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• Who's winning the race to replace NAND flash?

  07-12-2020 22:55 via zdnet.com
  
  Despite its success, NAND flash wins only because there's nothing better. That may soon change. For now the landscape remains DRAM for memory and flash-based SSDs for storage. But underneath the surface calm, the technology trends are churning.
  
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• Startup Aurora, founded by ex-Googlers, to purchase Uber’s self-driving car unit

  07-12-2020 22:47 via zdnet.com
  
  ber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will join Aurora’s board and Uber will take a $400 million stake in the company.
  
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• BTC-e founder sentenced to five years in prison for laundering ransomware funds

  07-12-2020 22:42 via zdnet.com
  
  French prosecutors weren't able to prove that Vinnik was also involved in the distribution of the Locky ransomware.
  
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• New Google Pixel feature drop update: Better battery life, smarter charging, more

  07-12-2020 21:19 via zdnet.com
  
  The December update to Google's Pixel phone line includes some useful features.
  
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• Google's latest Pixel feature drop update includes better battery life, smarter charging, more

  07-12-2020 21:19 via zdnet.com
  
  The December update to Google's Pixel phone line includes some useful features.
  
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• Brazil's population exposed in new Ministry of Health leak

  07-12-2020 19:29 via zdnet.com
  
  Full addresses and taxpayer registration numbers are among the details of healthcare users that were exposed in a new incident.
  
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• Brazil's population exposed in Ministry of Health leaks

  07-12-2020 19:29 via zdnet.com
  
  Full addresses and taxpayer registration numbers are among the details of healthcare users that were exposed in separate incidents.
  
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• Hacker opens 2,732 PickPoint package lockers across Moscow

  07-12-2020 19:21 via zdnet.com
  
  PickPoint says this is the world's first targeted cyberattack against a post-gateway network.
  
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• National data exchange platform lets Singaporeans consolidate financial data

  07-12-2020 19:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Introduced by the Singapore government, the data platform enables consumers to pull together their financial data across various sources including banks and government agencies, so they can better understand their overall financial health.
  
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• Braintree electric car forecourt a UK first

  07-12-2020 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Up to 36 cars can be recharged at the same time at the first purpose-built site of its kind.
  
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• Singapore looks to boost blockchain capabilities with $8.9M research investment

  07-12-2020 18:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Funded by National Research Foundation Singapore, the SG$12 million ($8.98 million) blockchain innovation programme hopes to drive the development and commercialisation of blockchain applications, and will rope in 75 industry partners to create 17 related projects.
  
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• What's inside MJF's tiny home office? Too much podcast equipment

  07-12-2020 18:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Mary Jo Foley lives and works in 650 square feet total in the middle of New York City, and her current full-time work-from-home office takes up about a third of her bedroom.
  
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• Best VPN services of 2020: Safe and fast don't come for free

  07-12-2020 17:21 via zdnet.com
  
  Virtual private networks aren't essential only for securing your unencrypted Wi-Fi connections in coffee shops and airports. Every remote worker should consider a VPN to stay safe online. Here are your top choices in VPN service providers and how to get set up.
  
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• Breeding neuromorphic networks for fun and profit: The new reproductive science

  07-12-2020 17:14 via zdnet.com
  
  The most expedient way to produce the algorithms you need for a new class of computer that works like the brain, its engineers are discovering, is through a Darwinian exercise in natural selection.
  
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• Netgear Orbi Pro WiFi 6 (SXK80), hands-on: Premium mesh networking for small businesses and home workers

  07-12-2020 17:13 via zdnet.com
  
  The Orbi Pro WiFi 6 is expensive, but its speed and ability to configure multiple networks for different groups makes it a good option business users who are now working from home.
  
