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• Google deprecates Web Store Payments API, effectively nuking Chrome paid extensions

  22-09-2020 22:24 via zdnet.com
  
  Move comes after a wave of fraudulent transactions over the winter.
  
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• A million students and counting have learned Linux

  22-09-2020 21:58 via zdnet.com
  The Linux Foundation's Free Introduction to Linux class has just passed the million enrollment mark.
  
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• TikTok removed 104M videos for guideline violations, majority from India and US

  22-09-2020 21:48 via zdnet.com
  Chinese video app maker says it removed more than 104.54 million videos in the first half of 2020 for breaching its community guidelines or terms of service, with the largest volumes from India and the US at 37.68 million and 9.82 million, respectively.
  
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• Microsoft to release new versions of its Office clients and on-premises servers in H2 2021

  22-09-2020 21:46 via zdnet.com
  New perpetual Office clients for Windows and Mac, as well as on-premises versions of Exchange, SharePoint and Skype for Business are coming in the second half of next year.
  
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• UK firm to power face verification in Singapore's digital identity system

  22-09-2020 20:04 via zdnet.com
  British firm iProov inks deal to provide face verification technology used in Singapore's national digital identity system, enabling four million users to access e-government services with a biometric scan.
  
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• IBM's Dinesh Nirmal: 'Every company is trying to automate their enterprise'

  22-09-2020 20:00 via zdnet.com
  ZDNet caught up with Dinesh Nirmal, general manager of IBM Cloud Integration, to talk hybrid cloud how enterprises are automating and leveraging AI.
  
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• CISA warns of notable increase in LokiBot malware

  22-09-2020 19:27 via zdnet.com
  "CISA has observed a notable increase in the use of LokiBot malware by malicious cyber actors since July 2020."
  
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• Oracle Cloud targets more HPC, adds Ampere for first Arm offering

  22-09-2020 19:00 via zdnet.com
  Oracle on Tuesday outlined its cloud roadmap, announcing a series of hardware and compute updates and a continued focus on HPC workloads.
  
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• Prime Day 2020 starts Oct. 13: Everything we know so far about Amazon's big sale

  22-09-2020 18:54 via zdnet.com
  Amazon's annual sale is coming! Here's what you need to know, plus tips and tricks on how to master Prime Day.
  
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• Healthcare lags behind in critical vulnerability management, banks hold their ground

  22-09-2020 18:00 via zdnet.com
  New research sheds light on which industries are performing well when it comes to patching high-risk bugs.
  
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• Dark web drugs raid leads to 179 arrests

  22-09-2020 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 500kg of cocaine, heroin and other drugs have been seized as well as guns.
  
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• This is how much top hackers are earning from bug bounties

  22-09-2020 17:41 via zdnet.com
  You might not make a million dollars, but hackers are making good money from reporting vulnerabilities.
  
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• ServiceNow embeds workflows into Microsoft Teams

  22-09-2020 17:30 via zdnet.com
  Via ServiceNow, employees will be able to submit requests, receive updates on in-process work, act on notifications and chat with virtual agents and connect from within Microsoft Teams.
  
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• HMD Global's Nokia 8.3 5G is $699 and available Sept. 23

  22-09-2020 17:30 via zdnet.com
  In addition to its first 5G phone, the company also announced several low-end phones and wireless earbuds.
  
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• Most techies believe Facebook should do more to stop election misinformation

  22-09-2020 17:19 via zdnet.com
  If you are worried about misinformation swaying the upcoming US election – you are not alone
  
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• Most tech pros believe Facebook should do more to stop election misinformation

  22-09-2020 17:19 via zdnet.com
  If you are worried about misinformation swaying the upcoming US election, you are not alone
  
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• Firefox 81 released with new browser theme

  22-09-2020 17:10 via zdnet.com
  Other Firefox 81 features include a new look for the PDF viewer, support for auto-filling card data, and support for hardware media keys.
  
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• Microsoft to start testing its new Edge browser on Linux in October

  22-09-2020 17:00 via zdnet.com
  The wait is over: Microsoft's 'Chredge' browser will be available to Insider testers in preview starting in October.
  
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• Microsoft shifts gears with its 'Project Cortex' knowledge management service

  22-09-2020 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Project Cortex is going to be delivered as a number of add-ons to existing Microsoft products, starting with SharePoint. The change in strategy is the result of 'user feedback,' Microsoft execs say.
  
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• Microsoft renames and unifies more products under Microsoft Defender brand

  22-09-2020 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft Threat Protection, Defender ATP, Azure Security Center, and others brought under the Microsoft Defender umbrella brand.
  
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• Microsoft outlines more new Teams features coming to remote and on-site workers

  22-09-2020 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft has plans to add new meeting, calling, search, insights and other new features to Teams over the next several months. Where's the Teams-fatigue-fighting feature?
  
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• Microsoft makes its video calling, chat, and SMS text messaging services available to others

  22-09-2020 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's Azure Communication Services (ACS) will give customers and partners access to the same voice, video, chat and texting services that Microsoft uses to power Teams.
  
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• Microsoft Ignite 2020: All the news from Redmond's IT Pro conference

  22-09-2020 17:00 via zdnet.com
  From Project Cortex and Azure resiliency to Teams and Edge on Linux, here's everything you need to know about the news out of Microsoft's Ignite conference.
  
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• Microsoft announces Power BI Teams integration, NLP and per-user Premium subscription

  22-09-2020 17:00 via zdnet.com
  At its annual Ignite conference, Microsoft adds a huge slate of enhancements to its banner BI platform.
  
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• Microsoft aims to grow Azure's footprint, resiliency with more availability zones and new services

  22-09-2020 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is bringing on board two more Azure Availability Zones, readying an Azure Resource Mover service aimed at those who care about data residency, and previewing its Azure Orbital service for satellite operators.
  
