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• Google names Intel veteran Uri Frank in push for more highly integrated cloud chips

  22-03-2021 22:46 via zdnet.com
  
  Frank ran product development for Intel’s “Core” processors, among other roles.
  
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• Richard M. Stallman returns to the Free Software Foundation Board of Directors

  22-03-2021 21:34 via zdnet.com
  
  The well-known founder of GNU software and free software resigned as president and board member of the FSF in 2019.
  
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• IOTA still wants to build a better blockchain, and get it right this time

  22-03-2021 21:05 via zdnet.com
  
  In 2014, IOTA set out to offer an alternative to the key issues with blockchain: Scalability and transaction fees. Somewhere along the way, things went wrong. Not everything is lost, however, and IOTA is looking to regain momentum.
  
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• Box shares up amid reports of possible sale

  22-03-2021 20:29 via zdnet.com
  
  The cloud content management company is reportedly considering a sale, amid pressure from activist investors.
  
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• Is ad-free Gravvity a 'healthier’ social media app?

  22-03-2021 18:22 via zdnet.com
  
  Concerns over the negative effects of social media are becoming more common, so could a new kind of ad-free app give us a healthier social media experience?
  
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• David Dobrik quits app after associate accused of rape

  22-03-2021 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sponsors have also withdrawn their support for the influencer after his former associate was accused of rape.
  
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• SavvyShares compensates consumers for access to their data

  22-03-2021 17:38 via zdnet.com
  
  As consumer data privacy issues make people more suspicious about handing over their data, SavvyShares offers consumers shares and annual dividends for answering surveys and allowing digital data tracking on their phones.
  
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• Flex Logix has two paths to making a lot of money challenging Nvidia in AI

  22-03-2021 17:05 via zdnet.com
  
  The programmable chip company scores $55 million in venture backing, bringing its total haul to $82 million.
  
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• Microsoft Exchange Server attacks: 'They're being hacked faster than we can count', says security company

  22-03-2021 16:50 via zdnet.com
  
  A 'significant' number of cyber attacks targeting vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers are attempted every single day, warn researchers at F-Secure - who say it's critical to apply the patches immediately.
  
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• Factory blaze adds to computer chip supply crisis

  22-03-2021 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Renesas fire is set to make it even more difficult for car-makers to buy the chips they need.
  
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• Project Gigabit: First areas to get huge broadband speed upgrade revealed

  22-03-2021 16:09 via zdnet.com
  
  "Project Gigabit" has launched its firstphase, for premises across the UK's rural areas to be upgraded to next-generation broadband.
  
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• Facebook VR wristband powered via 'brain signals'

  22-03-2021 15:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As the technology company expands its virtual-reality tools, experts warn of potential privacy implications.
  
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• Synnex, Tech Data combine in $7.2 billion merger, eye expansion markets

  22-03-2021 15:38 via zdnet.com
  
  The combination of two companies will expand the geographic and product reach into cybersecurity, cloud, data and Internet of things.
  
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• Fortinet invests $75 million in router maker Linksys with focus on securing home office networks

  22-03-2021 15:30 via zdnet.com
  
  The companies said they plan to work together to build enterprise-grade connectivity and security into Linksys' portfolio of wireless routers.
  
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• Barnes & Noble taps Lenovo to help design latest Nook Android tablet

  22-03-2021 15:07 via zdnet.com
  
  The bookseller hasn't offered a new tablet to compete against Amazon's Kindle Fire in a couple of years, but its latest revision is a 10-inch slate due in April and starting at $129.99.
  
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• Google details its state-based vaccine management efforts

  22-03-2021 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The cloud giant is one of several technology companies offering tools for vaccine management and distribution -- a critical but quickly changing market for enterprise software.
  
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• Zoom aims for deeper developer relationships

  22-03-2021 14:30 via zdnet.com
  
  The videoconferencing business is providing more tools for developers, including new App Marketplace analytics and an easier way to use its video SDK.
  
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• Microsoft to partially reopen its Redmond campus March 29 and possibly fully reopen on July 6

  22-03-2021 14:05 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft officials are sharing their own thinking on how it plans to reopen as a hybrid workplace the same day it is publishing its research from a year of hybrid working.
  
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• What the business world needs now more than ever is extreme humanism

  22-03-2021 14:02 via zdnet.com
  
  Tom Peters is one of the most influential management thinkers of the past 40 years. In his latest book, Excellence Now: Extreme Humanism, Peters argues that what you are doing right now will be the hallmark of your entire career.
  
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• Remote work makes cybersecurity a top worry for CEOs

  22-03-2021 14:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Pandemics, hacks and economic growth are the top concern for UK CEOs.
  
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• Samsung to supply 5G network kit to Japan's NTT Docomo

  22-03-2021 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The deal marks the South Korean tech giant's first meaningful footprint in Japan's telecom market.
  
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• API security becomes a ‘top’ priority for enterprise players

  22-03-2021 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  As API attacks rise, the security surrounding their usage is now firmly on the radar.
  
