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• Tech unicorn UiPath discloses data breach

  10-12-2020 23:40 via zdnet.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: UiPath admits to accidentally exposing a sensitive file containing the personal details of some of its registered users.
  
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• One of Microsoft's latest Windows 10 test builds includes promised x64 Arm emulation

  10-12-2020 23:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is releasing two new Windows 10 test build to Dev Channel Insiders. The new 'Pre-Release' build has x64 Arm emulation support, plus a bunch of other new and updated features.
  
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• Pornhub: Mastercard severs links with pornography site

  10-12-2020 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The payments giant says an investigation has confirmed the presence of unlawful content on the site.
  
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• Media Bargaining Code enters Parliament despite Google and Facebook's best efforts

  10-12-2020 23:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Debate on what is essentially a legacy media subsidy will continue into the new year as the Bill is now off to a Senate Economics Legislation Committee for scrutiny.
  
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• Google adds more Microsoft Office-related features to Workspace

  10-12-2020 22:57 via zdnet.com
  
  Google continues to try to woo Microsoft Office business customers by adding more Microsoft integrations to Workspace, the product formerly known as G Suite.
  
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• Broadcom Q4 tops expectations

  10-12-2020 22:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said demand for the company's networking and wireless products helped offset slower growth from enterprise customers.
  
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• Oracle fiscal Q2 revenue, profit top expectations on cloud subscriptions

  10-12-2020 22:09 via zdnet.com
  
  The database giant said its subscriptions for Fusion and NetSuite was the star of the quarter.
  
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• Oracle fiscal Q2 results top expectations, profit forecast higher, boosted by cloud

  10-12-2020 22:09 via zdnet.com
  
  The database giant said its subscriptions for Fusion and NetSuite were the star of the quarter.
  
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• Chinese APT suspected of supply chain attack on Mongolian government agencies

  10-12-2020 21:57 via zdnet.com
  
  Chinese hackers have compromised the update mechanism of a chat app used by hundreds of Mongolian government agencies.
  
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• Safer networks at home: Working remotely in 2021

  10-12-2020 21:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Working from home full-time has a unique set of challenges, such as finding the right spot for a workspace and getting all the right equipment. However, there's one aspect that's easy to overlook: Your home network's security.
  
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• Endangered Firefox: The state of Mozilla

  10-12-2020 20:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Firefox web browser share keeps going down, while The Mozilla Foundation continues to make staff cuts and gives up its Mountain View California offices.
  
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• Microsoft exposes Adrozek, malware that hijacks Chrome, Edge, and Firefox

  10-12-2020 19:37 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft says that at its peak, Adrozek had controlled more than 30,000 devices a day.
  
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• Football star Griezmann severs ties with Huawei over Uighurs

  10-12-2020 19:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Antoine Griezmann ends a sponsorship deal with the Chinese firm over claims of surveillance.
  
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• Microsoft to train, create new jobs for 1,000 in Singapore

  10-12-2020 18:34 via zdnet.com
  
  Multiple partners are involved in a national skills initiative that will see Microsoft and Generation "upskill" and place tech-enabled jobs for up to 1,000 Singaporeans over two years, who will pick up skillsets such as Java and Python.
  
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• Must-have tool for your toolbox: Knipex Cobra XS

  10-12-2020 18:19 via zdnet.com
  
  Bigger is not always better.
  
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• Drone completes first freight flight to Isles of Scilly

  10-12-2020 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The unmanned aircraft took an NHS supply box to the islands and returned with local produce.
  
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• Timnit Gebru: Google boss apologises for row

  10-12-2020 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  But Sundar Pichai does not admit she was fired or explain the circumstances of her departure.
  
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• Google, Intel, Dell, collaboration giants like Zoom, Slack form Modern Computing Alliance

  10-12-2020 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The founding members of the Modern Computing Alliance--Google, Box, Citrix, Dell, Imprivata, Okta, RingCentral, Slack, VMWare and Zoom--are gunning for more integration, better handling of workloads and the new normal for work.
  
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• How to bring the e-commerce buying experience into the store

  10-12-2020 17:59 via zdnet.com
  
  The average e-commerce buying experience is personalized, targeted, intuitive, and puts the control of the shopping experience at the hands of the consumer. The in-store buying experience can be the same.
  
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• For pros and consumers, VR makes price-performance leaps

  10-12-2020 17:52 via zdnet.com
  
  Following the improved graphics at a $100 price cut of the Oculus Quest 2 consumer headset, Varjo is reding the price of its latest pro headset generation by $1,000 as it claims leadership in resolution and field of view.
  
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• Pwnie Awards 2020 winners include Zerologon, CurveBall, Checkm8, BraveStarr attacks

  10-12-2020 17:40 via zdnet.com
  
  The cybersecurity community voted for the best bugs and vulnerabilities discovered over the past year.
  
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• Tech toys for kids that grownups can also use

  10-12-2020 17:02 via zdnet.com
  
  Whether designed to optimize or eliminate screen time, many gadgets designed for little ones can be a big help for adults as well.
  
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• Square intros new shift scheduling feature for its Team Management service as it eyes larger sellers

  10-12-2020 17:00 via zdnet.com
  
  With the addition of shift scheduling, Square said it now offers a complete suite of labor management tools for businesses via the existing features in Team Management.
  
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• Zendure MIX GO: The wall charger that's also a power bank

  10-12-2020 16:45 via zdnet.com
  
  It's a charger when you're at home, the office, or a hotel, and it's a power bank when you are out and about.
  
