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• Best Star Wars gifts: This is the way

  22-12-2020 23:26 via zdnet.com
  
  "I have a goooood feeling about this," Han Solo said...never. But we do have a good feeling about the gifts in our Star Wars gift guide. No matter how much you want to spend, how silly you want to get, or how cool you want to proclaim yourself to be, we have Star Wars merch to keep you using the Force.
  
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• Best weird gifts: Odd but useful gadgets and gear

  22-12-2020 23:00 via zdnet.com
  
  This is 2020. Predictable is out, and it's the perfect time for weird, yet surprisingly useful, gifts.
  
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• Best tech gifts for non-techies

  22-12-2020 22:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Perfect gifts for the non-techie friends and family in your life.
  
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• Chief customer officers define four strategies to connect with customers in the next normal

  22-12-2020 20:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Research shows that in order for businesses to connect with their customers, they must focus on outcomes, a new set of customer health metrics, improved service agility and opportunities to co-create value.
  
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• Viral 'butt-less' pyjamas ad sparks confusion

  22-12-2020 17:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Web users have questioned why the adverts are being targeted at them.
  
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• Amazon AWS says ‘Very, very sophisticated practitioners of machine learning’ are moving to SageMaker

  22-12-2020 15:50 via zdnet.com
  
  The infrastructure software is catching on with some of the most demanding machine learning scientists at big firms such as Lyft and Intuit, and also taking over Amazon dot com's internal ML development.
  
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• Garmin Index S2 smart scale review: Weight and body metric data help inform your progress

  22-12-2020 15:21 via zdnet.com
  
  Garmin's newest smart scale provides more than simply weight tracking capability. The color display on the scale can also show your BMI, body fat percentage bone mass, weather and more. It's a rather expensive WiFi scale, but it seamlessly connects with the Garmin ecosystem.
  
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• Cisco acquires software startup Dashbase to bolster observability in AppDynamics

  22-12-2020 15:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Cisco plans to integrate Dashbase's logs and events analytics technology into the AppDynamics platform.
  
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• Honeywell buys Sparta Systems for $1.3 billion, plots life sciences expansion

  22-12-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Sparta Systems' quality management software and AI will be integrated with Honeywell's Forge platform.
  
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• From data to knowledge and AI via graphs: Technology to support a knowledge-based economy

  22-12-2020 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  In the new knowledge-based digital world, encoding and making use of business and operational knowledge is the key to making progress and staying competitive. Here's a shortlist of technologies and processes that can support this transition, and what they are about.
  
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• Law enforcement take down three bulletproof VPN providers

  22-12-2020 13:55 via zdnet.com
  
  The three VPN services provided safe haven for cybercriminals to carry out ransomware attacks, web skimming operations, spearphishing, and account takeovers.
  
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• Farmers get their own security advice as cyberattacks increase

  22-12-2020 13:36 via zdnet.com
  
  Update your operating system, turn on antivirus and enable two-factor authentication for online accounts, UK cybersecurity agency tells farmers.
  
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• Same-day shipping by drone: This international air delivery network has ambitious plans

  22-12-2020 12:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Emerging drone technologies can help supply chains become lockdown-proof during the pandemic.
  
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• Future of work: Five new features of your remote workplace in 2021

  22-12-2020 12:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Nothing about work during 2020 has been normal. So what does 2021 have in store? Here's what the experts told ZDNet.
  
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• Adobe brings Premiere Pro beta to Apple's M1 Macs

  22-12-2020 11:51 via zdnet.com
  
  Adobe Premiere Pro, Premiere Rush, and Audition come to Apple's M1 Macs with dramatic performance improvements.
  
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• Older Android phone just dodged a looming web browsing problem

  22-12-2020 10:59 via zdnet.com
  
  All Android phones should now be able to access sites secured with certificates from Let's Encrypt until 2024.
  
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• Older Android phone just dodged a big web browsing problem

  22-12-2020 10:59 via zdnet.com
  
  All Android phones should now be able to access sites secured with certificates from Let's Encrypt until 2024.
  
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• We’re not ready for the coming wave of space cyberattacks

  22-12-2020 07:00
  
  Jamming. Spoofing. Shutdowns. Space cyberattacks are set to be supercharged in the coming months
  
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• Startups battled to survive 2020. Here’s what they must do next

  22-12-2020 07:00
  
  In 2020, the pandemic was a brutal shock for entrepreneurs. Next year, they expect less scrambling and more opportunity
  
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• Microsoft and McAfee headline newly-formed 'Ransomware Task Force'

  22-12-2020 07:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The newly-founded Ransomware Task Force will work to put together a standard framework for dealing with ransomware attacks.
  
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• Harnessing the hidden powers of plants could help fix the climate

  22-12-2020 07:00
  
  Photosynthesis has been critical to the Earth's survival over billions of years. Now it's time for humans to learn a few tricks from plants
  
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• BMW iX3 review: a 279-mile range with a Hans Zimmer soundtrack

  22-12-2020 07:00
  
  The new BMW full-electric SUV is packed with extras and has a great range, but it's not all-wheel drive and the looks are somewhat uninspiring
  
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• Tanzania 'using Twitter's copyright policy to silence activists'

  22-12-2020 01:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitter's policy on the infringement of copyright is used to muzzle critics, activists say.
  
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• Tech trends in 2021: Fast planes and homeworking

  22-12-2020 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From a potentially record-breaking electric plane, to new homeworking tech, what to watch out for in 2021.
  
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• UK government 'likely to miss' broadband and 5G targets

  22-12-2020 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More must be done if the UK is to be future-proofed rather than playing catch-up, say MPs.
  
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• How immersive audio will transform virtual experiences

  22-12-2020 01:01
  
  Sony’s 360 Reality Audio turns music into a 3D world. Kojey Radical has been using it to create new forms of art
  
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• Microsoft, Google, Cisco, and others file amicus brief in support of Facebook's NSO lawsuit

  22-12-2020 00:57 via zdnet.com
  
  Tech giants show support for Facebook's legal case against spyware vendor NSO Group.
  
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• Google's behavioural undertaking for proposed FitBit deal rejected by ACCC

  22-12-2020 00:39 via zdnet.com
  
  The regulator does not believe the undertaking is sufficient enough to quell the anti-competitive effects of FitBit's user data going into Google's hands.
  
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