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• The state of business and IT innovation

  07-12-2020 17:08 via zdnet.com
  
  The global survey of 1,739 line of business (LoB) employees in organizations with at least 250 employees revealed only 37% of organizations definitely have the skills and technology to keep pace with digital projects during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Killi introduces ‘Paycheck’ to compensate consumers for personal data

  07-12-2020 16:55 via zdnet.com
  
  Killi Paycheck now pays users directly in the form of cash for the use of their data
  
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• No PC, no Wi-Fi: For school children, the digital divide is real – and getting worse

  07-12-2020 16:51 via zdnet.com
  
  The digital divide in education was already prevalent before the Covid-19 pandemic, and the crisis has only made things worse.
  
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• IBM partners with UCC to launch blockchain traced Orang Utan Coffee

  07-12-2020 16:33 via zdnet.com
  
  If you really care where your food comes from and want to trace it back to its origins, the blockchain will guarantee its traceability.
  
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• NortonLifeLock buys Avira in $360 million cash deal

  07-12-2020 16:17 via zdnet.com
  
  Avira acquisitions brings 30M+ active devices to the Norton family, 1.5M paying customers.
  
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• Mirantis will support depreciated Kubernetes dockershim

  07-12-2020 15:35 via zdnet.com
  
  Mirantis, which owns Docker Enterprise, along with Docker, will continue to maintain the shim code standalone outside Kubernetes as a CRI interface for Docker Engine.
  
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• Mirantis will support deprecated Kubernetes dockershim

  07-12-2020 15:35 via zdnet.com
  
  Mirantis, which owns Docker Enterprise, along with Docker, will continue to maintain the shim code standalone outside Kubernetes as a CRI interface for Docker Engine.
  
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• NURVV Run insoles review: 16 foot sensors to help you improve form and prevent injury

  07-12-2020 15:21 via zdnet.com
  
  Since I am not a professional runner and have no coach to monitor my form, technique, training plan, or other parameter, I rely on technology to help me out. The NURVV Run insoles provide another layer of data so in combination with GPS sports watches I get a complete picture of my running experience.
  
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• We need more broadband internet than ever with Covid keeping us at home

  07-12-2020 15:03 via zdnet.com
  
  With work on the kitchen table, online classes in the kid's bedroom, and streaming TV, we need more, better and affordable broadband than ever before.
  
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• Microsoft launches Azure Government Top Secret cloud to handle classified data

  07-12-2020 15:02 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is adding a new offering to its Azure cloud family for U.S. government customers: Azure Government Top Secret. It's also bringing more of its services to Azure Government Secret.
  
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• Google Cloud to store 20TB of nightly sky observations, astronomical data

  07-12-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Rubin Observatory plans to use the 8.4-meter Simonyi Survey Telescope and the gigapixel LSST ​Camera to capture 1,000 images of the sky every night for 10 years.
  
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• Best of the best gadgets of 2020

  07-12-2020 14:13 via zdnet.com
  
  I test a lot of gadgets over the course of a year, but here are the gadgets that I choose to get my work done.
  
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• Google: These new data-leaking website attacks are a growing menace

  07-12-2020 14:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Google publishes XS-Leaks to encourage research into the difficult to solve problem of cross-site leaks of user information.
  
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• HP launches new HP Elitebooks, HP ZBook Firefly

  07-12-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  HP's new set of EliteBooks eyes remote workers and the ZBook Firefly targets creative pros, designers and data scientists.
  
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• Hands on with the Official Raspberry Pi 4 Case Fan

  07-12-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The Rasperry Pi Foundation has released a cooling fan specifically designed as an add-on for their official Raspberry Pi 4 case. I've got one, and I want to see how well it works.
  
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• Credit card stealer discovered in social media buttons

  07-12-2020 13:45 via zdnet.com
  
  Web skimmer (Magecart) gangs find a new ways to attack e-commerce stores and online shoppers.
  
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• Apple MacBook Pro M1, MacBook Air, iPhone 12, Google Pixel 5, and more: ZDNet's reviews roundup

  07-12-2020 13:39 via zdnet.com
  
  From a slew of new Apple devices to some interesting smartphones and onto wireless earbubs, here's what our reviewers tested in November.
  
