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• New Windows 10 Dev Channel test build adds updated dictation and more input features

  02-09-2020 23:39 via zdnet.com
  
  Windows 10 test build 20206 includes new 'voice typing,' touch keyboard, emoji picker and other input-focused features.
  
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• Google removes Android app that was used to spy on Belarusian protesters

  02-09-2020 23:14 via zdnet.com
  
  App mimicked a popular anti-government news site and collected location and device owner details.
  
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• CrowdStrike beats Q2 estimates with tailwinds from remote work, cloud trends

  02-09-2020 23:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Zuora and Smartsheet also posted better-than-expected second quarter results.
  
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• Cloudera's Q2 solid as Cloud Data Platform aims for multi-cloud, hybrid deployments

  02-09-2020 22:55 via zdnet.com
  
  Cloudera had 1,007 customers who exceeded $100,000 of annual recurring revenue (ARR) and 172 customers had ARR of more than $1 million.
  
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• Most consumers will trade their data for personalization

  02-09-2020 22:51 via zdnet.com
  
  Loyalty programs must deliver exceptional experiences to make the cut for consumers -- but they must get something in return
  
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• MongoDB tops Q2 expectations, raises outlook for fiscal year

  02-09-2020 22:23 via zdnet.com
  
  MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria said the company's second quarter growth was bolstered by "impressive" sales execution and customers implementing digital transformation strategies.
  
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• 14 ways to improve your virtual events experience

  02-09-2020 22:04 via zdnet.com
  
  Jon Reed​, the co-founder of diginomica​ has been building enterprise communities since 1995. Reed shares 14 ways to deliver a better virtual events experience.
  
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• Backed to Business: When gadgets accept a gesture

  02-09-2020 22:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Earbuds that understand your nods, a mouse controller you can wear, and a keyboard that has the trackpad under the keys are among the gesture-aware devices that have made the crowdfunding rounds.
  
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• Inside Charlie’s work-from-home setup: A millennial's small office space in progress

  02-09-2020 20:24 via zdnet.com
  
  After escaping the rental trap, Charlie takes us through her multi-purpose home office space.
  
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• What is an ‘edge cloud?’ The wild card that could upend the cloud

  02-09-2020 20:17 via zdnet.com
  
  It would literally be a world full of data centers, including the largest and the smallest varieties. But whose networks would they be? The answer depends on where these data centers are. . . or perhaps vice versa.
  
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• DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) support added to Chrome on Android

  02-09-2020 19:37 via zdnet.com
  
  DoH support added to Chrome 85, released last week, and slowly rolling out to all Android users in the coming weeks.
  
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• Dynabook launches two Portege devices less than 1 kg each

  02-09-2020 19:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Dynabook's latest 2-in-1 and laptop continue a theme of light devices in blue magnesium.
  
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• Intel unveils entirely new platform brand, Intel Evo, based on Tiger Lake

  02-09-2020 18:55 via zdnet.com
  
  Intel is also debuting a new logo. As the competition heats up, it's "time to embrace the future of our iconic brand," Intel's leaders say.
  
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• How to judge open-source projects

  02-09-2020 18:52 via zdnet.com
  
  We'd like to have an easy way of judging open-source programs. It can be done. But easily? Dream on!.
  
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• Girl Guides: Enhanced photos need labels on social media

  02-09-2020 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The charity has backed proposals to make labelling on these images compulsory.
  
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• Backdoors left unpatched in MoFi routers

  02-09-2020 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  MoFi Network patched only six of ten reported vulnerabilities, leaving three hard-coded undocumented backdoor systems in place.
  
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• Healthcare providers must all become digital companies

  02-09-2020 17:17 via zdnet.com
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for health systems to create a "new exceptional" for care delivery by going digital and embracing patient and enterprise engagement. In the Next Normal, all healthcare providers must be digital companies.
  
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• The UK is building its first commercial quantum computer

  02-09-2020 16:56 via zdnet.com
  
  The government announced a £10 million investment to let businesses and researchers make the most of quantum capabilities.
  
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• Here's an interesting chart: iPhone unit sales have been declining steadily for 5 years

  02-09-2020 16:26 via zdnet.com
  
  The number of iPhones Apple now sells is actually below 2014 numbers. So, why is the company making more money than King Midas? We look for answers in some lovely charts.
  
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• New Zealand's Weta Digital sends visual effects to the cloud

  02-09-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The creative studio is sending the vast majority of its IT to the AWS cloud.
  
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• Apple AirPods and other smart 'hearables' are ruling the wearable tech market

  02-09-2020 14:04 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple AirPods and other ear-worn devices dominate the largest segment of the wearable market.
  
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• Humana taps Salesforce Health Cloud to build care coordination platform

  02-09-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The health insurer signed a multi-year deal with Salesforce that also includes the launch of a joint Healthcare Innovation Lab
  
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• AWS introduces Bottlerocket: A Rust language-oriented Linux for containers

  02-09-2020 13:52 via zdnet.com
  
  There's a new security-oriented Linux for containers in town from Amazon and its name is Bottlerocket. Instead of being built almost entirely in C, it includes many components written in Rust.
  
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• Drone-in-a-box takes over aerial security

  02-09-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  High tech, highly mobile platforms that are dead simple to use: Welcome to the new age of drone security.
  
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• Fujitsu Lifebook U7310 review: Compact, lightweight and tough

  02-09-2020 12:50 via zdnet.com
  
  The Lifebook U7310 is a compact 13.3-inch ultraportable that's both lightweight and solidly built. Battery life is disappointing, but at least the battery is removable.
  
