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• Gmail down again? Users are reporting a variety of problems

  15-12-2020 23:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Reports are pouring in of a variety of Gmail problems and Google is acknowledging that users are having real problems.
  
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• Analysts expect increase in online sales for holidays, but email customer support lags

  15-12-2020 23:40 via zdnet.com
  
  According to a new report customer service is no longer a nice-to-have, but essential for companies who want to attract and retain customers. Yet two-in-three customers have scrapped a planned purchase based on poor customer service. So what are companies doing wrong?
  
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• Gmail down? Yep, it's flaking out again

  15-12-2020 23:24 via zdnet.com
  
  Reports are pouring in of a variety of Gmail problems and Google is acknowledging that users are having real problems.
  
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• GoDaddy buys payments processor Poynt for $320 million to fill out commerce offering

  15-12-2020 22:56 via zdnet.com
  
  The Web hosting firm said Poynt’s technology will let it offer businesses a “complete suite of commerce and payment services”; Poynt CEO Bedier will run a newly created commerce division.
  
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• GoDaddy acquires point of sale provider Poynt

  15-12-2020 22:46 via zdnet.com
  
  Similar to Square, Poynt offers a suite of products tailored to small businesses, including POS, payments processing, and invoicing.
  
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• Why an Uber-equivalent is needed for tech workers to avert the skills crisis

  15-12-2020 21:54 via zdnet.com
  
  The global tech skills gap -- which has not been averted despite a decade of frantic discussion -- is now turning into a yawning skills chasm due to the pandemic.
  
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• COVID-19 has significantly accelerated service transformation

  15-12-2020 21:51 via zdnet.com
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic led to breakneck speed shift to digital-first customer engagement and remote work, prompting service and support organizations to reconsider the future of their people, process, and technology.
  
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• Microsoft and industry partners seize key domain used in SolarWinds hack

  15-12-2020 21:18 via zdnet.com
  
  By seizing the domain, Microsoft and its partners hope to identify all victims, but are also preventing attackers from escalating intrusions in currently infected networks.
  
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• CES will be all virtual and I'm suddenly missing fatigue and confusion

  15-12-2020 20:12 via zdnet.com
  
  For years, the annual ritual of being exhausted, strung-out, confused and frustrated has been the tenor of attending CES in Las Vegas. Can the virtual version ever live up to that?
  
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• Microsoft's 'Studio Alpha' is bringing together Azure, gaming and AI for wargame simulation

  15-12-2020 19:25 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is bringing together Azure, analytics, collaboration and gaming technologies to build out a 'serious gaming initiative' for military and commercial customers.
  
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• I spent a week with Filmora's editing software and produced professional video

  15-12-2020 18:28 via zdnet.com
  
  How easy is it to create a professional video with Wondershare Filmora? I spent a week using the software to see what I could produce.
  
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• Microsoft starts rolling out native Microsoft 365 for Mac apps for Macs with M1

  15-12-2020 18:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's new 'Universal' Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote apps for Mac will work on both Apple's M1 Arm silicon and Intel processors.
  
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• Where CentOS Linux users can go from here

  15-12-2020 18:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Upset about what's happened with CentOS Linux? Here are your best alternative operating systems.
  
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• Google Meet expands live captions to 4 more languages, extends unlimited meetings

  15-12-2020 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Google Meet is expanding its live captions feature to French, Spanish, German and Portuguese.
  
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• Best security cameras for businesses and home use

  15-12-2020 17:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Storage, flexibility, quality recording, and easy installation are some of the important factors to consider when deciding on a work-safe security system. Our top picks for commercial properties will help secure the workplace for small and large businesses alike.
  
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• Samsung confirms Note features are coming to other Galaxy devices

  15-12-2020 17:02 via zdnet.com
  
  Samsung also has plans to make its foldable smartphones more accessible.
  
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• Twitter taps AWS cloud to deliver Twitter timelines

  15-12-2020 17:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Twitter will use AWS infrastructure and products across compute, containers, storage, and security, marking the first time Twitter has leveraged the public cloud to deliver its real-time service.
  
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• EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech

  15-12-2020 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook, Google and others face yearly checks and limits on what they can do with users' data.
  
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• Achieving business success with next-generation tape

  15-12-2020 16:31 via zdnet.com
  
  Tape remains the most effective and secure solution for data archival and long-term storage. Learn more.
  
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• Ulefone Armor 10 5G: Rugged Android 10 smartphone for $399

  15-12-2020 16:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Need a 5G smartphone that can survive pretty much anything life can throw at it? Take a look at this.
  
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• Best Samsung phone for you (December 2020)

  15-12-2020 16:18 via zdnet.com
  
  Samsung continues to lead the world in smartphone market share with Huawei recently passing up Apple for the second spot. Samsung offers a range of smartphones with the A-series, S-series, Note line, and new foldable Android smartphones.
  
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• How high-speed trains could change Britain for the better

  15-12-2020 16:00
  
  High-speed trains can change how we live, shifting commuters away from cars and tourists away from planes. But they also have the potential to shrink Britain, with faster, more comfortable journeys helping to link the country
  
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• DocuSign adds text message functionality to its eSignature service

  15-12-2020 16:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The company is rolling out new SMS-based feature for its eSignature service that gives users the ability to request document signatures via text message.
  
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• Twitter fined £400,000 for breaking EU data law

  15-12-2020 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The firm acknowledges it failed to notify the regulator of its 2019 data breach within the required time.
  
