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Yeah, that Zoom app you're trusting with work chatter? It lives with 'vampires feeding on the blood of human data'
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27 Mar 06:55 | 1
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California emits latest layoff statistics. March's numbers are ugly. It's 19,000 total, including many in tech
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27 Mar 06:32 | 6
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Dell, VMware withdraw fiscal 2021 guidance amid humming global supply chain and remote work boom
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27 Mar 01:07 | 1
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Microsoft staff giggle beneath the weight of a 52,000-person Reply-All email storm
Team Redmond stokes the flames as an exercise in black humor
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What's a Google Play? Huawei talks up fledgling AppGallery store, shows off another voice assistant with a female name
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26 Mar 20:22 | 19
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AMD dials 911, emits DMCA takedowns after miscreant steals a load of GPU hardware blueprints, leaks on GitHub
'We believe the stolen graphics IP is not core to the competitiveness or security of our graphics products'
26 Mar 19:10 | 18
Cloud
From Gmail to Gfail: Google's G-Suite topples over for unlucky netizens, rights itself
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Remember that clinical trial, promoted by President Trump, of a possible COVID-19 cure? So, so, so many questions...
Scientists pull coronavirus treatment study apart after rushed publication
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AMD dials 911, emits DMCA takedowns after miscreant steals a load of GPU hardware blueprints, leaks on GitHub
'We believe the stolen graphics IP is not core to the competitiveness or security of our graphics products'
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Yeah, that Zoom app you're trusting with work chatter? It lives with 'vampires feeding on the blood of human data'
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2020 MacBook Air teardown shows in graphic detail how butterfly keyboards were snipped for scissor switch
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, health secretary Matt Hancock both test positive for COVID-19 coronavirus
UpdatedNow wash your hands
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Dell, VMware withdraw fiscal 2021 guidance amid humming global supply chain and remote work boom
UpdatedYou can't seriously be asking why. Do you live under a rock? The reason is coronavirus
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