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• Samsung Galaxy S20 FE: How to buy and where to find the best deals

  02-10-2020 23:04 via zdnet.com
  Samsung's latest 5G phone, the Galaxy S20 Fan Edition, is already marked down.
  
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• Forecasting in uncertainty: Too soon to declare the worst is over in the US tech market downturn

  02-10-2020 22:00 via zdnet.com
  While recent tech earnings and other data suggest that the pandemic recession’s damage to the US tech market was not that bad and perhaps improving, think again. US employment data in August 2020 reveals new insights about the industries that’ve been hit hard and about those that have escaped damage so far.
  
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• Best security cameras for business in 2020: Google Nest, Ring, Scout, and more

  02-10-2020 21:13 via zdnet.com
  Storage, flexibility, quality recording, and easy installation are some of the important factors to consider when deciding on a work safe security system. Our top 10 picks for commercial properties will help secure the workplace for small and large businesses alike.
  
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• Google is creating a special Android security team to find bugs in sensitive apps

  02-10-2020 18:53 via zdnet.com
  Android apps that will be on the team's radar include COVID-19 contact tracing apps and election-related apps.
  
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• The content streaming wars come home: Who'll win your living room - Google, Apple or Amazon?

  02-10-2020 18:51 via zdnet.com
  It wasn't this problematic back when we consumed everything with a cable TV box and had DVRs.
  
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• How Italy got on top of Covid-19

  02-10-2020 18:20
  
  Coming up today: Natasha talks to Deliveroo’s struggling ‘heroes’, Amit explains why historians are annoyed at YouTube and Matt Reynolds looks at how Italy got to grips with Covid-19
  
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• Best practices for tech transformation in government

  02-10-2020 18:06 via zdnet.com
  As governments around the world deal with the global pandemic and economic challenges, the need for digital transformation and exceptional government customer experience (CX) has never been greater.
  
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• Proximity-tracking and a new app: How to run the London marathon in the midst of a pandemic

  02-10-2020 17:55 via zdnet.com
  The London marathon is going ahead this week-end – with quite a few less runners and a lot more tech.
  
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• Google sets up research grant for finding bugs in browser JavaScript engines

  02-10-2020 16:37 via zdnet.com
  Eligible browser JavaScript engines include JavaScriptCore (Safari), V8 (Chrome, Edge), and Spidermonkey (Firefox).
  
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• Disappearing Covid-19 app alerts cause alarm

  02-10-2020 15:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Users of the England and Wales contact-tracing apps are reporting getting alerts which then vanish.
  
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• Nomad bands for Apple Watch Series 6: High quality, attractive elastomer, leather, and metal options

  02-10-2020 15:07 via zdnet.com
  The Apple Watch Series 6 was recently released and there are plenty of band options available directly from Apple. Nomad offers affordable elastomer, Horween leather, and titanium bands that are extremely well constructed and attractive.
  
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• Learn to remotely manage complex projects using Jira with this $30 course bundle

  02-10-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Boosting your team's remote efficiency isn't as simple as telling your team to work better. Efficient project management begins with organization, and organization requires the right tools and excellent communication, especially when your entire team is working from home.
  
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• Cloudflare: This new WordPress accelerator makes sites much faster for visitors

  02-10-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  Cloudflare says its new service caches a WordPress site's static and dynamic content for much better performance.
  
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• Ransomware: Gangs are shifting targets and upping their ransom demands

  02-10-2020 14:10 via zdnet.com
  
  Gangs are also getting smarter, factoring in companies' revenues when setting the ransom they try to collect.
  
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• The tech crisis that isn’t: China controls the world’s rare earth supply chains

  02-10-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Is it a crisis when a country holds a commanding lead in supplying a critical global market successfully manages to avoid disrupting that market amid a pandemic, and doesn’t have “United” in its name?
  
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• Nintendo wins £1.5m in Switch hacking case

  02-10-2020 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An online store accused of selling piracy tools must also hand over its website address to Nintendo.
  
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• iOS 14 is suffering from an old Windows problem

  02-10-2020 13:51 via zdnet.com
  If you're going to make user interface changes, make them consistent. And make them where they're needed.
  
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• Windows 10: Microsoft's new 2004 update fixes bug that stopped WSL 2 working

  02-10-2020 13:12 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft releases a preview of non-security fixes that it will deliver in this month's October Patch Tuesday update.
  
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• Back-saving underwear and the magic of assistive fabric

  02-10-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  Low-profile elastic clothing can work wonders for easing strain, according to new research.
  
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• Microsoft to developers: Now VS Code gets this new Edge tools extension

  02-10-2020 12:30 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's new extension puts Edge developer tools inside its popular Visual Studio Code editor.
  
