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• The codes helping visually-impaired people shop

  02-07-2021 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New technology that allows phones to read out labelling is about to make supermarkets much more accessible.
  
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• US officer plays Taylor Swift song to try to stop video

  02-07-2021 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The officer in Oakland wanted to prevent activists filming him from uploading the video to YouTube.
  
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• US officer plays Taylor Swift song to try to block video

  02-07-2021 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The officer in Oakland wanted to prevent activists filming him from uploading the video to YouTube.
  
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• Ransomware attacks driving cyber reinsurance rates up 40%

  02-07-2021 22:33 via zdnet.com
  
  Willis Re International told Reuters that recent high-profile ransomware attacks are sending reinsurance rates soaring.
  
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• Leaked infrastructure code, credentials and keys costing orgs an average of $1.2 million per year: 1Password

  02-07-2021 20:56 via zdnet.com
  
  About 60% of survey respondents said their organization dealt with leaked API tokens, SSH keys, and private certificates.
  
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• Red Hat leader Jim Whitehurst steps down as IBM President

  02-07-2021 18:42 via zdnet.com
  
  Under Whitehurst, Red Hat became a billion-dollar company and was acquired by IBM. He then moved up to become IBM's President to lead IBM's cloud efforts. Now, out of the blue, Whitehurst is stepping down as IBM's leader.
  
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• Lawmakers, experts question whether CISA should be split from DHS after delayed confirmation of Easterly

  02-07-2021 18:38 via zdnet.com
  
  Anger over the delayed confirmation of Jen Easterly has reignited calls for CISA to exist on its own.
  
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• Robot dog in dance-off with Korean boy band BTS and other news

  02-07-2021 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Romana Kreider looks at the best technology news stories of the week.
  
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• Technology services firm CI&T acquires Dextra

  02-07-2021 16:59 via zdnet.com
  
  The company founded in Brazil advances its M&A plan to strengthen its global footprint.
  
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• Facebook tests extremist content warning messages

  02-07-2021 15:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tech firm said pop-ups would appear for some users who may have been exposed to extremist content.
  
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• SAP partners with Columbia University on cybersecurity diversity initiative

  02-07-2021 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The first group of recent graduates is joining SAP this summer.
  
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• Huawei Mate X2, OnePlus Nord CE 5G, Dell XPS 13 9310, and more: ZDNet's reviews roundup

  02-07-2021 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  From innovative handhelds to super-light laptops and high-quality earbuds, here's the kit we got our hands on during June.
  
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• Ransomware: This new free tool lets you test if your cybersecurity is strong enough to stop an attack

  02-07-2021 12:50 via zdnet.com
  
  CISA's Ransomware Readiness Assessment allows organisations to test how well their networks can protect against and recover from ransomware attacks - and provides advice on improvements.
  
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• Microsoft’s Windows 11 blue screen of death to become black

  02-07-2021 12:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new colour in the Windows 11 operating system matches the new black logon and shutdown screens.
  
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• TikTok increasing video length from one to three minutes

  02-07-2021 12:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The social media platform says the change will allow for 'richer storytelling'.
  
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• Ransomware gangs are taking aim at 'soft target' industrial control systems

  02-07-2021 11:20 via zdnet.com
  
  Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting industrial control systems that control cyber-physical systems in the hope of big pay days.
  
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• People Count, book review: Technology, data, privacy and contact-tracing apps

  02-07-2021 10:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Public debate about how and when contact-tracing apps should be used is still required, says Susan Landau, so we can be ready for future pandemics.
  
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• With Modi squeezing Twitter, India's love for big tech may be ending

  02-07-2021 08:02 via zdnet.com
  
  An avalanche of criticism over social media against India's farming Bills and an outpouring of revulsion at Modi on Twitter for allegedly doing nothing to save Indians during the pandemic's second wave has convinced the Indian prime minister to tighten the screws on US tech outfits.
  
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• We might never reach herd immunity

  02-07-2021 07:00
  
  The Delta variant is putting hopes of reaching herd immunity at risk, but every vaccination will still have a huge impact
  
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• The UK’s summer of travel chaos

  02-07-2021 07:00
  
  The rise of the Delta variant has complicated travel lists. Airlines, holidaymakers and businesses are scrambling to make foreign holidays possible
  
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• The stats show England have been lucky, but they’re still Euros favourites

  02-07-2021 07:00
  
  Gareth Southgate’s team have been fortunate not to concede yet, but other results and the win over Germany mean they're the favourites to win the Euros
  
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• Optus outage stretches into Friday afternoon

  02-07-2021 06:41 via zdnet.com
  
  Optus customers left wondering why the internet headed off for the weekend at 10:30am AEST.
  
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• Microsoft adds second CVE for PrintNightmare remote code execution

  02-07-2021 04:17 via zdnet.com
  
  While PrintNightmare has been known as CVE-2021-1675 this week, Microsoft has now thrown CVE-2021-34527 into the mix.
  
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• 130 countries commit to overhauling global corporate tax rules

  02-07-2021 03:56 via zdnet.com
  
  An agreement has been signed by 130 countries that could potentially stop multinationals from profit-shifting to avoid paying tax.
  
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• Virgin Galactic to send Richard Branson into space on July 11

  02-07-2021 02:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Another billionaire is being sent into space, with the Virgin Galactic founder slated to be a passenger on the SpaceShipTwo Unity test flight.
  
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• COVID-19 blamed for the financial hit Unisys Australia suffered during 2020

  02-07-2021 02:35 via zdnet.com
  
  Unisys Australia continued to suffer financially during 2020 financial year with another net loss and a revenue decline.
  
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• Travel kit: The best tech gear to stuff in your luggage

  02-07-2021 02:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Jason Cipriani and Jason Perlow have tested hundreds of mobile tech gadgets, and these are the handful of devices and accessories they make sure to pack for vacations, work trips, and even daily outings.
  
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• Parents of children called Alexa challenge Amazon

  02-07-2021 01:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Youngsters are being bullied over their name - also the default wake word for the tech firm's smart speakers.
  
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• HPE to acquire data management platform Zerto

  02-07-2021 01:06 via zdnet.com
  
  The $374M purchase will expand HPE's GreenLake cloud data services.
  
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• How airlines will stop you losing your bags in the future

  02-07-2021 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In 2019, 25.4 million bags went missing, costing the industry billions of dollars - can big data solve the problem?
  
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