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• Web Summit: Oculus co-founder talks China and military AI

  02-12-2020 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He offers his opinion on why tech firms are reluctant to work with US military.
  
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• CrowdStrike revenue climbs 86% in strong Q3 results

  02-12-2020 22:40 via zdnet.com
  
  Shares of CrowdStrike were up more than 12% in after hours trading.
  
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• Okta shares surge as fiscal Q3 results top expectations, forecast higher as well

  02-12-2020 22:17 via zdnet.com
  
  The security vendor said it is benefitting from companies speeding up their use of cloud-computing-based software applications.
  
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• Splunk Q3 earnings, revenue fall well below estimates

  02-12-2020 22:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Splunk reported a loss of 7 cents per share on revenue of $559 million, down 11% from the same time last year.
  
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• Snowflake fiscal Q3 revenue beats expectations, forecast misses, shares drop

  02-12-2020 22:10 via zdnet.com
  
  It was the first report by the database maker since its IPO in September.
  
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• MIT machine learning models find gaps in coverage by Moderna, Pfizer, other Warp Speed COVID-19 vaccines

  02-12-2020 21:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Vaccine makers need to take into account genetic diversity explicitly in clinical trials or risk missing coverage for some individuals, says MIT scientists.
  
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• Google acquires Actifio to bring backup and disaster recovery services to Google Cloud

  02-12-2020 20:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Actifio's software aims to help enterprises prevent data loss and downtime due to external threats, network failures, human errors and other disruptions.
  
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• Microsoft buys eSports platform vendor Smash.gg

  02-12-2020 20:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft has purchased eSports platform vendor Smash.gg and is planning on integrating it with its MSN eSports franchise.
  
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• Brazilian aerospace firm Embraer hit by cyberattack

  02-12-2020 19:49 via zdnet.com
  
  The incident was reported to the securities and exchange commission five days after it took place.
  
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• Amazon's Panorama box lets firms check if staff follow coronavirus rules

  02-12-2020 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  AWS Panorama adds a range of employee monitoring powers to existing workplace camera systems.
  
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• Oracle takes a new twist on MySQL: Adding data warehousing to the cloud service

  02-12-2020 18:04 via zdnet.com
  
  Oracle is taking MySQL in a new direction: introducing an aggressively priced cloud service combining transaction processing and data warehousing, with the bonus of dispensing with ETL.
  
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• OnePlus Nord N10 5G review: An affordable 5G phone, but competition is stiff

  02-12-2020 18:02 via zdnet.com
  
  This a competent budget 5G phone, but there are plenty of similarly-priced alternatives, and the OnePlus Nord, with its AMOLED screen, faster processor and 8GB of RAM, doesn't cost a lot more.
  
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• Cyber espionage campaign opens backdoor to steal documents from infected PCs

  02-12-2020 17:24 via zdnet.com
  
  Researchers at security company ESET detail Crutch, a malware backdoor implanted onto the systems of a European foreign ministry by the Kremlin-linked Turla hacking group.
  
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• Flaw allowed iPhone hacking remotely through wi-fi

  02-12-2020 17:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The vulnerability has been fixed in an update since May this year.
  
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• Developers: This new edge computing service lets you test out ultra-quick apps

  02-12-2020 17:10 via zdnet.com
  
  AWS and Vodafone's year-long partnership on 5G is taking shape in Europe, with a commercial center due to open in London in 2021.
  
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• Alphabet's Loon deploys new AI-powered navigation system to balloon fleet

  02-12-2020 17:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The new navigation system leverages reinforcement learning to steer balloons more accurately and efficiently through the stratosphere.
  
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• AWS: Containers, serverless, and cloud-native computing oh my!

  02-12-2020 16:11 via zdnet.com
  
  In a flood of announcements, AWS is going all the way -- with Lambda, micro-services, and containers -- in its vision of the public cloud.
  
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• Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 harnesses ‘fusion AI’ to offset processor workloads

  02-12-2020 16:02 via zdnet.com
  
  To make mobile AI more powerful, Qualcomm has focused on removing physical boundaries in accelerator technologies.
  
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• Qualcomm launches Snapdragon 888: Everything you need to know

  02-12-2020 16:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888 brings AI advances, enables more computational photography and CPU and GPU horsepower on 5nm process technology. The platform will appear in smartphones during the first quarter of 2021.
  
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• Kotlin language maker JetBrains: Windows 10 and M1 macOS get Android Jetpack Compose

  02-12-2020 16:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Developers can use a new user interface framework to bring Android apps to Windows 10, macOS and Linux.
  
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• Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO: We have returned to the pre-pandemic level, things feel steady

  02-12-2020 15:42 via zdnet.com
  
  By measure of workloads, not widgets, is how the company’s hybrid strategy should be regarded, says HPE CEO Antonio Neri.
  
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• China jailed Joshua Wong but the fight for Hong Kong is not over

  02-12-2020 15:08
  
  The democracy campaigner has been jailed by officials. But speaking to WIRED earlier this year, Wong said the fight will go on
  
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• Programming languages: Microsoft TypeScript leaps ahead of C#, PHP and C++ on GitHub

  02-12-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  New figures show Microsoft's TypeScript has rapidly become an essential programming language for web developers.
  
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• Open source software security vulnerabilities exist for over four years before detection

  02-12-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  GitHub research suggests there is a need to reduce the time between bug detection and fixes.
  