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• Encrypted USB flash drive you can unlock with your smartphone (or Apple Watch)

  02-10-2020 12:19 via zdnet.com
  
  The iStorage datAshur BT USB flash drive combines security with convenience -- perfect for consumers and enterprise users.
  
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• Researchers track hacking ‘fingerprints,’ link Russian attackers to Windows exploit sellers

  02-10-2020 12:00 via zdnet.com
  The new technique was used to profile prolific Windows LPE exploit sellers.
  
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• Should you be buying a second-hand smartphone?

  02-10-2020 11:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Selling refurbished electronics is a fast-growing business where customers can make big savings.
  
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• ESET discovers a rare APT that stayed undetected for nine years

  02-10-2020 11:31 via zdnet.com
  Active since 2011 but only discovered this year, the XDSpy hacker group targeted government and private companies in Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine.
  
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• Meet the teens who developed a dementia app which uses music

  02-10-2020 09:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group of Nigerian-Irish teens have developed the Memory Haven app to help people with dementia.
  
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• 4G, 5G networks could be vulnerable to exploit due to ‘mishmash’ of old technologies

  02-10-2020 08:50 via zdnet.com
  The decades-old SS7 signaling system is one of numerous protocols exposing 5G networks to abuse.
  
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• NSW government sets public cloud as default standard for agencies

  02-10-2020 08:25 via zdnet.com
  Under the state government's new cloud strategy.
  
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• ACCC takes Australian voice MTAS down to 1.19 cents from 2021

  02-10-2020 08:20 via zdnet.com
  Rate for Mobile Termination Access Services (MTAS) set until mid-2024.
  
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• Robotic virtual reality shoes and other tech stories

  02-10-2020 08:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click’s Paul Carter looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week.
  
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• TechnologyOne ordered to pay AU$5.2m to former employee in Fair Work claim

  02-10-2020 07:53 via zdnet.com
  Justice Duncan Kerr hands down judgment in favour of the applicant in Fair Work claim.
  
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• Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration to undergo a AU$12m digital transformation

  02-10-2020 07:41 via zdnet.com
  It's expected to make it easier for medicines and medical devices to get the tick of approval.
  
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• Volvo XC40 Recharge first drive: an impressive EV, but who’s it for?

  02-10-2020 07:00
  
  Volvo’s first fully electric SUV shares so much with the superlative Polestar 2. But this leaves it little room to stand out
  
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• How supermarkets are dodging a second panic-buying calamity

  02-10-2020 07:00
  
  Keep calm and carry on buying a normal amount of flour – at least until January
  
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• Five Australian universities launch project to improve voice assistants for kids

  02-10-2020 06:33 via zdnet.com
  Up until now, the software behind voice assistants has always relied on samples of adult voices.
  
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• Chinese vlogger dies after 'set on fire by ex during live stream'

  02-10-2020 06:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The death of Lamu has prompted discussion online about violence against women in China.
  
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• ASIC and RBA monitoring ASX's blockchain-based CHESS replacement project

  02-10-2020 06:13 via zdnet.com
  Regulators are optimistic about the exchange's April 2022 go-live.
  
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• Optus offering NBN users the chance to pay AU$10 for fewer hops

  02-10-2020 06:04 via zdnet.com
  The add-on is targeted towards gamers that want reduced lag.
  
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• Google throws $1 billion at the news media problem

  02-10-2020 04:02 via zdnet.com
  Its new Google News Showcase will start rolling out in Germany and Brazil from Thursday, but will initially only be on Android.
  
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• Digital pioneer Geoff Huston apologises for bringing the internet to Australia

  02-10-2020 03:54 via zdnet.com
  Huston says the internet is a 'gigantic vanity-reinforcing distorted TikTok selfie' and web security is 'the punchline to some demented sick joke'. But Australia's first Privacy Commissioner thinks he's being optimistic.
  
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• Twitter vows to fix bias image cropping issue

  02-10-2020 02:39 via zdnet.com
  By testing its machine learning algorithms and being transparent.
  
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• E-scooters should be legalised says Transport Committee

  02-10-2020 02:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  But the Transport Committee also says riding on pavements is "dangerous" and should be prohibited.
  
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• Convenient video conferencing does not have to mean compromising security

  02-10-2020 01:58 via zdnet.com
  Videoconferencing tools have played a vital role in keeping workers safe during the COVID-19 crisis, but they have not always performed well when it comes to securing the information they carry.
  
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• China's robot taxis: Would you ride in one?

  02-10-2020 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Driverless taxis are now available in China’s biggest city, Shanghai. The BBC took a ride.
  
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