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Why it pays to travel in the off season
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Temperatures are dropping along with the leaves. Most people claim to love fall, but the arrival of the season also gives us the distinct feeling that the fun of summer is coming to an end. It doesn't have to though. As the Earth continues to tilt us away from the sun, it's actually plunging us into the perfect time for the weekend getaway: ...
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Techradar - All the la... |
HBO drops Watchmen season trailer for all the twists and turns to come
HBO teases the remaining eight episodes in new Watchmen trailer after the premiere has aired.
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Want a free Amazon Echo Dot? Building an Alexa Skill is your best bet
The Alexa Perks Program is currently running a promotion that awards Echo devices to budding Skills developers.
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Welcome to Fudzilla |
Smart homes need not be insecure
They can be disconnected from the net
A publicly-funded group of designers, artists and privacy experts from Amsterdam have designed an intelligent home system prototype to "prove it's technically possible to build a privacy respecting smart home while maintaining convenience".
Its controller uses an Arduino Nano to disconnect the system from the internet during times when it's not in use. They're building everything on Mozilla's open smart home gateway software. The system's microphone is a se...
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Good news for AMD: Intel’s CPU shortages could last well into 2020
Intel’s continues chip shortages – which began in 2018 – could last another six months, which is good news for its rival, AMD.
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Facebook dark mode begins rolling out for desktop users
The redesigned layout is currently in beta testing, and is only available to a selected group of users.
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Mashable! |
Google Pixel 4's face unlock will get more secure but not straight away
The Pixel 4 and 4 XL are Google's first smartphones to have a face unlocking security feature similar to Apple's Face ID, but they have a pretty glaring omission — the phone can be unlocked by scanning the owner's face when you're asleep, which obviously isn't very secure.
Now, according to The Verge, Google has promised to fix the issue, albeit the timeline is quite loose: "in the coming months."
Unlike the new Pixels, Apple's iPhones have a toggle for this, allowing you to set whet...
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Welcome to Fudzilla |
Project Trident tells FreeBSD to fork off
Moving to Void Linux Project Trident is moving from FreeBSD to Void Linux due to “long-standing issues with FreeBSD”.
For those not in the know, Project Trident is a desktop-focused operating system based on TrueOS. It uses the Lumina desktop as well as a number of self-developed utilities to provide an easy-to-use system that both BSD beginners and advanced system administrators can feel comfortable running.
However that is all set to change due to “hardware compatibility, communications...
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The Telegraph - Techno... |
Russian hackers disguised cyber attacks using Iranian spying gang
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Hacker News |
Show HN: All_caps = Sudo All_caps (Bash)
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Meghan Markle’s British Friends Warned Her Against Marrying Prince Harry
"In all honesty, I have said for a long time... it’s not enough to just survive something."
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Sony's Android 10 upgrade list seemingly lacks some key phones
A list of Sony phones set to get Android 10 includes the Xperia 1 but lacks the XZ1 and Xperia 10.
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Welcome to Fudzilla |
Mark Hurd is dead
Ruled three major tech companies with his iron rod
Mark Hurd, who was the chief executive officer of three major technology companies including Oracle, died on Friday. He was 62.
Hurd was co-CEO at Oracle with Safra Catz where he focused on sales, marketing and press and investor relations, while she ran finances and legal matters.
Oracle announced on 11 September that Hurd had begun a leave of absence for unspecified health-related reasons and that Catz and Oracle chairman Larry Ellison would ...
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Techradar - All the la... |
How to watch Strictly Come Dancing 2019 online for free: stream from UK or abroad
Watch this year's Strictly Come Dancing fun from anywhere in the world online on your device - and for free!
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The Next Web |
CEO of ride-hailing giant Gojek departs $10B startup to join Indonesian government
Nadiem Makarim, co-founder and CEO of Indonesia’s first decacorn Gojek, is stepping down from his chief executive role to take up a cabinet post in the newly formed government led by Joko Widodo. The move comes after President Widodo expressed a preference to include professionals and millennials in his second-term team to boost the country’s economy. Although it’s not clear what position he will hold, local reports said the 35-year-old could assume a role in the newly created digital econ...