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• Microsoft adds more devices and services to its Azure Stack hybrid line-up

  22-09-2020 17:00 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft is adding three new edge-computing devices and moving ahead, with various Azure-branded services that are part of its hybrid-cloud family.
  
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• Samsung debuts super-fast 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 SSD

  22-09-2020 16:30 via zdnet.com
  Samsung's first consumer PCIe 4.0 NVMe solid state drive (SSD).
  
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• Coronavirus pandemic causes ‘seismic shift’ in EU payments industry, retail trends

  22-09-2020 15:41 via zdnet.com
  Forrester says that payment services and patterns in the EU have shifted, perhaps for good.
  
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• TikTok writes to rivals over suicide clips

  22-09-2020 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Chinese social media firm was grilled by UK MPs about how it deals with online harms.
  
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• Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 750G processor for low-latency mobile gaming

  22-09-2020 15:30 via zdnet.com
  The new chip design will bring 5G to next-generation mobile gaming apps.
  
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• Jabra announces Elite 85t wireless headset with ANC; update adds ANC to 75t range

  22-09-2020 15:10 via zdnet.com
  Jabra was one of the first to launch true wireless earbuds years ago and today released a new model with active noise cancellation. In a pleasant surprise for existing 75t owners, we also see an update bringing ANC to this series.
  
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• The dark web won't hide you anymore, police warn crooks

  22-09-2020 15:05 via zdnet.com
  'Operation Disruptor' involved agencies from nine countries and the seizure of over $6.5m in cash and cryptocurrencies as criminals warned law enforcement will track them down.
  
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• iPhone battery bad under iOS 14?

  22-09-2020 15:02 via zdnet.com
  Nobody like to hear it, but this is always the case with a new release. And it might not be a bug.
  
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• Salesforce rolls out video tools, other products for sales reps in the COVID era

  22-09-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Salesforce Meetings is a video meeting management system that works with a sales rep's preferred video conferencing provider, like Zoom or Google Hangouts.
  
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• HP unveils new Chromebooks, thin client and Chromebox devices

  22-09-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  The new lineup is designed to give enterprises more control over security and compliance for remote workers.
  
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• Fitbit Sense review: Advanced health and wellness tracking, GPS, and coaching

  22-09-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  It's been three years since we've seen integrated GPS in a Fitbit watch form factor and the new Sense has exceeded my expectations. It performs well for 24/7 health tracking and is a solid GPS sports watch too.
  
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• Anaplan to run on Google Cloud as two companies forge deeper partnership

  22-09-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  The two companies will combine efforts to offer analytics to industries such as retail and healthcare.
  
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• AMD unveils high-performance Athlon and Ryzen 3000 C-series chips for Chromebooks

  22-09-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  AMD wants to offer users "a great Chromebook experience"
  
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• Programming language TypeScript 4.1 beta: These are the new features, says Microsoft

  22-09-2020 14:56 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft has released the 4.1 beta of TypeScript, its programming language for big web apps.
  
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• Russia wants to ban the use of secure protocols such as TLS 1.3, DoH, DoT, ESNI

  22-09-2020 14:33 via zdnet.com
  Amendment to IT law would make it illegal to use encryption protocols that fully hide the traffic's destination.
  
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• Apple, Samsung battle spills over into PCs, tablets on customer satisfaction, says ACSI

  22-09-2020 14:30 via zdnet.com
  Remote work and education have tweaked the customer satisfaction pecking order among desktop PCs, tablets and laptops. ACSI outlines the PC features that net the most satisfaction.
  
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• Royole's new 5G FlexPai 2 foldable phone revealed: This is what you get for $1,500

  22-09-2020 14:03 via zdnet.com
  As the first company to sell a foldable phone, Royole has now started to sell its second model, the FlexPai 2.
  
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• Quantifying customer experience programs into dollars and sense (or how I got my honorary finance degree)

  22-09-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Conversations around CX are generally on the emotional state of the customer and their relationship with the company. But how can this be quantified? Nancy Porte, Verint's VP of Global Customer Experience, tells you how.
  
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• Best 5G smartphones available from US carriers: Galaxy Z Fold 2, Note 20 Ultra, and more

  22-09-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Despite my skepticism, US wireless carriers were able to launch 5G networks in 2019 in three flavors. It's become standard in 2020 for mid-range and flagship phones across all major US wireless carriers and most new phones incorporate 5G technology.
  
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• Hybrid AI through data, space, time, and industrial applications: Beyond Limits scores $113M Series C to scale up

  22-09-2020 13:16 via zdnet.com
  Machine learning approaches to AI alone don't cut it. Good old-fashioned AI alone does not cut it either. Beyond Limits takes a page from the AI vision book and combines different approaches for large-scale industrial applications
  
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• This is an AI, what's your emergency?

  22-09-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  Complex emergencies are getting far too complex for human dispatchers to coordinate, so AI/ML is the new norm.
  
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• Dark Overlord hacker pleads guilty

  22-09-2020 12:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A UK citizen is sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay £1.1m to victims.
  
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• The CIO has a new set of priorities and problems: Here's what's on their to-do list

  22-09-2020 12:45 via zdnet.com
  From DevOps and cloud to machine learning, CIOs are finding their agendas are already filling up. But challenges lie ahead.
  
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• Google: Gmail on iPhone's iOS 14? Now you can make it your default mail app

  22-09-2020 12:34 via zdnet.com
  But rebooting an iPhone will still return Apple Mail as the default email app until Apple releases a fix.
  
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• If we put computers in our brains, strange things might happen to our minds

  22-09-2020 12:15 via zdnet.com
  Using a brain-computer interface can fundamentally change our grey matter, a view of ourselves and even how fast our brains can change the world.
  
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