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• Better than the best password: How to use 2FA to improve your security

  07-12-2020 13:24 via zdnet.com
  
  Want to avoid having your online accounts hacked? Enable two-factor authentication, a crucial security measure that requires an extra step when signing in to high-value services. In this post, I explain how to set up 2FA and which accounts to focus on first.
  
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• Cloudflare data localisation tools aim to keep data in-country and compliant with local laws

  07-12-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  As governments around the world demand companies ensure local data stays onshore, Cloudflare has released a new set of controls to ensure data stays where it should.
  
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• ChristianaCare's Alexa Skills foray: Healthcare will be digital, in the home

  07-12-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Randall Gaboriault, chief digital and information officer at ChristianaCare, walks through how his organization is using Alexa Skills to help patients and sets up the future of healthcare.
  
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• Working from home dilemma: How to manage your team, without the micro-management

  07-12-2020 12:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Checking in, not checking up: How the good managers can keep teams on track wherever they are.
  
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• Italian police arrest suspects in Leonardo military, defense data theft

  07-12-2020 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A former employee and collaborator are accused of siphoning off sensitive information for almost two years.
  
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• How AWS' Outcome Driven Engineering team approaches digital transformation

  07-12-2020 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  In a conversation, Sarah Cooper, general manager of Outcome Driven Engineering at AWS, outlines how her group navigates the intersection of digitization, industries and innovation.
  
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• Apple offers free iPhone 11 repair for touch display module problem

  07-12-2020 11:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple says some iPhone 11 devices made after it launched had a faulty display module.
  
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• Motorola Moto G9 Plus, hands on: Large screen, large battery, low price

  07-12-2020 11:48 via zdnet.com
  
  The Moto G9 Plus delivers a reasonable specification -- including good battery life, a large 6.8-inch screen and some nice customisation features and controls -- at a budget price.
  
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• Divers just found this World War II Enigma machine dumped on the seabed

  07-12-2020 11:33 via zdnet.com
  
  Divers scouring the Baltic Sea for abandoned fishing nets have found a Nazi Germany-era Enigma machine.
  
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• Cisco acquires customer interaction platform provider IMImobile in $730m deal

  07-12-2020 10:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Cisco wants to drive “faster and smarter” customer interactions in the enterprise sector.
  
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• Among Us: What makes this online game so popular?

  07-12-2020 07:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The online multiplayer game has seen downloads soar in the last few months, BBC Click finds out more.
  
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• OAIC finds Flight Centre breached privacy of almost 7,000 customers in 2017

  07-12-2020 07:02 via zdnet.com
  
  Handing over production data on six million customers and a bad obfuscation process was always going to lead to a bad outcome.
  
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• We still need Covid-19 treatments as well as vaccines

  07-12-2020 07:00
  
  Intensive care physician and researcher Charlotte Summers has spent the pandemic advising on treatments – and the work isn't over
  
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• How to have a merry Zoom Christmas

  07-12-2020 07:00
  
  Don't let the pandemic ruin the festivities – here's our guide to recreating all the fun of Christmas while maintaining social distance
  
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• More than a third of NSW drivers have opted for a digital licence

  07-12-2020 05:34 via zdnet.com
  
  Two million people have downloaded a digital driver's licence since it was launched just over a year ago.
  
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• Bendigo and Adelaide Bank renovating its 'Castle' during a time of uncertainty

  07-12-2020 04:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Achieving 'serenity' with an overhaul of how the bank looks at technology.
  
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• DMARC inching its way onto Australian government domains

  07-12-2020 03:07 via zdnet.com
  
  DPS has said the implementation of DMARC is funded in this fiscal year.
  
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• Bureau of Meteorology signs IBM in AU$4.7m asset management deal

  07-12-2020 02:10 via zdnet.com
  
  Part of the Bureau's ROBUST IT overhaul program.
  
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