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• Nomad Basestation Pro review: A premium price for a premium experience

  28-09-2020 22:17 via zdnet.com
  The Basetation Pro delivers on Apple's AirPower promise, albeit in a different form.
  
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• 80 million US households intend to purchase a new type of smart home device

  28-09-2020 22:11 via zdnet.com
  Smart home technology has grown increasingly popular and adoption of smart home technology is expected to grow to 57% over the next five years.
  
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• Can Amazon convince you to welcome a security drone into your home?

  28-09-2020 21:25 via zdnet.com
  The Always Home Cam has inspired fears in a way the Roomba never did. While it has certain convenience and even privacy advantages, businesses might be a better initial market
  
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• How Roku built a quiet path to rocking the home audio market

  28-09-2020 20:22 via zdnet.com
  The company is best known for little video boxes even as it drives more of its revenue from powering the broadband experience for big TVs. In tapping both channels, it is setting up for a disruptive attack on home audio.
  
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• How Roku built a quiet path to rock the home audio market

  28-09-2020 20:22 via zdnet.com
  The company is best known for little video boxes even as it drives more of its revenue from powering the broadband experience for big TVs. In tapping both channels, it is setting up for a disruptive attack on home audio.
  
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• Brazilian government achieves multimillion-dollar savings with remote working

  28-09-2020 18:29 via zdnet.com
  New rules for public sector workers have been introduced this month, where expenses are paid for by employees who choose to operate from home.
  
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• Linux graphical apps coming to Windows SubSystem for Linux

  28-09-2020 18:22 via zdnet.com
  Linux on Windows is continuing to grow ever more powerful and functional. Now, graphical Linux programs are being integrated into WSL.
  
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• The System, book review: How the internet works and who runs it

  28-09-2020 17:46 via zdnet.com
  James Ball tells the story of the great co-operative experiment, now commercially captured, that is the internet.
  
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• Best WordPress hosting in 2020: Pagely, WordPress VP, WP Engine, Kinsta, and more

  28-09-2020 17:33 via zdnet.com
  If you're using a content management system to produce your website, there's a good chance you're using WordPress. In this guide, we present the very best WordPress hosting providers, including many companies that specialize in all things WordPress.
  
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• Impact of COVID-19: Growing small and medium businesses are investing more in technology

  28-09-2020 17:30 via zdnet.com
  The Small and Medium Business Trend Report by Salesforce Research analyzed the responses of more than 2,300 small and medium business (SMB) owners and leaders around the world to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and progress against digital transformation programs.
  
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• UHS hospital network hit by ransomware attack

  28-09-2020 17:19 via zdnet.com
  UHS operates more than 400 hospitals across the US and UK. Some US hospitals have been down since Sunday.
  
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• Contact-tracing: England's long-awaited app hits ten million downloads

  28-09-2020 17:06 via zdnet.com
  The NHS's long-awaited app has had a strong start, according to the government, despite a slightly shaky start.
  
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• How and why Microsoft is building a 'telco-grade cloud'

  28-09-2020 17:01 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft isn't trying to become a telco, despite recent forays into 5G. Instead, it's building out Azure to appeal even more to telcos, officials say.
  
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• The AI roadmap with Sana Khareghani

  28-09-2020 16:38
  
  Sana Khareghani, head of the UK government's Office for Artificial Intelligence, talks to WIRED editor Greg Williams on the role AI will play in helping rebuild the post-Covid economy
  
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• Fashion brands design 'waist-up' clothing for video calls

  28-09-2020 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Milan Fashion Week saw designers showcasing logos on necklines and statement jewellery.
  
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• Next Normal notes on CRM/CX/CE: Microsoft Ignite? It's really all about Doom

  28-09-2020 16:29 via zdnet.com
  Ignite 2020 provided a look at what's in store for Microsoft's business products and services in the next few months. More important than Ignite, however, is Microsoft acquisition of gaming industry giant ZeniMax Media. Here's why it matters.
  
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• US squeezes China's biggest chip-maker SMIC

  28-09-2020 16:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The commerce department writes to suppliers, warning of risks linked to the Chinese military.
  
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• The price of stolen remote login passwords is dropping. That's a bad sign

  28-09-2020 16:00 via zdnet.com
  The cost of RDP credentials is going down - and it's probably happening because of poor cybersecurity is making log-in details easy to find.
  
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• QuickBooks users can now import purchase data from Amazon Business

  28-09-2020 16:00 via zdnet.com
  Intuit announced a new integration with Amazon Business that aims to make it easier for SMBs to import purchase and reconciliation data into QuickBooks.
  
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• Dell upgrades XPS 13 laptops with Intel's new Tiger Lake processors

  28-09-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  In addition to the notebooks gaining the latest 11th-generation Core processors and Xe integrated graphics, the Developer Edition will be the first Tiger Lake laptop to ship with Linux Ubuntu 20.04TLS pre-loaded.
  
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• Alexa for rent: Why Amazon needs to stop selling us new Echos

  28-09-2020 14:57 via zdnet.com
  If I upgrade these devices, I am paying to help Amazon strengthen its infrastructure. What's in it for me?
  