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Welcome to Fudzilla |
Huawei might license 5G tech to US companies
Companies expressing an interestHuawei is in early-stage talks with some US telecoms companies about licensing its 5G network technology.
Vincent Pang, senior vice president and board director at the company, said some firms had expressed interest in a long-term deal or a one-off transfer, declining to name or quantify the outfits involved.
Pang said: “Some companies are talking to us, but it would take a long journey to finalise everything. They have shown interest.”
The US government, fea...
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Guy In MAGA Hat Allegedly Unloads Bear Spray Into Crowd Of Anti-Trump Protesters
Five people were treated after the attack at the Santa Monica Pier.
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Computing |
RIPE's IPv4 allocations to run out next month
Crunch time finally approaches for IPv4
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The Next Web |
Moonday Mornings: Another cryptocurrency SIM-swap victim sues AT&T, this time for $1.8M
Welcome to Moonday Morning forkers. It’s Hard Fork’s wrap-up of the weekend’s top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines you can’t afford to miss. Take a look at what’s happened over the last few days. 1. Telecom operator AT&T is being sued by an individual claiming to be the victim of a SIM-swap hack which resulted in the loss of $1.8 million. The victim alleges that between May 16 – 18 AT&T employees transferred ownership of their SIM to bad actors. The scammers were then ...
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Hacker News |
We Don't Want to Run This Ad but Forced To
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Resources | ZDNet |
Google to roll out update 'in the coming' months to fix Pixel 4 Face Unlock bypass
In the meantime, Google recommends that users employ another screen-locking mechanism, such as passphrases, PIN codes, or swipe patterns.
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Techradar - All the la... |
Google speaks out on Pixel 4 face unlock issue – and promises fix
The Google Pixel 4 has a big issue with its face unlock system, but it looks like a solution is just around the corner.
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Here's your first look at a real PS5 (or the dev kit, at least)
A dev kit in the wild all but confirms the insanely-vented PS5 dev kit styling.
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VentureBeat |
Xiaomi plans to launch more than 10 5G phones in 2020
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi said that it plans to launch more than 10 5G phones in 2020, according to CEO Lei Jun.
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Digitimes |
Highlights of the day: Notebook vendors seek new momentum
Notebook vendors are introducing new features and form factors trying to inject new momentum into the mature PC market. Apple is said to be introducing a new ultra-thin-bezel notebook with a 16-inch display fitted into a taditional 15-inch device later this year. TSMC may see record revenues for 2019, but pofits may slip compared to last year's. But TSMC's profitability may return to a growth track in 2020, thanks to strong demand from the 5G sector.
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It’s Another Decisive Week In Brexit: What Happens Now?
Boris Johnson has been forced to ask the EU for a delay. His deal can still be passed, but the clock is ticking.
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The Register |
Google ads from the po-po can prevent vengeful gamer nerds going full script kiddie – research
'At the exact moment you get curious about getting involved in cybercrime, you get a little tap on the shoulder'
What's the best way to stop young gamers slipping into a life of cybercrime? Google ads from the cops, apparently.…
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MSPoweruser |
Apple leaks design of new 16-inch Macbook Pro
Apple has been rumoured to be working on a 16-inch Macbook Pro for some time now, and now the company itself leaked the design of the device. Discovered by Mac Generation in a high-resolution icon in macOS Catalina 10.15.1 beta 2 build, the image reveals a device very similar to the 15-inch version. When placed […]
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Lebanon PM Hariri Agrees To Reform Package Amid Massive Nationwide Protests
Hundreds of thousands have flooded the streets in protest of the government's handling of a crippling economic crisis.
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Digitimes |
5G phones to become mainstream in 2023
Shipments of 5G smartphones are expected to surpass those of 4G models to become the mainstream in 2023, according to market watchers.
