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• Brazil publishes national artificial intelligence strategy

  12-04-2021 23:10 via zdnet.com
  
  The plan outlines the framework for fostering research and development in the field and driving AI innovation to solve the country's key challenges.
  
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• Subscription software pioneer Zuora promises return to growth

  12-04-2021 22:55 via zdnet.com
  
  It was Zuora’s first meeting with Wall Street analysts since the summer of 2019.
  
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• Automation will accelerate decentralization and digital transformation

  12-04-2021 22:31 via zdnet.com
  
  As societies reemerge from lockdown, customer and employee experiences will become a digital/in-person hybrid largely enabled by workflow automation. Given their proximity to changing customer needs, service teams provide a window into how workflow automation can unlock transformation across the business.
  
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• Nvidia lays out its three-chip data center roadmap

  12-04-2021 21:44 via zdnet.com
  
  In his GTC keynote, CEO Jensen Huang previewed what's to come from Nvidia's growing data center business, as well as its new Arm partnerships
  
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• Salesforce to reopen San Francisco headquarters in May on limited basis

  12-04-2021 20:40 via zdnet.com
  
  The company is seeking vaccinated volunteers to return to the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco. Salesforce has 22 offices open globally, but San Francisco is the first US reopening.
  
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• Nadella's acquisitions: How Nuance stacks up

  12-04-2021 20:21 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft just made its second biggest acquisition in corporate history with Nuance Communications. How does Nuance compare and contrast with the nearly 80 other acquisitions made during Satya Nadella's tenure as CEO?
  
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• The FSF doubles down on restoring RMS after his non-apology apology

  12-04-2021 20:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Weeks after being readmitted to the Free Software Foundation board, Stallman speaks and the board stands behind him.
  
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• Best office tech in 2021: Work better and have more fun

  12-04-2021 20:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Give your office a tech upgrade with these fun, useful gadgets.
  
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• Live TV stinks. You're better off with these commercial-free, on-demand services

  12-04-2021 19:08 via zdnet.com
  
  David Gewirtz takes issue with the live TV services recently spotlighted by our own SJVN. Gewirtz contends that it's much more pleasant to go commercial-free and on-demand. Do you agree?
  
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• Nvidia enters 'science-fiction metaverse' with Omniverse Enterprise for 3D collaboration

  12-04-2021 19:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Omniverse Enterprise will allow distributed designers to work together in real time, with Nvidia stating users will not need to import and export between different programs.
  
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• Everything announced at Nvidia's GTC 2021: A data center CPU, SDK for quantum simulations and more

  12-04-2021 18:28 via zdnet.com
  
  "Nvidia is now a three-chip company," CEO Jensen Huang said, referring to the new "Grace" CPU for giant-scale AI and HPC workloads.
  
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• Microsoft makes $20bn bet on speech AI firm Nuance

  12-04-2021 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US tech giant is buying artificial intelligence firm Nuance, best known for developing Apple's Siri.
  
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• Iran nuclear attack: Mystery surrounds nuclear sabotage at Natanz

  12-04-2021 17:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Iran blames Israel, but was this a cyber-attack or physical act of sabotage?
  
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• Cloudera Data Platform to integrate with Nvidia's accelerated Apache Spark 3.0 libraries

  12-04-2021 17:30 via zdnet.com
  
  According to Cloudera, the integration will accelerate data pipelines and make it easier to add machine learning workflows to processes.
  
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• Billions of smartphone owners will soon be authorising payments using facial recognition

  12-04-2021 17:22 via zdnet.com
  
  New analysis shows that facial recognition and other biometric authentication technologies will increasingly help to keep mobile payments safe from fraudsters.
  
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• Google outage: Google Docs down

  12-04-2021 17:08 via zdnet.com
  
  No, it's not just you. Google Docs is misbehaving for millions of users
  
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• Why Nuance? Microsoft is making a $19.7 billion bet on ambient digital healthcare

  12-04-2021 16:26 via zdnet.com
  
  Nuance's technology uses voice recognition, AI and natural language processing to streamline healthcare processes. Nuance will bolster Microsoft's Cloud for Healthcare significantly.
  
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• Are NFT collectibles the new trading cards or a hype bubble soon to burst?

  12-04-2021 15:56 via zdnet.com
  
  NFTs (non-fungible tokens) have become a hot commodity lately, with artists, musicians, sportspeople, and even entrepreneurs making millions trading them. But are they overhyped and will the NFT bubble soon burst?
  
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• Kyocera DuraForce Ultra 5G UW review: Verizon rugged smartphone built to get work done everywhere

  12-04-2021 15:21 via zdnet.com
  
  Today's modern smartphones are extremely capable and there aren't many functions setting them apart. Field workers, outdoor enthusiasts, and others spending time in the elements may want a rugged smartphone and that's where the latest model from Kyocera steps up to the plate.
  