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• Young people are shunning tech courses. That's going to make the skills shortage much worse

  22-03-2021 13:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Students in the UK are taking up computer science but there has been a big drop in the number of students completing with ICT skills.
  
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• Digital skills crisis looms as students shun tech qualifications

  22-03-2021 13:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Students in the UK are taking up computer science but there has been a big drop in the number of students completing with ICT skills.
  
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• Mozilla Firefox tweaks Referrer Policy to shore up user privacy

  22-03-2021 13:05 via zdnet.com
  
  Starting in Firefox 87, the browser will contain extra protections to stop information leaks.
  
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• Privacy is power

  22-03-2021 12:08
  
  Carissa Véliz, associate professor in philosophy at the Institute for Ethics in AI, Oxford University talks to WIRED editor Greg Williams to explore how we can take back control of our personal data
  
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• Nights and weekends: Remote work may mean longer hours, lost liberty

  22-03-2021 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  A new survey suggests remote work tradeoffs may currently be giving employees short shrift.
  
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• Raspberry Pi's Imager tool just added these new options

  22-03-2021 11:26 via zdnet.com
  
  Now it's a bit easier to opt out of Raspberry Pi telemetry collection via a new advanced options setting.
  
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• Quantum computing: IBM's new tool lets users design quantum chips in minutes

  22-03-2021 11:04 via zdnet.com
  
  Big Blue has made Qiskit Metal generally available, to let "anyone" try their hand at quantum hardware design.
  
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• How worn is your Mac's SSD, and should you be worried?

  22-03-2021 10:57 via zdnet.com
  
  Concerns that Macs powered by M1 Apple Silicon might suffer premature SSD wear has prompted other Mac users to wonder how worn their storage is.
  
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• China takes aim at ‘spying’ Tesla cars, bans military staff use

  22-03-2021 09:28 via zdnet.com
  
  Musk has protested that his company would be “shut down” if the claims were true.
  
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• Cybersecurity, skills concerns hamper Singapore SMB digitalisation efforts

  22-03-2021 08:49 via zdnet.com
  
  Global pandemic may have accelerated digitalisation for many organisations, but segments of Singapore's small and midsize business community cite lack of funds, concerns about cybersecurity risks, and inadequate digital skillsets as key reasons for not adopting digital tools.
  
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• Your website is killing the planet

  22-03-2021 07:00
  
  Modern websites are a feast for the eyes. They are also bad for the climate
  
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• MWC’s biggest exhibitor is a tiny startup nobody’s ever heard of

  22-03-2021 07:00
  
  Organisers have vowed MWC is going ahead no matter what. So far, the only major exhibitor is one startup and its 100 robots
  
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• Apple is surprised that developers take issue with its app review process

  22-03-2021 06:59 via zdnet.com
  
  Tells the ACCC it works with developers to ensure all apps on the Apple App Store are of a certain quality.
  
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• Existing Telstra entity to become fixed infrastructure group in restructure

  22-03-2021 06:10 via zdnet.com
  
  New holding company with debt cross guarantees, with international arm proposed as part of the Telstra shake up.
  
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• ACIC running into jurisdictional data troubles with new national firearms database

  22-03-2021 05:30 via zdnet.com
  
  The Commission is just the interface and can only promise security over what it's responsible for.
  
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• Popular remote lesson monitoring program could be exploited to attack student PCs

  22-03-2021 05:01 via zdnet.com
  
  The vulnerabilities allowed attackers full and unfettered access to student PCs.
  
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• Acer reportedly targeted with $50 million ransomware attack

  22-03-2021 03:55 via zdnet.com
  
  The REvil ransomware gang over the weekend published various Acer documents, such as financial spreadsheets, bank balances, and bank communications.
  
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• Cops are the only ones being lawful on the dark web, AFP declares

  22-03-2021 01:51 via zdnet.com
  
  Commissioner says the new 'hacking Bill' that's before Parliament will help the Federal Police take down those acting unlawfully.
  
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• Donald Trump plans social media comeback, says adviser

  22-03-2021 01:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ex-US president, banned by Twitter and Facebook, will launch "his own platform", an aide says.
  
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• Apple to pay $308.5 million for infringing patent with FairPlay technology

  22-03-2021 01:28 via zdnet.com
  
  PMC was found to not be a patent troll as it licenses its own internally invented patent on an exclusive basis.
  
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• Kitboga: How AI is helping me waste scammers’ time

  22-03-2021 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitch streamer, Kitboga, says he wanted to stop con artists trying to steal from people.
  
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• 'I’ll buy five items and only keep one of them'

  22-03-2021 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With online returns soaring during the pandemic, tech firms are helping retailers deal with the rise.
  
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• All the actually good deals in Amazon’s spring sale

  22-03-2021 01:01
  
  Amazon appears to be celebrating the arrival of spring. We’ve spotted some decent tech deals worth considering
  
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