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TechCrunch |
Commercetools raises $145M from Insight for Shopify-style e-commerce APIs for large enterprises
Global retail e-commerce is expected to be a $25 trillion business this year, and today one of the companies that has built a set of tools to help larger enterprises sell to consumers online has raised a large growth round to meet that demand. Commercetools, a German startup that provides a set of APIs that […]
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Neowin |
Disney+ doesn't work on Linux yet due to tightened Digital Rights Management
DIsney+ does not currently work on Linux systems according to one developer. Hans de Goede has been able to test the product before official launch and revealed that the DRM controls are too tight. Read more...
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Digitimes |
Kingsemi debuts on China STAR market
Semiconductor equipment supplier Kingsemi started trading its shares on the science and technology innovation board (STAR) of China's Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) October 21.
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URE unveils scooter powered by hydrogen fuel cells
Solar firm United Renewable Energy (URE) has unveiled an electric scooter powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
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Slashdot |
Teenagers Are Easily Bypassing Apple's Parental Controls
"Kids are outsmarting an army of engineers from Cupertino, California," reports the Washington Post:
And Apple, which introduced "Screen Time" a year ago in response to pressure to address phone overuse by kids, has been slow to make fixes to its software that would close these loopholes. It's causing some parents to raise questions about Apple's commitment to safeguarding children from harmful content and smartphone addiction. When Screen Time blocks an app from working, it becomes grayed o...
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News - THE INQUIRER |
Pixel 4 price, deals and specs: Google will add eye detection to Face Unlock
Feature will rollout in the 'coming months'
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Resources | ZDNet |
Chinese national sentenced for trying to smuggle military tech from US to China
Export control laws were violated.
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Hacker News |
Ask HN: How do you share/organize knowledge at work and life?
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Neowin |
Libra Association considering alternative plan to address regulatory issues
The head of the Libra project at Facebook has announced that the cryptocurrency could be made up of national stablecoins instead of being a synthetic currency as it tackles regulatory issues. Read more...
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TechPowerUp |
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Gets a VR Port
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is another addition in the Zelda universe that its fans enjoyed. Being playable on only on Nintendo Switch, and Wii U, so far its audience has been limited to people with access to one of the Nintendo's consoles. However, that is about to change. There is new port of the Zelda: Breath of the Wild, that runs on PC at 4K resolution, with unlocked framerate giving players possibility of achieving more than 60 frames per second, and is playable in VR.
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Elton John app lets concert audiences mix his music
A device which lets the audience choose which instruments they hear at a concert has been created.
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Mashable! |
The first reactions to 'Terminator: Dark Fate' show the franchise's future looks bright
It's been 28 years since Terminator 2: Judgement Day was released in theatres, but markedly fewer years since we've heard from the franchise. Though various other films tried to capture the success of the first two Terminator movies, few were well-received, and the series seemed to languish.
Now, Terminator's original writer and director James Cameron has returned to the franchise to produce Terminator: Dark Fate, a film that mercifully ignores the shenanigans that took place from Terminator 3: ...
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TechPowerUp |
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Beats Intel Core i9-10980XE by 24% in 3DMark Physics
AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9 3950X socket AM4 processor beats Intel's flagship 18-core processor, the Core i9-10980XE, by a staggering 24 percent at 3DMark Physics, according to a PC Perspective report citing TUM_APISAK. The 3950X is a 16-core/32-thread processor that's drop-in compatible with any motherboard that can run the Ryzen 9 3900X. The i9-10980XE is an 18-core/36-thread HEDT chip that enjoys double the memory bus width as the AMD chip, and is based on Intel's "Cascade Lake-X" silicon. The AMD...
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Wirecard hires KPMG for independent audit after Financial Times allegations
German payments company Wirecard has hired KPMG to conduct an independent audit to address allegations by the Financial Times that its finance team had sought to inflate reported sales and profits, it said on Monday.
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Neowin |
Xiaomi has ten 5G phones lined up for 2020 according to its CEO
Xiaomi's CEO, Lei Jun, has announced that the firm is planning to ship ten or more 5G-enabled devices in 2020. The move is being seen as an attempt to regain lost ground in the domestic market. Read more...