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• Suspicious logins reported after ransomware attack on US govt contractor

  28-09-2020 14:36 via zdnet.com
  Ransomware attack on Tyler Technologies is looking worse by the day.
  
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• NHS Covid-19 app: 12m downloads - and lots of questions

  28-09-2020 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We look at why you can't log out of a venue, and how to change your postcode on the app.
  
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• DataStax amps up Cassandra certification training

  28-09-2020 14:05 via zdnet.com
  Looking to grow the Apache Cassandra skills base, DataStax is launching a more structured outgrowth of its existing workshop programs aimed at large and small consulting partners.
  
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• Master leveraging big data with this $39 comprehensive training

  28-09-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  Make your business run smoother and more efficiently with these expert-taught courses.
  
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• Students rise up against forced remote spy app usage in colleges, universities

  28-09-2020 13:18 via zdnet.com
  Recent clashes highlight concerns that forcing students to use remote exam monitoring software is an affront to personal privacy.
  
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• Ransomware is your biggest problem on the web. This huge change could be the answer

  28-09-2020 13:02 via zdnet.com
  Making it illegal for companies to pay up when hit with ransomware could finally halt the 'scourge of the internet'.
  
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• Ransomware is the biggest problem on the web. This huge change could be the answer

  28-09-2020 13:02 via zdnet.com
  Making it illegal for companies to pay up when hit with ransomware could finally halt the 'scourge of the internet'.
  
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• 3D printing is making a giant leap into health. That could change everything

  28-09-2020 12:15 via zdnet.com
  Bioprinting and bioprinters could help transform medicine, getting new organs and therapies to where they're needed faster.
  
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• Neural network trained to control anesthetic doses, keep patients under during surgery

  28-09-2020 11:11 via zdnet.com
  Researchers demonstrate how deep learning could eventually replace traditional anesthetic practices.
  
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• iOS 14.0.1: The battery and connectivity woes continue

  28-09-2020 10:44 via zdnet.com
  iOS 14.0.1 fixes some things. Breaks other things.
  
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• When is Prime Day 2020? Everything we know about Amazon's big sale

  28-09-2020 08:12 via zdnet.com
  Amazon's annual sale starts Oct. 13! Here's what you need to know, plus tips and tricks on how to master Prime Day.
  
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• Prime Day 2020: Amazon reveals when its annual sale takes place

  28-09-2020 07:02 via zdnet.com
  There will be thousands of discounts, including early deals leading up to Prime Day 2020.
  
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• Prime Day 2020: Amazon reveals annual sale takes place Oct. 13 and 14

  28-09-2020 07:02 via zdnet.com
  There will be thousands of discounts on Prime Day, including early deals.
  
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• Turns out dumping data centres in the ocean could be a good idea

  28-09-2020 07:00
  
  Should we be building all our data centres underwater? A recent Microsoft experiment makes a strong case for a rethink
  
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• Five rules for thinking about risk during the coronavirus pandemic

  28-09-2020 07:00
  
  The pandemic has turned life into one long, frustrating, risk assessment. But changing how you think about risk can make things feel easier
  
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• Don’t buy a Huawei or Honor phone. Do buy their laptops and watches

  28-09-2020 07:00
  
  Yes, avoid the phones (for now), but you shouldn’t ignore Honor and Huawei's laptops and watches
  
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• Robots in a flat - testing tech for independent living

  28-09-2020 06:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A laboratory made to look like a home is fitted with sensors and internet of things devices.
  
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• ACMA approves GPS repeater trials in Sydney and Melbourne tunnels

  28-09-2020 05:55 via zdnet.com
  Initial trial approved due to need from emergency services.
  
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• European Commission appeals EU General Court's decision to annul Apple's €13b tax bill

  28-09-2020 05:38 via zdnet.com
  The commission believes the judgment contained a "number of errors of law" and harms fair competition within the EU.
  
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• TikTok: US judge halts app store ban

  28-09-2020 04:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The video-sharing app gets a last-minute reprieve from being taken off app stores in the US.
  
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• ATO wants to verify citizens are alive and physically present for myGovID registrations

  28-09-2020 03:51 via zdnet.com
  The agency has gone to market seeking to introduce a "liveness" solution to the digital identity app.
  
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• Google attacks extreme ways of ACCC news media bargaining code

  28-09-2020 03:14 via zdnet.com
  Search giant unhappy with final offer arbitration process to be used between tech giants and Australian newspapers.
  
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• NSW government plans to digitise school forms

  28-09-2020 02:49 via zdnet.com
  Starting with introducing online enrolments at all public primary schools.
  
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• US federal judge blocks TikTok ban

  28-09-2020 02:47 via zdnet.com
  
  The injunction follows a similar one being issued against a WeChat ban last week.
  
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• Huawei: The PowerPoint that sparked an international row

  28-09-2020 01:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The top Huawei executive's closely watched extradition case returns to court on Monday.
  
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• Arm swimming in a sea of uncertainty that could sink its business model

  28-09-2020 00:00 via zdnet.com
  Sitting at the start of an 18-month window to possibly move to Nvidia, the chip design giant's future is extremely foggy.
  
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