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• Brazil's Court of Auditors demands digital transformation plans from government bodies

  05-03-2021 23:25 via zdnet.com
  
  About 100 agencies must submit a strategy with timescales within three months; current situation is described as "unacceptable"
  
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• Why the mainframe is alive and thriving

  05-03-2021 21:33 via zdnet.com
  
  Mainframes are still going strong after 70 years.
  
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• Zigbee inside the Mars Perseverance Mission and your smart home

  05-03-2021 17:11 via zdnet.com
  
  ZDNet talks with Tobin Richardson, CEO of Zigbee Alliance, about wireless networking on Mars and the future of smart homes.
  
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• Microsoft: We've found three more pieces of malware used by the SolarWinds attackers

  05-03-2021 16:33 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft and FireEye have identified a new "elegant" backdoor used by the SolarWinds attackers.
  
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• Transport for London reveals “greenest ever” Piccadilly line trains

  05-03-2021 16:09
  
  Transport for London (TfL) and railway company Siemens Mobility have unveiled the new Piccadilly line train designs, which will come into operation from 2025.
  Approximately five million people use the Tube every day across eleven service lines and 700,000 of these passengers use the Piccadilly line trains.
  Courtesy of TfLSiemens Mobility has been working on the project since November 2018 and says that comfort and sustainability were guiding principles. The new fleet will comprise 94 nine-car tr
  
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• How to Scrape Webpages at Regular Intervals (Automatically)

  05-03-2021 16:02 via hongkiat.com
  
  Web scraping is the process of extracting data from web pages in a structured format. It’s one of the most efficient ways to get data from online sites — especially if you need the data...Visit hongkiat.com for full content.
  
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• Raspberry Pi: The pocket-money priced $4 Pico nears one million orders in just two months

  05-03-2021 15:57 via zdnet.com
  
  Raspberry Pi Pico is selling like hotcakes, and at about the same price as them too.
  
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• Microsoft is opening a new Azure cloud computing region in China

  05-03-2021 15:57 via zdnet.com
  
  The cloud computing giant has announced it is opening a new region in China, as the country's demand for cloud services booms.
  
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• When EAT design studio celebrated identity and diversity it flourished

  05-03-2021 15:02
  
  “We’re not ‘from here’, and for a long time we tried to hide that,” says Renata Amaral Morris, founder and CEO of EAT design studio. The “here” she refers to in this case is the two cities that EAT has offices in: Paris and Los Angeles.
  Morris and her business partner Gabriel Seibel were both born and raised in the south of Brazil. They have been working together at EAT for the last 12 years, with Morris heading up the LA side of the studio and Seibel in
  
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• Samsung says moms working from home should be enjoying it (seriously)

  05-03-2021 14:35 via zdnet.com
  
  Working from home should be entertaining for parents. All you need, says Samsung, is a happy countenance and a sleepy child. Oh, and a Galaxy Tab S7.
  
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• A love letter to the brain: in his new book on AI, Jeff Hawkins is enamored of thought

  05-03-2021 14:12 via zdnet.com
  
  Hawkins has crystallized fifteen years of thinking about the neocortex, with fresh insights for AI, and novel thoughts about where humans as a species are headed.
  
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• These two unusual versions of ransomware tell us a lot about how attacks are evolving

  05-03-2021 14:10 via zdnet.com
  
  Researchers detail two new types of ransomware - AlumniLocker and Humble. Both are new and have very different ways of doing things, demonstrating the diversity in a space attackers are keep to get involved in.
  
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• 5 Quick and Handy Google Chrome Tips You Should Know

  05-03-2021 14:08 via hongkiat.com
  
  Aren’t you satisfied with Google Chrome? It is no doubt the best browser when it comes to simplicity and usability. However, it can still improve with the right hacks, right? So, let’s...Visit hongkiat.com for full content.
  
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• Create some personal space and block out distractions working from home with this divider

  05-03-2021 14:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Build a distraction-free workspace anywhere you go.
  
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• Switch Always On: Keeping your broadband up, automatically

  05-03-2021 13:50 via zdnet.com
  
  Remote business locations don't always have the luxury of human intervention when network devices need to be rebooted. With Switch AlwaysOn, cloud remote monitoring and automated restarts are a snap.
  
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• Going at it alone: independent female designers share their tips – part two

  05-03-2021 13:23
  
  Sneha Shanker, independent illustrator and brand designer
  Design Week: Tell us about working independently?
  Sneha: I had been designing and illustrating independently alongside my full-time job since 2016. I took the plunge to become a fully independent illustrator in October 2019, after planning and saving up for my expenses a few months in advance. I gave myself a year to see if it worked for me. In case it did not work out, I had my backup finances figured out for 6 months.
  I have always want
  
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• FTC joins 38 states in takedown of massive charity robocall operation

  05-03-2021 13:18 via zdnet.com
  
  Over $110 million was taken from victims who believed they were funding veteran, children, and firefighter charities.
  
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• Going at it alone: independent female designers share their tips – part one

  05-03-2021 13:15
  
  Charlotte Coulais, founder of En Ville design studio
  Design Week: Tell us about working independently?
  Charlotte: I set up my design practice En Ville about 6 years ago, when I got my first big contract rebranding an artisan bakery with more than 100 stores worldwide.
  Working independently means you can do what you want. I am in charge of my time, which is great when I juggle many projects at once while trying to find the right time balance with my family life. I love the direct relationship I h
  
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• A hip-fired electromagnetic anti-drone rifle

  05-03-2021 13:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The war on drones has advanced well beyond the cranky neighbor with a shotgun.
  
