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• SMBs: How do you build the perfect tech stack?

  26-03-2021 20:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Take this short, multiple-choice survey and tell us how your company builds its technology stack.
  
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• The best cheap web hosting service in 2021

  26-03-2021 20:00 via zdnet.com
  
  You can buy a month's worth of quality web hosting from a well-established service provider for less than the price of a grande cappuccino. What's the catch? You'll have to research a bit to make accurate long-term comparisons of the competing offerings. That's where our Buyer's Guide can help.
  
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• The best Amazon Spring Sale tech deals still live today

  26-03-2021 19:45
  
  All the Android phones, laptops and kitchen tech deals worth considering in the Amazon sale this week
  
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• The best Amazon Spring Sale tech deals still live this weekend

  26-03-2021 19:45
  
  All the Android phones, laptops and kitchen tech deals worth considering in the Amazon sale this week
  
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• Facebook completes 77-mile fiber deployment in Indiana to connect data centers

  26-03-2021 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The build will connect Facebook's data centers in Iowa and Nebraska to facilities in Ohio, Virginia and North Carolina.
  
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• How set up and use a VPN on Windows, Mac, iOS, or Android

  26-03-2021 17:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Installing a VPN is a fairly straightforward process, no matter what device you're using. We step you through the entire process for four popular VPNs, on the four top platforms -- iOS, Mac, Windows, and Android.
  
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• Sierra Wireless partially restores network following ransomware attack

  26-03-2021 16:51 via zdnet.com
  
  Production lines are operating again at the IoT device manufacturer, but internal IT systems remain down following a cyber attack on March 20.
  
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• Microsoft may be poised to buy its next 'community': Discord

  26-03-2021 14:47 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft could acquire Discord for more than $10 billion as soon as April, according to a new report.
  
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• Phones we love: ZDNet writers actually (still!) use these devices

  26-03-2021 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  We asked our team of tech and business editors to tell us about their current daily driver smartphones and their future purchase plans. The answers were in turn predictable and startling.
  
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• Quantum computing: How basic broadband fiber could pave the way to the next breakthrough

  26-03-2021 13:54 via zdnet.com
  
  New research from NIST could hold the key to accelerating the development of large-scale quantum computers packing one million qubits - using simple telecommunications cables.
  
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• Microrobots treat mouse brain tumours and other tech news

  26-03-2021 13:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jen Copestake looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week.
  
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• WeWork to go public via SPAC deal, aims to be part of future of work

  26-03-2021 13:09 via zdnet.com
  
  The deal with BowX values WeWork at about $9 billion. The transaction will give WeWork about $1.3 billion in cash.
  
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• Exchange Server attacks: Microsoft shares intelligence on post-compromise activities

  26-03-2021 13:04 via zdnet.com
  
  If you're cleaning up a infected Exchange server, you need to look for traces of multiple threats, warns Microsoft.
  
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• What is a VPN and why do you need one? Everything you have to know

  26-03-2021 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Whether you're in a corporate or home office, or on the road, a VPN remains one of the best ways to protect your privacy and security on the internet.
  
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• Boards still aren't taking cybersecurity seriously, warns new NCSC boss. That means everyone is at risk

  26-03-2021 12:36 via zdnet.com
  
  Organisations aren't in a position to be complacent about cybersecurity, says NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron, who warns of threats from ransomware to attacks against critical infrastructure.
  
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• OnePlus 9 Pro vs Oppo Find X3 Pro: a win for all the wrong reasons

  26-03-2021 12:15
  
  Strange camera decisions and an unwieldy price gap separate these flashy flagships
  
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• Levi's Katia Walsh on AI: You can do a lot with 168 years of data

  26-03-2021 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Dr. Katia Walsh, Chief Strategy and AI Officer at Levi's, is looking to combine fashion, data science and the creative process to improve everything from the customer experience and demand to supply chain and design.
  
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• Google sets up Android group for future car keys, national ID, e-wallets

  26-03-2021 11:45 via zdnet.com
  
  Google readies the Android ecosystem for enabling new key and ID functionality built on applets that run inside secure elements.
  
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• Windows 10: 20H2 preview removes old Edge, 21H1 gets the buggy printer fix

  26-03-2021 11:24 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft has released a preview update for Windows 10 versions 20H2 and 1909, a fix for the printer bug in 21H1, and an update to the Windows Feature Experience Pack.
  
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• Hades ransomware operators are hunting big game in the US

  26-03-2021 11:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Companies with annual revenues of over $1 billion are being targeted.
  
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• Innovation is accelerating. Here’s how to keep up with the pace

  26-03-2021 10:00
  
  Technology has the potential to answer many of the world’s toughest challenges. Here’s what PA Consulting has learned from decades of experience in innovating at pace
  
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• Supercharged soil could pull carbon right out of the air

  26-03-2021 07:00
  
  A simple seed treatment could drastically increase the amount of atmospheric carbon captured by crops, and store it underground for longer
  
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• A dying child, a mother’s love and the drug that changed medicine

  26-03-2021 07:00
  
  Hundreds of thousands of children are born each year with fatal neurodegenerative diseases. A gene therapy breakthrough offers hope of not just a treatment, but a cure
  
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• NBN hunting for long-term solution to lightning frying FttC equipment

  26-03-2021 06:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Australian government-owned broadband wholesaler has a series of temporary measures in place as it looks for a permanent solution to fried FttC modems and units.
  
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• Indue pockets another AU$26 million for 2-year Cashless Debit Card expansion

  26-03-2021 06:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Indue's AU$70 million contract is in addition to the AU$33 million Services Australia is using to rollout the welfare quarantining scheme.
  
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• Google says ACCC's work on ad tech regulation could be at odds with Privacy Act

  26-03-2021 05:16 via zdnet.com
  
  Search giant asks the watchdog to consult with the Attorney-General's Department, the OAIC, and privacy advocacy groups for the remainder of its ad tech inquiry.
  
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• ADHA takes 'open-minded' approach to My Health Record clinical information system

  26-03-2021 03:18 via zdnet.com
  
  The Australian Digital Health Agency is offering software developers financial support and the chance to workshop their plans.
  
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• Services Australia reported 20 security incidents to the ACSC in 2019-20

  26-03-2021 02:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Across Social Services, the NDIS, Veteran's Affairs, and its own operations, Services Australia says no breach of Australian citizen data has occurred.
  
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• Learning to code 'will seriously change your life'

  26-03-2021 01:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Software developers are in high demand and well paid, but how do you break into the industry?
  
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• Warner Music and Rothco launch Saylists on Apple Music to aid speech therapy

  26-03-2021 00:48 via zdnet.com
  
  The curated playlists feature music tracks where patterns of repetition of the most challenging speech sounds have been identified.
  
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