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• Android security: Six more apps containing Joker malware removed from the Google Play Store

  02-09-2020 12:26 via zdnet.com
  
  Researchers say the six apps had combined total of 200,000 downloads - and users who installed them should delete them.
  
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• Chromebooks get these handy new features as Chrome OS 85 arrives

  02-09-2020 12:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Google's Chrome OS 85 brings easier Wi-Fi password management for shared devices, new ways to search Settings, and a mic slider for users to control the volume of their voice on a video chat.
  
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• Jamf's Q2 highlights how Apple's Macs are seeing remote work, education boost

  02-09-2020 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  "Technology is no longer part of the employee experience. It is the entire employee experience. What was once nice to have is now a necessity," says Jamf CEO Dean Hager.
  
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• Python programming: Microsoft's latest beginners' course looks at developing for NASA projects

  02-09-2020 11:58 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft and NASA offer some ideas about how you could apply Python for space exploration.
  
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• Apple needs to put a stop to this nonsense

  02-09-2020 11:37 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple controls its App Store with an iron fist, but seems to be overlooking one area.
  
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• New KryptoCibule Windows malware is a triple threat for cryptocurrency users

  02-09-2020 11:30 via zdnet.com
  
  The malware has been active since late 2018 and has targeted users in the Czech Republic and Slovakia primarily (for now).
  
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• How to measure how much power your gadgets are using -- and wasting

  02-09-2020 11:00 via zdnet.com
  
  If you're anything like me, chances are that you have a lot of gadgets in your home or office. But how much power are these gadgets using -- and wasting? How much are your gadgets and devices costing you in power? And how much carbon dioxide is powering them releasing into the atmosphere?
  
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• AusCERT says alleged DoE hack came from a third-party

  02-09-2020 10:29 via zdnet.com
  
  AusCERT says a data breach occurred at K7Maths, a company providing services to schools.
  
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• Should you install iOS 13.7 on your iPhone?

  02-09-2020 10:18 via zdnet.com
  
  It's only been out a few hours, but I'm already hearing bad things from some iPhone users who have taken the plunge.
  
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• Committee wants robo-debt shuttered and independent review immediately launched

  02-09-2020 08:54 via zdnet.com
  
  In its second interim report into the Centrelink compliance program, the Community Affairs References Committee has recommended the immediate termination of the Services Australia-led initiative.
  
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• Singapore firms credit COVID-19 for clarifying digital transformation plans

  02-09-2020 08:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Global pandemic also secured increased budget for 84% of the organisations' digital transformation efforts and resolved at least one barrier hindering 96% of these companies' digital transformation.
  
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• Australian Defence hunts for new contractor to build new recruitment database

  02-09-2020 08:43 via zdnet.com
  
  It comes after Defence's former recruitment database was attacked using a Citrix vulnerability.
  
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• Commerce Commission New Zealand to leave voice and text MTAS regulated

  02-09-2020 07:39 via zdnet.com
  
  Opportunity still exists for Kiwi telcos to ramp up voice costs, while texts are likely to be re-examined in the coming years.
  
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• Your laptop webcam sucks, here’s how to use your phone instead

  02-09-2020 07:00
  
  Some laptop webcams haven't had a spec bump in eight years. It’s time to use you phone instead
  
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• This is what every office needs to do to make it safe to return to work

  02-09-2020 07:00
  
  There's no such thing as a safe office. But companies can cut the risk with savvy tech investments
  
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• Remote working means the rise of productivity-tracking tattleware

  02-09-2020 07:00
  
  Productivity software can track your emails, phone calls and meetings — and tattle to your boss
  
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• PropertyGuru secures $220M in latest funding

  02-09-2020 06:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Singapore-based online property marketplace locks in SG$300 million ($220.65 million) in funds, which it says will go towards beefing up its digital offerings and further drive its expansion plans across key markets such as Vietnam and Malaysia.
  
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• Unknown commercial entity blamed for NSW driver's licence data breach

  02-09-2020 04:49 via zdnet.com
  
  The identity of the entity is unknown to Cyber Security NSW and AWS isn't exactly helping to determine who it is.
  
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• LG's new T-shaped dual screen smartphone to be unveiled on September 14

  02-09-2020 04:25 via zdnet.com
  
  LG will unveil its new flagship smartphone online, which is likely the rumoured T-shaped dual screen smartphone.
  
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• Microsoft strengthens deepfake fight with new authentication tools

  02-09-2020 04:17 via zdnet.com
  
  The company announced two new technologies to combat disinformation as well as new work to help educate the public about the problem, including through a quiz.
  
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• Chinese national receives 18-month sentence for stealing US semiconductor trade secrets

  02-09-2020 03:45 via zdnet.com
  
  He was one of six individuals that were indicted, with the remaining five currently labelled as fugitives by the US government.
  
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• Gartner expects more CEOs to be personally liable for cyber-physical security incidents

  02-09-2020 03:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Predicts the onus will fall on 75% of CEOs within the next four years.
  
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• Boost Mobile Australia kills off international roaming from October until mid-2021

  02-09-2020 02:52 via zdnet.com
  
  Draw-card from MVNO put away until next year, citing a shift to a new backend.
  
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• Live video dating: Finding love online with an audience

  02-09-2020 01:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new breed of app is allowing people to go on live video dates, while others watch on.
  
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• CISA and FBI say they have not seen cyber-attacks this year on voter registration databases

  02-09-2020 00:35 via zdnet.com
  
  CISA and the FBI issue a joint statement about election and voter database hacking threats after a misleading article in Russian media today.
  
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