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• Proud Boys websites kicked off web host, Google Cloud

  10-10-2020 20:56 via zdnet.com
  Following years of lobbying efforts, Google intervenes with one of its customers to have Proud Boys websites moved off its platform.
  
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• Google Cloud kicks out Proud Boys websites

  10-10-2020 20:56 via zdnet.com
  Official website and online store for the Proud Boys far-right group have been kicked off Google Cloud on Thursday.
  
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• One analytics to rule them all: Observe promises to resolve the muddle of Splunk, Datadog, etc.

  10-10-2020 20:02 via zdnet.com
  By building on top of Snowflake’s massive cloud database, startup Observe aims to integrate analytics that today are divided amongst a plethora of tools.
  
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• McDonald's used tech to get better. Chick-fil-A's customers just laughed

  10-10-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  When big consumer brands buy smaller tech companies, the results aren't always readily visible. In the case of McDonald's, there has been palpable success. Yet can tech solve everything?
  
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• pHin Smart Water Monitor review: Takes the guesswork out of swimming pool maintenance

  10-10-2020 12:00 via zdnet.com
  At $350 to get started and then $99 a year after the first year, pHin is clearly something that's meant for someone who has a more sophisticated setup than an above-ground pool from Walmart. That's not to say it doesn't help, because it does, tremendously.
  
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• The $16 accessory Apple should supply with every new MacBook

  10-10-2020 11:00 via zdnet.com
  This tiny accessory has thwarted me from accidentally damaging my MacBook dozens of times.
  
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• Virtual puppets promise glitch-free video calls

  10-10-2020 10:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nvidia says its AI-powered method can facilitate video calls on very slow internet connections.
  
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• Children and parent info exposed in Georgia DHS data breach

  10-10-2020 10:36 via zdnet.com
  
  The personal and health data of children and adults involved in Child Protective Services cases was exposed.
  
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• New self-erasing chip could be used to detect counterfeit or tampered products

  10-10-2020 09:39 via zdnet.com
  Special chips holding messages can be placed inside products. When the chip is exposed to natural light, the message disappears.
  
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• Is Apple TV gearing up to be a full-fat games console?

  10-10-2020 07:00
  
  If the rumours are true, gaming is the next industry Apple wants to conquer. But to do so, Apple will have to stop being Apple long enough to give itself a chance in this space
  
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• Forensic scientists are racing to save the pangolin from extinction

  10-10-2020 07:00
  
  Pangolin scales are a prized ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine – and that has put the animal firmly on the endangered list. Isoscape tracking could help stop their slaughter at the source
  
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• Covid-19 has resurrected the woeful tech of home printers

  10-10-2020 07:00
  
  Thanks to lockdowns and home schooling, the unloved, unreliable and often unfathomable piece of consumer technology that is the home printer is popular once more – even with tattoo artists
  
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• IBM advanced Project Debater effort with Key Point Analysis

  10-10-2020 02:00 via zdnet.com
  Noam Slonim, lead researcher for IBM's Project Debater effort​, said the goal of Key Point Analysis is to "enable AI systems to manage the human language."
  
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• Document-signing service Docsketch discloses security breach

  10-10-2020 01:56 via zdnet.com
  Docsketchsays an unauthorized third-party accessed a three-week old copy of its database.
  
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