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The Next Web |
Instagram is testing a feature to clean up your pity follows
We’ve all been there: You meet someone who wants to stay in touch later, but you don’t want to share your number with them. So you turn to the next best thing — Instagram. These are people whom you follow out of courtesy, but don’t interact with much. Don’t worry, Instagram is testing a feature that might help you out unfollow some of them. According to app researcher Jane Manchun Wong,the social network is experimenting with a feature to let you group accounts — and it’ll even cor...
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Business Insider |
10 things in tech you need to know today
Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Monday.
Oracle CEO Mark Hurd died aged 62 on Friday. Oracle employees and other tech workers took to Twitter to mourn the CEO and express their condolences to his friends and family over the weekend.
Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren slammed Mark Zuckerberg for his remarks on free speech and said Facebook is spreading lies that could impact the 2020 election. Biden's campaign accused Zuckerberg of "feigned concern" for free speech while War...
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Hacker News |
63 Cores Blocked by Seven Instructions
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Digitimes |
China new energy car sales drop in September, says CAAM
China-based makers produced 89,000 new energy vehicles and sold 80,000 units in September 2019, decreasing 29.9% and 34.2% respectively on year, according to China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
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Digitimes |
Taiwan PV module makers to ask for extra FIT markup
Taiwan-based solar firms plan to ask the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to give Super VPC (voluntary product certification) PV modules - ultra-high-efficiency ones with power output of over 330-335W - an extra markup in feed-in tariff (FIT) to encourage technology advancements, according to industry sources.
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The Register |
Don't look too closely at what is seeping out of the big Dutch pipe
'I wonder what our users are surfing for… Oh'
Who, Me? Welcome to Who, Me?, The Register's weekly confessional of sins, smut and surfing from the seemingly infinite pool of reader misdeeds.…
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Boing Boing |
This unmasking of Mitt Romney's secret Twitter account should win the Pierrelitzer Prize
Sunday brought us McKay Coppins' detailed interview with Mitt Romney, the last Republican grandee to hold out against Trump's domination of the party. In it, Romney mentioned in passing that uses a secret Twitter account to keep tabs on stuff. Ashley Feinberg tracked it down with ruthless cunning and fast results: This Sure Looks Like Mitt Romney’s Secret Twitter Account (Update: It Is).
Meet “Pierre Delecto.”
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Pierre has only ever tweeted 10 times total, and all of them have been repl...
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MSPoweruser |
Microsoft and SAP announce extensive partnership to accelerate cloud migration of joint customers
Microsoft and SAP today announced a new extensive go-to-market partnership to accelerate cloud migration of joint customers. Microsoft and SAP will provide customers with unified reference architectures, road maps and market-approved information. This will simplify the migration process to SAP S/4HANA and SAP Cloud Platform on Azure for customers. As part of this partnership, […]
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VentureBeat |
Tobii’s eye-tracking I-Series has a second screen for face-to-face communication
Tobii's fifth-generation eye-tracking I-Series devices pack a second screen that's intended to encourage face-to-face communication.
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Hacker News |
Fantasy console on a console
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Digitimes |
BitoEX to showcase solutions at FinTech Festival 2019
Cryptocurrency exchange platform BitoEX will participate at FinTech Festival 2019 in Singapore from November 11-15 along with another 13 FinTech solution developers, all led by Taiwan-based FinTech organization FinTechSpace.
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Digitimes |
Plastic components to go mainstream in EVs, says Covestro
Plastic materials are increasingly applied to production of automotive parts and components in recent years driven by lightweight requirements for fuel efficiency and lower gas emissions, according to Markus Steilemann, CEO of Covestro, a specialist in polymer materials.
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Mitt Romney Confirmed He Has A Secret Twitter Account
He liked at least one tweet that suggested invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office.
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Digitimes |
Acer unveils wearable for Catholics
Acer's wearable affiliate has cooperated with the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network to jointly develop a new wearable, the Click to Pray eRosary.
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Digitimes |
Taimide builds new production line for polyimide films
Taiwan-based polyimide film (PI) maker Taimide Tech has completed recently the construction of its second-phase expansion project, paving the way for production targeting 5G and flexible display applications.