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• 5G will cost "a lot more" in Brazil with Huawei ban, Vice President warns

  10-12-2020 16:26 via zdnet.com
  
  After Hamilton Mourão's statement, President Jair Bolsonaro and Communications Minister Fabio Faria reassure telcos and reiterate they have the upper hand on the matter
  
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• Adobe beats Q4 expectations, outlines growth strategy across core clouds

  10-12-2020 16:10 via zdnet.com
  
  Adobe detailed how the company plans to capture more of its estimated total addressable market.
  
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• New Relic snaps up Kubernetes observability solutions provider Pixie Labs

  10-12-2020 15:59 via zdnet.com
  
  The technology now changing hands simplifies observability in Kubernetes environments.
  
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• Microsoft Teams: 49-person grid is coming to Chrome and Edge, as breakout rooms arrive

  10-12-2020 15:29 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft Teams' breakout rooms feature brings controls for moving people to separate rooms from the main meeting.
  
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• Romania to host the EU's new cybersecurity research hub

  10-12-2020 15:07 via zdnet.com
  
  Romania's capital, Bucharest, was selected as host for the EU's future cybersecurity research hub.
  
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• World Economic Forum launches how-to guide on using technology ethically

  10-12-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The report provides three design principles that can be integrated to promote ethical behaviour when creating, deploying, and using technology.
  
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• Element Analytics launches Unify, aims to solve data issues in industrial IoT

  10-12-2020 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Element Analytics is also notable since it is focused on metadata, data quality and adding context to siloed information in industrial IoT deployments.
  
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• Google: Here's how Search fights bogus COVID-19 vaccination info

  10-12-2020 14:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Google wants to combat false information about coronavirus vaccines as governments begin rolling them out.
  
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• Microsoft Teams and Slack rival? Kotlin-maker JetBrains launches Space for developers

  10-12-2020 14:07 via zdnet.com
  
  The question is whether there's room for another enterprise chat platform after Salesforce's acquisition of Slack.
  
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• Why bring Android apps to the Microsoft Store and Windows 10?

  10-12-2020 13:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's 'Project Latte' is about bringing Android apps to the Microsoft Store and Windows 10. But why is Microsoft doing this? There are several theories.
  
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• Proof-of-concept exploit code published for new Kerberos Bronze Bit attack

  10-12-2020 13:36 via zdnet.com
  
  The Kerberos Bronze Bit attack can allow intruders to bypass authentication and access sensitive network services.
  
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• From mobile money to blockchain: How this UN agency's tech stops people starving

  10-12-2020 13:15 via zdnet.com
  
  How the Nobel Prize-winning World Food Programme is using tech to "hack hunger" in the Middle East and beyond.
  
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• Bee IoT helps keepers fend off murder hornets

  10-12-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Under threat, commercial beekeepers look to technology in hopes of survival.
  
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• Hands on with the new Raspberry Pi OS release: Here's what you need to know

  10-12-2020 12:03 via zdnet.com
  
  A new release of the Raspberry Pi OS has arrived. I have been busy installing and testing it, and here are the results and advice so far.
  
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• Airbnb IPO public debut: $68 per share, valuation of $47 billion

  10-12-2020 12:03 via zdnet.com
  
  The company raised its initial share price, but will investors bite?
  
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• Airbnb IPO public debut: $68 float with a valuation of $47 billion

  10-12-2020 12:03 via zdnet.com
  
  The company raised its initial share price, but will investors bite?
  
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• njRAT Trojan operators are now using Pastebin as alternative to central command server

  10-12-2020 10:52 via zdnet.com
  
  Avoiding C2 infrastructure could help hackers avoid detection.
  
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• Remote code execution vulnerability uncovered in Starbucks mobile platform

  10-12-2020 09:01 via zdnet.com
  
  The researcher’s report revealed multiple endpoints vulnerable to the same flaw.
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077 a 'warning' about the future

  10-12-2020 08:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newsbeat talks to the inventor of the Cyberpunk series as the video game version launches.
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077: The story behind the video game

  10-12-2020 07:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The creators of the highly anticipated title reveal their inspirations.
  
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• Will Biden save the H-1B?

  10-12-2020 07:09 via zdnet.com
  
  All signs point to the visa being salvaged, but the reality is more nuanced than that.
  
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• How to find a new job in the middle of a pandemic

  10-12-2020 07:00
  
  Thousands of people lost their jobs during the crisis. The lucky ones who managed to secure a new role have found that technical skills are in high demand
  
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• Co-op is using facial recognition tech to scan and track shoppers

  10-12-2020 07:00
  
  Branches of the Southern Co-op are using facial recognition to look for potential shoplifters. The roll-out raises concerns about the creep of surveillance tech in the private sector
  
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• Tech industry concerns put aside as Critical Infrastructure Bill enters Parliament

  10-12-2020 06:07 via zdnet.com
  
  New Bill introduces a positive security obligation, cybersecurity requirements such as mandatory incident reporting and vulnerability testing, and government 'last resort' powers to step in and defend.
  
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• Hackers are selling more than 85,000 SQL databases on a dark web portal

  10-12-2020 04:29 via zdnet.com
  
  Hackers break into databases, steal their content, hold it for ransom for 9 days, and then sell to the highest bidder if the DB owner doesn't want to pay the ransom demand.
  
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• Samsung to start sales of 110-inch MicroLED TV for the home

  10-12-2020 04:24 via zdnet.com
  
  The 110-inch TV will cost an eye-watering 170 million won, or around $156,000.
  
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