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• Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on innovation

  11-09-2020 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eric Schmidt says America has fallen behind China when it comes to funding new technology.
  
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• Recipe for selling software in a pandemic: Be essential, add some machine learning, and focus, focus, focus

  11-09-2020 23:07 via zdnet.com
  A bit of machine learning, some essential functions for finance departments, and a focus on vertical industries has allowed small software vendor Prophix to thrive even as tools such as Slack get dumped.
  
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• Apple's Time Flies September event: How to watch and what to expect

  11-09-2020 23:05 via zdnet.com
  Don't expect the iPhone 12. Yeah, 2020 hasn't been a normal year.
  
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• Gateway is back at Walmart: Here are the best laptop deals

  11-09-2020 21:29 via zdnet.com
  Here are some of the best Gateway deals at Walmart. (And, no, the year is not 1998.)
  
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• Doogee N20 review: Stylish entry-level phone with four cameras

  11-09-2020 19:18 via zdnet.com
  The Doogee N20 Pro is a nice looking entry-level smartphone with really good cameras for a range of scenarios, and little shutter lag.
  
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• The living hell of Covid-19 long-haulers

  11-09-2020 19:04
  
  Coming up today: Matt Reynolds meets the coronavirus long-haulers, Matt Burgess tracks the rise and fall of Pret and Amit explains why lie detectors are creeping into British policing.
  
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• Contact centers reacted to COVID-19 quite well -- it's time to institutionalize best practices

  11-09-2020 18:57 via zdnet.com
  As the pandemic continues, contact centers realize their solutions for work-at-home agents, talent and performance management and information security need revisions. They also realize that COVID-19 has made the current operational blueprints ineffective. Because of this, they need to comprehensively streamline their operational thinking and solution design.
  
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• Hyland’s acquisition of Alfresco software accelerates its path to cloud

  11-09-2020 18:51 via zdnet.com
  Hyland’s acquisition of Alfresco is different and -- if successfully executed -- will help the ECM software developer move confidently into the era of cloud-native, modern content services. This article outlines the reasons why.
  
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• My seven favorite Windows 10 features

  11-09-2020 18:26 via zdnet.com
  If you have a Windows 10 PC, you might be missing out on some productivity-enhancing shortcuts. Here are my seven favorite features, many of them new or greatly improved since Windows 10's debut in 2015.
  
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• Government must safeguard ARM’s UK HQ, says Labour

  11-09-2020 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cambridge-based ARM’s current owner, Softbank, is in talks to sell the firm to US chip maker Nvidia.
  
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• The Surface Duo isn't for everyone. But here's who will love it

  11-09-2020 16:37 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's innovative dual-screen device won't satisfy flagship smartphone fans or phone photographers. But multitaskers are going to love it.
  
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• Best VoIP providers in 2020: RingCentral, Vonage, Ooma, and more

  11-09-2020 16:35 via zdnet.com
  Are you transitioning your on-premises workforce to a work-at-home powerhouse? Do you need to put a business phone on every desk, even if those desks are in the corner of a spare bedroom? If you're trying to replicate a traditional office phone PBX remotely, we have 12 recommendations that should get you talking.
  
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• Microsoft is working on making Window 10 feature update blockers clearer and more detailed

  11-09-2020 16:23 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is working on making blocking issues for Windows 10 feature updates more customized and actionable, according to sources.
  
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• Marvel's Avengers: Gaming can be 'more personal' than movies

  11-09-2020 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thor and Black Widow explore how the new Avengers game differs from the movies.
  
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• Airborne groceries? Tesco to trial drone deliveries

  11-09-2020 15:49 via zdnet.com
  The supermarket chain is teaming up with a drone start-up to deliver groceries faster.
  
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• Microsoft: VS Code update gets new features with programming language TypeScript 4.0

  11-09-2020 15:13 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft also updates Java for VS Code with performance improvements to its IntelliSense code-competition tool.
  
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• Even cybersecurity companies spill data and passwords

  11-09-2020 14:42 via zdnet.com
  Nobody is immune to data breaches and hacking, not even the professionals.
  
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• Oyster raises giant $14m seed round as VCs focus on Latin America

  11-09-2020 14:26 via zdnet.com
  I spoke with PayPal alumni Vilash Poovala about raising the largest seed investment in Latin America and the opportunities in fintech.
  
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• Contact tracing: England's app finally gets a launch date

  11-09-2020 14:22 via zdnet.com
  The government has announced the COVID-19 app will be ready for launch at the end of the month.
  
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• Microsoft Surface Duo is all just spin

  11-09-2020 14:17 via zdnet.com
  
  In the Surface Duo, Microsoft has a fascinating new product. So what does Redmond want you to do with it? Nothing productive, if you watch its new ad.
  
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• Microsoft: Windows 10 now lets you access Linux filesystems in WSL 2

  11-09-2020 13:53 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft also says it's investigating user reports of the latest Windows 10 2004 security patch breaking WSL 2.
  
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• Microsoft: Windows 10 now lets you access Linux file systems in WSL 2

  11-09-2020 13:53 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft also says it's investigating user reports of the latest Windows 10 2004 security patch breaking WSL 2.
  