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News Tom's Hardware US |
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Hits 4.3 GHz On All 16 Cores With AIO Cooler
Gigabyte manages to push a Ryzen 9 3950X to 4.3 GHz on all its cores using AIO liquid cooling...at a mere 1.4 vCore.
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The Register |
Don't fall for the hype around OpenAI's Rubik's Cube playing robot, Berkeley bans facial recognition, and more
All in a week's work
Roundup Just in case you're addicted to the world of AI, here's more news beyond what we have already covered this week.…
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Engadget |
Test shows dark mode really can save battery life on OLED iPhones
Dark mode is a key feature on iOS 13, but can it really extend your iPhone's battery life? If it's an OLED model, the answer seems to be a firm yes, according to tests done by PhoneBuff. They used robotic devices to perform identical tasks on t...
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Digitimes |
SK Hynix develops 1znm 16Gb DDR4 DRAM
SK Hynix has developed 1znm 16Gb DDR4 DRAM. SK hynix indicated the productivity of its new 1znm DRAM has improved by about 27% compared to the previous generation, 1ynm. Producing the chip also does not require extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, the company said.
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Reuters: Technology News |
Gojek CEO quits to join Indonesian cabinet, replacements named
Gojek CEO and co-founder Nadiem Makarim said on Monday he had resigned to join Indonesia's new cabinet, and the ride-hailing and payments company said two senior executives would jointly take over running operations of the $10 billion firm.
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The Next Web |
Microsoft’s open-source election software now has a bug bounty program
Microsoft has announced a bug bounty program for its open-source election software ElectionGuard, allowing researchers to uncover vulnerabilities and help bolster election security. Available as a software development kit (SDK), ElectionGuard aims to make voting tamper-proof by leveraging encryption to “enable a new era of secure, verifiable voting.” It also allows individual voters to confirm that their votes were correctly counted. “Security researchers play an integral role in the ecos...
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SAP in three-year cloud partnership with Microsoft
Business software group SAP said on Monday it had reached a three-year deal with Microsoft to help its large enterprise customers move their business processes into the cloud.
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The Register |
Silos of paper scans, photos, forms, and other unstructured data blight today's corps. How are you tearing them down?
Help us understand your day-to-day challenges and triumphs with this reader poll
Survey So much of the misery inflicted on customers by financial institutions is caused by disjointed systems and clumsy hand-offs between departments.…
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Tornado Touches Down In Dallas, Causing Damage And Mass Power Outages
More than 111,000 people were without power late Sunday as winds and "half dollar size hail" swept through the region.
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Digital Trends |
Reports of Kik Messenger’s demise have been greatly exaggerated
Fans of Kik Messenger will be pleased to learn that the messaging app is going nowhere. Last month the creator of Kik Messenger announced its imminent closure, but another company has stepped in to save it.
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MSPoweruser |
Google will release an update to fix Pixel 4’s Face Unlock flaw in the coming months
Last week, we reported about a flaw in Pixel 4’s Face Unlock system which can unlock the phone even when the device owner’s eyes are closed, meaning anyone could easily unlock a device while the owner of the device is sleeping. Google later confirmed the issue and argued that Pixel 4 face unlock meets the […]
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Resources | ZDNet |
Why Heritage Bank headed externally to prep for the New Payments Platform
The organisation's CIO told ZDNet it needed a partner like IBM-owned Red Hat to be capable of implementing the mandated regime.
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TechCrunch |
Gojek founder and CEO Nadiem Makarim resigns to join Indonesian cabinet; Soelistyo and Aluwi to be new co-CEOs
Nadiem Makarim, founder and CEO of Gojek, said on Monday he has stepped down from his role at the ride-hailing startup to join Indonesia president Joko Widodo’s cabinet. The announcement, which has taken many by surprise, comes a day after Widodo was sworn in for a second term. Widodo has previously said that he wants […]
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Resources | ZDNet |
SAP Q3 2019: Strong earnings, new Microsoft SAP HANA partnership revealed
Software license revenue has dropped, but the growth of SAP S/4HANA remains strong.
