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Twilio shares rise as the company says Q3 outlook brighter than expected

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 20:37:00 GMT

Shares of communications infrastructure specialists Twilio rose in late trading after the company announced its sales trends for the third quarter, ended last month, have turned out better than anticipated.

US Treasury says some ransomware payments may need its express approval

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 18:13:00 GMT

US Treasury says companies paying ransoms to previously-sanctioned cybercrime groups may face sanctions unless it is notified of the payment beforehand.

How a Chinese malware gang defrauded Facebook users of $4 million

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 18:00:00 GMT

SilentFade group utilized a Windows trojan, browser injections, clever scripting, and a Facebook platform bug to buy and post ads on behalf of hacked users.

Microsoft's Azure AD authentication outage: What went wrong

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:42:00 GMT

It's been a rough week for Microsoft users who have first- and third-party apps that rely on Azure Active Directory for authentication. Microsoft has published a root-cause analysis of its issues.

Cisco announces plans to acquire Kubernetes security player Portshift

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 16:30:00 GMT

Portshift's platform is used to secure cloud applications on Kubernetes environments.

Microsoft adds more features to Dynamics 365 Customer Insights as rollout of Wave 2 features begins

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 15:09:00 GMT

Microsoft's rollout of the next group of new Dynamics 365 and Power Platform features starts October 1 and continues through March 2021.

Ford's new CEO eyes software, tech stack as differentiator vs. rivals

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:54:00 GMT

Jim Farley took over as Ford CEO today and outlined how software and services will be critical to its consumer and commercial vehicle innovation.

Fast Android battery drain? Here are four steps to fixing it!

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:33:07 GMT

Finding that your Android handset's battery isn't lasting as long as it once did? Here are some things you can try.

SAP to acquire marketing firm Emarsys to bolster its customer experience unit

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:01:00 GMT

Emarsys' platform is designed to help companies deliver personalized customer interactions across e-mail, mobile, social, SMS and the web.

Survey: 60% of respondents have altered digital transformation plans due to COVID-19

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:43:33 GMT

Global pandemic causes the enterprise to adjust priorities and spending for digital transformation.

A CXO's guide to digital transformation (free PDF)

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:42:54 GMT

What do business leaders need to know about digital transformation? Find out by downloading the free PDF ebook version of a special report from ZDNet and TechRepublic.

Microsoft has a brilliant new idea for working from home. You may not like it

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:30:11 GMT

Redmond is trying very hard to make working from home more palatable. One of its new ideas may need work.

Microsoft adds new Arm-based Surface Pro X models, smaller Surface Laptop Go to its line-up

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:01:00 GMT

Microsoft's new holiday hardware includes updated Surface Pro X 2-in-1s starting at $1,500, and a new, smaller Surface Laptop Go, starting at $550.

IBM to open-source space junk collision avoidance

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:00:05 GMT

Space junk is a defining problem of the modern age of space exploration.

With API attacks rising, Cloudflare launches a free API security tool

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:00:00 GMT

Cloudflare launches API Shield, a new service to protect web APIs against attacks.

Imperva acquires database security startup jSonar

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:45:00 GMT

jSonar secured a $50 million investment from Goldman Sachs only a few months ago.

Corporate diversity programs could receive a boost from Glassdoor's anonymous insider reviews

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:28:21 GMT

Diversity is best experienced from the inside. Glassdoor says it will publish data on workforce diversity volunteered by insiders at thousands of companies.

Microsoft helped me install Ubuntu Linux on my Windows 10 PC, and it's actually pretty good

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:17:00 GMT

Anyone who's ever read the comments here knows that the answer to every tech problem is "Switch to Linux." If you're curious about what Linux is and how it works, Microsoft can help.

Best streaming music services in 2020: Spotify, Apple, Amazon, and more alternatives

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:11:00 GMT

Free is nice, but these music services are absolutely worth paying for. Each one offers ad-free streaming for paid subscribers, plus the ability to save content for offline listening and stream any song or album on demand.

Amazon Timestream database is now generally available

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:00:03 GMT

The latest addition to the AWS database portfolio focuses on time series data – a segment where fit-for-purpose databases are emerging because use cases ranging from IoT to e-commerce are driving data volumes overwhelming general-purpose platforms.