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• Re-homing G Suite storage: No, you can't find out how much storage your folders use

  02-12-2020 14:54 via zdnet.com
  
  Google just nuked unlimited storage for G Suite Business plan users. Now, we've discovered one of the most basic file management features is missing from Google Drive, making migration all that much more challenging. Plus, we'll share Google's ludicrous work-around.
  
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• Windows 10's open-source PowerToys: Video meeting mute tool hit by pandemic, says Microsoft

  02-12-2020 14:22 via zdnet.com
  
  The pandemic has stalled an open-source tool to help Windows 10 users quickly mute video calls when home working.
  
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• Monte Carlo launches Data Observability Platform, aims to solve for bad data

  02-12-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Monte Carlo uses machine learning to do for data what application performance management did for software uptime.
  
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• Digital transformation, innovation and growth is accelerated by automation

  02-12-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Organizations are using automation to drive operational efficiency, improve business processes and stakeholder experiences. But as demand for automation soars, IT teams find it difficult to deliver on project requests. IT must enable citizen developers and the business with low-code, no-code platforms.
  
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• Must-have tech gadgets to start 2021 the right way

  02-12-2020 13:50 via zdnet.com
  
  Start your year right with these superb, super-useful tech gadgets that will boost your productivity, and reduce your day-to-day tech stress levels.
  
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• Salesforce rolls out Einstein Automate, aims to be automation, workflow, data integration player

  02-12-2020 13:35 via zdnet.com
  
  Einstein Automate aims to automate processes and connect work and data flows.
  
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• Dua Lipa and other Spotify artists' pages hacked by Taylor Swift 'fan'

  02-12-2020 13:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An apparent Taylor Swift fan defaced the artist pages for Lana Del Ray and Dua Lipa, among others.
  
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• Salesforce revamps architecture, aims to run its applications on any public cloud

  02-12-2020 13:19 via zdnet.com
  
  Salesforce 360, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Commerce Cloud and its industry-specific offerings will run on major public clouds.
  
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• AI transcription sucks (here's the workaround)

  02-12-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A $60M bet that automation with human oversight is a recipe for near-perfect speech-to-text.
  
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• Absa bank embroiled in data leak, rogue employee accused of theft

  02-12-2020 12:52 via zdnet.com
  
  Personal information belonging to banking customers was compromised.
  
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• This cheap (and fake) accessory can damage your Android smartphone

  02-12-2020 12:08 via zdnet.com
  
  This is where trying to save money can end up costing you a lot more.
  
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• Got a lot of SSDs and hard drives to erase? You need the StarTech four-bay drive eraser

  02-12-2020 10:55 via zdnet.com
  
  If you have a huge backlog of hard drives or SSDs to erase, then you need a professional tool that is up to the job. Enter the StarTech four-bay drive eraser.
  
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• Ivanti announces double acquisition of MobileIron, Pulse Secure in zero-trust security push

  02-12-2020 10:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Ivanti says the deals strengthen the company in the mobile zero-trust security space.
  
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• Salesforce launches Service Cloud Workforce Engagement, aims to improve forecasting

  02-12-2020 09:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Contact center agents are often siloed into communication channels. That approach won't fly as consumer behavior shifted amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Zooming through the snow: Santas are adjusting to Christmas online

  02-12-2020 07:00
  
  He's making a list and disinfecting it twice. The pandemic has forced everything online, even Santa's grotto
  
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• How mRNA went from a scientific backwater to a pandemic crusher

  02-12-2020 07:00
  
  For decades, Katalin Karikó's work into mRNA therapeutics was overlooked by her colleagues. Now it's at the heart of the two leading coronavirus vaccines
  
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• New AWS service to make you a DevOps Guru

  02-12-2020 06:28 via zdnet.com
  
  With teams working closer, yet physically further away, the ability to know what's going to break is as crucial as ever.
  
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• NBN lands a further AU$1.2 billion of debt at 1%

  02-12-2020 06:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Government-owned business states it ended up with the lowest coupon rate for an Australian corporate.
  
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• Apple M1 is the boost the Windows ecosystem needed: Qualcomm

  02-12-2020 06:09 via zdnet.com
  
  The other Arm chip making giant thinks Apple Silicon is a validation of what it has been saying.
  
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• QLD Budget weak on tech but promises to 'foster innovation'

  02-12-2020 05:00 via zdnet.com
  
  With NSW, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, and Victoria all pumping money into upping service delivery across their respective states, Queensland has kept the IT freeze in place.
  
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• Samsung retains CEOs in year-end reshuffle amid uncertainties

  02-12-2020 04:00 via zdnet.com
  Only minor changes were made at the top positions.
  
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• WA signs whole-of-government deal with AWS

  02-12-2020 02:17 via zdnet.com
  
  The AWS common use arrangement will allow all state and local government authorities, as well as universities, to access AWS services and features.
  
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• Bank of NZ to launch text-to-Kiwi voice service

  02-12-2020 01:45 via zdnet.com
  
  Teaches Amazon Polly how to speak te reo Māori and even some Kiwi slang.
  
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• ACMA registers new rules for fighting spam calls

  02-12-2020 01:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Telcos will need to detect, trace, and block scam calls originating from or traversing their networks.
  
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• The new ‘Nigerian princes’ of hacking?

  02-12-2020 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BEC hacking is one of the most common types of cyber-attack and experts say Nigeria is its epicentre.
  
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• Libra changes name to Diem for 'organisational independence'

  02-12-2020 00:59 via zdnet.com
  
  The cryptocurrency association is hoping to seize the day with the name change.
  
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