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The Next Web |
Facebook begins testing dark mode and a Twitter-like interface for desktop
In May, Facebook said it was going to redesign the website and bring dark mode to its website and mobile apps. While it began testing dark mode for its Android app in August, it has now started rolling out a beta version of its website with that option to some users too. Multiple people are being invited to test the new interface. The screenshots shared by testers are akin to design Facebook showed off at its developer conference F8 in May. The new version of the website kinda looks like Twitter...
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TechPowerUp |
GIGABYTE Threadripper TRX40 AORUS Motherboard Teased
AMD is going to launch its premium HEDT Threadripper CPUs, based on 7 nm manufacturing process, as soon as November 5th arrives. To prepare for the launch, manufacturers like GIGABYTE have been working hard to bring new CPUs to life, by integrating AMD's new chipsets into the new motherboard models. Dubbed "Castle Peak" and "Sharkstooth", the two new CPU variants will be accompanied by TRX40, TRX80 and WRX80 chipsets, each enabling additional features.
We now got a hold of the first picture of ...
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ASIO turning to AI to avoid missing things
Australian spy agency has too much data and wants to avoid missing something it should have known.
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Guru3d Latest Headlines |
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X beats Intel i9-10980XE in 3DMark Firestrike by almost 25%
As releases dates are getting closer, we'll see more and more infor leak somehow. New is a 3DMark Firestrike for the Ryzen 9 3950X, which can be compared with Cascade Lake-X. Guess who won?...
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Lindsey Graham Suggests Ukraine Quid Pro Quo Might Convince Him To Back Impeachment
The Republican senator also called Trump an "equal opportunity abuser of people" and a "handful" in an Axios interview.
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Hacker News |
Show HN: Eole, a Lévy-optimal lambda calculus evaluator written in Rust
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Digital Trends |
Instagram is looking for a way to help you improve your feed
If your Instagram feed could do with some attention, a new feature currently undergoing testing offers a quick way to filter the accounts you follow, making them easier to manage.
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Gigabyte Aorus Threadripper 3000 motherboard reveals active cooling and massive VRM
Gigabyte has decided to jump embargo one again by silently leaking a darkened photo of their new Threadripper board, which you can easily brighten up with Photoshop of course. It's one of the many ti...
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The Register |
Malware hides as iOS jailbreak, Sucuri is insecuri, and China is about to get even worse
Plus, new allegations in Iran and American hacking war
Roundup Here's your Register security roundup to kick off your week.…
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The Guardian |
The digital welfare state: Chips with Everything podcast
As part of the Guardian’s Automating Poverty series, Robert Booth looked at how and why the Department for Work and Pensions in the UK is increasing investment in testing artificial intelligence to assess benefits claims. He talks to Jordan Erica Webber about his findings Continue reading...
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The Guardian |
Campaign to stop 'killer robots' takes peace mascot to UN
Robot Wars survivor David Wreckham has found new purpose as the face of the Campaign to Stop Killer RobotsAn international campaign takes its battle to outlaw “killer robots” to the UN this week with a new ally – a “peace robot”.Created by an inventor from the BBC programme Robot Wars, the droid, known as David Wreckham, has been recruited to deliver a message to world leaders in New York on Monday. Continue reading...
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Business Insider |
SAP's co-CEO and Microsoft's sales chief explain why they're teaming up for a cloud partnership that could mean trouble for Amazon (MSFT, SAP)
Microsoft and SAP announced a new partnership that would make it easier for the German software maker's customers to move to Microsoft Azure, the tech giant's cloud platform.
The move highlights Microsoft's push to forge alliances with rivals in the enterprise software market as it competes with Amazon in the cloud.
For SAP, the partnership creates new opportunities to offer its cloud software applications to existing and new customers.
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Guru3d Latest Headlines |
Razer Viper Ultimate wireless gaming mouse
Razer announced the Razer Viper Ultimate, its fastest wireless gaming mouse designed for esports. Sporting new Razer HyperSpeed wireless technology and a proprietary intelligent Focus+ Optical Sensor,...
