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Totallee case for Apple iPhone 12: Subtle scratch protection

October 24, 2020
Written by ZDNet
Category: News
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The Apple iPhone 12 ^[1] just launched and give the cool new blue color option I couldn't resist. Totallee sent along a couple of its iPhone 12 thin cases ...

Apple iPhone 12 first take: Perfect size, 5G coverage, and lovely design are compelling Review

October 24, 2020
Written by ZDNet
Category: News
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In a very Samsung-esque style this year we saw Apple announce four new models of the iPhone 12 at one time. Only two are available for purchase now, with two more coming...

United and American just got a chilling reality check (from a big flyer)

October 24, 2020
Written by ZDNet
Category: News
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united-airlines-covers-up-seat-cameras-f-5ccc23e92f64e300c1b87bc9-1-may-06-2019-14-18-16-poster.jpg — Not so many nice seats in the future?

It's been like WWE, but with only one side snarling.

That's why I've found this oddly mesmerizing.

Yes, I miss flying.

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Facebook demands NYU Ad Observatory stop collecting data on site’s political ads, says WSJ

October 23, 2020
Written by ZDNet
Category: News
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Facebook has sent a letter to academics at New York University demanding that they stop collecting data about the political ads that Facebook runs, according to a report this evening ^[1] by The Wall Street...

How 5G will pave the way for mobile app innovation

October 23, 2020
Written by Search Engine Watch
Category: News
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Five excellent tips to optimize SEO for Bing – not Google

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RIAA blitz takes down 18 GitHub projects used for downloading YouTube videos

October 23, 2020
Written by ZDNet
Category: News
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Microsoft-owned GitHub has removed today 18 projects from its code-hosting portal following a legal request filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

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All the code repositories

New open source project crowdsources internet security

October 23, 2020
Written by Opensource.com
Category: News
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CrowdSec is a new security project designed to protect servers, services, containers, or virtual machines exposed on the internet with a server-side agent. It was inspired...

Microsoft announces tech training partnership with Brazilian government

October 23, 2020
Written by ZDNet
Category: News
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How cloud computing changes (almost) everything about the skills you need

The Brazilian government has announced a partnership with Microsoft to train millions of citizens in technology subjects over the next three years.

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Under the Mais Brasil (More Brazil) program, a remote education platform developed in partnership with

DARPA awards Xerox's PARC another Oceans of Things contract

October 23, 2020
Written by ZDNet
Category: News
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a contract to PARC, a unit of Xerox, to further develop the Ocean of Things project.

Ocean of Things ^[1]...