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• Major update for Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 brings Watch 3 fitness features

  11-09-2020 13:47 via zdnet.com
  Samsung's Galaxy Watch 3 launched just a couple of weeks ago and now we see some of the best fitness features available on the Watch Active 2.
  
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• IRS offers grants for software to trace privacy-focused cryptocurrency trades

  11-09-2020 13:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Grants of up to $625,000 will be issued in exchange for cryptocurrency tracking technologies.
  
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• Coronavirus: England and Wales' contact-tracing app gets launch date

  11-09-2020 13:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Matt Hancock describes it as a "defining moment" in the effort to control the spread of Covid-19.
  
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• TikTok sale deadline won't be extended, says Trump

  11-09-2020 13:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The race to find a buyer to avoid TikTok being banned in the US will end on 15 September.
  
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• Smart contact lens prototype raises eyebrows

  11-09-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  This prosthetic iris demonstrates the power and promise of nanotechnology.
  
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• Russia, China and Iran hackers target Trump and Biden, Microsoft says

  11-09-2020 12:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Both President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden's campaigns in hackers' sights, Microsoft says.
  
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• NASA will pay private companies for lunar samples, materials excavated from the Moon

  11-09-2020 12:37 via zdnet.com
  
  The payoff is paltry, but there are other reasons for the proposal.
  
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• Microsoft Teams: Now you can use it with GitHub in this new public beta

  11-09-2020 12:26 via zdnet.com
  GitHub built an app for Microsoft Teams to rival its app for Slack.
  
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• Portable air purifier, 'smallest' Xbox and other tech news

  11-09-2020 11:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click’s Jen Copestake reports on some of the best technology news stories this week.
  
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• ThreatConnect acquires enterprise risk management firm Nehemiah Security

  11-09-2020 11:24 via zdnet.com
  ThreatConnect aims to create a full security lifestyle solutions portfolio suitable for enterprise players.
  
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• This tiny 20W Power Delivery wall charger could be the perfect for the new iPhone 12

  11-09-2020 11:08 via zdnet.com
  This is unbelievably tiny, but immensely powerful.
  
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• Chuwi AeroBook Plus review: An affordable 15-inch laptop with a 4K display

  11-09-2020 10:55 via zdnet.com
  Despite its long-in-the-tooth Core i5 processor and some other lower-spec components, the 15.6-inch AeroBook Plus offers enough to deliver a convincing budget package.
  
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• Huawei opens core tech to developers and hopes to inspire the next TikTok

  11-09-2020 08:33 via zdnet.com
  It also laid out plans to see Google replacement HarmonyOS on smartphones from next year and a handful of new consumer devices.
  
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• Home Affairs secretary foresees change in Commonwealth cyber operating model

  11-09-2020 08:23 via zdnet.com
  It starts with consolidating the federal government's attack surface and slowly decommissioning legacy systems that are no longer cyber safe.
  
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• Porn site users targeted with malicious ads redirecting to exploit kits, malware

  11-09-2020 07:48 via zdnet.com
  Adult ad networks abused in last hurrah attacks before Flash and IE near EOL.
  
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• Xbox Series S vs PS5: does the cheapest console always win?

  11-09-2020 07:00
  
  It reports are correct, Sony may have already lost the price war in the battle for next-gen dominance
  
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• They never officially had Covid-19. Months later they’re living in hell

  11-09-2020 07:00
  
  People who fell ill in March are still suffering with life-limiting symptoms. Many never received positive Covid-19 tests, leaving them in a strange, painful limbo
  
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• Cummings doesn’t need a no deal Brexit to create his British Google

  11-09-2020 07:00
  
  unshackled from the EU’s state aid rules, Cummings and Johnson dream of creating British technology champions
  
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• China is rapidly building a world-beating wind energy revolution

  11-09-2020 07:00
  
  Despite a pandemic, China is busy building swathes of wind farms and will soon overtake the UK’s booming offshore industry
  
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• Google launches Android 11 Go to make apps 20% faster

  11-09-2020 03:55 via zdnet.com
  It will also provide new security enhancements, Google said.
  
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• IBM back pays AU$12m to over 1,600 Australian employees

  11-09-2020 03:29 via zdnet.com
  After Big Blue entered into an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman.
  
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• Optus announces new NBN standalone 50/20 and 100/20 plans

  11-09-2020 02:48 via zdnet.com
  The new NBN plans are all standalone, uncapped, month-to-month plans.
  
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• The man who owned 3,000 cameras

  11-09-2020 01:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of the largest camera collections in the world is hidden away in a village hall in Fife.
  
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• 'Scammer cloned my business on Instagram'

  11-09-2020 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How a fake soap company attempted to clean out the bank accounts of followers.
  
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• Coronavirus: How technology could keep football fans safe at stadiums

  11-09-2020 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tech firms are working on solutions to enable fans to move safely outside, inside and around grounds.
  
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• Brazil "can't miss out" on 5G opportunity, says vice-president

  11-09-2020 00:01 via zdnet.com
  The government is working the rules for the upcoming auction of the fifth-generation spectrum, according to Hamilton Mourão.
  
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