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• Amazon's Fire HD 10 Productivity Bundle review: This isn’t the work tablet you’re looking for

  18-06-2021 22:10 via zdnet.com
  
  Amazon is offering a productivity bundle for its latest Fire HD 10 tablet, and, well, it's anything but productive.
  
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• Lydsto R1 robot vacuum review: An affordable sweeping and mopping workhorse for your home or office

  18-06-2021 20:48 via zdnet.com
  
  The Lydsto R1 sweeping and mopping robot is a well-built, multi-function robot with an auto-empty station, spare mops and dust bags.
  
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• Most Brazilian museums struggle with digital collections

  18-06-2021 20:34 via zdnet.com
  
  Only 25% of cultural institutions in the country have managed to make their collections available to the public online despite advances in catalog digitization, a new study has found
  
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• Bullitt Group announces Cat S62 rugged smartphone, available from T-Mobile

  18-06-2021 18:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Cat phones are some of the best ultra-rugged phones available today and the new S62 is built to withstand just about any field work you can throw at it. It will be available exclusively at T-Mobile for just $498.
  
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• Social impact app ImpactWayv aims to connect people for good causes and CSR

  18-06-2021 18:00 via zdnet.com
  
  ImpactWayv has released its app that connects users and socially responsible brands that want to do good.
  
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• 44 of the best documentaries on Netflix right now

  18-06-2021 15:40
  
  Our edit of the best Netflix documentaries right now, selected by the WIRED editorial team and updated twice monthly
  
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• Facebook tests ads in virtual reality headsets

  18-06-2021 14:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ads will appear in only a few games at first as the firm assesses users' reactions.
  
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• All the (actually) good early deals in the Amazon Prime Day sale

  18-06-2021 14:17
  
  Ahead of the big sale early next week, we've rounded up the best offers you can get right now
  
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• Windows 11: A glorified theme pack we can all live with

  18-06-2021 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's decision to dial up the version number has little to do with Windows and everything to do with the pandemic. Can you live with that? Can I live with that? Can businesses and enterprises live with that? Sure we can.
  
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• Microsoft just resorted to honesty in a quite brilliant way

  18-06-2021 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  There's not too much honesty in the world these days. So when a giant corporation laughs at its own shortcomings, it can be quite glorious.
  
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• HarmonyOS: Hands-on with Huawei's rival to Android

  18-06-2021 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Chris Fox explores what Huawei's new operating system can do.
  
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• OnePlus to 'further integrate' with OPPO, but retain Oxygen OS, independence

  18-06-2021 13:16 via zdnet.com
  
  OnePlus and OPPO appear to be integrating teams and possibly features, but the two brands will remain.
  
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• Samsung's 5G smartphone sales are growing fast - but Apple still dominates

  18-06-2021 13:11 via zdnet.com
  
  Apple iPhone 5G sales are still double the next biggest competitor, but Samsung was the fastest-growing 5G smartphone vendor in Q1 2021.
  
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• Merlin teaming up with Dynamic Aviation to bring autonomy to 55-aircraft fleet

  18-06-2021 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Boston company comes out of stealth, announced fixed-wing automation deal.
  
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• A deep dive into the operations of the LockBit ransomware group

  18-06-2021 12:48 via zdnet.com
  
  Most victims are from the enterprise and are expected to pay an average ransom of $85,000.
  
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• Getting noticed on your Google Meet call just got a bit easier

  18-06-2021 12:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Google updates its raised hands visual animation to help make group video meetings a little less annoying.
  
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• Why improving diversity in cybersecurity is vital for everyone

  18-06-2021 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The information security sector has a long way to go, but building cybersecurity teams of people from different backgrounds brings different voices to the table - and can improve defences.
  
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• Rust in the Linux kernel just got a big boost from Google

  18-06-2021 11:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Momentum grows behind the push to make Rust a second language for the development of the Linux kernel and drivers.
  
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• Programming languages: Rust in the Linux kernel just got a big boost from Google

  18-06-2021 11:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Momentum grows behind the push to make Rust a second language for the development of the Linux kernel and drivers.
  
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• Why it’s so hard to fix lag on Euro 2020 live streams

  18-06-2021 11:02
  
  Since the last World Cup, BBC and ITV have made their streams more reliable – but delays will still be an issue
  
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• TikTok owner ByteDance sees its earnings double in 2020

  18-06-2021 07:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  China's biggest technology companies have been coming under increasing scrutiny both at home and abroad.
  
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• To make Luca, Pixar had to reinvent water

  18-06-2021 07:00
  
  To craft the movie's stylised elegance, Pixar blended scientific simulations with the simplicity of traditional animation, as effects supervisor Jon Reisch explains
  
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• To make Luca, Pixar had to forget everything it knew about water

  18-06-2021 07:00
  
  To craft the movie's stylised elegance, Pixar blended scientific simulations with the simplicity of traditional animation, as effects supervisor Jon Reisch explains
  
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• No, it doesn’t need to be a Zoom

  18-06-2021 07:00
  
  We’re wasting hours of our lives on inefficient video calls. Here's how to decide when you should jump on a Zoom – and when not to
  
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• Randall Brugeaud will finish up as DTA CEO to head up a new trade taskforce

  18-06-2021 06:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Current DTA CEO Randall Brugeaud will be departing to lead the Simplified Trade System Implementation Taskforce.
  
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• Home Affairs should look into supply chain technologies like blockchain: Committee

  18-06-2021 06:03 via zdnet.com
  
  While not endorsing the Bill it was tasked to examine, a Senate Committee believes technology has potential in the fight against forced labour, particularly in relation to Xinjiang.
  
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• BHP signs cloud agreement with AWS and Microsoft

  18-06-2021 03:43 via zdnet.com
  
  BHP plans to deploy digital services faster to the frontline by leveraging AWS analytics and machine learning capabilities, and moving its global applications portfolio onto Azure.
  
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• How femtech is putting women's healthcare front and centre

  18-06-2021 03:07 via zdnet.com
  
  For a long time, femtech has been considered a niche, but a growing number of tech companies are hoping to change that narrative.
  
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• ICO watchdog 'deeply concerned' over live facial recognition

  18-06-2021 02:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Information Commissioner says the technology could be used "excessively or even recklessly".
  
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• Police to crack down on drones flown dangerously

  18-06-2021 02:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Anyone flouting the rules faces having their drone confiscated, being fined or even imprisonment.
  
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• Akamai apologises after outage left Australia's major banks and airline systems offline

  18-06-2021 01:49 via zdnet.com
  
  A cyber attack was not the cause behind an Akamai outage that took down the systems of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia Post, and Virgin Australia.
  
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• How market research reveals what you really think

  18-06-2021 01:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  By sifting and analysing huge amounts of data, market researchers say they can find out what's on your mind.
  
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