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EK-Quantum Momentum ROG Crosshair VIII Hero D-RGB Monoblock
EK is releasing an AMD AM4 socket based monoblock belonging to the Quantum Line of products, the EK-Quantum Momentum ROG Crosshair VIII Hero D-RGB. ...
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Lawmakers Slam Apple for ‘Censorship’ of Apps at China’s Behest
U.S. lawmakers from both parties slammed Apple Inc. and Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook on Friday for “censorship of apps” at the “behest of the Chinese government.”
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UE4 tech video showcases next-gen weather/physics effects
Here's a real-time tech video for Unreal Engine 4, showing some of the best Storm effects I’ve ever seen. This video was running in real-time on the PC, and showcases what the next-gen expe...
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Boing Boing |
It's dismayingly easy to make an app that turns a smart-speaker into a password-stealing listening device and sneak it past the manufacturer's security checks
German security researchers from Security Research Lab created a suite of apps for Google and Amazon smart speakers that did trivial things for their users, appeared to finish and go dormant, but which actually stayed in listening mode, then phished the user for passwords spoken aloud to exfiltrate to a malicious actor; all their apps were successfully smuggled past the companies app store security checks.
The basic workflow is this: the app is invoked by a voice command ("Give me my horosco...
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Steam Weekly Top Sellers October 21st 2019
Let's have a peek at the ten top-selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve: Disco ElysiumDestiny 2: ForsakenValve Index VR KitDestiny 2: Shadowkeep Digital Deluxe EditionPLAYERUNKNOW...
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Tom Clancy's The Division 2 with Mystic Light's next-gen synchronized Ambient Link lighting
MSI joins forces again with the international publisher of interactive entertainment and services Ubisoft to draw gamers deeper into another best-selling video game Tom Clancy's The Division 2 with M...
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SK hynix Develops 1Znm 16Gb DDR4 DRAM
SK Hynix has developed 1Znm 16Gb (Gigabits) DDR4 (Double Data Rate 4) DRAM. As 16Gb is the industry's largest density for a single chip, the total memory capacity per wafer is also the largest of the...
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Slashdot |
40% Of America's Schools Have Now Dropped Their SAT/ACT Testing Requirement
"A record number" of U.S. schools are now accepting nearly all of their students without requiring an SAT or ACT test score, reports the Washington Post:
Robert A. Schaeffer, public education director of FairTest, which opposes the misuse of standardized tests, said the past year has seen the "fastest growth spurt ever" of schools ending the SAT/ACT test score as an admission requirement. Over the summer, more than one school a week announced the change. Nearly 50 accredited colleges and univer...
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Boing Boing |
Make: a scary, jerking "groundbreaker" zombie for your lawn
Trimbandit's Scary Animated Zombie Groundbreaker Instructable uses two pneumatics to make a partially buried zombie jerk and pitch and seem to try to claw its way out of your lawn -- it's an incredibly effective illusion, one that capitalizes on the jerking, sudden motions of the pneumatic to lend a terrifying, otherworldly vigor that makes the mannequin skinned over the pneumatics seem like the living dead.
*NOTE* I recommend starting with a low amount of pressure when testing and incre...
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Hacker News |
South Korea's smartphone addiction camps
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Reuters: Technology News |
Hacking the hackers: Russian group hijacked Iranian spying operation, officials say
Russian hackers piggy-backed on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organizations in dozens of countries while masquerading as attackers from the Islamic Republic, British and U.S. officials said on Monday.
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Digitimes |
Demand for 16-inch notebooks to rise
Notebooks with 16-inch ultra-thin bezel displays are expected to become a new trend among vendors in the next few years, following the upcoming release of Apple's new notebook, according to sources from the supply chain.
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IT Pro - Microsoft Win... |
Mark Hurd: Silicon Valley’s Ultimate Salesman
In a statement issued after Mark Hurd’s death, Oracle's Larry Ellison pointed to his friend’s business acumen. “Oracle has lost a brilliant and beloved leader who personally touched the lives of so many of us during his decade at Oracle,” Ellison said. “All of us will miss Mark’s keen mind and rare ability to analyze, simplify and solve problems quickly.”
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Why it pays to travel in the off season
