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• Australian Committee calls for independent review of COVIDSafe app

  09-12-2020 23:47 via zdnet.com
  
  It said the AU$5.24 million app has significantly under-delivered on the Prime Minister's promise that the app would enable an opening up of the economy in a COVID safe manner.
  
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• Australian Senate passes two-year extension for 'racist' welfare quarantining system

  09-12-2020 23:29 via zdnet.com
  
  Opposing Senators labelled the Cashless Debit Card 'racist' and 'discriminatory', but the Bill that allows trials of the card to go on for another two years and have it enter the Northern Territory and Cape York, affecting mostly Indigenous Australians, has still passed the Senate.
  
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• Major US lawsuits seek break up of Facebook

  09-12-2020 23:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook, which owns Instagram and WhatsApp, is accused of taking illegal steps to crush rivals.
  
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• For the love of open source: Why developers work on Linux and open-source software

  09-12-2020 23:04 via zdnet.com
  
  The Linux Foundation and Harvard find it's not money that drives programmers to work on open source but the love of solving problems and creation.
  
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• Server revenue up slightly in Q3, but AMD, Arm systems surge, according to IDC

  09-12-2020 22:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Server revenue was up to $22.6 billion in the third quarter, but the moving parts under the headline are interesting.
  
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• Google open-sources Atheris, a tool for finding security bugs in Python code

  09-12-2020 21:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Atheris helps developers find bugs in Python-based codebases using a technique called fuzzing.
  
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• Chief customer officers reveal the new customer experience playbook

  09-12-2020 20:56 via zdnet.com
  
  Experience Executives have developed a new playbook for success and growth in the next normal.
  
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• Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine docs hacked from European Medicines Agency

  09-12-2020 20:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The EMA, which is assessing two Covid-19 vaccines, launches a "full investigation" after the attack.
  
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• Hundreds of thousands of Russian Covid patients named online 'by mistake'

  09-12-2020 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An official blames human error for hundreds of Excel spreadsheets being uploaded to the internet.
  
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• Avita Admiror PC review: Sleek notebook with a large screen and a great touchpad

  09-12-2020 19:50 via zdnet.com
  
  The Avita Admiror is a really nice laptop that is certainly worth coveting. At under $800, its price certainly does belie its features.
  
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• AWS starts gluing the gaps between its databases

  09-12-2020 19:15 via zdnet.com
  
  This year at re:Invent, AWS didn’t add any new databases to the portfolio. But it did take an important step in putting the pieces together.
  
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• Xbox game streaming confirmed for Apple iOS and Windows

  09-12-2020 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After a high-profile row with Apple earlier this year, Microsoft finds a fix for its game streaming.
  
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• EU agency in charge of COVID-19 vaccine approval says it was hacked

  09-12-2020 18:27 via zdnet.com
  
  The European Medicines Agency (EMA) says it's investigating a recent cyber-attack.
  
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• ThoughtSpot One: Cloud BI enhances search, goes social

  09-12-2020 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  ThoughtSpot revamps its search-based cloud business intelligence offering to feel more like social and consumer online services. The result is a much lower-friction experience to discovering, analyzing and sharing insights.
  
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• Grade this: The code behind the summer's exam results is published

  09-12-2020 17:31 via zdnet.com
  
  Ofqual used an algorithm to calculate student's grades when COVID cancelled exams - but students weren't happy with the results.
  
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• Currys PC World agrees to honour Black Friday prices of cancelled orders

  09-12-2020 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shoppers said they had earlier been told to pay full price to re-order items cancelled due to a fault.
  
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• SambaNova claims AI performance rivaling Nvidia, unveils as-a-service offering

  09-12-2020 16:02 via zdnet.com
  
  The computer maker has made its custom machine generally available for purchase, but also is offering it on a rental basis for $10,000 per month.
  
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• Red Hat resets CentOS Linux and users are angry

  09-12-2020 15:47 via zdnet.com
  
  CentOS is becoming a rolling Linux distribution, which leaves businesses depending on CentOS for a stable server or embedded operating system in the lurch.
  
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• VS Code: New C++ language extension brings Microsoft's code-completion to Raspberry Pi 4

  09-12-2020 15:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft forges ahead with support for Arm-based platforms, including its Surface Pro X and the Raspberry Pi.
  
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• What's the key to tackling cyber attacks? Building a diverse team to think smarter

  09-12-2020 15:31 via zdnet.com
  
  Culture and collaboration are key elements of helping to protect businesses, governments and society against cyber threats, says cyber security leader.
  
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• Pornhub bans user uploads after abuse allegations

  09-12-2020 15:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The adult site makes major changes after it was accused of hosting rape and child-abuse videos.
  
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• Stratasys acquires 3D printing startup Origin for $100 million

  09-12-2020 15:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Stratasys is aiming to use Origin's photopolymer platform and extensive materials ecosystem to expand into the mass production parts segment.
  
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• Budweiser wants to stop you shopping on Amazon while drunk

  09-12-2020 15:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Is this a public service? Or is this just another attempt at marketing to those stuck at home?
  
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• Cyberpunk adds epilepsy warning after reviewer warns of seizures

  09-12-2020 15:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A day ahead of release, a reviewer's seizure prompts changes to the hotly anticipated game.
  
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• IonQ introduces Algorithmic Qubits to counter Quantum Volume in quantum computing

  09-12-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  But perhaps more importantly IonQ said it will be able to network smaller quantum systems together and make them more feasible for data centers.
  
