-2020 03:33 via zdnet.com
  
  The current chairman said 'the time is right' to exit the blue bank.
  
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• A new IT landscape empowers the CIO to mix and match

  27-08-2020 03:21 via zdnet.com
  
  IT has always had an outsized influence on which technologies are adopted by organizations large and small. Now cloud giants are rolling up customers into big suites that are easy to manage just as the obstacles that prevented best-of-breed drop away.
  
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