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• Programming language security: These are the worst bugs for each top language

  15-12-2020 15:22 via zdnet.com
  
  C++ and PHP have far more high-severity security flaws than programming languages like JavaScript and Python.
  
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• Google Pixel 4a 5G review: Affordable 5G phone with stunning camera performance

  15-12-2020 15:21 via zdnet.com
  
  While Google didn't release a high end flagship in 2020, it looks like this may have been the best strategy for customers. The Pixel 4a 5G is one of the most affordable 5G phones available today and has arguably one of the best cameras on a smartphone today.
  
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• Best 3D printer for business and home use

  15-12-2020 15:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Which 3D printer is right for your business? We've evaluated the offerings of leading printers, all capable of creating 3D objects, but with a wide range of characteristics. If you're in the market for a 3D printer, you'll find one here that fits your needs.
  
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• Online harms law to let regulator block apps in UK

  15-12-2020 14:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ofcom would be able to fine tech giants huge sums if it believed they had failed to protect users.
  
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• Academics turn RAM into WiFi cards to steal data from air-gapped systems

  15-12-2020 14:35 via zdnet.com
  
  AIR-FI technique can send stolen data at speeds of up to 100 b/s to WiFi receivers at a distance of a few meters.
  
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• Academics turn RAM into Wi-Fi cards to steal data from air-gapped systems

  15-12-2020 14:35 via zdnet.com
  
  AIR-FI technique can send stolen data at speeds of up to 100 b/s to Wi-Fi receivers at a distance of a few meters.
  
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• SolarWinds Orion: More US government agencies hacked

  15-12-2020 14:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The list of known victims is growing, as SolarWinds says about 18,000 customers may be affected.
  
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• Hospitals are leaving millions of sensitive medical images exposed online

  15-12-2020 14:09 via zdnet.com
  
  Cybersecurity researchers discover millions of medical files and associated personal data left discoverable on the open web due to being stored insecurely.
  
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• Microsoft: This new Windows 10 preview is just to test how quickly we can issue builds

  15-12-2020 13:40 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft releases another Windows 10 preview but only to test its ability to flight new previews in rapid succession.
  
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• Coronavirus: Contact-tracing apps can now work on older iPhones

  15-12-2020 13:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple has updated its earlier operating system - but the apps' developers will have to make changes as well.
  
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• IoT: Meet the computer scientist making the smart home a more helpful place to live

  15-12-2020 13:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Dorothy Monekosso wants the smart home to help look after the people living in it.
  
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• Stunning maps visualize drone laws around the world

  15-12-2020 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Regulation discrepancies even within close-knit regions create severe compliance challenges.
  
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• People are hiring productivity nannies to watch them work

  15-12-2020 12:59
  
  Feeling lonely while working from home? Why not hire your own video-based work cheerleader
  
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• AI: This COVID machine-learning tool helps swamped hospitals pick the right treatment

  15-12-2020 12:41 via zdnet.com
  
  A Barcelona hospital's artificial-intelligence tool analyzes trillions of pieces of data to predict likely patient outcomes.
  
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• Great gift for the techie for under $15: PortaPow Power Monitor V3

  15-12-2020 12:36 via zdnet.com
  
  A USB power monitor and a data blocker in one convenient, low-cost, reliable tool.
  
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• Here comes your next cloud-computing headache - legacy IT

  15-12-2020 12:15 via zdnet.com
  
  The board likes what it sees from digitisation but old systems remain a significant impediment to change.
  
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• Google: Here's what caused our big global outage

  15-12-2020 12:08 via zdnet.com
  
  Google fingers its storage quota system for the outage affecting Gmail, YouTube and Google Cloud Platform.
  
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• Pornhub suspends over 10 million videos to eradicate illegal content

  15-12-2020 12:03 via zdnet.com
  
  Roughly 13.5 million videos hosted on Pornhub are now reduced to only 2.9 million.
  
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• Hands-On: openSUSE Linux on the Raspberry Pi 4

  15-12-2020 11:50 via zdnet.com
  
  This time I'm trying both Tumbleweed and LEAP on the Raspberry Pi 4.
  
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• Google promises to expand its data centers, not its carbon footprint

  15-12-2020 11:08 via zdnet.com
  
  As new facilities open in Europe, the company has renewed its commitment to a carbon-free future.
  
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• Snapchat: Young people targeted in Crimestoppers safety campaign

  15-12-2020 07:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The mum of a boy who bought lethal drugs on the social media app welcomes a Crimestoppers campaign.
  
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• These photos prove a future with no waste is possible

  15-12-2020 07:00
  
  As humans squander the Earth’s resources and throw away unwanted goods, meet the companies and communities offering ways of transforming waste back into reusable products
  
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• These buildings show off the best of nature-inspired architecture

  15-12-2020 07:00
  
  Biophilic structures, from schools to aquariums, incorporate elements of the natural world into their design
  
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• Digital healthcare was the future. Then along came Covid-19

  15-12-2020 07:00
  
  Digital, data-driven systems are already giving consumers more power over their healthcare
  
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• Fitzsimmons claims trust is always factored into government-built tech systems

  15-12-2020 04:32 via zdnet.com
  
  The NSW resilience commissioner pointed to how state and federal governments have handled the COVID-19 pandemic as examples.
  
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• The Binary Security story: A cybersecurity startup run out of Darwin

  15-12-2020 03:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Stewart Stacey is putting the Northern Territory on the Australian cybersecurity map.
  
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