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• Adobe launches AI tools to track omnichannel, spot anomalies quicker

  09-12-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The goal of the AI tools is to combine data from repositories as wide ranging as point-of-sale to website and apps to call center and loyalty programs.
  
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• Revealed: Apple's next M-series chips aim to shake the Microsoft Windows-Intel alliance

  09-12-2020 14:38 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple's next M-series Arm-based chips could have more high-performance cores than its top Intel-based Mac.
  
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• Hackers hide web skimmer inside a website's CSS files

  09-12-2020 14:12 via zdnet.com
  
  Previously, security researchers found web skimmers (Magecart scripts) inside favicons, site logos, live chat windows, and, most recently, in social media sharing buttons.
  
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• Stargate, a GraphQL for databases from DataStax. First stop - Cassandra

  09-12-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A flexible API is key to database accessibility and developer friendliness today. Cassandra was lacking in that department, and DataStax is trying to address this with the release of a new API layer called Stargate
  
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• Meet Stargate, DataStax's GraphQL for databases. First stop - Cassandra

  09-12-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A flexible API is key to database accessibility and developer friendliness today. Cassandra was lacking in that department, and DataStax is trying to address this with the release of a new API layer called Stargate.
  
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• IBM adds Watson tools for reading comprehension, FAQ extraction

  09-12-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  EY is using Watson to streamline its merger and acquisition due diligence.
  
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• Tesla: Elon Musk moves to Texas in Silicon Valley snub

  09-12-2020 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The billionaire tech entrepreneur said the state of California had become "complacent" with innovators.
  
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• HPE GreenLake launches HPC cloud services, aims to accelerate mainstream adoption

  09-12-2020 13:45 via zdnet.com
  
  The HPC systems will include software, storage, networking and come in small, medium and large options and can be ordered through a self-service portal for use on premise or in colocation facilities.
  
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• Automation is taking jobs away. Low-code and no-code tools could create new ones

  09-12-2020 13:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Three-quarters of UK employees already have the skills to survive the automation of work. Are you one of them?
  
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• Microsoft's GitHub to developers: This is your new dark mode

  09-12-2020 13:04 via zdnet.com
  
  Developers on code-hosting service GitHub need no longer have a blindingly white screen while working in the dark.
  
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• Varada and Firebolt launch cloud analytics query platforms

  09-12-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  In the hot and ever-converging worlds of data lake and data warehouse platforms, two new Israelis startups emerge. Varada delivers data virtualization using an index-accelerated implementation of Presto, while Firebolt uses proprietary technology to build a high-performance data warehouse.
  
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• Dirty job: Cute robot roughneck heads to offshore oil rig

  09-12-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The telegenic and highly nimble robotic quadruped performs crucial functions on offshore installations.
  
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• Will 2021 be the year Apple fans get their most wanted product?

  09-12-2020 12:46 via zdnet.com
  
  Dreams can come true. And Apple's new M1 chip brings a product that fans have been asking for closer to reality.
  
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• Beavers, burpees and bread: 2020's most-searched

  09-12-2020 12:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google has released the UK's most searched-for terms during a year unlike any other
  
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• Oblivious DoH: Cloudflare supports new privacy, security-focused DNS standard

  09-12-2020 11:40 via zdnet.com
  
  Test clients for the new standard have been released to the open source community.
  
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• Ransomware gangs are getting faster at encrypting networks. That will make them harder to stop

  09-12-2020 11:20 via zdnet.com
  
  The window for finding attackers on your network before ransomware is deployed is getting much smaller.
  
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• Facebook brings in-app shopping carts to WhatsApp in time for Christmas

  09-12-2020 09:40 via zdnet.com
  
  WhatsApp is now commonly used to chat to customers and a new purchase channel has just been launched.
  
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• Adobe security update squashes critical vulnerabilities in Lightroom, Prelude

  09-12-2020 08:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Adobe’s last major patch round of 2020 has dealt with arbitrary code and JavaScript execution bugs.
  
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• Christchurch terrorist's radicalisation shows the limits of surveillance and censorship

  09-12-2020 07:20 via zdnet.com
  
  New Zealand's inquiry found YouTube and Facebook were central to the right-wing mass murderer's radicalisation, but detecting the lone-wolf attacker would have required connecting dots they didn't have.
  
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• What OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei is doing next

  09-12-2020 07:00
  
  The former public face of OnePlus is back with a new company, new hardware and backing from Tony Fadell
  
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• Medical racism could hold back the UK’s Covid-19 vaccination drive

  09-12-2020 07:00
  
  People from BAME communities are more hesitant about getting a coronavirus vaccine – another legacy of the systemic racism in the medical system
  
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• A dying man, a therapist and the ransom raid that shook the world

  09-12-2020 07:00
  
  Patients put their trust in a therapy company to keep their notes and diagnoses private. Then the ransom demands arrived
  
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• Optus wants clarification in TSSR regime after having significant effect on it

  09-12-2020 06:57 via zdnet.com
  
  Singaporean-owned telco says it is responsible for over half the notifications made under the scheme.
  
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• Optus wants clarification in TSSR regime after having significant effect from it

  09-12-2020 06:57 via zdnet.com
  
  Singaporean-owned telco says it is responsible for over half the notifications made under the scheme.
  
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• Will LG Mobile's bet with outsourcing and 5G pay off?

  09-12-2020 06:46 via zdnet.com
  
  LG is hoping that outsourcing its smartphone production and 5G will revive its mobile business. Will it work?
  
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