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• Kyocera DuraForce Ultra 5G UW review review: Verizon rugged smartphone built to get work done everywhere

  12-04-2021 15:21 via zdnet.com
  
  Today's modern smartphones are extremely capable and there aren't many functions setting them apart. Field workers, outdoor enthusiasts, and others spending time in the elements may want a rugged smartphone and that's where the latest model from Kyocera steps up to the plate.
  
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• Singtel unveils 5G network 'in a box' to run on-site customer trials

  12-04-2021 15:10 via zdnet.com
  
  Pitched as a "portable 5G platform", the Singapore telco says its new Genie offering fits into a suitcase-sized container and provides a 5G environment in which enterprise customers can deploy and test their apps.
  
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• IonQ integrates platform with Qiskit quantum computing open source SDK

  12-04-2021 15:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The move comes as quantum computing vendors are racing to leverage Qiskit to build out the software ecosystem.
  
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• Phone app alerts users to look up while walking

  12-04-2021 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tool is being tested by Google's Android operating system, reports suggest.
  
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• Microsoft makes its second largest acquisition with Nuance for $19.7 billion

  12-04-2021 14:52 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft is buying Nuance Communications Inc., an AI company specializing in voice-recognition and related software and services.
  
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• Cyber-firm Darktrace eyes '£3bn' London share listing

  12-04-2021 14:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boss Poppy Gustafsson says London is a "logical choice" despite Deliveroo's flop flotation.
  
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• Apple's top-end iPad Pro 2021 faces Mini-LED supply issues

  12-04-2021 14:20 via zdnet.com
  
  And where is Apple's usual spring event for new iPad models?
  
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• Oracle Cloud HCM adds "Journeys" for personalized HR guidance

  12-04-2021 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The new platform helps HR teams deliver a more personalized digital experience for employees
  
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• PayPal rolls out new fraud management tools for merchants

  12-04-2021 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  PayPal said its new Fraud Protection Advanced service uses device fingerprinting, machine learning and analytics to help businesses identify, investigate, resolve and mitigate fraudulent transactions.
  
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• Google: US-EU tech trade is 'fraying' and we need a new council to save it

  12-04-2021 12:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Google is worried that an "explosion in national policies" is harming technology trade between the US and Europe, and considers the threat greater than the trade dispute between the US and China.
  
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• The six-month old iOS 14 bug that Apple still hasn't fixed

  12-04-2021 12:39 via zdnet.com
  
  By this point we're starting to think about iOS 15.
  
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• Critical security alert: If you haven't patched this old VPN vulnerability, assume your network is compromised

  12-04-2021 12:22 via zdnet.com
  
  Hundreds of organisations that haven't applied a Fortinet VPN security update released in 2019 should assume that cyber criminals are trying to take advantage, NCSC warns.
  
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• Criminals spread malware using website contact forms with Google URLs

  12-04-2021 12:05 via zdnet.com
  
  Crooks are using social engineering to exploit workers' efforts to do their jobs.
  
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• Who do I pay to get the 'phone' removed from my iPhone?

  12-04-2021 11:39 via zdnet.com
  
  The phone bit is the most useless bit of my smartphone.
  
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• Work's new normal takes shape and some companies will botch it

  12-04-2021 11:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Companies that romanticize the seriously flawed old way of working are likely to have issues as the hybrid new normal emerges.
  
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• NHS Covid-19 app update blocked for breaking Apple and Google's rules

  12-04-2021 11:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple and Google's rules state that no location data from app users can be shared.
  
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• Why it’s easier to move country than switch social media

  12-04-2021 07:00
  
  When we talk about social media monopolies, we focus too much on network effects, and not enough on switching costs. It's time to tear down the walls
  
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• Big beauty wants to go green but a mountain of trash stands in its way

  12-04-2021 07:00
  
  Every year, people throw billions of mascara wands, cream pots and foundation pumps straight in the bin. Fixing this problem isn’t just costly, it’s almost impossible
  
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• Tencent Cloud pledges SEA expansion with launch of Indonesia data centre

  12-04-2021 03:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Chinese internet giant launches its first data centre in Indonesia, with plans to open a second one in the Southeast Asian market as well as Thailand and South Korea within the year, as it looks to build out its cloud footprint across the region.
  
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• ESR HaloLock MagSafe stands for Apple iPhone 12 review: Affordable, functional accessories

  12-04-2021 02:15 via zdnet.com
  
  MagSafe is one of the best Apple technologies that combines wireless charging with the ability to easily and securely mount your Apple iPhone. The latest accessories from ESR and surprisingly affordable, yet very well made and capable.
  
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• Environment takes centre stage at London games festival

  12-04-2021 01:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Climate change was on the agenda at the Now Play This festival, Cristina Criddle finds out more.
  
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• The body armour many of us may soon be wearing

  12-04-2021 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The market for exoskeletons - high-tech external body support systems - is tipped to grow strongly.
  
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• Ransomware: The internet's biggest security crisis is getting worse. We need a way out

  12-04-2021 00:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Making it illegal to pay a ransom might be the answer, but it will have painful consequences.
  
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