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• “It can come together within 24 hours”: using social media for social design

  05-03-2021 12:47
  
  “What I really like about side projects is the ability to collaborate with other people – making it less about me and more about a cause,” says Maisie Benson.
  Benson is a senior designer at London-based B&B studio. She is also part of the creative team behind two recent social design projects, which aim to support people who are some of the worst-hit by the pandemic.
  With Covid, lockdown and furlough, plenty of designers and studios found themselves with extra downtime in 2
  
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• $100 in crypto for a kilo of gold: Scammer pleads guilty to investor fraud

  05-03-2021 12:10 via zdnet.com
  
  The case brings a new meaning to a cryptocurrency gold rush.
  
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• Relay Plus adds panic button to its enterprise push-to-talk device to help hospitality workers

  05-03-2021 12:00 via zdnet.com
  
  New legislation is ushering in the requirement for a panic button in certain industries, and Relay+ has a solution.
  
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• Microsoft Edge 89 brings a new way of managing your tabs

  05-03-2021 11:53 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft's Edge browser now lets you put all your open tabs in a column on the side of the browser.
  
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• Quiz: How Well Do You Know the Anatomy of a Typeface?

  05-03-2021 11:45 via webdesignerdepot.com
  The constituent parts of a typeface design have some bizarre names. Any ideas what a beak might be? How about a crotch? Take our fun quiz and find out how well you know typeface anatomy.Featured image via Unsplash.
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• Apps, drone deliveries and AI: How technology stepped up its game to fight COVID-19

  05-03-2021 11:31 via zdnet.com
  
  A new report highlights the benefits, but also the shortcomings, of data-informed technologies and AI in the response to the COVID-19 crisis.
  
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• How to Create a Custom Audio Player For Your Website

  05-03-2021 11:19 via hongkiat.com
  
  https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/web-audio-player/
  
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• Google’s FLoC Promises a Radically Different Web

  05-03-2021 11:19 via webdesignerdepot.com
  https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2021/03/googles-floc-promises-a-radically-different-web/
  
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• Do you know these 16 Web Design & Development Acronyms?

  05-03-2021 11:19 via the-webdesigner.co
  
  https://the-webdesigner.co/web-design-development-acronyms/
  
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• Microsoft Exchange zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks against US local governments

  05-03-2021 11:02 via zdnet.com
  
  Mandiant says attacks are taking place against a wide array of US targets -- local governments included.
  
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• What about Firefox?

  05-03-2021 11:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Is there a place for the plucky underdog browser any longer?
  
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• The office of the future is about people not places

  05-03-2021 11:00 via zdnet.com
  
  The future of employment will be a hybrid mix of office- and home-working. Workers will spend less time commuting and more time collaborating. Bosses will need to make sure remote workers feel connected and engaged.
  
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• What's New in WordPress 5.7 (Lazy-Loading, HTTPS, UI Updates, New APIs, and More)

  05-03-2021 10:46 via kinsta.com
  
  https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-5-7/
  
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• Cyberattack shuts down online learning at 15 UK schools

  05-03-2021 10:04 via zdnet.com
  
  The cyberattack also took email, phone, and website communication offline.
  
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• UK competition regulator launches investigation into Apple's App Store

  05-03-2021 07:42 via zdnet.com
  
  As Australian Senators hear justification from dating app giant Match Group around doing the same down under.
  
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• NBN's HFC pause leaves homes in limbo as copper switch-off forges ahead

  05-03-2021 06:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Leaving a 90-year old woman without a home phone service for weeks.
  
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• Homes in limbo as copper switch-off forges ahead despite NBN's HFC pause

  05-03-2021 06:13 via zdnet.com
  
  Leaving a 90-year old woman without a home phone service for weeks.
  
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• 13 Australian tech firms jointly approach ATO to 'workshop' R&D tax incentive

  05-03-2021 05:16 via zdnet.com
  
  Atlassian, Airtasker, Canva, and StartupAus are among those who want to see greater clarity around software creation within the R&D tax incentive.
  
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• Senate Committee concerned with DTA's level of IT project oversight

  05-03-2021 04:58 via zdnet.com
  
  The Australian government's digital transformation arm has got a 'lighter touch' than was pitched, Labor Senator Tim Ayres declared.
  
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• Australia's news media bargaining code is a form of ransomware, and someone paid up

  05-03-2021 03:22 via zdnet.com
  
  The battle baffled the world. The big so-called 'tech companies' now have to pay Australian news producers to use their content, but what actually happened here?
  
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• London Design Biennale: Es Devlin to install 400-tree forest at Somerset House

  05-03-2021 02:15
  
  Stage designer Es Devlin will install 400 trees at London’s Somerset House as part of London Design Biennale in June.
  Forest for Change will occupy the Global Goals Pavilion, a dedicated space at the month-long event which aims to drive awareness of the United Nation’s Global Goals for Sustainable Development.
  Devlin has designed the installation in collaboration with landscape designer Philip Jaffa and urban greening specialists Scotscape. The experience is presented in partnership
  
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• 10 side-project Ideas to Supercharge your creativity (& boost your skills)

  05-03-2021 01:44 via dribbble.com
  
  https://dribbble.com/stories/2021/03/04/creative-side-projects-ideas
  
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• Google to shorten Chrome update cycle to four weeks

  05-03-2021 01:42 via zdnet.com
  
  It will also lower the minimum price limit of Android apps, in-app purchases, and subscriptions in 20 markets.
  
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• ThiscodeWorks - Save and share code that works

  05-03-2021 00:47 via thiscodeworks.com
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• Samsung and Mastercard to pilot biometric payments card in South Korea

  05-03-2021 00:35 via zdnet.com
  
  The card will not require PIN or signature authorisations to make in-store transactions.
  
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